"The ...... of the emperor in the mixed race" Chu Zihang stared at the mural, "What is the word 'emperor' taken apart?" ”

"White ...... King? After a few seconds of silence, Caesar slowly and with difficulty spat out the two words, "Hell...... They are of White King blood, and these Japanese guys are of White King blood? ”

"You can't take it for granted based on the structure of Chinese characters, but considering that the Japanese language comes from China, the intention of the character '皇'皇' is very intriguing." Chu Zihang said.

"After all, they are the bloodline of the White King who is suspected of being extinct by the secret party, right?" Caesar asked.

"Well, most likely, the name of this series of murals is that it tells the history of the White Emperor and his descendants."

"Let me guess that the ancestors of the Eight Families of Snake Qi learned the word 'Huang' from China, and they thought that the word was made for super hybrids." Chu Zihang pieced together all the murals in his mind and began to form a complete context map.

"Not only that, but it also hides the name of the White Emperor."

"The White King is the Dragon King who has mastered the spiritual element, it can control the spirit of others, and its own mind is eternal and clear, and the three families inherit the blood of the White King, which is also the reason why Yuan Zhisheng did not become Deadpool."

"Even if Yuan Zhisheng has surpassed the critical blood limit, his spiritual talent ensures that his sanity will not be eroded." Chu Zihang paused, "He is a unique anomaly, his body is almost full of dragon blood, but he has a strange human heart. ”

"What about you?" Caesar asked suddenly, with a hint of amusement in his eyes.

"Do you still have the heart to joke in this case......" Chu Zihang frowned and hesitated, "Because I accepted Xia Mi's Dragon King Heart, my own bloodline is not high, this is the day after tomorrow." ”

"And Yuan Zhisheng is born with him and is not bound by the critical blood limit, and I have no comparison with him."

"Oh." Caesar was just about to retract the mockery, when he suddenly raised his head and looked solemn, "Why is there the sound of water?" ”

Even without the blessing of the sickle, his sense of hearing was many times sharper than that of ordinary people, and he heard the sound of water, not a trickle in a pipe, but the sound of the rising tide of the sea.

Kogenji Heavy Industries is located in Shinjuku District, four or five kilometers away from the sea.

"The Iron Dome Temple is releasing water again, right? The city's underneath is simply a sea. Chu Zihang was busy taking pictures of the mural and didn't look back.

"The weather forecast says there will be heavy rain again tonight, and if Tokyo didn't have this level of sewerage, the sewer system would probably have collapsed long ago."

Caesar looked around to find a window to see if it was raining outside, but there were no windows in the mural hall at all.

However, it is not surprising that in order to protect these murals from continued oxidation and dust pollution, the Snake Eight House should have installed a central dust removal equipment and dehumidification equipment on this floor, so that it is inconvenient to open the windows for ventilation.

"Turn the flashlight up a little higher, let's look at the panorama of this painting, what special meaning it should have." Chu Zihang said.

"Only this once, next time, don't talk to me in the tone of a director directing a gaffer!" Caesar raised the flashlight and illuminated the entire fresco.

……

……

A minute ago, Genji Heavy Industries was in the deepest part, "Naraka".

Gen Zhisheng sideways to avoid Gen Zhinu's cherry red sword, but this dodge also caused the tip of the knife to sink into the glass curtain wall behind him.

Without hesitation, Gen Zhinan pulled out her knife, and then kicked Yuan Zhisheng in the chest.

Just as the two of them were about to continue drawing their swords against each other, a slight popping sound quickly pierced the entire glass wall from top to bottom from the gap, and the metal frame that supported them quickly twisted and deformed.

"Brother, you let the demon out." Yuan Zhinu sighed, "Why don't you honestly be stabbed by me?" ”

The feeding fish also noticed the change in the glass wall, and threw down the bloody food and swam over, just like the prisoners would invariably look in the direction of the prison when they heard the iron door of the prison ring.

The glass wall crumbled, first a huge glass brick pushed out of the metal frame by water pressure, and then more glass bricks fell off, each one a square meter square, half a meter thick, and weighing several tons.

The water gushed out more than ten meters away from the gap.

After a few seconds, the transparent wall completely collapsed, and tens of thousands of tons of water broke through the dam, carrying an unknown number of human-faced fish.

