Alien Knights

When Todd came to the ruins village again and stood in the center of the village hall, he could clearly feel the gazes cast by the villagers, with complicated emotions.

The silver-haired Valkyrie Brynhilde, who was sitting at the bottom, looked at Todd and Huggins in front of her, frowned, and said, "Chief of Muxi Town, I admit that you have helped us a lot with the water source, but what do you mean when you say you want to discover the ruins?"

Todd looked around at the women in the room, and finally set his sights on the three Valkyrie elders who were sitting upright, and said slowly: "As I said just now, I hope to get your permission to excavate and research the ruins..."

Before the words fell, objections came from among the women: "How can we agree to destroy the ruins?!"

Using the cover of the wooden platform in front of him, Todd carefully unscrewed the cap of the bottle in his arms, allowing the liquid in the bottle to slowly evaporate into the air.

The liquid in the bottle is the "Pheromone Concentrate" that has been diluted repeatedly, which retains the original charm of the potion, but greatly reduces the strength and effect.

The secretion of pheromone parasites has different effects according to the concentration. When the concentration is high, it will produce the psychedelic effect of "passionate love", and it will cause irreversible damage to the brain; when the concentration is low, it will only form the feelings of "favor" and "favorite", which can achieve twice the result with half the effort when negotiating and persuading. And after the event, the effect will fade over time without any side effects.

After all, Todd's ultimate goal is to obtain the excavation permission of the Valkyries, not to really bring all these lolis down to six years old and old women up to seventy into the harem.

While releasing the improved version of "harem gas", Todd began to explain the reasons: "First of all, I plan to talk about the springs that caused the poisoning of the babies. The poisonous springs in the village come from the ground and have polluted the trees and soil near the village. This means that eating the food and fruits grown in the village will cause chronic poisoning to varying degrees, especially for weak children. Therefore, I need to excavate the remains to find the source of the toxicity."

Todd's explanation is well-founded. Coupled with the death of the mice at the scene and the influence of pheromone gas, many villagers began to change their thinking and consider the safety of the children.

Then, Todd gave a second reason: "The excavation of the ruins is also to satisfy my curiosity. What else is in the ruins? Is the truth of Asgard hidden deep underground? What happened in the "Twilight of the Gods" a long time ago? I have always wanted to get answers to these questions.

Todd's second reason for excavating the ruins speaks to the depths of some Valkyrie's hearts. Brunhilde was one of them. She stood up excitedly and nodded in response to the stranger.

In the end, Todd made an undeniable condition to these Valkyries: "Here I can make a concession to you. First, I will hire the villagers in the village and will not bring others into the village for the excavation of the ruins. Second, as a reward for the employment, I will pay you for clean water and food. Third, the right to dispose of the excavated relics and treasures will be given to the village. I will not make any claims, and you can supervise them."

Such conditions were so good that everyone couldn't believe it, but they couldn't find any reason to deceive or hypocrisy. The three female elders discussed in a low voice for a while, and finally showed expressions of agreement.

Brunhild walked up to Todd from his seat, and looked at him with hopeful eyes: "Todd, are you really sure that you can reveal the secrets of the gods?"

Todd nodded firmly.

The Valkyrie moved her face closer, sniffed her nose, and said with a strange expression: "You... have a smell..."

Oops, forgot to cut off the pheromones!

Todd hastily twisted the cap on and gave Brunhilde an awkward smile.

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The excavation of the Beidao ruins has begun in full swing.

Todd built a simple experimental bench in the innermost cylindrical room of the ruins - "Between the Towers". Some necessary experimental instruments, such as optical microscopes, chemical identification benches, radiation spectrometers, etc., were placed and used.

Except for the left-behind villagers in the Valkyrie village, all other women were summoned into the ruins to carry out excavation work.

Huggins is in charge of communicating with the outside world. The water and food promised in advance flowed into the village continuously through his contact. As for the orders issued by Todd, as well as the requests and reports submitted by the outside world, he also assumed the identity of the transmitter.

