What is a sky lantern?

This is an ancient punishment used on dead bodies, which is the same as flogging corpses.

The corpse was stripped of its clothes and soaked in an oil tank overnight, fished out the next day, then wrapped in layers of linen, and stuffed in with a high hollow cylinder pole, making the corpse stand upside down.

Let’s start with the oil absorbed by the linen plus the oil from the human body, from the feet to the head.

, burn it inch by inch, for a day and a night. This was originally used to deal with corpses. Later, some people lit "living lamps" and used living people to light the lamps. They often burned for a day and a night before dying. The smell of burnt human flesh.

The screams of the tortured and the scarlet flames were like hell on earth.

And the ghost Chen is obviously the one who lights the living lamp.

I swallowed my saliva and looked at Ghost Chen. He frowned, as if he was very dissatisfied with the little yellow dog exposing his background to his face.

What the hell.

In the past two years... what kind of people have I been hanging out with?

I remembered the time when I was captured and tortured by Ghost Chen, and I suddenly felt the urge to cry. Brother, you just removed my little arms and legs and didn't light a sky lantern for me. I thank you for this kindness.

, eighteen generations of my ancestors are grateful to you.

The little yellow dog changed his tone and said again: "I heard rumors that Boss Chen took a long time to light the lamp. The longest time, that person took forty minutes to do it?" Zhao Xin's men's foreheads were already covered with sweat, and they subconsciously

He retorted: "It's not that long, it's only fifteen minutes."

The little yellow dog smiled and said: "It seems that you know better than me. There is no oil here, and we don't have time to light the sky lanterns here. However, Mr. Chen must have a lot of grand finale, right?"

Ghost Chen gave the little yellow dog a cold look and said nothing.

I suddenly thought about how my grandfather was arrested by Chen Yan and died shortly after returning home. What method did Chen Yan use? Thinking of my grandfather and what the little yellow dog just said, I felt very uncomfortable. But now

I also hung out with people from the Chen family, which always made me feel like I was married to the daughter of my enemy.

As if the little yellow dog's words had an effect, Zhao Xin's men's eyes flickered a little. Although it was only a short minute, maybe I was too nervous thinking about the so-called lighting of sky lanterns, so I felt that time passed very slowly.

At this time, Xin Zhao's men couldn't stand it anymore and said hoarsely: "I can answer your questions, but I have a request. If you don't agree, you can kill me."

Several of us looked at each other, and finally I said: "Request? As long as it's not too outrageous, just say it and listen."

The man said: "I am working under someone else. The Zhao family is very powerful. If I obey you today, it will not only be me who will be ruined. They will not even let my family go." I hissed and thought to myself.

: This is indeed Xin Zhao’s way of doing things, and he has always been one-sided.

"So, I surrender to you, but you have to ensure that my family will be safe afterwards."

What this means is that he wants the Chen family to help him block it. To put it simply, he is planning to take refuge with the ghost Chen. Otherwise, once he betrays Xin Zhao and he has no big tree to rely on, he will definitely end up miserable.

This kid is quite smart to come up with such a trick.

Ghost Chen looked him over and over, and finally nodded. The man then breathed a sigh of relief and answered my previous question. He called himself "Black Panther" and his real name was Li Guoqiang.

Regarding the three questions I raised, he gave the following explanations.

First, the way Xin Zhao opened the door was indeed with the help of a key, which was exactly the same as the one hanging around Ghost Chen's neck. I found it quite strange and didn't understand where Xin Zhao got it, but Ghost Chen seemed to have expected it.

, so there is no expression.

Second, regarding the deciphering of the source code on the gate, Zhao Xin did not ask anyone for help. When he met Xiangzhang Poluo and discovered that Brother Wang and Sun Er were missing, Zhao Xin began to doubt his uncle, and

The uncle had indeed come to his senses at that time, and he pretended to be crazy at first, but Zhao Xin's eyes were very vicious, and he soon discovered that the uncle was just pretending.

In desperation, the uncle succumbed to the coercion and helped everyone get rid of Xiangboluo, setting up obstacles for us along the way. When we arrived at the gate, Zhao Xin tried to decipher it with a fake source code, but the deciphered message was very weird and a bit wrong.

Mouth.

Xin Zhao had doubts about the authenticity of the source code, but after all, no one had seen the source code. In addition, there was no doubt that the iron ball was genuine.

Behind the door.

Third, regarding my uncle, he was under strict supervision along the way, but Zhao Xin didn't pay much attention to my uncle. He probably didn't even realize that he was a living cipher.

