In this era, horse-drawn carriages actually did not travel very fast, and could only barely meet the minimum limit of the slow trains of later generations; moreover, they had to stop at stations to take turns drafting horses. Therefore, in addition to the occasional passengers and cargo passing by, Jiang Tian
Outside the carriage, you can still see carriages, horses and pedestrians on the parallel straight road.
Whether it is a four-wheeled long-box passenger car with swaying lights, a fully loaded flatbed truck, or a traveler walking at night with a lamp in front of his horse, they all seem to be faster than this track-hung carriage. And the horse-drawn track
The only advantage is that the load capacity is large and stable.
However, the place Jiang Tian wanted to go was not too far away. It was just in Bianzhou, a part of Duji Province. Therefore, amidst the low shouts and spurs, riding on the frosty moonlit night, he walked along the hardwood and cast iron tracks, clanking
After walking banging for most of the night, we arrived in Bianzhou.
And in the vast darkness with deep night dew, the landmark of Bianzhou’s territory is undoubtedly the ferry bridgehead located on the Bian River. It is a brightly lit station carport all night long. It is said that at twelve o’clock every day in this hub,
There are always people on standby to handle loading, unloading and transshipment needs.
Therefore, when the carriage where Jiang Tian was sitting drove into the shed on one side and started to get off amidst the low voices of orders, the first thing he saw was that inside the stretching civil fence, many people gathered like ants in the station all night long.
The bare-chested handymen at work evaporated into low, lingering clouds of smoke.
The people in this large area of the station seemed to have become accustomed to this level of mobilization. In addition to a small official on duty, there were also two united army officers stationed on guard, who came over to ask a few questions.
After reading the ID card document, there is no more trouble.
Later, the brigade commander Lu Zhang, who was responsible for leading the people and horses, dismissed this person and came over to ask Jiang Tian for instructions. Should he take a short rest nearby to wait for the following people and horses to meet up, or should he set off without stopping? Jiang Tian did not hesitate to choose the latter.
, isn’t that why you came all night?
Therefore, the sergeants of the half regiment who came with the car did not hesitate to adjust their armor. After checking each other's shapes, they followed Jiang Tian and his group, who were leading the group, and filed out of the side-opening auxiliary door.
It was in the station area. Under the light of the first fire, Jiang Tian also saw the station sign here.
"Chenqiaoyi/Chenqiao Station." He couldn't help but read out loud, and then smiled hoarsely. It was really a very memorable place. And in the distance was the brightly lit Bianzhou City. Then, in front of him, he held the
After setting up the flag sign, we headed down the clear road and encountered several patrol teams for interrogation.
This small marching team also took another route away from the city. When the sky turned fish belly white, Jiang Dao, riding on the back of Suo Luzi, finally heard the sound coming from the distance.
The morning bell rang. Then he noticed the building in front of him in a low mountain recess.
Yulin Temple is a typical mountain temple far away from the downtown area. It belongs to a thatched cottage of a certain generation of mountain-dwelling monks and was expanded into a temple through fundraising. Although it is quite old, if it were not for the "animal disaster" that happened, no one might have noticed it.
Such a little-known mountain temple.
The place where the beast disaster happened to happen was a pagoda forest on the mountain behind the temple, which was the resting place of monks in the past generations after they passed away and sat in vats. However, a group of white beasts came from nowhere and were entrenched in it;
Even most of the monks who were repairing the monastery suffered from this misfortune.
Because this temple is far away from the bustling city and is a closed-door descendant temple. Therefore, except for specific festivals, it does not usually receive believers to visit and offer incense. A few days after the accident, there was only a little monk who survived like a bloody man.
, ran away like crazy and provoked people to report to the official;
The stationed Jinwu Guards who were ordered to hunt and kill them also chased them from the mountain in front of the temple to the pagoda forest on the ridge of the back mountain. Only then did they completely kill all the thirty-seven white beasts that were moving in groups. And that one
The small clay jar was found in the beast's nest in the Tallinn at the back of the mountain.
Therefore, when the team arrived at the foot of the Yulin Temple, the dozen or so local soldiers who were staying at the scene looked very surprised and hurried out to greet them. In fact, the morning bell used to tell the time at this moment was made by
They are responsible for ringing the bells, thinking that they regularly report peace.
Not long after, everyone led by Jiang Tian passed through the wide open mountain gate and saw a messy temple that had not yet been cleaned up; black blood and scratches were spattered everywhere, and the temple was torn apart by the huge collision and tearing.
the entrance door; and most of the Buddhist hall was destroyed after the fire.
Jiang Tian even saw that even a small brick and wood pagoda had half of its base excavated and suddenly collapsed to the ground. After crushing a big tree, it smashed through a monk's house and the remaining bricks and tiles.
The blood-stained and blackened pagoda can be faintly seen; the despair of the monks who hid in the pagoda at that time can be seen.
According to the records at the scene, the young novice monk named Sanjie fell into the manure pond next to the vegetable garden. He was able to escape the sniffing of those ferocious beasts, and finally escaped after the ferocious beasts retreated.
Jie survived. But he was also frightened and could only speak a few words in confusion.
Then, the further you go up the zigzag staircase at the back of the mountain, the more you can see all the traces of Jinwu soldiers chasing and killing ferocious beasts; broken arrows, knives and guns, hooks and ropes, fragments of nets, and devastated trees.
During this time, you can still step on some black gelatin.
