Prologue
19 February 2001, Balikpapan Port, Borneo.
With a long whistle, a slightly old cargo ship left the largest cargo terminal in the South Seas and headed northwest.
"Your Excellency, it is no surprise that this ship will arrive at the mouth of the Irrawaddy River in Bagan in early March." The captain knocked on the door of a small room at the end of the cabin with great respect, and whispered.
"Got it." In the room, a tall twenty-five-year-old woman is sitting at a shabby wooden table writing notes, she is wearing a wide black suit, wearing the star badge exclusive to the president of the Borneo Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and black high heels.
At this moment, the thick white paper, covered with black handwriting and simple diagrams, seemed to tell the end of her trip, and the purpose, which was simply summarized: to go to Saadiyah Village in the Kingdom of Assam to investigate the assassination of her father.
"The 19th president of the Borneo Chinese Chamber of Commerce actually lives in such a dark and damp room, this is the first time I have seen it." After a while, a burly man wearing a mask suddenly stepped out of an old wooden cabinet in the corner of the room and said in a slightly surprised voice.
"If you shouldn't ask, ask less." She glanced at her "partner" angrily, and then said, "Let's roughly recount the information you collected some time ago." ”
"From the mouth of the Irrawaddy River in the country of Pukan to the eastern edge of the kingdom of Assam, it takes about a week to travel normally; On the one hand, the Zhemengxiong Empire intends to occupy the entire territory of the Assam Kingdom in the next two years, and on the other hand, many local forces of the Assam Kingdom intend to take the opportunity to become independent. The man said as he placed a tightly sealed file bag on her desk.
"Thank you." She thanked him politely, and then casually put a small note on the table into the storage box, which read: At 3:15 a.m. on July 25, 1978, near the village of Saadia (93 degrees 44 minutes east longitude, 27 degrees 32 minutes north latitude), an earthquake measuring 8.5 on the Richter scale occurred with an epicenter depth of 14 kilometers.
"Sadia Village, before the earthquake, few people knew about it." As an intelligence officer who travels all over South Asia all year round, the man naturally knows every place in the South Asian subcontinent.
"Yes, it's located between the Brahmaputra Valley and the Himalayas, with a closed traffic and harsh environment, with a population of only 100 people." She closed the lid of the storage box and replied.
However, although the magnitude of this earthquake was large, it was located in the Eurasian plate and India. At the junction of the oceanic plates, the earth's crust is active, and even if such a large earthquake occurs, it will not alarm the entire South Asian countries. Although he had heard about the earthquake more than 20 years ago, his strong curiosity prompted him to ask.
"There's nothing to hide." She took out two other notes from the storage box and whispered: "In the archives kept by the military of the Kingdom of Assam, it is recorded that tens of thousands of charred corpses appeared in the village after the earthquake; In addition, on the twentieth day after the earthquake, the village was restored to its original state. ”
"Back to normal...... It seems that there must be some kind of supernatural power hidden in the village. As if touching his "unknown territory", his calm and calm quickly disappeared, replaced by a hint of surprise.
"This is not clear, some people say that the cause of the earthquake is the shock caused by the explosion of the barrier between the two worlds located under the village of Sadia by a people from another world; Some people say that the underground space of Sadia Village hides a huge scroll that is unique in ancient times, buried with priceless gold and silver treasures in the Middle Ages, there are creatures that have never existed in this world, and there is a strange landform landscape that is no different from the moon; It is also said that in the deepest part of the underground space, there stands a door that moves on its own to connect to the other world, which is beautiful and rich, with endless fertile fields and countless mineral resources, and is a good place to make achievements. She glanced out the window at the endless dark sea and said slowly.
"The president seems to be a different person." It was rare for him to see her so talkative, so he couldn't help but say casually: "Therefore, being "tempted" by this news, many people choose to cross the ocean and go to Sadia Village to unveil its unknown veil." ”
"Yes." She nodded imperceptibly, then glanced at the watch on her wrist and said, "It's not too early, you should go back." ”
"However, few of them will come back alive, and the mystery that hangs over the village still hangs in the balance, and you ......" The man seemed to want to say something, but seeing the determination and determination in her eyes, he finally swallowed the rest of the words, and then walked quickly into the old wooden cabinet.
"And I'm still going there like my assassinated father, even if it becomes a taboo for people to talk about." She couldn't help muttering to herself, and then in the lower right corner of the blank paper, she wrote a rather sad sentence:
"Dear father, the Chamber of Commerce has entered a period of steady development, everything is slowly moving in the direction you expect, only your assassination case is still pending, I think, it's time to give it a satisfactory explanation!"