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"You wait." Eric took out a button.

This is what he asked Mark to make when he came out for dinner one time.

Because the ink-gold material is too insulative, Eric can’t notify him in case of any unexpected situation outside, and he is afraid of hurting Mark when he breaks the ink-gold wall, so Eric asked him to create such an outside Press the siren that will go off inside.

After he pressed it, within a few seconds, he saw Mark's workshop begin to assemble back, and within 30 seconds, it turned back to the original spider-shaped walking machine.

Mark sat inside and ran over in a panic: "What's the matter? What's the matter? An earthquake? Is it on fire? Or is there an enemy invasion?"

"That's not the case." The transformation process was too fast, and Eric didn't have time to stop him, but it was good, and there was really no emergency in time to run.

When Mr. Mantis saw this kind of machine for the first time, he looked a little wary: "Why do you even have dwarfs here?"

"He borrowed it, that's not the point." Eric grabbed Mark's scurrying vehicle, "Mark, where's the wooden box you studied? Take it out and show it to Mr. Mantis."

Seeing that something really happened, Mark gradually calmed down. Although he was confused when he heard Eric's request, he obediently obeyed.

Mr. Mantis took the small wooden box with a solemn face. He realized that this might be what he was looking for, so he glanced at Eric, who nodded to him.

Mr. Mantis carefully observed the small wooden box against the light, and then tried to break it.

"It's useless, you can't open it with violence." Mark is very proud, "This is the creation of the Mechanic God, you have to crack the mechanism outside."

"I got this about half a month ago. Can you see if it's the one you're looking for?" Eric asked. Box.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Mantis shook his head and said, "It's not the same one I'm looking for. Although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, my brother wrote me that it was an octagonal wooden box. There's a button that presses like a nautilus and doesn't do anything."

Eric was very surprised, and quickly asked Mark: "How many creations of your mechanical gods are there?"

Mark didn't know what they wanted to do based on the few words he heard, but he still answered honestly: "I don't know the total number. Anyway, there are 8 exhibited in our dwarf exhibition hall. We can determine the location, but the owner is unknown." There are 6 of them who are willing to sell but don’t even show it.”

He suddenly saw the small wooden box in the hands of Mr. Mantis, slapped his head and said, "Oh, there are five of them now. You originally belonged to one of them and were regarded as a family heirloom by a human nobleman, but his house was ransacked not long ago. This The things just slipped out. We lost them for a while, and then it was in your hands, fortunately, you are more generous."

"There are so many of these things. The creations of the God of Mechanics are not surprising at all." Eric raised his forehead, "Then do you know what is inside the small wooden box?"

"I don't know. Our exhibition hall only exhibits the small wooden box or its replica that has been completely untied, without showing the contents inside, and there is no related introduction." Mark explained, "The creation of the Mechanic God It refers to the puzzle created by the great God of Mechanics with this small wooden box as the carrier! It has nothing to do with the contents of the wooden box, so we basically don’t pay attention to it.”

"Then do you know that putting this small wooden box around can improve the spiritual power of creatures?" Mr. Mantis stared into Mark's eyes.

Mark was very depressed and even a little angry: "How do I know this, we dwarves are a race without any magical talent, and our mental power has been fixed since birth and cannot be increased."

"I've also heard this saying. The same is true for dwarves and goblins. That's why some of the smart people in the three tribes will form a group and form the Mojin Alliance, and they will be unanimous." Eric expressed his opinion, "I think It has nothing to do with them, and the power of the Mojin Alliance is not too weak, but they never once thought of robbing them."

"Sorry, I was in a hurry." Mr. Mantis sighed.

[Eric, I want to scan the body of Brother Mantis. ] The system suddenly spoke.

【What's wrong? ] Eric asked.

The system said uncertainly: [I have an idea, I don't know whether it is right or wrong, you have to let me scan the body of the mantis boy first, just put it in the biological pool, and I will scan it at the same time as I analyze it. 】

Eric first gave the small wooden box to Mark, and asked him to go back and continue to study, and then said to Mr. Mantis: "Why don't you send your brother to the funeral first."

"Alright." Mr. Mantis nodded.

Only then did he put down the rectangular object in his hand, and Eric heard the sound of splashing water when the object fell to the ground.

Mr. Mantis untied the ice coffin on his back again, and said to Eric: "This is my younger brother, be careful, don't touch this ice coffin directly with your skin, it will freeze if it is very cold."

This really wrapped him in a whole piece of ice, and Eric still didn't feel any cold after getting close, but he was not a bug who refused to listen to persuasion and wanted to die, but he was a little confused: "How to put him Get it out?"

"Wait a minute, it depends on my pet." Mr. Mantis said, and lifted the cloth covering the cuboid.

Eric was surprised to find that there was a translucent rectangular glass tank underneath, with about 2/3 of water in it and a strange creature.

The upper body of this creature is similar to that of a human, but the lower body is a bunch of black tentacles. The whole creature is twisted into an incredible shape and squeezed into a glass tank.

