When the village chief turned around and saw Zhu Qingyang standing behind him, a curious look and the team members behind him, a look of astonishment suddenly appeared on his face, as if he had seen a ghost.
"I clearly watched you go out to sea, how could you be here?" the village chief said in disbelief.
After all, they are just a small broken fishing boat, how could the team members last for so long?
Almost all those involved in the search have no hope, and the chance of surviving in such a storm is almost zero.
However, now, the team members were standing in front of them intact. The village chief rubbed his eyes, wondering if he had read it wrong.
Zhu Qingyang waved his hand indifferently: "Village Chief, this little storm is nothing to us. But what are you looking for in the heavy rain?"
The village chief sighed with a bitter face: "Of course I'm worried about you. You didn't care about dissuasion and went out to sea with such a big storm. If something really happened, I would be unable to sleep or eat in my life. I quickly found someone to contact the nearby garrison, but I couldn't see the fishing boats. Everyone thought you couldn't come back..."
At this time, the captain who rushed over to hear the news looked at them in confusion, obviously confused by their sudden appearance: "You are the 788 exploration team? How did you do it? Can you come back safely when you go out to sea in such a big storm?"
Han Feng saluted the captain and said, "Thank you all, don't worry, we are just conducting a routine investigation..."
The captain's eyes were full of shock. He really couldn't figure out how these people dared to brave such a big storm and go out to sea, and could still stand here as if nothing had happened.
Zhu Qingyang pulled the village chief aside at this time and whispered: "Village Chief, we want to ask you some things. Now it's okay, let them all go back."
The village chief nodded confusedly and dismissed all the villagers as Zhu Qingyang said.
Seeing that the 788 exploration team was fine, the captain was confused, but he decided to withdraw the team first and report the matter to his superiors before making plans.
After everyone left, the team members followed the village chief back to the simple wooden house.
The team members were wet. The village chief saw it and quickly lit the bonfire.
But when he turned around, he was surprised to find that the team members had become very dry, and even their wet hair was not even a bit of water.
"This..." The village chief was incredible. Zhu Qingyang also happened to put the remaining talisman back into the treasure chest at this time.
"Village Chief, we want to know if there were any legends or stories in this generation a long time ago?" Han Feng asked suddenly.
The village chief was stunned, then shook his head: "I am the village chief here. I have lived here for many years and have never heard of any legend."
But people noticed that when the village chief said this, a strange light flashed in his eyes.
Zhu Qingyang understood it and immediately looked at the village chief and said, "Village Chief, I hope you don't hide anything. If we didn't find anything, we wouldn't ask this question. Do you really know nothing? Where was this place before?"
The village chief looked at Zhu Qingyang in surprise, and then looked at the other team members. This reaction made the team members more sure that the village chief must have hidden some secrets, but he just didn't want to say more.
"We have reason to suspect that this earthquake and the storm that is forming are not natural phenomena. So whether you say it or not, our investigation will continue. But once we cannot find the cause and resolve it before the storm is fully formed, you should be very clear about how much destruction this storm will bring..." Han Feng said word by word.
"Because of the earthquake, many people are no longer homeless and can only curl up in temporary tents. The emergence of this storm will add greater risks and burdens to the already difficult rescue operations. Data from military rescues in recent days show that the chances of life being rescued in the ruins have been minimized. If this continues, how many people will die in this disaster?"
Han Feng's words made the village chief feel extremely heavy. At this moment, the village chief seemed to have shouldered countless lives on his shoulders. Whether these lives can be saved depends entirely on whether he is willing to tell the truth.
The village chief slowly stood up and walked towards the inner room without a sound.
At this time, Yang Xueli found an opportunity and asked in a low voice: "How do you make sure that this village chief must know something?"
Han Fengliang took the compass in his hand and said thoughtfully: "After coming up from the sea, we rely on the compass to determine the location of the village. When we found it all the way, I noticed that the architecture of this village is very sophisticated. The house is located on the main Feng Shui acupoints, forming a very ancient Bagua formation diagram.
