Elk Temple, back garden.

Zeus, Kastaria, and the priests waited silently by the magic circle.

It's been almost thirty-six hours since Jiang Lu entered the magic array, and during that time, Kastaria even went to interview for more than ten hours as a civilian pioneer candidate.

Zeus also left twice in order to go home and feed the people in the basement so that people would not starve to death.

Now, when the limit time for the magic array to open was approaching, they all felt a little nervous.

On the one hand, it was because they were all eager to find the location of the elk goddess, and on the other hand, it was naturally because Jiang Lu was their last hope at the moment.

As the most divine person in the Elk Cult, Kastaria would go to the temple every six months to retreat and try to communicate with the elk goddess, but every time she explored a vast enough area in an unknown place, and often stayed for less than ten hours, she would be forced to quit due to physical exhaustion.

As a result, even though a lot of materials were spent to build the magic array, there was never any gratifying return.

Therefore, if Jiang Lu still can't nail the anchor point this time, it means that the pioneers selected this time are most likely to die in an unknown place.

Because of this, the outcome of Jiang Lu's trip was crucial to the Elk God Cult.

They were all very excited when they saw that Jiang Lu easily broke the record for the longest time Kastaria had stayed in it.

But as the final time limit got closer and closer, the light of the magic array became weaker and weaker, and Jiang Lu still couldn't come out.

By this time, the excitement of almost a day ago had already been washed away, and almost everyone already had a rough answer in their hearts.

"If only he had shown up a month earlier."

Kastaria sighed.

In her opinion, just being able to stay in it for thirty-six hours was enough to prove that Jiang Lu was capable of finding the elk goddess, and what was lacking was just time.

But at this moment, the high priest noticed that there was a movement in the magic array.

"Wait a minute." She shouted, "There's a reaction!" ”

As soon as her words fell, the magic array that emitted milky white light began to gradually change to azure blue.

Blue lines began to emerge from the runes, forming a small six-pointed star.

Kastaria was stunned for a moment, and then shouted, "Record it!" That's the coordinates! ”

The priests didn't even have time to take a closer look, so they used various magic items to rub it down.

Just as the obscure symbols on the six-pointed star were completely recorded by the priests, Jiang Lu also returned to Hiberil.

Looking at everything around him, Jiang Lu only felt like a world away, and he couldn't adapt to such a real and concrete world for a while, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

"You did it! Oh, my God! You've found the elk goddess! Kastaria exclaimed excitedly.

From the initial hope to the nervousness after Jiang Lu entered the unknown land, and then from the nervousness to the excitement that Jiang Lu broke the record, and then from the excitement to the disappointment that he had not responded for a long time when the time was approaching, and finally there was an opportunity to turn everything around when he was about to fail.

The ups and downs of the mood made everyone feel as if they were on a roller coaster, and Kastarya, who was trembling with excitement, didn't care what Jiang Lu was in now, she was so excited that she hugged him and offered a kiss.

Everyone was overjoyed, as the pioneers of the Elk Cult would soon be able to meet the Elk Goddess and continue to bring back all kinds of efficient and mysterious resources from the unknown.

This time is different from before, everyone used to be able to bring back good things, but now only the Elk God Cult can do it, and there is no need to say much about what this means.

The Elk God Cult, which already has few opponents, will soon dominate Hiberil!

Only Zeus, who was not interested in their joy, only noticed that Jiang Lu's expression did not seem quite right.

"How long have I been in there?" Jiang Lu pushed Kastalia away and asked.

"Thirty-five and half an hour." The high priest replied.

Kastalia couldn't wait to ask, "What did the elk goddess say?" ”

"He's" Jiang Lu thought for a while: "I didn't say anything, it just said that she was in some trouble now and needed me to help him." ”

"Sure enough! I knew it! Kastaria looked like she was, "Of course, of course we will help her, and as her faithful followers, is there any reason why we should not do what we can to help her?" ”

"Well, it's not you who help him, it's me who helps him."

Jiang Lu explained: "The trouble he encountered was very serious, and people with weak divine power could not help him, so he put restrictions on the anchor point, and if he couldn't meet his requirements, he would be lost in the unknown." ”

"So what's the requirement?"

"The requirement is that only I can go."

"This" Kastalia was a little unwilling, "but there are so many pioneers, there should always be someone besides you who can help him, right?" ”

"You can try it." Jiang Lu shrugged.

Kastaria and the priests looked at each other.

"If you may, I'd like you to provide a written description of everything you said about your conversation with the elk goddess." Kastaria said.

