Between mountains and seas

Chapter 127 Everyone Has Their Own Perseverance

Shao Jingxing and Huo Qing never expected that Chongming would draw Yuan Fei's attention back to the world of mountains and seas in order to keep his nonsense.At this moment, the two of them are still trying to hide the matter of the eggs.

After leaving the world of mountains and seas, the two of them realized that half a month had passed outside.Yang Shuming was so squeezed that he was almost untenable, he was overjoyed to see them finally come back safely, and was about to take this opportunity to accuse Gu Sheng of making a fuss over a molehill, but was suppressed by the materials brought back by Shao Jingxing and Huo Qing.

"Ao Zuzhu's records have existed since ancient times, but this is the first time I've found them in these years." Qi Tongmin presided over the meeting himself, without letting Yang Shuming interfere at all, and first emphasized the importance of the materials brought back by Shao Jingxing and Huo Qing Finally, I did not forget to add a sentence, "Fortunately, Xiao Huo and Xiao Shao came back safely, otherwise we may never be able to see such precious information."

Yang Shuming's face was ashen, but he had nothing to say.Zhang Sheng went to the Great Desolation Mountain to see it himself. The place was really blazing wildfire and freezing cold for a while. From a distance, a pile of black ashes can be seen, which is exactly the burnt Aozu pillar.The ashes were frozen in the cold of the moon, and the outline of the toes could still be vaguely seen.

Zhang Sheng didn't dare to turn over the ashes again. No one knew how long this lukewarm period was. What if he was turning over the ashes and the moon set again?At that time, I will not be able to run.To be honest, Shao Jingxing and Huo Qing were lucky enough to survive.

However, in this way, it became a mystery why the Aozuzhu was preserved so well. Of course, Shao Jingxing and Huo Qing never mentioned the five-color moth, so the others naturally had no way of knowing.Yang Shuming questioned the rubbing materials brought back by the two of them, but the oracle bone inscriptions are not alien writing, and there are intensive researchers in the special affairs department, who quickly translated them.

"This is a list." Qi Tongmin projected the translated content on the screen.

In fact, the content of the text itself is very simple, the general idea is one sentence: Gonggong destroyed Buzhou Mountain, causing a great flood, and Nuwa smelted five-color stones to mend the sky, and sacrificed the Gonggong family.

Below that is the name of the sacrificer of the Gonggong clan, and the patterned decorations are not characters, but a talisman array. According to the analysis of the logistics department, it mainly plays the role of strengthening the Aozu pillar.

After discussing with Huo Qing, Shao Jingxing and Huo Qing took out this information without changing a single word. As they expected, Nu Wa mentioned refining five-color stones, but did not explain how to refine them.

"What does it mean to sacrifice the Gonggong clan?" Sure enough, someone raised a question below.

"Actually, it's execution." Someone replied immediately, "After all, it was the Gonggong clan who broke the barrier. Not executing them is not enough to deter future generations. It's a sacrifice, but it's just a little bit nicer."

"But the execution of the prisoner still leaves the name?"

"Nailed on the pillar of shame?" The speaker himself was not quite sure.It seems a bit too ruthless to write down the name even after death. It doesn't quite fit the image of Nuwa.

Shao Jingxing glanced at Huo Qing a little impatiently.Of course he understood that these names were not left because these Gonggong people were criminals, but because they catalyzed the chrysalis with life and supernatural powers to maintain the new talisman array.Maybe they are making atonement, but at the same time it is also a kind of sacrifice. Nu Wa engraved their names on the Aozu pillar, which actually recognized their sacrifice.

"I think the sacrifice of the Gonggong clan should be related to the method of refining the five-color stone." Su Zheng said suddenly, "Could it be that the function of this talisman array has not been fully discovered yet?"

Shao Jingxing immediately felt even more impatient.I know someone will still consider this issue.Fortunately, the pole and the bones and insect egg shells inside were all burned to ashes, otherwise the special affairs department might send someone into the pillar to look again, and it would be impossible to hide it.

Huo Qing stretched out his hand under the table and squeezed Shao Jingxing's hand, signaling him to calm down.It's not surprising that some people think about this issue. It is necessary to raise it to scare the snake away.

