Chapter 1667: The Mystery of the Maya
As the saying goes, three women make a scene. While they were spinning in circles, a wave of grudge points was also surging through Jiangnan's mind!
And Vivian was flooding it with a whole string of them!
After all, if one Vivian knew, then all Vivians knew!
Jiangnan was tallying his assets in the campsite and couldn't help but chuckle.
Stinky Weaver? Rhea? And Vivian?
He'd only just arrived, and they were already in the know? That well-informed, huh?
All old grudge queens!
Especially Vivian—Jiangnan loved her the most.
After all, if he pissed off one Vivian, all the Vivians would be furious with her too. That was dozens of times the grudge cards, right?
And they were all his defeated opponents. Wasn't this the perfect setup?
He just didn't know how to trigger the affair event with Vivian.
The thought was pretty exciting!
Just then, from afar, they heard Liu Ming and Black Crow's surprised shouts!
Behind them followed a squad of Dark Night soldiers in plain clothes.
(๑ŐдŐ) "Sss—Boss Nan actually snatched a camp? That's so bold?"
Black Crow wiped sweat from his forehead: (꒪д꒪‧̣̥̇) "If I'm not mistaken, this should be the camp of the Thug Organization, right?"
Jiangnan smiled and greeted them: "Is it because you haven't been with me for too long? Why all the fuss?"
"Isn't this just basic operations? Is the Thug Organization that hard to deal with?"
As they spoke, they walked into the meeting room.
Liu Ming grinned: "Not really. Originally, the Thug Organization was a force created here by a man named Solomon, a stateless Dao Heaven."
"Compared to these native forces, it has no real advantage—after all, some things can't be done just by being high-ranked."
"But some time ago, no one knows what kind of stimulant Solomon took, but his strength skyrocketed, and he emerged as a dark horse."
"He annexed a bunch of small forces, developed rapidly, and rose to prominence here, becoming a powerhouse that can rival the Huanghe Association and the Wanxiang Alliance."
Jiangnan was a bit surprised: (´ﾟ～ﾟ) "So he's a dark horse? Solomon's got something to him, huh?"
Liu Ming's expression turned serious: "Solomon's strength is one thing, but his men are also incredibly fierce and fearless."
"They can use a secret technique to greatly enhance their physical abilities and self-healing. It's pretty insane!"
"That Duofen you kicked away didn't actually die!"
Jiangnan was stunned: Σ(°Д° "What? Not dead? What's going on? A vegetable again? Or some kind of immortal serum?"
Jiangnan knew the power of his Absolute Spirit Flash. That kick to the head—the space would tear apart when it exploded—how could he not die?
Black Crow shook his head: "At first, we suspected it might be something like the West Frontier vine people or an immortal serum."
"We even secretly captured a Thug Organization subordinate to investigate, but found nothing abnormal in his body."
"The thug confessed that this ability was granted to them by Solomon. We wanted to continue interrogating, but the guy inexplicably suffered brain death."
"Because of this, a large number of spirit warriors and mercenaries have joined the Thug Organization, hoping to obtain this ability."
Jiangnan remembered that when Duofen was about to fight him earlier, his eyes glowed red and his muscles bulged abnormally. So that was the ability?
Jiangnan stroked his chin thoughtfully, a hint of interest sparkling in his eyes.
(๑͡°ก͡°) "So it seems Solomon has some little secrets of his own?"
If possible, he'd really like to see them.
"What about the Huanghe Association and the Wanxiang Alliance? How strong are they?"
Liu Ming smiled: "These are all the materials that the Dark Night Army and the Pioneers have collected over this period in Mountain City."
"Not sure if they can help you."
Everyone quickly began to look through the materials.
It turned out that the Wanxiang Alliance belonged to the Rain Country Dao Heaven, Senro, and was the most influential organization in Mountain City.
Many small forces followed it.
It had been dedicated to developing and exploring the Rainforest Maze and controlled many resource points.
It had even organized several large-scale exploration operations.
The Huanghe Association was more interesting. Its leader, Hope, although born and raised in Mountain City as a Rain Country native, did not acknowledge himself as a Rain Country Dao Heaven.
Instead, he raised his own army and established the Huanghe Association, controlling many mineral resources.
Relying on the Rainforest Maze, it was said that last year alone, their announced income exceeded the total output value of Rain Country.
Along with the recently rising Thug Organization, a tripartite standoff had formed in Mountain City.
Because of conflicts of interest, they had been fighting quite a bit.
But this place wasn't just these three. The cake of the Rainforest Maze was too big. Even the crumbs that slipped through the fingers of these three giants were enough to support a bunch of forces.
There were as many as dozens of big and small forces.
Every day, a huge number of spirit warriors came to Mountain City with dreams of fortune.
But the Rainforest Maze swallowed a lot but spit out little.
No one could figure out how many people had gotten lost in the Rainforest Maze.
Anyway, fresh blood was replenished every day. Who cared?
If you didn't come out, tough luck. If you came out, you'd made it.
Jiangnan clicked his tongue: "Sure is chaotic. A small place, but it attracts quite a few Dao Heavens."
