Twenty-one.

Twenty.

Nineteen.

……

The elevator descends slowly.

Inside the elevator car, it was silent.

Above the display screen, the number of floors is constantly decreasing, gradually falling to one, and continuing down, into the negative floor.

A solemn atmosphere permeated the surroundings, as if the air was being pumped out continuously, causing everyone to dare not breathe loudly easily.

The numbers ended up stuck in the minus four layers.

The elevator doors slowly opened to both sides, and everyone walked forward, the voice-activated lights overhead lit up one after the other as the footsteps approached.

Even if he walked at the back of the crowd, Su Lin could clearly feel the slightest coolness coming from the front.

This feeling is not so much a source energy cellar as an environment such as an ice cave or a cryogenic chamber.

"Take it easy, one thing to say, this is the most comfortable source energy cellar I've ever been in."

Hanami smiled and saw that Su Lian's face was not very good-looking, so he patted him on the shoulder and said.

"At most, the temperature here is a bit of a netherworld."

"One of the source energy cellars I went to before was so strong that even the air was scorching hot."

"You have to wear professional protective clothing and carry an oxygen cylinder when you stay there, otherwise every breath of air will be as sour as someone has poured sulfuric acid into your trachea."

"What the hell did you come from? I'm afraid that there is a [banana fan] stored in it......" Su Lin couldn't help but complain.

The narrow walkway approached twenty or thirty meters, and soon, everyone stood still in front of a huge gate.

The door is more than three meters high, and the two doors are tightly snapped together in the middle, showing a jagged gap.

The group walked to the identity verification device in front of the door and stopped.

"That's it, Captain Tang."

The young team member whispered, and at the same time looked at Tang Ran on the side with a little weakness, "I didn't lie to you, the access control requires permission......"

"It is necessary for the four authorities to be present at the same time to ......"

"I know." Tang Ran interrupted the other party's words in a turbulent tone.

First, second-in-command, supervisor and ombudsman.

How to say that Tang Ran used to be mixed up in the Xinghai Division, and he didn't need to teach him this kind of thing at all.

"But now none of us are here." The young team member couldn't stay a little farther anymore, "It's quite cold here, Captain Tang, why don't we retreat outside first and then make a decision?" ”

"If you want to go, get out of here." Tang Ran didn't even look at him.

Anyway, it doesn't do anything for this person to stay here, and it's just an eyesore to keep it.

When the other party heard this, he was so frightened that he was sleepy.

I originally wanted to leave quickly, but now I was stupid and didn't dare to move.

"Giggles, what to do, Captain?"

"It doesn't seem like this door will open at all?"

Lu Xiaoyan slid the sharp dagger in his hand hard and the hard and heavy gate, and the tip of the knife burst out a spark, but there was no trace left.

It's a place where all the top secrets are stored, and you can imagine how strong the material of this door is.

However, the sharp grinding sound seemed to make the goth little Lori even more excited, and her movements became louder and louder, as if she was addicted to something.

Tang Ran raised his forearm expressionlessly, and slapped away Lu Xiao's dishonest hand steadily, just like an old mother disciplining a disobedient bear child.

Then he pulled out of his pocket a device that looked like a satellite phone, but was clearly more elaborate.

I pressed a few buttons and made a phone call.

"Captain, if I'm not mistaken, you shouldn't be calling that crazy old man......" Hanami said with a smile.

Tang Ran let out a long sigh, and at the same time said weakly: "There is no way, I can only rely on him at this time." ”

Soon, the communication was connected.

The satellite device lit up with a green light, and a blue glow lit up in the dimly lit basement, illuminating the surroundings at once.

In the gradually generated stereoscopic projection, the figure of a boy with a small body and a round face appeared in it.

He wears the same baseball cap as Aralei, one-fitting, baggy suspender jeans, and a pair of trendy children's dad shoes at his feet.

The fleshy face has a set of facial features that have not fully grown at first glance, big black eyes, a small and straight nose, and tender skin that seems to pinch out water......

This little boy is probably only about six or seven years old, no matter how you look at it, he is an absolutely natural green and pollution-free soft cute little Zhengtai.

Even the sound that comes out when he opens his mouth is a soft and glutinous little milk sound that is harmless to humans and animals.

But in the tone of his speech, he had a sophisticated and mature tone like a little adult, but with a hint of greasy.

"Oh, it's embarrassing!"

"I'll drop a good girl, let me see who Jie is!"

