Chapter 59: The Source of the Curse
Mu Lan also asked Professor Chen to tell what happened in the tomb, which was roughly the same as Wang Chuan's story, but with some more details, such as why the archaeological team members quarreled, and the last sea of blood, Professor Chen confirmed that it was not a real thing.
Professor Chen's voice was full of resentment when he talked about Professor Liang, Mu Lan keenly observed this, thinking of the two teachers in the university who had disagreements and quarreled, and faintly grasped an important clue in his heart, so he looked at Shi Zhengyang with a sad face, "Don't think about the disappeared corpse anymore, I think I found the source of the curse." ”
"Do you know where the body is hidden?" Shi Zhengyang subconsciously took Mu Lan's words.
Mu Lan shook her head: "It may not matter where the corpse is at all, do you remember the illusion I entered, the owner of the tomb was killed by the rebels, and it is not necessary to leave an intact corpse, maybe this coffin is just a clothed mound." ”
Lin Yiyi sighed and said suspiciously: "Then you said that you found the source of the curse?" What does it mean? ”
"We're going in the wrong direction." Mu Lan said lightly: "Although the sentence of the death of the person who opened the coffin is very direct, but if you think about Wang Chuan's words, there are other large and small tombs in that area, and the coffins of the ancient Shu people all bear this inscription, but I don't see any other staff members being cursed, and only the people who enter the central tomb are chased by the ghostly shadows, I think this sentence only serves as a warning to the thieves, not the real source of the curse." ”
Lin Yiyi showed her starry eyes again, she especially liked to see Mu Lan's analysis, the calm appearance of "everything is under control" and the cold voice attracted her very much.
Mu Lan continued, "Do you remember what the name of the copy is? ”
"The wraith is coming!" Lin Yiyi replied.
"Yes!" Mu Lan snapped her fingers, "Think about it again, why are it resentful spirits?" And not the undead, the evil spirits or something? ”
Seeing that the three of them didn't speak to the little eyes, Mu Lan took a deep breath and said the thoughts that had been pressed in her heart: "The captain always says that this kind of copy is absurd and has no logic, but the reincarnation world doesn't need to summon us into that kind of place, its purpose is to evolve, otherwise it would be good to throw us to the place of the Colosseum, there will always be people who will become strong in the survival of the fittest, I think each copy is logical and self-consistent, and a solution can be found." ”
"The resentful spirit is coming, you think about the common point of the people who entered the tomb, the archaeological team members almost fought because of differences of opinion, Professor Liang went crazy inexplicably, and the captain also showed a completely different expression from usual, Zhao Ziyu resented his family and his weakness, and I found that I may have been left behind by you."
Shi Zhengyang heard Mu Lan's analysis, and somewhat understood her thoughts, "The resentful spirit has the ability to interfere with people's minds, it can expand the resentment in people's hearts, I understand this, but the source of the curse has not been found, you ......" Saying that, he seemed to suddenly think of something, and looked at Professor Chen suddenly.
Mu Lan also looked at Professor Chen, Lin Yiyi didn't know why, and when she saw that both of them were looking at Professor Chen, she also turned her head.
"Hey, hey!" Zhao Ziyu was puzzled, "What are you talking about, so where is the source of the curse?" You all look at Professor Chen, is he the source? ”
"Looks like he's supposed to be the source." Shi Zhengyang said.
Mu Lan nodded and continued to analyze: "Professor Chen should be the first person to enter the tomb, and he should have taken Zhao Ziyu to rob the cave and open the coffin, as for why he did this, he said it just now, because he didn't want his research results to be preempted by Professor Liang, I think, you and Professor Liang are rivals." ”
Mu Lan looked at the silent Professor Chen, this man in his fifties was full of wrinkles, dark skin, and looked like a sixty-year-old man, he lived in a poor and dilapidated area to be demolished, while Professor Liang was a single-family villa, this gap was also one of the reasons for his resentment.
The four of them all looked at Professor Chen, he smiled bitterly, his face seemed to be ten years old, he squatted on the ground decadently and lit a cigarette, took a deep breath and said: "The history ......of Xianshang is my research direction, but my topic is too biased and does not conform to mainstream thought, Liang Huaiwen's puppet suppressed me everywhere, and ridiculed my theory in journals, I have endured it all these years."
"But then, he persuaded his superiors to cut our research funding!" Professor Chen's face became angry as he spoke, and he cursed a few words in a dialect he didn't understand, and said, "The study of the civilization of the ancient Shu Kingdom is my painstaking effort, and I must not let this scum take the lead!" ”
Mu Lan felt his resentment, looked at Professor Chen who was squatting on the ground like a scavenger, thinking that people would always say things that were beneficial to themselves to cover up their mistakes, and she had no way of knowing more details between the two professors, but Professor Chen undoubtedly had a grudge against Professor Liang, and after thinking about it, he said: "So you entered the tomb before Professor Liang, let me guess, you saw the resentful spirit in the tomb, did you reach any agreement?" Otherwise, why would you pretend that nothing had happened and follow the archaeological team to the tomb for the second time. ”
The source, as the name suggests, is the origin of everything, and Professor Chen's selfishness led him to enter the isolated tomb before everyone else, and he saw the undead who was full of reluctance and resentment thousands of years ago.
But the undead did not kill him, Professor Chen actually came out safe and sound, he followed the archaeological team into the tomb for the second time, but this time the curse was really present, the human-faced ghosts accompanied the archaeological team members and the interview team to the surface, and kept killing them, the real source is Professor Chen's resentment, if he did not sneak into the tomb, all this would be buried underground from being discovered.
[Main quest 1: Investigate the death of the archaeological team members and find the source of the curse.] 】
The quest is completed and 1000 evolution points are awarded.
The prompt for the completion of the task appeared unexpectedly, and Lin Yiyi YES, as if he had seen 1000 evolution points fall into his arms, Shi Zhengyang was also relieved, and his eyes were full of praise when he looked at Mu Lan.
"What's wrong with him!" Zhao Ziyu said suddenly.
Mu Lan hurriedly looked at Professor Chen, only to see that his eyes were round, his mouth was wide open, and he looked ahead with a frightened expression.
The four of them looked in the direction of his eyes, but found that there was nothing, and at this time, Professor Chen covered his chest, his face turned pale, and his body trembled.
"Wraiths have the power to manipulate people's senses! He's hallucinating! Shi Zhengyang hurriedly rushed in front of Professor Chen, trying to help him cover his eyes and ears.
I don't know how much fear Professor Chen suffered from the hallucination, he muttered an unintelligible dialect in his mouth, and then his whole body twitched violently, and his pupils lost their brilliance and fell to the ground head-on.