Endless route

Chapter 281 51. Jianxian Division sends troops to suppress bandits

Zheng Yun sat next to the break in the city wall. It took him a long time to reply to everyone's messages. Then he stood up, picked up his backpack, and returned to the archaeological camp alone.

He looked down at the time.

He quickened his pace.

The ancient city of Nanze has a special environment, with a small temperature difference between day and night. During the window period, the temperature is around 30 degrees throughout the day, but there is a kind of foggy weather every evening and early morning.

Because the ruins of the ancient city are still along the coast, the climate here is extremely complex. The miasma is manifested in extremely dense white fog and extremely high humidity, which will affect the use of electronic equipment.

Zheng Yun returned along the way he came, walking in the rain forest with a hiking pole and watching the extremely thick fog rising.

The sun was setting in the west and the light was dim.

There was no wind in the rain forest or on the sea, but the temperature in the rain forest still remained at 30 degrees. As a result, the water vapor evaporated from the entire swamp could not escape and was piled up inside the rain forest.

Zheng Yun shuttled through the rainforest. Not long after, the rainforest was filled with mist. The visible distance was no more than one meter, and the surface of the diving suit was covered with water vapor condensation.

He raised his arm and waved it in mid-air.

The water fell down like a bath.

This phenomenon will last for a long time. Before evening, most explorers who do not plan to spend the night in the ruins will leave, including professional archaeological teams such as Gubo.

Professor Zhang and others have also returned.

In this environment, everyone must be very focused and use searchlights to see the path under their feet to avoid accidentally falling into the swamp or being suddenly attacked by swamp creatures.

Zheng Yun is alone.

But in the thick mist in front of us and behind us, there are searchlights of explorers, vaguely shining through the mist. If we follow them, the probability of something going wrong is not very high.

After a while, Zheng Yun followed a group of Western explorers back to the place where they parked their off-road vehicles.

Take out the key and open the door.

After getting in the car, Zheng Yun discovered the problem. The glass of the car was broken and the car was rummaged through. Fortunately, there were no valuables in their car.

Zhang Ergou really made it right.

The security situation in this place is very poor.

Theft often occurs.

Zheng Yun had no other choice but to take out the key to open the door and drive back to the big camp along the dirt road.

Showing his pass at the gate of Dongfang Camp, Zheng Yun successfully returned to the camp and saw Song Wan, Liu Ming and others at the same time.

They were all dressed in rainforest adventure attire, with their trousers and bodies covered in mud. They probably had just gotten out of the car and hadn't even returned to their rooms, so they were waiting for them in the parking lot.

"Brother Zheng, your equipment is professional enough." The thin young man picked up the big bag from the car and moved it to the flatbed truck.

Zheng Yun went over and took a look.

It was actually filled with filled sludge. It must have been extracted from deep underground and brought back to the laboratory for analysis.

"What did you discover today?"

Liu Ming came closer and asked softly.

"Brother Zheng."

Song Wan also came over.

The legs of her waterproof overalls were covered with mud, her rainforest hat was hanging down, and there were a few mud spots on her fair face, which looked like a cat with a painted face. They must have been accidentally smeared on them.

"I made some discoveries, thanks to your hard work."

Zheng Yun scanned the crowd and saw that the others were all rough and tough, but they looked quite pleasing to the eye even though they were covered in mud. Because their skin was dark in color, even a little mud didn't make much difference.

But Song Wan, a fair girl who had not graduated, followed them and rolled around in the mud until her face was covered in mud. She looked a bit dazzling, and she looked pitiful standing timidly.

"Sister Song got really big today. She reached out and caught a snake. Professor Zhang said that this kind of snake is of great research value."

Huzi quickly made a small report.

"Really? Wouldn't that be nice."

Zheng Yun smiled. Wasn't this a meritorious service? However, Song Wan's message did not seem to include this item.

"Um."

Song Wanzheng stared at Huzi with cold eyes. After hearing these words, she smiled and responded softly.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk."

Huzi whispered.

