I don't know if it was because of the good attitude of everyone to admit their mistakes, or because the old man in the white robe with exquisite ornaments was not ready to punish them, and the matter passed quickly.

Then, I saw this white-robed old man with a significantly higher status leading everyone up to the tower where the psionic energy suppressor was placed, and then personally stepped forward to carefully inspect the machine.

The old man inspected very carefully, so careful that it was almost an inch of inspection, although it was a waste of time to do so, but the other white-robed people around who were waiting didn't dare to say anything at all, they all stood honestly in place, and didn't even dare to say anything.

After about an hour, the old man stood up, his face extremely serious, and said in a deep voice, "The intruder last night touched this artifact. ”

"What, have you touched this artifact?" everyone looked panicked when they heard this.

They knew very well that they were able to live in relative safety on this island because of the protection of these artifacts.

At first, there were more than twenty of these artifacts, and with the help of these artifacts, their ancestors were able to easily drive away the powerful monsters on the island, and even go out to sea to fish, which is simply unimaginable to the Yamu people now.

However, some of the madmen of their ancestors went so far as to disassemble these artifacts in an attempt to master their powers, and what is even more incredible is that others did not stop them.

It wasn't until more than a dozen artifacts were dismantled that the protective area of the artifact was reduced to half of the island, but at this time the disassembled artifact could no longer be assembled, and they realized how much of a mistake they had made.

After this incident, the Yameh established very strict systems and decrees to protect the remaining artifacts, so as to prevent the artifacts from happening again, and reduce the space in which they could live.

It's just that any strict decree will become loose over time, and the decree protecting the artifact is unclear to most people that there is such a decree after many years of peace.

Because of the slackness in the protection of the artifact, the team of combat priests who were supposed to be arranged in the stone tower for the third time did not come, and it was a bloody moon night, and the yellow-robed priests also had to go out to inspect, and only a few Yam scholars with mutated bodies volunteered to read books all night in the stone tower, so that the invaders could easily enter this important place and move the artifact that was considered a taboo.

Everyone's minds immediately recalled the time when they had seen it in the book, and their faces immediately became extremely ugly, and they were full of anger in their worries.

"The artifact has passed, so now the protective area of the artifact ......" Someone couldn't help but ask the white-robed old man led by him.

"Don't be nervous, although the artifact has been moved, the intruder's movements are very careful and skilled, and they have not brought any damage to the artifact. As he spoke, the old man crouched down again, checked the psionic suppressor again, and then said with great certainty: "The intruder knows a lot about artifacts, at least better than most of us, and he also knows some things that we don't know. ”

Hearing that the artifact was intact, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but after hearing the introduction of the white-robed old man, someone subconsciously asked, "What do we not know?" ”

"Of course there is, like this one. The white-robed old man did almost the same action as Leo last night, and saw that the suppressor opened a hole, revealing the original recorder inside.

Seeing this, the crowd was in an uproar, and although they didn't know what the original recorder was for, they were sure that the opening technique was not found on any page of the holy text, and as the white-robed old man said, the intruder really knew what they didn't know.

"How is this possible?" Although the facts were already in front of them, most people were still in disbelief, and one of them couldn't help but say what was in his heart, "The holy scriptures have always been in our hands. No one in this world knows more about the use of artifacts than we do, and even if we discover new ways to control them, it will only be our ......."

"What do you mean by that?" an old man, also dressed in a white robe with red threads on his sleeves and collar, interrupted his colleague and said with a cold face, "Are you suspecting that the intruders are the work of us who protect the Holy Scriptures?"

As his words fell, several other old men in the same white robes gathered around and stared at the man who had said the wrong thing with great anger.

Although he knew that he had said the wrong thing, the man did not intend to apologize, but stiffened up and said, "I didn't say that, you admitted it yourself," and without waiting for the other party to open his mouth to refute, he said to the others: "Don't you think that there is no such possibility at all? Do you think that this intruder is an outsider, or is there an inner ghost among us?"

Hearing this, not only did the other neutral people have thoughtful expressions on their faces, but even those who were suspected had a contemplative expression on their faces, and there was a hint of doubt in the eyes that looked at each other.

"It could indeed be our people," the white-robed old man who was the leader seemed to support the traitor's statement, but quickly changed his words and said: "However, we still can't rule out outsiders, we are indeed the ones who know the most about the artifact, and the holy scriptures that control the artifacts are in our hands, but don't forget, there are also some people who know the holy scriptures and artifacts very well, even better than us." ”

Someone quickly guessed the old man's insistence and echoed: "You mean the descendants of those people back then?"

The old man nodded and said, "Compared to us who only operated artifacts through a part of the decipherment of the holy scriptures, those blasphemers completely demolished more than a dozen artifacts back then, and their understanding of artifacts also went deep into the interior, far from being comparable to us. ”

"But weren't all those people executed, and their books destroyed?" said someone who was immediately puzzled.

Someone said in a deep voice: "That's true, but who can be sure that there were no fish that slipped through the net back then, you must know that those people had secretly contacted the black-clothed order over there in advance, maybe before the sages destroyed those things, they had already passed on the knowledge they gained after dismantling the artifact." ”

As this sentence was spoken, everyone's thoughts were like an opening, and all kinds of speculations came out of their mouths, and even made up for each other's loopholes in their own guesses, and soon a speculation that was completely different from the truth was pieced together.

