Chapter 109 Forest Survey

The forest spirits need time to recover their strength and remove the filth left by the cultists.

Vegetation and rocks reclose the gap outside the temple's underground palace.

Except for Yu Ke, no one else will know the existence of this temple's underground palace and what happened that night.

Time came to mid-January 2037.

The weather has not been very good for nearly a week. Even if there is no rain or snow, it is still wet and cold.

The sky outside the window is dim, and occasionally raindrops fall in front of the window, leaving a crooked water mark.

The stove in the tower is burning vigorously. As the firewood burns, the temperature in the room is always maintained at a comfortable level. Even if you take off your coat and only wear a woolen sweater, you will not feel cold.

Because the thick fog in the Mirror Lake Forest is difficult to dissipate, Yu Ke has not gone out for morning exercises these two days. Instead, he sat in front of the workbench to organize various photos and items obtained from the underground palace, preparing to divide them into two parts.

Feng Ling curled up at the corner of the table and dozed, her two tails swaying back and forth, and she was holding a big bone in her arms.

Putting the edited photos and videos on the computer screen into the same folder, Yu Ke picked up the collection and contacted Ye Yingtong.

"Hello, it's me. I recently found a relic in Jinghu Forest. There are some murals and other things in it. I want to know what dynasty they describe. There are also some utensils. Thank you. I will send you the photos and videos later, and there is also a reward."

The murals and some discoveries in the underground palace are historical relics. Ye Yingtong is an expert in this field. She works in Beijing-Hangzhou University. She must know other historians and professionals in relic research. There is no better candidate than her.

"Reward? No, I won't take it. You saved my life. I just helped you check some things."

Hearing that Yu Ke actually wanted to pay for this, Ye Yingtong hurriedly refused.

"Don't worry, I mean I may need your help with more things in the future, some of which need to be kept confidential, and I personally asked you to check. After reading what I sent you this time, you should understand what I mean. This is a private cooperation between you and me, don't let others know."

In Yu Ke's view, the life-saving grace is the basis for establishing mutual trust between the two, and the grace will always run out. He can't ask for free help every time he finds something.

More importantly, the temple underground palace involves forest spirits, and the ruins inside are also related to a treasure that can suppress disasters.

It's not that he doesn't believe Ye Yingtong, but the interest binding can make people feel more at ease.

Yu Ke doesn't want to send the information today, and tomorrow two TV stations will find the forest patrol camp to interview him.

Hearing the silence on the other end of the phone, Yu Ke asked again,

"Is it convenient for you to receive the ruins information now?"

"Wait a minute, I'll change places."

Ye Yingtong was sitting in a cafe next to Beijing-Hangzhou University at this time. Hearing this, she immediately took her laptop and shoulder bag to find a corner to avoid other guests.

As a professional who has participated in ruins archaeology many times, although Ye Yingtong is still studying with a tutor at school, she has also heard some colleagues with a wide network of contacts say a lot about the secrets of the field of ruins exploration.

For example, private consortiums often form their own ruins exploration teams and hire relic scientists to accompany them, and ensure that the latter work for them and keep it confidential by paying a generous reward and an agreement.

After all, reality is not like making a movie. In this era, some things in the ruins are not just artistic value. After all, handing them over to the country after discovery is only an extremely rare phenomenon. There are many teams in the private sector that specialize in exploring mysteries.

The emergence of treasure hunters and relic hunters was originally to serve this industry.

Therefore, after Yu Ke mentioned that this was a private collaboration, she immediately realized that the information that the former was about to send was definitely not ordinary.

Ding~

New message reminder came from the mailbox.

Ye Yingtong opened the email, and when she saw several photos of bronze murals in it, her eyes widened.

Even though she was mentally prepared in advance, she was still extremely shocked by the content of these photos and videos.

Suddenly, Ye Yingtong raised her hand to cover her left eye, frowned and looked around to make sure that no one was paying attention to this side, and then whispered,

"What are you doing! We have an agreement, now is not the time for you to come out, hurry back!"

If someone pulled Ye Yingtong's palm away at this time, they would immediately find that the left pupil underneath was glowing with a seductive red.

"I know, you don't need to emphasize this. I will definitely help with the things Yu Ke entrusted me with, even if it has nothing to do with you."

Suppressing her throat, Ye Yingtong seemed to be talking to someone. After the red light in her left eye faded, she called again.

"I have seen some of the photos and videos. I have never seen anything like this before. I will try to figure out the era they belong to, but it would be best if I could go to the scene to take a look. Okay, I understand. Wait for my news. The reward can be discussed after the results come out."

