Indescribable cyberpunk

Chapter 161 The Place of Soul

January 16th, sunny weather

I have joined Weird Studio, but I didn't get a job. It's not because I don't trust you, but because I really don't have anything to do. There are only three employees in this studio except me. The man is holding a mutant cat named Wind Chime. Taking a nap on the couch in the studio.

In the evening, I went to the food court in the central area of Yecheng to eat hot pot. They didn't show much hostility to my arrival.

January 17th, the weather was cloudy with light rain

Without video editing work, he helped Li Qinglian organize news materials and some external affairs. From the delivery information in a business cooperation mailbox, we can see that Weird Studio has received many commercial sponsorships and has sufficient funds.

The man took a nap while holding a wind chime. After waking up, he sat by the window in a daze, and then played games with Wu Tong from Weird Studio until the evening.

He doesn't seem to exercise his body, maybe because he is still wary of me.

In the evening, we went to the Food City in the central area of Yecheng to have dessert and then watch a movie.

"What kind of studio is this?"

Olivia, who had always been in the habit of writing diaries, reluctantly put down the pen in her hand.

On her third day at the Weird Studio, Olivia sat up from the bed in her pajamas, glanced at the empty bed next to her, and suddenly realized a problem.

The self-discipline habit of going to bed early and getting up early that I developed in the army seems to be being corroded by this comfortable life.

In her opinion, the people in this studio are too comfortable. In the past two days, except for some external work that required communication with other companies, they usually spent their time relaxing and entertaining.

"Olivia, wake up, I have work today."

Li Qinglian, who returned to the bedroom after washing, picked up the down jacket on the hanger next to her and said.

Since Olivia did not have a house in Yecheng, she lived with Li Qinglian after she joined the studio. This was the initiative of the latter. She was not used to living in such a big place alone, and in the bedroom The layout is perfect for adding another bed.

"Work? He's going out to shoot a video?"

Olivia, who was wearing slippers, felt refreshed and thought she was finally on the right track.

"That's not true. Today we are going to meet an archaeologist. When we went to Pinewood Mountain to soak in the hot springs, we found some stone slabs with some very strange paintings on them. Some time ago, an archaeologist contacted us and said that he wanted to see it with his own eyes. These slates, so we made an appointment to meet at the big library in Yecheng. It’s okay if you want to sleep, it’s just a meeting.”

Li Qinglian received the message last night and had already notified Zhu Jue and Wu Tong in advance.

"I am coming too!"

Naturally, she couldn't miss this kind of special information. After washing quickly, she put on a thick down jacket to completely cover her figure.

Although in today's era, paper books have often been abandoned by people, and they are accustomed to using the Internet to search for some information they want, but there are still a considerable number of people who like the atmosphere of the library, which also gives The reason why these great libraries continue to exist.

The appointment at this place was not Zhu Jue's request, but the archaeologist's decision, saying that no one would disturb them here and they would stay here.

In the quiet room, Zhu Jue placed the mural slate on the table. Wu Tong and Li Qinglian sat next to him, while Olivia sat on the sofa next to him, his eyes wandering between the slate and the people opposite.

Although she had asked Li Qinglian about the origin of the matter on the way, she still could not understand why these stone slabs attracted the attention of the Federal Archaeological Association.

The number of people coming from the other side was not less than them.

Except for Auguste Antoine, whom I had seen in the video before, and several of his students, they were all young people.

"Is this all the stone slabs? Why is the bottom one wrapped in a bath towel?"

After introducing each other, August stood up and went to the stacked stone slabs to look at them carefully, and soon noticed the special stone slab.

He reached out to open the slate, but was caught by Zhu Jue.

"Do you want to die?"

Zhu Jue frowned. Even he didn't dare to open this slate casually. If ordinary people didn't have any protective measures, just taking a glance at it, the hue value would skyrocket.

"Hey, how can you talk like this!"

August's students thought Zhu Jue's words were meant to threaten their teacher, and hurriedly stood up to express their stance.

Zhu Jue was too lazy to pay attention to him and rolled his eyes back.

"Is there something weird here? Do you want a spiritual protection device?"

August immediately took his hand back, shook his eyebrows, and asked in a low voice.

"you know?"

The other party's reaction was obviously that he knew something about this matter. This would make communication much easier. Zhu Jue nodded and continued,

"This is the weird portrait I mentioned in the video. If you open it here, we will have to go out sideways to chat alone?"

"Okay, let's talk alone. You guys go out and wait for me first. I have something to discuss with this gentleman."

Needless to say, August's status among his students, these students left the quiet room with only a slight hesitation.

"You guys should go out first, Wu Tong, and give me the spiritual protection device."

