Symphony for the Insect Princess

"Sure enough, this is another clue left by the shady dealings: after all the great secret treasures are examined by the magic marks, only these four codes will appear. Only by collecting a sufficient number of samples can we discover this pattern." Aisia concluded.

"So the information about the real thing is contained in these four codes... So do we need to sort them out? Or find the correct one? And what do the codes represent? Key locations or names of key people?"

"Stop talking nonsense! Let me think about it first!"

Sedroon impatiently stopped the three men, stretched out his fingers and wrote on the air with the light of magic, constantly trying different arrangements.

"mg...ene...ibe...n...nibeenemg? Is there such a word formation? Or is it enen

ibemg? That's not right. Can something connected be taken apart? There are too many combinations..."

Just as Sezhuoang was thinking hard, Qimila suddenly interrupted.

"...Do we need to 'follow the great secret treasure'?"

"Aha?"

"Ah, uh, it just occurred to me. Maybe the phrase 'follow the great secret treasure' isn't just a warning to people to beware of fakes. Could there be something else?"

"Even if you say so, this sentence—hmm?"

Sedroon suddenly thought of something.

"Following the great secret treasure... following the great secret treasure... following the 'great secret treasure'?"

"——'Great Secret Treasure'!!" Aisia suddenly realized, "Although everyone unanimously calls it the Great Secret Treasure, its original official name is——"

"'Saklolish'! Sak and Lolish are both words in the Dragon Language!"

"Dragon language—I see!"

Only Sedraon understood Dragon Language here. She excitedly kept shuffling and rearranging the letters, and finally—

"Well... if you only use these few letters and don't change the number, there are only two Draconic words that can be arranged with specific meanings. Change the order of ibe to bei and add n to get bein. Insert mg into ene and you get menge."

"Bein and menge?"

"Bein generally means 'leg', and menge means 'quantity, number'."

(Author: Readers with too much free time can try using Google or Baidu Translate, and choose automatic detection)

"That adds up to 'number of legs'?"

"Legs...could it be that you're referring to..."

The four of them looked down together.

A city swarming with insects.

"...The number of legs? Is that the clue?"

"Could it be some other kind of leg? Or does this leg have some other metaphor? I'm not sure."

"It would be better if there was more convincing evidence. This is still too vague..."

"that……"

Qiumila spoke weakly again.

"It just suddenly occurred to me..."

"So far, it seems like you haven't missed a single 'sudden thought', right? If you have any ideas, don't hide them and speak up!"

"Well, 'following the great secret treasure', maybe there's something else to it, right? After all, this is the only clear verbal clue. Could it have more than one meaning?"

"But it already has two meanings: 'Let's watch out for fakes' and 'Translate the letters on the fakes into Dragon language.'"

"Then, then maybe there is a third floor?"

"You are just bullshitting..."

"Hey, let me tell you," Charlotte, who had been listening silently, suddenly spoke up. "This might just be my imagination, but doesn't this great treasure have a name?"

"name?"

"Have you forgotten? Although everyone calls it the Great Secret Treasure now, when it first appeared everyone called it—"

"—'Zelach's Great Treasure'."

indeed.

This great secret treasure came from a nobleman named Zelah in the small country of Aaron, so in order to facilitate identification, it was initially called "Zerah's Great Secret Treasure."

Zelah...

Zelah?

"Wait, Zelah...sound familiar?"

"At a time like this, I have to ask you, a linguist, for help again."

"Don't bother me, I'm thinking! Zelah... I remember it was zelah, is that the correct spelling? Zelah... zelah... Zelah... zelah... Ah! It's Zalah!!!"

"Did you find anything?"

"Yes! Zelah, replace the e with an a, and it's Zalah! It means 'glory' in Star Language!"

"A noble from a small country happens to have this last name? What a coincidence, isn't it?"

"It's no coincidence! Many existing surnames are derived from words in other languages, with only one or two letters changed at most. There's no doubt that the surname Zelah comes from the Star Guide language! This is the third clue!"

Sedroon immediately started studying it again, and this time it was faster, and it was solved in just ten seconds.

"Sure enough! If we reorganize these four codes into a meaningful star guide, we can form two words! Meg means 'worm,' and nebien has a more complex meaning, but it mainly means 'increase,' 'develop,' and 'accumulate!'"

"So the four words together are..."

"The number of the bug's legs increases."

“…………For some reason, I almost laughed out loud.”

“…………Same, there’s something indescribably funny about this sentence.”

