The search leader ordered everyone to return to the camp immediately for a full inspection, and although Amadeus was in a higher position than him, he had the authority to lead everyone to evacuate in the event of a major crisis for the search team!

But at this moment, Zero seemed to suddenly think of something, and immediately took out a hand-held flame signal from his backpack, and the people around him showed puzzled eyes, only Amadeus's face showed a hint of understanding!

Zero dispersed the crowd, holding the ignited hand-held flame signal in one hand and staring at the thick smoke from the flame's burning flashlight in the other.

Sure enough, the smoke was blown away by a faint wind, and everyone finally knew what he was doing, and Zero led the soldiers to search in the direction that blew the smoke away, and finally found a clue in a corner of a dead end.

A gentle breeze with a poisonous mist blew out of the gap in the wall, and immediately a soldier who was not afraid of death took out a giant hammer and smashed the wall open, and a stone door hidden behind the wall appeared in front of everyone.

The moment the wall was shattered, a faint purple smoke drifted out from behind the door, and after translating part of the contents on the stone door, Zero knew that this stone gate was one of the entrances to the second floor of the ruins!

Everyone had already walked too far in the ruins at this time, and if they didn't go back in time, they would probably have to explain it here, and the search captain once again forced everyone to leave immediately.

Even Amadeus, one of the Combine bosses, was reluctant at this time, but he had no right to ask everyone to die with him, so he could only evacuate with everyone in a huff.

On the way back, Zero was still pondering the document that had only been translated halfway, and found that there was a passage on it that was actually carved in the lingua franca of the contractor!

Unfortunately, due to the haste of the evacuation, Zero only had time to record half of the contents: "Any blasphemous person who dares to touch the Book of the Dead will become the Horus..."

Zero followed the crowd to recall this passage on the way back, as for how to open the stone gate in the cul-de-sac, it seems that the only way to open the stone gate in the dead end is next time, and the search captain will naturally report this matter to his superiors, and I believe that soon a steady stream of manpower will come to this wall to set up a guard.

As the path into the ruins was found by Zero, he gained a great deal of Morgan's reputation once again after the search party returned to the makeshift camp, as well as the prestige of the Amadeus Coalition.

The camp's medic conducted a thorough physical examination of all the search team members, and only after confirming that they were normal, did they relax and prepare for rest.

Amadeus had already led another search team to the passage to study how to enter the second floor of the ruins, and even took a few translators who were still in a state of excitement after the inspection.

Zero sternly prevented the thirty veterans who were following him from entering the second floor of the ruins without his consent, and he guessed that the entrance to the passage seemed to be artificially closed, and judging from the poisonous fog that had been discovered, the opposite side of the door was definitely an extremely dangerous environment.

Now the Combine forces have to be cautious when they only operate in the outer area of the ruins, not to mention the unknown situation in the next floor, and until the danger level behind the door is confirmed, killing Zero will not enter the second basement floor.

Since there are so many guys who like to go to research (send) and study (death) are willing to explore the way, he thinks that it doesn't matter if he goes or not, and Zero is sure that even if everyone is dead, Amadeus, the old fox, can leisurely smoke and return safely in style!

Zero's guess was correct, the second group of exploration team directly and violently blasted the stone wall open that day, and what appeared in front of them was a wide staircase that extended down dozens of meters, and the entire space was pitch black and nothing could be seen.

When the soldiers fired a few flares, they found something under the stairs, and their arrival seemed to wake up something on the second floor of the ruins, something terrible!

Shots and explosions rang out from the second floor of the ruins, but Sergeant Alan immediately sent troops to increase his strength when he learned that Amadeus had led a group of people into the ruins.

It's a pity that when the additional soldiers arrived on the second floor of the ruins, only Amadeus was saved, and at this time, the second group of search teams had all been killed, and not only the search team but even the soldiers sent to increase the number of soldiers also suffered heavy losses.

The entire visible area on the second floor of the ruins was full of dense mummies and unknown terrifying creatures, and they frantically attacked the stone gate leading to the first floor.

If it weren't for the desperate efforts of the troops who came to reinforce later, the entire area of the ruins would have been occupied by these terrifying monsters, and they would even have a good chance of escaping the ancient ruins!

Zero was lying on a comfortable folding bed, eating a fruit unique to this oasis jungle, and just by looking at the expression on his face, he knew that Zero was very comfortable at this time.

