> Chapter 5: A Preliminary Exploration of the Ruins

It was early the morning of the second day after arriving in Rome. No pop-up window update fast //

The advisor wakes up from sleep, unlike Tianyi's lazy indulgence, as long as the conditions allow, the advisor treats his body as if he were a temple.

When the sun rises, he can afford to stay up without staying up late, sleep for about seven hours to ensure high-quality and effective sleep, eat regularly, and do regular check-ups.

It is ironic that a person with an abnormality in his spirit and personality tries his best to ensure that his body functions properly.

After cleaning up, he walked out of the room, and sure enough, the two knights of the Iron Commandment stood guard at the door, and when they saw the advisor come out, they didn't speak, but just looked at them coldly.

The advisor shrugged and led the two henchmen to the door of the gunsmith's room, where there were naturally two more guards.

I knocked on the gunsmith's door, but there was no response after half a minute. The advisor sighed, and pressed his hands together on the door, knocking rhythmically, and he seemed to be humming softly, but nothing could be heard just by listening to him beat on the door.

Anyway, after two or three minutes of knocking, sleepy-eyed, the gunsmith in a pair of pants opened the door: "What are you doing?"

"What are you doing? Get up and do something. The advisor replied.

"What time is it?" grumbled the gunsmith, "the chickens haven't gotten up yet." ”

"You have chickens in your room?" the advisor said.

"I have it in my gut. The gunsmith replied.

"Then go and get the chicken in your intestines to the toilet now, and then say good morning to it and get ready to go. The advisor turned around and walked towards Darkwater's room.

Only five seconds after knocking, the door opened, and "John DeSoto" was dressed in a clean suit that was different from yesterday, and he didn't look tired, "It's time to go, isn't it?"

The advisor knew that this guy didn't need sleep, and he didn't think it was strange, but said, "You go to the gunsmith's room and supervise it, I doubt he'll fall back into bed and go back to sleep." ”

Darkwater replied, "Okay." And he went.

It didn't take long for the advisor to hear the gunsmith's grumbling again.

Half an hour later, they arrived at the door of the hotel, and the advisor himself had finished his breakfast, and he had no intention of leaving time for the gunsmith to eat, so he led the two of them directly into the special car prepared for them by the Iron Commandment.

A flag bearer named Sueside was waiting for the three of them in the car, and he was also the person in charge of the scene at the airport yesterday. He will basically be responsible for the prevention of the members of the Reverse Cross this time. Because about half a year ago, Sueside had a head-to-head experience with a member of the Reverse Cross in Venice. Although it was a relatively failed operation, he was not to blame, and the Inspector General of Al-Quds, Camo Botrini, was left alone with the blame. Sueside responded very well at the time, and was recognized by the head priest, but was reused in the organization.

The drive was not long, and the advisors did not take the initiative to talk to the men of the Iron Commandment, and in a short time, they arrived at one of Rome's landmarks, the Colosseum.

The area and its surroundings have long been sealed off by the Iron Rings, and when you get out of the car, you can notice that the streets near the Colosseum are covered with a thin layer of dust, and there are certainly no sandstorms in Rome, so this dust indicates that some kind of major work is going on in the vicinity.

The first thing you notice when you walk inside the Colosseum is that the circular gladiatorial arena in the middle is gone, replaced by a huge pit. Around the pit, scaffolding and improvised elevators have been built for a long time, there is still some space at the edge of the gladiatorial arena, and the ground is clearly marked by large tracks and tires, indicating that vehicles such as cranes and bulldozers have been operating here.

On the periphery of the Colosseum, up to the front row of spectators, the buildings in this space were also emptied, the columnar decorations in the style of ancient Athenian architecture were demolished, and the wall on the west side of the Colosseum was opened as a "gap" to serve as a passage for engineering facilities.