"That's fine." Jiang Lu nodded, and then pretended to be tired: "But now I have to find a place to rest, this trip is too much for me, how about tomorrow, I will give it to you early tomorrow morning." ”

Jiang Lu said so, and Kastarya had to reluctantly compromise.

"Of course, I was shocked the first time I went in."

She first comforted Jiang Lu, and then reminded: "Give me the content of the conversation as soon as possible, there are only four days left before the opening of the Starry Sky Gate, and now that all the pioneers have been selected, we need the information you provide to make adjustments to the plan as soon as possible." ”

"Okay."

"Then, we still need to decipher the coordinates you brought back, and I won't send you."

"Hmm."

Jiang Lu nodded and quickly called Zeus to leave.

As soon as he walked out of the temple, Zeus spoke: "I guess something happened." ”

"How do you know?" Jiang Lu was a little strange.

"Your expression has always been wrong, and your behavior is a little strange." Zeus patted Jiang Lu on the shoulder: "If it was really done successfully, you would definitely not behave like this, and you should have started extorting money a long time ago to claim benefits." ”

"Tsk" Jiang Lu was speechless, and even talked about the oolong incident in an unknown place.

After listening to Jiang Lu's description, Zeus couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"It's outrageous." He frowned: "Why does Nordens make you feel close?" ”

"I don't know." Jiang Lu shook his head at first, but he felt that it was always a little strange not to explain, so he changed his words again, as if he had just remembered, and said lightly: "Oh! It's possible that I've been running around in the past, and I've had some connection with these ancient gods or other gods. ”

"It's possible."

Zeus sighed.

He also felt that this was the most reasonable explanation, with Jiang Lu's ability to make trouble, he had just been resurrected, and he was still so weak that he could run around, and even ran to Cyberil.

If this was placed in the past, when he was still very strong, it was not impossible to poke and kick twice with curiosity.

"So what do we do now?" Zeus was a little depressed: "Nordens is not a guy to mess with, you promised him, if you regret it, you will be hated if you don't do it." ”

Jiang Lu was stunned: "Do you know Nordens?" ”

"Well," Zeus recalled, "I first heard his name from Poseidon, when he mysteriously told me that on the other side of the world, a world of dreams and projections, there was a god who, like him, wielded the trident and ruled over the sea.

I had just become the god-king of Olympus, and it was when I felt that I could do anything to take over that world, so I managed to find my way into it, and I remember it was a ghoul lair, and after forcing the ghouls to open the tunnel for me, I swaggered in. ”

"And then?"

"And then I'll be back." Zeus is still clearly puzzled by the outcome of that battle: "I don't even know when I started dreaming, but by the time I came to my senses, I was back on Mount Olympus." ”

"So, he's better than you?" Jiang Lu was a little frightened.

"I don't know." Zeus shook his head: "I've never fought him in real terms, and that incident was just a misunderstanding, I've communicated with him many times since then through those ghouls, and now we've cleared our old suspicions." ”

"It's just a misunderstanding, isn't it?" Jiang Lu complained.

"You can't say the same, you know, when a person works hard, the whole world will help him."

Zeus sighed:

"I went to his home stadium, which means that the whole world is already helping him, so as long as he works a little harder, it is acceptable for me to get on the road without knowing him."

"Don't you think that being able to get you to the Tao so easily says a lot in itself?"

Listening to Jiang Lu ruthlessly reveal the facts, Zeus was silent for a while.

"If you're willing to think so, I can't help it." He stared at Jiang Lu resentfully, and relied on Nordens that he would not leave the dream realm easily, and said arrogantly: "So I said that it has something to do with the home field, I don't believe you let him come to Olympus, you see that if I don't do it, he will be finished." ”

"Good, good."

Jiang Lu nodded like a child, and then began to discuss with Zeus what to do next.

"What else can I do?" Zeus looked helpless: "I can only go, you promised him, unless you want to be hated by him, don't blame me for not reminding you, he is careful, you don't know how much effort I wasted in order to stabilize him." ”

"Then you have to do things without the elk goddess."

Jiang Lu didn't have any good way, so he could only comfort himself:

"Anyway, for me, the purpose is to find the reason why the Starry Sky Gate lost all its anchor points, since Nordens can also nail the anchor point, it means that he also knows enough about the Starry Sky Gate, and he is even more powerful than the Elk Goddess, and he will definitely be able to help me more."