But he has already observed around, and it seems that no one has any unusual behavior, including Gu Sheng.

After seeing Huang Yu, Huo Qing knew that Gu Sheng had a tough fight with Yang Shuming because of the disappearance of the two of them.This made him feel even more conflicted—is Gu Sheng really the one holding the eggs?

"We have already researched it. The main ability of this talisman is to block and strengthen it." A middle-aged woman next to Deputy Section Chief Yan said seriously, "Although I can't say that I have fully understood it, this talisman should be related to refining five-color stones." Nothing to do."

"But if it doesn't matter—" Su Zheng frowned, "Why did Nuwa break off the Ao to stand up to the four poles?"

According to legend, this is to prop up the sky and prevent it from falling, but the people in the special affairs department naturally know that it has nothing to do with the sky.And if Aozuzhu is a morgue, then no matter how you think about it, there is no need for it to exist.Therefore, the Aozu pillar must be useful, and this usefulness lies in this "using it as a sacrifice".

"What do you two think?" Qi Tongmin asked Huo Qing and Shao Jingxing noncommittal about the following debate.After all, the two of them saw the intact Ao Zu Zhu with their own eyes.

Huo Qing shook his head: "Time is tight, we only have time to rubbing the text outside, and we don't have time to climb up to read it."

Shao Jingxing cooperatively made an expression of lingering fear: "Huo Qing originally wanted to go up first, but luckily..."

Huang Yu immediately showed a concerned expression.He saw with his own eyes the scorpion pillars that were burnt to ashes and frozen into ice, and the gray wilderness where almost no grass grew: "If you are still on the scorpion pillars when the sun sets, it will be over... ..."

Yang Shuming had been sitting silently, and then he suddenly said: "The mountain of the Great Desolation has always been where the sun and the moon enter. Why was the Aozuzhu all right before? After you have seen it, the Aozuzhu will be burned to ashes." gone?"

This problem has long been expected by Huo Qing and Shao Jingxing. Huo Qing didn't respond at all, and Shao Jingxing smiled playfully: "This is really a problem. Maybe we accidentally ruined the defensive measures outside the Aozuzhu? After all, at that time The situation is urgent at sea, Huo Qing tried his best to slash with his sword, maybe he broke the protective talisman or something."

Yang Shuming choked on his back.If Huo Qing could smash the protective cover of the Aozu Zhu with a single sword strike at sea, then this ability is really one of the best in the special affairs department, and he must be a strong supernatural person who relies heavily on the top.If it wasn't—whether the Ao Zuzhu was broken or not, it would be even more impossible to find them.

Moreover, Shao Jingxing spoke so frankly that he didn't even bother to shirk his responsibility, what would he look like if he held onto it again?Yang Shuming is still self-aware. He is now in the special affairs department, and he is completely disgusting. It's better not to find faults.

In addition, Yang Shuming actually couldn't think of any reason for Huo Qing and Shao Jingxing to destroy the Ao Zuzhu.The rune rubbings that the two of them brought back have been proven to be complete. Such an important thing is complete, so what's the use of destroying the Aozuzhu?

Of course, Yang Shuming never imagined what it looked like inside the Aozuzhu.But from a certain point of view, he guessed right, Ao Zuzhu was not destroyed by Huo Qing and Shao Jingxing, they just hid something.

Yang Shuming's questioning really aroused dissatisfaction, and a middle-aged man in the action group said in a low voice: "It takes too long, and the barriers will become loose and damaged, and the protection of the Aozuzhu will of course fail, maybe because of the failure, Only the two of you can enter the Great Desolation Mountain."

This explanation is also very reasonable, and immediately attracted a lot of echoes: "That's right."

"If Xiao Huo and Xiao Shao hadn't happened to meet each other, the one day's foot pillar would have disappeared. I'm afraid we would never know that there was such a thing."

Yang Shuming was even more depressed.But he couldn't refute it, because it was indeed a possibility.Although he felt that the people from the special affairs department were especially targeting him, there was nothing he could do.

