"You must have a lot of questions." Li Shimin said.

Xuanzang was surprised and followed him into the door, and the two did not go to the reception room this time, but went to the plantation next door.

"Mr. Li did it on purpose?" Xuanzang asked, and he suddenly found that this overseer was more urban than he imagined.

"It's a different way to achieve your goal." Li Shimin did not answer directly, but asked him, "Mr. Messenger, have you ever had such doubts: the desert is so barren, where does the steel come from?" Hundreds of years after the Battle of Doom, how can cars survive to this day? If it wasn't handed down at that time, how was it made? Who might have the ability to make them? We can't make a pencil, so why do we have guns and bullets? Why is the composition of our materials such a strange and unbalanced structure? ”

The continuous questioning made Xuanzang more and more shocked. Unexpectedly, the other party would observe such details.

"I have carefully studied the ancient texts and found that there are many contradictions in them. There is also a serious disconnect between what I see and what I have deduced from what is described in it. Regardless of Chang'an, many of the things that other inhabitants of the desert possess are extremely inconsistent with today's production capacity.

"If we explain these phenomena to the fact that most of the products are not made by us, but are used off-the-shelf, it barely makes sense. But the smelting of steel is not a small project, and Chang'an can only make small products so far. Something as large and easy to consume as a vehicle is scrapped in a maximum of 20 years.

"How long have our Vaults existed? Not twenty years, but more than six hundred years. For more than 600 years, we have always been able to find a working vehicle. Li Shimin stared at the planting frame in front of him, took a deep breath, and said, "This can't help but make me wonder, does Chang'an really exist for six hundred years?" Could it be that our history is made up? ”

Xuanzang didn't want him to be trapped in his own thinking circle, and said truthfully: "No, there is a lot of evidence that can prove that the centuries of existence in the wasteland are real and continuous, and the history of the shelter is certainly not made up. ”

Li Shimin stroked a green leaf and said softly: "You just judge this from the overall situation with the eyes of the messenger and based on what you have seen and heard. Remember the shelter experiment we discussed? Later, I thought that Chang'an's experiment might have to add another condition, that is, every once in a while, the entire history of the shelter will be restarted, and with new variables, another route will be developed here. The Vault did last for six hundred years, but each cycle was only about a hundred years. This would explain where the car and the gun came from, as they were dropped by the experimenter. ”

Xuanzang couldn't help but be stunned, and after a while, he asked, "Why did Mr. Li suddenly have such a conjecture?" ”

"Because of the Bodhisattva." Li Shimin said: "When she mentioned my trip to the underworld two years ago, I realized that the series of events of Hades's conjuring spirits, Shenfang Sutras, Guanyin Manifestation and Western Heaven scriptures are closely related. The trip to the underworld is the foreshadowing of learning from the scriptures, and it is no coincidence that Shenfang came to Chang'an. They gave the problem and offered to show the solution, so that I would fully support Shenfang to learn from it. ”

Xuanzang suddenly remembered that he was still following Yang Jian's prism by his side, but he wanted to stop talking. He couldn't think of any way to remind Li Shimin, so he could only continue.

"For the current Chang'an, the most important thing is obviously not to educate people's hearts. Yet Guanyin instilled in everyone the idea that the Dharma is more important than anything else. Li Shimin smiled mockingly and said, "Really? As long as there are Mahayana sutras, can all problems be solved? I don't believe it. ”

"If that's the case, why does Mr. Li have a positive attitude towards learning from the scriptures?" Xuanzang asked.

"First, as a last resort, who dares to say no in front of the Bodhisattva; The second is that I have a feeling that I can vaguely see the connection between these events, although it is very unclear and I can't deduce a complete logic...... Just a gut guess. Li Shimin unconsciously plucked the leaf and crumpled it between his fingers, "The immortals only value people's hearts because there is no material reason to worry. I even think that even if the heart of Chang'an is not repaired by you, it will eventually survive the crisis, but it will be in another way, maybe it has something to do with Buddhism.

"I still insist that the Chang'an Shelter is also a testing ground. The designers of the experiments were different from other shelters, not mortals, but gods. Is there any reason we don't know that made them choose here. Only the gods have the ability to guarantee the unreasonable material supply of the shelter for six hundred years. I think most of their experiments have to do with spreading the Dharma. ”

Xuanzang couldn't help but clap his hands and sigh in his heart, the supervisor in front of him actually made an inference so close to the truth, it was really amazing!