Zeus listened to Jiang Lu's words, and nodded at first, but after hearing the name of the elk goddess, he suddenly reacted: "Oh yes, I almost forgot this!" ”

He muttered to Jiang Lu dissatisfiedly: "Your goal can be achieved, but where can I make up for the nutrients I lack?" That's why I'm here! ”

"I really can't ask Nordens to help us find it." Although Jiang Lu was not sure if he could get help from the other party, in order to stabilize Zeus, he had to draw a big pie first.

"There's no other way." Zeus sighed: "It's really unlucky, the trouble you have caused will end up causing me to suffer together." ”

"When can it be said that you have suffered a crime without approval?"

"You're a free person who knows how to send it, right?" Zeus angrily stuffed Huang Xiu'e to Jiang Lu: "Here, your cat!" ”

There was a lot of bitterness in his expression, but Jiang Lu couldn't empathize.

Because compared to Hera, Ihana is too caring.

Strictly speaking, the messenger created by her is equivalent to her daughter, and as a gentle wife who can accept mother and daughter, greatness naturally needs not be said.

"Still." Zeus spoke: "You shouldn't have said so much to Kastaria, in fact, it would be better for you to pretend that the situation is good." ”

"Why?"

"You can tell it from the look in her eyes." Zeus explained: "It is clear that she is the kind of person who is self-righteous and eager to hold power in her hands, and nothing can stop her from having it, and nothing will make her give up the opportunity to get it."

Disappointment flashes through her face when you tell her that only you can reach the anchor mark, but she still asks you to retell the entire conversation with the Elk Goddess.

Believe me, no matter what evidence you give her, she will stubbornly and forcefully choose to send all the pioneers into the Starry Sky Gate, even if she herself will enter. ”

"Not really. I told her that people who didn't meet the requirements would die, would she doubt me? ”

"Brother, even when there was no anchor point, she thought about sending all the pioneers in to try her luck, do you think now that she even has an anchor point, she will back down? The risks are the ones that the pioneers take, and for her, all she can see is opportunities. ”

Zeus was very sure of his conclusion: "Look, she will definitely do it anyway, she is such a person, this careless does not doubt you, for them, the rulers of the major temples, sometimes even if they know that they are sent to death, they will touch that slim luck." ”

Regarding Zeus's analysis, Jiang Lu couldn't find any reason to refute it.

"I really didn't expect that." Jiang Lu smiled bitterly: "My original intention was to reveal some of the facts in order to reduce unnecessary sacrifices, but I didn't expect that this might strengthen her determination instead." ”

Zeus hugged Jiang Lu's shoulder with a complicated expression and comforted: "It's not your fault, in fact, you did surprise me a little this time, in other words, you weren't so sensitive to death before, it seems that this rebirth has changed you a lot." ”

"Ah, not really." Jiang Lu smiled: "Actually, it's just because I'm thinking about starting to preach from the Elk God Sect and turning the Elk God Sect into my shape, so for me, these carefully selected pioneers are my future wealth, and I feel a little distressed that they are dead." ”

"Uh" Zeus was stunned for a moment, then let go of Jiang Lu's shoulder, and said with relief:

"Welcome back! My good brother! I almost thought you were going to leave me. ”

While speaking, the two had returned to Zeus's apartment.

The door to the basement had already opened, and Jiang Lu glanced down, and it was already empty.

Zeus closed the door of the basement and said nonchalantly: "I've been waiting for you next to the magic circle for too long, and when I fed him for the second time, I found that his legs were already dead, so I had to quietly throw him at the door of the clinic." ”

If it was a girl, the kind-hearted Jiang Lu would offer to use the healing power to let her have her legs again, but now that she knew that Zeus was a male lady, Jiang Lu could only sit on the sofa and nodded perfunctorily: "Oh, count him unlucky." ”

"Don't talk about that." Zeus poured two glasses of water and sat down, then changed the subject: "Write the report that Kastaria asked you to submit, and after you finish it, we'll go to see pole dancing." ”

"This." Jiang Lu hesitated, but still shook his head: "Don't worry." ”

"What's not in a hurry?" Zeus shook his legs uneasily, as if he was having a withdrawal reaction: "I'm in too much of a hurry, in order to help you watch the cat, I don't dare to let her out of my sight for more than ten seconds, for a full thirty-six hours, I am almost inseparable from her, and I urgently need to replenish spiritual food now!" ”

"I'm not saying there's no rush to see pole dancing, I mean I'm not going to write a report."

"Why?"