He was not surprised when he heard the reports of the veterans, if Amadeus and his party swaggered into the second floor of the ruins for an archaeological expedition that they said would go, and all of them came back unscathed, then Zero would feel incredible.

This is said to be the remains of the ancient Martians, in other words, it can also be called the base of the ancient Martians, if the "octopus" does not set up a security system in his lair, he will not believe it if he kills Zero, so no matter what he finds in the ruins, he is not unusual.

The first thirty veterans who followed Zero had become his personal bodyguards, and while this was not what Sergeant Allen wanted to see, he was powerless to stop Zero's "money power".

For Zero, it's a very nice thing to have thirty more big men who can fight for themselves at any time. (Each creature in the mission world has an independent reputation system, the mode is similar to the reputation of the faction, the contractor can sign a contract with the creatures in the mission world as long as it reaches a certain level, and then become the contracted person's summoned creatures, minions, pets, mounts, style gods, etc., the items that sign the contract are extremely difficult to obtain, and there is also a rank level limit, after signing the contract, the contractor can bring it back to the seed space to participate in the evolution game together.) ）

In the nearly half a month that he had been searching in the ruins, Zero had saved almost all of them more than once, and in the trap-filled underground ruins, he had the skill "Instinct LV1", and he could get early warnings from the changes in his five senses before each trap was triggered.

Of course, most of the time he didn't succeed in saving the unlucky guy who triggered the trap, not because Zero didn't want to, but because it was too late, and when he reminded him, the guy who was tricked had already fallen to the ground and started to mummy.

The only thing that didn't suffer any loss in the entire team was the thirty veterans around Zero, who were dressed in the finest equipment and were always safe and sound thanks to Zero's timely reminder and mutual cooperation.

Amadeus, who discovered this, would show a strange expression every time he looked at Zero, wanting to knock him unconscious and then dissect him, which is one of the reasons why Zero was reluctant to deal with this old fox, after all, the person you were talking to was a pervert who wanted to dissect you, who had the heart to talk about it?

The exploration of the second floor of the ruins was very difficult, and if the traps on the first floor only caused some trouble for the Modern Legion, then the huge number of undead creatures on the second floor seemed to kill wave after wave like leeks.

They frantically attacked the staircase leading to the first floor like flies that smelled blood, and Sergeant Allen knew what would happen if he let these terrible creatures leave the ruins, and he was desperately trying to block them, and the Morgan Legion's exploration of the ruins was at a stalemate for the time being.

After Amadeus returned to the makeshift camp once again, he obtained a large amount of evidence that the ancient ruins not only contained the high-tech knowledge left behind by the ancient Martians, but also left behind certain protective measures, and ordinary people would be assimilated into mummies if they stayed in it for a long time without any protective measures.

In the early stages of its symptoms, it will cause people to become nervous, gradually become confused, and eventually become mummified in madness, wandering unconsciously in ancient ruins.

The Combine gave the virus samples to Amadeus when they were stationed in the desert town, and it was only then that he had enough virus sample data to start making an antidote to this assimilation symptom.

The research team led by Amadeus is worthy of being experts in biochemistry, and Zero admires the old fox beyond being able to see the vial of potion that constantly changes color in his hand!

Mummy Virus Antidote (1/1)

Type: Consumables

Quality: Normal

Special Effect: Unwinds the transformation effect of "Mummy's Breath".

Conditions of use: None

Item Class: First tier

Notes: The antidote carefully developed by the Amadeus Coalition after studying the biochemical viruses left behind by the ancient Martians can make ordinary people immune to the assimilation effect of the ancient Martian viruses for a long time, and can even cure the transformation effect caused by the "Mummy's Breath". (In order to improve the taste, Amadi Usti made this medicine into a strawberry flavor, and there are no side effects when normal people drink it!) ）

The Modern Legion, which had the antidote, gained a foothold in the area of the second floor of the ruins, and as the number of participants increased, they quickly wiped out all the undead creatures near the entrance to the second floor.

The traps on the second floor of the ruins were obviously much less than those on the first floor, and the distribution of the buildings on the second floor of the ruins seemed to be very regular, as if it was a huge circle.

Zero, who was in the makeshift camp, resumed his work, and since the murals and texts on the second floor of the ruins were all newly discovered, the translation work had to be entrusted to him.

Zero's reputation in the Modern Legion has grown in the past few days, and the reputation of the Amadeus United Organization has long since become friendly.

"Completed the side quest 'Revered!' , the quest reward will be obtained in the World Quest Settlement! ”