Chapter 40: The Netherworld Gets in the Way

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At eleven o'clock at night, when the Chinese called Zishi, the bus Lan Xingyi was riding suddenly encountered distress at the north gate of the royal garden near the west mountain of the capital. www.biquge.info She first heard a terrifying scream from inside the car, and when she looked closely, she saw a person suddenly flashing in the middle of the dim road, and the driver slammed on the brakes, but he still couldn't dodge, and the front of the car hit the man at once, and the head smashed into the windshield in front of him, and then disappeared. The driver was scared out of a cold sweat, thinking that this was over, he hurriedly parked the car, squeezed through the crowd to open the door to check, and the bean-sized sweat particles flowed down his sideburns.

The scene under the car made the driver even more creepy, he first went to the front of the car to look, the front of the car was intact, there was no trace, and he had the courage to look under the car, or nothing, he was even more panicked, and looked at the back of the car, still nothing, he quickly rushed to the driver's window and took out a flashlight to check under the car, and only saw the smooth road and the familiar parts of the machine, without the slightest damage. The driver's heart was furious, at this hour, he was wandering alone in the car, the person who was hit had disappeared, maybe he was looking at him in a dark corner at the moment, he didn't dare to think, and he didn't have the courage to look around, but the professional ethics reminded him that he couldn't walk away after the car accident, he held the flashlight and dared to look for two laps under the bus, but there was still nothing. It can't be a ghost, right, so what is it that I'm pulling in this car? He felt boundless fear and loneliness, couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at the car, saw everyone looking at him with concerned eyes, breathed a sigh of relief, and took a flashlight to look carefully under the car, and after confirming that it was okay, he opened the door and got into the car, and said to himself: "Maybe it's wrong!" ”

"Did you read it wrong?" The people in the car looked dazed.

"Well, there's nothing under the car!" The driver's affirmative answer, as if to answer everyone, squeezed through the crowd to the cab, calmed down, and slowly drove forward.

Sometimes people's curiosity is greater than fear, the car body moves past the place of the incident, the people sitting in the back row scramble to look back, staring at the rear windshield little by little scanning, except for the cold road behind the car, there is really nothing to see, everyone is even more frightened, they no longer speak, hugging each other and swaying forward with the bus left and right.

Lan Xingyi was patronizing just now thinking about the gap in civilization, and he didn't pay attention to the road conditions at the time at first, but he reacted after hearing the shout, and he also looked at it. She immediately drove her brain to recall the scene just now, and it was very strange to suddenly hurry, because the clothes of the person who was hit just now were incompatible with modern people, as if he was a Qing Dynasty person, dressed in a cotton robe and a small felt hat, walking hobbly, and did not seem to be aware of the speeding car. This thing is also weird enough, good and dignified, why did the road finally suddenly come out of a person, the driver of the bus is generally an experienced old driver, in the absence of external interference, this kind of thing is almost impossible to happen! When the car hit, how did the man suddenly disappear? At the moment when the car hits, the front of the car should hit the body first, and the head should fly forward, the speed of the car at that time is not enough to knock a person to pieces, and the driver stepped on the brakes as soon as the person appeared, which was not enough to make the head out of the neck and smash into the windshield.

The driver drove the bus into Xishan Town, and he could already see that the town was brightly lit, and unlike the city center, the light here was dim, and the low houses were shrouded in a dusk mist, like a huge slum. It is said that 100,000 people live here, and some clues can be seen from the crowded buses. At the terminal, the road became more and more difficult, the black car blocked the entrance to the station, the driver tried to avoid the black car, the bus stopped, everyone felt the bright lights and the noisy street brought popularity, soon regained the vitality of the past and quickly integrated into it, as if nothing had happened just now, the driver saw that everyone got out of the car safely, let out a sigh of relief, and drove the car into the parking lot.

