Chapter 878: The Crack in Tianchi
Gu Yin took a deep breath before speaking again: "So, you gave Senior Jin's golden turtle photo to someone else? Or someone from the Three Thousand Worlds? When did you take the photo?"
001 flapped its wings: "That's the day I took pictures underwater. It's okay, it's okay. My master has sealed off this world. Outsiders can't get in. Don't worry!"
Gu Yin: "...Then what is 'senior'?"
001 blinked: "Then, was that an accident? Or, he was originally from this world! No! He must have been here when my master sealed him off!"
Gu Yin: "...That's not entirely unreasonable!"
"Never mind that. Contact your master now and ask her to help you check if there are any cracks in this world, and whether outsiders can get in. If there are cracks, please ask her to help repair them. Consider it a favor I owe her. If you need my help in the future, just let me know."
Upon hearing this, 001 immediately went to look for it, but when it sent a message, the owner did not reply. 001 began to feel uneasy.
"Um... My master might be busy, I need to go back to the Main God Space!"
Gu Yin: "???"
Gu Yin felt that the world was doomed sooner or later!
Dabai Mountain.
Xiao Sheng glanced at the time and said anxiously, "It's been half an hour already, why haven't they come up yet? Has something happened? Do you have any equipment here to detect signs of life?"
Cheng Dong shook his head: "Have you forgotten? No equipment can be used here. Everything is done in the most primitive way. The equipment is all outside and can't be used."
Zhou Wansheng, who was standing nearby, quieted down for a moment and said, "I'm not worried about whether they've gotten into trouble. With Senior Jin there, he must have some way to protect himself since he dared to go down. I'm more worried about whether something has gone wrong down there, which is why they haven't come up for so long."
Upon hearing his words, everyone fell silent.
"If that's really the case, shouldn't we make some preparations?" Xiao Sheng's heart pounded even higher once again.
“Wait a little longer. We need to know what’s down there before we can prepare. We should have enough time. We’ve known about this place for so long, and we’ve been working on it for so long without anything happening. So even if something does happen, we should have time to prepare.” Bruce Lee spoke up seriously. Even though everyone here was a big shot, his emergency response skills, which he had learned in the military, were still quite good.
Everyone agreed with him.
Lake bottom.
Chi Xing felt a little uncomfortable as he looked at the lake water, which grew darker and darker as he went deeper.
"Senior, what is this thing? I can barely see the road ahead! I can't breathe properly either! Should we continue?"
Jin Wanli paused upon hearing this, then asked, "Are you still going down? How are you feeling now?"
Chi Xing looked at the golden tortoise shell, took a deep breath, and shook his head: "I can breathe again! Senior, your skill is amazing! This golden light is like Buddha's light down here!"
The golden tortoise remained silent and continued swimming downwards.
The further down you go, the more murky the lake water becomes. At first, it was like ink, but after swimming for another ten minutes, the water turned into lava, making it impossible to move an inch.
The golden tortoise moved forward as if there were no obstacles.
Looking at the lava that couldn't get into the Golden Turtle's range, Chi Xing gained a new understanding of the Golden Turtle's abilities.
I don't know how long it swam, but the golden turtle finally stopped.
"What is that?!" Chi Xing looked at a spot about an arm's length away, where lava was constantly churning! It was like a spring!
The golden tortoise naturally saw it too. After transforming into a human, he looked around the place from left to right.
"Why does this look like a crack? It looks like something cleaved it open?"
Jin Wanli nodded: "It is indeed a crack. This place is the reason why this lake was formed. The opening is not big, but given time, it will get bigger and bigger."
As soon as Jin Wanli finished speaking, the rock next to the opening shattered into a fist-sized piece, and black magma surged in instantly!
"You take care of this." Jin Wanli turned and swam to the side.
Chi Xing: "...??? Me?"
"Are you sure it's me, sir? What am I supposed to do? I don't even know what this thing is, how am I supposed to handle it?"
Looking at her thin arms and legs, Chi Xing wondered what she could possibly do.
"Think about it first. If you can't even handle this little thing with your own abilities, how can you be Gu Yin's mount in the future? How can you expect a human like her to help you?"
