Chapter 15
As Yi Yan finished speaking, the whole team fell silent.
Including the school leaders in the channel and Gu Liangyi and three others in the dormitory, they all showed expressions of shock or disbelief.
Just by having an extra mark, can you learn a completely unfamiliar language out of thin air?
It's even more outrageous than a dream!
"What do you mean?" Yan Beichen was the first to react, and asked solemnly, "Does it mean that after I have this thing, I don't have to learn English anymore?"
"... You are so beautiful!"
Zhuge Xiao glared at him and said, "This function is just an additional one at best. Think about the mark that ugly goblin left on Brother Yi before dying. Do you think it's a good thing?"
Gu Liangyi thought so too, but he did not say anything. He just listened attentively to the sound coming from the headset.
"Are you kidding?" The instructor's first reaction was also questioning, "Then tell me, what did it mean before it died just now?"
"It's asking the instructor if you're a spy from Fermat."
What is Fermat?
The new term in the other world made everyone fall into silence.
Yi Yan pondered and said, "I transliterated this term. According to the context, Fermat should be a country or a hostile force of this city."
Another piece of useful information was obtained.
But everyone's mood did not become relaxed. The sudden condition that happened to Yi Yan was beyond everyone's expectations. No one knew what impact this mark would have on him or the people around him in the future.
Although Gu Liangyi really hoped that Yi Yan would retreat and return to school, he had to admit that the other party's concerns were not unreasonable.
Without figuring out the principle behind the mark, the best approach is to go into the city and look for clues.
Principal Zong's voice sounded again in the channel: "Send two people to bring back the body first. Student Yi, are you sure you want to enter the fortress alone?
"Yes."
Zong Qinyuan said seriously, "I must make one thing clear to you: we have not yet figured out the mechanism of the barrier to identify mages. Once we are stopped by the guards, Plan B can only be used once, and there is a possibility of failure. Without exposing ourselves, other team members may not be able to enter the city to support you. Are you sure you still want to do this?"
Yi Yan touched his neck.
He had a keen intuition about danger since he was a child, and his application to go into the city alone was not a whim.
No one knew better than him how dangerous this mark was.
The moment he was branded, his body felt weak from the inside out - although it was very slight, it was indeed an ominous sign.
"I'm sure," he said firmly.
"……All right."
Zong Qinyuan, who had already received the message from the Earth Command, looked at the note Lu Lang had written to him and sighed:
"Well, you must protect yourself. After entering the city, find a safe place to hide. Remember to keep in touch at all times."
Although the Earth Command was able to convey instructions to them through the material transportation line, after repeated tests by experts, it was found that there was a time difference of at least seven minutes and twenty-four seconds in the entire transmission process.
In other words, the note that Zong Qinyuan received now was the one written by Lu Lang seven minutes ago.
This also means that in the process of carrying out rapidly changing tasks, most of the time the school and advance team members have to judge the situation and make decisions on their own.
Before setting off, the Earth Command had done its best to help them make various emergency preparations, but the situation Yi Yan was currently facing was still far beyond their original plan.
Now, they can only hope that the young people's inexplicable language advantage can be put to good use.
"Here, take this first." The instructor handed him a small bag of colorful crystals. They were found on the goblin, and their shapes were very similar to the one embedded on its forehead. "I'll send the remaining two-thirds back to the school for them to study. Maybe this thing will be like money, a hard currency in the city. It would be great if you can use it."
In the dormitory, Gu Liangyi was writing furiously on the table with his head down.
He had been looking very solemn ever since he heard that Yi Yan decided to go into the city alone. At this moment, he was holding a piece of white paper and drawing the brand on Yi Yan's neck according to his memory.
Yi Yan had already pointed the camera at his neck when communicating with the instructor. Unfortunately, because the distance was too close and the pattern was constantly changing, the lens was unable to focus most of the time and the screenshot was not clear.
"Why are you drawing this?" Zhuge Xiao was puzzled.
"I have a guess..." Gu Liang said without raising his head, "Look at these symbols. Do you find any pattern?"
Zhuge Xiao stared with his eyes wide open for a long time, then shook his head honestly.
Lu Lang, who was at the Earth Command Center, instantly understood what he meant. The man immediately ordered, "Go find some experts in ancient Chinese characters! Quick!"
Here, Gu Liangyi continued to explain his ideas.
In other words, he was explaining to Zhuge Xiao while clarifying his thoughts: "The frequencies of the symbols here changing are fixed. If we understand them as the hour hand, minute hand, and second hand, wouldn't it be much simpler?"
Zhuge Xiao nodded.