The little boy's eyes widened and he smiled as pure as a little angel, "Isn't this my beautiful, charming, sexy and hot super sweet little Tang Tang!" ”

"What is the wind that brought you to me?"

"Oh! It turned out to be the fragrance of your pillow......"

"Be less verbose, you old and disrespectful dead pervert!" Tang Ran was a little annoyed, and scolded, "I'm looking for you for something!" ”

"What do you mean? So if it's okay, you won't get along with me anymore, right? How can your 36.6c cherry mouth say such cold words? ”

The little boy sniffled and showed pitiful teary eyes, "I'm just a tool man in your eyes?" So love will disappear, right? ”

"Who is this kid......"

Su Lin looked puzzled, and couldn't help but whisper to Hanami on the side.

"I guess you're not going to believe it, but this guy isn't any ordinary kid."

Hanami shrugged and said, "He is the former chief director of the Xinghai Division, the current inspector general of the Tianyan Bureau, Qin Yan. ”

"Although it is not yet possible to call the big shots of the Military Aircraft Department face-to-face, it is also a role with absolutely no low status and authority in the entire Dongxia Branch."

"Huh?" Su Lin was dumbfounded, "A seven-and-a-half-year-old child? ”

"yes, this guy is an old guy with a young face, but his real age is over a hundred years old."

Hanami smiled and said helplessly, "If he wants, he can only buy half a ticket to go to the zoo to see a lion or tiger." ”

"When you first got to know him, you would think he was quite cute, and he looked cute and spoke well, but as long as you get along for a long time, you will find that this thing is a greasy uncle who likes to drink and is lustful - no, uncle."

The world is so big that there are no surprises......

Su Lin didn't bother to ask Hua Jianxiao why there was such a thing.

He's seen so much of the paranormal since he became a player.

Since there are [undead] in this world, then the existence of such a thing as [undead] is also quite river, right?

Even if it has nothing to do with race, it may be because of the peculiarity of talent.

All in all.

After experiencing the battlefield game, Su Lian, who has spied the true face of this world, has greatly improved his acceptance of all kinds of people and things that he has never seen before.

"Director, your slippery oil is about to seep out of the depths of your soul."

"Besides, I don't have time to listen to these borderless earthy love stories now."

Tang Ran said angrily to this high-quality human male, "I need permission now, there is a problem on the side of the Xinning Branch, I need to verify some things." ”

"Don't call me director anymore, I'm retired, and that crazy woman will definitely be jealous again when she hears you call me that."

Qin Yan took off Alalei's co-branded baseball cap, and the handful of dull hair on the top of his head jumped up very stubbornly, "So what's so important?" Is it worth a satellite phone call from my little friend in the middle of the night? ”

Su Lin was still a little uncomfortable for a while, and he called himself a "little friend" for this product, after all, when he thought that this old thing was more than a hundred years old and still pretending to be tender here, he felt that this harmless baby face of humans and animals was completely impossible to substitute.

"The source energy cellar of the Xinning Branch, I have to go in and take a look." Tang Ran said, "It's too late, I won't be able to explain it to you for a while, and I will prepare a detailed investigation report and hand it over to you in the future." ”

"Xiao Tang Tang, I haven't seen you for so many years, and your style of doing things is still as vigorous and resolute as when you first came......"

Qin Yan, the little kid, looked like a big ghost, and seemed to be very sad to shake his head and sigh, "Forgot all the things I taught you before?" ”

"You can't eat hot tofu if you're in a hurry, calm in everything comes first, impulse is the devil!"

"You're a girl, don't be grumpy, be elegant, elegant!"

"Violence is only a temporary catharsis, but elegance is the eternal art......"

While speaking slowly, he even picked up a goblet with red wine and took a sip of wine, and then made a small plum-style classic toast at Tang Ran in front of the camera.

"I suspect [the Grail of Carnival] has been stolen." Tang Ran said concisely.

Burst!

The hairy little boy squirted out a mouthful of old wine, fumbled around the table in embarrassment, grabbed a handkerchief and vigorously wiped the stains of his suspender jeans.

"Why didn't you say this kind of thing earlier?"

Qin Yan's two big watery eyes widened, "How many levels of authority do you need?" There should be no problem below level five, and if you go higher, you have to apply to the Military Aircraft Department. ”

"If you don't have to, my advice is not to alarm the people above, those old dogs are not easy to talk to."

"The third-level authority is enough, and the Xinning Branch is enough." Tang Ran said, "Hurry up, I don't have time to talk to you." ”

"Little Tang Tang, we are good friends, you won't cheat me, right?"

