pjbooks Chapter 379, 3 days!
Chapter 379, 3 days!
"Underground cavity structure, regular thermal pulsations, magnetic field anomalies, timestamp deviations, and spatial refraction errors."
Qin Xiao paused for a second.
"Timestamp discrepancy?"
"Um."
"The military's conventional systems may not have this."
"Have the Great Wall team add more screening."
Qin Xiao nodded.
"I'm going to find Qin Changfeng."
The phone hangs up.
Two hours later, the data began to be transmitted back.
The first one is from the deep sea in the North Atlantic.
There is a spherical cavity structure 870 meters below the seabed.
It has a diameter of 190 meters.
There is no evidence of natural formation.
The second one is from the Sahara.
Nine hundred and forty meters underground, a spherical cavity.
The thermal pulsations are weak.
The third one is about Antarctica.
1,300 meters below the ice sheet, there appears to be a cavity.
The magnetic field is unusually strong.
The next three arrived one after another.
Six coordinates.
All of them exhibit structural anomalies similar to those found in Shennongjia.
Zhang Yan stared at the screen without saying a word.
Qin Xiao's video was connected again.
His face looked very grim this time.
"Brother Yan, all six are correct."
"Um."
"Did you already know?"
"I found out yesterday."
Qin Xiao took a deep breath.
"Therefore, Shennongjia is not an isolated case."
"no."
"Are these things related to the ruins?"
Zhang Yan said, "It's related, but it wasn't built in ruins."
Qin Xiao lowered his voice.
"Does your sister-in-law know?"
Zhang Yan paused for a moment.
Tell her the full details in three days.
Qin Xiao's lips twitched.
"Brother Yan, you're amazing."
"What's wrong?"
"If your sister-in-law knew I was keeping it a secret for you, she could hang me from the Jinghai Harbor Tower."
"So you don't need to hide it. If she asks you, just say I was checking six coordinates."
Qin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's alright."
Zhang Yan continued flipping through the data.
He quickly realized something was wrong.
The frequency of thermal pulsations in the North Atlantic and Sahara coordinates has changed synchronously over the past week.
Not much.
But the rhythm is consistent.
Zhang Yan superimposed the two sets of curves.
Fully synchronized.
Qin Xiao saw it too.
Are these two working together?
"All seven are working together, but some changes are so subtle that they cannot be detected at the moment."
Qin Xiao cursed under his breath, "This is just a net?"
Zhang Yan said, "Hmm."
"Would a single flaw affect the entire system?"
"meeting."
Qin Xiao remained silent for a long time.
"Brother Yan, is this even more troublesome than the Ruins?"
Zhang Yan looked at the screen.
"trouble."
Qin Xiao did not ask any further questions.
"I'll keep an eye on it."
"Um."
At noon, Nie Qingcheng carried a cup of hot tea into the study.
She placed the tea beside Zhang Yan.
"Six coordinates?"
Zhang Yan looked up.
"Qin Xiao told you that?"
"I asked."
"Um."
Nie Qingcheng looked at the curve on the screen.
"Are these coordinates part of the same system as Shennongjia?"
Zhang Yan remained silent.
Nie Qingcheng said, "This doesn't count as your full explanation three days from now. I'm just confirming that I've already guessed to what extent."
Zhang Yan replied, "Yes."
Nie Qingcheng nodded.
"You continue."
Aren't you going to ask?
"Even if you ask, you'll say three days later."
Zhang Yan took her hand.
"A beauty that could topple a city".
Nie Qingcheng looked at him.
"I'm not arguing with you now."
She pulled her hand back.
"You should finish investigating what needs to be investigated first."
After saying that, she turned and left.
Zhang Yan looked at the cup of hot tea.
The tea was still steaming.
He picked it up and took a sip.
It's very hot.
the next day.
The stargazer replied with an encrypted message.
Stargazing: "Found three."
Zhang Yan: "Speak."
Observing the stars: "The first rule, in the earliest fragment of the Observatory, is that 'beyond the seven locks, one should not listen or look.'"
Zhang Yan: "The era?"
Observing the stars: "Unverifiable, it may predate the Observatory itself."
Zhang Yan: "The second point."
Observing the stars: "After the sealing incident eight hundred years ago, the previous pavilion master left a note: Ruins are not unique, the number seven is the boundary."
Zhang Yan stared at this sentence.
Zhang Yan: "The third point."
Guan Xing: "Three hundred years ago, a recorder from Guantian Pavilion disappeared near Duanyun Valley. His last words were: 'The seven gates are incomplete, and external things can be heard.'"
Zhang Yan did not reply immediately.
Another message came from the stargazer.
Do you know what 'seven' refers to?
Zhang Yan replied: "I've confirmed a conjecture."
Guan Xing: "Zhang Yan, if it's an even bigger crisis, Guantian Pavilion needs to prepare in advance."
Zhang Yan: "I will speak."
Stargazing: "When?"
Zhang Yan: "Soon."
Stargazing: "Did Miss Nie give you a deadline?"
Zhang Yan looked at the sentence but did not reply.
Another message came from the stargazing station.
"It seems so."
Zhang Yan turned off the communication.
He began searching for Stardust.
The military database does not have it.
The Qingcheng International Public Mineral Database does not contain any.
It is not included in publicly available reports of meteorite samples worldwide.
Stardust is like something that doesn't exist.
The system prompt was quite clear.
It exists.
It's just that human equipment can't detect it.
In the afternoon, Qin Xiao came to the villa.
He brought a portable hard drive.
"Brother Yan, this is all the historical data for the six coordinates compiled by the Great Wall Group."
Zhang Yan accepted it.
"Hard."
Qin Xiao sat down on the sofa and lowered his voice.
"Where is my sister-in-law?"
"company."
Qin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.
"Then I'll say a few words."
"explain."
"Brother Yan, are you planning to take the blame yourself again?"
Zhang Yan looked at him.
Qin Xiao immediately raised his hand.
"I'm not telling you how to do things. I just feel that your sister-in-law is genuinely unhappy this time."
"I know."
"I've seen how ruthless she can be to outsiders. But with you, she only has one bottom line."
"What?"
"She can die with you, but she can't live a life deceived by you."
Zhang Yan remained silent.
Qin Xiao stood up.
"I've finished speaking. Please don't hit me."
Zhang Yan said, "No."
Qin Xiao walked to the door, then turned back.
"Brother Yan."
"Um."
"If there is a new battle, call me."
"meeting."
"Don't look down on me this time."
Zhang Yan looked at him.
Nobody thinks you're weak.
Qin Xiao grinned.
"That's fine then."
On the morning of the third day.
Zhang Yan didn't sleep all night.
The external contact statistics on the system panel have been updated.
The first door was knocked on 34 times in the past 72 hours.
Frequency: Continuously increasing.
The next peak is expected within 18 hours.
Zhang Yan stared at the numbers.
34 times.
It has doubled compared to before.
The objects outside the door did not collide unintentionally.
It's testing the waters.
It knew there was a crack.
It probably also knew that someone was starting to repair the door.
The study door was pushed open.
Nie Qingcheng walked in.
She wasn't wearing pajamas today, but rather a black fitted long dress with a white coat draped over it.
She was holding a document in her hand.
Zhang Yan looked up.
"So early?"
Nie Qingcheng did not answer.
She walked to the desk and slammed the documents down in front of him.
The sound was very soft.
But Zhang Yan knew she had used force.
"You check Stardust."
Zhang Yan looked at her.
Nie Qingcheng continued, "Investigate the meteorite core, the ultra-stable metal, and the high-density, unpublished samples."