Chapter 100 Puzzle Game (Part ) (Chapter Souvenir!)

Outside Kasolu City, two kilometers outside the main gate——

Mercenaries, adventurers, and all kinds of lawless people are now gathered in groups of three or four. Just a few minutes ago, they had just crossed the city wall and came to the outside, panting.

These individuals were generally relatively weak, having been suddenly attacked by a swarm of insects in the city, and having paid a heavy price, both large and small, they had decided to temporarily evacuate. After a two-kilometer forced march, they finally lost sight of the swarm. No longer concerned with whether those around them were friend or foe, they all breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed to rest.

"Finally escaped..."

"What the hell is going on here... I don't understand!"

"At least I didn't get eaten to death by bugs, so be content..."

Those who needed to rest rested, those who needed to heal their wounds healed, those who needed to prepare prepared themselves. Just when everyone thought that this was the end of it—

boom! ! !

The earth suddenly shook violently and a local earthquake occurred!

boom! ! ! ! !

The vibrations became stronger and stronger, and a vague roar could be heard faintly. Something was approaching from underground!

boom! ! ! ! ! ! !

Right in the middle of the group, a massive spiderweb-like crack appeared on the ground, and it continued to sink! In just a few seconds, it became a bottomless pit hundreds of meters in diameter!

boom! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

"Be careful--"

With a final loud bang, the ground further shattered, and everyone was scattered by the powerful gust of wind! Amidst the smoke and dust, illuminated by the stars and moon, a gigantic figure slowly rose from the giant pit, rising higher and higher. From below, it seemed to reach all the way to the heavens, and it continuously emitted extremely terrifying magical fluctuations!

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"So the four words together are..."

"'The number of insect legs increased', I guess that's the only way to understand it, right?"

“…………For some reason, I almost laughed out loud.”

“…………Same, there’s something indescribably funny about this sentence.”

"Could it be that Mr. Shame is very good at telling jokes?"

"Stop talking nonsense, it's obvious now, right?"

A swarm of insects in the city.

The most central downtown area is bug-free.

Further out, the circle where the City Lord's Mansion is located is a worm without legs.

Then there was the part where the insect people appeared, with four legs.

Next is the ant, with six legs.

Next is the spider, with eight legs.

In the order of "increasing number of insect legs", it is from the city center to the outside of the city.

"What? It's completely opposite to the city center. Those people going to the city center must have been ripped off, right?"

"But then what? The prompts are interrupted here. At present, we can only confirm that the location of the great secret treasure should be outside the city. But the area outside the city is so big, wouldn't it be even more difficult to find it?"

"There must be a clue, right? Since we're searching in the order of increasing leg count, shouldn't we just look for the bug with the most legs nearby?"

“Isn’t that like looking for a needle in a haystack?”

"Could it be that there are further hints that haven't been given yet?"

"impossible--"

Just at this time,

“█ ...

A huge roar resounded through the heavens and earth, and the entire city could hear it clearly! The sound came from outside the city. At this moment, the four people on the back of the bone dragon, who began to counterattack the insect swarm, all looked towards the direction outside the gate of Kasolu City!

"What is that……"

With the night as the background, the huge creature slowly stretched out its body. Its body was very long, very long, and because it was too tall, people even lost their sense of distance!

"Hey, hey, hey, no way—that's a worm!?"

Aisia, who had been disgusted enough by the worms and maggots in the City Lord's Mansion, had a preconceived notion and subconsciously thought that it was also a giant worm, just a bit bigger.

However, it is impossible for a worm to have thousands of legs.

"Centipede? No, the centipede's legs are not that long..." Charlotte gasped. Such a huge insect was very intimidating even from such a distance.

"It's a centipede, right? Judging from its features, its tentacles and legs are very long and thin."

"It's a centipede, right? Centipedes have shorter bodies and only fifteen pairs of legs. This creature has far more than fifteen, right?"

"Then call it... a centipede?"

"Anyway..."

Asia sighed.

"I believe that within a hundred miles, there's no other insect with more legs than this one, right? So..."

Want to go?

Four of you, look at me and I look at you.

A series of clues ultimately point to the location of the giant insect.

No matter what the truth is.

The so-called "mastermind" must be waiting there.

Waiting for talents who have survived the brutal competition in Kasolu, proven their fighting ability and judgment, and know how to work in a team.

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Bang! ! ! ! !

The last layer of the partition wall was broken, and five figures fell to the bottom together.

This is the core of the water conservancy project and the source of groundwater that dried up hundreds of years ago.