Chapter 10: The Nineteen Jewels (Three Watches)
Cheng Ming saw that Lao Dao was so serious, and he was also a little serious in his heart.
"Tell me about it, real person."
"Hmm." Lao Dao looked at the gem again and began his story.
It turned out that the small spaceship left 18 gems for Huaxia at that time, but 19, and the person who received these gems at that time was Yuan Yangzi, who was just a very ordinary Taoist priest in Maoshan at that time, but he had good health skills and lived a little longer.
One day when he was practicing in the mountains, the spaceship suddenly landed in front of him, the spaceship was not big, only the size of a bus, the whole body was fusiform, the whole body was white, the surface was very smooth, and he could clearly see the surrounding environment reflected from above.
When the spaceship landed in front of Yuan Yangzi, it really scared him out of his mind, but the spaceship didn't stop long, just teleported a box of unknown material to the open space in front of Yuan Yangzi through a beam of light and disappeared.
Yuan Yangzi curiously opened the box after the spaceship disappeared, and found that there were 19 gems and a round object inside, Yuan Yangzi first picked up the round object, the thing was white, like a flattened ball, the size of an adult's palm, there were no gaps or decorations on it, smooth like a piece of soap.
Just when Yuan Yangzi studied for a long time and found nothing and was ready to put it back, the object suddenly shot out a ray of light, projecting a lot of similar words in the air, Yuan Yangzi was startled, and hurriedly threw the thing on the ground, and the light and shadow in the air also disappeared after the old way threw out the object, and after a long time, Yuan Yangzi found that the thing seemed to be in no danger, so he picked it up again, but no matter how he fiddled with it, the projection never appeared again.
After Yuan Yangzi put the round object into the box, he observed the 19 gems, these 19 gems are the size of a baby's fist, different colors, and exude a faint light, just like a piece of colored transparent crystal, very good-looking, so Yuan Yangzi was ready to pick up a piece to play with, but who knew that when his hand touched one of the light blue stones, suddenly the gem in front of him was bright, and Yuan Yangzi didn't know anything about the flower in front of him.
Hearing this, Cheng Ming's heart was also tight, this seemed to be exactly the same as the scene he had seen this earthy yellow gem for the first time before, Cheng Ming wanted to ask, but saw Lao Dao wave his hand at him, signaling to wait for him to finish asking again, and then took a sip of water and continued to talk.
When Yuan Yangzi woke up, he found that he was no longer in the mountains, but in a room, a room that looked like a hospital room, and he was lying on a bed covered with snow-white sheets, with a large floor-to-ceiling mirror directly opposite his bed, and various instruments placed on both sides of the bed.
Yuan Yangzi was already over eighty years old at that time, and he was used to seeing things in the world, so he was not nervous, but he just sat up and looked at himself in the mirror, except that his body was covered with various testing instruments and changed into a white hospital gown, it was not much different from before, so he decided to get out of bed and go outside the room to see where this was.
Just as Yuan Yangzi was about to get out of bed, the door next to the floor-to-ceiling mirror opened, and three people walked in, the leader of which was a middle-aged man in a straight military uniform, looking about 50 years old, with a very resolute face line, and followed by two young men and women who were also wearing military uniforms but wearing white coats outside, each holding a notebook in their hands.
The middle-aged man walked to the hospital bed, stretched out his hand to support Yuan Yangzi, and asked him to sit down.
"Old man, can you tell me what happened before you fell unconscious?"
The middle-aged man's actions gave Yuan Yangzi a lot of goodwill, and the Taoist was already paying attention to doing what he wanted, so he didn't hide it, and told the middle-aged man everything before he fell into a coma, and then asked the middle-aged man why he was here.
The middle-aged man explained that they were a secret research base of the state here, and the specific location was not told, but they received that an unknown signal transmitter was found in the territory, so they sent someone to check, and when they arrived at the signal sending point, they saw Lao Dao lying there in a coma, so they had to bring the box back with Lao Dao.
Then the middle-aged man asked, "Old man, are you sure that there are 19 gems in the box?" ”
"Yes, it's nineteen pieces, plus that round thing, exactly 20, in two rows, what's wrong?"
The middle-aged man was silent for a long time before he said to Lao Dao.
"Old man, when we found you, there were only 18 gems in the chest, not the pale blue gem you said. Do you know where that pale blue gem went? ”
Lao Dao knew where the light blue gem had gone, he was in a coma at that time, and naturally he couldn't tell, and the middle-aged man also found that his question was a bit redundant, so he didn't continue to ask but comforted Lao Dao, let him rest well, and went out.
That night, Lao Dao had a dream, in the dream a humanoid light and shadow stood in front of him, kept saying something to him, but he himself didn't understand, and then the light and shadow suddenly appeared under the map of Huaxia, on which there were 20 points flashing, one of the positions happened to be in the place where the spaceship landed, Lao Dao was very surprised to see this, I don't know what this means, but this dream passed quickly, I don't know how long I slept again, Lao Dao woke up again.
It's still that room, it's still the old way.
While Lao Dao was thinking about the situation in his dream, the door of the ward opened, and a young female nurse walked in, came to the bed, and said to Lao Dao.
"Old man, you're awake, and the general said that if you're awake, let me take you over to him."
Lao Dao saw the nurse come in, also got up and sat up, and said.
"I'm sorry to trouble the layman, please take me there."
The female nurse took Lao Dao out of the ward, and came to a place that seemed to be a conference room, and when she walked in here, she saw that the middle-aged soldier yesterday was discussing something with a few soldiers in white coats, and when she saw Lao Dao coming in, the middle-aged man stopped the discussion, stood up, and sat down at the conference table with Lao Dao.
"Real person, I am the top manager here, my surname is Meng, my name is Meng Jun, with the rank of lieutenant general."
After speaking, he pointed to a young soldier with glasses next to him and said.
"This is Shi Lei, a scholar of materials science and geology..."
The middle-aged soldier introduced everyone in the conference room one by one, and Lao Dao roughly understood that except for General Meng, the others here are scientific researchers, including linguists, material scientists, biologists, etc., covering various industries.
"The old Taoist name Yuanyang is an ordinary Taoist priest in Maoshan, General Meng, you are really young and talented here."
Lao Dao has lived for so long, he has seen all scenes, and there is no stage fright, after listening to General Meng's introduction, he will directly introduce himself.