Chapter 101 Recognition
Under the repeated heavy blows of the iron pot, the bronze coffin broke into pieces and fell into the ancient well next to it. Bai Qi's flesh and blood turned into black fragments, just like the black ashes formed by the wind when the burnt paper money was blown away during the Qingming Festival, floating everywhere and gradually covering the entire underground space.
In order to prevent the black debris from getting on themselves, everyone couldn't help but use their own magical powers to block it. Mo Fei took out an umbrella from the space and blocked it in front of him. The combustible ice added a thin layer of ice on his body. Lin Jiyuan and Peng Yuan used electricity and metal to form a metal spinning blade, which would repel any debris that approached.
Finally, the cigarette ashes flowed into the water of the ancient well, floated on the surface, and dyed the originally light blue water of the ancient well completely black.
Lin Jiye closed his eyes and opened them again, asking several times: "He won't come back to life and cause trouble again, right?"
Even now he still couldn't believe it. Bai Qi, the level 6 psychic plus the ancient zombie, and seventy or eighty level 4 psychics under his command, the culprit who killed so many people, just died in front of them.
"It's a pity for the well water."
Peng Yuan looked at the polluted water with regret. This was originally the drinking water for everyone in Hexi Town.
It is thanks to the clean ancient well water that contains slight energy that the vegetable greenhouses in the town can grow so well.
Without this water, everyone will have to rely on water purifiers to extract river water for drinking. If there is another extreme temperature disaster in the future, the water source may dry up again. Bai Qi's crimes are really too numerous to list.
"Let's go first. If there is another earthquake later, the ground below will definitely collapse." Mo Fei reminded.
"Methane hydrate." Lin Jiyuan glanced at the combustible ice and said, "Please do us a favor before you go up."
Ke Ran Bing had just fought a fight, and was now concentrating on eating the braised goat's feet that Mo Fei had given him. The meat of this mutant wild goat was firm and a little hard to chew, and no one else had such good teeth except him.
Ke Bing burped: "I knew there was no free sheep's trotter in the world." But he said it, but his movements were sharp. He grabbed the unfinished sheep's trotter with one hand, and waved his other hand, freezing the ancient well water and the bronze coffin fragments in it. He used his supernatural power over and over again until the ice layer was so thick that even Lin Jiyuan couldn't break it quickly.
Several people went up one after another from the cave they had just come out of.
Although the bottom was frozen, Mo Fei was still a little worried. She threw some of the waste that she had previously stored in the space, such as stones blocking the road and broken car tires, into the hole, almost filling up the entire hole. Then she asked Peng Yuan to metalize several heavy steel plates and cast them at the hole.
"Let's go!" After doing all this, Mo Fei finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She took the initiative to step forward and hold Lin Jiyuan's hand.
Lin Jiyuan turned around and looked at her, a smile slowly forming on his originally cold face: "Let's go."
He held Mo Fei's hand tightly, and his bad mood after learning about Yin Dian's death gradually calmed down. The next thing he had to think about was what to do in the future.
They walked along the way they came, and saw the broken shadow of the housekeeper. That shadow could no longer deceive them. But the broken shadow seemed to be heading towards Bai Qi before it died.
"Wait, why do I hear someone talking upstairs?" Mo Fei called out to everyone when they were about to reach the entrance to the underground palace.
Mo Fei's ability to hear sounds allows her to hear all the sounds that are focused. She was ready to report the number of people and their approximate ages: "More than one person, there should be three. One is a little older, one is middle-aged, and the other is probably about the same age as Ono Ayuan."
Not to mention that 99% of the survivors in Bai City are in the base. Just the fact that earthquakes are frequent nowadays means that no one should come to the ruins of a bookstore where there are no useful supplies.
Lin Jiye frowned: "I felt it, these people's ability levels are not low."
The superpowers awakened after the natural disaster allowed humans to enter a completely new world. In the past, they would not be afraid of five against three, but now no one can guarantee it. After all, without knowing the opponent's superpower level and type, it is unknown who will win or lose.
Just as Mo Fei was thinking about whether to release a snake to explore the situation outside, he heard a female voice:
"Grandpa, this should be it. The jade plate is brightest here."
"Okay, then you wait outside. Your grandfather and I will go in to take a look. If anything happens, just ring the bell." This was the voice of a middle-aged man, and judging from the tone of his voice, he should be the girl's junior.