After hearing this, I already understood in my heart. It seems that our fake source code has temporarily deceived Xin Zhao, and the uncle is still waiting to see what happens, and has not revealed his intention to cooperate with Xin Zhao. The current situation is relatively good.

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The little yellow dog said: "It seems we can't delay any longer." Everyone got up and started to move forward. Chen Qi was injured in the thigh and sat on the ground without moving. The little yellow dog poked me on the waist and said: "

Why don't you go and pick someone up?"

I was a little puzzled and said: "There are so many people, but it's still her family, so it's not my turn to carry it, right?"

"Because these people are more capable of fighting than you. How can you fight with a woman on your back at the critical moment? You carried the person back on your back, so who cares about you?"

I took a look and found that no one was willing to carry Chen Qi on his back, so I had to sigh and carry him on his back. In this way, he fell behind the team's mouth.

Chen Qi whispered: "I've hurt you." From the tone of her voice, she was quite depressed. I felt that no matter who encountered her situation and her teammates were unwilling to take over, everyone would feel aggrieved, so I said:

"It's nothing. Don't take it to heart. My brother is right. It's best if I carry you on my back. Your family members are very skilled. If they have their hands free, they can play a greater role." I kept talking as I walked.

Some gossip to comfort Chen Qi.

After walking through the reflection area, there is a relatively large passage behind, which is made of earth. However, the color of the earth is a bit strange. Under the light of our flashlight, it glows with a kind of phosphorescence. At first glance, we thought it was filled with soil.

diamond.

Chen Qi said: "The metal content in the soil here is abnormal, it seems a bit man-made." I was not interested in discussing metals with her. What I was thinking about was whether Sun Er was dead or alive, so I casually said: "It's impossible.

, we are already very deep underground, how can anyone mix so many metal particles in."

"Of course manpower can't do it, but what if it's an explosion?" Her last two words piqued my interest. Explosion? Looking at the bright soil around me, I thought to myself: Could it be that some kind of metal object exploded and destroyed the surrounding area?

soil?

The only thing I thought of was a spacecraft explosion or a nuclear explosion, so I turned around and said, "Tell me honestly, what is the relationship between your Chen family and aliens?" Chen Qi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled: "How could you?

You think so?"

"The extra-dimensional civilization, murals, iron balls, and these brain wave reflections don't look like things that the ancients could have created thousands of years ago. Apart from this, I really can't think of any other possibility."

Chen Qi pursed his lips and said, "I'll tell you something and you'll understand. You should know what we are looking for, right?"

"Another civilization?"

Chen Qi nodded and said: "Yes, but to be more precise, what we are looking for is the civilization of our ancestors?"

Immediately afterwards, Chen Qi told me a little bit about their family. The amount of information that followed was not much, but it was enough for me to speculate on something.

This really has nothing to do with aliens. Dr. Yang once said that in addition to aliens, there are also some unearthed artifacts on the surface. There once was a destroyed and highly developed civilization on the earth, such as the one that sank at the bottom of the sea.

Atlantis, this, Chen Mengruo and Charlie once conducted an underwater operation, and Charlie did find such a ruins.

According to Charlie at the time, that place subverted his world view and changed his lifelong pursuit.

Strictly speaking, the Chen family is the descendant of that civilization. According to clues verified over thousands of years, the destruction of the previous civilization originated from an energy explosion after the civilization was highly developed.

This energy consists of several energy piles, operated by unified instruments. After thousands of years, those things have long been buried deep underground, but the reaction of the energy piles has not disappeared. For example, maybe the location of the energy piles,

A major earthquake, or some change in the location of the instrument, may trigger a second energy explosion at any time.

The mission of the Chen family is to turn off the instrument.

I burst out laughing. After I laughed out loud, some people started to look back at me. Obviously they were very contemptuous of my behavior of laughing in this environment. I smiled and said: "I understand, you want to tell me

, your Chen family is Ultraman, who was born to save the earth, right?" Chen Qi was stunned for a moment, then smiled helplessly and said: "It doesn't matter if you believe it or not, you can just listen to it as a story.

"

Do I believe it? Only I believe that there are ghosts.

So I said: "Okay, let's tell the story and you continue."

Chen Qi continued.

And this instrument naturally has its operating method. This method is the information used in the previous era. The data collected by the Chen family for thousands of years is such information.

This is like a primitive man. To learn the computers we use now, he must first learn what letters are, what connections are, how to input, and the function of the mouse.

It's just that it's more difficult for the Chen family. They have no one to teach them, so they can only find it on their own.

Now that all their data has been successfully collected, it's time to shut down the energy reactor's instruments.
Chapter completed!