In order to figure out what happened, after returning to the tree house, I immediately contacted Master Dewey and asked him about the submarine.

In the crystal of the call, Master Dewey's tone was calm with a little sadness, as well as a lingering doubt: "I sent someone to secretly investigate the report and the result is the same as what you heard, there are no survivors in the submarine, and it is not like being attacked by monsters, so there is only one possibility, it was killed by insiders." ”

"I'm wondering now, what was their motive for killing?" With a frown, I stared at the white clouds floating in the sky, the shape of which looked very similar to a submarine, perhaps the heavens were puzzled by this tragedy.

"The last message I received that they sent back to land before they were killed was that 'it was certain that these were not sea rocks, but ancient architectural remains.'"

"Remains of ancient architecture...... Ancient architectural relics......" I wondered: "How did ancient architectural relics become the motive for killing people?" ”

"I can't confirm that," Dewey regretted.

I rubbed my temples and thought for a moment, and suddenly remembered something: "By the way, father-in-law, have you investigated the identities of those elves?" ”

"Investigated," Master Dewey said, "the identities of those elves are very secret, and it can only be found that they are all orphans." ”

"All orphans?"

"Yes, all orphans" Master Dewey paused and said, "Xiao Yi, do you think that these people may be agents cultivated by the Fairy Empress?" ”

"I'm afraid it's not just the agents," I said solemnly, "I'm afraid that these people are the death squads of the agents, and they will do whatever it takes to eliminate all obstacles that may affect the Fairy Empress's dominance." ”

"Well, I've thought of that, but there's no evidence......"

"No need for evidence," I said, "Father, what we need to do now is to count all the possible scenarios one by one, and then analyze which one is the most probable." ”

"Does it make sense for you to do that?"

"Yes," I said, "taking into account all the reasons that may have contributed to this tragedy, we may be able to deduce what it is that these agents will deduce as an unstable factor enough to shake the status of the Fairy Empress." ”

"Well, your idea is not unreasonable," Master Dewey agreed, "but in the end, the truth may not be found." ”

"If you do this, you may not be able to tell the truth, but if you don't do this, you may really be in the dark for the rest of your life" I said righteously: "Father, we are not doing this only for ourselves, but to help those innocent victims seek justice. ”

Master Dewey laughed: "What you said is righteous and awe-inspiring. ”

I also heaved twice, rolled my eyes, and said, "Father-in-law, I ask you something." ”

"Say."

"If you don't dive through the portals on the island, will your submarine still be able to find the remains of underwater buildings?"

"This ...... It's a little difficult," Master Dewey said: "I am based on the coordinates marked by the location of the portal, and now I only calculate the distance between the deep sea behind the portal and the sea level, and I have not yet measured the island and the location of the portal. ”

"How long will that take?"

"Time is not a problem, the problem is that there are too many monsters in the sea, even if a submarine made of hardwood is still not the opponent of some of these monsters" Master Dewey sighed lightly and said: "It's a pity that my research on ancient characters is still too shallow, if I can go deeper and more thoroughly, find out the ancient characters that can strengthen objects and activate them, we can swim in the ocean unhindered." ”

Did he want to study more ancient texts?

Or do you have no ancient writing at hand and want me to offer to contribute a few?

After thinking about it, I tentatively said, "Why don't I go to you now, and you can pick a few more ancient characters to study?" ”

"No need for the time being," Master Dewey said, "I haven't finished studying the ancient text you gave me last time." ”

I was surprised: "It's been so long, and you haven't finished researching it yet?" ”

"Do you think this is eating and drinking?" Master Dewey said: "This is academic research, not only to find the exact same text pattern, but also to find out the relevant historical documents, combined with the definition of it in historical documents, and then slowly interpret its true meaning, and then in the experimental field to engrave it on the iron sheet for experimentation, to discover its practical use, this set down, as short as a few days, long as ...... No cap. ”

"It's so troublesome!" I instantly lost interest in this academic research.

"Actually, it's not too troublesome, mainly because it takes a lot of time to find the character model and compare historical documents," Master Dewey said: "The most troublesome thing for me is that sometimes the historical documents I find are still fragments." ”

"Was it eaten by weathered insects?"

"No," Master Dewey said, "the fragment is not a broken fragment, but an incomplete historical document, that is, only part of it has been unearthed, or only part of it has entered our hands, and the rest is either still in the soil, or it has been collected by some private collectors, or it may have been specially hidden by some aristocratic royal family." ”

I casually asked, "Then the ancient text you are studying now, is the historical document related to it a fragment?" ”

"It's my son, Xiao Yi, you're so smart!" Master Dewey praised: "The historical documents about that text are indeed fragments, otherwise I would not have studied its meaning until now." ”

"What then?" I thought for a moment and said, "Why don't you choose a few other ancient characters to study?" ”

There was silence on the other end of the crystal for a long time, and Master Dewey said in a deep voice: "Don't be in a hurry for this, when you come to me, I will select a few ancient characters for study." ”

"I'm fine," I said, "I can go to you in a magic airship at any time." ”

"There's no need to be so troublesome," Master Dewey said, "I haven't slept well for a few days recently because of my study of ancient writings, and it's time to take a good rest for a while. ”

Ahem.

I coughed twice and said embarrassedly: "What, I'm a little busy now, I'll talk about it when I have time, goodbye, father-in-law." ”

With that, he hung up the call in a hurry.

Almost every few conversations, Master Dewey would always mention the matter of children, saying that I am really busy now, I have no time to get married, and after everything is cleared, I will definitely have a grand wedding, marry all my fiancées, and then work hard to meet Master Dewey's wishes.

It's just now, it's not yet time.

(End of chapter)