It was both a deadly frenzy and a deadly beauty, the falling glass bricks in the dark blue light curtain reflected the ice-like light, and in the light flew black shadows like dragons and snakes...... It's as beautiful as the end of the world.

"Shinto, brother, I have a lot to tell you." The childish girl's lips moved slightly, as if she was speaking lip language.

Yuan Zhisheng instantly understood, it came from the tacit game they played when they were children.

"Really...... Amusing. One last thought crossed his mind, and the two of them were swallowed up by the dark blue frenzy.

……

……

"But it's not just the sound of water." Caesar frowned, "I heard a horde of low roars, as if dozens of beasts had been released from their cages at the same time. ”

"Maybe the Snake Eight family has a few tigers?" Chu Zihang said lightly.

"I can tell the difference between the tiger and some kind of ghostly thing, and it seems that there are more secrets hidden in this building than we thought." Caesar's expression was a little solemn, "Also, the expression on your face when you tell cold jokes is really ugly. ”

"You don't do this to Natsumi too often, do you?"

"......" Chu Zihang was speechless, and then raised the camera in his hand, "Speed up, we don't have time to study, we can only take pictures and take a slow look in Gao Tianyuan." ”

"You help me with the flashlight, I need the whole mural to be illuminated by the flashlight."

Caesar shrugged, indicating that he didn't mind pulling his opponent to death in a critical situation.

The two walked faster and faster, until Chu Zihang stopped in front of a mural.

"What's wrong?" Caesar asked.

"This mural ......," Chu Zihang said softly, "what do you think it looks like?" ”

Caesar looked at it, and the painting was very abstract, depicting a skeleton with wings giving a bone to a man.

What is amazing is that the skeleton and the human form the structure of the "yin and yang fish", the golden skeleton lies on the black background, the golden person lies on the white background, the skeleton arm holding the bone touches the human hand, and the whole picture rotates like a whirlpool.

"Taijitu?" Caesar said.

Chu Zihang shook his head, "The Taiji diagram first originated from the Chen Chuan in the early years of the Song Dynasty, and these murals are even earlier than the Song Dynasty...... In short, it means copulation. ”

"Handed over what?" Caesar's Chinese is stuck.

"Mating." Chu Zihang had no choice but to change the popular expression.

"The living and the dead coping? It sounds disgusting, but is this the nature of the Japanese people? Caesar frowned.

"No, it's mating in a religious sense. At its core, it's not the mating process, it's the thing that the skeleton passes to the living......"

"It was supposed to be something that symbolized 'life', and the artist drew this picture with that bone as the center of the circle." Chu Zihang thought for a while and said, "So the focus is on that bone." ”

"What do you say about the annotation of the seal character?"

"There are a large number of ancient and variant characters in this text, and my understanding of seal script is limited, and I can barely read it. But there are eight words that I don't think I can be mistaken. Chu Zihang paused, "Gu Dao Huangquan ...... The path of the gods. ”

"I don't understand, Huangquan doesn't mean hell in Chinese?"

"Do you remember?" Chu Zihang asked.

He suddenly remembered that Chicago evening, and he could see white cruise ships slowly passing by in the water, and the setting sun illuminated the entire river in gold.

I and Natsumi are also discussing.

"Of course, any cultured half-breed knows it, just as a Christian knows." Caesar shrugged.

"It's pretty much the Japanese version of the painting." Chu Zihang whispered.

Caesar was taken aback.

"Yellow Spring does mean hell, but after passing through the deepest hell, it is heaven that you arrive."

"The so-called ancient path of Yellow Spring refers to the ancient path in the hell where evil spirits are rampant, and it is actually also the 'path of transforming into a god', and you can evolve into a god by crossing it."

Chu Zihang looked up at the round that alluded to the ultimate meaning of alchemy, "That golden skeleton is the symbol of the White King, it gave its own blood to humans and created the blood of the White King, that is, those mermaids. ”

"But the gods have left behind an even more valuable treasure, which is the method of evolving from a hybrid to a dragon, which is very dangerous, but not entirely impossible."

"If you knew that method, would you want to try it?" Caesar and Chu Zihang stood side by side, looking up at the mysterious circle of reincarnation.

"I've tried." Chu Zihang said lightly.

