"Achoo!"

An ancient city, in the outskirts, among the mountains.

A woman in black and white adventure gear sneezed unconsciously, then shook her head vigorously, feeling like someone was talking about her behind her back!

"Xiuzhu, are you catching a cold?"

"It's enough to have us here, why don't you go and rest for a while."

Not far from the woman, next to a stone wall of a ruin, a short-haired woman in brown archaeological clothing said.

"How could I be? I'm fine even when skiing in the snowy mountains of my hometown, no problem." Lin Xiuzhu replied with a smile.

"That's right."

The short-haired woman patted her head, everyone was a professional Beast Tamer, although it was a bit cold here, it shouldn't affect them at all.

This was the Iron-Eating Beast ruins.

Currently, a team of eight archaeologists were investigating this ruin.

Five men and three women, seven of whom were archaeology students from the Ancient Capital University, while Lin Xiuzhu was a researcher of Iron-Eating Beasts, invited to assist in the investigation.

The team had been investigating this ruin for some time, and the collection and sorting of ancient artifacts such as utensils and stone carvings had been completed, but there was still a lot of special information that could not be deciphered.

The ultimate goal of archaeology is to restore the true history of the time. Obviously, these people have not yet clearly investigated the meaning of this site.

Lin Xiuzhu sighed as she looked at the archaeology students who were investigating and slacking off.

The only known information was that this was a tribal ruin that worshiped Iron-Eating Beasts in ancient times, and it was impossible to investigate any more important information.

She originally thought she could find new discoveries about Iron-Eating Beasts, but it seemed she was thinking too much...

"Dad?"

Just as Lin Xiuzhu was feeling powerless, her phone suddenly rang.

Seeing the contact, her expression relaxed.

Had her dad returned from the snow mountain?

Hmph, that old man, he must have just come back and found that she was still not at home, missing her so much that he called her right away!

"Hello..."

Lin Xiuzhu moved away from the ruin and answered the phone. Immediately, Lin Hongnian's voice came from the other end.

"Xiuzhu, are you still investigating that Iron-Eating Beast ruin with those junior classmates?"

"Yeah."

"How's the progress?"

"There's no substantial progress, but I heard that the archaeology professor will come to guide the site in a couple of days, maybe there will be a breakthrough then."

"Aren't you not very interested in this ruin, Dad? Why are you suddenly asking about it?" Lin Xiuzhu pouted.

When her teacher informed her that Iron-Eating Beast ruins had appeared in the Ancient Capital and invited her to assist in the research, Lin Hongnian was not happy about it.

He thought there was nothing to research in a broken ruin. Living in the past was not as good as training pets more and pursuing new breakthroughs.

The ancients' understanding of Iron-Eating Beasts might not be as strong as that of modern Beast Tamers.

"Hehehe..." Lin Hongnian let out an awkward laugh. However, he didn't know before that the Iron-Eating Beast actually had so-called ancient bloodlines, and there were already traces of Iron-Eating Beast evolution in ancient times. This was a real slap in the face.

"The situation is different now, Xiuzhu. Shi Yu is also in the Ancient Capital now. I have already contacted him. Next, you should also contact him and ask him to assist you in investigating this ruin together."

"Ah, why?" Lin Xiuzhu was stunned, Shi Yu?

What does Shi Yu have to do with this Iron-Eating Beast ruin?

"During the time you weren't in Pingcheng, Shi Yu has already cracked the ruin that appeared in Pingcheng. Because of some opportunities, his Iron-Eating Beast also awakened its ancient bloodline through the Evolution Holy Spring in the Icefield City and grasped the traces of evolution."

"That's also why I suddenly attached importance to the Iron-Eating Beast ruins you mentioned earlier. In short, if you haven't made any progress yet, you might as well invite Shi Yu to try."

"What!!!"

Lin Hongnian finished speaking, Lin Xiuzhu couldn't help but shout.

This shout immediately made the other members of the archaeological team look over in confusion.

What's wrong with Panda Senior Sister?

Could it be that they haven't investigated anything new for too long, causing Panda Senior Sister to completely collapse?

"Um, um, I understand, I'll contact him right away!"

After Lin Hongnian explained clearly, Lin Xiuzhu's eyes sparkled, and her whole body was rejuvenated.

After hanging up the phone, she looked at the junior classmates who were trying hard to slack off and said:

"Everyone, there is new progress."

"I just got information from my father saying that there was an evolutionary form of Iron-Eating Beasts in ancient times. Next, we might as well investigate in this direction first!!"

"He has invited someone to assist us in the research, and they will be here soon."

"Really?!" Lin Xiuzhu's words stunned the group of archaeology students, and then they showed joy.

They naturally knew who Lin Xiuzhu's father was. After all, he was a slightly famous master-level Beast Tamer.

Since it was information from Curator Lin, it must be based on something.

"Senior Sister, when will the expert you mentioned arrive? Do we need to pick them up?"

Everyone looked forward to it. Although this was just a small ruin, and it didn't seem to have any important information, it would be a small gain if they could decipher an ancient evolutionary form of a pet. They estimated that they could get a large amount of academic credits.

"Wait a moment, I'll give him a call."

"Also, I don't know if the other party is an expert..."

...

On Shi Yu's side, after finishing the call with Curator Lin, he was no longer sleepy at all.

He was only thinking about the so-called ancient Iron-Eating Beast ruins and couldn't fall asleep at all.

A moment later, he received a call from Lin Xiuzhu.

"No need, just tell me the address, I'll take a taxi over."

Shi Yu couldn't help but smile as he listened to the expectant, nervous, and anxious tone on the other end.

He immediately imagined the image of Panda Senior Sister pacing outside the ruin, at a loss.