In the end, the garrison soldier who led the way, the fire chief, refused to go forward anymore. He just pointed out the wooden sign marking the restricted area outside the tower forest hidden among the trees, and stayed on the outside. Then he continued to move forward.
Jiang Tian immediately understood why he refused to come in.
Because, among the dozens of crooked pagodas/brick towers here, there is a huge ruins of a nest that has been burned by the fire; however, even if it has been burned by the fire, the black and white ashes and coke are still there.
, you can still see the shriveled and blackened skeleton fragments, densely packed and intertwined.
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A normal person would feel no discomfort or great mental pollution just by looking at it. However, what exactly caused this tragedy? Or, in other words, why did these ferocious beasts gather in the back hill of Yulin Temple?
Tallinn, and even build nests and develop a strong sense of territoriality?
You know, according to Jiang Tian's judgment of the surrounding environment, the general shade here is not so dense that it can effectively block and cover them. They can barely maintain their activities during the day. Is there anything important for the survival of the group?
Does it attract them?
According to what Zheng Jinwu provided, the white beast is just the weakest type among the strange beasts that have appeared; so that the group size needs to be maintained, and it is rare to see a single existence. Therefore, as long as the soldiers are prepared,
Even if you are alone, you will not be left behind even if you are one-on-one.
Even some wild tigers and wolves can prey on them. Therefore, the probability of directly bloodbathing a temple without any control or induction is really low; let alone the strangulation of King Wu's disciples.
That instinctive reaction to protect the nest.
And Jiang Tian came here just to find out the root cause and origin. As for the accompanying group of laymen (field service), it was just to take over and ensure that the scene was intact, and to provide basic safeguards in case of emergency.
That's all.
However, there was nothing surprising or unusual about the scene that had been initially cleaned, burned and disinfected. Even Jiang Tian's field of vision did not have any clues. So he called over the brigade commander Lu Zhang and assigned people to clear the scene.
Dig three feet into the ground and dig it out.
Then, Lin Jiulang was asked to lead a team of people to occupy the highest point on the ridge line; it was not only to guard the periphery and report the sentry, but also to be a buffer to prevent certain incidents. Zhang Wusheng and Li Huan were arranged to lead people
, completely knocking down the remaining pagodas/towers and smashing them to pieces.
However, after working for a long time, the entire Tallinn had become unrecognizable; many jars and urns in the underground were dug out and smashed open in public. Jiang Tian still did not see any reminder, just like
It was the roots that caused the mutation in the first place that completely disappeared.
It was close to noon at this time, and although the soldiers had not received orders, they were still busy. Jiang Tian slightly reluctantly announced a pause and ordered them to stop to repair and eat; while he continued to wander around in the nearby mountains and forests.
; but still found nothing.
When he returned to the scene full of earth and dust, he saw Zhang Wusheng offering him the tea soup and a paper bag of military rations he had brought with him. Jiang Tian was also a little hungry and thirsty, so he took a few sips.
But suddenly his heart moved and he poured the remaining tea soup on the ground.
Then he asked for several more leather water bags and poured them on several bottoms one by one. After carefully observing the flow direction and leakage level in the highlands, he suddenly pointed at the bottom of a slope and shouted: "Dig down, I'll
Don’t stop until you say stop.”
So, after a few pickaxes gathered in private and dug hard for more than a dozen times, a large section of the slope was lost out of thin air. Suddenly, there was a muffled "crack" sound of something cracking. Then,
After the floating soil covering the surface was removed, the edge of a deformed copper vat was immediately revealed.
And as the copper cylinder with a diameter of half an hour and a half, together with the slightly deformed and cracked top cover, reappeared in the light of day, Jiang Tian's field of vision also suddenly flashed multiple prompts: "A very small amount of biological radiation (activity gain) detected" and "Small amount of biological radiation detected".
Bioradiation (Activity Gain)”…
Then, as everyone quickly retreated and used the lead-tin clad copper plates they brought to block a small isolation area, Jiang Tian pulled open the top cover of the purple-red copper cylinder; in an instant, the prompt in his field of vision was
From "trace amount" to "small amount" and "medium amount, continuous radiation."
Then, a carbon crystal-like fragment fell into Jiang Tian's hands. Then it was stuffed into a special cup-shaped container with quick eyes and hands, and was tightly covered. The prompts in the field of vision also suddenly appeared.
Disappeared.
However, the next moment the blockade was opened, Zhang Wusheng and others exclaimed: "Sir, you are here." "It has changed, everything has changed." "It's surprising, it's amazing."
Because at this time, varying degrees of changes had already appeared around Jiang Tian. In the area isolated by the copper plate, all kinds of vines, weeds and flowers on the ground almost grew a little taller than their surrounding counterparts.
And it reveals a unique and extraordinarily green and tender color.
Then, it became visible to the naked eye withered and turned white. From this, Jiang Tian also suddenly had a suspicion. The small clay pot before was just a container; it was just the derivatives produced after the ingredients inside were catalyzed by biological radiation.
The origin of this special healing/proliferative effect.
As for those groups of alien beasts, they were attracted by the leakage reaction of this derivative and came to build nests. However, after being strangled by Jinwuwei's children, the nests were burned and the earth and rocks on the mountain walls peeled off, which inadvertently covered up the leakage to the outside world.
The radiation effect was ignored.
At this time, Lin Jiulang on the ridge also sounded the alarm. Jiang Tian couldn't help but turn around and look down, but he didn't see any danger coming, but another army in uniform, marching quickly towards Yulin Temple.
Apparently, Bianzhou local authorities also received corresponding news.