The efficiency of moving and fighting monsters in the air is very high. Four people fought until dawn, and the buildings in two blocks were destroyed.
The ground was covered with black and gold liquid, and there were melting ice crystals on it.
Jiang stretched and yawned with satisfaction. "The points I earned in one night are enough for me to retire in. This place is truly a paradise for rheumatism."
With crystals and points, she's guaranteed to win this points match; she can relax now.
"The rest are all fusion monsters, so we still lost out." Shi Jinzhe said with slight regret, "We were just a few short of making a round number, but it's already dawn."
He looked at Shekh; it was really inconvenient to have someone around.
【bite--】
[Congratulations to player in section 1782 for accumulating a certain number of monster kills. Based on system assessment, you are deemed eligible to receive a hidden clue. You are now being issued a location clue for the thirteenth special crystal. Successfully obtaining the hidden crystal and completing the hidden quest in this instance will grant you access to unlock skills in the original world.]
Shi Jin stopped buying props, only to find he still had a thirteenth item left?
He waited a moment, intending to wait for the system to release all the clues before clicking the purchase button.
Half a day later, a card fell into Shi Jinzhe's hand.
He waited a while longer to make sure it was the only card available before he felt comfortable buying the flying item worth 14,000 points. After buying it, he asked Shekh, "Is there anything you need?"
"No, but I'm hungry."
I bought a bunch of snacks for Shekh, and then Shi Jinzhe picked up the card and started looking at it.
[I had to kill one person every day for ten consecutive days to prevent the world from ending, but when I killed the ninth person, I was arrested. Thirteen really is an unlucky number.]
"The clue card only has this one sentence?" Shekh hadn't expected that the 100,000 points would be a clue that required him to find the answer himself.
"Yes, it's a matter of a hundred thousand points." Shi Jinzhe handed over the card. "Take a look at the clues to the thirteenth special crystal. Do you have any ideas?"
Jiang asked in confusion, "There's a thirteenth piece?"
Shi Jinzhe: "Yes, the thirteenth piece that was hidden."
After reading it, Shekh asked, "What does it mean that thirteen is an unlucky number?"
Shi Jinzhe: "In the West, the number thirteen has a bad connotation. Just like our twelve zodiac animals, the West also has many symbols based on the number twelve, such as the twelve Olympian gods, the twelve constellations, and the twelve disciples. But if there is an extra thirteenth person in the ranking, then that extra number often represents disaster, death, taboo, and betrayal."
Jiang Zi: "That's right. Many cultures have something in common. Twelve is a large number. When you add one to twelve, the extra number is considered unpredictable."
She pulled out a card from the props that Shech had never seen before, "The thirteenth card of the Tarot, the Death card."
Then he pulled out a book: "The thirteenth zodiac sign not recognized by astrology, Ophiuchus, represents Asclepius, the murdered god of medicine."
Shi Jinzhe also said: "Besides mythology, there are also religious legends, such as the so-called Friday the 13th, and the most well-known story of the 13th disciple betraying Jesus, etc."
Jiang nodded and said, "That's right, that's right. Putting aside myths and legends, just look at the Apollo moon landing program abroad. Didn't Apollo 13 explode?"
"But thirteen is sometimes considered an auspicious number in the East and in Buddhism," Jiang Yinxue said after listening to everyone's comments.
“Thirteen transcends the cycle of reincarnation; it is the number of emperors, and only emperors can use this number. Since the thirteenth crystal is said to be special, perhaps the reason this world has become like this is because the most important one has been hidden away.”
“If it was indeed hidden away, we don’t know whether it was intentional or unintentional. If it was intentional, then this is an energy imbalance caused by greed.” Shi Jinzhe sighed. “In a sense, its special nature has actually contributed to the disaster, turning itself into an omen of bad luck.”
He remembered that the news articles he looked up always mentioned twelve crystals, and people probably didn't even realize there was a thirteenth crystal.
The three of them chattered on and on, and Shekh finally understood: "So what happened when this person was arrested that made him think of the unfortunate number thirteen?"
Jiang Jin: "It's probably because of the number of people who arrested him, or what they saw, that they had this feeling."
“It should be the date.” Shi Jinzhe pointed to the first sentence of the card, “If he kills ten people in a row, one each day, he will definitely look at the calendar and calculate from which day it starts to which day it ends.”
Shekh: "That means he was arrested on the 13th, killed nine people, and going back to the 5th, when he started killing the first person."
She looked at the other three: "So, do these two numbers have any other meaning?"
“Four and nine… and thirteen.” Shi Jinzhe paused slightly and asked, “Did you know that October in 1582 was ten days short?”
Shekh was very interested in things he didn't know: "Tell me about it."
Shi Jinzhe: "The Pope changed the Gregorian calendar because there was a difference between it and the old calendar, with ten extra days. So in October 1582, the 5th to the 14th were deleted, and the 4th was directly followed by the 15th."
The number four is considered unlucky because of its pronunciation, and October 15th, 1582, is a Friday, also considered unlucky in the West. Taking these two numbers apart, the ten days in between represent the timeframe of his crimes.
Jiang complained, "I didn't expect him to be such a self-deceiving idealist criminal."
“1582.10.5.9.13.” Shekh read out these key numbers. “It’s very similar to the coordinates you taught me. It looks just like them at first glance.”
Shi Jinzhe: "As for coordinates, these few numbers can only give a rough idea. To get a more accurate one, you need to add more numbers after the decimal point. If you want to specify a building, you need at least nine numbers for latitude and longitude."
Shech: "Then add the numbers between 5 and 14 as well."
Jiang Yu reminded him: "You can use the guide pointer I gave you to locate the target and input several. The more specific the image, the more accurate the answer."
Shi Jinzhe took out the guide pointer and deliberately used a luck-boosting item before taking action.
When the test reached the fourth number, a church appeared on the virtual screen guiding the pointer.
The route leads to a statue inside the church, on a metal block.
The angle was tricky, the location was cramped, and apart from a lot of dust, there was nothing else.
“This is it.” Shi Jinzhe gripped the pointer. “The specific coordinates of the previous tests were either empty ground or unsearchable. This location is very precise, and it’s a church, so the probability is very high.”
Having determined their destination, the group didn't even sleep, and sped towards the church.
In the morning, the temperature rose, but the second collapse didn't happen, and nobody wanted to waste any more time.
As the sun was nearing its highest point, a church appeared at the end of the road.
It's ordinary, not very big, and can't compare to those churches that are tourist attractions. There are no artistic sculptures or gorgeous stained glass windows; it's just an ordinary church.
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