"It's been dismantled like this...... the advisor took out a handkerchief from his pocket, covered his mouth and nose, and walked slowly to the edge of the pit, glancing down, "There should have been many spaces and tunnels directly below the gladiatorial arena to store livestock, gladiators, props, and even a naraku (a stage lift) and a canal. You are ......"

Before the advisor could finish asking, Sueside said, "Just dig it all out and pour it out, it's no different from dirt." ”

"Huh...... Should I pay a moment of silence for this masterpiece and wonder of ancient architecture?" laughed the advisor.

"It's just a ruined building, a history of the blood and tears of the oppressed under slavery, and every stone seems to be engraved with the cruel and crazy faces of a group of ignorant fools, and every handful of dirt is stained with the blood of slaves and wild beasts. Lodovic's voice rang out, and Dasher followed him, and Venisha arrived, her mouth stuffed with a lollipop as usual.

"There are many such non-functional buildings in the world, which have no value other than monumental and symbolic significance, and I don't think they have much preservation value, even if they are not for the purpose of excavating treasures. Lodovico continued.

The advisor laughed, "In an organization based on 'faith', I admire that the Inspector of the Holy Land can have such pragmatic values. If your Grand Master tries to build himself a giant statue or something in the future, I hope you will go up and slap him in both mouths and spit in his face. ”

Lodovico snorted coldly: "Okay, I don't know what the three experts think about the current situation?"

"It seems that those large construction vehicles are long gone, and the excavated soil does not know where to go, which means that your excavation has stopped for a while. The gunsmith crouched on the edge of the pit, his gaze seemed to be able to penetrate the darkness and see what was underneath: "The depth is about a hundred meters, and the bottom of the pit is ...... Or rather, at the top of the ruins, is a pyramid structure, if nothing else, is it really the one......" He stood up and looked back at the dark water.

Dark Water's tone and behavior at this time are basically based on the late explorer John who was devoured by him, because the people of the Iron Commandment don't know John himself, so Dark Water doesn't need to be very well disguised, even if he acts like his usual self, as long as he maintains the appearance of an ordinary human, the other party will feel that this person is a little indifferent at most.

"The spire of the pyramid is only the uppermost part of the ruins, and the space below is usually very large and not necessarily physically connected. There may have been several or dozens of spires of various shades in the city of Rome, some extending the size of a football field, others unimaginably large underneath, and the bottom area may be larger than the entire Vatican. Darkwater said.

"What kind of ruins is this? Have you ever come across it? Mr. John. Lodovico asked.

"Based on the documents and historical research that exist on the earth, such relics should be attributed to the Olmec civilization of Mesoamerica, and I can say that I have studied this aspect slightly. Dark Water replied that he was actually just fooling these laymen, and this part of the knowledge, he chose to explain it with the memory in John's head.

This was originally his own civilization, but it was misinterpreted by humans many years later. If Darkwater was to be explained by what he had in his hands, it would have to be a month. The technology, culture, economy, and social system of their race are completely different from the concept of human society, and it is impossible to explain them in a few words. When he was in the South American jungle, he pretended to be John and talked to the gunsmith, but he only used Olmec's rhetoric to prevaricate.

"Oh, is it the prehistoric civilization of the Mexicans?" asked Dasher, whose bearded beard had already caught the attention of the trio, his appearance was too Mexican, and his complexion was very authentic, but this guy's accent was strange, he didn't seem to speak Spanish at all, but he deliberately added a very nondescript Spanish accent to his English......