Qi Tongmin glanced at Yang Shuming with a half-smile, knocked on the table, and diverted everyone's attention: "Although the Aozuzhu in the Great Desolation Mountain has been burned, there are probably other Aozuzhus in existence." , based on the information of the Great Wilderness Mountain, we may be able to try to deduce the location of the other three Aozu pillars. If we can find the three Aozu pillars, maybe we can unlock all the secrets, and even find the place that Nuwa set up. Talisman."

As soon as this was said, no one would bother Yang Shuming anymore. Finding the talisman means that the barrier can be repaired. Who cares what Yang Shuming said? Find out the talisman before someone else , Completely separate the two worlds, this is the most important.

Of course, the position of the other three pillars cannot be accurately deduced based on the position of only one pillar, but at least there are clues.The logistics department has drawn up a rough range, and is trying to narrow it down a bit so that the operations team can investigate.

However, everyone does not have much hope for this task at present, because according to the experience of Huo Qing and his party in the world of mountains and seas, it can be proved that the known "world of mountains and seas" is probably not the actual "world of mountains and seas". It's exactly the same, and the deduction of the logistics department is based on the known map, so it is very likely that the place to find is not the actual "four poles".It can be said that the operation team's search this time may find nothing. The most important thing is to provide more data so that the logistics side can "correct" the coordinates.

Coming out of the conference room, Yang Shuming went straight down the stairs without saying a word.

The grouping arrangement this time was entirely decided by Qi Tongmin and Gu Sheng, and his opinion was not sought at all.Although Huo Qing and Shao Jingxing returned safely in the end, Yang Shuming knew in his heart that he had offended all the people in the special affairs department, and maybe some people were a little jealous of their status as the "supervisory team" before or made friends with them meaning, but now...they don't even care about face.

"Brother Yang——" Zhang Sheng is Yang Shuming's hardcore, of course he is still following him at this time, but he doesn't know what to say, so he held back for a long time before saying, "If you didn't say that just now..."

He had personally been to the Great Desolation Mountain, and he caught up with a monthly income. Even though he had already run out of the Great Desolation Mountain, he could still feel the cold current chasing after him, as if he would be frozen into an ice sculpture if he took a step slower.The monthly income is like this, and the situation of the daily income can be imagined. It is not difficult to burn a scorpion pillar.

Moreover, if the Aozuzhu was arranged by Nuwa, this arrangement can make the Aozuzhu stand for hundreds of thousands of years in such a double sky of ice and fire. can destroy this arrangement.So what Yang Shuming said just now—even Zhang Sheng felt that he was a bit of a villain.

"Only Huo Qing, actually..." Of course Zhang Sheng didn't like Huo Qing very much, but he had to admit that Huo Qing didn't seem like someone who would plot schemes at all.Especially for such a big matter as Ao Zuzhu, their Nuwa faction needs to rely on this news if they want to restore the enchantment. If Huo Qing conceals it, what good will it do?

Yang Shuming's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot: "You mean I have a villainous heart?"

"That's not what I meant—" Zhang Sheng explained in vain.

"Okay." Yang Shuming suppressed his anger with all his strength, "No matter what, we have to find the remaining three poles as soon as possible." It would be best if we could get ahead of the people in the special affairs department.

"I know that." Of course, Zhang Sheng was also assigned to the action group this time. There were two members of the second group and one member of the supervision group in the same group. They were divided in half, so it should be more convenient in terms of action.

Just as Yang Shuming felt that the tone in his heart was a little smoother, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Zhuang Juan leading a member of the supervision team walking behind talking and laughing with two team members, and suddenly the tone was blocked again. up.

He was so embarrassed this time, but Zhuang Juan took the opportunity to get along with the special affairs department. Even this operation was arranged with a group of members—the special affairs department, and the average age of a group of members was the oldest , and the most experienced.You may not be able to see it through routine actions, but now that there are frequent anomalies in the world of mountains and seas, a little experience may determine success or failure.

This was intentionally arranged by Qi Tongmin and Gu Sheng.Yang Shuming knew it in his heart.He was not arranged for this operation at all. According to Qi Tongmin, he is the leader of the supervision team, and the special affairs department has no right to arrange him.Then they separated Zhang Sheng and others, mixed with the members of the second group led by Qi Tongmin, but arranged Zhuang Juan's group with the first group, and gave him a severe disadvantage for being dumb.