He knew that if he clicked his tongue twice, Song Wan would scold him if he turned around, but he couldn't help but tease her twice.

"Brother Zheng hasn't eaten yet. Let's go back and clean up before going to the cafeteria." Hu Ruihua said with a smile.

"good."

Zheng Yun nodded.

Everyone pulled the trolley to send them away, then returned to the dormitory to wash and change clothes. They were all on the same floor of the dormitory building, and each room was for two people. Then they went to the cafeteria together.

The canteen environment is very good.

It's dinner time now.

The entire hall is filled with members of the archaeological team.

After receiving the dinner plates and putting the rice on the table, Zheng Yun held his own and Song Wan's plates, while Song Wan filled seven or eight bowls of soup for everyone, and carefully walked through the crowd to find an empty table and sit down.

The group of people had just chatted for a few words when Xu Yu suddenly came from behind, patted Zheng Yun on the shoulder and told him something.

Zheng Yun had only eaten a few mouthfuls of rice before he stood up and followed Xu Yu out of the cafeteria to a dark corner outside the cafeteria door.

"Zheng Yun, when you went to rescue people, Zhao Qiufu was at the scene?" Xu Yu asked in a low voice.

"exist."

Zheng Yun was a little confused. It seemed that Zhao Qiufu had some problems that deserved Xu Yu's special visit.

"Zhao Qiufu knew your father. Your father saved him once in a ruins. He will definitely recognize you, but this old fox will never talk about the past."

"Because he was still young and trapped in the death chamber of an ancient desert city. He could only catch scorpions for more than 20 days. If Jiang Jianguo hadn't suddenly appeared, he would have died."

"He is a few years older than Jiang Jianguo. The first time he led a team alone, he got into trouble. He couldn't keep it off his face. Later, he got into some trouble and almost collapsed the entire ancient city."

Xu Yu did not go around in circles this time but went straight to the core. He exposed Zhao Qiufu's background and showed no mercy.

"I see."

Zheng Yun suddenly realized, he said how Zhao Qiufu took care of him in a vague way, it turned out that he had some friendship with his adoptive father.

This makes sense.

When Zhao Qiufu heard that he was from Fu En, he looked at his pass, and combined with the anomalies of Ji Dao and Gui Jiang, he should have guessed that he was from Jianghe Pawn Shop.

I don't know the past events of the previous generation and can't get involved in them, but I still have to remember Zhao Qiufu's favor.

"I don't mean anything else, I just want to tell you, don't let Zhao Qiufu get stuck. This old fox is about to die. It's shameless to ask you for the blueprints."

Xu Yu cursed with a serious expression.

Zheng Yun was slightly startled and remained silent. After knowing Mr. Xu for so long, this was the first time he had seen Xu Yu express his emotions. He probably had some old grudges with Zhao Qiufu.

But the crux of the matter is.

Mr. Xu also asked me for the drawings...

The semantics of his last sentence may be that Zhao Qiufu should not cross regions to ask Fu En's people for drawings.

"You may not know that Zhao Qiufu, an old boy, was also a sea guard for his ancestors... I won't mention these past events. You said you should give Fu En a blueprint and send it to you when you have time."

"Let's go eat first. You are really fast. You slipped into the deepest part of the ancient city without paying attention. You didn't save any face for Zhao Qiufu. Well done."

Xu Yu smiled and patted Zheng Yun on the shoulder.

Zheng Yun nodded politely but did not answer. The story of the older generation was also quite complicated. Zhao Qiufu's ancestor was actually a sea guard, but he led the archaeological team to explore the desert back then.

Moreover, Zhao Qiufu has become Mr. Zhao of Gubo today, with a high status in Gubo, and continues to flourish.

It seems that many of the descendants of the Tritons who were left behind in the world have been incorporated into the official list, or they have simply turned positive and collectively embraced the new era.

Maybe the original Cultural Relics Bureau was founded by that group of people, but some people still didn't join.

Pretty good too.

Zheng Yun thinks it’s okay.