"How about you take care of it, uncle? Grandpa and I will go in to find Brother Yuan." The girl said after a moment of hesitation.
The few people who were blocking the entrance and didn't dare to leave heard the conversation between the three people clearly. They looked at each other, and finally all their eyes fell on Peng Yuan: "Brother Yuan?"
Xiao Ye hugged Peng Yuan's neck and said, "This Brother Yuan is not talking about you, is he?"
When Peng Yuan heard the voice, he was stunned, and only now came to his senses:
"This, this seems to be the voice of my uncle and cousin?"
Lin Jiye said suspiciously, "Really? You heard me right, didn't you? Your hometown is over the Shiwan Mountains. To get out, you have to climb the mountain and cross the river, then take a donkey cart to a motorcycle, then a motorcycle to a bus, then a bus to a train. It's a million miles away from us."
He, Xiaolan, and Ayuan have been brothers for so many years, from college to graduate school, and have long wanted to visit each other's hometowns. But they were unable to do so because the journey was too far. And it was precisely because of the distance that Peng Yuan was unable to return home in time after the natural disaster, and could only stay in Baishi with him. Lin Jiye also thought that after everything was settled and stable, he and Lan Chengyin would accompany Peng Yuan back together.
It is said that Peng Yuan's family are all honest farmers, so how could they have traveled thousands of miles to find this place?
"To sum up, maybe the one above is the same as Lai Zi, who has the ability to make people hallucinate with the sound of a clip, and wants to trick us out." Lin Jiye analyzed confidently, "Brother, Sister Mo, don't you think so?"
Mo Fei and Lin Jiyuan nodded at the same time. It was better to be cautious at this critical moment. What if Bai Qi had some other tricks waiting for them?
Peng Yuan scratched his head: "You make sense." His hometown is too far away, and the world outside is changing every day. The possibility of his family coming to visit him is close to zero.
"What's there to be afraid of? I'll just go and explore the way. If there's any problem, I'll give them a beating. Besides, I can't breathe down here. I'll go up first." Ke Ranbing had already gnawed the sheep's hoof clean, leaving only a piece of sheep bone in his hand. He wiped his mouth and rushed up.
The maned wolf was so fast that before Mo Fei could say anything, he saw the combustible ice running away.
"Let's follow closely to prevent anything from happening." Mo Fei said quickly.
Methane hydrate is certainly not such a reckless person. He has both the natural keen intuition of animals and the thinking and judgment of humans. He never rushes forward when he is not sure.
So when he ran to the ground with the sheep bone in his hand, he bumped into a little girl who was a head shorter than him.
The girl's skin was slightly tanned, revealing her handsome features. She was wearing a dark green sports long-sleeved suit. Because she was the first to go down to the underground palace, she was holding a kerosene lamp from an unknown era.
Obviously, neither the little girl nor Combustible Ice expected to bump into each other at the door, and both were shocked. Combustible Ice instinctively used his ice power, half of which covered his body as a defense, and the other half solidified into icicles and smashed forward. But before those attacks hit anyone, he heard a clear female voice: "Stop!"
The next second, Ran Bing felt that his limbs could not move, and this feeling quickly spread to his head. He could only keep his eyes in a fixed direction, as if he was being frozen alive by the person in front of him.
What a terrifying supernatural power! Methane hydrate was shocked.
But soon, Ran Bing heard Mo Fei and the others say they were coming to help, and Ran Bing felt touched. He once again felt the benefit of having companions. Although these companions were not of his kind and their life spans might not be as long as his, since they were so kind to him, he could take care of them in their old age and see them to the end of their lives...
Methane hydrate was thinking about something in his mind when he suddenly heard Peng Yuan shouting.
Peng Yuan has always been relatively calm and steady, and rarely shouts like that.
Who would have thought that the girl who had just frozen the combustible ice also started screaming.
"Little sister!" Peng Yuan didn't care about the combustible ice anymore and quickly walked up to the girl.
The person he called "little sister" was even more excited than him. She went straight up and gave him a bear hug: "Brother Yuan!"
At this moment, the confused people were waiting: "..." What's going on? ?
And the combustible ice that was still frozen and stiff: "..." Hey, are you guys watching over me? You are all bad guys, I won't support you in your old age.
Next is the large-scale family recognition ceremony.
In addition to his cousin Ning Ruoxuan, Peng Yuan then saw his grandfather and uncle.
