Chapter 329: 325 Wisdom

Hearing that Bu Gaojun was about to do something dangerous, the person on the other end hurriedly said, "Team Leader Bu, hide yourself first and ensure your own safety. Before we finish deciphering the Incantation in the ancient book, please protect your own life!"

"If I, as a Mysterious Investigator, cannot save anyone, my existence will have no meaning." Bu Gaojun did not give the other party a chance to speak further and temporarily turned off the communication.

He rested in the room for a moment and searched for anything useful.

Although he did not know the situation of this dimensional space, it was likely a one-to-one replica of New Dragon City in the Real World. Things that existed in the corresponding places in the Real World should also exist here, such as earphones for communication.

Bu Gaojun searched around and found some usable equipment. He took one of the pistols and took as much ammunition as possible without affecting his movement speed, and also grabbed a dagger while he was at it.

Of course, he knew these things might be useless against those massive shadow-devouring insects, but there might be other Abnormals in this dimensional space that they could come in handy for. Besides... when there was no escape and nowhere to hide, he could end his own life so he wouldn't have to die so painfully.

There was also some food in the room. Although he did not know if the food replicated into this dimensional space was still edible, he was in urgent need of replenishing his strength and consuming high energy.

After a frantic meal, Bu Gaojun patted his stomach, which was eighty percent full, and resolutely walked out the door.

Upon learning that the situation on Bu Gaojun's end was dire, the Pig Group led by Zhu Jingzhi fell into a tense, silent atmosphere. Even with the hints in Dong Wen's diary, the contents of this ancient book could not be translated in a short time, especially since it involved several extremely obscure isolated languages. Those scripts were almost lost, and whether they could even find a translator was a question.

"Hurry, hurry, someone answer me." Looking at the message response channel where he had posted the emergency request to the World Investigators Alliance, Zhu Jingzhi was so anxious he was shaking his legs frantically and biting his thumbnail.

Ding!

A moment later, someone responded to Zhu Jingzhi. It was a linguist from the North African region who had joined the channel, named Kangnasi. He claimed that, influenced by his family culture, ancient Latin was his ancestors' native language. After it was passed down to his generation, although he was not as proficient as his late grandmother, he still understood most of the ancient Latin script.

Because the situation was urgent, Zhu Jingzhi specifically filtered out the content related to the Incantation for the shadow-devouring insects, which amounted to about three pages.

With the other party's help, the Pig Group successfully translated most of the text that made up the bulk of the ancient book. Fortunately, Kangnasi was not only enthusiastic but also a knowledgeable person. The ancient book inevitably recorded ancient scientific names and common names of things that differed from what modern people knew, and he did his best to answer everyone's questions one by one, which greatly pushed forward their progress in deciphering the ancient book.

Ding-ding-ding—

More and more people joined Zhu Jingzhi's channel. Some were public-spirited, others were attracted by the help-seeking title. Abnormal things not well-known to the public and their related Abnormal books were top-priority matters that some knowledge-thirsty people simply could not miss. Viewing unread Abnormal books and learning about unfamiliar Abnormal things was the priority; helping others was just a side benefit.

Finally, with the help of knowledgeable people from all over the world, the summoning incantation and control incantation for the shadow-devouring insects were deciphered.

"Thank you very much for your help!" Zhu Jingzhi sincerely expressed his gratitude to his colleagues around the world who had helped them, and immediately relayed the deciphered content to the Mysterious Investigators executing combat missions in New Dragon City.

The Mysterious Investigator executing the surveillance mission was overjoyed after finally receiving feedback from the higher-ups and immediately contacted Bu Gaojun again.

Bu Gaojun, who was executing the mission in the other dimensional space, had actually turned the communication back on less than two minutes after blocking his teammates, and had re-established contact with them.

To prevent the information from being distorted during relay, the teammate on the other end simply acted as a transit station and connected Zhu Jingzhi and Bu Gaojun directly.

Without too much small talk, Zhu Jingzhi told Bu Gaojun the few items necessary to cast the incantation.

Bu Gaojun silently noted them down and found that the items required to cast the Incantation were all considered common, but not things that could be gathered in a short time. He responded, "I will try my best to collect them. Also, Xiaoli, I need your help. Where is the nearest shopping mall or supermarket to Huang Zhengdao's house?"

"Eh!? Team Leader Bu, have you already come out of the dimensional space?" Xiaoli asked in surprise.

"No." Bu Gaojun poured cold water on him, saying, "The dimensional space I am in is very peculiar. It perfectly replicates New Dragon City in the Real World, as if it were an Inner World, yet it is different somewhere."

"To think it's like that..." Xiaoli was shocked, but he didn't overthink it and directly told Bu Gaojun the location of a shopping mall. "Laorun Baihuo. You should be able to find the necessary casting props there. It is about one kilometer northwest of Huang Zhengdao's apartment."

Zhu Jingzhi also spoke up at the right time: "After you have gathered everything, I will tell you the incantation. There is a trap in these two segments of the Incantation."

"A trap?" Bu Gaojun asked while carefully navigating the dark alleys between the buildings, heading toward Laorun Baihuo.

"Although the two segments of the Incantation can be used separately and can indeed achieve summoning and control respectively, the trap is that after the summoning incantation is used, the control incantation must be cast within about one minute, otherwise this summoned shadow-devouring insect will risk going out of control." Zhu Jingzhi said seriously, "This is also the reason why Wang Yong and his team of scholars were wiped out. They were too impatient and performed the summoning ritual before deciphering the complete incantation, which caused the shadow-devouring insects to go out of control."

"But... if the shadow-devouring insects went out of control, shouldn't they have gone on a rampage long ago?" Bu Gaojun raised an eyebrow, a bad feeling suddenly arising in his heart.

"That is exactly what I want to say. Those creatures that look like magnified flesh worms are actually cunning, insidious, and cruel beasts. Unlike the Alien Gods, who do not care about the creatures on Earth, they are keen on torturing their prey, especially mentally, before eating them." Zhu Jingzhi gritted his teeth and concluded, "Shadow-devouring insects possess extremely high intelligence."

Upon hearing this, Bu Gaojun immediately broke out in a cold sweat. He looked around and felt that everything was eerily and unnaturally quiet.

He listened carefully, calming his heart to listen, and found that he could no longer feel the vibrations or hear the sounds of dozens of giant shadow-devouring insects moving through the ground.

They couldn't have stopped!

Bu Gaojun's gaze swept through a glass building, and he saw a huge, segmented, snake-like figure looming in the dark building...