Gu Wang rushed to the scene and Yu Lu was waiting for him at the intersection.
Seeing him coming, Yu Lu was obviously relieved. The dim morning light illuminated her tired face, but her expression was as serious as ever: "Director Gu, please follow me."
Gu Wang looked up at the mountain in the distance and asked, "Shall we walk over there?"
"Of course not." Yu Lu smiled visibly, "Let's ride this."
As he spoke, he parted the grass beside him and saw two half-worn mountain bikes inside.
Gu Wang: “…”
Yu Lu sighed, "Don't mind me. If we go any further, not only will our electronics malfunction, but our cars will break down too. We lost those three robbers right here; they were well prepared and had already escaped on their mountain bikes."
Gu Wang: "I can't ride a bike."
Yu Lu: “?”
Gu Wang sighed, "Forget it, I'll wait for you up ahead."
Yu Lu was just about to ask who was waiting for whom when she saw Gu Wang pinch his fingers and take a step forward, neither hurried nor slow. She could clearly see the figure right in front of her, but after three steps, there was no trace of him.
Yu Lu's expression changed, and she quickly chased after him on her bicycle.
When she arrived at the foot of the mountain, Gu Wang had been waiting for a long time, looking at the mountain with a frown.
It was almost dawn, the coolest time of the day. Not to mention being in the mountains, surrounded by greenery, it should be even cooler than in the city.
But waves of heat were blowing in from the mountain. The control staff had been here for more than ten hours and were sweating profusely.
It was as if they were facing not an ordinary mountain, but a volcano.
Yu Lu threw her bike away and walked over, wiping her sweat. "Any electronic device will malfunction on the mountain, and drones are useless. It's too hot, and children can easily get heatstroke. We can't wait any longer."
Gu Wang asked, "How many people have been sent out?"
Yu Lu: "Eight teams have been sent out, with nearly a hundred people. However, the teams cannot communicate with each other, so the efficiency is very low."
As they were talking, one of the teams came back. The leader's clothes were all soaked with sweat, and even the police dog was sticking out its tongue and drooping its head, showing how tired it was.
The team member reported: "The search in the south has been completed, and no criminals have been found."
Yu Lu sighed, and seeing that they still wanted to go in and look for it, she waved her hand and asked someone to take them to rest.
We've been searching all night. It's easy for something to go wrong in such high temperatures.
Gu Wang asked a local who was leading the way, "Did you see anything strange on the mountain when you searched it just now?"
The local man was also feeling the heat. "The strangest thing is the temperature. In previous years, it was so cool in the mountains. We had to wear long sleeves and long pants when we went up the mountain in the morning and evening. I don't know what's wrong this year!"
Yu Lu walked over and said, "The electronic thermometer doesn't work. We used a regular thermometer to measure it. It's close to 40 degrees here, and the temperature has been rising since last night."
She whispered, "Director Gu, do you know anything that can raise the temperature? Whether it's a sacrifice or a gift, let's lower the temperature first and find the child first."
Gu Wang naturally knew a lot about strange beasts or gods and ghosts that could raise the temperature.
But the problem is, those he knew either went to the fairyland with the separation of the three realms, or were in the Three No Return Seals... How could it be possible that they had remained in the human world for thousands of years?
He was just about to calculate for a moment when he saw golden lines moving on the back of his hand.
After looking carefully, he avoided the crowd and raised his hand to cast a magic circle.
The red lotus fire bloomed, and besides Lu Wu, there was actually another auspicious god inside.
Jishen was burned by the karmic fire and screamed. He walked out of the magic circle and felt the inhuman high temperature. The big beard on his cheeks almost caught fire.
Lu Wu Ziran walked over to Gu Wang and stood beside him, saying, "Jishen said he had a bad feeling and wanted to come and see."
Gu Wang's expression became serious, and even the God of Fortune could have a bad premonition... things might not be good.
He brought the two back to the team and said simply, "I need to go to the mountains to take a look."
Yu Lu glanced at Lu Wu and Ji Shen, a little surprised, but didn't ask any more questions, "I'll go with you."
She called three more colleagues, plus a local to lead the way, to form a team of eight.
Gu Wang asked for the three children's daily necessities, and the group set off.
At this time, inside the forest.
The three kidnappers rested against a tree trunk.
The fat man in the lead picked up a large leaf and fanned himself with it. "This is such horrible weather, it's so hot!"
The tall man at the side said with a bitter face, "How long do we have to hide? Those policemen have been looking for us all night and haven't given up yet!"
