Chapter 855: An Ancient Being
"What's that noise?" Old Jin frowned.
Gu Yin sensed it but didn't feel anything. However, seeing that Gu Ran and Chi Xing were both frowning, she called out 001.
"001, what's the problem?"
"Holy crap, there's a giant golden tortoise under the glacier! It's turning over! This thing is huge! Bigger than any golden tortoise I've ever seen! This is defying the heavens! My god, how many years has it taken?! Ahhh! Don't let it move again, or you're all doomed! Send that little dragon cub to communicate with it!"
001 was jumping and hopping around excitedly. Gu Yin had never seen it like this before, so she hurriedly asked, "How big is 'big'? Tell us! How can we prepare if you don't tell us!"
"It's as big as half a football field! It must be a spirit! If it weren't for the snake, I would have suspected it was a Xuanwu!"
Gu Yin glanced at the river, which was only about the size of a football field. How could it withstand a rollover?
Gu Yin looked at Elder Jin: "There's something underground. Please investigate it quickly!"
Mr. Jin immediately made the arrangements without any hesitation.
Gu Yin looked at Chi Xing: "Did you sense anything?"
Chi Xing nodded: "Very powerful! Even more powerful than my brother! I can't sense whether the other party is in danger or not. It seems safe for now, but judging from the amount of water being drained, the base might be in trouble. I'll go down and check it out!"
"I'll join you!" Gu Ran chimed in from the side.
"I'll go take a look too. I used up my mermaid inner core earlier, so I'm not afraid of water. Let's go." Gu Yin reached out to Gu Ran, asking her to lead her down.
The two did not refuse, and Mr. Jin, knowing the importance of the matter, told them that safety was the most important thing.
Gu Ran transformed into a human-dragon, and after Gu Yin and Chi Xing sat on her, the three of them immediately entered the water.
The moment the three entered the water, the images from the base's exploration and scanning also appeared.
"Mr. Jin! Look! What should we do?" The visitor hurriedly handed the computer to Mr. Jin.
When Jin Lao saw the scene on the computer, his vision went black: "How can it be so huge! When we first found this place, we explored to a depth greater than where it is now! But we found nothing! Where did it come from! Call the Beast Taming Clan over! And set off the alarm! Have them secure all the important things."
At the same time that Elder Jin received the information, Gu Yin and the other two entered the water and also saw the enormous creature.
"Has the world gone mad? Dragons have appeared, is the Black Tortoise about to emerge too? How come I couldn't see any of them before my tribulation, but now that I've finally succeeded, one after another, people stronger than me are appearing! Is there some kind of loophole that's connected to another world? This world gives me a feeling that it's about to collapse!"
Gu Ran was starting to get a little irritated. If her guess was right, then the world was really doomed! This was where she grew up, and she didn't want it to be destroyed!
“My brother and I have been here for so long and haven’t sensed its presence. I’ll go take a look. You two stay here and don’t move.” Chi Xing said and swam towards the golden turtle.
Perhaps sensing the presence of someone, the golden tortoise stopped turning over and instead tilted its head to look in the direction of the three of them, watching quietly.
Chi Xing swam up to the golden turtle and looked curiously at the patterns on its body. Everyone said that the merfolk were mysterious, but the ancient aura emanating from the golden turtle made her feel that it was even more mysterious.
"Hello, I am a member of the Merfolk clan. This junior greets the senior."
...
After a brief silence, Chi Xing wasn't embarrassed and moved forward a little more.
"Senior, are you still unable to speak in a human voice?"
It remained quiet.
"Your shell looks even more beautiful than my scales, but you can't see it now. I'm not powerful enough. If I were to forcibly switch back to my original form, I could never switch back. I still want to go and see the human world! Senior, may I touch your scales?"
She sensed no danger from the other party. The eyes that were staring at her were mysterious yet kind. Yes, kind. This was the reason why Chi Xing dared to be so bold.
Seeing that the other party still did not respond, Chi Xing slowly reached out and touched the ancient and mysterious golden shell.
"That's really strange. There's actually a mermaid race, and they can even transform directly from mermaids into dragons. Was that the commotion up there today caused by you?"
A solemn sound, like the tolling of a temple bell, suddenly rang out, startling Chi Xing.
