Chapter 218: The Road to the Center of the Earth



He looked at the man who rushed out the door.

Listen to the sound of the locomotive starting at the door.

Liu Xinyue narrowed her eyes thoughtfully.

Seeing Liu Xinyue's expression, Ai Xin understood that she had obviously discovered something again.

So she brought her teammates to a corner of the courtyard of Linze Gongba Temple, keeping a slight distance from the red-haired woman.

Then he leaned over to Liu Xinyue and whispered, "What did you hear with that ear?"

During this short half day, she was able to see a lot of Liu Xinyue's abilities.

I can only say that he is a truly talented person.

The so-called ability to listen to the sounds of all things really means that you can hear all kinds of sounds that shouldn't exist.

Sky, earth, air, lakes, mountains, and even joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.

Whether it is material existence or spiritual emotions, whether it is animals or plants, Liu Xinyue can always hear their "voices".

"Although I only listened for a short while, I could hear so many different emotions coming from him, including madness, piety, nervousness, shock, confusion, etc."

“He seems to really believe that Shambhala exists.”

Liu Xinyue explained quietly to the two people beside her.

From the brief discussion between the man and the woman, Liu Xinyue understood that the man was an explorer who insisted on the existence of Shambhala.

Shambhala is a legend that has been passed down for thousands of years in the western region of China and even in the area near the Himalayas.

According to legend, it is a pure land of bliss, a paradise on earth, an underground civilization that has been hidden for thousands of years, and the final destination beyond life and death.

According to legend, there is a mysterious and powerful force there, which holds the ultimate answers to all living things.

However, since modern times, countless official and private explorers have used a lot of effort to prove one thing on this plateau: Shambhala is just a legend.

It is ethereal and vague.

Just like the ideal country, Utopia, Peach Blossom Spring and the Garden of Eden, it is mankind’s expectation and fantasy for an ideal society, and its desire and yearning for a paradise beyond life and death.

This is just a legend that expresses yearning and has never really existed.

"Vons Maynard, male, 32 years old, from Kansas, USA."

"He has aspired to become the world's greatest explorer since he was young. He is proficient in free climbing, wing suit flying, bare-handed combat, downhill skiing, and has conquered the world's highest Mount Everest several times."

"A person like this has experience, courage, knowledge, and physical strength. He has even been on the verge of death a few times. He doesn't look like someone who would go insane easily."

Drif said as he pulled out a tablet from somewhere and handed it to the two newcomers in front of him.

The tablet was recording the biographical information of the man who had just run away, which was provided promptly by Yongzhou's intelligence system.

As the third in command of the lunar scientific research branch, he has mastered most of the modern technologies in the six months since he came to this world.

He is also quite proficient in using the tablet.

The two girls took the tablet and checked the various information recorded on it.

From this, we can see that Vons Maynard is indeed an elite and was once included in Yongzhou’s talent database.

In Yong Zhou's database, there is a simple psychological profile of this person.

It can be seen that this guy is not someone who would easily indulge in hallucinations and psychological breakdown.

None of those near-death crises caused by rope failure, loose spikes, or locked parachute bags caused Vons Maynard to suffer long-term psychological problems.

However, according to the information in the tablet, there is one point worth noting.

This Vons Maynard seemed to have been missing for more than three days, and the red-haired woman reported the case two days ago.

However, when officials from PL County were dealing with the aftermath of the sandstorm incident, they went to help search Mount Kailash for two days but were unable to find the item.

Finally left here yesterday.

Many people went missing in the sandstorm barrier incident. The PL County officials do not have that much manpower and also need to take other areas into consideration.

"So now it looks like..."

“Anomalies may have occurred.”

Ai Xin narrowed his eyes and showed a hint of excitement. They came here to investigate the anomaly.

Isn’t the situation we are facing now an abnormality?

An experienced explorer suddenly disappeared in the sandstorm a few days ago. When he came back three days later, he seemed to be crazy? He insisted that he had really seen Shambhala, as if he had hysteria.

Is there any hidden secret in this? Either the explorer has experienced the great terror between life and death, and is still immersed in the hallucination of near death.

Or did the explorer really see the legendary Shambhala during the three days he was missing?! Which possibility is more likely?

Ai Xin didn't know and wasn't sure.