The other thin-faced man chuckled, "Don't worry, they won't be able to find us. I carefully selected this place! Without all that high-tech stuff, these policemen are nothing!"
The fat man also laughed, "Thanks to the place that the third brother found, it can actually block electronic products, but it's a bit hot."
The thin-faced man said quickly, "Don't be afraid of the hotspot. We're hot, and they're hot too. Once they relax a little, we'll quickly move out. Then we'll call the parents of the three little guys and ask them to send money as soon as possible."
The fat man's smile widened, and he said in a bossy manner, "When this is done, I'll give you credit for it."
Disdain flashed in the eyes of the thin and long face, but his smile became more and more flattering as he flattered the fat man.
Gu Wang and his group were walking up the mountain, and the temperature was getting higher and higher. Their perceived temperature was about to exceed 50 degrees.
It feels like being trapped in a steamer, the heat coming from the ground instead of from the sky.
The local man leading the way was extremely hot and said with difficulty, "The previous team has already searched this road and there is no one there."
Gu Wang didn't say anything, but just took out the compass.
The compass needle is spinning like crazy!
Gu Wang adjusted the direction and was about to calculate, but he saw the compass snap and shatter.
This crack was different from the last time. Last time it only had a small crack, but this time it broke directly into several pieces and fell into the messy grass.
For a moment, there was silence all around.
The faces of several people in Fengdu were not looking good.
Although the people led by Yu Lu didn't understand why, they also sensed that the atmosphere was heavy.
After a while, Gu Wang said with a complicated expression: "Not good."
Yu Lu's scalp nearly exploded. "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the children?"
"That's not the case." Gu Wang took out the three children's daily items, pinched his fingers, and chanted softly: "Heaven's command to chase the heart, borrow objects to chase the soul!"
The aura extracted from the object turned into an arrow, rising up and floating slowly forward.
But under extremely high temperatures, the arrow turned into a wavy line.
Gu Wang: "Follow, find the child first."
Yu Lu breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the child was fine.
The group followed the arrow for an unknown amount of time. The trees in the mountains became denser and taller, and it seemed they had already entered the depths.
The guide frowned and asked, "Why is it here?"
Yu Lu asked, "What's going on here?"
Guide: "This is the deepest part of the forest. We locals don't come here often. The elders have said that a fire unicorn is sealed here, and it will bring disaster if it is released."
Under normal circumstances, this kind of legend would just be heard and forgotten.
But now... everyone raised their hands to wipe the sweat off their foreheads. It was hard to say whether it was a Fire Qilin, but it was definitely abnormal.
The few of them continued to walk inside. The trees inside were already so thick that they needed three people to hug them. They couldn't see the treetops when they looked up.
The arrow stopped in front of a tree hole half a person's height.
Yu Lu hurriedly looked at Gu Wang, and seeing Gu Wang nod slightly, she immediately walked to the tree hole to check.
All three children were inside, huddled together unconscious.
Yu Lu gritted her teeth and carried the children out. Seeing that their faces were flushed with heat, she quickly asked three colleagues to take the children downstairs for treatment, while she stayed behind to look for the three criminals.
It was difficult for her to subdue three people by herself, so she just wanted to find clues about the criminals and wait there for her colleagues to come and support her.
But Gu Wang raised his eyes, glanced in a certain direction, and whispered, "Found it."
Then he raised his hand and waved, and immediately a scream came from the other side, sounding not far away.
Yu Lu ran over quickly, only to see three people tied up tightly with a golden thread like pigs. Upon closer inspection, she realized they were the three gangsters.
These three people have not had a good time recently. The temperature here is even higher than at the foot of the mountain. They are almost dehydrated and their lips are pale. The first thing they do when they see the police is not to struggle, but to quickly ask for water.
She was actually a little dazed. Dozens of their colleagues ran around in this deep forest all night without catching anyone, but Master Gu came and found him in less than an hour?
How miraculous this is...
Gu Wang and the other two also followed him. He said, "Take these three people down the mountain."
Yu Lu was about to nod, then realized, "What about you guys?"
She remembered something again, "Director Gu, you just said something bad, what did you mean?"
Gu Wang sighed and said, "This mountain is not good."
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Yu Lu was finally persuaded and dragged the three obedient criminals down the mountain.
These three people were found guilty of kidnapping and resisted arrest, so they are likely to spend the rest of their lives in prison.
Only Gu Wang and the other two were left in the mountains.
The sun had risen, and the temperature in the mountains began to rise sharply. The forest was completely silent, and the chirping of insects and birds had disappeared.