"Let's go take a look." Gu Yin and Gu Ran heard this too. She patted Gu Ran, and Gu Ran quickly swam over.
The moment they made a sound, the golden tortoise looked at them. After the two of them came over, the golden tortoise slightly raised its head.
"Is this the age of chaotic stew? A snake, a reincarnated soul, interesting."
As soon as Jin Gui finished speaking, Chi Xing and Gu Ran immediately looked at Gu Yin.
Gu Yin: "..."
Gu Yin touched her nose, said nothing, got off Gu Ran, swam to the golden turtle, and began to call out 001 in her mind.
"Take a look at its weight and the patterns on its shell. Can you guess the age of this golden tortoise? It can even tell that I was reborn. How old must it be!"
001 was also curious: "These markings are different from ordinary turtles. Judging by its huge size, I guess it should be...!!"
"How about this? Can you still guess my age? Little girl, what's that little thing jumping around in your head?" After saying that, the golden tortoise shrank a lot, from the size of half a football field to the size of a small car!
001 and Gu Yin were so startled that they took a big step back! Chi Xing, who was next to them, also quickly took a step back!
"What little thing! I am a system! A system created by the Supreme God!" 001 retorted, though his words were somewhat impolite.
Ignoring the system's incessant chatter, Gu Yin felt Chi Xing and Gu Ran staring at her head with probing eyes once again!
Worried that the golden tortoise might say something unbelievable again, Gu Yin quickly swam up to it and greeted it with a smile: "Hello, senior. It's the 21st century now. When did you get here?"
The golden tortoise could easily see through the little girl's thoughts, but he didn't expose her intentions. He turned over and pulled a blue-glowing, sharp-nosed fish out from under his belly.
"I was sleeping so well, why was my stomach so itchy?" he said, tossing the fish aside.
Then, looking into the distance, a deep voice rang out: "I don't know when I got here, but I wasn't here at first. I was originally in the sea, and when I woke up I was here. The water here isn't salty, so where is this place? You mentioned the 21st century, I don't know. The last time I woke up, I came out of the water and encountered a family of three fishing with a net. They weren't wearing clothes, just wrapped in simple leaves, and they didn't talk much. I guess they're not from the same era as you. As for how old I am, that's hard to say."
Gu Yin gasped upon hearing this: "For seawater to turn into freshwater, it would require an ice age or millions of years to change the environment. There have indeed been several such instances in Earth's history. It's too complicated. You're probably older than our country, aren't you?"
Upon hearing this, Jin Gui looked at Gu Yin, but instead of answering her questions, he asked what he wanted to know: "What were you doing up there? How did you manage to trigger such a celestial phenomenon, causing things that shouldn't be there to stir? Especially that dragon, is this something you should be having now? When I woke up, I sensed how barren, even nonexistent, the spiritual energy of this world was. Under such circumstances, it actually became a dragon, which disrupts the rules here. Many things that your world cannot accept will appear afterward. Didn't anyone teach you?"
Gu Yin shook her head upon hearing this: "No one teaches us. In our world, there are no cultivators who can fly on swords or go up to the sky or down to the earth. There are only some cultivators who know a little bit about it, but they can't even be called cultivators. They're not even beginners. Chi Xing, this little dragon, is already the most powerful being in our world. Oh, and now it's you."
So, is the spiritual energy going to be restored ahead of schedule? Should she prepare immediately? Gu Yin's mind began to churn.
Chi Xinghe and Gu Ran swam over. Both of them were very curious about the golden turtle, but they didn't dare to be presumptuous, as the other party was like an ancestor.
"I underwent my tribulation today, which caused a strange phenomenon in the heavens and earth. Were you awakened by this phenomenon?" Chi Xing looked at the golden tortoise with embarrassment.
The golden tortoise neither nodded nor shook its head, but muttered to itself, "Maybe it's had enough sleep." Then it shrunk to the size of a football field, and the river water at the bottom of the glacier swept the three of them over.
Before the three could react, they were pulled back by an unknown energy and stood steadily in front of the golden tortoise.
Gu Yin quickly got to the point: "Senior, this glacier is our country's base, with several thousand people, a lot of equipment that we bought with the full strength of our nation, and the research results of many people. It's all the result of everyone's hard work. Your size is too large. If it turns over, the river will overflow, and it may even cause the iceberg to break and collapse, destroying the base and killing the people. So I would like to ask you if you could reduce its size."
