"Ouch?!"
After seeing Li Lie say the word 'Dracula', Quill, a professor who was much older than Flynn, couldn't help but stare at Li Lie with glowing eyes.
He grabbed Li Lie's arms, shook them violently and asked, "Young man, I didn't expect that as a mercenary, you actually know this?!"
"Uh..." Li Lie didn't expect Quill to become so excited. He opened Quill's hands holding his arms and explained:
"When I was a child, I loved the games and movies of Vampires. After searching online, I found out that the prototype of Dracula was the most brutal archduke in Romania history, Vlad III."
"Hum... I thought you, a mercenary, were interested in academic research."
Quill muttered a little disappointed, but the old professor patted Li Lie's right arm again and said:
"But you are much better than the soldier in there (looking at the mercenary tent). At least you are very quiet. Do you want to consider protecting our archaeological team in the future? I can also teach you some ancient writing and language."
"No." Li Lie shook his head slightly and refused, then raised his head Vision glanced at the castle and asked Quill:
"Professor, if this is really the tomb of Vlad III, is it possible that below... there really is Vampires?"
"Haha, it's impossible." Quill denied without thinking:
"You also know that Vlad III is the prototype of Dracula, and Dracula is a character in Bram Stoker's novel. How could the creature in the novel appear in reality?
But the investors who invested in us seem to hope that the person buried under this grave is Vampires, otherwise they will not hire your elite mercenary team.
To be honest, this is the first time I have enjoyed the protection of mercenaries in all my years of working in the archaeological industry.
I remember those days when I went to Iraq for archeology and I was so scared..."
"Professor." Seeing that Quill was about to fall into self-recollection, Li Lie quickly interrupted:
"Why do those financial backers hope that the real Vampires is buried in this tomb?"
"Ah? This..." Quill, who was brought back to reality by Li Lie, looked up at Yuhui outside the castle and explained:
"It's very simple, nothing can avoid the laws of nature, such as the end of the day, just like the sunset now.
And people... there will always be a moment of death, but the sponsors who hired our archaeological team want to defy this natural law.
After all, Vampires has a well-known consensus that they can live forever and have no shortcomings except that they need to suck blood to survive and are afraid of sunlight or crosses.
Also, as the ancestor, Dracula has much stronger abilities than all Vampires, and may not even be afraid of the sun.
So these funders want to find Dracula and use its blood to analyze the secret of immortality."
After hearing Quill's explanation, Li Lie also nodded and said, "Well, if it is for longevity and eternal youth, then it is indeed reasonable to invest so much money in archaeology."
"But, I don't think Vampires really exists in the world."
Quill said, and looked at the busy students around him with extremely excited faces, and sighed to Li Lie:
"The donors are actually willing to provide huge amounts of funds so that we can make money while doing archeology, so why not?
You say so, young man, haha~."
After saying that, Quill laughed loudly, and then stopped talking to Li Lie, and instead discussed with the students to prepare for tomorrow's excavation work.
"..."
Li Lie still showed the same expressionless expression as his father Li Mu, and also looked at the mercenary 'teammates' who were on guard around him.
Then Li Lie returned to the tent, took out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter from his personal belongings, and said softly to Flynn who was looking at the military notebook:
"Boss, I'm going out to have a cigarette."
"Ah, go ahead." Flynn, who was looking at the computer screen, waved his hand indifferently.
Li Lie, who was approved, nodded to Flynn.
Walk out of the tent, leave the camp, go through the dilapidated gate and arrive outside the castle.
Li Lie walked slowly into the woods outside the castle, leaned on a tree trunk, took out a cigarette, lit it, and held it in his mouth.
But Li Lie doesn't know how to smoke, and he doesn't want to learn. He just makes excuses to leave the camp.
Moreover, he was in a position where he would not be observed by the mercenaries on the walls of the castle.
Then Li Lie took out his mobile phone from his trouser pocket, clicked on an encrypted software, and reported in a low voice:
"This is Umbrella's trainee agent, number Um-PA-00001, and my location is the real tomb of Vlad III.
The legendary Vampires may appear, I hope the company will pay attention to it."
"This is Artificial Intelligence Tina from Containment Fleet." Soon, Tina's voice came from the phone:
"I have received your notification, don't turn off your phone from now on, I will always pay attention to you and the developments in your area.
Once the appearance of Anomalous Creature'Vampires' is confirmed, I will send a team of UBCS to airborne to provide immediate support to you."
"Tina?"
Li Lie obviously did not expect that Artificial Intelligence, one of the best in the company, would specifically respond to a report from one of his trainee agents.
But then I thought about it, his father must be worried that something would happen to him, so he asked Tina, who has been in low-Earth orbit, to pay attention to his actions throughout the whole process.
Li Lie said with a slight smile on his cold face, "Yes, I understand."
Immediately afterwards.
After Li Lie and Tina finished their reports, they put away their mobile phones, pinched out their barely smoked cigarettes, poked them into the soil under their feet, and then turned around and returned to the camp of the castle.
Next, Li Lie was still lying on the bed in the tent, accepting teasing from the old members of the mercenary group.
After all, as a new 'rookie' who joins the mercenary group, he will naturally be 'bullied' by the old members.
However, the atmosphere of this small mercenary group is very good, and the jokes made by the old members are usually to the point, mainly so that the newcomer Li Lie can better integrate into the team.
Late at night.
Professor Quell and the students who returned from the exam couldn't resist the sleepiness and fell asleep one after another, replenishing their spirits to "prepare" for tomorrow.
The mercenary group led by Flynn also began to guard the night in groups of three to ensure that the entire camp would not be attacked by wild animals.
When it was Li Lie's turn to be on duty, it was already two o'clock in the morning in Romania's local area. Even though there were lighting equipment in the camp, Li Lie still felt that the atmosphere of the entire castle was extremely eerie.
Therefore, Li Lie also increased his vigilance to ensure that the so-called 'Vampires' Anomalous Creature would not suddenly launch a sneak attack on them.
Two hours later, the sneak attack Li Lie expected did not happen, and he had to change his duty station and return to the tent to rest.