"Purr, purr", the dwarves have to purr so loudly all the time, whether they are mountain dwarves, hill dwarves or crypt dwarves, this is their characteristic. Ike's earth-shattering snoring echoed through the hedron glow-covered crypt, adding a bit of life to the crypt. No one has been in the cave for many years, and there are no traces of artificiality, only traces of the monsters' crawling for many years remain on the rocky ground.

A few people did not set up tents, after all, there was no need to use tents in this environment, and everyone didn't even have a sleeping bag, so they put a blanket on their own, and just lay on the ground and fell into a deep sleep. Pannis, alone, leaning in a shadow, stared blankly at the starry cluster of hedrons on the top of the cave, a coin bouncing nimbly between his fingers, and the coin that flew up and down seemed to have a life of its own.

Today's team is extremely tired, the concentration of demonic energy on the original road is very high, making everyone very uncomfortable, and experiencing a bloody battle with demonized creatures, the other five people need high-quality rest to recover enough energy to complete the adventure the next day, so only let the best physical condition and the least proportion of energy consumed by Pannis to serve as the task of vigil, although Catherine seriously told her to keep watch in the second half of the night, but Pannis has no intention of waking her up.

Leaning in the shadows, Pennis, although his face was leisurely, but his heart was not so calm, for more than ten hours, he had been thinking about one thing in his mind, an important problem that he had inadvertently ignored before, this question was directly related to the result of this operation, if he couldn't figure out this problem, it was likely to lead to the failure of the mission, and then Vivien would lose his only hope, and then this strong genius girl might soon wither.

"Why?" Pannis's eyes showed a blank look, Kyle never let his friends down, as long as Kyle is there, he can solve all problems, the glory of the past is like a strong irony, knocking on the depths of his soul, since being awakened by Catherine, Pannis no longer demands perfection for himself, but at this moment he especially hopes that he really has that ability, can not disappoint his friends around him, can solve all the problems. However, he also clearly knows that the perfect person is just a false phantom, even if it is a god, there are unsolvable questions to you, let alone ordinary mortals?

Knowing Suosuo's voice, suddenly came from the center of the camp, a petite blue-haired figure rubbed his eyes and stood up, looked around blankly for a while, and finally found Pannis's location, and immediately walked over stiffly, until he walked to Pannis's side, and then he lay down on his side again with sleepy eyes, his head resting on Pannis's coiled thighs, and his back to Pannis's motionless.

"What, you have a headache?" Pannis sighed in his heart, but his expression remained the same, he sat up straight and pressed ten fingers on the blue-haired girl's head and gently massaged it, and said softly: "This month has been really hard for you." ”

"What kind of stupid thing is this, for the sake of my body, we ran together for a month, and entered such a dangerous place, and you actually told me that you had worked hard. Vivian shook her head, as if she had found a more comfortable position, and said in a low voice: "You guys have worked hard, especially you, it's really hard to help us go so far in the past year." ”

"But I also got the redemption I was looking forward to. Pannis smiled faintly and said softly, "Your strength, Lina's love and kindness, Freya's unique gentleness, and Catherine, and her outstretched hand of redemption, each and every one of you is a salvation for me." Therefore, in the past year, it is not that I have helped you go so far, but that we have all supported each other to go farther and farther, even if it is difficult, it is the difficulty that everyone has spent together, not the difficulty of me alone. ”

"Really good at talking. Vivian wrinkled her nose, her eyes curved into a pair of crescents, and said with a happy smile: "It's been more than a year in a blink of an eye, and the first time I pillowed on your lap seems to be right in front of you, and you ...... at that time."

"Ahem. Pannisy coughed dryly, rolled his eyes and forcibly changed the subject: "Your body seems to have improved recently, I haven't seen you show symptoms of depression these days, how do you feel?"