But she knew that she had seen the truth of the world and understood that there were powerful organizations like Everday hidden behind the scenes in this world.

In her judgment, there is a possibility that "Shambhala really exists."

so……

"How about we split up and ask the red-haired woman and the explorer separately to find out what happened between them."

Ai Xin put forward his own suggestions.

Neither Derev nor Liu Xinyue refuted this.

The reason for the irregular failure of the secret realm gate is still unknown, and Yong Zhou's investigation of this area is just to find out everything he can find.

Various animals, people, strange geographical phenomena...

In short, anything that makes the Eternal Day members feel strange or wrong can be investigated seriously.

After all, no one knows why the secret door was affected.

"Then I will take Liu Xinyue to catch up with that Vons Maynard and ask about the situation. You stay here and talk to the monk here and the red-haired woman."

"Keep this axe. It can protect you at a critical moment."

"Then we'll contact you immediately if we have anything to do."

Drif said as he handed Aixin a mini axe.

This axe is not big, only about ten centimeters, and looks like a pendant. But in fact, it is the Storm Axe carefully crafted by the dwarf king Drif, and now it is just a smaller form.

As the patriarch who is looking after the two newcomers, Drif is also the captain of this temporary team, so he is naturally responsible for the safety of the two.

Ai Xin took the axe and put it in his pocket.

Then he nodded at the two people and watched them leave Linze Gongba Temple.

She herself turned her head and looked at the room not far away.

The red-haired woman entered the room angrily after having a quarrel with Vons Maynard.

After a long silence, Ai Xin came to the side of several monks standing in the courtyard.

The red-haired woman looks difficult to approach, but the monks beside her should be easy to talk to.

After a brief exchange, Ai Xin roughly understood some information about the two people after they came here.

The information was similar to what the red-haired woman had described when she went to the authorities to report her disappearance.

They arrived at the Lingze Gongba Monastery before the sandstorm came, preparing to climb Mount Kailash for some exploration.

As a result, when Fengsha arrived, Vons Maynard was exploring outside.

The red-haired woman and the monks were unable to leave the Lingze Gongba Temple due to the huge sandstorm.

After that, Vons Maynard disappeared.

Ai Xin understood that this was normal, as she had experienced such sandstorms herself.

Maybe being missing is still a good thing, but encountering a sand wolf in the wind and sand is truly despair.

In the following days, the authorities searched for a while but found nothing.

In order to take into account the need for manpower in other areas, we finally decided to ignore this missing case for the time being.

After all, I have been to all the places I can go, and normal people cannot go to other places.

Although Mount Kailash has an altitude of only 6,656 meters, which is more than 2,000 meters lower than Mount Everest, it is still an unconquerable existence.

There are many people who have conquered Mount Everest, but no one has successfully climbed Mount Kailash.

Even if we ignore the possible religious and cultural obstacles, Mount Kailash is still a difficult mountain for humans to climb.

And the red-haired woman naturally didn't want to give up.

I just packed up my gear to go hiking this morning.

As a result, at this time, Vons Maynard returned here, dusty and ragged.

At that time, Vons Maynard was described as very strange by several monks.

It can be said that he is completely different from the person who first came to Lingze Gongba Temple.

Compared to when Vons Maynard first came to Lingze Gongba Temple, he no longer had the calmness in his eyes when he suddenly came back this morning.

According to the monk, after Vons Maynard returned this morning, the red-haired woman excitedly put down her equipment and prepared to continue searching up the mountain.

In the end, Vons Maynard was obsessed with taking the red-haired woman up the mountain to the paradise where the ultimate answer could be found.

Then, a quarrel like that broke out.

Ai Xin listened to the whole process from the monk's perspective and slowly narrowed his eyes.

Consistent with the results of their data analysis, the monks also felt that Vons Maynard had changed a lot.

From calm to delirious and crazy.

In this case, it is likely that the person has been greatly mentally stimulated.

It could be the great terror between life and death.

Or maybe he saw something somewhere that surprised him.

Perhaps that thing is Shambhala, the thing that interfered with the door to the secret realm.

However, Ai Xin still sticks to his point of view.

According to the information of this Vons Maynard, he had experienced many near-death experiences, but he still explored around as if nothing had happened.

This time, it is highly likely that I will not become a different person because of some near-death experience.