Suddenly seeing the light, he straightened up and grabbed one side of the glass tank, looking at Eric curiously through the glass.

Eric found that his eyes were different from humans and Zerg, they were pure black, just like Warcraft.

"What the hell is this?" Eric put a hand on the glass, and the creature inside also put a hand in the corresponding position.

"I don't know, I picked it up by the sea." Mr. Mantis replied, "It doesn't seem to be some kind of intelligent creature. It can't communicate or speak. After I picked it up, it stuck to me. I think it's used for water and ice magic. It’s very good, if it comes in handy, I’ll keep it as a pet.”

"My brother's ice coffin is made of it." Mr. Mantis opened the lid of the glass jar and lifted the creature out.

It was only then that Eric discovered that the tentacles on the lower body of this creature were really long, two meters in length by visual inspection. After it was lifted up, it entangled the wet and dripping tentacles around Mr. Mantis's body. Clothes got wet too.

But looking at the status of the two of them, it seems that one habit has been picked up and the other habit has been entangled, so Eric didn't say anything.

Mr. Mantis carried it close to the ice coffin, patted its head with the other hand, and said to it, "Yul, remove the ice coffin."

The creature named "Yul" was very cunning. First, he only removed half of it. After Mr. Mantis took out a cloth bag from his pocket, he opened it and gave it a meatball made of unknown ingredients. Removed the remaining half.

Mr. Mantis gave it another meatball, patted it on the head, and wanted to make it go back.

Yule obviously didn't want to go back yet, and clung to Mr. Mantis desperately, but Mr. Mantis forcefully broke off its tentacles one by one, stuffed it back into the glass jar, and closed the lid again.

Yule made the sound of rushing water inside, as if losing his temper, Mr. Mantis completely ignored it.

Mr. Mantis put his younger brother into the biological pool with his own hands. After the system scanned and analyzed it, he became excited all of a sudden: [Sure enough, the situation of Brother Mantis is exactly the same as that of Adonis. They were definitely killed in the same way. 】

It took Eric a beat to remember who Adonis was, the eldest son of Xinghaidie and his wife.

The system continued to state its point of view passionately: [You can ask Xinghaidie and his wife to ask whether their son has touched a similar small wooden box before his death. This is a thread. 】

[Also don’t forget that both of them have been promoted to king-rank Zerg. Maybe the reason for being killed has nothing to do with the small wooden box, but some group out of religious belief, racism, jealousy and hatred, etc. , in hunting this kind of Zerg who has been promoted from a high-level to a king-level, this is the second line. 】

[These two lines may intersect, but they may also be completely irrelevant. Don't focus entirely on the small wooden box.Really, believe me, don't believe in any coincidences, puzzle games are also games, and I have focused on research. 】

"If this is the case, there will be a big problem." Eric muttered to himself, and he conveyed the system's point of view to Mr. Mantis.

Mr. Mantis frowned, and began to think about this possibility, and things seemed to become more complicated.

Eric first sent Chong to find Xinghaidie and his wife. They heard that there might be other secrets behind their son's death, so they couldn't sit still immediately.

However, Adonis did not live with them, and the two sides only communicated by letter on weekdays. The number of meetings in a year was pitifully small, and they tried their best to recall but could not remember many valuable clues.

But there is one thing they are sure of. Adonis first advanced to the rank of king, and then they agreed for him to move out. Before leaving home, he must have never touched any small wooden box that cannot be opened. Nothing like it was mentioned in any of his letters.

Eric suddenly remembered something and asked, "How did you think of going to the Valley of the Dead to find him?"

"Because his last letter said that he was going to Taffa Port to find a friend, a human pastor. We went to Taffa Port to inquire and found the church where the pastor was. The guard at the gate said he was going to the Valley of the Dead After that, we lost contact, and said that Zerg like us also came to inquire about the same thing, and then left. We suspect that Adonis went to the Valley of the Dead to find his missing friend."

Eric summed it up: "Then there are several aspects that can be investigated now. One is Adonis' missing human priest friend. The other is whether Adonis has gone to the Valley of the Dead, and if so, where is the What happened. One is the whereabouts of the little wooden box that Brother Mantis."

Eric asked about the name characteristics of Adonis's human friend, and said to Mr. Mantis and the other bugs: "I will let the adventurers help you pay attention, but our tribe's current focus cannot be on this."

The other insects thanked each other.

[Do you have a good relationship with Mr. Mantis? 】The system asked curiously, 【I thought you would let them investigate by themselves, after all, it has little to do with the development of the tribe. 】

Eric sighed: [I didn't want to help them find out the truth because of Mr. Mantis, but mainly because I felt threatened.The way they died was so weird that they didn't know how they died, and they always felt a little uneasy. 】

[And according to what you said, if it is really a hunt for the king-rank Zerg...then it must be discovered as soon as possible, and it can be reported to the parliament to make everyone more vigilant. 】