Lan Xingyi also got out of the car and walked along the street with the noisy crowd, although it was late at night, the road was still full of small vendors, and the small vendors were carrying a light bulb invented by Edison, and the dim light was emitted by these many light bulbs. In this place, at this time, office workers who have worked all day have time to go shopping, and there are long queues in front of the snack bars. Lan Xingyi didn't have time to care about this, and quickened her pace through the town, towards the wilder country road. Out of Xishan Town, the light is getting dim, there are still two kilometers of road ahead, there are no street lights on this road, both sides of the road are also desolate, the leaves are gone, and the weeds are swaying lifelessly with the howling cold wind, Lan Xingyi stopped to look at the road, and then wrapped her down jacket and walked into the darkness.

Wang Long, director of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, was bored for a few days, and after a few days of boring, he opened the surveillance video of Lan Xingyi's residential community and was about to analyze the picture again, when a familiar figure jumped into his eyes. He actually saw Lan Xingyi in the surveillance, and the picture flashed, and Lan Xingyi seemed to be in a hurry. Wang Longqian was startled, and wondered in his heart: Why did she come back so soon, it seems that this matter is really like what Wei Dongbiao said, and the British can't do anything to her, but it hasn't even been a few days since she came and went, could it be that she was wrong, or there was something else hidden. It would be nice if he could verify it, he suddenly remembered Feng Wenjing, and immediately took out the phone and dialed Feng Wenjing's number: "Hey, Professor Feng?" ”

"What's wrong, Director Wang?" Feng Wenjing replied on the other end.

"Lan Xingyi is back?" Wang Longqian asked with some surprise.

"It's back!" Feng Wenjing replied in the affirmative.

"How could I not know!" Wang Lung muttered to himself.

"You didn't say she would call you back!" Feng Wenjing said angrily that Wang Longqian didn't stop the British investigators from taking Lan Xingyi away, and she was a little angry.

"Ah, yes!" Wang Lung laughed on the phone.

"That's it! You don't care about people! Feng Wenjing raised her voice again and mocked.

"Haha" Wang Longqian continued to laugh, and when Feng Wenjing's mood eased a little, Wang Longqian continued to ask: "What did the British do?" ”

"I didn't deal with it much, the glass cover of the crystal skull destroyed Lan Xingyi a little, and they asked her to compensate according to the price, it seems to be less than ten euros! For the crime of vandalism, she volunteered at University College London for three days! ”

"That's all?" Wang Longqian asked unwillingly.

"What more do you want? Could it be that MI5 and MI6 have to let her out of the case-handling funds, and you still have to make some money at the end, right? Feng Wenjing began to go crazy again.

"No, no, I didn't mean that!" Wang Longqian saw that he had heard all the information he wanted, and quickly endured it a little to end the conversation. After finishing the incident, he immediately called Wei Dongbiao and Xu Wenlin again and asked them to come to the headquarters of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics.

"Director, what's the matter, so anxious?" Wei Dongbiao was the first to ask.

"Director Wei, what you said is really good, the British intelligence agencies can't do anything to Lan Xingyi!" Wang Longqian praised Wei Dongbiao first.

"Oh? Lan Xingyi has news? Xu Wenlin asked curiously.

"She's back!"

"She's back?" Wei Dongbiao and Xu Wenlin exclaimed at the same time.

"This is coming back? There won't be a fraud, right? Wei Dongbiao said cautiously.

"No!" Wang Lung sighed with great certainty. "I saw it in the monitoring probe before, and I thought it was a mistake, but I later confirmed with Feng Wenjing before calling you over!"

"Feng Wenjing? How does she know? Wei Dongbiao asked suspiciously.

"Before Lan Xingyi left, didn't Feng Wenjing say that she would contact her once a day and call her when she came back? Lan Xingyi did so, so Feng Wenjing knew everything about her! ”

"What did the British do about it?" Xu Wenlin asked with concern.

According to Feng Wenjing, the glass cover of the crystal skull destroyed Lan Xingyi a little, and they asked her to compensate according to the price, probably less than ten euros! For the crime of vandalism, she volunteered at University College London for three days! ”

"That's all?" Wei Dongbiao asked suspiciously.

"Well, that's what Feng Wenjing said!"

"Do you think what Feng Wenjing said is credible?" Wei Dongbiao looked into Wang Longqian's eyes and asked.

