Chapter 1360 Ancient Oracle
Secret base in the snowy mountains!
Jiang Tianqing and the others brought Yin back here, and the room was filled with traces of battle!
Obviously, it was from when Hart and the others captured Yin's teammates!
And sure enough, the place was already empty, making it a perfect hiding spot!
As soon as they entered the room, Yin was dumbfounded!
Isn't this my damn secret base?
They dragged me over, beat me up, and then brought me back here?
I ask you, what the hell is your goal, damn it!
[From Nikolas Yin's Resentment Value +1000!]
[From Katerina...]
Jiang Nan tossed Yin onto the bed in one move, then turned to look at Katerina!
Her hair was in an explosive mess, covered in a layer of white frost, with bubbles that hadn't been rinsed off frozen solid!
In just a short while, it had frozen stiff, emitting a steady stream of white steam, and she was now staring at Jiang Tianqing with a resentful expression!
╰(￢～￢)╯
Jiang Nan struggled to hold back his laughter!
(๑థ౪థ)
No! Can't laugh, I'm a kidnapper, I have to be fierce!
Jiang Nan shifted his gaze to Yin, a smile curling at the corner of his mouth.
(๑¯ิٹ¯ิ) "The star ring fragment you sold to the Bei family—where did it come from? Don't you think you should explain that to me?"
Yin glared hatefully at Jiang Nan, turned his head and spat out a glob of phlegm.
(︶Д︶(#) "Hmph! I, Yin, have an iron backbone. Aka tortured me for half a month and couldn't get a single word out of me!"
"Your father's mouth is harder than a stone in a cesspit. Use any torture you like! If I say even half a word, I'm not Yin!"
Though he said that, his heart was trembling with fear.
Damn it, Lilith had just recovered the files from the recycling bin before he got caught!
The reason Aka couldn't get anything out of him was that his memories had been deleted—he couldn't confess even if he wanted to!
Now all the clues were damn well remembered!
Yin's mind raced, considering any possibility of escape.
Ahhh! How unlucky can I be? If I'd known, I wouldn't have restored the memories!
Hopefully, he could bluff his way through this!
But Jiang Nan wasn't about to give Yin a break. He pulled out a bottle of Deadly Green Club from his pocket rabbit and forced it down Yin's throat.
A bottle of beer down, and truth-telling was 100%!
Jiang Tianqing grinned slyly. "Now, can you tell me where the star ring fragment came from?"
Yin's eyes widened: (•́д•̀٥) "Heh, this is the first time I've seen an interrogation method like this. You think giving me beer as a bribe will make me talk?"
"Your father definitely won't tell you that thing was obtained from the Oracle Spirit Ruins! I only drink vodka!"
Jiang Tianqing looked enlightened.
(乛꒨乛O) "Oh? Oracle Spirit Ruins? Care to elaborate?"
Yin: ???
Damn it! Why did he just say that out loud?
Why can't he control his own mouth?
Is that beer a new type of truth serum? They even have this kind of stuff?
Yin's face twitched, but he couldn't stop himself from answering the questions.
"As a ancient battlefield, the permafrost has many ruins—under the ice layers, including within many spirit ruins, traces of human habitation have been found!"
"Scavengers explore these ruins, dig up ancient treasures, and sell them to make a living!"
"As an Aisno, I am the only one who discovered and deciphered the ancient oracle of my clan. I found that the Aisno clan's mission is to guard the Oracle Spirit Ruins for generations!"
"But the Aisno clan has long forgotten their mission in the years of war and chaos."
Jiang Nan frowned. "Aisno? What's the deal with them?"
Katerina explained, "They are the indigenous people living on the permafrost, living there even before the spiritual energy revival!"
"Hunting, fishing, living in ice houses. After the spiritual energy revival, many Aisno became scavengers. I just didn't expect their history to be so long!"
"Handed down from the ancient Su era to the present!"
Jiang Nan's eyes flickered. "So that means the star ring fragments were left behind by the ancient Aisno?"
"Where is the Oracle Spirit Ruins? Are there other fragments?"
This reminded Jiang Nan of Lantis, but things were clearly not that simple.
Yin's face turned red, but he couldn't help answering.
"Probably not, I'm not sure. Back then, to prevent myself from spilling clues if Aka caught me, I completely deleted a lot of memories!"
"I need to decipher the ancient oracle to deduce the location. To be safe, I hid the ancient oracle at the Aisno clan's home!"
"I only remember that the entrance to the Oracle Spirit Ruins opens every nine days, and there's an extreme blizzard inside!"
"The blizzard prevented me from exploring deeper. The spirit beasts inside are also fierce as hell. I dug out three fragments and ran out, almost dying in there."
Jiang Nan was stunned. Holy shit!
Even if Yin was garbage, he was still a Star Glory One!
Even he almost died in the Oracle Spirit Ruins? This spirit ruin is probably a bit dangerous, huh?
Jiang Nan's mind raced.
Now both Aka and the Snow Girl want this star ring?
And this star ring is different from a star gate—it was built by the ancients themselves!