They were wearing sportswear similar to Ning Ruoxuan's. Although the style made them look younger, the two elders looked much older than they remembered. They hadn't seen each other for more than a year and didn't know if each other was dead or alive. It was impossible to say that they were not worried, and it was impossible to say that they didn't miss home.
Peng Yuan pursed his lips and tried his best to endure it, his eyes were red all the time.
He asked: "Grandpa, uncle, how did you find me?"
Ning Ruoxuan raised her hand: "Of course you have to rely on me, I am the only one who knows how to use our Xunyu Plate."
She spread her palm, and in her palm lay a jade compass the size of a powder box. In the center of the compass was a drop of dried dark red blood, which was now shining brightly, and the jade needle on the compass was pointing directly in the direction of Peng Yuan.
"So this is it." Peng Yuan looked at the jade plate.
Before going on a long journey, the relatives of their family would take a small bottle of blood and store it in the family's ice cellar. If a relative has not returned for a long time and cannot be found, they can drop a drop of blood from the bottle on the jade plate and ask someone who can operate it to help find the person. This jade plate came from the Ning family, and the method of using it is passed down to daughters but not sons. My grandfather and uncle don't know how to use it, but my younger sister Ning Ruoxuan has learned it better than her.
No one knew how Ning Ruoxuan did it, but after she tapped the jade plate a few times, the bloodstains gradually faded until they disappeared, and the light on the jade plate also dimmed.
Mo Fei stared at the scene with wide eyes, feeling that he had gained new knowledge.
Lin Jiyuan was well-informed. He raised his head and asked, "Are you from the Ning family who are looking for Yushan?"
The Ning family was a little surprised. They had not yet introduced themselves, but seeing Peng Yuan's equally surprised look, it meant that Peng Yuan had not told them about their family either.
Lin Jiyuan explained: "I have a close friend who is very interested in Qimen Dunjia and has looked up a lot of information on this subject. You, the Ning family of Xunyu Mountain, were once mentioned in the ancient county annals of Luokou County, but there is no more information. I also heard you talk about looking for the jade plate and made some guesses."
Grandpa laughed and spoke in a rather ancient way: "This little brother is really well-informed. That was all in the past. Our village was small in population and no one liked to go out much. We even had to teach our children to read and write ourselves. But later, the government treated us well. A secretary went up the mountain dozens of times and wore out many pairs of shoes. In order to persuade us to move down the mountain, he gave us the green light and provided conditions so that our children could go to school down the mountain. Ayuan is the most educated child in our village."
Peng Yuan lowered his head embarrassedly.
The two groups introduced themselves to each other based on this topic.
Grandpa and uncle held Lin Jiyuan and Lin Jiye's hands tightly, thanking them for taking care of Peng Yuan for so long. They kept saying that they took such good care of the child, and they must have put in a lot of effort, and the Ning family didn't know how to thank them.
The spell that immobilized combustible ice had been released by Ning Ruoxuan, but he just stood aside with a gloomy face and refused to speak.
Ning Ruoxuan apologized, but when he ignored her, she didn't bother to care about him, and pulled Mo Fei to talk to him as if they were familiar with each other. Mo Fei naturally liked lively and heroic girls, and just listening to Ning Ruoxuan talking about what they encountered on the way, he listened with great interest.
Of course, when speaking, Mo Fei naturally talked about the reason why they went down to this underground palace.
My grandfather and uncle listened very carefully and frowned after listening.
Grandpa scratched his thick black eyebrows and said, "Girl, please speak slowly and tell me more about this ancient zombie. What are its characteristics and abilities? What does its coffin look like?"
Mo Fei felt that something was wrong from the old woman's tone. Fortunately, she had a good memory and remembered every detail, so she told him all the details related to Bai Qi.
Seeing the Ning family members' faces getting darker the more they listened to their description, no matter how dumb they were, they knew something was wrong. In the end, everyone risked an earthquake and collapsed and returned to the cave that was previously sealed by the combustible ice.
Peng Yuan asked quickly: "Grandpa, is Bai Qi not dead?"
"He is not an ordinary ancient zombie. He is a god of death from thousands of years ago, a embodiment of murderous aura and resentment. Moreover, this library was a mass grave hundreds of years ago, which added to his influence. Plus, you said that he eats living people and steals supernatural powers, so I know he is not someone who can be easily sent away." Grandpa pointed at a few places on the wall of the cave.
