Chapter 3 Buddha Relics

Li Weiyi held the Yellow Dragon Sword tightly in his hand and looked outside through the cracked cabin window.

The boundary between the sky and the ice and snow has become blurred.

Only the occasional flashes of lightning could tear cracks in the wind, snow, clouds and fog, briefly illuminating the chaos.

Thunder and howling wind.

Snow flakes like ice blades hit the hull madly, like dense gunfire.

The bear-like creature disappeared and could not be found.

"College student, don't be so nervous! No matter how strong that bear-like creature is, it is just as vulnerable as us in the face of bad weather. Facing such a violent snowstorm, it must have already retreated to its lair."

Xie Jin is the cousin of Second Mate Xie Tianshu. Although he is also a relative, he was selected through formal channels after all, so he naturally believes that it is due to his own strength. Therefore, he never thinks that he and Li Weiyi are the same kind of people, and he thinks highly of himself.

Of course, even if he looked down on this young college student, he would not target her everywhere and appear to be so ungraceful. The main reason was that Xie Tianshu had already explained the matter, which involved the open and covert struggle between the first and second mates.

Li Weiyi held the opposite view, but did not want to argue with Xie Jin and responded with silence.

Continue to look out the window vigilantly.

“Da! Da! Da…”

A cold female voice came from the direction of the stairs: "That bear-like creature is no longer a normal life on Earth. Even bullets can't penetrate its bones. How can a mere blizzard do anything to it?"

Cai Yutong walked down the stairs and appeared in front of the security team members.

She is a female PhD in chemistry who unexpectedly became popular online because of her extremely good looks. She is studying at Capital University, the highest institution of learning in the country.

All members of the security team knew that this beautiful lady was on the research vessel, but she was too much of a homebody and stayed in the laboratory most of the time, so many people were seeing her in person for the first time.

It's exactly the same as in the online videos, without any excessive beautification.

In fact, the real person is even more elegant.

"Dr. Cai, let me get them for you. What are these?"

Xie Jin walked up quickly, behaving like a gentleman, but his attentive and flattering demeanor lowered his impression.

He stretched out his hands and tried to take the box that Cai Yutong was holding tightly.

Cai Yutong didn't let him touch it, and said in a tone that kept people at a distance: "Some concentrated acids that are strong enough to dissolve corpses and freshly made explosives, you'd better not touch them."

Xie Jin withdrew his outstretched hand fearfully and awkwardly, and smiled stiffly, "Great, you are worthy of being a Ph.D. in Chemistry. Knowledge is power."

Cai Yutong held the box and walked to the window where Li Weiyi was, saying, "I know you, the freshman at Capital University who specializes in sports. What should I call you?"

"Li Weiyi."

Li Weiyi didn't expect that the other party actually knew him.

"What I'm asking is, what should you call me?" Cai Yutong's expression and tone were very cold. She was also very tall, over 1.7 meters, with delicate facial features that made her look beautiful no matter how you looked at her.

Li Weiyi smiled awkwardly and said, "Senior."

"Give me a hand, be gentle, and be steady." Cai Yutong said.

Li Weiyi quickly placed the Yellow Dragon Sword against the wall, and carefully held the box with Cai Yutong, placing it steadily on the ground.

Even if alumni have never met each other before, there is always a special feeling and trust between them when they meet each other outside.

Li Weiyi's academic performance is not outstanding, but he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and his physical fitness is far superior to that of ordinary people. According to his coach and physical education teacher, he has the potential to become a world champion in many events.

His sports recruitment is by no means a fraud.

Xie Jin returned to the group of security team members, always keeping a smile on his face.

Seeing the security team members who had once flattered him all winking and looking at him strangely, Xie Jin felt a little embarrassed and annoyed, and the fake smile on his face could no longer be maintained. Looking at the familiarity and intimacy between Li Weiyi and Cai Yutong, he felt another feeling in his heart.

If it is said that Li Weiyi was targeted before, it was Xie Tianshu's intention.

At this moment, he was really jealous!

Cai Yutong opened the box and explained how to use and what to pay attention to when using the items in the box. Her eyes often collided with Li Weiyi's at close range. Her beautiful hair brushed against Li Weiyi's face in the cold wind, accompanied by a hint of fragrance.

"Senior, are you going to hand over the entire box of things to me?" Li Weiyi asked.

Cai Yutong was not good at dealing with people, so she asked back, "I'm a scientific researcher. Do you want me to fight that bear-like creature?"

"That's not what I meant... I, I think that all members of the security team can learn how to use it." Li Weiyi said.

Cai Yutong looked at Xie Jin and others.

Xie Jin smiled and said, "Dr. Cai, your junior is a martial arts expert. Did you see that sword? In his mind, that sword is probably more useful than your things, which others look down upon."

A member of the security team who was very close to Xie Jin agreed: "I heard that practicing traditional martial arts can cultivate internal strength and true qi. Xiao Li is the junior brother of the first mate. He was specially recruited into the security team. I think he must be such a person."

Everyone could hear the provocation in their words.

