Outside the Yecheng Grand Library, the fragments of the stone pillars in the last ruins were finally transported back to Yecheng.

"It's a pity, if this totem pole didn't break......

After a few days of research, August has been able to preliminarily conclude that this stone pillar is not a simple building, but a religious carrier of the ancient settlement in the cave.

"Mentor, can't you restore it with the current technology?"

Since the site has been well protected, all the fragments of the totem pole have been collected, and there is no loss of them, so it is not very difficult for him to restore them.

"After all, this is not an ordinary cultural relic, but a totem pole with some mysterious power attached, Mr. Zhu Jue and Officer Chu of the Public Security Department both said that it may have been because the pillar was broken that the monster that suddenly appeared disappeared, and there may be a connection between the two, so I think the restoration of the totem pole needs to be carefully considered. ”

In recent years, the Federal Archaeological Society has suddenly gone from being an unpopular association to a sought-after organization due to the urgent need of the federal government and major oligarchic consortia to investigate the horror creatures that have suddenly appeared around the world.

Whether it is resources, equipment, or even some powers that other departments dare not think of, the archaeological association can easily obtain, for example, in order to carry out excavation work in Songmu Mountain, the Yecheng government assigned an excavation team and a guard team, and the latter gave an answer within an hour, and even forcibly requisitioned a team that was preparing to start construction.

As far as Auguste knows, there are not a few of his colleagues in the archaeological association who have had accidents due to temporary negligence, and even caused considerable disasters, but many times they have been forcibly suppressed by the federal government or local foundations in order to ensure social order.

"But that's all in the cave, at that time, we couldn't deal with the limited conditions, but now that the totem pole has been transferred to Yecheng, we can completely restore the totem pole in a guaranteed environment, in addition, you also said that this totem pole may hide some kind of secret, if we can find it before others, it will also be a great boost to your status and prestige in the archaeological community. ”

Looking at his mentor with anticipation, he thinks that if he really finds something that no one knows before, then as a participant, he can also add a bright touch to his resume.

Hold up the bold, starve the faint-hearted!

In his view, archaeologists today are a high-risk, high-reward profession.

"This ...... I'll have to think again. ”

The professional ethics told August to be calm, but the pampering of the students around him made him inevitably a little moved......

**

At the door of the seafood restaurant in the C13 area, Zhu Juegang stepped out.

I paid an extra 100 federal dollars to the store manager, and temporarily hired a waitress in the restaurant to ask her to take her to find someone.

Avoiding a floating black plastic bag and almost bumping into a man in an old yellow raincoat next to him, Zhu Jue's eyes wandered around the dim surroundings, under one of the eaves on the left, there were two people who looked like they were peeling apples with short knives, and near them were several people wearing studded jackets and half-sided square masks on their faces, leaning against the pillars under the eaves, a small part of their bodies were hidden in the darkness.

I don't know if it's an illusion, Zhu Jue always feels that they are looking at themselves.

The chaos and gloom of the old town made him feel a little uncomfortable, and he walked a little further, and those bright and secret eyes made him frown.

He didn't like the feeling of being spied on.

"You wait here, I'll be back soon. ”

Zhu Jue said to Chen Li beside him, and the two people who were already sitting behind him in a big stride were under the eaves, raised his hand and pressed the brim of his hat, first showed a smile to the other party, and then bent down and said in a deep voice in their unexplained gaze,

"Look at Nima, haven't you seen a handsome guy?"

"You ......"

The seated man was about to attack with a short knife, and when he looked up, he saw a pair of eyes that were still bright in the dark.

Somehow, the next words seemed to be choked by something, and I couldn't say anything.

Zhu Jue didn't entangle with them either, and exited the eaves again, he knew that these two people were just little minions, and there was no point in wasting time with them, and the scene just now was for someone around here.

"Mr. Zhu, those two gangsters just now are here and have been bullying us people from the island, if you provoke them, it will be very troublesome......"

Chen Li said a little nervously beside Zhu Jue.

"It's okay, I just greeted them, keep walking, how far is it?"

Zhu Jue nodded to indicate that he understood, and then said.

After walking a little further, Zhu Jue saw a woman on the side of the street dragging a little boy who looked less than 10 years old and crying on the side of the street, holding a few coins in her hand.

"What's that doing?"

If you want to beg, you don't have money in your hands, right?

"She seems to be looking for someone who is willing to go to the island, because her husband went back with someone else some time ago to get some things to his home on the island, and I heard that he has not come back yet. ”

"What about the police station on your side, the person is missing, won't they help find it?"

