Chapter 144 The East Wind Comes First

After finishing the nonsense, Wu Zhongyuan fell into shock again. In fact, the average life span of humans in ancient times was not as low as historians thought, and was much more than thirty years old. According to Wu Kui's memory, although the living environment was harsh in ancient times, people lived to be five or six years old. People who are ten years old are still very common, but those who are seventy or eighty are very rare. This eighty-three-year-old old wizard is considered to be a long-lived person anyway. This person is the only remaining person who can transfer time. This person's body seems to It's not very good. Maybe something will happen one day and no one will be able to transfer time anymore. The direct impact of this incident on him is that once he goes back, he will never come back.

Although he had no intention of coming back before, not coming back and not coming back are two completely different concepts, just like having money to spend and not having money to spend are the same nature. The former is subjectively controlled by oneself, while the latter is objective. Passive.

After regaining consciousness, Wu Zhongyuan climbed up to the silver vat with a rifle on his back. In the silver vat was the main body of the Sanhu. Wu Kui had cut off his head with a bow string. Only a fat body was left in the silver vat. Because Excessive obesity makes it difficult to distinguish the limbs from the trunk, like a vat of fat lard.

"Don't worry, I will still rescue you." Wu Zhongyuan said.

"Thank you." Sanhu took a deep breath.

"Is there anything else you want to remind me?" Wu Zhongyuan picked up the rifle.

"No more, let's do it." Sanhu said, maybe because he was excited, his voice was trembling.

"Okay, get ready. I'm counting to three, one, two, three." The gun didn't go off and the safety didn't turn on.

"Come again, one, two, three." The gun has not yet fired, and the bullet is not loaded.

Sanhu was frustrated and helpless, "Are you killing me or scaring me?"

"I'm sorry, I'm here." Before he could finish his words, the gun rang out. He had indeed deliberately scared Sanhu before. This guy was afraid that he would not agree to the rescue, so he left the biggest resistance until the end. Don't scare him. How can it deserve it? However, he still had good intentions, and finally saved Sanhu from the suffering and torture of counting down.

As soon as Sanhu died, the black fog blocking the door immediately disappeared. At the same time, the screams and howls of monsters were heard in the distance.

Wu Zhongyuan jumped off the silver vat and ran out of the silver house, only to see the herd of beasts that had retreated to the distance swarming towards here.

He didn't dare to hesitate, threw down his rifle, turned around and ran away.

Wang Xinran and Xiao Qin were waiting on the mountainside. When they saw him coming, they hurriedly entered the cave with him. The cave was about ten meters long and very narrow inside. At the end of the cave was a copper box, which was the same as the one they saw on the way. same size,

After the three people entered, the copper box felt the weight, the mechanism started, and the copper box began to rotate and sink.

This mechanism makes use of the pressure of groundwater. There is a circular water channel dug under the copper box. If there is no load-bearing capacity, the copper box will be supported by the water column. After the weight of the copper box reaches a certain level, the copper box will begin to sink. , the water in the water channel overflowed in all directions, and the copper box quickly slid down the water channel. The water channel took on an irregular V shape. After reaching the bottom, the angle of the copper box shifted, and the pressure of the groundwater pushed it to another upward channel.

The other end of the channel is underwater. After the copper box arrived, the three people left and floated. The copper box was filled with water and then descended again. The water was removed on the way to the other end and returned to the place for later use.

The exit is located under the water of the Duck River, not at the deepest part of the water. The people who originally designed this mechanism may have considered the problem of sedimentation. The exit was designed on a stone wall in the deep water. Fortunately, the designers back then took this into consideration. link, otherwise the exit would have been blocked by sediment.

There are still some huge carved stones remaining around the exit. They should be the ruins of some kind of building. They are most likely a place where wizards changed clothes and rested. There should have been an ascending passage to avoid water. After all, they walked freely and calmly from the river. It's more respectable to step out than to climb out of the water wet.

They may have walked out calmly and calmly back then, but the three of them climbed up wet. It was four or five o'clock in the morning, the sky was not yet bright, and the temperature was very low. After landing, the three of them had cold lips. Shivering.

Huang Hailin had lit a bonfire not far downstream, and the three of them walked over to meet him.

Zhao Ying and Lin Qingming were not nearby, and it was obvious that they had taken the opportunity to run away. Not to mention that Huang Hailin had to rely on Yang Yi when he surfaced. Even if he was empty-handed, it would be difficult to stop the two of them.

Such a result was also expected by Wu Zhongyuan and Wang Xinran. Huang Hailin had already sent a distress signal before, and soon after everyone changed their clothes, rescue vehicles rushed over.

According to relevant regulations, everyone who has entered such an area must undergo security quarantine and isolation observation, but Wu Zhongyuan was anxious to get the two spiritual stones, so he urgently urged Wang Xinran to drive to the airport.

"Why are you in such a hurry to go back?" Wang Xinran was puzzled.

"You'll know when you get there." Wu Zhongyuan was not in a hurry to reveal his identity to Wang Xinran, otherwise Wang Xinran would send people to arrest Zhao Ying.

"Send someone to find out their whereabouts and whereabouts as soon as possible," Wu Zhongyuan said.

"Yes." Wang Xinran agreed.

"Let's see if there is a suitable flight. If not, adjust the plane to take us back." Wu Zhongyuan added.

"Why are you in such a hurry to go back?" Wang Xinran asked doubtfully.

Wu Zhongyuan also felt that it was inappropriate to completely hide it from Wang Xinran, so he said in a general way, "To get something very important, we must make sure that we can get back to the provincial capital before they do."