"It's not that you're getting better, it's not that you're not showing symptoms. Vivian shook her head against Pannis's leg: "Actually, there have been a few times when I have difficulty breathing, but it's strange, although I feel that I can't breathe well here, and I inhale very little air, my body never feels suffocated, as if it has really improved." But I think it's probably because of the weird reason for the air here as I mentioned before, and as long as I leave here, I'm afraid I'll be back to the way I was, hehe, it's a pity, sometimes I want to live here forever. ”

"How so. Pannis stopped the massage, stroked Vivien's short hair, and comforted softly: "When you leave here, not only will you not change back to your original appearance, but you will also become a healthy girl, like Lina, Freya and Catherine, you can run and jump freely, you can speak as much as you want, and then you will no longer want to live here." ”

"Hehe, it's really worth looking forward to the future, I can run freely in the fields, I can sweep the fallen leaves in the courtyard with my eldest sister, I can use my fist to beat Freya's head, I can use my own strength to play with Lina, Lina doesn't have to poke my face carefully when playing, lest I poke other unconscious parts of my body and stab my heart, everything is so beautiful, it's like a dream. Vivian squirmed, turning from lying on her side to lying flat, her big dark blue eyes were as calm as lake water, and she asked lightly, "But do you believe it?"

"Why don't you believe it?" Pannis stroked his short-haired hand, the smile on his face stiffened slightly, and then returned to normal, and said with a smile: "Isn't this what we are here for? Don't forget what we said before, no more fear, no more fear, no more self-defeat, even if there is only a faint hope, we must do our best to fight for it, if you don't even believe in yourself, what chance is there to cure you." ”

"No, you misunderstood me, I didn't give up on myself, and I wasn't afraid, but now there is one of the biggest problems. Vivien smiled as if she had seen everything: "Is the research center really here?"

Pannis suddenly fell silent, lowered his eyelids to look away from Vivien's bright eyes, and whispered, "At least that's what the goblin records say, and you saw it, so why doubt it?"

"Heh, it looks like you've noticed the problem. Vivien pointed to her eyes and said mischievously: "Don't forget my ability, you can't hide your feelings from me, don't you want to admit it?"

"Well, I'll admit it. Pannis sighed deeply and said helplessly: "Indeed, I am also skeptical. ”

"Actually, I didn't doubt it until we entered the underground rift of the Earthmarks. Even yesterday, I was full of expectations, even extraordinarily anticipating, and when I was free, I was fantasizing about what I would look like after I was cured, haha, how stupid. Vivien's smile was bright, with a kind of complete relief after a kind of relief, and there was no haze in her eyes: "But today, with every step, my suspicions get a little heavier, is the goblin research center really here? Could it be that we are mistaken?"

"Why do you think that?" Vivien's relieved smile pierced Pannis's heart, and he asked expressionlessly, "What makes you suspicious?"

"I guess it's the same as you, when I found out that the strength of the underground demonic beasts was beyond my expectations, it was hard for me not to have doubts. Vivien pointed her fingers to her lips, thought and said: "You see, the research center of the goblins is not a hidden institution, although it is relatively secret, but the secret is also the research content and results, there will be a large number of researchers in the research center, and judging from the information in the password disk, these tens of thousands of researchers all maintain a normal life, and also maintain close communication and contact with the outside world." Don't forget that the goblins are very fragile, especially the goblins in the Second Age, because of the development of machinery, their physique is extremely fragile, how can those fragile researchers break through the blockade of the insects in the previous layers and enter and exit the research center safely? But we have never found any traces of puppet battles, and tens of thousands of researchers, only a few of them have the ability to control the Legendary-level puppets, and what about the remaining researchers, how much powerful puppet protection is needed to be able to enter and exit normally? Therefore, there is only one answer, the research center is not here. ”

"Not necessarily. Pennis reluctantly retorted, "Don't forget that the underground laboratory of the Weeping Cave is a good example. ”

"The problem is that the nature of the two is different. Vivien shook her head and said, "That research institute is not big, and it is top secret, and the researchers inside only have a chance to leave once in a few years, so they can use the teleportation circle to enter and exit." But this place is different, every researcher here can even come and go freely every day, how much power does tens of thousands of people need to maintain this teleportation consumption?And most importantly, no matter how powerful the goblins' hedron technology is, they didn't have the power to surpass the legend in their time, do they really have the ability to establish a research center in this terrifying area? )