"Professor Monterey, do you really trust these people?" Drizzt asked.
Professor Monterey stood in the narrow cockpit of "Guenhwyvar" and had to bend down to answer: "Drizzt, you always keep to yourself and don't understand the information from the outside world. This group of people were killed in New Jersey last week. Hundreds of refugees kidnapped by HER were rescued in a mine, so I believe them."
While the professor was talking, the few people who had been fighting in a group just now returned to the university on the top of the mountain. Dr. Hohenheim and others who came back after hearing the noise were also on the mountain. After Professor Monterey introduced it, everyone knew that this place was here in the past. A campus of Ohio University.
Professor Monterey introduced: "Besides me, there are more than a hundred people living here. We didn't recognize you before, so we all hid. Someone saw the shape of this black machine and misunderstood it, so he notified Trace Came back very quickly.”
Seeing Drizzt driving Guenhwyvar back, and many old people and children walking out of the dilapidated building, Professor Monterey said to them: "Don't be afraid, everyone, these people are not bad people!"
The girl who threw rocks at Unit 2 suddenly jumped out, hugged Drizzt's legs and asked, "Death Knight! Didn't you beat these bad guys away?"
Drizzt smiled awkwardly and touched the girl's head: "Professor, aren't they? They are not bad people, they just drive humanoid weapons that look like demons."
These old people and children didn't dare to approach Unit 2 just now. After hearing Drizzt do the same, they felt relieved and walked over to take a look at Unit 2.
Edward: "Old Cui, are you still using such a middle-class nickname as Death Knight?"
Drizzt turned his head to the side and ignored him. Lin Ao asked curiously: "Do you know each other?"
Edward: "I have cooperated with this eccentric guy several times in the North American Relief League. His grandfather was Lieutenant General Pyrrhus, the League commander who was defeated by HER in the Battle of Carthage!"
When Drizzt heard that Edward was like his grandfather, he came over and grabbed Edward by the collar and got angry: "How dare you dare my grandfather to be beaten to pieces by HER? It was HER who used a conspiracy!"
"It's normal to use intrigues in a war, right? And if he was indeed defeated, if he hadn't lost, how could HER be running rampant in North America now?"
Drizzt raised his fist to strike, and Professor Monterey quickly pulled the two of them away: "Okay, okay, stop fighting in the nest. Edward, you too, keep your mouth full of virtue!"
"Am I going too far? What I just said was all what I saw in previous newspapers."
Not wanting to escalate the situation, Professor Monterey quickly changed the topic. He asked Dr. Hohenheim, the eldest member of Lin Ao's group: "I wonder why the Osiris stayed in this area and specifically lowered the humanoid weapons." , is there any movement of HER nearby?"
Hohenheim waved his hand: "No! You can rest assured. It's just that there was an antique from the "Legend" era on the Osiris that made strange movements when it passed by here. We suspected that there were some other antiques buried here, so we came down to take a look. look."
Professor Monterey scratched his chin and said thoughtfully: "Oh... I have heard about the resonance of ancient artifacts, but our university has been established for hundreds of years, and we have never dug up anything that is passed down from the past..."
"Underground! Deeper underground!"
An old man who was watching suddenly stood up and said: "If it is really something from the past, it must be thousands of years old, and it must be very deep underground!"
After hearing what he said, many people immediately became interested and started discussing it enthusiastically.
Dr. Hohenheim saw that these refugees were greedy for extraordinary things and did not look like ordinary civilians, so he asked: "Professor, are you..."
Professor Monterey nodded: "Yes, we were both employees of Ohio State University."
"Great! Are there any archaeologists?"
"have!"
"We're so grateful! Can you help us? With the help of archaeologists, we can get twice the result with half the effort!"
Professor Monterey discussed with a few refugees: "Okay! After the war broke out, the students all joined the guerrillas. We old guys have been idle for a long time, and it's time to get active!"
The two sides hit it off immediately, and a detailed archaeological plan was immediately established. Due to the shortage of manpower, the Osiris even deployed additional crew members to disembark to help. Sergeant Anton is really miserable about this. He originally wanted the doctor and the others to wander around in the mountains for a few hours before leaving, but he didn't expect that they would actually start archeology. Now he wants to stop it. That's too late.
How does the Osiris dig for treasure? No, General Sasaki has already set off with the intention of meeting Lin Ao. Hearing that General Sasaki was coming to his station, Ohio's HER guard Major Kondo panicked. He originally wanted to turn a blind eye and let the Osiris pass and let this trouble go to the other station. I didn’t expect this damn ship to be parked in Ohio! Now that General Sasaki is coming, is it possible that he wants to attack him?
Major Kondo was so anxious that his subordinates advised him to attack the Osiris immediately to avoid the general coming down to blame him. But Major Kondo is still hesitant. Unlike others, his approach to managing the army is like doing business, and he will never do business at a loss. With the troops he had, even if he could defeat the Osiris, the losses would be ugly. As the empire's supply to the North American garrison is reduced, there is no telling when it will recover if the losses are heavy.
"If you don't fight, you might be punished by General Sasaki; if you fight, it's not worth it anyway..." Major Kondo had a headache from worry.
His subordinate: "Major, I heard that the Osiris has three humanoid weapons that can carry out laser attacks. Even if we only capture one, it is a great military achievement!"
Kondo said disdainfully: "Seize it? You're thinking too well! I don't know your combat power yet? You're just dreaming!"
After reprimanding his subordinates, he slumped down and suddenly slapped his forehead after a moment, as if he had an idea...
…
The excavation work of the Osiris has been going on for a whole day. Everyone has dug in many places but cannot find a place where the treasure seems to be buried. Many crew members were discouraged, but the old professors at Ohio University were still digging happily.
Edward joined in the fun and participated in the excavation work. He was covered in dirt and sweating profusely from exhaustion. He sat down on the ground and threw the shovel away: "Archaeology is not as interesting as on TV!"
Dr. Hohenheim smiled: "Archaeology must work slowly and carefully, otherwise you may not find anything good."
"Slow work leads to careful work? If we can't dig it out, will we have to stay here for a few more months? The Osiris is really going to turn into an archaeological ship!"
The doctor scratched his head: "Of course it's impossible to stay for a few months? Try the first half tomorrow. If nothing is found, we can only let the refugees continue digging and we leave here."
"What nonsense? Isn't it... getting up and asking the crew of the battleship to go archaeologically? It's too funny!"
"Well, in war years, whether you are a soldier or not, you have the obligation to protect cultural relics from being destroyed and stolen by bad guys..."
"Including those still in the soil?"
"Including those still in the soil."
While the two were talking, Li Si ran over from a distance and shouted to Edward: "Edward! Sergeant Anton asked you and Lin Ao to go back to the ship. It's urgent!"
Edward pointed lazily: "Lin Ao is cooking for everyone there! You can go over and inform him. I'll take a break and go back!"
"No! Sergeant Anton tells you to go back immediately!"
"Why are you so anxious? HER is here?"
"No, but HER wants to negotiate a deal with us..."
"Deal? With HER?"
After hearing this, Edward and Dr. Hohenheim looked at each other.
