It's not that Lu Xiao looks down on the Calga people, you can get a glimpse of it from Yongzhen's performance when he first won Focus.

At that time, she fiddled with it for a long time, and it was under the guidance of Lu Xiao and Alethea that she gradually learned how to use Focus.

Even so, Yongzhen didn't dare to guarantee that he could use it as skillfully as Lu Xiao, at best, he was just painting a scoop from a gourd.

Yongzhen, who has received modern technology tutoring, is still like this, let alone the followers of the Eclipse Cult.

"I see what you mean."

Lu Xiao knocked on the table solemnly: "Do you suspect that there is another layer of shady behind the Eclipse Cult and Shadow Calga, who taught Shadow Calga to use a high-tech personal terminal like Focus?" ”

"Yes, and it's not unlikely."

Lu Xiao's eyes looked at the vista of Meridian City in the holographic projection with a somewhat empty gaze: "Could it be Hades, whose body is still unknown?" ”

……

After some discussion, Lu Xiao and Yongzhen decided to go to the territory of the Calga Kingdom together to track down the shady scenes behind the Eclipse Cult and the Shadow Calga.

Cradle No. 9, located in the Nora Clan's Holy Land, had nothing of value, and Lu Xiao instructed the mechanical beasts to move all the undamaged equipment in the cradle to Vault No. 53.

Alethia and Consus are not yet out of the customs, and the subroutines left behind by Alethea alone cannot effectively integrate and operate these high-tech devices.

During the last demolition event, Lu Xiao unexpectedly found that the Nora tribe was holding some kind of ceremony.

Out of curiosity, he left the rest of the work to the automaton, and traveled with Yongzhen to observe the situation outside the Nora Sanctuary.

Several young men and women stood at the bottom of the ceremony, and the three eldest mothers were explaining something to them.

"The Rite of Trial is an annual event for the Nora people."

The eldest mother in front said to the young people in the audience in a loud voice: "Whoever obtains the first name of the trial ceremony can receive the grace of the eldest mother. ”

"You can say what you want, as long as we can do it, the Elder Mother will definitely make it happen for you."

"Heh~"

Lu Xiao, who was hiding in the shadows, chuckled: "There must be a limit to what you can say." ”

"Shh~"

Yongzhen glared at Lu Xiao angrily: "Quiet." ”

"Yes yes~"

Under the guidance of the eldest mother, the young children release lanterns and convey their wishes to the Mother of All Things.

'Kong Ming lantern? Who came up with this form of prayer? ’

"Huh?"

Just as Lu Xiao was complaining in his heart, he and Yongzhen found strange situations separately.

"Did you see that?"

Yongjin pointed to one of the young girls in the group, "That child, she has Focus on her ears. ”

Lu Xiao's gaze stayed on a dark and strong middle-aged bald man outside the crowd: "I also found it here, look, another person with Focus." ”

The child Yongzhen spoke of was clearly an outlier among a group of Nora youths.

Most of her companions were very distant from her, and she didn't seem to have any intention of currying favor with others, except for a black girl who could communicate with her more smoothly.

Like the other children, the xenomorph girl carries both a spear and a longbow on her back, which is standard for Nora warriors.

As Yongzhen said, a middle-looking, resolute girl has a Focus on her ear.

And the black strong man that Lu Xiao noticed was sneaky, his mental state was a little unstable, and he often lowered his head as if he was talking to someone.

"Someone is contacting him through Focus?"

Lu Xiao frowned and looked at the sassy girl, first of all, she was excluded from the category of contacts, and the movements of the two were completely incompatible.

"Yongzhen, I'm going to track that bald head."

"Tomorrow's trial ceremony, you keep an eye on that girl the whole time, it seems that something bad is about to happen to the Nora tribe."

Yongzhen nodded solemnly: "I also have a bad premonition, maybe that black man is the fuse of the incident." ”

……

The annual Trials of the Nora Nation is a grand event.

On the one hand, the eldest mothers want to select the best people from among the young people to focus on training, and at the same time, the trial can also be regarded as a festival, so that the usually busy people can get a short time to relax and rest.

Coincidentally, before this year's trial ceremony began, the new king of the Calgar Kingdom sent a goodwill ambassador to resume trade with the Nora tribe, and the bald black man came with the mission.

According to what the Nora people talked about, Lu Xiao and Yongzhen roughly knew about the process of the trial.

The young people who participate in the trial need to obtain parts from the herbivores in the wild as trophies, and then carry the trophies to climb and run in the snowy mountains, and the first person to reach the finish line is the first place.

The process of the trial is simple, nothing more than to test the strength of the participants.

Lu Xiao had no interest in the competition of a group of little children, and after saying goodbye to Yongzhen, he turned on the breath blocking and battlefield ghost at the same time, and quietly blended into the crowd of the Nora clan, observing the strange black man up close.

Before the trial ceremony began, the heart of the mothers, the largest garrison of the Nora tribe, became very lively, and the Nora people scattered throughout the territory gathered in large numbers in this village and town.

In order to facilitate tracking through the crowd, breath blocking is indispensable, and battlefield ghosts are used to avoid being captured by the bald black man's Focus.

The mental power consumption of opening the battlefield ghost was almost negligible for Lu Xiao, bypassing the main road up the mountain with the most people, Lu Xiao followed the footsteps of the bald black man along the bushes beside the road.

"Damn! I'm just a merchant digging and selling antiquities! Not a killer! ”

After the bald black man left the crowd, he shouted in a somewhat irritable whisper: "Siris! That's not what we're talking about! ”

'Siris? The Great General of Shadow Calga? ’

Lu Xiao's expression moved, and he nodded his Focus and whispered, "Aletheia, start the hacking program." ”

Alethea's ontology is busy piecing together data fragments, and her agent subroutine is very dull.

"The hacking process has been opened."

Using the special Focus cracker that Alethea had already prepared, Lu Xiao unknowingly hacked into the terminal of the bald black man, and saw the projection of an extremely strong white man through his perspective.

"Orin, you have no choice, don't forget your poor child and wife."

"Shut up!"

The bald black man known as Orin whispered angrily: "It is precisely because my wife and children were abducted by you that I will agree to help you dig up ancient relics. ”

"But I have my own principles! You don't want to use your wives and children to force me to kill, but I will go with them to the great god of the sun!" ”

Cialis was a little bigger than the strong Orin, and his voice sounded soft and pleasant, but his words were so cruel and ruthless.

Cialis's holographic projection looked at Orin for a moment, and finally twitched the corners of his mouth and chuckled.

"Well, since you are desperate, I won't force you."

"But the Shadow's orders are absolute, and you set out now to dig up the messengers of the gods, who will tear apart the Nora defenses if necessary."

Siris's concession made Orin breathe a sigh of relief: "Whew~ I know, I will dig out the metal demon on time, and then it's up to you." ”

After Siris's projection disappeared, Lu Xiao thoughtfully continued to follow behind Ou Lin.

'The oracle in Shadow Calgar's mouth is the same thing as the metal demon Orin spoke of?' And the title of the metal demon always feels like a ...... Yes. ’

Lu Xiao suddenly showed a sudden look on his face, "That's right, the eldest mother of the Nora clan mentioned it." ’

'Excavation, antiquities? Is the metal demon in Orin's mouth ......'