Roaming the universe, all thanks to your many dark skills!

At this moment, someone shouted: "Come here quickly."

Everyone's attention was quickly drawn to the shouting. They followed the light of the flashlight and looked at the stone wall by the river, only to see a lot of twists and turns of words engraved on it.

"Old Hu, what is this word?" Wang Kaixuan asked Hu Bayi beside him.

"How would I know?" Hu Bayi was also confused. "But why do I feel so familiar with him?"

"Boss Luo, do you recognize him?" Wang Kaixuan asked again.

"It's OK. This is the Ghost Cave script." Rosen nodded and said to Hu Bayi, "You think it looks familiar because this is the script engraved on the jade pendant of the fat man."

"Yes, I would have forgotten if you hadn't told me." Wang Kaixuan suddenly realized, and then asked, "Boss Luo, what does it say on it?"

"Let me take a look first." Rosen looked up at the ghost cave text on the cave wall, and his LV7 language proficiency immediately came in handy. (Note)

"The content above is divided into two parts. One part praises the great divine beast."

At this point, Rosen curled his lips and said with disdain: "It's this guy on the ground. It is said that it is used to guard this nine-story demon building."

In fact, the ghost cave text does not describe the Nine-story Demon Tower, but the Nine-story God Tower. However, Rosen really couldn't connect the eerie things in the plot with the gods, so he followed the original statement.

As for the truth, let it be what it is. If the people from the ghost cave are brave enough, they can come out and argue face to face.

"What is the Nine-story Demon Tower?" Wang Kaixuan became more and more confused as he listened and couldn't help but ask.

"It's not specified." Rosen pointed to the few words on the wall and said, "This isn't an expedition manual, so it can't be that detailed. Just read it as it comes."

"I can't understand it even if I try hard. I have to rely on my omnipotent Boss Luo." Wang Kaixuan said with a flattering look on his face.

"Comrade Xiao Luo, can you understand these ghost cave characters?" Chen Jiuren came over and asked.

"No." Rosen shook his head without even thinking, and said, "I was just teasing them. This is the Ghost Cave Script, which has been lost for many years. You are a serious professor of archaeology and an expert in Western Region culture, but you don't understand it, so how can I know it?"

Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan believed that he must understand the ghost cave language. After all, what he said just now was very detailed and did not sound like nonsense.

But they didn't know why Rosen was denying it now.

Seeing that Rosen was determined and tight-lipped, Chen Jiuren could only sigh and leave.

"Boss Luo, why do you say you don't understand?" Wang Kaixuan asked in a low voice.

"Nonsense." Rosen looked at him like an idiot and said, "I don't take a penny. I followed you here for friendship, but what relationship do I have with them? We are not related, and I am not seeking fame or profit. Why should I get involved in this mess?"

"But others don't know, you know, it's a face-saving thing." Wang Kaixuan said.

"Fatty, let me advise you not to do anything that shows off in front of others, or you'll be struck by lightning." Rosen said, "It's better to keep a low profile."

"Why do I feel so uncomfortable when hearing these words coming from Boss Luo?" Wang Kaixuan looked at Hu Bayi and said, "Old Hu, what do you think?"

"Low-key pretense is still pretense." Hu Bayi chuckled and said to Rosen, "I heard that it is easy to be struck by lightning."

"But it's of high quality." Rosen said with a smile.

"You are still taller." Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan gave him a thumbs up at the same time.

At this time, Hao Aiguo and others were busy recording the words on the wall, while Chen Jiuren said: "These words are the same as those in the Jingjue Ancient City, which proves that the two are inseparable. Our discovery today will open a new chapter in Western Region archaeology."

As he said that, he turned around and looked at Shirley Yang and said, "Shirley, it seems that your father's detour to Kunlun Glacier makes sense. I am now even more looking forward to the diary about the Jingjue Ancient City that he got."

"Aiguo, you and your students should hurry up and write down these words."

Chen Jiuren looked at Hu Bayi again and said, "Captain Hu, let's hurry up and move forward."

Then Hao Aiguo took Chu Jian and Satipeng to stay, while Rosen and others waded through the warm underground river and continued to move forward.

Soon they saw a pyramid-shaped wooden tower standing in the darkness, which was built with countless huge trees.

The base of the wooden tower is at least two hundred meters wide, and seems to be made of rammed earth and stones. On top is the tower body built with thick timber, with a total of nine floors.

Each floor of the tower was filled with dried corpses decorated in strange ways, and each corpse was crawling with dark blue fire beetles.

They were almost transparent all over, and with Rosen's eyesight he could even see that they looked like handicrafts made of polished crystals. There seemed to be blue flames flowing in their bodies, emitting blue light.

This scene made everyone dazzled and amazed, and they even forgot the danger of these little blue bugs.

"Turn off your headlights." Hu Bayi remained awake and whispered, "Don't shine the flashlight directly at them."

Seeing the tower at this time, Ga Wa suddenly knelt on the ground and worshiped it with Tibetan etiquette.

"Gawawa, what are you doing? Get up quickly." The big guy pulled him up without saying a word.

"What a terrible place this is. So many people died." Wang Kaixuan said.

"Those on top are still few." Rosen pointed to the sides and said, "If I'm not mistaken, the most people buried alive are over there."

"This is the legendary nine-story demon tower." Chen Jiuren said, looking ahead.

Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan had just heard Rosen mention the Nine-story Demon Tower, so they didn't find it strange. Instead, they felt that this just proved that what Rosen said was completely correct.

Chen Jiuren said: "This is the funeral form of the mausoleums of the kings of the ancient Demon Kingdom. We have studied the culture of the Western Regions for a lifetime, and no one has ever seen one so well preserved."

"There must be a lot of antiques in there!" Wang Kaixuan said with shining eyes.

"It's more than just antiques, everything is worth studying." Hao Aiguo, who had just caught up with Guidong Wen after recording the ghost cave text, said.

Rosen couldn't help laughing as he listened to the conversation between the two. It was magical that a half-baked tomb raider and a genuine archaeologist were obviously thinking about different things, but they could still chat with each other.

"Shirley, our visit this time is very valuable." Chen Jiuren pointed at the Nine-Storey Demon Tower and said, "Maybe your father came here just for this Nine-Storey Demon Tower."

"Don't disturb the fire beetles up there." Hu Bayi warned in a low voice. "I haven't seen any along the way. I thought I had avoided them, but I didn't expect them to go into their nest."

Note: Anyone who has played Tomb Raider 9 should know how useful language proficiency is, hehe.

The part about the Nine-Layered Divine Tower at the end was all made up by me. I don't remember it being in the original text, so I just improvised. Dear readers, please don't take it too seriously.