"The police station on our island is busy with its own affairs because of the flood, and there used to be some people who also wanted to go to the island to get things to help find it, but none of the people who have been there have come back, and recently because of the weather, the sea is very windy, and our boat will ......capsize if we are not careful."

Chen Li was translating for Zhu Jue, and Li Qinglian's voice came from the latter's earphones at the same time.

"That small island is an independent island, and although the inhabitants living on it are under the jurisdiction of the federal government, because they have nothing in particular to protect and the current bad weather, the government has already imposed a ban on travel there, and they will not care about anyone who returns to the island at such a time and has an accident. ”

The meaning of Li Qinglian's words is very clear, no matter whether the government has the ability to save these people or not, and if they return to the past after they issue a ban on travel, even if they really need rescue, they have enough reasons to refuse.

Going to sea on this rainy day to save those civilians who "died" themselves? No joke.

Not to mention the rumors on that small island and the strange weather, anyone who used to be frightened in their hearts.

"Here we are, just around the corner ahead, Uncle Jeffrey should be at home. ”

Chen Li said and quickened her pace, Zhu Jue followed, and was just about to turn the street, when a little girl who was only up to his waist bumped into him.

Zhu Jue's reaction was very fast, and he forcibly stopped his body in the middle of the journey, and he didn't even care about the weapon box in his hand, and threw it directly on the ground full of sewage, and subconsciously reached out and pressed the little girl's shoulder, preventing her from hitting the black dirty wall next to her.

However, in the next second, Zhu Jue found that the little girl used two slender arms to clasp his wrists with his backhand, and was looking down in confusion, when a black shadow flashed in front of him, and he looked up sharply and saw a strong man holding a baseball bat and smashing it down on his forehead.

Frowning and looking at the little girl who was holding his arm with his head down, Zhu Jue, who could even punch the source of the mutant spiritual pollution, hesitated at this time.

Let the girl clasp her arm, in front of so many people, Zhu Jue did not call out the scavenger, the baseball bat smashed on his forehead in a daze, and it was directly broken into two.

Zhu Jue is not a fool, she naturally knows that she is relying on herself to be a child just now, using the natural compassion of adults for children to restrain his actions.

But he also saw the frightened tears on her face and the guilty look in her eyes as she looked at her.

"Don't worry, Uncle is very powerful. “

Slowly pulling out his hand, he pinched the little girl's cold, thin cheek and took her behind him.

The strong man holding the remaining half of the baseball bat looked at Zhu Jue's forehead in a daze, while Chen Li held an umbrella and retreated a long distance, and the sudden situation in front of her frightened her.

"What are you doing in a daze, hit him!"

Someone shouted in front of him, and the strong man gritted his teeth and raised half of the baseball bat in his hand again.

His left leg broke through the rain and kicked the strong man in the abdomen.

Boom!

Like a hammer hitting minced meat, the strong man flew straight out a few meters without saying a word, half-kneeling on the ground, his head against the street, and the blood smeared all around under him.

Zhu Jue also saw the group of people on the other side of the street at this time, the leading guy was wearing a mechanical armor that looked tattered, and he was holding a firearm in his hand, and there were several people standing behind him who had seen on the street before.

"Why are you yelling so loudly?"

Tilting his head and saying a word, he turned around and pushed the little girl to let her into the eaves next to her.

"Together, the clothes on this guy's body are worth tens of thousands of dollars, he must be a rich man!"

They noticed him when he ate thousands of charcoal-grilled seafood at the seafood restaurant in the old town.

Outsiders, with money, act alone, who will you rob if you don't rob him?

It's a pity that they really don't have the extra brains to think about why such a person dares to swagger to this place.

And the consequences that I didn't expect were somewhat serious.

When Zhu Jue stepped on the leader on the street, the latter deeply understood this truth.

"Hey, do you want to die?"

The short heel of the boot was pressed on the forehead of the leader, Zhu Jue looked at him condescendingly, as long as he used force under his feet, this guy's skull could not be saved.

"Spare me, I won't dare anymore!"

The leader had half his face in the sewage, and his words of begging for mercy were neat.

"You...... What is this?"

Raising his hand to brush his hair, the cold rain slid down his face, Zhu Jue wanted to ask about the girl, but inadvertently saw the black tattoo on the neck of the leader.

It was a tattoo of what looked like the head of some kind of creature, with an oval, bloated face surrounded by a dense beard like an octopus's tentacles growing in all directions......

Zhu Jue frowned, this tattoo did not cause him actual discomfort, but he always felt a little strange, so he bent down and tore the leader's shirt directly.

"Heh, it's pretty white and tender. ”

With Zhu Jue's low sneer, the face of the leader under his feet turned a lot paler.