After Gu Yin finished speaking, she looked at it nervously.
Upon hearing this, the golden tortoise shrunk back to the size of a small car.
"Thank you!" Gu Yin was very grateful. It is said that turtles are gentle and quiet animals, and it seems that this is indeed true.
The golden tortoise patted its claws, swam around a couple of times to loosen its body, and then looked at the three of them: "I've had enough sleep, and it's time for me to go out for a walk. I want to see what the world is like now. Don't worry, I'm not a warmonger, and I'm too lazy to do those boring things."
Hearing this, Gu Yin immediately pushed Chi Xing forward: "You want to go out and have a look?! Then you've come to the right person! This child just successfully passed his tribulation and wants to go out and see the world! There will be someone to guide and explain! Would you like to come along? There will be someone to explain and someone to arrange your accommodations and meals, so you can just have fun! You don't need to worry about anything else. Technology is developing so fast these days, there are many things you've never seen before, I guarantee you'll want to see them again! With a know-it-all by your side, I'm sure you'll have a very pleasant journey!"
Regardless of what he wants to do, the first priority is to bring him into our country and build a good relationship, so that he won't be tricked away once he leaves.
Chi Xing patted Gu Yin's hand, but she couldn't refuse. How could Gu Yin have fun if an elder came along?
What she really thought was true, but what she said was not what she truly felt: "Yes! Please come with us! It's my first time going out too! I've already arranged for someone to accompany me! You don't have to worry about anything! You can go wherever you want!"
Jin Gui could easily see through the two children's thoughts, but he didn't care. Having someone to guide them was good enough, so he nodded and said, "Alright, you can make the arrangements."
Seeing that he agreed, Gu Yin's eyes lit up, but looking at his current state, she was a little embarrassed: "Then, are you just going to go out like this?"
Upon hearing this, the golden tortoise retracted its head and limbs into its shell, and a cloud of dust rose as an old man in an earth-yellow robe appeared before the three of them.
He was around fifty years old, with a dignified appearance, somewhat like an emperor. He looked gentle, but his eyes were full of wisdom, and he kept his true abilities hidden.
"Is this alright now?" Jin Gui looked at Gu Yin.
Gu Yin nodded vigorously: "Absolutely! Senior looks just like our ancestor! We'll be obedient as soon as we stand in front of you! Okay, shall we go out now?"
Jin Gui nodded: "Lead the way." After saying that, he glanced at the distance and then followed Gu Yin and the others upstream.
There were only three people swimming, but this big shot floated up, and his clothes were completely dry.
On the shore, Old Jin, who was watching the detector, not only witnessed the whole process, but was also startled when the golden turtle looked over.
"They knew we were probing all along!" a soldier nearby exclaimed in surprise.
Old Jin nodded: "When he comes up later, you must be respectful! Don't be impolite. Make arrangements for him to rest. I saw that Ayin and he were having a good chat, so have Ayin entertain him afterwards. Tell the people in the base not to be curious or ask too many questions. Just do what you usually do. Don't make him unhappy!"
The assistant nodded cautiously: "I'll arrange it right away."
Seeing the river water begin to churn, Old Jin immediately straightened his clothes, smiled, and walked to the riverbank.
When Gu Yin and the others came out, they saw that Old Jin's face was full of wrinkles, and he was smiling so happily!
"...What are you doing, sir? Are you welcoming us?"
Ignoring Gu Yi's banter, Old Jin extended his hand with a smile and said, "Hello, hello, I am Jin Zhongguo, the person in charge of this base. You can call me Xiao Jin! Welcome! May I ask your name?"
Jin Gui didn't mince words, but smiled and extended his hand: "That's a coincidence, we're from the same clan. Jin Wanli, just call me Uncle Lili."
"Uncle Li, we didn't know you were underwater. We activated the defense system; did that disturb you? We're so sorry!" He apologized first, then tried to build rapport. Old Jin understood!
Jin Wanli shook his head: "Your stuff doesn't affect me, so you must have dealt with it. It didn't affect the fish at the bottom of the river, which means you were very careful." If he hadn't seen that these people were principled and didn't harm even a small fish, he wouldn't have been willing to come up here.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com