Chapter 526: Ignorance
"This small hotel is full because Gu Wanzhou brought people here." After knowing that Shen Weiyang came to Country Y, Liu Huaichuan gave a brief account of what happened here. "The ghost bride who caused trouble here should be the same group as your comrade Zhao Miaomiao."
Sui Su then explained, "Liang Zhishen probably stayed behind to destroy these ghost brides and kill the dragon-backed snakes lurking in their bodies. However, the ghost bride dealer, Jin Ya, was still thinking about the final payment and didn't know about the dragon-backed snakes in the ghost brides. He pretended to obey but secretly disobeyed, and brought the ghost brides here, which is when things got into trouble."
This was similar to what Shen Weiyang had guessed. Gu Wanzhou and the others didn't seem to want to make a big deal out of it. They just wanted to use the ghost bride as a container to smuggle No. 86.
It is not good for them to cause such a big commotion here or in the territory of Country A.
She asked them, "Have you dealt with the ghost bride? It would be bad if such a strange thing happened and the media came and made a big fuss."
The news related to Drug No. 86 has been blocked from the outside world for fear that someone might be curious and expand the adverse impact.
There are always some people in this world who pursue excitement and want to live a unique and luxurious life.
The psychedelic pleasure brought by No. 86 is much stronger than many drugs known today, so when the internal organs of the person taking it are eaten by the dragon-spine snake, they will not feel pain as long as they can still take it.
Especially for some wealthy and idle people in the upper class, these drugs are just their capital for showing off.
Liu Huaichuan and Sui Su looked at each other, and both of them looked unhappy.
Finally, Liu Huaichuan spoke up, "We went to see the Ghost Bride last night, but we suspect there's a snake den in this area, or it's nearby. Anyway, it's very close, so there must be a Dragon Spine Snake den."
"Because when we went to deal with the ghost bride last night, we found four or five pieces of dragon spine stone on the burned ghost bride."
Shen Weiyang was shocked: “Four or five yuan?”
She looked at Sui Su and asked, "We only found one piece inside Miaomiao, right?"
Sui Su nodded: "Yes, there is only one piece in Miaomiao's body, so there should be only one snake in her body."
Shen Weiyang: "No. 86 and the Dragon Spine Snake should be used in conjunction. The function of the Dragon Spine Snake may be to preserve freshness or induce hallucinations. If it is the same batch of ghost brides, the number of Dragon Spine Snakes in their bodies should be the same. If there are too many, if the Dragon Spine Snakes are not nourished enough and run out, they may accidentally injure the escorts."
Liu Huaichuan: "That's the reason. So I think it might be because there are dragon-backed snakes nearby, so they were attracted by their companions. In a nearby village, someone had seen a dragon-backed snake before and was bitten. The next day, they died in a pile of snakes. Because of this, there was a snake tide in the village, and many people died. Later, they burned the village and moved away."
Shen Weiyang looked at Liu Huaichuan in shock: "Is there such a thing?"
Liu Huaichuan nodded.
Sui Su followed up by saying, "This is Miaomiao's village. After the snake tide incident, they relocated, but due to financial and manpower issues, they didn't move very far. From then on, a very strange legend was left behind."
"It's said that there's a snake fairy living in the hills behind their village. The last snake tide was caused by the snake fairy's anger. To appease the snake fairy's wrath and protect the village's peace, ten girls must be offered as sacrifices to the snake fairy every year."
"No one really believes it," Shen Weiyang couldn't believe it. She couldn't believe that in this day and age, there were still people who believed in such things. "No one cares?"
Sui Su sighed, "Weiyang, we grew up in the imperial capital and received education from a young age, but the people here are different. No one has ever taught them what science and materialism are. The methods they rely on to understand the world come from the older generation, and the older generation's experience comes from the older generation, dozens of generations ago. How advanced do you think the civilization at that time could be?"
"Besides, Weiyang, there are indeed things in this world that cannot be explained by science. Things like strange powers and supernatural phenomena, just because they haven't been scientifically proven doesn't mean they don't exist."
yes.
It was as if she had suddenly been transformed into another body.
It’s just like the parallel world that Chu Xi mentioned.
These are not things that science can currently explain.
"Then let's go to the mountain where the snake fairy lives."
After knowing the whole story, Shen Weiyang felt that seeing is believing.
Liu Huaichuan and Sui Su also had the same idea, but they have not taken any action yet because they are waiting for the opportunity.
Because Gu Wanzhou, Scar Liang Zhishen and the others seemed to be going to the mountains this time.
There are many of them, and they are all armed. The mountain is located in the territory of Country Y, so we must not engage in a head-on conflict with them.
"They should be arriving tonight. We'll just need to quietly follow them. If we can get some photos of No. 86 or the Dragonspine Snake, we can then send support from the International Law Department."
After Sui Su said a few more words, Shen Weiyang finished drawing the portrait of Charles and handed it to her and Liu Huaichuan.
"This is Duke Charles. Have you seen him?"
Sui Su and Liu Huaichuan were stunned for a moment after seeing this, and then looked at each other. The look between the two of them made Shen Weiyang a little flustered: "Did something happen to him?"
Sui Su: "Just this afternoon, I saw Gu Wanzhou leaving the hotel upstairs. When she came back a while later, she brought the Duke of Charles that you drew."
Shen Weiyang is the original artist, and portraits are her forte. She drew Charles’ facial features with just a few simple strokes, and Sui Su would not make a mistake.
Shen Weiyang's heart sank. She was still late.
Charles should have been held hostage by Gu Wanzhou now.
At this time, Liu Huaichuan also pulled up the information and showed it to her: "This scholar named Wu Jin is Charles's student and one of the researchers studying No. 86. Charles has been studying No. 86."
Shen Weiyang took a look and found that it was indeed the case.
Liu Huaichuan comforted him, "Don't worry, we will definitely rescue Duke Charles. We will never let anything happen to such a rare biologist."
Shen Weiyang nodded: "It is said that he stopped doing these studies more than ten years ago. That means that No. 86 or the dragon-spine snake appeared earlier. We have to ask Charles for these answers."
Liu Huaichuan's promise out of loyalty is not enough. She must make it clear how important Charles is to the research on No. 86 so that his safety can be better guaranteed.
This time, Charles was willing to offend the royal family in order to take her in because of the dress issue. He had done her a favor, and she would never let anything happen to him.
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