Chi Xing's eyes widened: "You heard our conversation that day? Weren't you visiting the base at the time?"
"I can hear it whenever I want, hurry up and seal it off."
Chi Xing opened her mouth: "Even if I could, isn't this place for research? Is it really okay to just seal it off?"
"This lake is enough for them to study! Hurry up!"
Upon hearing this, Chi Xing walked to the crack, thought for a moment, closed his eyes, and began to use the power of his true form, which belonged to the merman race, to seal it. However, the crack remained motionless!
Chi Xing was not discouraged. The big boss must have had his reasons for bringing him down. If he wanted him to be granted a title, then he was sure he could do it. The difference between Gu Ran and himself was that he was a dragon.
Thinking of something, Chi Xing gritted his teeth and used all his spiritual power to transform into a dragon.
A baby dragon appeared before Jin Wanli. Jin Wanli nodded in satisfaction, thinking, "It's quite clever."
"Go ahead, you can swim in the lava on your own without my help."
Upon hearing this, Chi Xing swam towards the crack. Sure enough, the lava was scattered and couldn't get close when it was about to touch her, although she didn't know why.
Upon approaching the lava, Chi Xing extended her little paw and pressed it against the crack, and the lava actually stopped! Overjoyed, Chi Xing turned to look at Jin Wanli.
Jin Wanli shook his head: "Try taking your claws off."
Upon hearing this, Chi Xing picked up his claws, and in no time, the magma surged out again! Moreover, it seemed to be getting bigger and bigger!
Chi Xing got anxious, looked around, moved a few stones from somewhere, dug up some glued mud, and started patching the thing up like building a house.
As a result, it couldn't be suppressed at all; those things were directly washed away when they came into contact with the lava!
What kind of mess is this?!
"Think again about what dragons have that can ward off evil spirits."
Chi Xing scratched her head with her little paws: "Dragon's breath?"
Jin Wanli nodded: "That's right."
Chi Xing's eyes widened: "I'm a cub! The dragon's breath is so weak, I'll have to think about it for a long time before I can become a dragon. If the dragon's breath comes out, won't I just die instantly? No, no, absolutely not!"
"Just do as I say. Don't worry, I'm here." Jin Wanli reached out and tapped her little head, smiling as he spoke.
"In this world, only you and I can do this, but I have nothing to do with them. I won't take action. As for you, think about your brother, think about Gu Yin, think about the people in the base, the Gu family, and all the people who praised you along the way. If you don't help, they will all lose all their information. Think about it."
Chi Xing frowned. Was it that serious? She wasn't afraid of her brother, but she hesitated because of the uncles, aunts, grandfathers, and grandmothers at the base, Gu Yin's help, and all the people who had shown her kindness.
Jin Wanli then pressed his advantage: "If you don't help, you won't be able to go anywhere else."
Chi Xing sighed, "Alright, what can I do? I'm so kind. If I revert to my dragon form later, please remember to save my life so that Sister Ayin can save me when I go up."
As she spoke, tears began to fall. Her brother hadn't even seen her in human form yet, she hadn't gone on a trip with him, and she hadn't even explored the whole world. Was she going to become a mermaid again?
His mind was racing with ideas, but his actions were never hesitant.
Approaching the crack, it first used its claws to block the mud, then, after a moment's hesitation, seemingly having made up its mind, it unleashed a large breath of dragon's breath at the crack, and the lava instantly disappeared.
The cracks are still there, but the lava has stopped flowing out.
Xiao Long looked at Jin Wanli and asked, "Is this okay?"
Jin Wanli shook his head: "No, we have to continue."
I'm speechless. How can we continue like this?
Okay, let's continue.
The little dragon looked at the crack and continued to breathe dragon breath at it. In the moment before it fainted, something broke off from the crack.
Jin Wanli swiftly grabbed it and examined the black lotus in his hand carefully: "How did something from the Medicine Sect end up in the Demon Clan's hands?"
The black lotus hadn't expected anyone here to recognize it! Seemingly oblivious to the hostility from the other party, its survival instincts kicked in and it immediately bloomed.
"Huh, there are even white petals! They're not all tainted. Oh, it's a jade lotus!" Jin Wanli exclaimed in surprise as he looked at the jade-like petals.