"You give me a little peace......" Lodovico interrupted Darscher, looking a little embarrassed, and cleared his throat and said, "The question is, the ancient civilization on the Mesoamerican side also had pyramids? Isn't that the preserve of the Egyptians? And ......" He looked obviously skeptical: "Why did the treasure of the Templars in the fourteenth century be related to an ancient civilization on the other side of the world and buried in this ruin?" ”

The advisor continued, "No one from all over the world can answer the question of the pyramids, but perhaps you can go to the alien research club of some university to get an insightful answer." As for why the treasure is in this ruin, I was going to tell you about it yesterday, but you seem to think it's nonsense, just dig it up, it doesn't matter how you bury it, so I don't bother to explain it to you now. ”

By this time, the gunsmith had come to the nearest elevator: "I'm going down to have a look." ”

The advisor followed, and gestured for Dark Water to come over: "We are going down to investigate, if you want to send someone to keep an eye on it, come quickly." ”

Venisha took the lollipop stick out of her mouth, and the candy had been chewed and swallowed by her, and she didn't speak since just now, in fact, she didn't want to take the candy out of her mouth, because the air here is not very good, and it will definitely get a lot of dust when you take it out.

"Sueside, let's go down with them. Vanessa didn't speak in a commanding tone, but she did seem to be calling the shots, and Sueside did.

Lodovico said: "Big ......" As soon as the word "big " came out of his mind, he was glared at by Vinissa, who swallowed the words and could only say: "Only you and Sueside, in case ......"

"Don't worry, these three guys won't be with us yet, and besides, you can't always find a dozen people with weapons against them. Vanessa pulled a headband out of her pocket, tied her red hair into a ponytail, and boarded the elevator with Sueside, the advisor, the gunsmith, and Darkwater.

The place where the elevator could stand was about the same size as a normal elevator, and Vanessa was the last to come up, and the advisor was stunned to squeeze the others behind him, between Vanessa and the others.

Vinisha smiled and said, "Why are you afraid that I will be eaten tofu?"

The advisor sneered: "Huh...... If your ability is 'two-hit kill' or something, I hope your subordinates will be merciful. ”

"Huh, do you actually know that you have been tricked?" Vanessa said without hesitation: "I think you are at most a person with a level of ability, how did you find out?"

"If I shared the process and method of knowing everything with others, I would have to grow at least eight hands and four mouths to be busy. The advisor replied.

In fact, his answer is equivalent to not answering, it seems that he is showing off himself, which essentially means: I am too lazy to explain to you, and I don't want to explain to you.

The five of them descended slowly by elevator, and the surrounding soil layer has been reinforced with chemical agents, so that this vertical cylindrical structure will not collapse, and the morning sun does not shine on the bottom of the pit at a depth of 100 meters, but the people above have turned on the strong searchlight to illuminate the bottom of the pit very brightly.

When she came to the end, Vanessa stopped talking to the advisor, she walked out first, not allowing others to have physical contact with her, so that the advisor followed with confidence, and the others followed out of the elevator.

There is still a lot of soil at the bottom of the pit, and it is not like a spire slope on all sides, and it should be deliberately left behind during excavation, so that people can stand and walk after coming down.

In the middle of the pit is a raised pyramid tip, a black metal with very fine textures that can be seen with the naked eye and are slightly concave to the touch. These are not arcs or irregular patterns, but geometric textures of straight lines and angles, laid on the surface of the metal like these. This seems to be different from the "ancient civilization" that people generally recognize, because the ancients seem to have all of them, and the things depicted are often more abstract, and most of the things left on the ruins are "paintings";

Darkwater crouched there, looking at the lines, his hands caressing the surface of the metal, as if thinking about something. The gunsmith was very simple, and without hesitation, he took out the improved and strengthened "bone gun" from his body, which seemed to be ready to use the old method of the jungle......

When Sueside saw him take out his weapon, he immediately became nervous, but he also saw that the other party should not want to fight, so he tentatively said: "If you want to use that to attack this spire, I advise you to think twice, we have tried, and the result is very bad." ”

The gunsmith said, "Ah, I can probably guess what it is, but mine is different. ”

"Wait. Dark Water suddenly said: "He's right, it's better not to be hard." ”

Hearing what Dark Water said, the gunsmith put the gun down and said in some surprise, "What's wrong?"

"This is a different site than the one we encountered last time, with a different construction mechanic. Darkwater groaned. #