Chapter 4: Searching for the Dragon Palace

Where is the legendary Dragon Palace?

Xiaoxue said in my heart: "I think the Dragon Palace is an independent space opened up by the dragon, similar to the existence of the secret realm of the Ghost Valley, I only know that the road is at the bottom of the sea, and no one knows where the road is." Unless the dragon king is willing to let us in, we can't see it or enter it even before our eyes! ”

None of the others spoke, so I had to speak: "Have you ever thought about a question, China's dragons are only found in the East, to be precise, only China, Japan, and some countries in Southeast Asia believe in such dragons, and there are no other places, what is this for?" ”

The three of them asked at the same time, "For what?" ”

"This is because the Dragon Palace is near China, and only people from China and nearby countries have the opportunity to encounter them. We can boldly speculate that the ancient East China Sea does not refer to the current East China Sea area, but refers to the Pacific Ocean farther away, and the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea is in the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean! Looking at the map of the world, you can see that only China, Japan and some countries in Southeast Asia are close to the Mariana Trench. Dragons are only found in this area. Perhaps a long time ago, there was a divine dragon that helped the Chinese to obtain the imperial position, so the ancient Chinese emperor was called the true dragon Tianzi, and the dragon form was honored. ”

Lu Qingwen took the case: "It makes sense! ”

Lin Mei and Ling Fengpiao were a little dazed, and Ling Fengpiao asked, "That horse...... Where is the horse what ditch? ”

"Just about 2,000 kilometers to the south-east of us, it's the deepest part of the ocean, and you can't see the top of the mountain if you fill in the highest mountain in the world."

Ling Feng floated and said: "Needless to say, it's there, let's go there to find it!" ”

Lu Qingwen began to despise him again: "Do you know what kind of ship you need to go out to the ocean?" Do you know whose territory it is? That's the territory of the Americans, and their most important military base in the Western Pacific is there, can you just jump around? ”

Ling Fengpiao was speechless when she slashed her head and covered her face, and snorted a few times: "Damn, the long-haired devil's legs are long, and he actually stretched out to the side of China!" ”

Although I speculate that the Dragon Palace is in the "horse ditch", it is far away, the area is very large, and it is so deep that it is scary to death, and the possibility of looking for it is extremely low. If the Dragon Palace can't be seen like Xiaoxue said, and the dragons are all hiding inside, it's useless for me to turn the horse ditch upside down.

I really didn't expect this piece of jade talisman to be so difficult, the chance is so slim that it means no chance, I was a little depressed and depressed, and the room fell silent again.

After a while, I said to Lu Qingwen: "I can only go back first and then slowly figure out a way, there is still a piece of land that I don't know the whereabouts of the road, so I can only trouble you and your grandfather to bother collecting information." ”

Lu Qingwen nodded: "We will do our best to this, but ...... Where are you going now? ”

"It's rare to come to the beach, and we're going to spend a few days in Pingtan and then go back to rebuild our new home." I'm not telling the truth, in fact I'm going to go to Magou alone to explore.

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Back in Qianao Town, Lu Qingwen left with some reluctance, the guide Uncle Luo also went home, and the others still stayed on the boat. The possibility of finding the treasure was almost zero, and Ling Fengpiao's dream of buying a yacht was ruined, so let him live for a few more days. In broad daylight, I couldn't move, so I asked the driver to drive the yacht to a scenic place to enjoy the scenery and food.

The jade talisman didn't land, I just forced a smile, no matter how good the scenery is, no matter how good the deliciousness is, I am absent-minded. Lin Mei knows me very well, so she is also frowning, and she is not in the mood to play at all. Even Ling Fengpiao sighed, because it didn't suit his taste, he scolded the chef a few words, if I hadn't dissuaded him in time, the chef would have been angry with him.

Back at the dock in the evening, the officers and soldiers came to take away the diving suits and navigation equipment, and we still spent the night on the ship, and Zheng Wanfeng and the cook naturally took care of everything to eat, so I didn't have to worry about it.

I couldn't sit still after dark, and was about to say to Lin Mei, but Lin Mei spoke first: "You have a lot of things on your mind, do you want to find them yourself?" ”

I nodded, and Lin Mei looked a little worried: "I won't let you go, it's too dangerous!" ”

I smiled: "It's not going to be dangerous, I've experienced more dangerous places, more dangerous things." ”

"It's different, so deep at the bottom of the sea, who knows what is terrible in the road? No matter how dangerous it is on land, you are familiar with it and can deal with it calmly, there is a world where you don't know the way at all...... Or don't go. ”

I hugged her into my arms and stroked her back: "Don't worry, it'll be fine, I not only have a rhino horn to keep out the water, but I can also avoid water at all, this is double insurance." And I will be very careful, never be strong, run away immediately when there is danger, and come back in an instant. ”

"But...... But I'm still worried, what will happen to me and my children if something happens to you? ”

I'm speechless, Lin Mei was originally a very strong person, she has never been so weak, probably because she has a different mentality when she is pregnant with a child, right?