Of course, Yang Shuming can also choose a group to participate in. In fact, he did secretly mentioned that he wanted to join the group that Huo Qing and Shao Jingxing belonged to. However, Gu Sheng's answer was: Huo Qing and Shao Jingxing made this frequency breakthrough. The space is full of fatigue and injuries. The logistics team needs to check whether their bodies have been affected in any way, so no further actions will be arranged for the time being.

This was like a slap on Yang Shuming's face, and it made a loud slap.No matter how thick-skinned Yang Shuming is, he can't bear it anymore, so now he has no members who act together, so he can either go it alone or join another group, and then he has to be led by others.

This breath made Yang Shuming's chest tight, and his breathing was a bit difficult.After a brief exchange with Zhang Sheng, he left the headquarters of the Special Affairs Department and entered the subway station.When he calmed down a little, he had already entered a community.

The location of this community is not bad, but the house is a bit old, it doesn't look clean enough, it looks a bit shabby.

Yang Shuming stood under a tree and looked up.From here he could see a third-floor balcony of a house where a middle-aged woman was drying some clothes.

The middle-aged woman is about forty years old, with good facial features, and she can still see the beauty of her youth, but the deep vertical lines in the middle of her eyebrows make her look old, and the hair on the temples has obvious silver threads. It can be seen very clearly in sunlight.

Yang Shuming stood there watching silently.From his angle, he could only see half of the balcony, but he didn't need to look to know that in the room behind the balcony, there was a portrait on the cabinet. Now the sunlight must have passed through the glass of the balcony and shone on the portrait, illuminating it. people inside.

That was He Feng, the former backbone of the Gonggong faction, but he passed away suddenly when he was about to reach the peak of his career, and now his family can only move to this old community...

In fact, in terms of housing prices in the capital, even this community is not affordable for everyone. After all, no matter how old the houses are within the third ring road, they are quite impressive.But for Yang Shuming, the place he used to call home is completely different from the small two-bedroom house he is now. Compared with He Feng's family, he can't accept this fact even more.

He Feng's wife didn't notice Yang Shuming under the tree. She turned around and entered the house after drying the clothes. Yang Shuming vaguely heard her shouting something loudly, as if to stop the child from touching something.

Yang Shuming remembered very clearly that she would never speak so loudly in the past, she always used a gentle voice, with a little smile, and said in a low voice that she could not do this or that.Whether it's her own child or the orphan He Feng brought back from outside.Especially when she had a nanny later, she wouldn't shout anything.

He Feng's death, Yang Shuming has been unable to accept the hospital's diagnosis.It was too sudden. Although He Feng is not a supernatural person, he was born in the military and has never stopped exercising daily. How could he suddenly have a heart attack?

Although the hospital's explanation is that heart problems are always hidden, it is difficult to detect when there is no disease, and the electrocardiogram of the health checkup is likely to have no abnormal reaction, which is very common.But Yang Shuming still refused to believe it.

However, he seems to be the only one who insists on not believing.In other words, there may be others who don't believe in this conclusion, but they don't want to get to the bottom of it.After all, He Feng's sudden fall brought about opportunities for others. It is more important to seize the opportunity and make another step than to investigate the cause of a dead person's death.

But Yang Shuming never gave up.He firmly believed that he couldn't find out the reason because his position was too low to get access to more core news.That's why he has to go up. The higher he goes, the more things he can do.

It's just that he didn't expect that he seized the opportunity to finally enter the special affairs department, but was overthrown by Gu Sheng and Qi Tongmin.Looking at their tough attitude during the meeting today, Yang Shuming knew what the attitude of his superiors was—the news brought back by Huo Qing and Shao Jingxing was too shocking, knowing this news was a big breakthrough for both the Nuwa faction and the Gonggong faction , In comparison, his power is far inferior, of course he can give up, just like they gave up He Feng back then!

The room was already quiet, Yang Shuming looked up for a while, and finally turned around and walked out of the community slowly.But as soon as he stepped out of the gate of the community, a short message came on his mobile phone. It was an unfamiliar number with only a few digits, but it made his back tense suddenly—do you want to know how He Feng died?