"Shekh, do you hear any sounds in your head?"
"What did you hear?" she asked, puzzled.
Shi Jin clicked his tongue. "Didn't you hear the strange voice in your head announcing the top position in your faction?"
“No.” Shekh shrugged and crossed his arms. “We’ll be entering the westernmost cold forest in two or three days, and I’m a little cold.”
"Come closer to me." Shi Jinzhe protected her shoulders, wrapped his arms around her body and pulled her closer to him, shielding her from the strong wind.
They had been walking in the forest for more than half a month when the system suddenly announced that their team was in first place in the decryption progress and had successfully locked onto the mission target, so all three of his teammates were currently alive.
Although it's unclear where Zhou Qiyu and Li Huaizhen have fallen, as long as they come in, the three people in their camp won't pose much of a threat to Ji Hui; they might already be dead by now.
There is no doubt that Shekh is a god in the dungeon world, and locking onto the mission objective means that the three of them have confirmed this through subtle clues.
The place he and Shekh entered was the royal palace. What are the three of them looking for before they can make a discovery...?
Shi Jin walked forward against the strong wind. To prevent sand from getting into his eyes, he deliberately turned his head to look down, and he noticed that Shekh seemed to have grown a little taller.
When he first met her, her head barely reached his chest. Now, compared to her, she has grown at least two or three centimeters taller, but her face hasn't changed much; she still looks like she's fourteen or fifteen years old.
The fluttering ribbons hit Shi Jin's face, but Sheh hooked the unruly ribbons down, tucked them into his hair with his fingers, and tucked them away.
Did you take off this strap before you saw me?
"No, a long time ago a woman with long hair told me not to take it off. I felt it was comfortable to wear, so I haven't taken it off since."
At this moment, Jin Zhe knew that it was Bai Weishuang who told her not to pick it.
"What about before this ribbon was used?"
“I don’t remember.” Shekh turned his head away as well. “All my memories are from after the ribbon appeared. I have no recollection of anything before that.”
Upon hearing this, Shi Jinzhe touched the ribbon knot at the back of her head. He could accept Shehe's direct gaze now, but could she accept it at this stage?
The ribbon contained most of her energy, and if it were removed before she could absorb it, she would be overwhelmed by the immense power of it.
The energy is external, not within one's own body...
Shekh's lack of memory is largely due to this; she even needed external help to grow up because she didn't have enough energy of her own.
The clues that Ji Hui and his team found must be clearly related to Shekh's energy; they are definitely the kind of clues that immediately remind you of Shekh.
After much deliberation, Shi Jinzhe focused his gaze on Shekh's tail and eyes.
Anyone who frequents gaming forums will remember her snake tail; as for her eyes, no one but him has ever seen them.
However, the snake's tail is rarely exposed, while its eyes are always covered by black ribbons, which is actually a more obvious feature than its tail.
Shi Jin reversed the process, connecting an unknown clue to a pair of unfamiliar eyes. The key point was definitely information that all five of them knew.
Information related to the eyes…
Not counting his encrypted call with Sheikh, the other three knew…
The Queen's oil painting in the secret chamber!
Once you've seen those deep blue eyes, you'll never forget them.
Shekh had also said that they were very beautiful eyes, so it was the three of them who met the Queen in the capital city, and the Queen's eyes were different from those in the oil painting, which made them recognize the difference.
Shi Jinzhe leaned against an ancient tree to rest, staring at the thick roots that had broken through the earth, and realized another problem.
From the moment you enter this instance, all the natives will skip the Queen's age when they give information.
People only say that she has been on the throne for a long time, but they never say the specific years. Many years have passed since Sheh was not yet grown up until Sheh returned to this world, and the Queen is still ruling.
A princess whose husband "died of illness" and who "voluntarily" married into a frozen harbor is determined to seize power and ascend the throne. The path she must take is anything but simple.
If you calculate the timeline, the Queen will be at least sixty years old to remain on the throne.
The thing that Gao Lun refused to say even when he died was related to divine authority. He didn't want to overthrow the regime; he wanted to use divine authority to check and balance royal power.
Besides using faith, one can also secretly control the heir to check and balance royal power.
Gao Lun mentioned the important figures in the second and third districts. They were accomplices. It's reasonable that a princess could marry her own chief guard, and that the chief guard of the royal city could have access to the heir to the throne.
They don't use this method, mostly because the Queen has no heir, or because the Queen will not abdicate for a long time to come.
The former allows one to inquire about the Queen's children upon arrival, but the latter raises serious questions about why she would not abdicate.
The term "immortality" sounds exaggerated, but it is an essential skill of gods.
The Queen was the first person to make Shekh experience joy and not treat her like a cold, lifeless statue.
Sheikh watched the Queen grow up and gave her the opportunity to have her wish come true; their relationship was more special and closer than that of ordinary believers.
Others' feelings are one-sided, but theirs are mutual.
But what if someone who has received divine favor were to betray the gods one day?
The trust that Shekh placed in the Queen would eventually become a weapon that pierced her; most of the energy she lost was with the Queen.
Shi Jinzhe thought back to the past. Sheh hated deception. Even the slightest deception could trigger her murderous intent. Apart from him, he had never seen anyone who had deceived her and survive.
"The previous progress report didn't seem like it was automatically broadcast by the system. Otherwise, we would have reported the clues we found at least five, six, seven, or eight times. It seems we have to report them ourselves."
"In that case, let me signal that we're still alive."
He needed to give Ji Hui, Pu Sheng, and Yan Ruoying some motivation to find clues. As long as there were new developments reported, he could obtain intelligence.
Shi Jinzhe called the system, "I request a progress report. The reason the gods abandoned themselves is because they were betrayed by the Queen."
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