(๑¥﹃¥) "But these three all seem pretty rich, huh? Hehe~"
Jiangnan couldn't help but think of the tens of billions in debt he owed, and his little head started scheming again, a belly full of mischief churning.
Then he flipped to the next page of the materials.
On it was a photo of a stone wall, engraved with ancient script of unknown meaning.
It wasn't incantation script.
"What's this?"
Black Crow leaned in to look: "Ah, this is a Maya stone carving someone brought out of the Rainforest Maze."
"There are quite a few—almost no one can read them. Not sure if they're useful, so we compiled them all."
[Trigger Skill! Ancient Maya Language (Novice): LV0!]
[Add Skill Points: 1,111,100 points!]
[Skill Upgrade! Ancient Maya Language (Master): MAX!]
At that moment, the obscure and difficult text became exceptionally clear!
"Exhausted here, no more companions left by my side, unsealing is hopeless, the ending is hard to change. I'm very tired, I want to sleep... Maji left behind."
Jiangnan frowned deeply. Unsealing? What did that mean?
He quickly flipped further. Various stone carvings had many text records.
"Daddy~ Mommy~ Where are you? Baby can't find you, misses you..."
"I went east!"
"Damn, turned right back around! Damn it!"
"Why do we have to do something like this? If I had a chance to choose again... probably... I'd still be unwilling..."
The more Jiangnan read, the more his expression changed.
These carvings on the stone walls were not important information but more like casual records left by the ancient Maya.
Like status updates? Friend circle posts?
But after thousands of years, when Jiangnan looked at these texts, he could feel a sense of powerlessness, despair, and deep unwillingness.
"I think the Rainforest Maze has appeared a long time ago."
"Do you guys know anything about the Maya civilization?"
Zhong Yingxue raised her hand: (Oớ‸ờ)ﾂ "We've already done our homework. The Maya rainforest was named after the Maya people."
"Previously, a large number of Maya ruins, altars, pyramid temples, observatories, etc., were discovered in the rainforest."
"They were even developed into tourist attractions, but these places were all covered within the maze's range when the Rainforest Maze opened over a year ago."
"Now they can't be seen anymore."
Jiangnan grinned: "If I remember correctly, according to archaeology, the Maya people mysteriously disappeared about three thousand years ago, right?"
Liu Ming's eyes widened: "You mean..."
Jiangnan's expression darkened: "Where was any mysterious disappearance? They probably took their entire clan into the Rainforest Maze!"
"This Rainforest Maze is quite old! It should be one of the first batch of spiritual ruins to open on Blue Star! The content on these stone carvings is enough to prove it!"
"And the three-thousand-year timeline is exactly the time of the first spiritual energy resurgence on Blue Star! It belongs to Jiang Fan's era!"
Mountain Cat and the others were startled:
(•︠～•︡) "Who is Jiang Fan?"
The matter of the Moon Core Monument was still top secret until now. Obviously, Qin Shou and the others didn't know.
Even Zhong Yingxue and the others felt their scalps go numb.
Was this Rainforest Maze really that ancient?
Qin Shou exclaimed in shock: Σ(°△°|||) "Damn! You mean the Maya people were actually spirit warriors? They didn't disappear mysteriously but all entered the Rainforest Maze?"
"This... is this that mysterious?"
Jiangnan rolled his eyes: "That's mysterious? Our Qin Emperor even went to the moon!"
Qin Shou was dumbfounded: ∑(°口°๑) "What? My ancestor went to the moon too?"
Jiangnan: (≖_≖)
"Can you stop trying to claim credit? When did the Qin Emperor become your ancestor?"
Qin Shou immediately protested:
(๑･᷅口･᷄) "If you say that, I'll have to argue with you!"
"How do you think I got my surname? The Qin surname originated from the Ying surname. After the state was destroyed, it was troublesome to continue using Ying—you'd get beheaded—so later the surname was changed to Qin! Using the state name as the surname!"
Jiangnan: (･᷄ὢ･᷅) "Oh yes yes yes! I believe you~ I believe you!"
Qin Shou: !!!
(･`益･´O) "Really, I'm not kidding! It's written in my family tree! Believe me! Believe me, okay?"
But Jiangnan didn't have time to bother with Qin Shou. He continued flipping through the stone carving content in the materials.
Liu Mang swallowed his saliva: "So those Maya prophecies and stuff—could it be that among the Maya, there were people with abilities similar to Sister Zi Yuan?"
"They dreamed them up and then specially carved them down to record?"
Jiangnan stroked his chin: "That possibility can't be ruled out. Are these all the Maya stone carvings that have been brought out?"
"Are there any others? The content isn't very substantive. It feels like I just scrolled through three-thousand-year-old NetEase Cloud friend circle comments..."
Liu Ming's eyes bulged. What the hell? You understood all of that? Even specialized linguists wouldn't dare claim they could decipher everything!
"There actually are others. I heard someone brought out a Maya prophecy stone carving, but it's already been privately collected by the Huanghe Association. We won't be able to see it."