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In the dark underground, the terrifying sound that seemed to be the precursor of an earthquake spread at a very fast speed.

The red light rod lit up with a slight clatter, illuminating the entire space, revealing the faces of several people one by one, including Olivia.

The number of emergency rescue teams is about 15 people, and under the premise of needing to respond to the archaeological team members in the ruins, the underground rescue machine that can carry so many people is too large, and it is difficult to operate inside the mountain range and underground that may collapse again at any time, so it is divided into two batches in advance, as long as one can achieve the support goal, it will naturally be able to complete the rescue mission.

However, just ten minutes ago, Olivia's underground rescue plane encountered the source of the "rumbling~" sound that was ringing in the ears at the moment, even if it was not a head-on collision, but a few meters away, their travel route was still greatly affected, and the result of being forced to turn around was still unable to avoid the monster's attack.

The hole collapsed, directly smashing part of the rescue machine's equipment, although it can continue to operate, but in the case of the monster not leaving, in case of a second impact, they are likely to lose the opportunity to repair the rescue machine.

This led to disagreements within the team, and some people hoped that as long as they could get the members of the archaeological team out, even if only a part of them were still a great achievement, and with a little more operation, they might be able to enter the guild.

Others choose to repair the current damage first, knowing that these high-end machines are naturally loaded with temporary repair tools, and a considerable number of members of the two teams can operate, even if they are not familiar with it, at least there is no problem according to the instructions, at most it will take more time.

The idea of this part of the people is also very simple, at least to ensure that they have room to evacuate when the situation is critical, and not to gamble on their lives, after all, not every luck can be good enough to pass by monsters!

The final decision was to vote by show of hands, and the result was that there were more people in favor of the latter option.

This is a normal situation, all the people present are the elites of the archaeological association, and everyone wants the future, but the premise is that they will not block their lives.

And there is another reason that played a role in the vote, that is, when the underground rescue machine was transferred, it accidentally broke through an underground empty layer, which is where they are now, which gave them enough space to repair the rescue machine.

"The signal has been completely blocked, which proves that the path we opened when we came in should be blocked. ”

Someone watched the signal on the mobile phone screen disappear one by one, and the words were analyzing, but the tone was a little depressed.

Their current location is nearly 100 meters deep in the mountain range, although everyone knows that the rescue plane has not been completely scrapped, but just like tourists walking on the glass plank road, even if the sign says that the glass will not break, they are still extremely worried about whether they will step on the air and become a "trapeze".

"Our rescue aircraft has real-time positioning, and the ground personnel can get our detailed location at any time, and the disappearance of the mobile phone signal does not affect anything, so there is no need to worry. ”

Suzi glanced down at the "TALK" chat room that didn't reply, and said to the few people next to her without changing her face.

She didn't know when Zhu Jue would see her message, but she believed that as long as Zhu Jue saw it, she would definitely come, because the things in front of her proved that this underground ruin was definitely not ordinary.

Carrying the high-powered searchlight prepared in the rescue plane, while the others were struggling with whether to move forward or backward, Olivia had already begun to explore the underground level, and found something interesting and preemptively informed Zhu Jue before the signal was cut off.

Yes, this underground layer is not a naturally formed cavern, but a space carved out by man, as Olivia can see from the stone tables in front of her, which obviously have the characteristics of human furniture, but what really catches Olivia's attention is a half-human-tall vessel made of a special material placed in the center of the entire empty layer.

It resembles some porcelain, with a ring-shaped belly that is not small, with a slightly smaller neck and a lid at the top......

If it's a jar for stuff, it's too big, but what else can it be used for?

"Captain, I've seen the remains of beds and some pots and pans around me, this is supposed to be a place to live. ”

Joining Olivia on the rescue team was one of her team, Joseph, who had not been idle when the former had begun to explore the surroundings, and had returned in the other direction.

"Where to live...... So what's this?"

