Chapter 526 Headless General
Five minutes later, a middle-aged man with dark skin appeared in front of them, looking exhausted.
"I can tell at a glance that these two handsome young men are the bosses of this trip. Hello, I'm the driver for your trip. You can just call me Old Lu. Where are you going?"
"We are going to Emerald Lake," Mingli said.
"Okay, let's go." Old Lu took the two of them into a six-seater van.
The three of them got along quite well in the car, chatting and laughing all the way, and they were so happy that they arrived at their destination unknowingly.
Lao Lu: "Why did you want to come here? Although this is a popular check-in spot, it's actually not that beautiful. Since we get along so well, why don't I take you somewhere else to play? I guarantee it's much better than here."
Mingli: "No, we have something else to do. You can go first! Come pick us up at 8 o'clock tomorrow."
Lao Lu: "Okay then. If you change your mind and want to go somewhere else or leave early, call me again."
After the two parties exchanged phone numbers, Lao Lu drove away alone in the van.
Ximen looked at the vast tourist attractions and the endless lake and said with great melancholy, "Oh my goodness, how are we going to find it in such a large area?"
Mingli: "The tracker will tell us. Let's start with the lake."
They rented a boat and rowed aimlessly on the lake.
Mingli stared at the tracker intently, afraid of missing anything and not daring to relax for a moment.
Suddenly he shouted, "The signal is getting stronger. This must be the right place."
He carefully observed the changes in the lake surface. At this time, the tracker also changed, showing that the target was within a radius of 10 meters.
Simon also noticed it and asked, "Should we find a professional salvage ship?"
Mingli: "No, anything salvaged will belong to their country's government."
Simon: "You don't mean for us to go into the water to look for it? Although I can swim, I'm afraid of water..."
Mingli: "I didn't ask you to go, I went in the water myself."
Simon: "I'm not looking down on you, but can you do it?"
Mingli: "Then do you have a better idea?"
Simon shook his head. "Hearing what you said, do you already have an idea in mind?"
Mingli: "I'll call Lao Lu and ask him to send over a set of night diving equipment and a simple crane."
Simon: "You don't want to go in the water alone, do you? Don't be so stubborn."
Mingli: "When I was a tour guide in Canada, I dived in almost every river and sea there. I'm not afraid of any complex underwater terrain, so this little thing won't bother me."
He called Lao Lu's cell phone, and soon someone delivered the things to Mingli.
Before leaving, Lao Lu hesitated to speak. "Emerald Lake is the sacred lake here. Although the bottom of the lake is a dormant volcanic crater, it is full of volcanic mud. It is easy to get stuck in it and unable to get out. There are religious reasons here and it is dangerous. Diving is not allowed here."
Mingli: "I understand. Lao Lu, you go back first! Pick us up tomorrow at the agreed time."
Seeing that persuasion was ineffective, Old Lu just left sadly.
At 5 pm, scenic area staff began to clear the area.
Mingli and Ximen took their belongings and hid in a remote forest.
From time to time, staff would come to inspect, and the two could only wait patiently until after 12 o'clock in the evening, when the number of inspections began to decrease. Mingli knew that their chance had come.
At one o'clock in the morning, as soon as the patrol staff left, they immediately took their things and jumped onto the small boat moored on the shore and slowly drove to the center of the lake.
After arriving at the destination, Mingli picked up the rope at one end of the crane and jumped into the lake area.
Night diving is really unique. The light on the forehead of Mingli's diving suit makes the visibility at the bottom of the lake only ten meters.
As he was swimming, he suddenly saw a rectangular object on the ground in front of him. It was covered with thick moss and long water plants, which were floating with the water flow.
He wasn't sure what it was, so he tied the rope tightly around the rectangular object and swam to the side of the boat.
Simon pulled Mingli aboard and asked, "Did you catch anything?"
"I've found a rectangular object. Let's pull it up first! My oxygen device is running out of air." Mingli's face showed signs of hypoxia.
Simon silently opened the crane and slowly pulled the rope up.
Ten minutes later, a rectangular object floated on the lake. Simon excitedly shouted, "You can tell it's quite old. If I'm not mistaken, it's probably high-quality ebony."
"We're not after money right now. Don't forget what our goal is."
Simon drove the boat and towed the object to the shore.
After cleaning up the mess on the surface of the object, its original appearance was revealed. It was indeed a coffin, but it had turned into ebony after being soaked in lake water for many years.
They found the interface, pried it up with a screwdriver, and discovered a second layer.
Simon felt something was wrong. "Old B wouldn't put Tony's body in several layers of coffins, would he?"
"No matter what, the thing has been hung up anyway, so we have to open it and take a look!"
The two continued to pry, and after prying to the third layer, they found it was empty. They found the small chip among the debris inside.
"Holy crap! I spent all this time and effort to find this? I'm so unlucky."
"That's good now. All the clues are gone. What's the point of looking for it? Let's go back home early tomorrow morning!"
The two men threw the coffins back into the lake dejectedly.
As soon as the sun rose, the staff of the scenic area began to busy themselves with receiving tourists, and Lao Lu also came to pick them up on time.
At this time, a tour group holding the national flag also came in.
Lao Lu: "Let me take a picture of you two at the scenic spot to prove that you have been here."
Simon: "No, there are too many people!"
Seeing that they both looked unhappy, Old Lu jokingly asked, "What's wrong? You didn't get things done properly last night."
Mingli: "Let's go!"
At this moment, the tour guide took a small loudspeaker and wanted to introduce the Emerald Lake to the group members.
"My fellow travelers, do you know why this lake became a sacred lake? Actually, there's a story behind this. The villagers nearby used to live ordinary lives until a meteorite landed on the lake. The villagers unexpectedly discovered a coffin on the lake, and inside it was a headless male corpse. Strange as this, the villagers parked the coffin by the lake, waiting for someone to claim and bury it. A month passed, and no one showed interest. The villagers decided to open the coffin to see if there were any valuables to take away. Unexpectedly, after a month, the headless corpse inside looked exactly as it had when they first found it, with no signs of decay at all. The village chief said it might be a deity from heaven who would bless them. The villagers then enshrined the corpse in a temple, calling it the Headless General. Emerald Lake has since become a sacred lake here."
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