Specifically pointing out that Li Weiyi is Zhao Meng's junior fellow student is to tell Cai Yutong that the college student in front of her is unreliable and is just a relative.

Li Weiyi was very calm: "Where is the internal force and true energy? Practicing traditional martial arts can only strengthen the body, it is not that mysterious. Everyone should believe in science."

Li Weiyi started practicing martial arts at the age of five, training in the coldest days of winter and the hottest days of summer. Naturally, his attainments in martial arts were extremely high.

But he is just stronger than ordinary people, faster, and more skillful in moves and techniques, but he has no internal strength or true energy at all.

Li Weiyi also asked the same question when the old master talked about the decline of martial arts.

The old sect leader sighed and said that he was born at the wrong time and his physical body had reached the critical point. If he was born in ancient times, he would definitely be able to cultivate some extraordinary skills.

Li Weiyi then asked, why was it possible to cultivate extraordinary skills in ancient times, but not in this era? How far back in time was the so-called ancient times?

The old sect master was very secretive and said directly: "The myth has fallen, and the imprisonment is endless."

Although Li Weiyi didn't understand, he firmly planted the ideal of "pursuing the extraordinary" in martial arts at that time. He cultivated martial arts deeply and broke through the body of a mortal, even if it meant going against the times.

Young people always have a spirit of not admitting defeat.

The more the elders said how difficult and hard it was, and the more they said he couldn't do it, the more he wanted to do it.

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Xie Jin said, "Xiao Li, don't be so modest! We are all family, there is no need to hide anything. I don't believe that a man as upright as the first mate would specially recruit a scoundrel. We are very curious about internal strength and true qi, let us see it for ourselves?"

The most fundamental purpose of Xie Tianshu's instruction to Xie Jin to target Li Weiyi was actually to undermine Zhao Meng's prestige.

If Li Weiyi is vulnerable and a fake, then the image of Zhao Meng, who specially recruited him into the security team, will plummet in the eyes of the crew members.

This was not the first time that Li Weiyi had been bullied. He was not made of clay, and he had a youthful spirit of "I will not offend others if they do not offend me, but if they do offend me, don't blame me." He said, "Since Brother Jin has been insisting, we can have a fight."

There was a commotion in the boarding hall.

Even Cai Yutong, who was always indifferent to everything, showed some interest.

Xie Jin had been waiting for this opportunity for more than a month, and it was in front of the beautiful Cai Yutong, so he was in a good mood and smiled gracefully, "Okay, but let's make it clear in advance that we should stop at a certain point and not hurt the harmony."

But he had other thoughts in his mind.

Once you start fighting, how can you stop? No one can admit defeat in front of a beautiful woman.

Only one side can defeat the other side and force it to submit.

The two had a brief standoff.

After Xie Jin closed the distance, he let out a low shout and rushed out to attack.

Claws with both hands.

He dodged to the left and kicked with his right knee.

A member of the security team exclaimed: "Black Dragon Eighteen Styles."

This is a type of boxing that is banned by the military because it is too vicious.

Xie Jin started with the Blue Dragon Claw, one of the Eighteen Black Dragon Styles, and it was at its best, clearly the result of years of hard training. This was not a move to stop at the right time, it was clear that he was preparing to at least take off one of Li Weiyi's arms.

There was a muffled "bang" sound.

As his figure flashed, before everyone present could see what had happened, Xie Jin had already fallen sideways.

Only Li Weiyi's right palm knife was still slashing diagonally in the air.

Li Weiyi didn't understand the Eighteen Black Dragon Moves. He only knew that as long as his speed was fast enough and his strength was strong enough, any moves of his opponent would be nothing but fancy moves.

And no one knew when the bear-like creature would attack the research vessel again, so he had to make a quick decision and did not want the matter of life and death to be delayed because of Xie Jin's nonsense.

The security team members stood up one after another and looked at each other, shocked.

Even if Xie Jin was defeated because he underestimated his opponent, his physical fitness was there. He was hit by Li Weiyi's oblique palm and couldn't stand up. The speed and power of this attack really shocked them.

Cai Yutong was standing near the window a few meters behind Li Weiyi. When Xie Jin made his move just now, even she felt a sense of danger and oppression coming towards her.

But why did he lie down instantly?

"Looks good but not useful?"

This thought only came to her mind, but before she knew it, the words slipped out of her lips as if she was talking to herself.

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Xie Jin's neck felt like it was cramping, and he was dizzy and had tinnitus. When he finally regained his hearing, he heard Cai Yutong's words and was so angry that he almost died on the spot.

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

There was a sound of running coming up the stairs.

The short student who liked to recite poems and tell mythological stories was so excited that he rushed to the boarding hall and said, "I know, I know. That bear-like creature is the legendary Ghost Bear King. It is said that the polar bear king absorbed the aurora and ate a lot of carrion, and mutated, and has the spiritual power of ghosts and gods."

Quiet.

There was a long silence.