But her analysis is groundless.

Next, it depends on whether Derev and Liu Xinyue have any discoveries.

………………………………

It was not difficult to keep up with Vons Maynard as he rushed out the door.

After all, Maynard's physical and mental condition were not very good. Even though he was an experienced explorer, he was not much better than a toddler now.

Even when driving a motorcycle, it was shaky and I didn't dare to go at full speed.

There is no need to say much about Deref and Liu Xinyue.

Drif is the king of dwarves with the initial level of third-level spiritual power. Even if his level three spiritual power is inflated, it is still level three after all.

Relying on his extraordinary talent, Liu Xinyue's physical fitness was improved through cramming. Although it will be difficult to improve for a long time, he can be said to be a little superman.

So the two of them quickly caught up with Maynard who was riding away on a motorcycle.

Maynard, who was driving the motorcycle, felt dizzy and then he went from being on the motorcycle to being carried by someone.

Then it was gently placed on the stone.

And on his motorcycle, at this moment, there was a strong man over two meters tall sitting.

This made Maynard, who was already nervous, feel like his brain was shutting down for a moment.

What happened? Wasn't I riding my motorcycle? How did someone just pull me off?

"Huh, no wonder you always carry me. It's quite fun to carry someone."

Liu Xinyue put her hands on her hips and got down from the stone where she was standing. She couldn't help but feel refreshed.

Drif also drove the motorcycle around twice, then stopped steadily in front of the two men and said, "Vons Maynard, right? You're in trouble!"

As he said this, Drif stopped the motorcycle and got off.

As he walked towards Vons Maynard, he did not forget to take a sneak peek at the motorcycle.

Wow! Kawasaki H2R? This must be over 700,000 yuan, right?

As a dwarf who loves blacksmithing, Drif has always loved these wild and cool mechanical products since he came into contact with the technology of this world.

Although the monthly salary Yong Zhou gave him was enough to easily buy a Kawasaki H2R, it was still not enough for him as a collector.

"I...what's wrong?"

Maynard was a little confused.

Looking at the man and woman in front of him whom he had seen at Lingze Gongba Temple, he really didn't know what to say.

He really wanted to ask how these two people caught up with him without driving?

But after looking at the empty and desolate scene around him, he swallowed back his doubts.

The nervousness made him tremble a little.

It was really too miserable for him to be missing for a few days. He relied on nutrient solution to survive the three-day coma. Later, after he ran back to Linze Gongba Temple, he only replenished some nutrient solution, and his body was still very weak.

So it was normal for him to feel trembling when faced with such an emergency.

It's definitely not because I'm afraid of being abandoned in the wilderness that I'm trembling.

Maynard thought so.

"Tell me about Shambhala."

Drif smiled slightly and asked straight to the point.

Such a direct question.

Maynard subconsciously recalled everything he had experienced before.

His eyes suddenly became a little panicky and a little pious.

Liu Xinyue also stood aside, quietly increasing the power of her ability to listen to the sounds of all things.

One after another, "voices" began to come from the man in front of him.

She heard the tiredness, the hunger, the aches...

I also heard tension, fear, and confusion...

As well as piety, fear, shock, yearning...

Amidst the interweaving of countless complex emotions.

She continued to sense deeper.

An even more incomprehensible sound was heard.

This was definitely not a voice coming from this man, but an indescribable essence carried by something this man had touched.

[In the space of reincarnation, the indescribable heaviness and the unbearable lightness are balanced. 】

[Gaining and losing, sadness and happiness, a dynamic of life occurs. 】

Liu Xinyue tried to use her ability to listen to the sounds of all things to ignore this incomprehensible sound.

And after skipping this "sound".

She traced the source and saw a picture: [It was a deep road that seemed to have no end, leading to the center of the earth.]

[I don't know how long I walked, but I found an ordinary wooden door at the end of the road. ]

[There was an old man sitting quietly beside a door. ]

Just a glance towards the old man.

There were countless "voices" roaring in.

During this, Liu Xinyue heard something faintly, but it also seemed as if she heard nothing.

The next moment, the old man suddenly opened his eyes, interrupting Liu Xinyue's idea of ​​continuing to listen.

Her ability to hear the voice of all things was severed.

(End of this chapter)


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