Chapter 858: Ancient Chapters
Inside the Yuan'an branch, where the top of the Molan Company's tower used to be, Liao Donghai and Chen Chuan took the elevator to arrive here. This place has been transformed into a huge dome-shaped glass structure.
Chen Chuan walked forward and came to the edge of the top floor. He looked out and saw the entire Yangzhi City at his feet. It was the first time for him to overlook the city where he grew up from such a high angle.
Some buildings gave him a completely new feeling just by looking at them from a different angle.
Mr. Liao took out a boundary pass and handed it to Chen Chuan. He took it and put it on. After clicking it, the field screen here immediately unfolded, and pictures and texts appeared on it.
Liao Donghai said, "Director Chen, our laboratory has analyzed the tissues and clothing of these two people and determined that they lived between 350 and 400 years ago. They likely lived within the borders of what is now the Noros Cult, and later moved to Haixi Dao, where they lived for a considerable period of time."
As he described, a map of the territories of the East Continent and its surrounding countries three or four hundred years ago appeared on the screen.
"We looked up information from that time and found that quite a few tribes migrated from the Western Continent to Haixi Road during this period. There was a widely circulated poem there at the time."
Liao Donghai pointed at the certificate of the lower world, on which there were some murals and texts on the fragments of sheepskin scrolls.
"The poem roughly means that in the past, an ancient tribal hero returned home from hunting and discovered that his tribe had been devoured by the 'Great Demon Agala'. So, he followed the guidance of the ancient gods and followed the direction of the sun all the way to the seashore, where he found the great demon.
In the words of the poem, they fought a battle here that was praised by the gods. Red blood wine rained down from the sky, dyed the sea and clouds red, and the rivers turned crimson. Finally, the hero stabbed the great demon's chest with a divine weapon, killing it and breaking it into twenty-eight pieces.
These twenty-eight pieces of corpse later transformed into a small monster called the 'Son of Agara'. Since then, there has been a rumor that those who hunt the Son of Agara can gain a portion of the power of the divine weapon from them.
Liao Donghai flipped the screen after saying this. "After the branch unearthed the two ancient martial artists, we managed to find this hymn and had experts conduct research. This poem actually has a source and there are several versions. The earliest can be traced back to over a thousand years ago."
Chen Chuan asked, "So this story is just a framework?"
Liao Donghai said: "As for the poem itself, it is indeed so. It is said that in order to facilitate singing, the content has actually been modified to make it more in line with the actual situation and a style that can be understood by the locals.
The company later looked for archives from the previous dynasty, which also recorded this incident. Although the poem contains some distortions, exaggerations, and even mythologization, the incident itself can be said to be true.
Chen Chuan then asked, "How do you know this is true?"
Liao Donghai said seriously, "Because the person who recorded this incident was the Xuanjiao Heavenly Master at the time, Huo Tianshi."
When Chen Chuan heard the name, his eyes moved slightly and he nodded.
This person was a high-ranking figure in the old state religion and had reached a higher level. It should be credible that such a person left behind records.
Liao Donghai added: "In addition to some text descriptions, we also found a depiction of the Agala monster here." As he spoke, he clicked, and a line-drawn huge creature appeared on the field screen. This thing seemed to be as tall as the mountain specially depicted next to it.
"The so-called Agara monster, in our old days, was called a 'Piluk'. It is a large creature that crawls out of the cracks in the seabed and is also very rare in the fusion zone."
Chen Chuan was slightly surprised. "Are creatures from the fusion land coming here?"
Large creatures like that usually live deep within the fusion zone, rarely even near this world, as there's usually not enough food here to sustain their activities. But then he thought of another possibility and raised his eyes and said, "Is it something left behind?"
Liao Donghai nodded and said, "That's right, Director Chen's guess is correct. Based on the description we have reconstructed, it seems that an unknown relic appeared, which attracted Pi Lu to land and caused a conflict with those ancient fighters of the tribe.
The era in which Master Huo lived was similar to theirs, almost eight hundred years ago, just when Xuanjiao had just defeated Chanjiao and became the state religion. At that time, the court invited Master Huo to reorganize Haixi. It is said that this master, with only a sword and a whisk, cleansed the entire Haixi Road within three years.
