Deep Exchange

"These records from the 'outside-the-city investigation'... are so highly likely to be fabricated?!"

Even with just a quick, cursory reading, Han Dong noticed a large number of problems.

It could even be said that every report had some problems. When these knight squads returned to the city to report their investigation results, they deliberately changed the wording of certain details to hide the facts.

Most knight squads will take some of the spoils from their investigations outside the city.

Meanwhile, during the review process, Han Dong also discovered a few noteworthy [major issues].

For example, during an investigation outside the city, a member of a knight squad died.

The surviving team members' accounts were inconsistent, and there were obvious contradictions between their statements... Han Dong suspected that the Knights' deaths were related to their teammates.

After a first rough review, Han Dong Great Body categorized the problems into three types.

There are some minor issues.

[Worth investigating further]

[Serious forgery]

Then he wrote down his reasoning in a very rigorous notebook.

Furthermore, after each inference, just like citing references, the page number and paragraph position corresponding to the basis of the inference are given.

It took a full thirteen hours to finally hand the notebook, with its clear handwriting and neat arrangement, back to Commander Hugo.

"I never expected you to produce such a high-quality work report in just one day... Actually, I didn't plan to talk to you about the ' True Destiny ' so soon."

After all, going to the Destiny Space will take up a lot of your work time.

How about this...

Hugo pointed to a pile of documents in the corner of the office, five times the number of documents he had seen before.

"If you can review these documents within a week, I will promote you ahead of schedule."

Choose to become either the "Secret Keeper" or the "Secret Unraveler".

At that point, you'll essentially become a full-time employee of the Secret Hall, able to use your 'annual leave' to participate in real-life Destiny Event.

"No problem."

Han Dong stared at the mountain of documents without feeling a chill or any discomfort... Instead, his eyes revealed a look of 'relish' for this kind of text-based work.

Commander Hugo was also seeing such a prodigy for the first time, and was very glad to have recruited Han Dong into his Knight Order.

"Before we continue our work, come with me... As I mentioned before, I need to talk to you about the [female corpse] issue."

I have instructed my staff to move the female corpse from the "Great Cemetery" to the "Temporary Foreign Object Containment Room."

"Good."

A female corpse whose attributes match those of Han Dong's left arm.

To a large extent, it was Commander Hugo deliberately arranged for the female corpse to appear in the Knight Selection as a 'gift' to Han Dong as an alternative way.

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Commander Hugo simply gave out the serial number and deliberately had Han Dong lead the way to see if he fully understood the "Newcomer's Handbook".

It only took five minutes.

Han Dong then stood at the Corridor Entrance marked with a gray mark, restricting entry to personnel of Category II and above.

Due to Commander Hugo's temporary authorization, Han Dong was granted one-time access.

After identity verification, the hydraulic door of the temporary foreign object containment room slowly opened.

The containment chamber was surprisingly matched with the female corpse's attribute - "Yellow Sand Chamber".

"Since you've chosen my Knight Order, I'll be frank with some things... You seem to possess a characteristic that allows you to 'graft bodies'."

Based on my observation.

Even Though your "disguise" is quite sophisticated.

The deformed right arm can be seen as a result of Plague Studies.

The left arm, which has turned into an ancient corpse, can be seen as a side effect of practicing the Yellow Sand Magic.

However, judging from the age of the left arm, it definitely originated from another life form... The investigation data indicates that you seem to have acquired an arm at some point using the name of Mr. Black and White."

"Yes."

"Then there's no problem."

Hugo simply confirmed that Han Dong possessed this "grafting ability" without inquiring about the source of this ability.

"[The Corpse] is taken from the True Destiny of Princess Amunet, the final boss in The Mummy."

It's something you're not fully capable of handling at this stage... and you're well aware of that.

The reason the female corpse was assigned to you is because the Grand Priest's arm you grafted or this Ancient Egypt princess share a common trait, a trait that is very important to our Whisper Knight Order - "Ancient".

This characteristic will be helpful in deciphering the "stone tablet".

As early as the late Paleolithic period, 4 million years ago, ' Tablet Script ' appeared... Primitive people began to use stone tablets to record what happened around them.

Among these inscribed stone tablets buried deep underground by our ancestors are records about 'otherworldly demons', even touching upon the most fundamental question of their origin.

Whether it's the ' Human Origin ' or the 'origin of the demons,' the answers can be found in these stone tablets.

Commander Hugo's remarks startled Han Dong.

Han Dong had always believed that in the world he was reborn into, the alien demons outside the city were defined as a more Higher Lifeforms than humans, born during the First World War due to a certain opportunity.

Surprisingly, there are records of otherworldly beings as early as the Stone Age, suggesting that they were intelligent life forms that arrived on Earth much earlier than humans.

"To get back to the main point, you'll need to wait until you officially become the [Secret Unraveler] to learn more about the specific issues with the stone slab."

Let's talk about the female corpse first. How do you plan to use it?

Enhance the left arm through absorption and fusion.

Or should we combine the female corpse with your un-grafted torso and legs?

"Commander... grafting itself is subject to limitations."

"Is it impossible for people of the opposite sex to connect?"

"No... it's the most basic issue of [weight]."

The female corpse is of a very high level; I cannot access her at the moment.

The only option I can consider is the first method: slowly extracting the essence from the female corpse to upgrade the level of my left arm.

The left arm, also taken from the Grand Priest Imhotep in the Mummy story, is no less impressive than that of the Egyptian Princess.

Commander Hugo said with a hint of wicked humor, "Actually, I'm quite curious to see what kind of changes would occur if you directly grafted a female corpse's body onto me."

Han Dong chuckled awkwardly, "Haha, Commander Hugo, don't joke around... I have my own ideas about the 'torso' issue."

Moreover, I don't have much available weight left, so I need to consider grafting my torso.

"Let's leave the female corpse here for now. I'll fuse and enhance her after I've further improved myself... Thank you for your concern, Commander."

"Um."

After a brief exchange.

Commander Hugo gave Han Dong a look of great appreciation, and then packed up all the documents in the office and handed them over to Han Dong for review and processing.

One Hour later.

Having escaped all work and was able to soak in a high-end hot spring, Commander Hugo muttered to himself:

"His super-efficient document processing capabilities, his ability to graft Destiny Creature, and his magical eyes that can recognize text from outside the city... He's definitely this year's best employee."

Hopefully, before the Great Expedition arrives, we can leverage this kid's unique abilities to make a breakthrough in the research on the stone tablets.

At the very least, we must decipher the information about that 'king' from the stone tablet.