"Okay, I'll write down the address."

Shi Yu quickly confirmed the address of the ancient Iron-Eating Beast ruin with Lin Xiuzhu and then began to pack his things.

At the same time, he didn't forget the most important thing...

"Eleven!"

Shi Yu smiled and pulled Eleven out of the space.

Eleven: o(≧口≦)o!!!

What are you going to do again?

"Um, how should I put it, go dig... no, go see your ancestor's ruins? Together!"

Eleven: ???

Eleven looked dumbfounded and was then coaxed onto Shi Yu's shoulder.

The location of the ruins was actually not very far.

It took less than two hours for Shi Yu to arrive outside the mountains in the outskirts of the Ancient Capital.

After Shi Yu arrived at his destination, the students of the Ancient Capital University were already led by Lin Xiuzhu to welcome Shi Yu at the entrance of the mountain.

"He's here!"

Seeing Shi Yu's figure, Lin Xiuzhu was pleasantly surprised. The archaeology students were also looking at Shi Yu.

Just now, they had learned the approximate information about Shi Yu from Lin Xiuzhu.

He was an old acquaintance of Lin Xiuzhu, possessed an Iron-Eating Beast that had awakened the ancient bloodline, and had also participated in the cracking of ruins!

However, he was a young Beast Tamer, not an expert.

Such information basically meant that they could only see what valuable information Shi Yu could provide next. The investigation work still had to be done by them.

"Sorry, I kept you waiting." Shi Yu took a few steps and came to the group.

At the same time, he also looked at the others besides Panda Senior Sister and immediately felt a sense of intimacy.

Good heavens, these people exuded a sense of fellow travelers from their spirits. They didn't have any vigor at all and felt very old.

"No, no." The students of the Ancient Capital University said one after another.

"It's you who has worked hard." Panda Senior Sister said, and then she was quickly stunned.

She suddenly noticed Eleven on Shi Yu's shoulder, who had a hopeless expression, and her expression was stunned.

"This...???"

"Ying!" Eleven greeted Senior Sister Xiuzhu.

"Eleven???" Lin Xiuzhu's expression was surprised. What's going on? Why has Eleven become so small!!!

"Eh, is that an Iron-Eating Beast?"

The others also looked at the super small Iron-Eating Beast on Shi Yu's shoulder and couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

This...

It didn't look like a cub, but like a doll. What was going on?

"It's nothing, I taught it how to use the Size Change skill, it's just in a shrunken state right now." Shi Yu said.

"Iron-Eating Beasts can learn Size Change?" As Shi Yu spoke, the other archaeology students were immediately surprised.

Recently, because of studying the Iron-Eating Beast ruins, they naturally did a lot of homework on Iron-Eating Beasts.

In addition to some basic information about Iron-Eating Beasts, they also learned about several skills outside the race that Iron-Eating Beasts could easily learn.

For example, the Iron-Eating Beasts of the Bamboo Stone Martial Arts Center were famous for being able to learn "Thunder Palm" and "Cannon Fist".

For example, a master's Iron-Eating Beast was famous for being able to learn "Metal Vibration", which was a sound wave skill of the Metal element that allowed the body to emit metal noise at all times.

In addition, there were other niche cultivation methods.

In short, their investigation of Iron-Eating Beasts should be considered comprehensive, but this was the first time they had heard of an Iron-Eating Beast that could use Size Change.

"Is it because it awakened the ancient bloodline??" Lin Xiuzhu asked.

"There is indeed that possibility. The ancient Iron-Eating Beasts were much larger than they are now." Shi Yu nodded.

Eleven closed its eyes and fell into deep thought. Wasn't its Size Change taught by Shi Yu with the cheat?

However, Shi Yu didn't allow it to talk nonsense about this, so Eleven obediently shut up and pretended not to know anything.

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"Can you take me to see the ruins first?" Shi Yu asked.

"Okay." Lin Xiuzhu nodded, and the others also nodded.

Next, the group began to walk towards the ruins in the mountain.

During this process, Shi Yu kept asking them about the information about the ruins.

"Has the age of the ruins been determined?"

"About 4400~4500 years ago." An archaeology younger brother walking with them said.

Shi Yu nodded. This time point was very subtle. It was a period when the historical faults of this world were more serious.

"What is the main object of investigation currently?"

"There are a batch of artificial products, but they are basically daily necessities."

"In addition, a relatively well-preserved piece of metal debris was found. After preliminary restoration of the whole picture, it is suspected to be a fragment of ancient combat armor."

"The most information is contained in the murals on the stone walls of the ruins and some strange symbols. However, these symbols are not like any known ancient writing. They are not in line with the popular writing around 4500 years ago. By the way, there are similar symbols on the metal piece."

After the other party finished speaking, Shi Yu was slightly stunned, and his expression was slightly expectant.

"Please take me to see that armor fragment first."

"Ah, okay."

The few people looked strangely at Shi Yu, who had just arrived. This little brother was not polite. It seemed that he was more interested in the Iron-Eating Beast ruins than they were!

After a while, Shi Yu followed them to the archaeological camp built outside the ruins.

After they entered the tent, Shi Yu saw the armor fragment they were talking about, which was actually a palm-sized piece of metal.

The metal piece was lying quietly in a glass container.

There was indeed a strange symbol on the metal piece.

"This symbol..."

Under everyone's gaze, Shi Yu stared at the symbol.

Afterwards, as if something in his memory was touched, a huge wave arose in his heart.

Holy crap.

Shi Yu was shocked and dumbfounded, and he completely remembered.

Because he had seen this symbol.

Back on Earth, in the niche mythology system that he and his teacher studied, there was a record of the same symbol!