This Taoist priest must have conducted an on-site investigation of the traces left behind in the past, confirming that this battle had taken place, and based on the remains at the scene, he believed that there must have been more than one ancient fighter involved in the fight.
However, only one person survived the battle, and the poem celebrates both this person and the others, effectively uniting all of them into one image.
As he spoke, many scrolls and murals about this matter appeared on the screen, and after these, a map of the territory appeared.
"Three or four hundred years ago, the previous imperial dynasty was gradually crumbling, and its control over the Haixi Road was greatly weakened. At the same time, wars were frequent in the Western Continent, so many tribes migrated there. The two ancient fighters we unearthed must have come here during that time.
Ever since that poem was passed down, people from the Western Continent have been constantly searching for and pursuing the divine relic. It's said that a portion of this relic is hidden within each of the twenty-eight Sons of Agara. By killing these Sons of Agara, one can absorb this power into one's own body.
After hearing this, Chen Chuan roughly understood. He said, "So the things hidden in their bodies are the so-called 'divine gifts'?"
Liao Donghai said: "That should be the case. They were very likely to have succeeded in their hunt.
In fact, it is not just them. In the past few hundred years, because of this legend, it is possible that someone gained power from it, so they kept leading people from the West Land into the Haixi Road to hunt these things. In the past, these monsters had actually been seen by people, and records had been passed down, but before the establishment of the last dynasty, there were no more records, so some people suspected that these monsters had almost been hunted down.
"It's quite possible that what these two individuals are hunting are the last two so-called 'Sons of Agara.' If someone possesses the remaining parts of the divine relic, and if they can separate their portion, then this relic might be recovered."
Chen Chuan nodded. Any relics that could attract a large creature like the Pilu to come ashore must not be a simple thing. It could even be a second-level relic. It would be of great significance to the country and it was not something that a company could handle.
If Yuan'an Company had known this background earlier, they would have reported it to the government immediately. This also explains why they are so cooperative now.
He thought for a moment and then said, "The traitor lurking in your company acted decisively. It seems he knew something a long time ago."
Liao Donghai nodded and said, "After investigation by the head office, it turned out that this was a commercial spy planted here by the Tajing Company, a national enterprise of the Noros Theocracy. Based on his actions over the years, we believe that one of his purposes for lurking here is most likely for this very purpose.
"In Haixi Road, we speculate that a secret telegram he sent to the company was intercepted. Certain individuals or forces knew about this in advance, so they quickly sent a martial artist to intercept him."
At this point, he bowed to Chen Chuan and thanked him: "Fortunately, Director Chen prevented this incident, otherwise the company would have to bear greater responsibility and government punishment for this matter."
Chen Chuan then thought of something else. He said, "Mr. Liao should have read the branch's report. I saw a huge footprint at the scene where the two people were found. I asked one of them, but they didn't seem to know about it. Does your company know about this?"
Liao Donghai said, "I've read the report, asked some experts in the company, and looked through some files, but I can't confirm what attacked them. However, based on Master Huo's records, we have come to a rather dangerous conclusion."
He paused, his expression solemn, and continued, "Originally, that Pilu was split into twenty-eight pieces, and the fragments resided within each of those fragmented bodies. This served the purpose of fragmenting the monster. If all the fragments that bound it were gone, it's very likely that the original Pilu would reunite after a period of time. While it might not possess its original power, it would still be a very dangerous existence."
Chen Chuan considered it for a moment, looked at Liao Donghai, and said, "If that's the case, then the fact that this thing hasn't appeared yet means either one or two of the so-called 'Sons of Agala' are still alive, or all of their clones have escaped the control of the relics, and because this isn't a blending place, they haven't recovered yet."
Liao Donghai said admiringly, "That's right, Director Chen. Your analysis is very close to that of some of our researchers. However, another hypothesis has been put forward within the company. It's possible that the long separation has led to a profound connection between this organism and the remains. Therefore, if the remains are incomplete, this organism will not be complete either. If this is the case, it may not be a bad thing."
Chen Chuan nodded. After so many years, the remains were likely scattered across many locations, and gathering them would be difficult. He asked, "How do you plan to extract these remains from these two people?"
Liao Donghai looked at Chen Chuanshuo and said, "Director Chen, the simplest way is for a fighter to kill them. Then, we can transfer these remaining objects into this fighter's body."
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(End of this chapter)
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