Triton should not all end in tragedy, and future generations should also have a new way out, so that their skills can be passed down and passed on, so as not to lose everything left by their ancestors.

It's really good.

Why can't we have a good life?

And they are no different now than before, they just changed their names, continue to protect cultural relics with the rules of the new era, and even some old habits of the industry have not changed.

On the contrary, people like my adoptive father and myself are trapped in the ruins of Triton, unable to let go or let go...

Jianghe Pawn Shop.

The rivers are the Yangtze River and the Yellow River.

Suffix pawn shop.

It is also a sad irony.

They were in the distant Fuen City, but they never gave up for a moment. The pawn shop was a collector of old objects, and it also housed their batch of old bones from the old era until they perished...

I really can’t let go. There are still people of Yan and Huang descendants in the abandoned land. It has nothing to do with other things. The same blood flows in their bodies. They can’t choose to forget.

Of course, it doesn't mean that Zhao Qiufu and the others have forgotten.

Zheng Yun felt that they might not know about it at all. If they had known about those things, the Cultural Relics Bureau would have driven the aircraft carrier to the end of the Eastern Sea Route and fought against the sea beasts to regain their homeland.

As for whether it can be won.

Zheng Yun is really a bit hard to say.

Modern technology is also so powerful, and it improves linearly, becoming more powerful as time goes by. It only took twenty years from the mechanical watch refined by my adoptive father to the current electronic equipment.

Humans are still awesome.

As long as the development cycle is long enough, it is only a matter of time before it is strangled in the cradle and it dominates the endless route.

So the question should be whether current technology can win, and whether it can at this moment and time.

You’ll have to wait and see for yourself to find out.

If it can, that's easy to say. If not, then Triton will block the world for another few decades. Anyway, it has been blocked for hundreds of years. This is the last duty of the remaining Triton...

…

There is no sea of ​​celestial beings, no boundless cliffs of celestial beings.

Two bright moons hang high in the sky, and the valley is illuminated silvery white by the moonlight. There is a layer of white frost hanging on the branches and leaves of the vegetation, quietly exposed in the moonlight, and it is dripping wet.

Wow.

The fairy gate opens again.

Jidao appeared one after another with Zhang Ergou and others. Everyone was holding long knives and swords in their hands. They stepped out of the clear pool without saying a word and scattered around the fairy gate to observe the surrounding environment.

The cold light of the sword broke through the midnight.

Sharp murderous aura filled the air.

"Stay vigilant and see if anyone is watching on the distant hills." Ji Dao held a backpack in his arms and retreated to a dark corner deep in the pavilion, saying with great vigilance.

"should not."

Zhang Ergou immediately took out his telescope and observed.

The mountains surrounding the valley tower into the clouds, with light and dark overlapping in the interplay of light and shadow. It is as bright as a moonlit sacred mountain, but as dark as a ferocious black shadow.

But modern telescopes are so easy to use.

Just scan around and you can see the tops of the mountains.

"Then I'll open the door. If there's anything unusual, I'll alert you immediately." Ji Dao carefully took out the backpack in his arms, took out the black jade pillow, and slowly placed it at the bottom of the clear pool.

Wow.

The fairy gate opens again.

Ji Dao stepped into the white mist and shuttled back into the secret realm. Only Zhang Ergou and a few ghost generals were left guarding with knives, staring coldly at the surrounding vegetation, not letting go of any movement.

This is the most dangerous time.

If something happens, you may lose your immortal sect.

Although the ghost generals could not speak, they knew the truth and had already lifted their cloaks to reveal the Triton Iron Plaque.

Iron cards and identity cards are different.

There are only three short lines on it:

【Triton forbidden area】

[Anyone who enters by mistake will be shot without mercy]

[Trespassers will be killed]

No matter what comes out of the grass and trees, even if it is just an ordinary small beast, the ghost general will definitely kill it with one strike to prevent the little beast from becoming a trick of the enemy.

Fortunately, the critical moment passed quickly.