"I think it's credible, even if there is any moisture, it can only be lighter than this punishment, if the punishment is heavy, Feng Wenjing would have gone to the British Embassy to make trouble!"

"This Professor Feng has such a great ability?" Xu Wenlin said with a smile.

"Don't underestimate this Feng Wenjing, this person is very smart, if it doesn't suit her, she will find a way to do it, no matter what the opponent's background is, our senior advisors are all equipped with unique skills!" Wang Longqian said with a little fear.

"I see!" Xu Wenlin did not argue, and inferred from Feng Wenjing's performance in the past few days that what Wang Longqian said was true.

"The director, the purpose of your invitation to come here today..." Wei Dongbiao finished reading the gossip and went straight to the point.

"That's right, didn't I say Lan Xingyi is back? I saw Lan Xingyi disappear from the surveillance of her residential complex in a hurry today, and she hasn't come back yet, I guess she went to No. 29 Xishan Tomb! ”

"That alien base!" Xu Wenlin reacted immediately.

"Hmm," Wang Longqian smiled and nodded. "If she does go to that alien base, I guess we'll make a big discovery tonight, and I don't want you two to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

"Well, that makes sense!" Wei Dongbiao also nodded happily, Xu Wenlin was also more energetic, and the three of them came to the monitoring room to stare at the dark picture in the monitoring probe.

Time passed minute by minute, and it was past eleven o'clock, and the surveillance screen was still pitch black, Wei Dongbiao couldn't sit still, he turned around to look at Lan Xingyi's residential surveillance screen, which was also pitch black.

"Director, are you sure Lan Xingyi is back?" Wei Dongbiao couldn't help asking.

"If you don't believe it, ask Feng Wenjing to go!" Wang Longqian was also a little irritable.

"Then forget it, there is really no one in the residential surveillance in this community!" Wei Dongbiao comforted himself.

"So I think she should have gone to No. 29 Xishan Tomb!" Wang Longqian answered.

"Could she have gone somewhere else?" Xu Wenlin couldn't help but ask.

"Probably not, she hasn't been to that alien base for a long time!" Wang Lung said thoughtfully. "Wait a little longer!"

The three of them waited for more than half an hour, Wei Dongbiao couldn't bear it anymore, and lay on the sofa and said to Xu Wenlin: "Director Xu, call me if there is movement for a while, I'll squint for a while!" ”

"Good!" Xu Wenlin nodded and agreed.

"Stop!" Wang Longqian shouted sharply, Xu Wenlin quickly turned his head to check, Wei Dongbiao also sat up from the sofa, and the three of them stared at the picture of the black hole with bated breath, but there was still nothing.

"Director, what's wrong?" Wei Dongbiao didn't understand it for a long time, and couldn't help asking.

"Listen!" Wang Longqian whispered, the three of them held their breath and listened carefully, and there was an extremely slight sound "squeak" on the screen, the sound seemed to be extremely far away, as if it came from a crack in the ground, and it was very sharp, as if it was a piece of iron rubbing. Wang Longqian put his ear close to the computer's speaker, listened carefully and said, "It seems that someone is opening the door!" ”

"Was it from the surveillance at No. 29 Xishan Tomb?" Wei Dongbiao asked in a very low voice.

"Hmm," Wang Longqian nodded cautiously. At this time, the sharp squeak disappeared, and then there was a slight sound of footsteps, the footsteps were getting closer and closer, and they were getting clearer and clearer, and the hearts of the three people were tight, Wang Longqian reminded: "Now this alien is going to appear in front of our eyes, in this fully enclosed space, she has no scruples, and it is possible that she will appear like the monster of Journey to the West, let's be mentally prepared in advance!" ”

"Hmm," Wei Dongbiao and Xu Wenlin both nodded at Wang Longqian. At this moment, there was a creaking sound from nearer, as if the door was being opened, and with a click, the lock opened, and the man pushed the door into the house. The room was dimly lit, only vague shadows could be seen, a slender figure, long hair floating over the shoulders, a crimson down jacket wrapped around his upper body, a backpack on his back, and two long legs walking with catwalks underneath. Wang Longqian stared at the screen carefully for a while before he said to Xu Wenlin and Wei Dongbiao with certainty: "This is Lan Xingyi!" ”

"Doesn't she turn on the lights either?" Wei Dongbiao complained.

