Sure enough, when we all stood still and stopped, there were still subtle footsteps reaching our ears, and they came from within our team.
Everyone was shocked and frightened, and quickly looked around us, but the eight of us stood at the place where we were standing, and no one moved a step. What is going on? Is there a ghost among our team? Or is it an invisible ghost?
Just when we were all doubtful and frightened, the footsteps suddenly stopped. The whole city seemed to have returned to deathly silence.
After a while, Jiao Yiming said calmly: "It's gone!"
Pang Xiaotai, sweating profusely, asked strangely: "Brother Jiao, who did you say left? What's going on with these footsteps?"
Jiao Yiming said: "When we walked out of the yin house, I felt something was wrong. It seemed that something was peeping at us, so I concentrated on sensing the surroundings. As we walked, I heard from the footsteps
I seemed to hear a slight difference, and something sneaked into our team. So I signaled everyone to stop, and sure enough, the footsteps were not made by any of us. I don’t know what that thing was, but one thing, I feel now
If you can’t find it anymore, it must have left.”
As soon as Jiao Yiming finished speaking, Taoist Master Zengfan asked me: "Yunlong, why didn't you feel your precognition this time?"
My heart skipped a beat and I quickly said: "I don't know, maybe my mind was thinking about other things at the time." In fact, I knew in my heart that I was really thinking about why this mission was coming. I even doubted Zengfan Dao.
The commanders, including Fei Yifan and Instructor Shui, seemed to be hiding something from us soldiers.
Taoist Master Zengfan heard my answer and said nothing more.
Instructor Shui looked at me with a strange look, then turned his head and said: "Everyone, keep moving forward. Instructor Mu said that the road ahead is long, and there are many unimaginable things waiting for us. Everyone should be vigilant.
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So, we continued to walk forward. I sighed in my heart, it seems that many of my doubts will not be solved until the time comes.
After experiencing the strange incident just now, everyone was on heightened alert, and I also focused my mental attention. After all, the immediate thing is important.
After walking forward for about ten minutes, there was a crossroads ahead, and a strange tall green stone statue stood in the center of the crossroads.
Everyone raised their flashlights to shine, and the stone statue emitted a faint blue light under the light. They didn't know what kind of bluestone the stone statue was made of. When the flashlights focused on its whole body, everyone discovered that the stone statue turned out to be...
It is the costume of a Taoist priest, and we are standing behind this Taoist priest.
Everyone turned around the stone statue and walked in front of it. They saw that the stone statue was about two meters high, holding a whisk, wearing a Taoist crown on its head, and a sword slanted on its back. The stone statue had a strange face and lowered eyes.
, with a long beard under his chin, he looks lifelike and somewhat immortal.
The little clerk whispered: "Who is this Taoist priest?"
Everyone was silent, because there have been so many famous Taoists since ancient times, who would know who carved this stone statue. Only Taoist Master Zengfan seemed to be more interested in this stone statue of a Taoist priest. She circled around the stone statue and observed it carefully.
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After a while, she nodded and walked up to us and said: "Let's assume that this city is as Yun Long said, and the blue stone city is the "Chongshui City" in the Nine Heavens City, then the Taoist stone statue should be carved by Li Qitong.
According to legend, this man was dressed in a green robe, had a strange face, and was seven feet one inch tall, which is two meters and a half. From this, it seems that this stone statue is Li Qitong."
Everyone suddenly realized that it seemed that the legendary Nine Heavens City and Li Qitong really existed in the long river of history.
At this time, the little clerk said: "Now we are at a crossroads, where should we go?"
Instructor Shui said: "Uncle Master, Senior Fei, it's up to you two seniors to make the decision."
Fei Fan said in a weak tone at this time: "It goes without saying that in ancient times, the city faced south because the emperor sat north, and the main city gates were all on the north. Judging from the current position, we went all the way north to the center of the city.
It should be the central palace of the city, and further north is the main city gate."
Then, he pointed at the stone statue and said: "Judging from the direction in which the Taoist priest stands, the side he faces is north."
Instructor Shui said: "Now that we have determined the direction, let's head north." After that, he waved for everyone to continue marching.
At this time, Xiaowen suddenly said: "Instructor Shui, where are we going? What are we looking for? I feel like a lost lamb along the way. I don't know where we are going and what we are going to do. Also, the mission
It says that a group of foreign thieves have sneaked into underground caves, why haven't we actually encountered them yet?"
His sudden question was exactly the doubt in my heart. I looked at the somewhat astonished instructor Shui coldly, hoping in my heart that she could really give us an answer that would put our minds at ease.
Instructor Shui was shocked at first, then pondered for a moment and said: "To be honest, I don't know where our destination is or what we are looking for for this mission."
