"Someone?" Jiang Xiao frowned: "We are more than a thousand meters at the bottom of the lake, do you think...... Is it possible for the dean to get deep-sea diving equipment in such a short period of time and come down here?"

"I don't know. But...... There are indeed people. Xinyun looked nervously in that direction: "I can feel that beyond the wall, there is movement. ”

Jiang Xiao naturally believed in Xinyun's ability to predict the trajectory of objects, and also set his eyes in the direction of Xinyun's gaze.

Soon, a passage appeared on the wall of the cabin there.

At the end of the passage, a figure faintly appeared, walking slowly.

This...... No way!

The position at a depth of more than a thousand meters at the bottom of Lake Baikal is simply impossible to reach without a deep-sea submersible!

And at this moment, the only diving equipment in the lake has already been driven here by Jiang Xiao and his party!

If the person who appeared in the passage at this moment was the dean......

How the hell did he get here?

"Be careful, you're still so vigilant......"

The figure stepped out of the passageway, revealing its own appearance—a black cloak that dragged from head to toe to the ground, and even its feet could not be seen. And the hood on the top of the head also covers the face tightly.

"You...... Who are you?"

The voice was hoarse and low, without the slightest sense of familiarity. Xinyun was sure that she had never heard his voice.

But the breath on the person who came was familiar and abnormal.

"Don't get so excited, be careful. The visitor smiled: "I am ...... Dean of the Academy. ”

"How did you get here?!" Xinyun looked at the man in the black cloak in front of her in disbelief, ready for battle.

Seeing that Xinyun's palm turned, a knife had already appeared in the palm, and Zhao Tianyu also put his hands together and made a gesture of a knife, he smiled again: "Don't be so nervous." I'm not going to do it right now, I just want to ...... Talk to you guys. ”

"What are you talking about?" asked Xinyun warily.

"Talk about it...... My ideals. ”

The dean walked forward slowly, but no longer talked to Xinyun, but looked straight at Jiang Xiao: "You have ...... Haven't you connected with the seeds?"

"Yes. Jiang Xiao nodded: "Moreover, I already know everything about the history of the ancestors. Even...... More than you can imagine. ”

"Really, why do you think so?" the dean let out a low laugh under his hood, "just because...... Have you ever docked with the seeds?"

"Otherwise, do you think there would be any other reason?" Jiang Xiao sneered: "I have already confirmed. Purple Smoke is the only one who has ever touched the repository of this seed. And with her authority, she doesn't have as much information as I do. ”

"That's right. This seed ...... Perhaps, as you say, only the two of you have ever connected. But that doesn't mean ...... Only you know the history of everything......" The dean said lightly: "Extrapolating from time, you should be the only one who has completed the docking with the seed." The two girls next to you shouldn't know exactly what we know. As...... How about we talk about history and let them hear about it?"

"Good. Jiang Xiao shrugged his shoulders indispensably.

Although he didn't know what kind of ability the dean had, Jiang Xiao didn't want to do anything with him at this moment. In the living body groove behind him, Ziyan's body is gradually condensing and forming, but resurrection still needs a process after all. Jiang Xiao was very worried that once a war broke out here, it would hurt Ziyan, who was still recovering.

"It's tiring to stand and talk like this, isn't it...... Sit down. ”

The dean stretched out his hand and waved it slightly, and two sofas appeared in the cabin. One was in front of him, and the other appeared in front of Jiang Xiao and the others, separated by more than ten meters.

"Is there anything you'd like to drink?"

The dean's voice was leisurely, as if the four of them were not at the bottom of Lake Baikal, which is 1,700 meters deep, but in the living room of his own house, and greeted the visiting guests with hospitality: "Soda, juice, coffee?"

Xinyun and Zhao Tianyu looked at each other, not knowing what the hell he was doing.

"Or a bar...... Be careful, you've been running around these days, and I'm afraid it's been a long time since you've drunk your favorite wine. And Jiang Xiao, don't you like it too?" The dean smiled, waved his hand again, and two coffee tables appeared in front of the sofa, with wine jugs and cups on them.

And when she saw the wine jug and the cup, Xinyun suddenly felt like she had seen a ghost, and her whole body trembled.

"Why, isn't that your favorite wine?" asked the dean leisurely.

"You...... You ......" Xinyun stretched out her hand vigorously and pointed at the dean in front of her, her voice trembling slightly: "Take off your hood!"

When she saw the cups and flasks on the table, Xinyun's whole body was like falling into an ice cave for a moment.

Because...... Those things are so familiar!

But how could this person in front of him have anything to do with "him"?!

"Do you want to see my face?" said the dean lightly, "Why don't you ...... Sit down. ”

As he spoke, he was already sitting on the sofa, and his voice was faint but irresistible: "Sit down, I'll let you see." ”

Xinyun was silent for a moment, without saying a word, pulled Zhao Tianyu around the sofa in front of her, sat down, and looked straight at the darkness under the dean's hood.