"Yes." Caesar sighed softly, "Actually, I kind of want to try, but unfortunately I don't have a dragon king girlfriend...... But even if I had, I wouldn't do it. ”

"My mom is probably going to be disappointed, right? So forget it. ”

"There's something more precious than this painting, come, go see the most valuable one here." Caesar shook his head at Chu Zihang, "Follow me." ”

"This is the most precious mural you were talking about?" Chu Zihang looked up at the high wall in front of him.

"Don't you think? At least the most valuable. Caesar stood side by side with him.

They were faced with a snow-white wall, and the frescoes had been taken away.

"Within ten minutes, the person who knocked out the members of the executive department and stole the mural." Caesar complained, "What new age monster thief? ”

"It's very professional, I've looked at these paintings, and I've even thought about tearing off a piece and taking it back."

"But the murals are stripped from the original walls and not stuck to the walls here, but are attached to traditional canvases that have been painted with alum."

"The canvas is attached to the wall with adhesive, and under normal circumstances, the adhesive must be washed off with a special solvent before the painting can be removed."

"And I don't have this solvent in my hand, so I have to give up...... He was able to do it so quickly. ”

"Let's keep it simple." Caesar's face darkened, "How do I think you're getting more and more bastard." ”

"I can't do that in ten minutes." Chu Zihang's fingers slid along the wall, and he took the flashlight from Caesar's hand and examined the wall carefully.

"oK, it's simple and straightforward." Caesar shrugged, "Then Detective Mr. Chu Zihang, do you think that guy will leave fingerprints on this wall?" ”

"No, I'm checking the adhesive on the walls. You see there is still gelatinous stuff left here," Chu Zihang pointed the flashlight at a yellow layer of glue, "This means that he tore it hard, that's why it's so fast." ”

"oK, hard tear, so what's the use of us analyzing so much?" Caesar smiled.

"A very contradictory point can be drawn." Chu Zihang whispered, "It is difficult to ensure that the base of the canvas is not damaged in the case of hard tearing, if that person wants this precious painting, how can he be so rude to it?" ”

"Makes sense." Caesar nodded, "I think it's probably the destruction of the corpse." ”

Chu Zihang was stunned for a moment, "He doesn't want latecomers to find out the ultimate secret contained in this long list of murals?" ”

"That's right." Detective Caesar nodded again.

“…… Yes, there is a major clue hidden in this mural that may be the key to interpreting all the murals. ”

Chu Zihang said, "There must be some secret hidden in these murals, and what the person who stole the painting wants is that secret." ”

"Okay, don't analyze it." Caesar patted him on the shoulder, "Hurry up and finish shooting the rest of the murals, we will withdraw if Lu Ming is done, don't worry about Kaguya's affairs for now, today's harvest is much better than blowing up Kaguya-hime." ”

He was silent for a few seconds, then turned out the flashlight, "Director, the special guest is coming." ”

"What did you hear?" Chu Zihang looked around vigilantly.

Then he stopped talking, for he heard it too.

It was the sound of the tide echoing through a narrow passage.

"Elevator shaft." Caesan Nunu mouth.

The two walked to the elevator door, Caesar turned on a miniature flashlight in his mouth, and pulled his hands into the crack of the door.

"You're coming along!" He rolled his eyes, "Just watching me do it alone, right?" I really feel that you haven't been very smart since you fell in love with Xia Mi. ”

Chu Zihang's facial muscles stiffened, "...... I'm sorry. ”

So they used brute force to open the bronze door.

Caesar was the first to look down.

"Damn it." He scolded mugly with a flashlight in his mouth.

"It's ...... Water? Chu Zihang also looked at the deep elevator shaft.

"Yes, you read that right, neither of us is blind...... I don't understand how there can be so much water in the elevator shaft and still rise to this place. ”

A few dozen meters below, the blue water ripples.

"Do you feel the ripples getting more noticeable?" Chu Zihang asked.

"No, it's not just obvious, it's the whole surface of the water that is fluctuating......" Caesar paused, "bullshit!" There's something the moving fast in there! ”

The two of them retracted at the same time and looked at each other quickly.

"Gen Zhisheng?"

"Who else could it be!" Caesar scolded and pulled out the Desert Eagle, "Hey, are you moving now?" ”

"It should be fine." Chu Zihang's palm touched the handle of Mura Yu.