The cave walls were originally dark brown stone, but after Grandpa touched it, a layer of skin peeled off, revealing the true appearance inside. At the four points in the southeast, northwest, and northeast, parts of the human body were painted with blood. The head, hands, feet, and torso. After these blood paintings were revealed, the black ancient well water that was originally frozen became turbulent, as if responding to them.
Grandpa wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "You young people don't have much experience. Fortunately, I asked more questions. Otherwise, within a few months, he would be able to reunite here. By then, I'm afraid he would become truly immortal and no one would be able to stop him."
After hearing what grandpa said, my uncle hurriedly took out the talisman paper and cinnabar pen from his backpack. At the same time, he seriously asked them to stay away to avoid being contaminated by the evil spirit here.
What was happening before their eyes was so mysterious, but they couldn't help but believe it.
After all, all kinds of outrageous things have happened in the past year or so.
Lin Jiye questioned Peng Yuan: "How many things have you hidden from me? Didn't you tell me that you have lived in the valley since you were a child, and your ancestors have been digging for food in the fields for generations?"
Peng Yuan felt a little guilty: "What I said was not wrong, I just said a little less. At that time, people advocated believing in science. If I said it, wouldn't you call me a charlatan?"
Their Xun Yushan lineage also inherited the Taoist secrets, but they were not as good at deduction and calculation as Su Cong, but were better at avoiding evil spirits and cultivating one's body and mind. Otherwise, the family would not have gone so far as to avoid the world.
“Damn, you mean talk less?” Lin Jiye went up and punched him.
Ning Ruoxuan laughed beside him: "This can't be blamed on my brother. When he was in junior high school at the foot of our mountain, everyone called him a little charlatan. Later, he went to a high school far away, and his family didn't let him say it anymore."
She was afraid that everyone would worry, so she said in a very soft voice: "Don't worry, my grandfather and my father are already the third and fourth most powerful people in our village. With them around, this Bai Qi will definitely not survive."
Combustible Ice bared his teeth: "Then who are the first and second in your village?"
"Need I ask? My grandma and my aunt." Ning Ruoxuan glanced at him.
"Wow, it turns out you're not even ranked first or second. I don't think you're that good." Ke Ranbing took this opportunity to avenge himself by talking.
"Then I don't know who I, a mediocre person, just froze. He's even worse than me." Ning Ruoxuan responded bluntly.
"Okay, okay, talk less. Ruoxuan, come here." The uncle waved to his daughter with a serious face.
Ning Ruoxuan's heart skipped a beat, and she walked over to her father. After a while, she came back with a pale face: "It's over, it's over, I'm in trouble. To break Bai Qi's formation, we need Kunlun Frost as a formation-breaking stone. Before I went out, my father asked me to bring it with me in case of emergency, but I forgot about it after playing with Dahua for a while."
"What is Kunlun Frost?" Lin Jiye was confused.
Peng Yuan explained: "It is a kind of stone. Because there are patterns inside it that look similar to snowflakes, it is also called snowflake frost. In the past, almost every household in our village would have a few of them, but in recent years, the production of this kind of stone has been scarce, and it is difficult to find it for the time being."
Baishi has almost become a ruin. It is simply a fantasy to find a mineral like Kunlun Frost in the ruins.
Perhaps Bai Qi had already been resurrected before Kunlun Frost was found.
"It's all my fault. I'll go find him now!" Ning Ruoxuan was a man of action and wanted to rush out immediately, but fortunately she was held back by Peng Yuan.
Mo Fei was also worried at first, but she blinked her eyes and suddenly an idea came to her mind.
"I saw a Taoist priest selling talismans at the exchange in the base. He gave me a stone. Do you think it can be used?" She said as she took out the stone that she had thrown into the space before.
In fact, she also wanted to say that even if this one was not it, it didn’t matter. In her space territory, there were not only countless animals and plants, but also mineral deposits. It just took time to find them.
But Ning Ruoxuan's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw the stone in her hand.
Mo Fei received the same bear hug that Ning Ruoxuan gave Peng Yuan: "This is it, this is it! Sister, I love you!"
With Mo Fei's Kunlun Frost, the Ning family finally succeeded in breaking the formation. To add an extra layer of protection, Grandpa also set up a formation to ward off evil spirits at the entrance of the cave and the underground palace.
There was a light rain in the sky, dispelling the dust caused by the earthquake.
Mo Fei summoned a golden eagle to carry everyone towards the base.
A new life is about to begin.
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