Chapter 158: Relics in the Mountains
It involves one's own strength, so one must not be careless.
In order to master the characteristics of anchoring the mind with the help of the Mirror of Imagination, Yu Ke immediately decided to go to Shanqing City.
Anyway, it won't take a few days to go back and forth, so just treat it as a trip to relax.
It's just that the name of this city sounds inexplicably familiar.
Chewing the dragon meat jerky made in recent days, Yu Ke gave some to An Saili and Professor Jiang respectively.
The amount of dragon meat scraped from the two-headed dragon is huge, and it is not realistic to rely on Yu Ke to eat it all in a short time.
Therefore, after leaving enough for himself and Feng Ling, Yu Ke packaged the remaining dragon meat, dragon bones and other things and sold them to the Disaster Prevention Bureau. The money in exchange allowed him to achieve financial freedom directly, and the deposit in his bank card was close to eight figures.
Sitting in front of the window on the side of the transport cabin, Yu Ke looked at the vast wilderness below that had begun to turn green, and searched in his mind for a while, and soon recalled that he had seen information about Shanqing City on the internal network of the Disaster Prevention Bureau not long ago.
While they were still some distance away from the mountains, he asked Ansai Li and Professor Jiang about the situation in the city.
"Shanqing City has indeed been a bit unsettled recently. As far as I know, in the past month, all kinds of ghosts and monsters have appeared on the streets of the city at night, causing panic among the people. The Disaster Prevention Bureau has sent an investigation team to investigate this matter, but I don't know what the situation is now."
Professor Jiang took the dragon meat and observed it carefully, shrugging his shoulders and said.
Because many supernatural phenomena come from strange objects, he often pays attention to news in this regard.
"Has it not been resolved for so long?"
Yu Ke remembered that he saw this information half a month ago.
I thought it had been resolved by the Disaster Prevention Bureau of Shanqing City, but I didn't expect the incident to be still fermenting.
"It's normal. At this stage, almost all major cities across the country are facing various supernatural phenomena. Some of these events cannot be solved by airplanes and cannons at all. They have to rely on the performance of extraordinary people. Just like the ruins we are going to visit later, even the Jinghang garrison can't get away. It can only be said that it is extremely troublesome."
Noticing Yu Ke's confused expression, An Saili explained,
"Shanqing City has always been known as a 'mountain city' in China. The altitude has been rising inexplicably in the past two years. The local government has too many things to deal with. Once the manpower is dispersed, the efficiency will naturally decrease. After all, not every city..."
Looking at Yu Ke, An Saili swallowed the second half of the sentence back into her throat.
She wanted to say that if Jinghang City hadn't had Yu Ke, the recent incidents might have caused big problems, but she felt embarrassed when she thought that such a straightforward statement was somewhat deliberate flattery.
In fact, the difficulties faced by Shanqing City also appear in large cities around the world, and are even gradually becoming normalized.
Faced with the coming of the era of catastrophe, humans can only choose to huddle together for warmth. However, large-scale living creatures themselves will also lead to frequent supernatural phenomena, which is almost an unsolvable problem.
Perhaps only by solving the catastrophe from the root can this vicious cycle be completely ended.
The three of them chatted about the recent situation of domestic cities, and unknowingly the transport plane had crossed the wilderness and approached the mountains.
In the past, Yu Ke had only seen the mountains in online videos. Now, as the transport plane gradually approached, the scene in his field of vision completely attracted his attention.
Unlike the crazy growing plants in the Mirror Lake Forest, although the vegetation in the mountainous area has also undergone large-scale changes, the overall scale is still normal.
It's just that the terrain has changed significantly.
Yu Ke, who was in the sky, could clearly see the rolling mountains, strange hills, cliffs and cliffs below, and some areas were inexplicably split, forming deep valleys and lakes.
Clouds flowed between the peaks, casting large shadows, and sometimes huge birds and beasts flashed by in the open space.
