I thought to myself: you don't know, I know! To me, those black briquettes are the evil spirits of a nightmare, whether it is some kind of mineral or an elixir made by ancient alchemists, in short, this thing itself has great power.

When I was a child, I tasted the taste of being beaten by my father for the first time because I sneaked it up, and I was allowed to soak it in wine several times.

Yu Jin only touched it once, and there was a layer of pimples like jujubes all over his body, and yellow pus flowed, and the person quickly lost consciousness, and finally was given a death notice by the doctor.

According to Wu Baocai and some other secret archives, the Yellow River Pharmaceutical Factory and the Yellow River Museum used these things to secretly develop some kind of illegal drugs......

Could it be that Hong Jingkui and Liang Gospel were both test subjects of the year, and this thought is a thrill: it can be seen that the Yellow River Pharmaceutical Factory was studying the secret of this black "briquette", and even wanted to create a drug that could regenerate people.

The elixir of life!

This word popped into my head.

Immortality is such a beautiful yearning and an irresistible temptation for human beings, especially those living in the upper echelons.

The kings of the past dynasties, whether it is the Tang Dynasty and Song Zu, or the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty, and even the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties, all spent a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources to pursue longevity, some believed in the secret art of the monks, and some were obsessed with Taoist pills, and it is said that Qin Shi Huang had sent Xu Fu to take five hundred childhood virgins to Penglai Xiandao to find medicine, and then there were Japanese.

Of course, the most bizarre thing is the Jiajing Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I don't know that after listening to the words of the outer door, he actually raised 9,999 girls, specifically to provide them with menstrual blood to drink, in order to achieve the purpose of prolonging life, and later these girls were overwhelmed, secretly rebelled, and almost strangled Emperor Jiajing.

In fact, this is not difficult to understand - when a person has achieved great spiritual and material satisfaction, the most important thing to do is to continue this life, if you have to add a year to this continuity, you must hope for at least more than 10,000 years.

Dream of Eternal Life! Daydream!

According to Wu Baocai's diary, the Yellow River Pharmaceutical Factory cooperated with local hospitals to test drugs with pregnant women, which directly led to the birth of many deformed babies in the vicinity during that period of time, and the matter became bigger and bigger.

Thinking about it like this, they should be secretly doing this kind of "unseemly" research.

I thought of it, I believe that Yang Jianqiang and Old Man Wu should have thought of it too, and at this time, everyone's faces turned pale.

"Team Leader Yang, I think it makes sense, the things here can't be known to the world!" Liu Liwei said in a low voice.

Yang Jianqiang seemed to be a little hesitant, turned around and glanced at the lake, his eyes swept to the faces of Teacher Wu and Bragu, and after being silent for half a minute, he nodded slightly.

"Maybe you're right, everything here is a human taboo and shouldn't be disturbed, and it can't be disturbed......"

At this moment, I feel that some of the doubts that have been lingering in my brain for many days have been answered, and at the same time, many new doubts have emerged, in fact, what I want to know most at this moment is whether my father also came here back then, and what he found!

When I think of my father, a sour taste wells up in my heart.

The scene of my father carrying a red bucket home in the heavy rain when I was a child once again came to mind, and I calculated the time, and his so-called "discharge" at that time should have come out of the underground space and hid in his hometown - or it may be that he was being watched by people behind the scenes......

As for why he left some money for his mother and left again...... I think it should be the same as Li Guozhi, who must have been threatened at that time, and had to do it for the sake of his family.

I thought of the photo I saw in a mountain village in Shaanxi Province, where he joined another archaeological team and the destination was a mysterious ancient tomb in the Wolong Mountains, the year he left home.

Thinking of this, my mind got stuck again.

The underground space of the estuary of Shandong and the Wolong Mountain in Shaanxi Province are separated by thousands of miles, which can be said to be two completely different places, if the purpose of his entry into the underground space is to find the secret here, then whether entering the deep mountains of Shaanxi is related to the discovery of slits deep underground?

Things have come full circle, and it may be the biggest archaeological discovery of mankind so far that it is just around the corner, but it is a pity to give up like this.

If, I mean, everything here is made public like the Terracotta Warriors, what will happen to the consequences?