The little clerk seemed to have been holding it in his mind for a long time. He continued to ask: "Then what is the purpose of our aimless march now?"
Pang Xiaotai also interjected at this time: "Yes, I feel confused now. I don't know where we are going or what we are doing."
Instructor Shui lowered his head and remained silent. At this time, Taoist Master Zengfan, who had been standing next to him, said: "I have been appointed as the commander of this operation. I will answer everyone's questions. Your Instructor Shui is actually
I believe she is also full of doubts, but she cannot raise questions like you soldiers. She actually does not know the focus of this mission."
She pondered for a moment and then continued with a low sigh: "The emergence of a strange cave in Tengchong is a trigger for the entire mission, but it is not an important entry point for us to carry out the mission. Everyone still remembers the missing people in Tengchong.
The wizard leader "Suni" actually did not disappear, but entered a secret scientific research organization in the country. The scientific researchers learned a shocking secret about the ancient Nanzhao country from him. After being shocked, what happened was that the Americans entered
Regarding the cave matter, the superiors felt that the situation was urgent, and in a hurry, they immediately ordered us to form a team to enter the cave, to stop the American conspiracy at all costs, and to unlock this shocking secret about the ancient country of Nanzhao. And this is us.
The real mission.”
Seeing Master Zengfan stop talking, the little clerk immediately asked, "Then what is this shocking secret?"
Master Zengfan was silent for a while and finally said: "This secret is the City of Nine Heavens. The information obtained by state secret scientific researchers from the brain waves of "Suni" shows that the founder of the ancient Nanzhao Kingdom, Xinuluo, is not a human being.
, but came out of the underground City of Nine Heavens. In other words, the ancient Nanzhao Kingdom was established by underground people."
"What?" Everyone was shocked when they heard Taoist Master Zengfan tell this shocking secret. The founding emperor of Nanzhao turned out to be an underground man! This is simply too absurd and weird!
There was a strange expression on Taoist Master Zengfan's face, and she continued: "According to the "Suni" brain waves, this Nine Heavens City was actually built by an unknown underground humanoid race with high intelligence. They later
I don’t know what happened, and the race gradually disappeared, so he sent Shinuluo to the surface, hoping to establish an above-ground kingdom of his own race. This was the founding of the Nanzhao Kingdom later."
All of us were speechless in astonishment during Taoist Zengfan's narration. Taoist Zengfan sighed and said: "I know, this is unbelievable, but it is the fact. You can learn about the customs of the people of Nanzhao.
And their beliefs, the gods and totems they believe in, these are all a bit weird."
At this time, Fei Fan sighed next to him: "This world is so big and full of wonders. It turns out that legends are not necessarily legends, and myths are not necessarily myths. It is just human beings' ignorance."
Taoist Master Zengfan continued: "I believe that the original wizard leaders of Nanzhao Kingdom and most of the important officials in the court should be people of the underground humanoid race. At present, we have roughly obtained these through the brain waves of the current "Suni"
Information, it is estimated that due to the passage of time and intermarriage between races, the original information in the minds of each generation of "Suni" has become less and less. If we want to truly uncover the ancient secrets, we must unearth them bit by bit.
.Finally, I would like to tell you an important piece of information. In the City of Nine Heavens, there is a sacred object that is as important as the underground race. It should be the ultimate goal of our mission."
At this time, I threw out the doubts in my heart and asked: "Then since the Nanzhao Kingdom was established by the underground race, Taoist Master, you also said that this underground race has extremely high IQ, then why did the Nanzhao Kingdom
What about destruction? Also, who are Yang Sicheng and Li Qitong? Are there still living humanoids in the Nine Heavens City now? How to explain those human-skinned wooden people and metal people in the Golden City?"
Taoist Master Zengfan smiled bitterly and shook his head and said: "I have thought about these questions, but I can't explain them."
Fei Fan suddenly said: "Judging from the Golden City and the ghosts in the Yin Zhai, the current Jiutian City already has traces of human involvement. Let's make a bold assumption: everyone knows that in the history of Nanzhao, Nanzhao Kingdom
The last emperor, Yifadi, was killed by the powerful minister Zheng Maisi, and the country perished. Perhaps this historical record is wrong. Yifadi did not die, but entered the Nine-Heaven City left by his ancestors, and had a great influence on the Nine-Heaven City.
Design changes were made.”
At this time, I felt that my mind was getting more and more confused. I looked around and everyone around me also had confused faces. I said: "There are too many mysteries now. I don't think we can solve these many mysteries no matter how much we guess. The only way to solve the problem is
Maybe you can understand it only by experiencing it yourself.”
Everyone nodded in agreement. Then Taoist Master Zengfan said: "Everyone, keep moving forward. No matter where the goal is, now we can only take one step at a time."
So, we all passed the intersection and walked north.