Just at this moment, the cabin of the transport plane shook slightly.
Yu Ke saw that the side wings began to release some gray-white mist, covering the entire transport plane.
"There are a large number of fierce beasts in the mountain area, and we have to land, so we have to fly at low altitude. These mists are special odor eliminators made by the Disaster Prevention Bureau. Next, the transport plane will enter silent mode to prevent attacks by fierce beasts."
Flying low means that the transport plane is close to the mountains. The fierce beasts don't care who the transport plane belongs to. If a rookie takes the initiative to attack, it is likely to pose a threat to the transport plane.
At that time, let alone the mission will not be completed, the people in the cabin will also be in danger.
They flew in this state for about half an hour.
The fog outside the transport plane gradually dissipated, and it began to descend. Yu Ke looked out through the window on the side of the cabin at this time, and couldn't help frowning.
The expected camp did not appear. There was still a wilderness in the field of vision, without even a trace of human activity.
Could it be that the camp was underground?
The problem is that in this environment, how can the transport plane take off and land? So many supplies and strange objects can't be airdropped, right?
"Get ready to parachute. This is a large-scale airdrop. Be careful not to be hit by the strange objects. There is no such thing as work-related injuries in the strange shelter. I won't reimburse your medical expenses~"
Professor Jiang suddenly unbuckled his seat belt, stood up, picked up the backpack beside him, and turned to walk towards the cabin door.
Yu Ke was surprised by this scene. When he saw An Saili's expression of holding back laughter, he realized that Professor Jiang was using his few humorous germs again. When he turned around, he saw Professor Jiang leaning against the cabin door with a smug expression on his face.
"In order to stay in the mountain area for a long time, the Disaster Prevention Bureau has made special arrangements for this area, combining optical technology and the abilities of extraordinary people. I don't know the details. You will know when the transport plane enters the camp."
As the main person in charge of the escort of the goods, An Saili obviously knew some information in advance and explained.
It was at this time that the transport plane finally broke through the special protection outside the camp.
The scene of the wild mountains and ridges suddenly dissipated, like a bubble-like phantom, and then appeared in front of Yu Ke was a camp located between the mountains with a scale large enough to accommodate two transport planes taking off and landing at the same time, with extremely complete functional equipment.
No, rather than a camp, this place is more like a military stronghold.
Yu Ke only saw a very strict defense line when he looked over from the transport plane, including but not limited to machine gun towers, artillery positions and fully armed patrol soldiers.
What confused Yu Ke was that the defense line composed of these heavy weapons and elite soldiers not only appeared outside the camp, but also was built in front of a mountain wall on one side of the valley. The latter seemed to be even stronger?
Inside the camp, there were a large number of field tents, mixed with a large number of high-tech equipment. Even Yu Ke was confused. He had never seen many things, let alone understand their functions.
But one thing is certain.
To build a special camp of this scale in the mountainous area, the resources and manpower required are undoubtedly huge.
This shows the importance that the Beijing-Hangzhou government attaches to the ruins here.
No wonder the elites stationed here did not return after the accident in the city.
The transport plane hovered in the air for nearly five minutes. Yu Ke heard from the radio that the communication personnel in the camp were checking the information with the driver. Only after confirming that the instructions were correct did the transport plane slowly land in the open space in the camp.
"Just follow me later. This is the badge of the patrol team. Don't walk around. The situation here is a bit special. If you are treated as an intruder, it will cause a lot of unnecessary trouble."
An Saili pinned her badge on Yu Ke's chest. She had the ID, which would save a lot of trouble if she met someone to ask questions later.
Yu Ke just came here to take a look when he had nothing to do, and nodded immediately to show that he knew.
As the transport plane stopped steadily, the rear door opened.
The soldiers responsible for the handover of supplies entered the cabin one after another, and An Saili came forward with a list to check with them.