Qin Yan showed a pitiful look in his cute eyes again, "If something happens after the permission is issued, I am the one who carries the cauldron." ”

"I, Qin Yan, just want to live a peaceful life, promise me, don't mess with me before I retire smoothly, okay?"

Although it sounded like his tone was full of reluctance, before he could finish speaking, Tang Ran received the latest notice from the organization.

A pleasant proposal tone of the drop showed that the new authorized person was Qin Yan, and the authorization time was two seconds ago.

Her current clearance level has been elevated, with immediate effect.

"Good night, Director."

Tang Ran said perfunctorily, and then decisively cut off the communication.

She wasted no time and walked to the identity verification machine.

"Ding!"

"Identity verification begins ......"

Soon, Tang Ran passed the identity verification one by one, including a series of biometric passwords including ID, face, iris, voiceprint, fingerprint, etc.

After all of the above processes have been successfully completed, it is time for the final permission check.

"Ding!"

"Permission passed!"

……

Accompanied by emotionless electronic sounds, a loud roar rang out in the basement.

Heavy doors open to both sides, revealing a vast, expansive subterranean space hidden behind them.

An even colder cool air poured out from it, and the temperature of the environment dropped suddenly at this moment, which made Su Lin shiver.

Tang Ran suddenly backhanded a knife and slammed it on the neck of the young player.

After this guy fell to the ground with a surprised expression and his eyes blackened, he strode into the Source Energy Cellar.

Su Lone, who came to this kind of place for the first time, only felt as if the door to a new world had been opened.

The so-called source energy cellar actually has a very similar sense of déjà vu to the museums in the modern world.

A variety of transcendent items are stored and displayed in different storage rooms according to their type and degree of danger.

Most of the props that appeared here Su Lin had basically never seen them, but every strange thing was able to arouse his interest.

It's like a five-year-old who stumbles into a physical LEGO store.

"Hey, hey, put away your look like you've never seen the market, your saliva is dripping to the ground."

"Take out your toughness and cards as a member of the Xinghai Division, okay!"

Seeing Su Lian's fascinated and distracted look, Hua Jianxiao couldn't help but bump him on the shoulder, "It's just a bunch of broken copper and iron." ”

"There isn't even a piece of equipment above cyan in this place, and the purple equipment is also the most rubbish kind of low-end goods."

"No wonder they refused to provide props at that time, I was afraid that they would not be able to take out their inventory at all, and they would lose Xiao Yong's old face at that time."

Su Lin was unconvinced: "I understand the reason, but I still can't help but want to touch it when I see the Xiaobawang game console now." ”

Hanami smiled and was stunned: "That's right, I'm excited to change me." ”

The source energy cellar of the Xinning branch is very large.

The group walked around the room for almost ten minutes before finally finding the door to the storage room with a special mark.

The props stored in this place are all extremely important, and they are called [Holy Relic] level existences.

Just like the precious collections in a museum, the way to measure the level of a source energy cellar is the amount of [holy remains].

In each of the official Source Energy Cellars, all the information of [Holy Remains] is made public on the organization's intranet for official personnel with certain permissions to query.

As early as taking over the task of [Doomsday Paratroopers] and not long after coming to the Xinning Branch, Tang Ran had a general understanding of the situation in the Xinning Branch.

Among them, it includes the number and information of the [holy remains] of the source energy cellar in Xinning City.

Xinning, a second-tier small city at the end, belongs to an area with a low player density, and the Xinning Branch has not done anything big, so the materials in Xinning's Yuanneng Cellar are indeed a little expensive.

In the entire huge city, there is only one [Holy Relic], and that is the [Carnival Holy Grail].

And this [Holy Relic] is inextricably linked to the sudden appearance of [Soul Crystal] and humanoid players.

That's why Tang Ran's reaction was so strong, and he even chose to rush here overnight to find out as soon as possible.

Soon, the door to the storage room was pushed open.

On the stone platform in the center of the storage room, the delicate and beautiful dark silver chalice was quietly placed on the stone platform.

Seeing this, everyone invariably breathed a sigh of relief.

Luckily, the stuff is still there.

This thing is no ordinary toy, and if you lose it, it will really be a problem.

Everyone was still rejoicing, but Tang Ran's expression became more complicated.

She has always been very confident in her sixth sense.

When she saw the scene in front of her, the tension and uneasiness in her heart not only did not disappear, but became even worse.

At this time, in the quiet storage room, Su Lone's voice came.

……

"It's a fake."

He said suddenly.