But on the surface, he could only pretend to be confused and continue to ask Li Shimin a few questions. Although Li Shimin's answer is not leaky, there are still many conjectures and far-fetched nature, but it has formed a set of reluctantly self-melting chains, a rickety tower that points to the truth. If he is given more information, he will surely be able to refine the correct conclusions.

"This journey to the west is unavoidable, but I don't want to be completely led by others. Therefore, I hope you can be my favor. I put you in the scripture learning team because I want you to help with an important task. Li Shimin turned to Xuanzang and handed him an envelope, "It is related to the inheritance of civilization in Chang'an, please treat it with caution by Mr. Xuanzang." ”

Xuanzang put away the envelope and nodded solemnly.

Li Shimin said again: "Mr. Xuanzang, you are not from Chang'an, I can't order you like anyone else, and I can't even expect you to come back." This is not a task, but a request. You're the Courier, and you've seen so many human colonies in the wasteland, and you should understand my dedication to continuity. Hopefully I'll live to see you back. ”

"I'll do my best." After Xuanzang finished speaking, he also took out an envelope and handed it out, "In addition, in fact, I folded it back for this." Hopefully get paid before you leave. ”

Li Shimin smiled and shook his head: "You are really a practical person, I will arrange it as soon as possible." ”

After leaving Li Shimin, Yang Jian's news really arrived one after another, shocking Xuanzang's wrists. He returned to his residence, closed the doors and windows, and then turned on the call as Yang Jian requested.

"I've heard you all." Erlang God's voice was still so domineering, "I can't imagine that he can guess so much as a mortal." ”

"I was surprised, too." Xuanzang replied, not knowing what Yang Jian's attitude would be towards this.

"What did he give you, open it and see." Yang Jian ordered.

Li Shimin's request was not directly stated at the time, but was conveyed through a letter, probably because the matter was more complicated. Xuanzang unfolded the letter and read it silently. Yang Jian has a prism to observe, and he doesn't need to read it out.

After reading the letter, Xuanzang was a little worried about Li Shimin. Even if this secret is not known to Erlang God now, after Li Shimin's death, it will be seen in the memory check. And he didn't know that his wish was destined to never come true after being known by the gods and Buddhas.

"Interesting." Yang Jian said, "I didn't expect that there would be such an unexpected gain when I came to Chang'an this time." ”

Xuanzang asked: "What does Erlang Zhenjun plan to deal with?" ”

"I'm still thinking about it. But I can guarantee that this will not be known to the other immortals before he dies. ”

At this time, Xuanzang really can't see through what the other party's position is.

"What did you write in your letter to him?" Yang Jian continued the interrogation.

"A list of the parts I need to assemble some self-defense devices." Xuanzang replied truthfully, as for the part used to modify the FTB, he would complete it when Yang Jian couldn't monitor it, and he wasn't afraid to say it.

After listening to Xuanzang's explanation of those devices, Yang Jian acquiesced that they were all gadgets that were necessary to a certain extent, but not to the point that he would provide them specially. Since Xuanzang can do it by himself, there is no need for him to make a big fuss. So the conversation turned to something else.

Xuanzang sneered: The equipment part was skipped like this? Look at what kind of powerful equipment Guanyin gave you, you can't even take anything other than a prosthetic leg......

The two talked for nearly an hour, and made all the information that could not be transmitted through text for several days clear before Yang Jian ended the conversation. It's just that he was not very satisfied with Xuanzang's failure to provide Shenfang's information, and asked Xuanzang to speed up the progress after he went on the road.

"The things that need to be paid attention to in the near future, I just sent them in text. In any case, don't expose my existence, got it? ”

"Understood."

After a period of preparation, the day of departure finally arrived.

The residents of Chang'an formed a solemn send-off procession, which filled the underground garage of the shelter. The band beat the war drums, and countless streamers fell from the sky. Riders knelt in prayer in front of the chant machine and engine array, smearing rough lines on their bodies with engine oil.

People chanted Shenfang's name and worshipped him over and over again. Shenfang dipped a lotus flower model in water and sprinkled it on the heads of everyone in the scripture-learning team; Holding the incense ashes in his palm, blowing them to the crowd to see them off, and reciting the blessed scriptures in his mouth, they were moved to tears.

Li Shimin took the lead in opening a wine barrel and feasted them with precious beer. He shook Shenfang's hand and said goodbye. Shen Fang promised him again that he would definitely retrieve the true scriptures and achieve positive results.

With the sound of heavy mechanical transmission, the huge lifting platform slowly lifted, and the procession of an all-terrain vehicle and three off-road motorcycles gradually left people's sight and rose above the ground.

The engine roared, and in the flying dust, it officially opened the prelude to the journey to the west.