I can't think of an answer, maybe it's really the same as what Mr. Wu and Ma Huadong said, the natural law of birth, old age, sickness and death is broken, and the current world loses the theoretical basis for existence, and the consequences are difficult to phenomena...... Everyone wants to have this ability, and at least the big class will be another catastrophe for humanity.

Maybe Yang Jianqiang thinks the same as me, or even more.

The three took off their diving equipment, used their sapper shovels to dig a pit under a linden tree by the lake, and buried Professor Song in it.

"Old Song should have been buried here for twenty years!"

Teacher Wu wiped his tears and muttered.

"Yes! It's like drawing a big circle, and after all, it's back to square one. ”

Ma Huadong also sighed.

Everyone stood in front of Professor Song's grave and bowed, and Yang Jianqiang urged everyone to quickly pack up their things.

"I've got something for you......"

Returning to the slit where Bragu lived, he fumbled his way around the stone and pulled out two yellowed dry sticks, each half a meter long, like a sugar cane, slightly thicker than an adult's thumb.

"What is this?" Yang Jianqiang took it and glanced at it a few times, a little confused.

"What's the name...... Whatever you want to call it, divide it into more than a dozen sections, and each person will carry one section on their bodies, and the Gu worms in this crack will not get close...... Go back the way you came! ”

Bragu said in a flat tone.

"What? You're not coming with us? ”

Bragu shook his head: "It took me more than twenty years to find this place, and I have lived here for another twenty years, most of my life!" It may be destined that I belong to this land, and here ...... This is my home. ”

"What!"

"You're not leaving!"

Everyone was surprised at first, and then persuaded them.

Bragu smiled bitterly and waved his hand: "You don't have to persuade! People should have a dream to chase in their lives, and my dream is to unlock the secrets left by my ancestors, and now it is a dream come true, let me stay in the place where my dreams are realized! ”

At this moment, there was a "rumbling" sound outside, like a landslide and a crack, and like thunder.

"Not good! The magma burst may have erupted sooner than I expected, you ...... You need to get out of here as soon as possible! ”

Yang Jianqiang nodded, turned around and instructed everyone to leave some of the daily necessities and tools in the bag for Bragu.

"I'm staying!"

Seeing that the matter had come to this, I immediately replied.

"What? You stay!! ”

Everyone looked at me.

"What a stupid thing to say!" Liu Liwei turned around and kicked me gently.

"I can't leave Wu Jinghan here by myself!" I replied softly.

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent.

After more than ten seconds, Teacher Wu sighed and said, "Child! Good boy! I'm very happy that you can think so, and I'm happy to replace Hanhan, and I've thought about it...... Don't be impulsive! Anyway, Brother Bu wants to stay, let's wait for the magma to subside, and then come back...... I will never leave Hanhan behind. ”

I was a little moved, and walked over to take Mr. Wu's dry hand.

"Teacher Wu, you are Wu Jinghan's teacher, and that is also my teacher! Rest assured! I'm not afraid of Gu worms. ”

Teacher Wu burst into tears, his mouth moved, and he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't speak.

Bragu smiled hoarsely: "Don't worry! This kid has eaten things that shouldn't be eaten, when he first came, I smelled that smell, and now I have my natal Gu in my stomach again, even the most powerful Gu worm in the world can't hurt him! And he must keep it, or what I say will not be lost? ”

Bulago stuffed the Gu worm he had raised for twenty years into my belly, and he gave me a beast skin to take me as an apprentice, Yang Jianqiang They didn't know, to be honest, I wasn't interested in learning any Gu arts, but I knew that only Bragu could save Wu Jinghan, so I had to coax him!

So I told the general story of the matter in a few words.

After listening to it, the words that everyone persuaded me also turned into advice.

I sent more than two miles along the river, and Yang Jianqiang chatted with me on the way.

"Brother, thanks to you this time!"

"Why is Team Leader Yang so polite - go back like this, can you explain the past?"

Yang Jianqiang smiled bitterly and nodded: "In fact, the purpose of this trip has been achieved, confirming the existence of mysterious bronze mines underground, as well as ......"

"Then what if the upper authorities send someone down again!"

"I will write a detailed report on the stakes, and I believe the top will understand."

