Chapter 487
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There was not a trace of frost in the dark night. The sky was like a glossy black mirror, reflecting the dead silence of Albana.
In the empty palace of Alabasta, an infected man with saliva hanging from his mouth wandered aimlessly by the corner of the wall. His neck was broken by a foot that appeared out of nowhere. The bones protruded strangely behind him, and the body fell to the ground.
Von Kray, who was wearing an airtight ballet suit, wiped the blood stains on his feet in disgust. Behind him, the agents of the Baroque Workshop who were wearing biohazard suits and carrying tools climbed over the wall and walked towards the tomb of the Nefertari Royal Family.
At the back of the team, Nicole Robin was wearing a round hat. Her black high heels made a crisp sound on the ground.
She walked into the depths of the palace and came to the entrance of the tomb. It was a heavy stone door carved with patterns. Nicole Robin walked to the front and touched the stone door with both hands.
Pink flower petals appeared on the surface of the stone door and condensed into a pink arm. The claw-like fingers scratched the ground and began to pull outwards.
Creak …
In the harsh sound of friction, the stone door was slowly pulled open. Dozens of arms withered into petals and fell to the ground. Nicole Robin walked into the tomb.
There were torches burning on both sides of the dim corridor for illumination. The dry and cold air poured out from inside, blowing the torches and making Nicole Robin's shadow long and narrow on the ground.
After walking through the corridor and entering the main hall, there were sealed stone coffins. The kings of the Nefertari Royal Family were buried in them. Nicole Robin glanced at the stone coffins and found the stone coffin of the first king.
"The Nefertari Royal Family was one of the 20 royal families who established the world government 800 years ago. If there is a secret, it must be buried in this stone coffin!"
Nicole Robin pushed open the coffin door. Inside was a weathered skeleton. Taking the skeleton out, Nicole Robin bent down and groped around inside the coffin. She triggered a certain mechanism, and the bottom of the coffin trembled and collapsed, revealing a pitch-black staircase.
"What's down there?" Von Kray asked, puzzled.
"The secret that the Nefertari Royal Family has been guarding!" Nicole Robin walked down the stairs. She felt like she was unlocking a piece of dusty history.
Von Kray and the other agents of the Baroque Workshop followed her in.
The staircase seemed to be bottomless. When she reached the end, a ray of light suddenly reflected in her eyes. It was some luminous pearls hanging on the wall.
This was a huge underground palace. The surrounding walls were engraved with all kinds of complicated patterns and words. The stone floor beneath her feet had some traces of cracks. Nicole Robin walked into the underground palace. A towering stone tablet stood alone at the end of the palace.
"Poneglyph!"
Nicole Robin stared at the stone tablet, deciphering the ancient text word by word, and firmly recording the information recorded in the text in her mind.
"What is this?" Feng Kray stared at the stone tablet. He didn't recognize any of the scribbles, and after staring at them for a long time, he felt dizzy.
"This is the content that the World Government is trying to erase. It's also the reason why I'm called the Devil's Child. I'm the only one left in the world who can decipher the content of this tablet."
Nicole Robin replied in her heart, but on the surface, she calmly shifted her gaze to the bottom of the stone tablet. There was a deep crack in the ground. She crouched down and rubbed the edge of the crack with her finger.
Generally, cracks were wide on the surface and narrow on the inside. This was because the cracks naturally extended from the outermost layer to the innermost layer. However, this crack was the opposite. The surface was very thin, but the inside seemed to be very deep.
It felt like there was a peeping slit, and there was a sneaky figure hiding behind it in the darkness. It also felt like someone had accidentally cracked the slit from the opposite side, and then carefully mended the slit.
"There's something under the tomb?"
An inconceivable thought surfaced in Nico Robin's mind. Even the Poneglyph had appeared here, so this should be the secret that the Nefertari Royal Family had been hiding and protecting. Then, what more important things could be hidden under the Poneglyph?
Pluto?
That's not it!
The whereabouts of Pluto, this Poneglyph had already given a clue. He was not hidden in Alabasta!
"What's the problem?" Von Kray followed Nicole Robin's gaze. He lowered his head and looked at the toothpick-thin crack. He said suspiciously, "It seems to be hollow below."
Nicole Robin knocked on the ground, and a muffled echo came from the crack. She stood up and said to Von Kray, "Dig this place up!"
Although there was a thin crack in the ground, it was extremely hard and solid. It was like the soil wrapped tightly by the roots of a big tree. The soil was unusually dense.
The ballet steps spun, and the tip of his foot kicked the crack like a drill bit. A gloomy chill climbed from the tip of his foot directly to his back. Feng Kray suddenly shuddered. Looking at the crack that was almost motionless, he frowned and said to the agents of the Baroque Studio, "Blow this place up."
The agents of the Baroque Studio placed the prepared explosives along the crack. The long fuse ignited, and sparks flew, followed by a loud explosion.
The crack collapsed, and a cold and wet air spread out from the darkness. The splashed stones fell to the ground, and a few pitch-black tentacles were stuck to them. They were like the roots of some kind of plant that had taken root in the ground. They were extremely tenacious. They were cut into several pieces and were still jumping on the ground.
"Hiss …"
It was like the sound of a poisonous snake flicking its tongue, or the sound of countless poisonous snakes slithering slowly against the ground. It came from the collapsed darkness, as if there was a strange life hidden in the darkness.
The ground around the stone tablet cracked, and the stone tablet fell into the darkness with a crack. It was as if it had fallen into an unfathomable and terrifying abyss. The agents of the Baroque Studio standing next to it looked down into the darkness. They felt as if there was a cold gaze peeking at them from the inside, and they instinctively felt a chill down their spines.
Von Kray picked up a rock and touched its black surface. It felt cold and smooth to the touch. Then, the half-meter long tentacle curled up like it was startled and wrapped around his arm.
He suddenly swung his arm and threw it to the ground. He stomped on it and crushed it to death. Then he looked at Nicole Robin and asked, "What the hell is this?"
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