Jiang Xiao, on the other hand, still put his hands behind his back and looked at the dean expressionlessly.

"I want to ...... You should have guessed it. ”

Seeing Xinyun sit down, the dean smiled and stretched out his hand to take off the hood on his head.

At the same time, the darkness under the hood also disappeared at the same time.

"Sure enough, it's you...... Lao Hua!"

Xinyun clenched her fists tightly, looked at the face that was too familiar to be more familiar, and stood up on the ground, her teeth gurgling.

The person in front of him is the boss of the drinker, Lao Hua!

"Yes. That's me. Lao Hua's face at this moment is no longer the cold appearance of facing others in the drinker before, nor is it the kindness and kindness when facing Xinyun, but - a face full of loneliness and pride.

And when his gaze swept over the chair composed of nerve bundles beside Jiang Xiao, his eyes would flash a trace of longing and yearning in an instant.

"Damn...... I always thought you were ...... It's just an ordinary hotel owner, who only likes to cook, brew and brew, and has no contact with other awakened people......" Xinyun still can't fully believe that Lao Hua is the leader of the academy.

"Leading such a dark organization, you always have to find something to do to temper your mood. Otherwise, people will go crazy. Lao Hua smiled faintly: "Cooking and brewing wine are indeed my hobbies." ”

"Good...... Good...... Okay!" Xinyun said three good words in a row, and then gradually calmed down her agitated mood: "No wonder no one has ever seen the true face of the dean, it turns out that it is because of ...... You are afraid that others will know that the dean of the academy is Lao Hua, the boss of the drinker!"

"Well, there's no need to say more about this gossip. I think, there should be more things you are curious about, right?" Lao Hua poured himself a glass of wine, raised it in the air, and faced Jiang Xiao: "Then...... Where should we start?"

"Whatever you want. From the moment Lao Hua appeared, Jiang Xiao's face did not have the slightest look of surprise, and he was calm.

"So...... Let me ask you questions, be careful of the rhyme. Lao Hua drank the glass of wine and said to Xinyun: "What you ask, I will answer." Don't worry, since Jiang Xiao has just docked with the seed, then I naturally won't tell any lies. As a priest, you have the right to know everything. ”

Xinyun raised her head, glanced at Jiang Xiao behind the side, and saw that he didn't say anything, so she nodded and asked, "Seed...... What exactly?"

"Seeds...... Lao Hua sighed: "Seeds...... It's a ship. Or more precisely, a ...... Lifeboat. ”

"Lifeboats, you mean...... Someone is riding on this thing...... Escape? They're Neanderthals?"

"To be precise, I don't want to call them 'Neanderthals'. Lao Hua shook his head: "I'd rather simply call them - ancestors." After all, that's just a name that later generations of human historians haphazardly put on, and in the old world, that's not what they called themselves. ”

"So...... What are you talking about in the old world? This is the first time Xinyun has spoken to Lao Hua in such a rough tone. Looking at Lao Hua in front of him, it was obviously a familiar face, but it felt so strange.

"Old World...... The world in which our ancestors once lived is also the world in which the blood originates in our bodies. ”

Lao Hua drank another glass of wine, his eyes flashed with longing and yearning, his elbows were propped up on his knees, his head was lowered, and he began to speak in a low and long voice.

"Our ancestors once lived on the other side of the distant sea of stars. At this moment, we can't verify the name of that planet or what they call themselves. The so-called Neanderthals are just the names given to their ancestors by modern archaeologists. We...... Let's call it the mother world. ”

"The world in which the ancestors lived was originally extremely stable and peaceful, and everyone had their place, which would never be overcome, and even such thoughts could not appear. Archon...... Priest...... Warrior...... Artisans and commoners, different ranks are responsible for different jobs in society. ”

"But one day, disaster befell that wonderful world. The catastrophe was so terrible that no one could resist it. Soon, the world of the ancestors fell into chaos and was rapidly eaten away by evil forces...... If this continues, the world will soon be destroyed, and no one will be spared. ”

"Disaster, what kind of disaster?" asked Xinyun with a frown.

"Disease. Very terrible malignant infectious disease. Lao Hua sighed deeply: "There is no vaccine, no antidote." As long as you are infected with the virus, you will become ...... Incomparably insane, and at the same time gaining power far beyond ordinary people - I'm talking about ordinary people among the ancestors, that is, like us awakened ones, who have rank abilities and natural abilities. ”

"So...... Strong?" Xinyun frowned, unimaginable.

"But the most important thing is not their strength, but ...... Infectivity. It's not clear exactly how the virus spreads, but the speed at which the infection spreads is staggering. In a short period of time, the mother world has fallen by nine-tenths. Have you seen ...... Some movies about zombies? like Resident Evil and whatever. That's pretty much what it was like at the time. But...... The viruses and infected people in the mother world are far more terrifying than those movies. ”

"So, they fled to Earth?"

"No, you're wrong. Lao Hua smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Where did they flee...... It's not the Earth. ”