"If it were in the past, you can still suspect that these houses were seen by our predecessors and passed down from generation to generation. But in this earthquake, most of the houses were destroyed, and the wooden houses we see now were built later. And during the reconstruction process, they still adhered to the Feng Shui method. There must be unusual places in this village..."
Just as the few people were discussing in a low voice, the village chief finally returned. But this time, he was holding a wooden stick wrapped around a strip of flammable materials, and a plastic bag was also placed above the strip.
He looked at the team members and said, "Several, follow me..." As he said that, the village chief opened the door and walked out regardless of the wind and rain outside.
The team members looked at each other, then stood up and followed.
At this time, in a small village, every household closed its doors and windows. Although they also know that such protection measures will not play any role in such a storm. But you can't sit still and wait for death. The more you feel like this desperate situation, the more you have to have naive hope.
The old man was speechless all the way, just led his team members through the villages and walked towards the direction of the mountain.
Han Feng was not idle all the way, explaining the Feng Shui layout here to the team members: "The geographical location of this village is very special, surrounded by three mountains on the south, and the sea and sky on the north..."
"Bordering mountains on three sides and water on the other side, this is a treasure land in Feng Shui. People can have a prosperous fortune when building houses here; if they build graves, their descendants can enjoy their happiness." The village chief said while leading the team members to the mountain, and finally stopped at a hidden cave entrance.
The team members were surprised to see this cave. They passed by here several times before, but they didn't find such a spacious and hidden cave.
After the village chief entered the hole, he first took the plastic bag off the cloth strip and lit the torch. With the fire, he looked at the team members with a serious expression and said:
"What you want to know is in this cave. This is the secret that our village has been guarding for generations. If you know, don't talk about it."
Han Feng heard the village chief say this and knew that this matter must be important, so he nodded and agreed:
"Village Chief, don't worry. We only know about this, and the report will only be handed over to the chief, and no one else will know about it."
After hearing this, the village chief felt a little relieved. He nodded and said nothing more, and then led the team members to the depths of the cave.
The cave is very clean, without any dust, completely different from the dilapidated appearance outside. The team members became more and more curious as they walked, what secrets were hidden in it that made the villagers care so much.
After walking for a long time, my eyes suddenly became wide and a spacious cave several meters high appeared, with vines growing inside.
The village chief stopped, turned around and looked at the team members and said:
"If there was no way, I really didn't want to bring you here. This place is a treasure land of our village. After so many years, no outsiders have ever come in."
As he said that, the village chief walked to the vine and pulled down the vine, revealing the mural on the stone wall.
The murals look very old, but the team members recognize them at a glance, and they paint the strange buildings they saw on the bottom of the sea. What surprised the team members even more was that there were dragons in these buildings...
Just as Zhu Qingyang was about to speak, the village chief looked over in surprise:
"What have you seen?"
Zhu Qingyang realized that he had been talking, so he quickly shook his head and pointed to the mural to change the topic:
"Village Chief, who painted this mural? What is it drawn on it?"
The village chief looked at the mural and felt a little more melancholy in his eyes:
"I don't know who painted the mural. When I first met, my father brought me here, and he was the village chief at that time.
My dad told me that a long time ago, there was a dragon life in this place. With their hard and huge bodies and infinite power, they have opened up a place suitable for dragons to survive. ”
The village chief spoke while pointing at the contents on the mural for the team members to show them. The team members can also see that there are indeed dragons passing through the mountains.
Then, the village chief walked to another mural, pointed to the picture and said:
"At that time, people who lived here would worship these dragons every year. The legend of dragons began to spread here."
The team members saw the murals depicting scenes of ancient people worshiping. Those ancient people raised their hands and knelt on the ground, as if praying for peace.
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"Later, for some reason, all these dragons disappeared overnight..." The village chief suddenly became heavy when he said this.