The short student smiled awkwardly, looked at Xie Jin who was being helped to a corner, and asked in surprise: "What are you doing? Have you been attacked?"

There was silence again.

"I'll leave this to you. I'll go back to the lab first."

"boom!"

Cai Yutong had just reached the stairs when a familiar heavy landing sound was heard on the deck outside the cabin door, and the floor of the boarding hall shook violently.

Everyone's face changed in shock and they all picked up their weapons.

It's coming! ...

The leadership of the Longji took the elevator down to the lower cabin.

As they walked, Director Yang explained: "The underground palace of the Ganlu Temple stupa was closed since the Song Dynasty and was not opened until 1960, a thousand years later. The archaeological team packed up the rectangular stone coffin that was excavated and transported it back to the laboratory."

"Inside the stone coffin, there is a small silver coffin. When the silver coffin is opened, there is an even smaller golden coffin."

"It was not until the golden coffin was opened that the Buddha's relics preserved in the crystal container appeared. Everyone, please come in!"

Why are you suddenly mentioning Buddha's relics?

The door of Laboratory 705 opened, and everyone filed in with even deeper doubts.

In the laboratory, there are various precision instruments. On the table in the center is the crystal container that holds the Buddha's relics.

Inside the container, the Buddha's relics are about the size of soybeans and are light red in color.

Director Yang stood next to the relic and asked with a smile: "Everyone is knowledgeable. What do you think of the microscopic world?"

Seeing the confused look in everyone's eyes, Director Yang started by throwing out a suggestion, saying, "At the microscopic scale, many classical physical laws are no longer applicable. Instead, they are replaced by the laws of quantum mechanics, such as quantum entanglement, quantum superposition, and tunneling effects."

"There is a saying that if humans want to go beyond the Earth and the solar system, they must not go out of the traditional interstellar space, but need to explore the microscopic world. Just like we can use mobile phones to transmit sound thousands of miles away, it is not through shouting with a louder voice, but through information transmission at the microscopic level."

“The elusive space wormholes may not be rare in the microscopic world.”

"In short, the strangeness and mystery of the microscopic world will definitely challenge our traditional cognition."

"Some people say that humans only know 5% of the ocean. So how much do humans know about the microscopic world? One billionth? I think it's less than one billionth."

Everyone present stared at him coldly as if he were an academic heretic.

Director Yang knew that talking more would be useless, so he pointed to the high-powered scanning tunneling microscope that was aimed at the Buddha's relics and said, "Seeing is believing!"

"I want to see what you are talking about."

Professor Xu had been patient with him for a long time and was the first to walk up and stare at the Buddha's relics under the microscope.

After a moment.

The old professor, who was nearly sixty years old but still in good health, had trembling legs, and his body slipped and he sat on the ground. His eyes were full of shock and confusion, and he then muttered something that no one could understand.

Zhao Meng was extremely curious. How could Professor Xu, who could remain calm even when facing monsters like the bear-like creatures and the Nine Infants, be so frightened?

Just a relic!

What did he see? After helping Professor Xu up, Zhao Meng was the second to walk to the microscope.

In the crystal container, the Buddha's relics are only the size of a bean, but under a microscope.

It is like a huge light red planet, with towering and steep mountains, dry ancient river channels, desolate and vast, spectacular and shocking.

It’s like standing in space and looking down at the endless vastness of Mars.

A tiny relic actually hides another world.

This is incredible! No...

It is so tiny that what we see under the microscope should be the crystal structure of the sarira.

Why did this happen? Suddenly.

Zhao Meng felt suffocated and saw an even more incredible scene on the Buddha's relics.

At the end of the ancient river channels is a vast, deep red dry sea, and the bright seabed looks like it is stained with blood.

An ancient bronze ship with a strange appearance was quietly parked on the shore of the Dry Sea. No one knew where it came from or where it was going.

It had been silent for so long that even the hull had become rusted, with only the mast and sails still clearly visible.

Director Yang, who was standing nearby, increased the magnification of the microscope.

Zhao Meng immediately saw it more clearly and his scalp began to numb unconsciously.

In the field of vision, the bronze ship became extremely huge, and the deck was littered with corpses, including white-skeletal humans in armor, phoenix corpses, python skeletons, and an endless sea of ​​tombs and forests of steles.

The phoenix corpse and python skeleton are particularly large.

Each feather of the phoenix corpse was dozens of times larger than those of the skeletons of armored humans. It fell on the deck near the tower, with one wing covering the forest of steles and the other wing resting on the nine-story tower.

He didn't know if his eyes were dazzled, but Zhao Meng clearly saw that the feathers of the phoenix corpse were emitting a faint glow.

The microscope has limited magnification and many things cannot be seen clearly.

But it is conceivable that if you have the opportunity to board this magnificent and mysterious ship, the scene you see will only be more shocking, and perhaps it will open the door to a fantastic and strange world.

The huge ship...

No.

It is clearly only 460 nanometers long, like a speck of dust that has fallen on the Buddha's relics.

Without a microscope, it would be unnoticeable like the billions of specks of dust on Earth.

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