On this trip, Zhu Jue and his party brought a total of two spiritual protection devices. On the one hand, Zhu Jue had no intention of letting them see the portrait. On the other hand, there were only two in the studio, so they brought them all for the purpose. Be prepared for special circumstances.

Ever since they watched Zhu Jue kill the monster that caused mental pollution from his first-person perspective, Wu Tong and He Ye both carried mental protection devices with them.

They were afraid that one day they would accidentally "get lucky" and encounter that kind of monster. With Zhu Jue around, they would definitely not die as long as they could hide for a while. They were afraid that they would have a "affectionate look" with the other person. Then Zhu Jue would be able to do it again. Nothing can be done to save them.

"I"

As a member of the special operations team, Olivia believed that she should stay at this time.

"Olivia, I don't know the toilet here, can you go with me?"

Li Qinglian directly grabbed Olivia's elbow, and the latter turned her head to look at Li Qinglian strangely. With her strength, it was impossible for this girl to drag her. She just looked at Li Qinglian and shook her head anxiously, and she followed him away mysteriously. .

She didn't notice the cold light in Zhu Jue's dark eyes behind her when he turned his head after noticing her objection.

Li Qinglian, who was facing Zhu Jue, saw it.

"Why did you pull me out just now?"

When they arrived outside the door, Olivia was dragged aside by Li Qinglian and asked angrily.

"You can't do that. Zhu Jue has something to discuss with the archaeologist. He asked us to leave for our own good. And if you force yourself to stay there, it will only make Zhu Jue think that you are disturbing his work. You It will be very dangerous!”

As a fellow employee, and someone who was later recruited, Li Qinglian actually had her own understanding of the situation in the studio.

My two bosses have different views on the studio.

For Wu Tong, this studio is his career. To be precise, it is a career that can make him famous and make a lot of money, so he often takes the initiative to work on some things, such as the theme song of previous videos.

In order to bring Weird Studio to a higher level, he is willing to work hard rather than rest on the current basis and enjoy life.

Zhu Jue is different from Wu Tong. On the surface, he doesn't care about the studio's business. He spends most of his time either sleeping or playing games. But in Li Qinglian's eyes, the man who cares about the studio the most happens to be this man!

Perhaps at the beginning, Zhu Jue only regarded this studio as an information collection station and a tool for making money.

However, once people pay for something, they will cherish it more.

As Zhu Jue relied on his own ability to shoot a large amount of video material to help the studio continue to develop, unknowingly, it became a place of spiritual sustenance for him.

Maybe even Zhu Jue didn't realize that the ancient soul in his body that was incompatible with this era relied on Weird Studio to have a close connection with today's world for the first time.

Zhu Jue once stayed in the old eastern city and hunted monsters every day.

At that time, he was like a ghost from the old era, wandering around the world.

He breaks with the past but cannot see his future.

Therefore, Qin Chengren's evaluation of him at that time was: He has no worries and no taboos!

Who can guarantee that Zhu Jue will not fall into madness caused by himself in the process of constantly hunting monsters?

If a "monster" like him loses his mind, that will be the biggest disaster in Ye City!

The Weird Studio gave Zhu Jue a reason to survive in this era, and also soothed his lonely soul that didn't know how to deal with it. Therefore, even if Zhu Jue seemed indifferent, Wu Tong and Li Qinglian still had to work. Report the situation in the room to him in detail.

It is precisely because of this that Li Qinglian was so nervous when she noticed that Olivia wanted to intervene in the special aspects of Weird Studio's work.

That was Zhu Jue's field. She and Wu Tong could only give suggestions. The result of Olivia, an outsider trying to get involved, would not be good no matter how you think about it.

"I see."

Although she couldn't understand it, Olivia was still keenly aware of something and nodded.

In the quiet room at this time, Zhu Jue was helping August move the ordinary mural stone slabs to the image analysis machine next to them for scanning, waiting for computer images that were easier to control. Zhu Jue did not understand why this happened at first. There would be an image analysis machine in this place. After listening to August's explanation, I realized that this place turned out to be one of the offices of the Federal Archaeological Association.

No wonder August set the meeting place here.

The two then put on their mental protection devices and came to the last stone slab.

"Wait a minute, I need to wear something else."

Stopping Zhu Jue from lifting the bath towel, August picked out a strange-shaped metal object from somewhere in his pocket.

"What's this?"

Zhu Jue remembered seeing this image in a previous video.

"We call it the old seal, specially designed to protect against monsters!"

August spoke with confidence.

"so smart?"

While looking at the strange old mark, he opened the bath towel.

Xixisuosuo~ Xixisuosuo~

The whisper, whose meaning was unclear, sounded in the quiet room.