Chapter 1541 Something went wrong...

"The top-secret project 'Deciphering and Utilizing Magical Scripts' has been officially renamed 'Deciphering and Utilizing Ancient Secret Scripts'."

"From now on, all project-related information must be reported to me in written or verbal form. Communication through the data panel is no longer permitted."

"Also, the group you're in charge of, Team D, is making the slowest progress of all the groups. Are you encountering any difficulties?"

In a dark room isolated by layers of restrictions, Pan Xiaoxiao adjusted his glasses and stared expressionlessly at the project leader in the shadows in front of him.

"No, I didn't encounter any difficulties..."

"From the overall progress feedback, everything is proceeding as planned, and has even exceeded expectations by seven percentage points."

"Members participating in the study also undergo regular physical examinations, and all indicators are normal."

"Is there a subjective bias in the quantification of tasks, which leads to the false impression that our group is the slowest?"

A slightly aged voice came from the shadows, questioning with the precision and logic unique to the highly educated.

But Pan Xiaoxiao had no intention of changing her attitude and still insisted on her original opinion.

"Think about it again, Professor."

She interrupted coldly:

"Remember what I've been emphasizing?"

"In this big recovery environment, as we explore the unknown, there will be all kinds of unconventional situations."

"Caution is our only weapon against the unknown!"

"Since I've already told you that Team D is making the slowest progress, then there must be a problem within Team D."

"What you need to do is not to refute me, but to find and solve this problem."

"Uh..." The old man in the shadow fell into deep thought and began to seriously recall everything that happened in the research.

Pan Xiaoxiao continued to wait patiently, her eyes fixed on the data panel visible only to her, and the sound of incoming messages reached her ears.

I sighed softly in my heart and muttered to myself silently:

"Why is Yan Qi so troubled when he's in love? Didn't I say we can't find a replacement for him right now?"

"I'd better reply to him later... Anyway, Grandpa said that Yan Qi's bloody disaster won't be life-threatening."

With a light tap of her fingertips, Pan Xiaoxiao temporarily blocked Yan Qi's message notification, then opened her own memo and browsed the to-do items on it.

Although with her current memory, she has already reached the level of photographic memory.

But influenced by Lu Li, she still left herself a reminder just to be on the safe side.

In case something happens to you and you forget those important things.

of course,

With the reminders from King of the Wind and Lady Octopus, and after learning that the data panel might be monitored by beings of higher status, she also made adjustments to the records of the matters.

All matters are further encrypted by using simplified sentences, fixed associations and multiple references.

As a result,

Even if the above content can be seen by a higher-level being, without knowing Pan Xiaoxiao's thinking logic and associative keywords, it is still impossible to decipher the specific information.

"Once this routine inspection is complete, we'll quickly plan a meeting with Goblin representative Kurgon."

"I hope their overall strength can meet my expectations..."

"Never mind, as long as I'm not too bad, I should be able to help a little..."

As this thought reached his mind, the professor in the shadow opposite him also finished his recollection.

He spoke hesitantly in a very uncertain tone:

"Master Pan...it seems, it seems like something is wrong..."

"That's right, there is a problem..."

"Something's wrong." Pan Xiaoxiao gathered her scattered thoughts and asked.

"That's perfectly normal." The professor replied with a slightly excited tremor in his voice.

"Our team's progress is going so smoothly!"

"We encountered no difficulties during the research process, and all the research team members' health indicators were perfect... This in itself is the biggest problem!"

"Master Pan... I, I seem to have forgotten something, something very important, and I haven't reported it to you yet..."

"Yes." Pan Xiaoxiao stared at the old man in the shadows and said calmly:

"Now, think carefully and see if you can remember it."

Then he added a consoling sentence:

"Don't panic, this is normal. Other groups have encountered similar situations during their research."

"Keep a calm mind, don't get excited, and don't have unnecessary emotional ups and downs."

Although this comfort had a certain effect, the old man's voice was inevitably filled with a hint of fear.

"Master Pan...what's wrong with me?"

"I'm only responsible for a small part of deciphering the secret code, so why do I still forget things?"

"What on earth have I forgotten..."

"Take your time to recall. I'm not rushing you." Pan Xiaoxiao's glasses reflected the dim light, blocking the alert look in her eyes.

"As long as you remember a little bit, you will slowly remember the whole thing."

"Professor, you are a scholar. You know how to follow the clues."

"Yes, I'm a scholar, I'm highly educated..." The old man in the shadows muttered to himself in a mysterious way, and his whole body began to look a little sick.

“That’s something I’m good at, something I can recall.”

"What on earth is this... What important thing have I forgotten..."

As he spoke, a smile suddenly appeared in the old man's chattering words.

A strange, crazy laugh squeezed out of his throat, as if there was another completely different person speaking inside him at this moment:

"I, Wang Jinshi, mastered oracle bone inscriptions at the age of three, understood the origins of Chinese characters at the age of five, read bronze inscriptions at the age of seven, and cracked the cuneiform script at the age of twelve... At the age of twenty-five, I was promoted to professor..."

"I'm so talented... I can definitely decipher those ancient secret texts!"

At this point, before Pan Xiaoxiao could respond, the old man in the shadows suddenly changed his tone, with a distinct cry in his voice:

"...But why, why am I a common player? Why have I only awakened one Black Iron talent..."

"I'm so good, and I work so hard!"

"Why after the apocalyptic game arrived, I suddenly fell from being a top-tier figure to being a pile of dust at the bottom of the valley!!"

"I've even hit a wall in the area I'm best at, and I've become the one making the slowest progress..."

"What on earth have I forgotten...what on earth have I forgotten!?"

The slightly crazy self-questioning quickly turned into a furious roar.

Wisps of black and green mist began to spontaneously seep into the air of the entire dark room.

At the same time, a tall figure walked out from the shadows behind Pan Xiaoxiao.

A pair of devilish eyes stared indifferently ahead, and there was a look of compassion on the angular face.

He asked the woman beside him softly:

"Do you want to take action?"

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