"So, this thing is a timer?" He hissed, "Is it a countdown? Shit, isn't Brother Yi in danger?"
"It's very likely." Gu Liangyi said, "So in addition to finding a way to resolve it, if we don't figure out what numbers these symbols represent, we won't even know how much time we have left."
He picked up the headset, took a deep breath and asked, "Yi Yan, can you hear me?"
After a one-second pause, Yi Yan replied:
"Yeah, I can hear it."
"The mark on your neck," Gu Liangyi said quickly, "must be covered before entering the city."
"After you enter the city, remember to point the camera at the locations with text. We will help you integrate and count the word frequencies. I think you can try to use classical cryptography to decipher the meaning of these numbers first. This is the most efficient method."
After a pause, he continued:
"Don't worry, I...we'll be in town and meet you soon."
"good."
Yi Yan wrapped white gauze around his neck and lined up at the end of the team entering the city at a leisurely pace.
In front of him stood a few ordinary Skeleton Tribe members, with pale ghost fire burning in their empty eye sockets, and most of their black robes were tattered.
They seemed to be very nervous about Yi Yan standing behind them. The sound of their jaws clacking could be heard constantly and their whole bodies were shaking. It felt like they would fall apart into a pile of bones in the next second.
After queuing for a minute, the skeletons finally couldn't stand it anymore and tremblingly made way for the "honorable" wizard who came to queue with them for some unknown reason.
Yi Yan paused slightly, but still took two steps forward.
But then, the people in front hurriedly made way...
Gu Liangyi, who was nervously observing the situation of entering the city, twitched his mouth, but his mood relaxed a little.
It seems that the class barrier between mages and ordinary people here is almost insurmountable, he thought.
That's fine.
The less contact Yi Yan has with the outside world, the less chances of his identity being exposed.
The figure in front disappeared, and it was finally Yi Yan's turn.
The young man in the black robe calmly stepped through the blue barrier.
But at the moment his body passed through the barrier, the translucent barrier like water ripples instantly turned bright red like blood!
It is no exaggeration to say that Gu Liangyi's heart even stopped beating for a moment.
But Yi Yan successfully passed through.
And, apart from the barrier changing color, everything was as calm as before.
Even the barrier entering the city turned back to blue after he completely crossed it.
“Huh…” “I’m so scared…”
A long sigh was heard in the Earth Command Center. Everyone, including Lu Lang, looked relieved. Several older people even slumped in their seats with pale faces and began to take out quick-acting heart pills with trembling hands.
If Yi Yan had an accident at the entrance to the city, the societies of various countries that had just restored normal order would fall into panic again!
Although after the instructor and Yi Yan easily killed the Goblin Mage, Lu Lang gradually began to feel that the development of civilization in this world might not be as advanced as humans imagined, but if anyone else stood in his position, they would have to be cautious, cautious, and more cautious.
At this moment, Gu Liangyi had an idea and turned on the light screen.
Since he is the only one who can see the light screen now, the Earth Command has asked him to always pay attention to any unusual movements of the light screen and notify them immediately if any changes occur.
On the light screen, the white dot representing Yi Yan left the green campus area. The originally gray area gradually became clearer, and the architectural outline of the entire city could be barely seen.
But it might be related to Yi Yan's own condition. His white dots seemed to have poor contact, flickering from time to time and becoming slightly dimmer than the other white dots.
Gu Liangyi tried to click it, and a new status barrage immediately popped up on the screen:
[Base member 17450102 (cursed, cannot be resurrected)]
When he saw the words "cannot be resurrected", Gu Liang felt cold all over and his heart sank instantly.
But what made him feel suffocated the most was that the streets around Yi Yan were now densely packed with red dots representing the enemy!
"￥#@%&!"
Inside the fortress, a skeleton who had previously made way for Yi Yan suddenly caught up from behind and shouted at him.
Although I don't understand what it means, I can tell from its tone that it is very angry.
After it shouted this, everyone on the street turned their heads and looked straight in the direction of Yi Yan.
No matter whether they were orcs, skeletons, ordinary humans or a few scattered black-robed silver-faced wizards, after hearing the skeleton's shout, they all looked at him extremely unfriendlyly. The originally calm atmosphere on the street suddenly became explosive.
"What did it say?" Gu Liangyi couldn't help but raise his voice and ask.
This is also the question that everyone who is watching this scene wants to know.
"It said I..."
Yi Yan stood alone in the center of the brewing storm, his index finger hanging in the sleeve of his wide black robe slowly hooking the trigger, his tone gradually becoming gloomy.
"'Turns out he's a death row slave.'"
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