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Wang was about to answer when he heard a trap being triggered around the corner and heard the screams of the hobgoblin scouts.

"You, continue!" Wang pointed at a goblin at random.

The goblin left dejectedly.

Wang Wufeng continued the previous topic: "Constructs can be seen as a kind of... Wait a minute, how come you don't know anything? How many days have you been out adventuring?"

The werewolf girl stretched out her fingers and began to point at the chickens one by one: "I stole chickens from farmers' homes during the first full moon, killed the Deer King in the forest during the second full moon, and killed the Crow King in the city during the third full moon... There were three full moons in total. My tribe has been out for about ninety days!"

Wang looked at Xiao Bai and said, "I only knew that werewolves would follow the call of the wild during a full moon, but I didn't know they would also have a feast."

"It's our tribe's method. We found that as long as we eat raw meat and drink blood during the full moon, we can successfully avoid going berserk. Other tribes would fight a war or wreak havoc or something."

Wang: "So you've only been out for less than a hundred days?"

"should be."

"Greenfield sent a newbie like you to investigate the disappearance of cats and dogs?"

"In fact, all the druids set out to investigate, but I was the only one who smelled the smell and went into the sewer! Maybe it's because I'm the only one with a keen sense of smell!" Xiaobai proudly put his hands on his hips and held his head high.

Wang reached out his hand as if possessed by a ghost and scratched the skin under her cheek and above her neck.

"Do you think I'm a cat?" Xiaobai got angry.

As soon as he finished speaking, an explosion occurred around the corner.

Wang: "Next!"

Xiaobai: "Do we have to go this way?"

She seemed to have completely forgotten the hatred she had just felt from being tickled.

Wang: "The intelligence we received earlier said that the traps in the two vents were all removed. But the person who leaked this information has been confirmed to be an enemy spy, and it is very likely that he lied. At this time, the safest thing to do is to go to the main entrance, which the intelligence repeatedly emphasized had a large number of traps."

The new goblin may have accepted his fate and moved quickly, disappearing around the corner in an instant.

Then he came running back screaming, "Golem! Master, the Flesh Golem!"

King: "It looks like it's the second phase, goblins! Push forward immediately and surround the flesh golem!"

The goblins made uneven shouts and advanced in a loose formation. After they had taken a few steps, a flesh and blood golem about two meters high appeared at the corner of the entrance.

King: "The golem has made it through. The trap must have been stepped on. It's time to get serious!"

"Oh!" Xiaobai roared, and the next moment he turned into a giant bear, running towards the golem on all fours, and then slapped the golem's head away with one paw.

After losing its head, the golem's body still maintained a certain degree of mobility. It raised its bone claws and wanted to hit the giant bear, but the giant bear used its turtle fist and smashed the golem's upper body with three consecutive palms.

The goblins were so shocked by the sight of the giant bear fighting that they froze in place, not daring to move.

Another flesh and blood golem appeared, and the giant bear immediately rushed forward and beat it hard.

After defeating the golem, the blind bear stood up, slapped the white hair on his chest with both hands, and let out a terrifying roar. The roar was reflected back and forth in the sewer and spread far and wide.

The king held the scepter and shouted to the big bear, "There should be another one, be careful!"

The bear got on all fours, stepped over the shattered flesh golem, and glanced around the corner.

Xiaobai turned back into human form and shouted to the wizard: "Don't worry, there are no golems in the back, it's a room with a lot of shiny jars!"

Wang: "Be careful and let the goblin step on the mechanism first. You wait."

Then he gave orders to the goblins, and followed the goblin group to meet up with Xiaobai.

The two of them passed the corner together.

In the center of the laboratory was a huge ritual platform with a statue of some unknown god on it. Both sides of the laboratory were filled with dissected animal specimens.

Xiao Bai rushed to the specimen cabinet, leaned on the glass to look inside and shouted, "This is... a cat! It's definitely a cat!"

In order to be able to transform into various animals, druids have a very good understanding of the body structure of animals. Druids living in cities with more advanced science will even dissect animals themselves to understand their structure. In the eyes of druids, this is also a way to get close to nature.

Xiao Bai continued, "This is a dog! But why do they all look so strange? They look like those old trees in the forest, all covered with tumors."

Wang: “It’s the positive energy that causes the mutation.”

Then he ordered the goblin: "Look for a diary or anything else that looks like a book."

Chapter 50: Let two people without search ability find clues

Soon, a thick book with a brown paper cover was delivered to Wang.

He held the book in both hands and began to flip through the pages.

Xiaobai also wanted to see what was written on it, so he stood on tiptoe and stretched his neck.

Noticing her movements, Wang read out the contents:

"Today is the Feast of Winter Veil, and the goblins caught the first wild cat. I couldn't wait to start the ritual, but I didn't observe the power of the Mother of Life permeating into the world, and the wild cat died normally. Oh, how could this happen.

"Today, more wild cats were caught, and there was also a dog. The dog was not cute, and it bit me. But when the dog saw what I did to the cat, it began to whimper when I approached it, and lay down obediently. I showed it the bite wound it had just received, and it actually curled up in the cage out of fear.

"More wild cats and dogs were sent here today. I dealt with them all and found that some of them had undergone slight changes inside. I think this should be proof that the power of the Mother of Life has infiltrated this world..."

Xiao Bai stood nearby and listened attentively at first, but soon she began to yawn. Ten minutes later she finally shouted, "Stop reading! Can you give me a summary?"

"In summary, this person captured cats and dogs, performed rituals, and then dissected them to see if they were affected by the power of the Mother of Life. The effects were very small at first, but then gradually grew."

