"Are there...gods?!" He Mingjie turned around and saw the man's face: his pale face had bright red lips, and there was no trace of whiteness in his dark eyes. He didn't look like a living person no matter how he looked.

"This is a paper man, right?" Mi Xueling hugged next to Zhao Ganyu in fear and turned her head, but the human beings were so conflicted. She was afraid, and she was curious, and she had to leak a little light from the cracks of her fingers to see what the "person" was.

"It looks like it really looks." Zhao Ganyu calmed down, "Is this paper man coming to us?" He looked at the paper man's movements without being disturbed by the words of several people, but just moved mechanically towards the table and chair. When he arrived at the chair where Zhao Ganyu was sitting, the paper man put down the wooden tray in his hand with a click, then mechanically took the cup and plate from the tray, picked up the kettle and poured a cup of water that did not exist.

The paper man who poured the water returned to the original corner again.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief: "Isn't this just a water pouring robot?" He Mingjie said, "This is a secret skill of the mechanism. The legendary wooden ox and horses are all applications of secret skills of the mechanism. The technology of pouring water should have been very advanced in ancient times. Using such advanced technology to small things like serving tea and pouring water can tell that the owner here is really luxurious and wasteful."

Only Mi Xueling listened carefully to his words and nodded seriously.

After confirming that the paper man was not threatened, Zhao Ganyu and Lin Baihua had already stood up to explore the surrounding situation.

"There is a side hall here." Lin Baihua discovered other doors, "This is the backyard." The main hall looked really nothing to be surprised about. This made Zhao Ganyu unable to understand why if it were just an ordinary courtyard mansion, there were such a complex mechanism outside to protect this place.

Apart from the gold and silver jewelry and exquisitely crafted wooden cabinets in the side hall, they can be regarded as "treasures", there are no other valuable places in the entire building.

"Are the flowers and plants in the backyard a little strange?" Mi Xueling observed a blooming flower up close. "This is the underground palace, and no one should take care of it for a long time. Why are these flowers and plants still growing so vigorously?"

Zhao Ganyu stopped what was in his hand.

Mi Xueling is right. There is no sunlight or wind here, so the flowers and plants seem to be taken care of by others all the time.

"Don't move."

While several people were in the garden, a female voice came from the direction of the main hall.

It's Junior Sister Miao.

"How did you come in?" Zhao Ganyu's first reaction was to pull Mi Xueling beside him behind him to protect him, "How are Su Yueya and Su Yueming at the door?"

Junior Sister Miao sneered from her nose, "Isn't there still a kid?" She dragged Wu Zihao out as she said that.

Wu Zihao looked quite miserable. His face was not as good as he was torn, and even his clothes were torn. He looked like a puppet without emotions. Junior Sister Miao pushed him before moving.

"What's wrong with you, Wu Zihao!" Zhao Ganyu wanted to step forward, but he didn't know what kind of backup plan for Junior Sister Miao had, so he had to hold it back.

Wu Zihao didn't react at all. He looked at him in front of him with no eyes, his hands and knees were covered with wounds.

"What's wrong with Wu Zihao!" Zhao Ganyu was angry. Although he had known each other for not long, he had already regarded Wu Zihao as his brother.

Junior Sister Miao's sneer was like Qian Cheng's mold: "What's wrong? You care so much about this kid. Then I will tell you in a slight way-he, haha, I've changed my mind. You hand over the things first."

"What are you handing over?" He Mingjie stood up, "What do you want? Why do you hurt so many people? Miao, he is about the same age as us, and it can be regarded as a classmate. Why do you hurt others like this?"

"What's the point?" Junior Sister Miao rolled her eyes, "You are so sceptical. You just said that after following Lao Yu for so long, don't you think you're stupid? You haven't even discovered anything about Lao Yu's research. With your IQ, you still think that you are Lao Yu's disciple. Oh, don't think too much, okay? This guy is better than you."

As he said that, Junior Sister Miao kicked Wu Zihao. Wu Zihao didn't refute and knelt down on both knees.

"Let him go!" Zhao Ganyu wanted to step forward, but was stopped by Lin Baihua.

"He was controlled." Lin Baihua lowered her voice, "I don't know how it was done. If it was a drug, it proved that they had this plan before boarding the ship. Then Lao Yu might be controlled too. It's useless to be hard."

"If you are willing, you can accompany me to talk about Baiyun Canggou here. What a pity, this guy is gone." Junior Sister Miao pointed Wu Zihao's face with her toes, "He can't even move later. Have you heard of the living dead? Do you want to see it with your own eyes?"

"Teacher Yu is dedicated to folk customs research, don't slander people." He Mingjie endured it for a long time, and finally couldn't help it. He walked towards Junior Sister Miao, "You are obsessed with greed and want to slander others. I can say that I don't have enough IQ, but I'm just stupid, so I believe that you are close to Teacher Yu just because you are interested in legends."

"Don't come over." Junior Sister Miao's expression was much calmer than He Mingjie. "Who told you that I am not interested in legends anymore? Since joining Lao Yu's research group, every word I said is true. There is no lie. And just talking about research, I have much better academic cultivation than you. Who do you think that so many ancient books were sorted out, and who sorted out so many clues?"

"She is delaying time." Zhao Ganyu said to Lin Baihua in a low voice. From the moment on, he thought that Junior Miao's attitude was wrong, and he couldn't say what was wrong. When he saw that she was willing to talk nonsense with He Mingjie, he suddenly understood. Junior Miao is not someone who is willing to waste time for quarrel, unless her purpose is to waste time.

"Why did Junior Sister Miao join Lao Yu's research group at the beginning?" Zhao Ganyu decided to cooperate with Junior Sister Miao to delay time, but to see what she had plans.

"Teacher Yu held an open seminar, hoping to arouse everyone's interest in folklore. That topic seemed to be the change of the culture of immortality in different folklore legends. Miao's speech on the spot was indeed very exciting, and even Teacher Yu expressed his appreciation. That was why he made an exception to let freshmen join the research group." He Mingjie sighed while saying, "You have such good academic ability, but you have evil thoughts and no moral bottom line."

"Shut up!" Junior Sister Miao waved her hand and flew out at He Mingjie.

Lin Baihua had quick eyes and quick hands. She had already seen the movements in Junior Sister Miao's hand and pushed He Mingjie away in time.
Chapter completed!