39: The 3rd Ghostly Script Appears

"Right, right, right, I almost forgot to mention it!" Shi Zhishan said quickly.

"In the log I saw, the Black Tower mentioned is a place that never ends. The stairs inside seem boundless, and if one is the least bit careless, they will fall off and disappear.

Besides that, there are many snakes inside. Judging from the description, these snakes are somewhat like the Black Paddle Ghost Snake.

But their biggest characteristic is that they have something like a tumor on their heads.

The log writes that when they faced these snakes, they tried attacking with weapons, but discovered they couldn't hit them at all.

On the contrary, the snakes could attack them, and could even land hits in an instant.

The venom of this kind of snake is terrifying. Within less than ten seconds of being bitten, a person is gone."

Bai Yao relayed every one of his descriptions as quickly as possible into the bullet comments section of Song Yiqing's livestream.

However, when she heard the description of the tumor-headed monster snake, her hands subconsciously trembled as she typed.

Although the previous Black Paddle Ghost Snake was also venomous, she had never seen anyone die from its poison with her own eyes. But what was in front of them now was not ordinary.

Even the fact that they couldn't be attacked—this strange situation undoubtedly cast a shadow over Bai Yao's heart.

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[What the hell?? Is this for real? There's actually such a dangerous thing inside the Black Tower?]

[I really didn't expect that the Forbidden Area logs would actually have records of this! Good grief! Too terrifying!]

[Who's to say it isn't! The danger of this place, in my opinion, is likely no less than the Snake Nest!]

[But having said that, why are there so many snakes in this place? There was a Snake Nest before, and now there are snakes here too? It's truly a bit strange.]

[The Demon Kingdom with the eye totem—I am becoming more and more curious about how the so-called Forbidden Areas are formed.]

The bullet comments in the livestream were boiling over.

Meanwhile, on the livestream screen, Song Yiqing naturally saw the warning Bai Yao had sent out, but he didn't take it too much to heart.

The so-called "unhittable snakes" were most likely caused by the survivor being under an illusion.

That highly venomous snake was none other than the Jingjian Ahan.

As for the Jingjian Ahan snake species, the closer one gets to the location of the Jingjue Kingdom, the more their numbers will continue to increase.

Putting these thoughts aside, the system prompt sounded.

[Challenge Quest: Enter the Black Tower, completed. Obtained A-rank reward: Ancient Language Mastery!]

As the prompt faded, Song Yiqing's body gave a slight jolt, and after continuously digesting the information,

he felt as if he had been studying ancient languages and scripts for decades.

And that wasn't all; he could even feel that a massive amount of scripts and languages from unknown ancient kingdoms had appeared in his mind.

Naturally, this included the ghost cave script in front of him.

He slowly looked up toward the ceiling. The scripts, which should have been extremely obscure and difficult to understand, were now gradually becoming simple and easy to comprehend.

At this moment, Gong Chen leaned in beside him and asked,

"Lord Song, do you recognize the script up there?"

"It talks about the origin and history of the Ancient Kingdom of Jingjue."

Song Yiqing said indifferently, and Gong Chen chuckled.

"Hehe, you're just making that up, right? How did a Jingjue Kingdom pop out of nowhere? This..."

He raised his hand and pointed, but when he saw the serious expression on Song Yiqing's face, his smile gradually stiffened.

"You... are not joking?"

"Why would I be joking?"

Song Yiqing looked at him with a puzzled expression, and this sincere response left Gong Chen silent.

He looked up at the various scripts on the ceiling once more, but felt a strange sensation.

It was as if countless eyeballs were staring at him.

After staring for only a few seconds, he hugged his arms and rubbed them back and forth.

"Ouch, it's giving me goosebumps all over. Can't take it, can't take it."

As he spoke, Gong Chen slipped back to Wu Ren's side.

Along the way, Song Yiqing didn't seem as ruthless as he was during combat; he appeared more easygoing.

He was much better than most expedition team leaders, which was the reason Gong Chen liked to chat with him intermittently.

However, Wu Ren was looking at him with a stunned expression.

"Lord Song, can you really read this kind of script? If we judge based on what you just said, couldn't this Black Tower possibly be something like a tomb stele of the so-called Jingjue Kingdom?"

"Mm," Song Yiqing nodded slightly.

"Simply put, that's correct. It records a lot of history regarding the migration of the Jingjue Kingdom, as well as the history of its construction, and the history of its development, and so on.

For example, this sentence talks about the aspect of people's livelihood..."

In the few minutes that followed, Song Yiqing quickly recounted the various contents written above.

The people present were stunned listening to him, because it also involved issues like order and systems.

If it were made up on the spot, it would be impossible to provide such a perfect translation. There was only one answer: Song Yiqing truly understood the ghost cave script.

"Damn, Lord Song, your knowledge is truly astonishing."

"No, you... if I remember correctly, such content doesn't exist in books at all, right?"

Gong Chen and Wei Zhiyuan exclaimed one after another, and Song Yiqing shrugged.

"Professor Dong taught me. He is a master in the field of ancient script translation."

"Professor Dong Chengming?" Wu Ren nodded slightly. "No wonder! So that's how it is."

While the group was talking, they looked toward the stairs leading to the second floor. After exchanging glances, they raised their vigilance and slowed their pace as they moved forward.

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In the bullet comments section,

[Good, good, good. Is this the so-called student from Kyoto University of Archaeology who faked his grades? I want to ask, didn't several experts in ancient script translation just say that it would take at least several decades to decipher the ghost cave script?]

[Hehehe, I'm dying of laughter. This Song Yiqing is just making things up, and you all actually believe him? Those who believe him should probably go to the hospital.]

[That's right. How long has this ghost cave script even been around? And he has already finished deciphering a whole language? Do you really think we've been watching archeology for nothing?]

You have to know how difficult the deciphering process of an ancient script is. Making things up is completely meaningless!]

[It seems now that the announcement released by the Kyoto University of Archaeology must be true. For someone who can publicly fool us, wouldn't it be very simple to fake their grades?]

The number of viewers trying to stir up trouble kept increasing, and Fei Erfeng, who was also watching the livestream, furrowed his brows at this moment. "If that's the case..."

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