Olivia half-crouched down and reached out to press on top of the oddly shaped thing in front of her, her gaze resting on the cirrus pattern around the neck of the "can" bottle.

Judging by the spatial location, this should be the center of the whole room, what does it mean to put such an object in the center of the residence where you eat and sleep?

"Isn't this an alchemy furnace? ”

Joseph, who was waiting next to him after the report, looked at the vessel and spoke.

"What?"

Olivia didn't understand what he meant.

"Captain, the place where you grew up and the culture you were exposed to are different from ours, in my hometown, the emphasis is on family inheritance, so we will have some old things passed down, I have read some books left to me by my father, including a story book...... It seems to be called a travelogue.,There's a picture in it that's very similar to this thing.,The book calls this kind of vessel an alchemy furnace.,Legend has it that it's a key item used by ancient alchemists for alchemy.,In order to stand on the ground and soar...... You've heard of that, right?"

Although the memory of that storybook was a little vague in his mind, the story of a monkey refining a pair of clairvoyant eyes in the alchemy furnace made him fascinated for a long time when he was in adolescence, so he was deeply impressed by this paragraph.

"Are you talking about the 'Tao' pursued by the ancient emperors, I once had an exchange with a friend who studied Southeast Asian history, and he said that the high-level rulers here are very interested in becoming immortals, which is probably a bit like the pursuit of ascending to heaven by the ancient monarchs over there...... The slightly morbid thoughts of mortals born out of the fear of death, I remember him telling me at the time. ”

Putting the light in her hand on the furnace, Olivia said as she pondered why this thing was here.

Originally, I wanted to become an immortal who lived here, but as for putting it in a place where I ate and slept?

Even people with a modicum of common sense know that this critical item has to be placed in a special place, right?

"I think this should be just a small model, not a real alchemy furnace, you can look around it, there are no traces of burning, and you can't smell any smell after opening the lid, this may be because of the long time, but the real alchemy furnace is definitely much bigger than this, and this one in front of you is at most a place to place incense in ancient times. ”

Joseph obviously knew more about the alchemy furnace than Olivia, and immediately came to a conclusion after taking a step forward to check it.

"You said this is a model, does that mean that there may be a real alchemy furnace nearby......

Since the model has been created, the craftsman who built it naturally has a great possibility to build a real alchemy furnace according to it.

Thinking of this, both of them were silent, and immediately said in unison: "Ruins!"

There is no doubt that the real importance here is in the underground ruins, and the archaeological society is so concerned about the safety of the archaeological team that it urgently mobilizes the associations of all nearby areas to support them as soon as they have an accident, and forcibly organizes an emergency rescue team when they arrive at the scene, in order to rescue the members of the archaeological team.

Now it seems that they may not be in a hurry for human life?

The so-called elixir of immortality would definitely not exist in Olivia's opinion, but the other items could not be said to be good.

"Captain, I overheard the communication of the commander at the rescue site before I came down...... It's really a coincidence, I was just passing by, and I didn't mean to eavesdrop. ”

Things came to this point, and there were some words that Joseph didn't prepare to keep in his heart as a secret, and after explaining a little, seeing that Olivia's expression had not changed, he continued,

"This time, the support team is no longer limited to the teams of our branch field support department, the association headquarters has even sent members of the field support force directly under the central government, and they will arrive at the rescue site in the next two days, you should know what this means. ”

Archaeological societies have chapters in major megacities, but the real headquarters is naturally the site of the first archaeological association, the archaeological association in the megacity of New Rome in the Balkans.

The members of the field force directly under the headquarters are naturally not comparable to their branches, not so much the field support department, but the most powerful armed force of the Archaeological Association, it is said that these people are responsible for the investigation of extreme terrorist incidents that have occurred around the world in the past five years, even Olivia, who has some status within the association, has never seen them.

I haven't seen them here in person, but these people have never appeared in the video materials inside the association!

Now it is urgently dispatched because of the archaeological team in this ruin, or in front of so many people.

The meaning here is really intriguing.