Lin Mei lay on my shoulder and shed tears: "Every time you go out, I am very worried, but I don't dare to say it, and I don't dare to say that I want to follow you, for fear of affecting your actions." This time it's such a deep sea, and I'm really worried about finding the legendary dragon. ”

In fact, I also have a deep fear and uneasiness, 10,000 meters deep at the bottom of the sea, and 50 meters deep are completely different things, the environment is completely unfamiliar, not to mention, the terrible water pressure can even be flattened by a tank in an instant, as long as there is a little problem, I will not even find the slag. But I can't be afraid, I can't be weak, I don't dare to go if I lose my courage, and I will lose all my efforts if I lack a jade talisman.

I said softly: "I went on an adventure, but also so that we can be together for a longer time, now although my body does not continue to age, but I don't know whether my fate has changed, if it does not change, I will not live to be thirty years old, and I will die suddenly if I don't die of old age." I can't let that happen, so I have to change it at all costs and work for the happiness and longevity of our family. ”

Lin Mei hesitated for a while: "Okay, but I said a lot of unlucky things today, don't go, I'll go tomorrow night." ”

"Hmm......" I hugged her tighter, and I knew what she was thinking, even if I had to take an adventure, it would be better to go a day later.

The next day, I still drove the yacht around, and after dinner in the evening, I received a call from Lu Qingwen, and her voice was a little excited: "I re-looked at the photos taken during the previous salvage, and two of them showed huge dent marks on the hull. Because the traces of the depression are too large, no one thought that it was strangled by dragons and snakes, but thought that the lower edge of the hull was formed by hitting and twisting each other...... Now it is certain that it was a dragon that broke the ship, and it was just then that the American torpedo also hit the hull. ”

I suddenly thought of the possibility that, judging from the information, the Americans had no reason to attack the ship that they had allowed to pass, but it was clearly a deliberate attack, and the captain of the Empress Fish was promoted instead of being punished. Could it be that the Queenfish detected a huge creature following the Awa Maru and fired a torpedo to attack that creature? The dragon was hit, and in a fit of rage, it broke the Awa Maru and dragged it to the bottom of the sea. At that time, the Americans fired a total of five torpedoes, only two of which hit the Awa Maru, and the other three were missing, so it is very likely that they attacked the dragon, so although two of them hit the Awa Maru by mistake, they were not in a fatal place.

The Americans have been researching UFOs, aliens, and mysterious creatures, and there is a "Area 51" that specializes in this kind of thing, and of course they are reluctant to disclose the news of the discovery of mysterious giant creatures, so it is said that the Awa Maru was accidentally injured. As for the other details, they can make up at will, maybe they didn't save the Japanese who fell into the water at all, so that all the witnesses died, and only saved a cook who was unconscious and did not witness the huge creature.

Of course, this is only my speculation, anyway, it is already history, I am not a historian and I don't need to delve into it, but the photographic traces found by Lu Qingwen further prove that Awa Maru was sunk by a dragon, and it is even more imperative for me to go to "Magou".

It's such a coincidence, I just finished talking to Lu Qingwen, and the phone rang again, but it was Xueliyu calling, she said that she found the surviving chef of the Awa Maru, who had died a few years ago, and laboriously wrote down a Chinese traditional dragon character before dying, and the children couldn't guess what it meant.

I was surprised and delighted, if it was all speculation before, it has now been completely confirmed, but it is really bad news to take out the jade talisman I want from the dragon's mouth!

I didn't alarm the others, only Lin Mei watched from the deck as I flew east in the water. Parting with her affectionate gaze is my greatest courage and motivation, my life has not only belonged to myself, but also to her, and our children, so I should cherish it even more.

It's hard for me to estimate how long it will take me to get there, but as you can see from the map, there are no decent islands after passing Taiwan, and there are many inhabited islands along the edge of the Mariana Trench, so if I fly the approximate distance, there is a good chance that I will see one of them.

The use of Water Escape to fly consumes a lot of aura, and it is not even possible to fly like this until you reach the fourth layer of the Yin and Yang Technique. I didn't feel much about the last time I went to Japan because it wasn't too far, but this time I flew for almost two hours on a long-distance flight, and I felt a little tired because I consumed more than half of my aura.

Fortunately, there are lights in front of you, and if you fly a little further, you can see that it is a small city, with flashing neon lights, although there are no high-rise buildings, but some buildings are quite luxurious. It doesn't matter whose territory it is, I'll rest my feet first.

I landed in the dark where no one was around, and walked forward slowly, the signs in the distance were all in English, and I still knew some history and geography, so I really couldn't help it. However, judging from the distance, this should be a famous island next to Magou.

Less than three minutes after I landed, a fighter jet whizzed overhead, could it be that this is the US military base in Guam, and they detected me flying overhead?