Green mountains, white clouds, cattle grazing in the fields, and children playing in the river bends create a beautiful pastoral scene.
Under the old tree at the entrance of the village, a young man woke up leisurely and looked around suspiciously.
He didn't know why, but it was a familiar scene, but it gave him a strange feeling of strangeness.
"What is wrong with me?"
The young man said softly, reaching out and touching his cheek.
There was a vicissitude in his eyes, as well as a daze and confusion that appeared from time to time, which was indeed incompatible with his appearance of age.
Just now under this old tree, the young man had a dream. The content in the dream was mysterious and wonderful, beyond his ability to understand. It was simply unbelievable.
The vast starry sky, the huge figure as big as a mountain, and the bloody battlefield...
Countless races in all heavens and realms are constantly rising and dying in the long river of time.
The various scenes in the dream are so intoxicating that people wish they would never wake up.
Just when the young man was foolishly thinking about the scene in his dream, a figure suddenly ran over with a panic look on his face.
"Master, go home quickly, the master is injured!"
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Ten minutes later, in the largest house in the village, several figures gathered in the center of the yard.
There were also three cold corpses placed in the yard, including the boy's father.
The village chief, the richest man, and the landlord.
"What happened?"
The young man asked the housekeeper in a trembling tone, his body shaking involuntarily.
The sudden change caused a heavy blow to the young man, and his young body simply could not bear it.
The old housekeeper looked sad and said truthfully to the young man: "The master discovered the secret passage in the back room, so he excitedly led people down to explore, but he fell to the ground after walking a few steps.
When the two servants at home saw this, they hurriedly went to rescue them, but they fell down one after another.
When something like this happened, naturally no one dared to go down anymore. Finally, they found wooden sticks and ropes, and then pulled the person up, but they didn’t expect that the master had been dying for a long time..."
There was sadness in the old butler's tone, which was indeed sincere pain. He had followed the family master since he was a child. He was a master, servant and a brother.
At this moment, he suppressed his sadness and looked at the young man in front of him, with a hint of expectation in his eyes.
The family has undergone tremendous changes, and the young man is the only supporter and must inherit the ancestral business and the position of village chief.
Even if your shoulders are still weak, you still have to shoulder this heavy burden to ensure that the family can continue to pass on.
The young man was silent for a few breaths and nodded gently.
"It should be that the secret passage has been closed for too long, and there is a serious lack of oxygen inside, which leads to suffocation and death..."
When the young man said this, he was suddenly startled and thought to himself, how could he know these principles?
"Well……"
The old housekeeper was confused and had no idea what the young master was talking about, so he could only nod his head blankly.
The young man rolled his eyes and said in a sad tone: "This is all fate, there is no need to be too sad, after all, life must go on."
The young man sighed and looked at the old housekeeper in front of him.
"I'm sorry to trouble Uncle Forbes to take care of the funeral. There's no need to make a fuss about it. The more low-key the better.
The two workers were also given pensions. Don’t be stingy with money. After all, they lost their lives for our family.
Our family's property is not big, but there are many people who covet it. We must not give them the chance to take action.
Also, don’t announce this matter to the outside world. Go to the village and tell everyone about it.”
Butler Fu Bo was slightly startled. Looking at the young master in front of him, he suddenly felt very strange.
It seems like it has grown overnight.
"Okay, Master."
There was relief in Fu Bo's tone. The young man's performance made him immediately let go of his worries.
The young master has grown up.
If you can continue like this, you can ensure that your family business will not fail, and you will not end up in a miserable life.
Otherwise, at my age, my eyesight is dazzled and my legs are weak, I really don’t know where to beg for food.
While Uncle Fu was busy with others, the young man was silent for a while and walked toward the back room alone.
He had to figure out what kind of secret passage it was that actually swallowed up several lives.
Because of the accident, the backyard has been sealed off by Fu Bo, and no one is allowed to enter or exit at will.
The young man had a special status, so he could come in and out without any hindrance, and he quickly arrived at the scene of the incident.
On the floor of the woodshed in the back room, there was a large collapsed area with wooden sticks and ropes placed on the ground.
There is a black hole below, which seems to absorb light, making it difficult to see clearly the scenery below.
"Try it first to see if there is enough oxygen. If there is no problem, you can go down and investigate."
When the boy thought of this, he immediately ran to the chicken coop in the backyard and caught a big rooster.
Tie the legs with a rope and throw the chicken directly down.
Then he ran into the house and found an oil lamp, preparing to use it for lighting in the dark.
After waiting for about five minutes, the boy pulled the rope and pulled the big rooster up.
The rooster had its eyes wide open and a centipede in its mouth, looking very energetic.
"He's not dead. It seems he can go down."
The young man threw the rooster aside, followed the wooden ladder that had been set up, and carefully entered the secret underground passage.
Although it has been covered in dust for many years, the secret passage is still very dry and has a faint earthy smell.
Holding the oil lamp in his hand, the young man walked forward slowly, and soon saw a door in front of him.
There is a set of symbols on it, followed by six rings that are grouped together.
On these rings, there are ten symbols engraved on them, which look like combination locks.
Seeing the strange symbol in front of him, the young man was slightly stunned. There seemed to be a memory activated deep in his soul.
"This is... an arithmetic problem!"
The young man murmured to himself, stretched out his hand involuntarily, and flipped the rings at the back.
The boy seemed to be born with the answer to this question and figured it out naturally.
The young man didn't know why this was the case. He only felt that after waking up, he was completely different from the past.
For such a change, the young man did not feel panic, but took it for granted.
It seems that this state is the truest self.
As the dust fell, the dusty door opened, revealing the densely meshed gears inside.
The young man was shocked to find that the black door blocking him was actually made of an unknown metal.
The thickness is half a meter, and the fastening method is intertwined, making it impossible to pry it open by force.
If you don't figure out the answer yourself, you will definitely not be able to open this door, and you may be in danger if you test it randomly.
After the door opened, a sudden burst of light illuminated the dark environment.
This is a secret room, about forty square meters, the whole body is made of black metal, and the surface is covered with fine text symbols.
In the middle is a hexagonal stone platform, about one meter high, which emits bright light.
It's like a crystal pillar with countless runes inside, floating around like fish.
On the top of this stone platform, there is a fist-sized crystal suspended, with a crystal clear appearance and wrapped in colorful light.
In the dazzling light, there are also countless runes, like colorful fish.
The young man was stunned. He had never seen such a gorgeous scene since he was born.
"What is this and why does it feel familiar?"
With a trace of doubt in his mind, the young man couldn't help but take a few steps forward and stretched out his fingers to touch the crystal.
"Buzz!"
A high-frequency vibration sound was heard, the crystal burst out with bright light, and the boy's eyes widened.
Piece after piece of information was constantly input into his mind, allowing him to understand the origin of the crystal in front of him.