That's true. It's okay to survive in such high temperatures for a day or two, but if it goes on for too long, even the most clever animals will not be able to survive.
Gu Wang glanced at Ji Shen.
Ji Shen frowned and said, "It's a terrible feeling. I can't sense what it is, but it's not good."
Following Gu Wang, Ji Shen also said something was not good.
Lu Wu Ze simply released the red lotus fire. The fire dragon flew away burning, but was recalled and finally brought some news: the seal of heaven.
Inside this hill that is about to melt, there is a Heavenly Seal.
Ji Shen scratched his head in distress, "Now the question is, what is so powerful that it requires Tiandao to seal it himself?"
The Way of Heaven is not a person; it is more like a program that ensures that everything develops according to certain laws.
Anyone who can make it take action personally must be extremely powerful.
Fortunately, with the news of the Heavenly Seal, Gu Wang knew what to do.
He sat cross-legged on the ground, like a Taoist boy who had just learned to calculate, regulating his breathing, closing his eyes and clasping his hands.
Only when the whole person's aura is harmonious and connected with heaven and earth can he start to calculate.
After such a long time down the mountain, this was the most difficult divination Master Gu had ever made.
Lu Wu carefully raised his hands, and two fire lotuses gently surrounded Gu Wang in the center. Not only did they not make him feel hot, but they actually isolated him from the external heat.
Gu Wang's expression looked a little better.
After a full hour, Gu Wang, who had been calculating non-stop, finally opened his eyes, stood up, and said, "Let's go. I know where it is."
Even though Ji Shen was knowledgeable and experienced, he couldn't help but admire him secretly. Using flesh and blood to calculate the whereabouts of the Heavenly Dao Seal sounded simple, just a matter of searching for something. However, the more powerful one was, the more they knew how difficult it was.
It can be expressed in just one sentence: Who do you think the Heavenly Dao is? Can you just change the seal it left behind as you please?
It's like a teacher installing several cameras on a wall to prevent students from climbing over it, but the students then have to run around the wall to see where the cameras are.
Don’t talk about whether you can do it or not, just tell me whether the teacher will punish you or not!
Do you know where the cameras are? Do you want to find a place without cameras to climb over the wall?
Ji Shen looked at the headmaster leading the way and thought to himself: Besides his profound cultivation, he is also deeply loved by the Heavenly Dao...
Over there, Gu Wang had already reached the deepest part of the entire forest.
When they got here, the temperature actually dropped. Although it was still around 37 or 38 degrees, compared to the previous time, they just felt cool.
There was only an empty space here, which looked ordinary, but Gu Wang was not disappointed.
He walked in the Seven Star Steps, calculating with his hands as he paced. In a moment, the scene before him suddenly changed, and a small lake appeared.
The moment the small lake appeared, a temperature that could almost burn a person's bones hit him in the face.
Lu Wu grabbed Gu Wang and held him against his chest, then flew out with his back to the lake.
Gu Wang reacted quickly as well. He immediately made hand gestures with both hands, clasped his arms together, and slapped Lu Wu's back with his fingers.
The two fell to the ground while hugging each other.
For a long while, no words came out.
Ji Shen groaned as he got up, his tooth aching, and said, "Is it time to hug each other now? Can we go back to the amusement park and hug each other?"
Gu Wang lay between Lu Wu and the ground. He felt unharmed, yet everything about him seemed strange...
"You...you get up first."
Lu Wu seemed to have just reacted, and even smiled, then turned over and sat aside.
Gu Wang couldn't help laughing, "Let me see your back, is it hurt?"
Lu Wu hesitated for a moment and slowly turned around.
The red robe on his back had been burned by the heat, but fortunately Gu Wang's finger gestures blocked it, and only a blister appeared.
Gu Wang's expression darkened. He naturally didn't say anything like "Don't do this next time". He just took out some medicine from his bag and applied a thick layer on it.
He had a lot of good stuff in his bag. Not only did the monsters in the garden send him gifts all day long, but the rewards from the Special Bureau were also not bad.
In just a few breaths, the blisters began to shrink.
Suddenly, a hand stretched out from the side, and several blisters as big as coins appeared on the back of the hand.
Ji Shen chuckled, "Director, please put some on me too!"
Gu Wang: “…”
He put the whole box of medicine into Sergi's arms.
The three of them came to the small lake again. This time they were prepared. They each used their strength to condense and block in front of them, and they were not as embarrassed as before.
Only then could I see the lake clearly.
The entire lake is an irregular long strip, and the surface of the lake is covered by a huge seal.