The excavation was carried out for three days, and the towers stretched down fifteen meters, and more and more biological bones, weapons, and stone slabs were excavated. The metal pyramid in the center of the room also gradually revealed its true face. It was a minaret made of mysterious metal. The underground part was tens of meters long, with no end in sight, and getting thicker and thicker.

On the seventh day of the excavation, the metal spire was exposed for about 55 meters, and the widest part was a triangle of 25 square meters. The radioactivity detected by the radiation spectrometer gradually increased.

Fifteen days into the excavation, the space between the towers has turned into a huge spiral room with a depth of more than 200 meters. Standing at the entrance and looking down, the bottomless abyss can be seen at a glance, which makes people daunting and shuddering.

Todd checked the bottom of the excavation site and found that the radioactive equivalent was close to the limit that humans could bear, just when he was considering whether to stop the excavation and headed home. The excavators discovered a strange place on the metal tower.

Todd and several Valkyries conduct a field survey and find a hidden space in the metal tower.

This looks a bit like a passage, a metal corridor that slopes downward. Crawling along the passage for ten minutes, at the end is a vertical "mirror" glowing with blue light, similar to the surface of liquid mercury.

A Valkyrie tried to reach out to the "mirror", but was bounced off the palm at a distance of less than ten centimeters.

Todd was thinking of giving it a try, and just as he approached, a huge suction came from the "mirror", sucking his consciousness into it, but his body fell to the ground like a puppet that lost its string.

Letting the mind leave the body and immerse itself in the spire feels like returning to the womb.

I don't know how long it took, but Todd slowly recovered his senses. When he woke up in a daze, the first thing he saw was a towering ancient tree exuding dazzling golden light.

Todd turned his head and looked at the surrounding scenery. Except for the old tree, the rest of the place was covered in a boundless gray-white fog, so thick that he couldn't see anything else.

He moved two steps in one direction, only to realize after a while that he was still in the same place, without any change in position.

At this moment, there was a clear sound of hooves in the mist from far to near, and a tall goat with colorful colors appeared in front of the Golden Tree.

Todd looked at the scene in front of him in amazement, feeling more and more confused about what happened.

What surprised him even more happened. Shenyang didn't open his mouth, but a woman's voice came out: "Souls from afar, welcome to the agent's room."

Todd's mind was in turmoil. He had too many questions to ask, but he didn't know where to ask them.

"I read your memory and saw your journey. You should not have appeared here. Your unique soul gave you the key to open the door." Shenyang looked at Todd, with the ocean of stars reflected in his eyes.

"You know... my previous life?" Todd said intermittently.

"I know... everything about you."

After Shenyang finished speaking, the picture suddenly changed.

The ancient golden tree disappeared, and a university campus slowly emerged in the mist. Countless students hugged books and carried schoolbags, came out of the teaching buildings and laboratories, and passed by Todd.

Feeling the breeze and sunshine of the campus with trembling palms, everything is so real, Todd was so excited that his whole body trembled: "This...is the campus where I used to work..."

Turning his head again, Todd opened his eyes wide, and saw the sheep transformed into a young woman in a lab coat.

"Wenhua?!" Todd immediately realized what had happened as soon as the words came out: "Enough! Stop using these silly tricks! Tell me, who are you?!"

The campus, students, and women all disappeared without a trace. A huge inverted pyramid floated in the air, and a strange creature made of crystal-like objects appeared on the top.

"Using your language to describe it, my race is called 'Crystal Inn', and it is the supervisor of this dimension."

Looking at the creatures floating in the air, Todd finally remembered where he had seen such a shape. In the stone slabs in Beidao mythology, the pattern of up arrow and down triangle appeared repeatedly.

Todd heard the other party's words, and asked involuntarily: "Dimensional space? Supervisor? I don't understand what you mean?"

"Crystal Suspension" made a humming sound, and clear words came directly to Todd's brain: "The past life and present life you are in are two of the countless dimensional spaces we created."