It is always easier to obtain information when you go to the site for archaeological excavations, but Yu Ke doesn't seem to want others to know the specific location of the ruins, so Ye Yingtong doesn't ask any more questions.

"Then I'll leave it to you. Goodbye."

Yu Ke also wanted to contact the Disaster Prevention Bureau to give them another part of the cult stuff, and was about to hang up the phone.

"Wait, will you go back to Danhang City soon?"

Thinking of all the strange things that happened to him recently, Ye Yingtong couldn't help asking.

"Probably not, what's the matter?"

"Uh, I just want to treat you to a meal, if you're busy, then we'll talk later."

Putting his somewhat restless left hand under the plump buttocks, Ye Yingtong wanted to speak, but a red light flashed in his left eye, and he suppressed the words that were about to reach his throat again.

Yu Ke on the other side couldn't see the abnormality on Ye Yingtong's side, so he hung up the phone and contacted the Disaster Prevention Bureau.

If he wanted to conduct an in-depth investigation involving cultists, spell skeletons and dragon masks, which were hundreds of years ago, Yu Ke would definitely not be able to do it alone, and he needed official assistance.

Yu Ke did not mention the temple underground palace, because Sen Ling did not trust the official government and made it clear that he only trusted Yu Ke, so he could not reveal the existence of the former to the official government, otherwise it would violate the contract signed by both parties.

Yu Ke only said that the Shadow Moon Leopard, who fought side by side with him in the Mirror Lake Forest, brought these things out from the depths of the Mirror Lake Forest to him, as if to remind him of something.

In his words, he emphasized the possible connection between the dragon mask and the Nightmare Organization, as well as the blood-colored lotus. Yu Ke said that he guessed it was the symbol of a cult organization.

The identity of special consultant came in handy here.

Yu Ke's performance in the Pandora incident made him receive special attention from the Disaster Prevention Bureau. The video of him cooperating with the Shadow Moon Leopard to hunt the Qishui Monkey King had long been spread all over the Internet. The Disaster Prevention Bureau not only did not doubt the clues he provided, but also attached great importance to them.

You should know that the Nightmare Organization itself is a criminal group that the Disaster Prevention Bureau is currently closely tracking. Moreover, according to the clues found so far, this organization is far from being as simple as it seems on the surface, and there are still secrets inside it.

As expected, the clues submitted by Yu Ke attracted great attention from the Disaster Prevention Bureau.

There is no doubt that cult organizations are destructive to social stability, even more than poachers or criminal organizations. Coincidentally, the core members of the Nightmare Organization, that is, the snakes and sheep who were arrested recently, did show some similarities to the cult members when they were interrogated.

Therefore, the Disaster Prevention Bureau responded quickly and prepared to conduct a deeper investigation in this direction. If there is any discovery, Yu Ke will be contacted as soon as possible.

Similarly, Yu Ke also took this opportunity to clearly express his willingness to participate in the search for the Nightmare Organization.

He wanted to find out whether this criminal organization with a very special organizational structure was the target that Sen Ling asked him to find.

After a long time of busy work, he finally completed the communication with both parties.

The rest is nothing more than waiting for news.

Yu Ke stretched his waist in the chair and rubbed Feng Ling's belly.

Just as I was thinking about what to eat in the afternoon, a new task suddenly popped up in the task log of the Forestry Bureau. I reached out and clicked it.

'Reconnaissance mission, abnormal growth of plants was found in the depths of Jinghu Forest (picture attached). Since its shape is somewhat similar to the vine jungle, I hope you can go there as soon as possible to investigate. The Forestry Bureau will have botanists follow up throughout the process. '

Since the end of the Pandora incident, this is the first time Yu Ke has received a special task from the Forestry Bureau.

Although the sky outside is gloomy and it may rain or snow at any time, Yu Ke does not feel troublesome, but is a little happy.

Because the trip to the temple underground palace has brought his [Forest Hunter] career experience to nearly 95%, and he is about to upgrade, he now needs this kind of work task to make up for the last experience gap.

"Feng Ling, we may have to eat lunch on the way."

After transferring the task information to the watch, Yu Ke woke Feng Ling up, drank the juice on the table, and got up to change into the forest patrol uniform.

The Abyssal Whale combat uniform was severely damaged in the battle, and it would take time for the Forestry Bureau to remake it.

Passing by the bed, Yu Ke snapped his fingers.

The fluorescent green streamer rolled up the Blackthorn Bow and Leviathan Axe placed beside the bed and put them into the mark.

After two days of testing, Yu Ke found that the space inside the mark was no different from the back compartment of an off-road vehicle. It might not fit too big things, but it would be no problem to use it to store weapons and equipment.