Zeus was surprised: "Then how do you deal with Kastaria?" It's okay to write whatever you want. ”

"I don't really need her anymore." Jiang Lu shrugged: "Anyway, whether she writes or not, she will insist on going her own way, right?" ”

"Don't need her anymore?" Zeus wondered: "You kick her away, then who will lead you to the gate of the starry sky?" ”

"You don't know that."

Jiang Lu didn't pretend anymore, and said with a smile: "After being reborn, I learned a unique skill, have you heard of the conceptual ability?" ”

"No, what's that?"

"I can open all the doors in the world." Jiang Lu cocked Erlang's legs, leaned back on the back of the sofa, and smiled crookedly: "Now that I have an anchor point and the Phnom Penh badge of the priest, I can go to the central temple at any time to open the Starry Sky Gate by myself." ”

"Really?" Zeus Lu Yu faced: "I don't believe it." ”

"Yo, you still don't believe it."

Jiang Lu stretched out his hand and pointed, and the locked apartment door opened automatically after the two entered the house.

"Huh?" Zeus was shocked: "Are you really here?" ”

"I've told you everything, invincible." Jiang Lu smiled proudly: "Even some objects that are not doors, but have the concept of doors, I can open them unconditionally." ”

"Is that anus, throat, palace door you can also open?" Zeus asked excitedly.

"You're just another me in the world!" Jiang Lu was moved by being understood.

"Then let's go see the pole dance!" Zeus couldn't wait, and was extremely high: "I can't wait to see those dancers squirting on stage!" Haha, spin the musical fountain! It's so fucking cool! ”

"Good, good!"

Jiang Lu nodded first, then thought of something, immediately changed his face, and said solemnly:

"Oh no"

"Why?" Zeus's face changed.

"There's cooling, I've just opened a door to prove to you, so I'll have to wait twenty hours before I can use it again,, I can't go to the Starry Sky Gate now."

Jiang Lu slapped the table angrily, and then suddenly changed his words again, and said with a hippie smile: "But to be reasonable, this seems to be the first serious door I opened." ”

"You fucking used such a precious opportunity to prove it to me?!"

Zeus went crazy and even scolded himself: "What kind of thing am I, and I deserve to let you use this magic skill once?!" Twenty hours! Twenty hours?! How am I going to survive these twenty hours?! ”

"Uh" Jiang Lu said helplessly, "Actually, even if twenty hours are up, I will give priority to opening the Starry Sky Gate." ”

"You're damned!"

The experience of watching pole dancing is not ideal.

Because Zeus has been sullen throughout the whole process.

He stared at a bald head in the first row and said resentfully, "I should have seen the dancer in front of him spray him in the face and turn him into a basketball!" ”

"Why basketball?" Jiang Lu asked.

"So I can have sex with the beautiful lady next to him and push everything to Kobe Bryant."

Zeus shrugged: "You know, when Kobe and basketball come at the same time, everyone will see how basketball will move, and no one will see if the face is from Kobe.

All I had to do was shout "Look, Kobe Bryant is back to life" and everyone would take it as a miracle to see that man jumping up and down the stage, and no one would care if Kobe Bryant was strong or not.

Damn, he's literally the faith of the fans! ”

"You're such a genius." Jiang Lu praised: "Then I will take advantage of that time to jump on stage and have a relationship with the dancer." ”

"But she's just squirted!"

"I know, but I'm going to pretend to be Michael Jackson and dance his Beat it, and I don't know why, but he touches his crotch every little while."

Jiang Lu imitated the movements of the dance and rubbed twice:

"As long as you clean it up at any time, it's not a problem, and they're going to make it part of the show, because Kobe Bryant is resurrected, and there's nothing out of the question of MJ's resurrection."

"Uh" Zeus hesitated: "But I like MJ a lot, I don't want you to make a joke about him." ”

"You were just kidding?!" Jiang Lu was shocked.

“？”

"Okay, but it's useless to say that now." Jiang Lu diverted the topic: "My ability is still cooling, and when I can use it, it should be to open the Starry Sky Gate." ”

"How much longer is there now?" Zeus asked.

"Nineteen hours and ten minutes to go." Jiang Lu replied.

"Okay, let's watch pole dancing in peace."

"Hmm."

After a while, Zeus suddenly asked, "So you really don't plan to use it on them first?" We have four days left, so we have plenty of time. ”

"Impossible."

Jiang Lu firmly refused: "I will not waste my time in useless places no matter what, I am now burdened with a heavy responsibility." ”

"Why don't we each take a step back, you perform once, and then I promise to make what I just said true with you." Zeus prescribed the conditions.