"Who knows!" Wang Longqian was also a little confused.

"Have we been discovered?" Xu Wenlin said nervously, because he suddenly saw Lan Xingyi walking towards the camera.

"No!" Wang Longqian replied confidently, because he had encountered a similar situation before, he felt more confident, he thought about it carefully and said: "Our camera is placed on the sofa, Lan Xingyi should have walked towards the sofa!" ”

"That's right!" Xu Wenlin breathed a sigh of relief. I saw Lan Xingyi take a rag and disappear in the dead corner of the picture, and when she came out again, the bag was gone, the down jacket was gone, she should have wiped the sofa just now, and then put the things on. Lan Xingyi appeared in the picture and looked in the direction of her left hand, but there was no movement, and then she turned around and disappeared into the picture.

The three of them couldn't see anything new, and they thought the light was dim, so they were a little disappointed, Lan Xingyi didn't come out for a long time, and Wei Dongbiao began to feel sleepy. He was just about to turn around to go to the sofa when he heard a rustling sound from the surveillance probe, he quickly turned his head to listen carefully, the sound became louder and louder, and then the sound became a crunching sound, as if something was expanding, and it seemed to be relaxing his muscles. Suddenly, the Holy Grail lit up, and a crystal ball popped out of it with a bang, and at this time, Lan Xingyi had already appeared in the picture, and the crystal ball flew directly into her hand. Lan Xingyi held the crystal ball in her hand and was quiet for a while, the crystal ball slowly lit up, and then the faint blue light filled the entire room, Lan Xingyi's face was already clearly visible, no different from before, just a blue light, very weird! The surrounding scenery gradually became clearer, as if it was a small crater, with dense trees and weeds growing on the mountain, the colors were not very distinct, and everything was bathed in a dark blue night. Lan Xingyi still closed her eyes peacefully, as if she was waiting for something.

After a while, the light became brighter and brighter, and a small sun rose behind the crater, the small sun glowed with a faint blue light, although it was not as good as the day, but the color of the plants and trees on the crater could already be distinguished clearly, as if it was a large garden of thousands of purples and reds. At this moment, two monsters emerged from the center of the crater, not small, more than two meters tall, with two bright red eyes the size of eggs, very similar to Australian kangaroos, but with a horse's head, and antennae like antennas on their heads; The front feet are raised, with two paws; The hind limbs are very well developed, with the hooves of two animals, bat-like wings on the back, a tail dragged behind it, and the whole body is covered with black-red hair. Looking at the horse's head, the two monsters should be one old and one young, because one of the horse's head has deep wrinkles, and the other is smoother. At this time, the grass and trees around the crater also moved, and hundreds of monsters of different sizes appeared one after another, but their appearances were almost the same, and they all looked at Lan Xingyi with these two big eyes. Wang Longqian, Wei Dongbiao and Xu Wenlin were all shocked and stared blankly at the surveillance screen.

The old horse's head spoke: "Xingyi, are you back?" ”

"Well, I'm back, Star Lord!" Lan Xingyi opened her eyes and replied.

"Last time, you said that you have found a clue to uncover this civilization, and you want to go on a field trip to find out the whereabouts of the companions we sent before, is there any progress?"

"Yes!" Lan Xingyi replied very confidently. "A few days ago, my teacher sent me to the UK to participate in a Mayan cultural exchange meeting, and I copied the information in the crystal skull left by the Mayans into my crystal ball in the British Museum! I also went on a field trip to the crop circles and made sure they were the last messages from our fellow soldiers! ”

"Huh?" The young horse's head was a little agitated, and he asked in a very sad tone, "Is there any evidence for what you said?" ”

"Yes!" Lan Xingyi replied silently, then slowly raised his left hand and said, "Star Lord, Mengkong, look at this photo!" ”