"That's it! Brother, send it here! When that girl is well, you have to be careful when you come out! ”

I nodded.

Back in the slit, Bragu was arranging work for the three snakes, and although I knew the snakes wouldn't hurt me, I instinctively leaned to the side.

After the three snakes crawled away, Bragu slowly spoke: "Okay! Starting today, I officially take you as an apprentice! ”

As Bragu had ordered, I gave him three respectful kowtows.

"Bu Lao ......" As soon as I opened my words, he stopped me from drinking.

"What do you call me?"

"Oh! Master. ”

Bragu nodded sheepishly.

I just want to scold people in my heart, what age is this, and I still call it "Master", Lao Tzu is not interested in messy Gu art at all, let alone want to learn, if it weren't for Wu Jinghan, I wouldn't be angry with this bird anyway.

I thought so in my heart, but I had to pretend to be very respectful on my face.

"That's right, Master, when will the Soul Restoration Grass you said bloom?"

"It's as little as five or six days, or about half a month if it's long, as long as you feed the Gu worms I raised with the flowers of the Soul Rejuvenation Grass, they can save your daughter-in-law!"

"My daughter-in-law? Oh - yes! Right! "I understood what he meant, and I didn't bother to argue.

"Don't look at me and I've been blind for more than 20 years, and you don't want to hide anything from me." He stroked his messy hair, "This is the power of Gu refiners!" ”

At this time, there was another rumbling sound outside.

"That's right, Master! How do you know that the crater is bursting with magma? ”

"Every three or five years, it would burst out, and it would last for three or four days at a time...... Everything that happened around me was told to me by Gu worms, if one day, your Gu cultivation technique reaches a certain level, you can also do it, to use a word in the book to describe it, this is called ...... It's called ......"

I answered casually: "It's called, 'If you don't go out, you will know the world'." ”

"That's right! Right! ”

Meng Lao took the only mechanical watch, and I don't know what time in such an underground crevice, the two chatted for a while, and Bragu asked me to take out the animal skin.

"Boy, this thing must not be seen by anyone, especially us Miao people, and even when we have to, we would rather destroy it."

This was the first thing Bragu taught me.

It was soft to the touch, and I didn't know what kind of animal it was, and after glancing at the text symbols on it, I was stunned that it was full of tadpole-like symbols.

Bragu seemed to know what I was thinking, and explained lightly: "This is Lao Miaowen, and now I dare to say that I understand it completely, and there are not many!" ”

Old Miaowen? I pondered for a moment.

I think it should be an ancient Miao language, similar to ancient Chinese and something like that.

Bragu taught me to read sentence by sentence, and it was two hours in one breath, and he didn't let him rest in between. He couldn't see with his eyes, and he didn't know if what he read was the same as the one on the animal skin, and I actually memorized all the contents on the animal skin in one go, but it was really rote memorization! Because I can't read a word.

Seeing that I had finished carrying it, Bragu seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and after stretching his waist, he said that he was hungry and asked me to get food.

I was a little confused, and hurriedly asked, "Master, what am I reciting?" ”

"Gu Sutra!"

Bragu replied with only two words, and then stopped talking.

Like last time, I went to the river and caught two fish weighing more than a pound and boiled them in plain water, the only seasoning was salt lumps and a brown plant leaf, which Bragu told me was hemp leaves.

Before he could eat, the roar outside grew louder and louder, and finally they all became a string.

Bragu hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks, walked to the gap, listened sideways for a while, then turned around abruptly and said coldly:

"They're coming!"

I quickly stood up and asked, "Who?" Who...... Who's coming! ”

Blagu ignored me, but looked down in deep thought, muttering that it had been five and a half hours, and they should have walked out of this area as well......

I know he's talking about Yang Jianqiang.

When Bragu returned, he sat down on the stone again, picked up the bowl and ate the rest of the meal one bite at a time.

I could clearly tell that Bragu was eating while keeping his ears sideways to the movement outside.

After eating, I was cleaning up the pots and bowls when Bragu pulled out two sticks of that yellow wood from behind the stone and inserted them into the sides of the crack in the door, and after about ten minutes, there was a strange "rustle" sound outside.