This was originally a sacred object of the Medicine Sect, the Jade Lotus. Wherever it was, any ordinary medicinal herb would grow into a spiritual herb imbued with spiritual energy. I never expected to encounter it here.
"It can be considered fate." With a wave of his hand, Jin Wanli transformed the black lotus into a crystal-clear jade lotus that radiated a warm light.
“I’m giving one of your petals to the little dragon cub. If it weren’t for her, you wouldn’t have been able to get out. Consider it repaying a debt of gratitude.”
As soon as he finished speaking, a lotus petal fell automatically into Jin Wanli's hand.
Jin Wanli came to the little dragon cub's side, held the flower petal to her lips, and the lotus flower instantly slipped into her mouth.
A flash of white light appeared on Xiaolong's body, then calm returned.
Old Jin scooped up the little dragon, put away the lotus flower, and then circled around the area. Finding nothing wrong, he went straight upstream.
"Why aren't you coming out yet? If you don't come out soon, Ah Yin will be here! Then I'll have to atone with my death! I..."
Just as Xiaosheng finished speaking, the calm lake surface began to ripple, and Senior Jin came up carrying something.
Xiao Sheng's eyes lit up with joy: "Senior Jin, you've finally come out! I was so worried...? What happened to Chi Xing?"
He had personally witnessed Chi Xing's tribulation, so he naturally knew that the dragon belonged to Chi Xing!
Wasn't it said that shapeshifting was forbidden? How did things change like this, and why were they lifted up here?!
"What? What happened?"
Jin Wanli tossed Xiaolong to Gu Ran: "It's alright, he just fainted. He'll wake up after a nap."
Gu Ran held Xiaolong in her arms, gazing at her radiant appearance.
He couldn't help but touch the tiny dragon horns: "When will I be able to become a dragon?"
Everyone else stared at the creature in Gu Ran's arms, speechless with astonishment.
Cheng Dong was the first to speak: "This is Chi Xing? This is what, a dragon? The legendary dragon?"
Although he had heard of it, he was still unable to react for a moment when he actually saw it.
Zhou Wansheng was a man of great experience, but this was the first time he had ever seen a dragon.
"A baby dragon? A golden baby dragon? A five-clawed golden dragon?" Li Dalong rubbed his eyes, wondering if this was real or fake!
"Little Dragon is fine. Find a place for her to rest and take a nap."
Seeing that they were still looking at the little dragon cub, Jin Wanli frowned: "What's so interesting about it? Shouldn't you be focusing on what's down there? The little dragon cub is right there, there's plenty of time to look at it!"
Cheng Dong withdrew his gaze: "So there really is something down there, right? Otherwise you wouldn't have taken so long, and Chi Xing wouldn't be like this."
Jin Wanli snorted lightly: "That's right."
Cheng Dong looked at Li Dalong: "Go and make arrangements to hold an emergency meeting, and also notify the leaders in Beijing to join the video conference."
"Yes!" Li Dalong turned around and quickly went to make arrangements.
Zhou Wansheng hesitated for a moment: "Should we have someone arrange for Gu Ran to take Xiaolong to rest, or should he join the meeting with us?" He was mainly worried about him.
Cheng Dong hesitated for a moment.
Jin Wanli waved his hand: "Take him with you." Although it's fine, what if something happens to this little brat later, and no one is around?
When everyone returned to the conference room, Duan Chunjie and the directors of various research institutes were already waiting there.
Upon seeing Jin Wanli, everyone stood up.
Duan Chunjie smiled and stepped forward, extending his hand: "I heard about you from Elder Jin some time ago. I didn't expect to meet you here. Hello, sir. I am Duan Chunjie, the person in charge of this base. I am very pleased to have you here. I am also aware of the anomaly at the bottom of the lake. We are currently waiting for the video call from the senior leaders. Please have a seat!"
Jin Wanli looked at Duan Chunjie, who exuded righteousness, and returned the greeting.
"Hello, Jin Wanli, no rush."
After everyone sat down, the TV connection was made shortly afterward, and five elderly men were on the other end.
Xiao Sheng immediately spotted his father sitting at the head of the table, as well as the elders of the Long family and other families.
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