Xiao Bai: "Anyway, he is the mastermind behind this incident, right? If we burn down this lab, everything will be settled!"

Wang: "No. His journal does not mention where the knowledge of the Mother of Life came from. He can't have known all this since birth, right? There must be a research record or journal that can explain where he got this knowledge."

"But the goblins haven't found it." Xiaobai pointed at the goblins who had already searched the entire laboratory and stopped waiting for the next instruction.

Wang: "Use the detection trap. If it is an important record, it might be protected by a trap."

"Oh, okay." Xiao Bai agreed before realizing, "That's not right. Why are you ordering me around as if it were your own thing?"

"Ah? Oh, please use the detection trap."

"Is this a matter of adding a please? Have we not confirmed this level of command relationship?"

"Then what do you think we should do?"

Xiaobai: "I think you're right. I should use a detection trap."

The druid then closed his eyes and began to cast a spell.

The moment the spell was cast, a breeze blew through the laboratory. The werewolf girl opened her eyes and pointed to the corner: "There's a simple trap over there. It should be mechanical."

King: "It's a mechanical trap, so there's no need to worry about it burning the things inside. Goblin Scout! Go!"

A goblin scout sneaked up to the place Xiaobai pointed out, quickly found the trap, and dismantled it. With a click, a secret compartment opened, revealing a thin record.

The king took it out and opened it and read: "The Mother of Life is the true God, and the Lord of Life, Lancelot, is just a false god. Otherwise, it cannot explain why there are so many illnesses and deaths in the world."

Xiao Bai frowned: "What a perverted logic, the cycle of life and death is the law of nature, without death there is no life."

Wang turned his head and looked at the little guy in surprise: "You are a monk? Isn't this their theory of yin and yang harmony?"

"That theory is also derived from observation. It's normal for them to be similar. You said I was a monk. Your name sounds like a monk. They are both oriental names."

The king did not answer, but continued to look down at the thin booklet. After reading it, he said, "This still does not explain where Erwin got the knowledge of the Mother of Life."

Xiaobai: “Is this important?”

"It's very important. If Erwin discovered this through his own research using ancient books or other means, then he is the source. If someone else taught him, then there is someone behind the scenes who is behind the scenes.

"In the current situation, I think it's more like the mastermind has restricted Erwin through some kind of spell or forbidden contract, preventing him from leaving any useful information."

Xiaobai's ears perked up: "So this matter is not over yet, right?"

"I feel so. But at present we can't find any point that can advance the investigation. The clues are broken here." The mage frowned, pacing in the huge laboratory, looking back and forth.

Suddenly, he found a photo frame on Erwin's desk.

He picked up the frame and found a pencil drawing of a dilapidated church inside.

Xiao Bai also came over and stretched his neck to look at the photo frame: "A dilapidated house?"

Wang: "A church. Perhaps we can find a scholar who is familiar with architectural styles from different places and ask him to identify where this architectural style is."

"You're so smart, can't you recognize it? You are so smart." The werewolf girl blinked.

Wang shook his head: "I can't. I'm not familiar with architectural styles. I can say a few words about the culture of different places, but I'm really clueless about architecture."

Xiao Bai: "Maybe we can ask a bard first. They have traveled a lot and have a lot of knowledge."

King: "Yes, go ask the bard first. If that doesn't work, go to Monrovia to find the Royal Architects Society. If that doesn't work, continue south to the Thorn Islands, where merchants gather and 70% of the sea routes converge. Most importantly, there is the Dwarf Explorers Association.

"Dwarves have a wide range of interests and like to collect knowledge. Someone among them must be able to recognize the style of this building. Erwin treasures this map so much, it must have a special meaning."

Xiao Bai looked at Wang in confusion: "Where are you talking about?"

"You don't know? Since you are also a traveler, you should bring a map with you, right?"

"No. I left the tribe because the elders told me after divination that I should leave the tribe to find my own luck, so that I could get closer to nature. Then I set out with a roll of meat. But the meat was eaten up after a few days, and then I kept chasing prey and ate all the way to this city."

The druid put his hands behind his head to make a void pillow: "I have no idea how to get back to the tribe. I don't know the way!"

king:"……"

Xiao Bai: "Anyway, you want to continue investigating this incident? Let me ask you first, is there any meat to eat on the way?"

King: "We should have. Our investor is the princess of this duchy - now the lord's sister. We don't need to worry about supplies."

Xiaobai wagged his tail like a dog: "Can I join? Luye's mission for me is to track down the case until the truth is revealed."

The king stared at the werewolf for a few seconds and said, "Sure. But we have dwarves in our team. Although they are not the type like the gray dwarves who like to destroy the environment, ordinary dwarves will also build tall steel furnaces, cut down trees to burn charcoal, and create a lot of thick smoke to pollute the environment."

Xiaobai: "Are you saying this dwarf stinks like a sewer?"

The king looked at the wolf girl and could already imagine her arguing or even fighting with the dwarves in the future.

He shrugged: "My teacher said that conflicts among companions during an adventure are also part of the fun of the adventure."

Xiaobai: "What do you mean? Adventure companions should eat each other, right?"

Wang: “That is, people with different viewpoints can work together to make progress.”

"Why are you talking in such a mysterious way like the elders of the tribe and the chief elder of Green Field?" Xiaobai frowned, "Why don't you just tell me whether I can join or not?"

"Of course you can. In fact, I hope you can join us. For this event, it would be better to have a druid who can communicate with nature in the team. Besides, you have an invincible nose. We may need you to track scents many times."

Xiao Bai was feeling very proud at first, with his hands on his hips, but suddenly he realized, "Are you indirectly calling me a dog?"