"As time goes by, everything changes over a long period of time. Mountains and rivers also change. Even though they have changed, there will still be traces left behind."

Captain Zhang stopped in his tracks, his eyes fixed on the murals depicting the sacrificial ceremony repeated over and over again, and said firmly,

"Don't you think these blurry, indistinct locations are exactly where we're standing?"

Captain Zhang's tone carried a heavy weight, as if it bore the weight of a long and arduous history.

Bai Xizhu suddenly looked up at the mural again.

Then it dawned on me that the mural was 2D. The totems at the top were roughly the same as those of the ancient Kunlun Mountains, but they were slightly different towards the bottom.

At first, Bai Xizhu thought that it was because so much time had passed that things had changed so much.

If you look at it from another angle, imagine the lower half as part of the mountain, and it will be much easier to see.

The serpentine pattern is not a mountain, nor a river, nor a road, but something invisible to the naked eye in the mountains, yet it truly exists.

"It's a dragon vein."

When Old Master Bai Zhengxuan voiced his thoughts, even he was startled.

In ancient times, when emperors offered sacrifices to Heaven, they were essentially asking Heaven for its mandate and proclaiming themselves the Son of Heaven to exercise their imperial power.

If you were to ask what ancient emperors valued most, it would undoubtedly be the dynasty's fortune.

Luck is a mysterious and intangible thing, something you can't see or touch.

But every emperor throughout history believed it.

The dragon vein, in particular, represents the rise and fall of a dynasty.

Legend has it that when Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, started his uprising by slaying a white snake, he cut the snake in half with one stroke, which foreshadowed the birth of the Eastern Han and Western Han dynasties.

The slain white snake naturally symbolizes the dragon vein.

"There are many things in this world that are hard to explain, and some things cannot be fully explained by science." Captain Zhang's voice was very calm, so calm that there was not a ripple in it. "Dragon veins represent the future of a dynasty, as well as its rise and fall. Haven't you noticed that the energy fluctuations have become stronger after entering the cave?"

After saying that, Captain Zhang gently rubbed his fingers against the surrounding stone wall.

The patterns carved on the stone wall are repetitive, but they become blurry and indistinct at the serpentine patterns.

Bai Xizhu also stretched out her finger and touched the pattern on the stone wall, and could clearly feel the energy fluctuations.

It is earth-based energy.

The energy contained within this stone wall, formed over countless ages, was incredibly powerful.

"How...how is this possible?"

Bai Xizhu frowned, then thought of the many science fiction and bizarre novels she had read before the apocalypse.

Besides the special groups of people with strange abilities in novels, there are also many descriptions of mysterious powers in folk legends.

I used to think it was just something someone made up.

In retrospect, energy existed throughout the long years before the apocalypse, but most people were not able to sense it at that time.

Perhaps in ancient times, when the energy tides arrived, most people awakened supernatural abilities, and plants and animals underwent mutations.

Later, the energy tides stabilized and then gradually disappeared.

The superpowers people possessed also weakened, with each generation being less capable than the last, until almost everyone became an ordinary person.

In places where energy is abundant, the energy is decreasing, but it has not completely dissipated.

Some ancient and mysterious places have contained energy that has been evaporating for thousands of years without being completely dissipated.

In the past, people did not have supernatural abilities and could not sense their existence.

When a new generation of superhumans appeared, the ancient energy was revealed to the world.

"Do these people live in this place because they want to be emperors? They're guarding this place, which is like protecting the dragon vein, so why are they in such a miserable state now?"

Bai Yifan swallowed hard, his gaze falling on a red fragment beneath the ice not far away.

It had already turned into minced meat.

It is a part of the survivors here.

When the horde of zombies charged in, a fierce battle broke out between them and the zombies, but they still couldn't escape the zombies' sharp claws and teeth.

Just thinking about that scene made Bai Yifan feel excruciating pain all over his body.

"Emperors consider themselves the chosen ones, so no one would dare build a palace here. At most, they would come here to hold the Fengshan ceremony," Captain Zhang said.

Throughout history, every emperor has regarded the ancient Kunlun Mountains as a sacred place.

They say this is the closest place to heaven.

They don't have that ability.

Those who manipulate power will ultimately die at the hands of power.

Those who desecrate this place will ultimately bring about their own destruction.

Since it is the most sacred place in this land, it must have its own magic and its own pride.

Besides the mutated plants that cover the mountains, there are also some ancient and rarely seen mysterious creatures that live in this mountain range.

They usually hide in the mountains and forests and do not appear easily, but that does not mean they will never appear.

The so-called tomb guardians are guarding this mountain range, which is also known as the dragon vein in legend.

Human flesh and blood cannot be protected, because it does not belong to any one person or any one organization.

Rather, it belongs to all living things on this land.

It belongs to flowers, trees, and plants; it belongs to humans; ...and it also belongs to zombies.

"Will there be any problems if we just go straight in?"

The base commander glanced at Leng Yebai and Bai Xizhu, then hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't.

Things that are mysterious and profound naturally deserve reverence.

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