My Cell Prison

Chapter 750: Chapter 750: Secret Language and Stone Slab
 

Holy City – Nointana.

About every two months, a person of deputy regiment leader’s level or above will be designated to lead a small-scale expeditionary action.

Even though the scale is small, the marching distance far exceeds the safe range of the Holy City, venturing into the Old King’s territory as planned in the land deed. The expeditionary army is prepared to encounter the Old King from the very beginning.

However, the purpose of the expedition is not to reclaim some insignificant land deeds of no practical significance from the demons.

(With the Holy City as the base, it’s hard to ensure the security of territories a hundred kilometers away, and it’s impossible to station troops there for a long time under the cover of the eternal night… As for the plan of the “Second Holy City,” it has not been implemented yet.)

Nor is it about weakening the overall strength of those outside the city, even if ten demons are slain.

After a period of time, due to various factors such as deep pollution, group sacrifices, and the proliferation of the Old King, new demons will arise.

The real purposes are as follows:

1. To update the “European map”, sort out the categories of demons and their abilities, and prepare for future major expeditions.

2. To seize materials. The fact is, some materials and resources from outside the city, particularly Chaos materials, can be utilized by humans, especially high-ranking knights capable of undergoing “demonization”.

Weapons made from Chaos materials may not be very effective against life forms outside the city, but they do have miraculous effects within the Fate Space, effectively increasing the probability of individuals surviving in fate events.

In addition to Chaos materials, some regenerative resources from outside the city can also be brought back. Once they are fully purified, they can be utilized.

3. To look for “Demon Tablets” left behind by ancestors through some special means in certain special ruins outside the city.

Tablet crafting and information engraving technology is a domain yet untouched by humans. It is required to be decoded in collaboration with archaeologists who have undergone special training.

What is clear now is that most tablets record well-known demons, with some even containing information about the “Old King”.

This information will reveal the weaknesses of the Elder Race.

This will be crucial for the liberation of humanity in the later stages of development.

On the other hand,

The risks associated with the “Demon Tablet,” or to be more precise, the risks of decoding the tablet, are not much lower than those of killing demons.

Although these tablets come from “ancestors,” evidence has shown that these “ancestors” are not early humans, but possibly a previous high-intelligence civilization.

There exists a “gap” between the previous high-intelligence civilization and human civilization.

The gap could span over a thousand years, or even tens of thousands of years.

The reason for this gap is the Old Kings, who are even more ancient than the origin of the planet itself.

According to the investigation by the Symbolic Knight Order,

The origin of these tablets should date back to the end of the previous civilization.

When they realized the extinction of their civilization was inevitable and that they themselves were already in a state of corruption and decay, they exerted their last strength to create these tablets.

The intention was to pass down the information they had gained through the entire civilization to the next civilization that would be born on Earth, using this “Eternal Printing Technique”.

Because they knew that once a civilization falls, these ancient beings residing on Earth will go back into hibernation.

Until the next civilization develops to a certain stage and touches upon their set “limit of civilization development,” or prematurely awakens them through some means.

Before this, the new civilization will live a relatively safe life with enough time to decode the tablets and prepare in advance.

But…

Tablets created in the extreme and even physically debased conditions of the civilization’s end phase, under the engulfment of the eternal night, are also directly corrupted by the Old Kings.

The text and patterns on the tablet can drag an ordinary person into the abyss,

The material of the tablet itself also harbors indescribable parasitic bodies,

For some reason, the Old Kings did not destroy the tablets, but intentionally let them scatter around the world… Perhaps, during World War I, humans accidentally discovered the tablets and attempted to decode them, prematurely awakening the ancient beings.

In the first few short-distance expeditions, the Holy City accidentally obtained a piece of tablet.

Because the potential danger of the tablet was not recognized initially, it was only subjected to a purification ritual by the Holy Knights who were marching.

Upon returning, it was handed over to a medium-sized church within the Holy City for sealed storage.

However,

Within just three days, all the clergy in the church, including a part-time priest from the Holy Knight Corps, were corrupted.

This “Third Order Knight” priest, in particular, became a so-called perfect “Fallen Saint Demon”, causing the infamous “Dabra Desecration Incident” at that time.

Since then, the Holy City has stored these bizarre and indecipherable tablets in the lowest level, prohibiting any contact with them.

Dozens of years passed.

A man named “Hugo Harrison” appeared.

Eternal Night Epoch 161

The Supreme Council approved, and with the votes of the original Twelve Knights Corps (7:5), the Thirteenth Knights’ Corps – the Secret Language (question mark and magnifying glass), was officially established.

All the tablets stored in the lower level were handed over to Hugo for management and decoding.

…

Is there anything I can help with?”

In the aisle, apart from Captain Hugo, Mr. Black White, and the leading Knight Charlie, there are also a group of senior archaeologists, part of the older generation within the Secret Language Knight Order… Judging from their aura, Han Dong seemed to be the weakest.

“Charlie should have told you some basic information… What’s troubling us now is an extremely special ‘Subordinate Slate’. The information on it, while not as important as that on the main tablet, will still influence the overall progress of the Big Expedition.

Despite the mutation occurring in the tablet, we do have ways to decode the information on it, but it takes a lot of time and success is not guaranteed.

Therefore, combining Mr. Black White’s idea and my personal thoughts … we plan to have you give it a try.”

“Okay.”

“What needs to be taken into account is that this ‘Subordinate Slate’ is in a semi-living state, with the secret text sealed within the tablet, which is why it’s difficult to decode.

We won’t go into too much detail. With your comprehensibility, you should be able to immediately understand when you see the tablet.”

Saying this, Captain Hugo personally led the way towards the deeper part of the black zone.

To avoid the risk of falling, Mr. Black White and the other archaeologists stayed where they were.

Every ten meters, there is a secret door, and behind each door corresponds to a ‘Subordinate Slate’.

As Captain Hugo identified his identity, when opening the secret door,

There is a layer of black liquid, similar to an insulator to prevent pollution from leaking into the secret museum corridor during the opening period.

As the two of them passed through the liquid door together,

The Subordinate Slate that appeared in front of them caused Han Dong to freeze for a moment.

“This… is this a tablet?!”

Drip-drop… Deeply polluted blackwater kept falling.

All sorts of strange-looking thin stone columns connected all corners of the secret room,

A humanoid life form was connected to the other end of the stone column, suspended in mid-air.

Drops of liquid that could instantly corrode a person seeped from the gaps in its stony toes.