However, at this moment, the seal is on the verge of breaking, and its power is rapidly dissipating. I am afraid that it will not be long, or even just a few days... The seal will be completely destroyed.
Through the broken seal, one can feel the scorching temperature of the lake, which is like magma.
Gu Wang took a deep breath, "What on earth is this lake water? It can actually burn the seal of heaven?!"
That’s right, he could see that the seal did not dissipate naturally, but was slowly burned by the lake water!
Ji Shen frowned as he looked at the red lake, "I know a little about this."
The other two looked at him.
Ji Shen: "It is said that eight thousand years ago, the God of Fire, while chasing a strange beast, mistakenly entered the territory of Yujiang, the God of Winter. Yujiang cut off one of his toes with a knife, and the falling blood turned into a lake of magma."
"Afterwards, the three realms separated. The magma lake possessed the divine power of the God of Fire. No one in the human world could suppress it, so the Heavenly Dao took action to seal it."
Ji Shen spread his hands and said, "That's all I know."
Gu Wang's expression changed several times as he looked at the lava lake. "Are you saying this is made from the blood of the God of Fire?"
Ji Shen nodded, "Exactly."
After a while, Gu Wang sighed.
Even gods are different. Why are some forcibly dragged into the immortal realm, while others must enter the Three Seals of No Return? And yet, like the Leather Bag Player, who barely bears the title of god, only to sleep in the human world for a thousand years...
That’s naturally because everyone’s strength is different.
Even in the Immortal Realm, there are very few who can suppress a god like the God of Fire. Being able to control one of the Five Elements is a power only possessed by ancient gods.
Even though the lava lake is just formed from his blood, it is unsolvable in the human world.
Gu Wang had all sorts of thoughts running through his mind, and finally he said, "Let's leave here first and go back to discuss it."
If the seal is broken and the entire magma lake explodes, not only Fu Yu Province, but the entire China will suffer.
They don't have much time.
After Gu Wang came down the mountain, he immediately notified the Special Bureau. The other party was also stunned by the news and said that they would find several thousand-year-old sects in the world of Xuanshu to discuss it.
Of course, they all knew that hope wasn't great. A thousand-year legacy wouldn't even last as long as the separation of the three realms, let alone a lava lake.
Gu Wang also summoned the ghosts and gods of the entire amusement park, hoping to gather everyone's strength to come up with a solution.
A whole day and nothing was achieved.
Nearing evening, Gu Wang remembered that he had forgotten to supply spiritual power to the Sanbugui Seal, so he had to temporarily withdraw from the discussion and do his daily tasks.
After the spiritual power transfer was completed, the god on the opposite side sent a cool breeze as usual, very politely.
Gu Wang brushed off the broken ice on his forehead, nodded slightly, and was about to turn around and leave when he suddenly stopped.
He looked back at the blurry figure inside the door. After a while, he sent a message to the ghosts and gods in the garden, asking them to come and protect him.
Then, he meditated on the spot, mobilizing all the spiritual power in his body and sending it towards the seal!
The ghosts and gods came quickly, falling from the sky one by one.
The Candle Girl, the Ghost Goddess, the Purple Goddess, the Night Wanderer God, the God of Fortune, the Red Banner, and the Fox Clan...
The surging power of ghosts and gods spread out, surrounding the meditating figure in the middle in a protective manner. At the front was Lu Wu, who stood directly beside Gu Wang like a bodyguard.
No one knew what Gu Wang was doing, but that didn't stop them from offering their firm support.
Gu Wang didn't even have time to observe what was happening outside. He was only focused on outputting his spiritual power... Just when his spiritual power was exhausted and even his meridians were aching slightly, the ground trembled slightly and the seal was opened.
The face of the deity inside gradually became clear, and a cold voice rang out, "Thank you."
As these words were spoken, a cold wind blew around.
The wind was getting stronger and stronger, causing the surrounding flowers, trees, and even ghosts and gods to fall over. It was impossible to open your eyes in the cold wind.
Along with the wind came frost, which covered the area layer by layer, forming a thick layer.
When it was summer all over China, this area of less than two acres was plunged straight into a harsh winter.
The wind died down only when the frost was several inches thick. Everything around was frozen, gleaming like silver in the sun.
The deity nodded in satisfaction and said calmly, "I heard that Mr. Gu likes gifts. I wonder if you like this gift of mine?"
Gu Wang reached out and smoothed his hair, and broken ice fell down with a clatter.
He thought expressionlessly: Rumors have killed people.
The author has something to say:
Principal Gu: Why am I still getting hurt if I don’t even give any gifts?
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