There are also several real dragons on the murals that climb up the clouds and disappear between heaven and earth.
The team members frowned, with a puzzled look on their faces, a little difficult to understand.
The village chief sighed deeply, then looked at the team members and said with complicated eyes:
"It wasn't me deliberately concealing it. It's just a legend, a ritual handed down from generation to generation. Every year on specific days, we will worship the Dragon Prince here.
But the murals and the stories my father told during his lifetime are no longer verified. My dad once told me that the ancestors of our village were the humans closest to dragons.
Therefore, we must be respectful, and to the sea, and to the dragon god..."
After hearing this, the team members finally understood the history of the village.
Although they are very novel about this story, the giant buildings they see on the bottom of the sea seem to prove all this again.
"After the dragon left here, it was no longer sheltered. The sea level rose, flooded a lot of land, and our village became smaller and smaller.
Now you have seen that there are only a dozen people left in the village, and this village may not be gone in the future.
So I tell you the story that this village has been guarding, which is also a kind of inheritance..."
The village chief said as he walked away reluctantly, staring at the mural.
Han Feng looked at the village chief's back, lowered his voice, frowned and said:
"It seems that something unknown happened in this place a long time ago.
The huge buildings on the seabed are quite similar to the contents on the murals, as if they are proving that there really were dragons living here before. ”
"But what does this matter have to do with our current investigation? There has been no real dragon in the world for a hundred years. Isn't this the law of heaven?" Zhu Qingyang was obviously a little confused.
At this time, Pan Zi reminded: "Don't forget, the village chief said before that one day in the middle of the night, he saw white fog on the sea surface, and huge figures in the fog, like dragons.
Then the next day, a major earthquake of magnitude 7 or above occurred, which is the focus of our investigation..."
After hearing this, Yang Xueli nodded solemnly:
"Yes, there is also the strange black shadow that everyone sees in the vortex.
There must be something hidden in the sea, which is directly related to the earthquake and the storm. ”
Han Feng looked at the mural, thought for a while, then nodded and said:
"You said that black shadow really will be like the village chief said, is it a dragon?"
After hearing this, the other team members looked at each other, and no one could say it.
The concept of dragon has its shadow everywhere in the five thousand years of history of China.
But it has never been confirmed.
But the emergence of this village seemed to break the deadlock.
Captain Li Ming stood in the center of the village, looking around the ancient and mysterious buildings, frowned.
He turned around and said to Xiao Zhang, a team member beside him, "Look at these buildings, as well as the murals passed down from generation to generation in the cave, and the giant buildings found under the sea, to some extent, these seem to match. This village may be the clue we have been looking for for a long time."
Xiao Zhang nodded, but a trace of worry flashed in his eyes: "Captain, these are indeed very consistent, but we are in a hurry now. There is less than half an hour left, so we have to find the most critical information quickly."
Li Ming took a deep breath and his eyes were firm: "I know that time is our biggest enemy. But since we have reached this point, we cannot give up easily. Let's take action separately. You and Xiao Wang go there to investigate the ancient temple. Xiao Li and I go here to study these murals. After half an hour, no matter what we find, we will meet at the entrance of the village."
Xiao Zhang saluted, turned around and walked quickly towards the temple with Xiao Wang. Li Mingze and Xiao Li walked towards the cave, and their flashlights drew light tracks in the dim environment.
In the cave, Li Ming carefully looked at every detail on the mural, trying to find clues related to the undersea building.
Xiao Li recorded the symbols and patterns on the murals aside, and his voice echoed in the cave: "Captain, these symbols look very similar to what we found on the seabed, but they are a little different. What do you think this means?"
Li Ming pondered for a moment, then slowly spoke: "Maybe it is some kind of exchange or inheritance between different civilizations. These murals are old, and the undersea buildings are even more unfathomable. What we need to do now is to find the connection between them and uncover this mystery." (End of this chapter)