But the incantation patterns are roughly the same, which means the star ring's function should be similar to a star gate!
Why did the ancients build a star ring?
What does the Snow Girl want the star ring for? Also to go to the moon?
To activate a star gate, you need a star chart, a conch key, and a space-type spirit pearl.
Not to mention, finding so many space-type spirit pearls is impossible!
What the hell is the Goose Country planning here?
Things were getting more and more confusing, and Jiang Nan felt that he had stumbled into something big this time.
Zhong Yingxue looked thoughtful. "So to enter the Oracle Spirit Ruins and explore, we need to get the ancient oracle from the Aisno clan?"
"What's the next move? Go to the Aisno clan?"
Jiang Nan propped his chin and shook his head.
(¯᷄ก¯᷅๑) "Let's take a breather first. Signal Gun is conducting a massive search right now; acting rashly could expose us."
"Aka won't easily let go either. I'm definitely going to the Oracle Spirit Ruins. I want to see what kind of thing is causing so many people to want it."
"Since everyone wants it, the fragment we have is the key. Even if they get all the other fragments,"
"without ours, they can't use it. We only need a small segment for the fusion destruction part!"
This fragment was the leverage Jiang Nan had, and he needed to handle it carefully.
Jiang Nan planned to lie low for two days until the heat died down, then move to find the Aisno clan and get the ancient oracle.
Jiang Nan's gaze shifted.
(乛ก乛O) "Ahem... by the way, what's your bank card password?"
Yin: ???
...
Blizzard Corps Campsite!
Lilith, Griffin, and the others were bruised and swollen, looking unwilling.
Only Bai Lian had no injuries on her, just a single slap mark on her face—from Jiang Nan.
She was now recounting everything she knew.
(#)⌒◡⌒) "Alright, that's all I know. Can you put a Simmons mattress in my cell? I can't sleep on the floor, you know."
Hart nodded. "Alright."
Lilith gritted her teeth: (งᵒ̌皿ᵒ̌)ง "Xiao Lianlian! You traitor! Why did you spill everything?"
Bai Lian shrugged. "What else? Why take a beating and then still talk? I'm afraid of pain. Isn't it better to cooperate obediently? We're prisoners now!"
"Otherwise, they'd threaten you with our lives, and in the end, we'd still have to talk. What's the point of being stubborn?"
Griffin, Kulun, and the others darkened their faces, speechless.
The group was taken away. Hart's face showed deep thought. Yin's teammates didn't know much either.
They only knew about the Oracle Spirit Ruins and the crucial ancient oracle, but not where Yin had hidden it.
This Yin sure was cautious, not even telling his own teammates?
This was serious. Hart immediately called the Snow Girl, Bai Kou.
...
Manus City, Goose Country. The hilltop castle was brightly lit.
"Are you sure the fragment came from the Oracle Spirit Ruins?"
The Snow Girl stood in the domed attic, dressed in a light gauze white dress.
Her figure was curvaceous and full.
A head of snow-white hair fell like an ice waterfall, crystal-clear earlobes adorned with two snowflake earrings.
Her bare feet were tied with an ice bell at the ankle, which chimed softly as she moved.
Her long eyelashes were narrow, her ice-blue pupils deep, a light veil shrouding her exquisite face, hiding her beautiful features from view.
The more invisible she was, the more one wanted to uncover her.
But the words "Oracle" made the Snow Girl's gaze fall into recollection, and her eyes seemed to glisten with tears.
"Yu Spirit..."
Hart frowned. "Snow Girl? What did you say?"
Bai Kou shook her head. "Nothing. Do you know the exact location of the Oracle Spirit Ruins? I've forgotten it..."
Hart told Bai Kou all the information he had obtained.
In his heart, he was puzzled. Forgotten? What does that mean?
Bai Kou rubbed her brow, as if trying to recall something.
"So the lead character is in the hands of Hua Xia's forces? In that case, they're bound to make a move next."
"If you can't find Yin, work on other angles. Since Yin and the others are all Aisno, pay more attention to that side."
"There should be a connection between the Aisno clan and the Oracle Spirit Ruins... probably."
"Find the location of the spirit ruin and tell me."
"There's something I need inside."
Hart nodded. "Yes, Snow Girl. Also, of the three fragments brought out, two have fallen into Bell's hands."
"The other is with Luo Tianqing's group. Should we..."
Bai Kou spoke lightly, "All fragments must be recovered. Since Aka doesn't know his place, don't blame me for being merciless."
With that, she hung up.
In front of Bai Kou lay a huge ice-white ring.
It was about a hundred meters in diameter, covered in countless intricate incantations.
There were also over a thousand circular holes.
It was similar to a star gate, but three times larger than Jiang Nan's star gate, and made of a different material.
The star gate was made of silver metal, while this ring was made of an unknown ice-white spirit material.
If Jiang Nan were here, he would recognize that the material was exactly the same as the star ring fragment.
This star ring seemed to have been placed here for a long time, covered in a thick layer of dust.
No one knew that while the outside world was fighting to the death over three fragments, Bai Kou had a complete star ring.