"Brother, I've already said it's impossible, do you know what impossible means?"

"Whatever." Zeus shrugged: "It seems that I want to think too much, and I should grovel to you for this?" ”

"That'll do."

"Actually, I could have done it casually, not that you have to."

"Uh-huh."

"Did anyone say you were a bit of a pretend?"

"Huh?"

"Forget it, I wasn't very interested."

"You started, didn't you?"

"Nineteen hours to go, anyway, I can do this all day."

"Why does the Greek captain speak English?"

“Μπορνατοκνωαυτλημρα。”

Zal District, Law Enforcement Agency.

Cynthia came to the interrogation room early in the morning to change shifts.

The colleague, who was almost done with the interrogation, handed the interrogation book to Cynthia, and then yawned and left the interrogation room.

Cynthia didn't check on the offender for the first time, but sat down and began to look at the contents of the case.

[The two criminals had sex with the pole dancer and an audience member at the "Gepi" nightclub last night, taking advantage of the performance mistake (the pole dancer had diarrhea while dancing), disrupting the normal progress of the performance.

During this period, one person danced a strange dance, and one shouted "Everything I do now is to pursue more perfection", "bowing your head is not admitting defeat, it is to see your own way; Raising your head is not pride, but seeing your own sky" and other words.

Offence: Disturbing public order

As pole dancers and spectators intercede on behalf of the offender afterwards, a discretionary sentence is recommended

Recommended sentence: 23 years

Suspect: Jiang Bao Ding Zhen, Os]

"Huh?! Jiang Bao?! Cynthia jerked her head.

"Jiang Bao is next door." Zeus waved his hand and smiled brightly: "I remember you, beautiful magistrate. ”

Next door to Zeus, Jiang Lu stared at the documents that needed to be drawn, feeling incredible.

"I thought we were going to be charged against the will of women!"

"Huh? What kind of crime is this? The magistrate sneered, "Unless you force an orangutan on stage to stick a torch into Prometheus' chrysanthemum, there's nothing worse than disturbing a group of powerful people who want to have sex with the people around them after watching the show." ”

"But you're going to sentence me to twenty-three years just because of that?!"

"You're going to figure everything out in prison, scum!"

"But I'm a priest of the Elk Cult."

"You have been released, I wish you a happy life, Lord Priest!"

Standing at the door of the Law Enforcement Bureau, Jiang Lu felt for the first time the privileges that the priests could enjoy in Hiberil.

Soon, Zeus was also sent out by Cynthia.

"Would you like to have a drink together?" Jiang Lu asked.

Cynthia shook her head in a panic: "No, no, I still have something." ”

After saying that, he turned around and walked back to the Law Enforcement Bureau.

"How did you come out for so long?" He asked Zeus.

"Before revealing the Priest's Badge, I tried to mend your relationship with her, so that this and the previous events would not deduct your points in her heart." Zeus replied.

"You don't have to do that." Jiang Lu asked nonchalantly, "Did she say anything?" ”

"She said let me remind you that the dancer had an infectious disease on her."

Jiang Lu was stunned for a moment, and began to check his personal information, and sure enough, he found that there were many entries on the status bar.

"There's still a disease I haven't seen before?!"

"Seriously?" Zeus cared.

"Fortunately, there are only more than 20 kinds." Jiang Lu didn't care: "Ihana will help me, love can cure all diseases." ”

"Great." Zeus looked at the time: "There are still two and a half days before the Starry Sky Gate opens, there should be three hours before your cooldown is about to end, now it's just right to go to the central temple." ”

Jiang Lu nodded: "Don't worry, I'll go home and take E'e with me." ”

"What's the use of taking her?" Zeus was puzzled.

"You are a waste god and I am a waste person, if you don't bring E'e, where do we get our combat power?"

Jiang Lu smiled: "Although she will be subject to some restrictions outside the underworld, it is enough for us to deal with most accidents." ”

"I thought she was a lady."

Zeus was taken aback: "I was actually deceived by a girl?" ”

Jiang Lu thought that he was about to conquer the unknown land, and his heart suddenly became heroic: "Okay, let's take out a little bit of the momentum of a god next!" I can't imagine that you and I will join forces, who can stop us? ”

Ten minutes later, the two were stopped by the men of Kastaria, who had found Zeus's address.

Good morning, relax a little on New Year's Day, 10,000 words a day is too tired, wait for me to adjust my state, my brothers wait for me to come back

(End of chapter)