Ji Dao stepped out of the Qingchi again, holding a jade lantern in his left hand and an iron chain in his right hand. At the same time, he led out Han Xian and Xian Zhi, followed by a large number of people carrying means.

The little Taoist priest leads the demon dog.

The ghost will carry the ghost figurines.

Taoist priests from Tiangong carry the demon invitation pillar.

The Yin soldiers carried the red sedan with talisman paper.

Many gods and ghosts used their methods to suppress the formation first, directly turning the boundless cliff into a cave for worshiping immortals and deepening the floating city on the sea. In addition, the main island of Tiangong Immortal Island cannot be easily entered by any living creature.

"Master Ji, what about it?"

Zhang Ergou was slightly stunned.

Zhang Ergou had never seen many of the things Jidao put out. He was not involved in the ghost figurines, fairy corpses and red sedan chairs, so he didn't know the route and origin of those things.

But each one looks weirder than the other.

All of them are chilling monster items, and probably all of them are top-notch magic tricks that can suppress the enemy.

"The Immortal Master asked you and I to suppress the bandits alone. If something goes wrong, do you have the nerve to go back alive and report to the Immortal Master?"

Ji Dao only breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.

Many gods and ghosts used their methods to turn the valley into a dead place in an instant and kill all the living creatures in the valley. Even if this place was surrounded by the Mirror Dusi, they were not afraid at all.

"Too."

Zhang Ergou nodded.

"Wait, I will continue to invite you. Although Master Xian asked you to suppress the bandits, he also asked me to supervise the formation. We will finish the matter tonight. Before that, let's go to the county seat first."

Ji Dao said and returned to the secret realm.

This time he went for a longer time, preparing the immortal horses and weapons needed to attack the stronghold, and also prepared the cranes to quickly transfer people and horses, and at the same time went around the Pill Pavilion.

Wait until he comes out again.

He only had a few cranes with him.

There are a few more porcelain bottles in my hand.

"Previously, Master Xian and I arrested the magistrate of a nearby county. In order to prevent them from leaking the information and alerting the enemy, we have to take some countermeasures in advance."

"Fortunately, it has only been a short time since the drastic change in the government office. Everything was in time. Even if the government office sends people to deliver messages on horseback, they still can't outrun the crane. I will ask people to search the mountains for 500 miles to find him."

"These elixirs can ensure that those in the government office cannot leak the news, but the elixirs are inherently poisonous. Forcing people to swallow the elixirs is not something that can be seen in the light."

"Master Immortal doesn't know about this, so let's cut it off first, report it first, do it first, and then talk about it. The responsibility should be shouldered by you and me."

Jidao looked indifferent, threw a porcelain bottle to Zhang Ergou, and then spoke softly of the plan.

"Master Ji, you..."

Zhang Ergou was slightly startled again. He had never seen Jidao with this expression before. In the past, Jidao was always laughing and joking around Master Xian, but he didn't expect that he also had this side.

Accurate start.

The tone was cold.

It has the smell of factory guards in ancient times.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter..."

Ji Dao spoke softly again, but his face suddenly fell at the next sentence. He looked up at Mingyue and let out a long sigh:

"You haven't seen it. Just now Master Xian had this tone and tone, and his expression was so cold and scary. I was just as shocked as you. I really don't know what Master Xian was thinking."

"Er Gou, the Immortal Supervisor is going to change."

"Gone are the relaxed days when you and I were cleaning the floor at the pawn shop. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to meet each other in the future. You'd better prepare as soon as possible."

"Oh, I understand."

Zhang Ergou's expression also gradually changed.

"Although you are guilty of meritorious service, it is also destiny. Some things have developed to this point and are no longer up to you. The Immortal Master has given you an important responsibility, and you must take over it well."

"There are also many things that I can't control. You have had a lot of abnormalities before. I suspect that you have been controlled by the weirdness of Nanze Ancient City, so you should open the porcelain bottle and take one first."

Jidao suddenly turned his head to look at Zhang Ergou, pointed at the porcelain bottle in his arms, and then spoke expressionlessly.