The Death Knell

There are obviously many ancient technological artifacts inside the pyramid. At least the lighting equipment is complete. Various office equipment and data disks are messily discarded inside, which were obviously abandoned when the rebels evacuated.

It was a bit hot in the forest, but the inside of the building was ventilated, cool and very comfortable.

It seemed that the rebels had some discernment and knew how to choose it as a base. It seemed that this temple should be an overall structure built by hollowing out a mountain. At least Su Ming did not see any splicing joints.

"It should be nearby. Enter the top floor through the elevator and reach the top."

Su Ming and Baris walked side by side, her robe dragging on the ground making a rustling sound.

"I'm not an expert in history, but this place seems to be very valuable." Master Ao Fei reached out and touched the wall reliefs in the corridor, which recorded the battles fought by the Jedi: "It is unimaginable that the rebels would actually build a base. In a place that was precious to the Jedi, and it was almost blown up by the Death Star."

"The rebels have never considered themselves Jedi Knights. They just need the swords of the warriors." Deathstroke waved his hand indifferently and waved away the dust in front of him: "Be realistic, Barriss, this is politics."

The Jedi Master didn't say anything. She just looked at the elevators opening in front of her and made a gesture of invitation.

The elevator runs very fast, almost the limit that humans can bear. It is obviously prepared for Jedi.

When they reached the top of the tower, they found a spacious hall in front of them. Sunlight shot in directly from the patio above, making everything shine golden.

"Okay, now I know why they chose this place. It's really beautiful here." Even the Jedi Master was inevitably a little moved when he saw the thousands of square meters of splendid emptiness in front of him.

People always like golden things, it seems to be an instinct engraved in DNA.

Su Ming walked towards the empty hall and looked down at the ground: "This is a star map, a star map inside the galactic hyperspace, and the place we are looking for should be this sign."

As he spoke, he kicked a certain spot with his toe.

"But you also said that this should be a teleportation array using the Force, ancient technology." Ao Fei walked over and looked down. Deathstroke's soles stepped on a triangular sign.

"On this star map, there is a hole in the center of the Milky Way. It should be the activation switch." Su Ming flew another few hundred meters and came to the location he mentioned.

There is a very regular hole on the ground there. It seems that there should be something in the shape of an octagonal prism that needs to be embedded in it.

"Key? But we don't have one." Baris also floated over, this was force gliding.

"It's enough to know where the lock is. You don't necessarily need a key to open the lock. A malleable key mold should also work."

Deathstroke took out a large handful of various Force crystals from his pocket, clapped them into powder in his hand, poured them into the groove, and then stepped on them a few times to fill them with porcelain:

"Master, have you ever heard of molding a key to pick a lock? This is the same principle. If there is something that Jedi Yi and Jedi still have in common today, it is the Force Crystal."

"Huh? That makes sense, but the word "lockpicking" seems to be very ancient?" Master Ao Fei didn't understand either. She just felt that the sun was shining on Deathstroke's armor, making him seem to be shining like a god.

"It's just a little skill of eating, but how to turn the key next, we have to wait for Aphra." Su Ming moved his neck and pointed to the reliefs on the surrounding walls: "If I guess correctly, those should It’s an instruction manual.”

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About ten minutes later, Aphra and others arrived belatedly, but the imperial captain was missing.

"Give me a hug, Captain? Is this your old friend again?"

Su Ming slapped the soles of his feet on the ground and launched a death stare at the archaeologist.

However, Aphra just stuck out her tongue to be cute, and then walked around the death knell to look at the carvings: "Is it normal for a popular girl like me to have several girlfriends within the Imperial Army? Also, Master Ao Fei, Your decision not to kill anyone was indeed the right one, thank you."

The master just smiled and said you were welcome, and the relationship between the two eased a lot. Then she raised her hand and used the force to rotate her apprentice's ears 180 degrees, causing Mary to do a backflip on the spot.

Although there is no discrimination against female-female love, same-sex couples cannot have children, which is against the way of life.

As her apprentice, Mary couldn't go astray.

"Stop talking about that, start the work for me now. If you are late, I will deduct the money." Deathstroke waved to Harley, while urging Aphra to start working.

The relief on the wall records a piece of history, but it is not something easy to understand like a mural, but a strange language that Deathstroke cannot understand, like matchsticks arranged together.

Harry jumped into Su Ming's arms like a bird in the forest, smiled and kissed his face: "It's really touching. That captain knocked himself unconscious in order not to embarrass Aphra."

"Her girlfriend is actually a nice person. Let's not talk about that. If you can read the writing on the wall, please help. Aphra is too slow to move alone."

Su Ming shook his head and pointed to the other wall with the relief on the wall.

This is a square hall with a patio above the head. Years of wind and rain have left the reliefs here in an average state of preservation. The identification of Aphra is not progressing very quickly.

The little lunatic scratched his chin, grabbed his twin tails and walked towards the wall. He glanced at it and said:

"Hehe, the descriptive content of the narration is all in English to me. Do you want me to read it to you?"

"You don't need to tell me a bedtime story. You just need to tell me how to choose the teleportation location and then how to twist this fake key." Su Ming flew to the star map mark of the destination again and tapped it with his toes.

"Okay, first, inject the force into the key..."

The forest was originally quiet, but suddenly, a strong light emitted from the top of the pyramid-shaped temple. The animals in the forest began to escape, and crackling and twisting sounds were heard in the air.

A golden halo appeared, like the sun rising from the top of the temple, and quickly passed through the rooftop of the temple and disappeared.

Just in the blink of an eye, all kinds of strange visions appeared, and it was as if nothing had happened here.

The next second, the scene in front of everyone was a gray city, located on a suspended continent, surrounded by dark space and shining stars.

"Here we are, this is the legendary lost city, the residence of the gods..." Aphra took a deep breath, and her eyes seemed to sparkle: "A great archaeological discovery, Aldo... Asperto! I'm coming!"