According to their guesses, the invasion of the stone tower and fiddling with the artifact last night was a premeditated thing, so the timing was just right, and the only people who did these things could be those black-clothed priests in the Black City, because the descendants of the sinners who dismantled the artifact back then are now living in the Black City.

Although the white-robed old man at the head still had some doubts in his heart, he also agreed with everyone's speculation.

However, some people still expressed some doubts about this kind of speculation that everyone cobbled together and justified themselves, and said, "But why did they do such a thing? And they chose the Blood Moon period, which is very important to them, and they ...... not long after our relations between the two sides eased."

"The so-called détente is just to make us let our guard down," and before the man could finish speaking, someone else retorted: "They deliberately made a peace with us, otherwise we would not have been so lax here." They just wait for us to slack off, and only then do they have the least obstacles. ”

Hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement, believing that some of the previous easing of relations on the Black City side was a foreshadowing for last night's action.

The man who retorted looked at his colleague and said, "As for what, I think it has something to do with the things hidden inside the artifact?"

"What's inside the artifact?" everyone looked puzzled.

The man immediately pointed to the opening that had not yet been closed, and said, "Don't you think there should have been something in here?"

Hearing this, everyone's eyes fell on the opening of the psionic suppressor, and their faces became extremely ugly, obviously they had already believed the speculation made by their companions, thinking that there must be something in such a large internal space.

Leo would have been amused if he was here, knowing full well that the reason why the original record store had so much space was for later upgrades. Almost all unique items produced on Earth will have a lot of room for upgrades in order to upgrade these items in the future, which is also a unique business model of the Earth Federation.

Now the upgrade space created under this business model is mistaken for something hidden in it, and then comes to a conclusion that is far from the truth, which is really too self-righteous.

It's just that now this conjecture is very much in line with the thoughts of most of the people present, and they immediately expressed their indignation at the people on the other side of the black city, and some even clamored to organize people to attack the black city, completely forgetting that they have been suppressed by the black city all along.

"Alright!" the white-robed old man led by him spoke to stop everyone from continuing to make trouble, turned around and closed the opening on the suppressor again, then pondered for a while, and said: "Don't draw conclusions about this matter so quickly, let's send someone to the Black City first, question the Black Order, and test their reaction," As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the white-robed priest who was very active just now, and said, "Hank, since you discovered this matter, the matter of sending Black City to you will be handed over." ”

"Ah!" The man who was still triumphant just now heard this decision, his expression was stunned, and then he showed a bitter face, looking like he wanted to cry without tears, but although he didn't want to go to Heicheng, he knew better that the decision made by the old man in front of him was better to follow, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable, so he could only bow his head and answer: "Yes, I will obey your orders." ”

The old man ignored the man's emotions, and then motioned for everyone to retreat, leaving only a few henchmen and walking to the top of the tower.

After entering the top of the tower, the old man frowned slightly because of the spiritual energy, then took out a pair of glasses from his pocket and put them on, and looked around, his face became extremely gloomy with his discovery, and his eyes also showed strong anger.

The people who followed the old man also took out their eyes and put them on, and looked at the situation around them, their faces were also extremely gloomy.

"He's here for this. The old man took off his eyes, and the anger in his heart made his hands tremble a little, and he tried to put them in his pocket several times, but could not get them in.

"How did he do that?" a white-robed man also took off his eyes and said with some confusion: "There is no sign of battle here, which means that the intruder shot very suddenly and very deadly, and it only took the shortest time to destroy that avatar, could such a powerful strength be done by the chief of the black-robed priest?"

"No way, his strength is about the same as mine, although because of the blood moon, his strength can still increase a little, but it is not strong enough to easily kill the incarnation of the gods, even if the incarnation of the gods is just a seed. The white-robed old man shook his head and said, "Moreover, the person I saw was not him. ”

"You see ......" Several white-robed people were stunned, and then they all looked very excited, and said: "My lord, why do you use that forbidden power again, every time you use it, it will ...... your body"

"Okay, I know exactly what I'm doing, and what's the use of my ability if I don't even use the artifact being touched. The white-robed old man stopped the fuss of several of his subordinates, and then closed his eyes slightly as if he was recalling something, and said slowly: "The intruder I saw is very strange, he is entangled in a layer of black mist, this phenomenon I have only seen in dead people, and he has a lot of divine power, so he should be an apostle of a certain god." ”

"We can't have an apostle of other gods here, unless ......," one white-robed man speculated, "unless he's an outsider." ”

The old man nodded and said, "Yes, I think so too. ”

Another white-robed man was puzzled and said, "Since you already know that the intruder is an outsider, why did you ...... just now?"

"Since that little guy Hank is performing so well, I naturally want to help him set the stage. The old man smiled contemptuously and said, "And we also need a target that can attract people, in this way, the intruder hiding in the city will think that we are going for the Black City, if he is really coming for the incarnation of the gods, he will definitely go to other stone towers and destroy the god seeds, we just need to wait quietly for him to appear on his own." ”

Several white-robed people smiled when they heard this, and said, "Understood, we will make arrangements and wait for that guy to appear." ”