"A very important thing? Spiritual stone?" Wang Xinran asked.

Wu Zhongyuan did not nod, but he also did not shake his head, which was equivalent to acquiescence.

"How do you know where her spiritual stone is?" Wang Xinran's words were exactly as Wu Zhongyuan expected.

Wu Zhongyuan did not answer.

Wang Xinran vaguely guessed the truth, "Did that monster in the silver house tell you?"

Wu Zhongyuan did not deny it.

"Did it tell you where the other two pieces are?" Wang Xinran asked.

Wu Zhongyuan said nothing.

Seeing him hesitating, Wang Xinran was very dissatisfied, scowled and stopped talking to him.

There is a suitable flight, so there is no need to call for a special plane. While waiting for the flight, news came from the headquarters. Although the specific location of Lin Qingming and Zhao Ying could not be determined, several cameras captured images suspected of them. The headquarters It was inferred that they were escaping to the northwest.

This news made Wu Zhongyuan secretly relieved.

At around 12 o'clock at noon, the plane landed. There were already military vehicles waiting at the airport. Wang Xinran kicked the driver out and drove himself, "Where are you going?"

Wu Zhongyuan gave a specific address, and Wang Xinran drove there after locating it.

An hour later, the two arrived at their destination. The security work of this foreign-funded enterprise was very good, but whether the security work was in place or not was relative. No matter how good the security work was, there was nothing they could do. Wang Xinran revealed his identity and rushed in with a gun. .

Since it was lunch break and the chairman was not in the office, the door of the office could not be opened. Wang Xinran asked the local military police to come to assist and asked the department head to notify the chairman to come over immediately.

Wu Zhongyuan did not object to Wang Xinran's approach, because the chairman would definitely try to inform Zhao Ying after hearing the news, and this was exactly the result he wanted to see. If Zhao Ying could get the news, she would know that he was lying to her. Will leave early to avoid being caught.

The chairman used the excuse of having a meeting out of town and did not come. At this time, the two of them had no worries and directly called for the locksmith to open the door of the office.

After opening the door, Wu Zhongyuan found the safe hidden inside the wall with ease. He entered the password skillfully, opened the safe, opened the bottom drawer, and took out a square iron box. When he opened it, two spiritual stones were revealed. In front of the two of them.

Seeing the spirit stones, Wu Zhongyuan breathed a sigh of relief. Enough was enough. After many twists and turns, he finally got enough spirit stones and a "ticket" for the return trip.

"You already knew there were two spiritual stones here, right?" Wang Xinran asked coldly.

Wu Zhongyuan did not answer. Wang Xinran knew the specific number of spirit stones in his hand, and also knew that getting these two more spirit stones would be enough. The reason why she asked this was actually to accuse him of deliberately letting Zhao Ying go.

Wu Zhongyuan didn't answer, so Wang Xinran stared at him and forced him to answer. In the end, Wu Zhongyuan could only say, "She saved my life. I can't watch her go to jail."

Wang Xinran was very dissatisfied with Wu Zhongyuan's answer. The reason was simple. She hated Zhao Ying. In addition to her different stances, a large part of the reason why she hated Zhao Ying was because Zhao Ying was her love rival. But on the other hand, she was very satisfied with Wu Zhongyuan's answer, because Wu Zhongyuan did not forget Zhao Ying's help to him because of his alienation from Zhao Ying, which can be said to value love and righteousness.

After taking a look at Wu Zhongyuan, Wang Xinran asked, "Do you know the consequences of your mercy?"

"What are you referring to? My brother?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

"Yes," Wang Xinran nodded, "Black Suit doesn't know that it is enough for you to get these two spiritual stones. In her impression, you are at least two short of it. She still has one in her hand, and she also knows the whereabouts of the other one. , in order to force you to cooperate with them, she will get another spiritual stone as soon as possible after learning about the situation here. She has also told you before that the place where the spiritual stone is located is more dangerous than Sanxingdui. Your senior brother will follow her. very dangerous."

"I know it's dangerous for my brother to follow her," Wu Zhongyuan smiled bitterly, "But what do you think I can do? Tell my brother that my sister-in-law is hopeless, let him leave Zhao Ying and surrender? And then be shot?"

Wang Xinran didn't answer. She was a bystander, and the bystander's understanding of the matter was not comprehensive enough after all. Thinking from his perspective, she couldn't think of a better solution to the dilemma Wu Zhongyuan was currently facing.

"What else do you need me to do now?" Wang Xinran asked.

"Let her go." Wu Zhongyuan sighed.

"I won't make it difficult for you, I can let her go," Wang Xinran said, "What will your senior brother do? How are you going to deal with it?"

Wu Zhongyuan pondered silently and did not answer.

Wang Xinran said, "You can't take him away. Opening and maintaining the wormhole requires a lot of energy. The energy contained in the spiritual stones in your hand is definitely not enough to carry two people."

Wu Zhongyuan still didn't speak. He was indeed thinking about the possibility of taking Lin Qingming away just now.

"Let's go, leave here and let them clean up the aftermath." Wang Xinran pointed to the military police waiting outside the house.

The two of them left the office, left the office building, and got into the car they came from.

Wang Xinran didn't drive or speak, just sitting in the driver's seat.

Wu Zhongyuan knew that Wang Xinran was waiting for him to make a decision, and after a moment of silence he said, "Go to Huangxian Hospital."

"What to do?" Wang Xinran asked.

"Go and pick up my sister-in-law..."