Professor Jiang took the staff of the strange shelter to move a few boxes, and left directly after saying hello to Yu Ke and An Saili. The things they sent were confidential and were not sent to the same place as ordinary supplies.
After Ansai Li finished the handover, Yu Ke followed her out of the transport plane while the camp was transferring some damaged equipment and wounded soldiers to the transport plane.
As soon as he entered the camp, Yu Ke keenly felt the energy fluctuations nearby.
It was obviously impossible to cover such a large camp in the valley with existing technology. This energy fluctuation should be the ability of the extraordinary people that Ansai Li mentioned earlier.
Looking around, he soon found their source.
In the middle of the defense line set up at the edge of the camp, a flag about three meters high was planted at intervals.
The flagpole was made of metal, and it looked like it was equipped with a smart screen on the surface, but it played all kinds of obscure spells, which would change every ten seconds, and the flag hanging on the top was embroidered with stars, exuding a sense of mystery.
‘Formation? Can the extraordinary people now master and use this technology? ’
Yu Ke, who was silently observing these special items, turned his sight to the left front, not far away, which was the heavily guarded area he had noticed on the transport plane before.
Yu Ke, who was in the camp, discovered that there was a huge bronze door in the concave mountain, which was no less large than the gate of the temple in the forest. On both sides of the cleared space in front of the door stood several bronze statues of soldiers with severe weathering and erosion, which looked like they were guarding the existence inside the door.
There is no doubt that the key to the Jinghang City garrison and a group of extraordinary people staying here is behind the bronze door.
"Do we have a chance to go into the ruins and take a look?"
Yu Ke took two quick steps to Ansai Li's side and asked in a low voice.
"No, until now, no one can enter the ruins at will without the permission of Fang Zhenshou. Those who trigger this rule will have no room for maneuver and will be listed as a first-level wanted criminal."
An Saili seemed to have guessed that Yu Ke would ask this question, and hurriedly responded,
"I am going to report the handover of this trip to the person in charge of the camp. Do you want to go with me, or..."
"I'll just walk around here, just tell me when you go back!"
Yu Ke had no interest in work, so he waved his hand and turned to walk towards the defense line not far away.
Since he couldn't enter the ruins, studying the function of these flags was a good way to kill time.
Watching the tent where the person in charge of the camp in front of Ansai Li was, Yu Ke put his hands in his pockets and wandered around, chatting with the staff passing by, and asking the patrolling soldiers about the use of the flags.
In fact, these actions were just to cover up for the forest spirit.
Even if he left the Mirror Lake Forest, as long as he was in a natural environment, the forest spirit's perception ability could be exerted. Yu Ke hoped to understand the situation of this camp through it.
The result was unexpected.
"This area has been set up with multiple formations. One part gathers the spiritual energy of the mountains and rivers and transforms them into the energy of another part of the larger formation. It also conceals the secrets of the sky, so that the surrounding beasts automatically avoid this place."
"You can even understand this?"
Yu Ke, who was sitting on a small mound outside the camp, looked at the flag in front of the left and communicated with the forest spirit in his mind.
"There are many sorcerers among those who worshipped me. There are various arrays they set up in the temple and the underground palace. It's just that they are ineffective because of the long time. I can sense the flow of natural spiritual power, and the effect of the array cannot be hidden from me."
"Tsk, I forgot about this. The workshop in the underground palace is not something that ordinary people can build."
Recalling what he saw and heard in the temple underground palace, Yu Ke suddenly realized that there were extraordinary people among the ancients of this world, and some of their skills must have been passed down to this day.
I don't know who set up the arrays in various places in the camp. Yu Ke guessed that it was most likely the "Fang Zhenshou" mentioned by Ansai Li.
"Can you detect the ruins in the mountain?"
Raising his hand to support his chin, Yu Ke pretended to appreciate the scenery, but actually asked further.
"I need time to try. The magic arrays in this area are not only those I just sensed. There seem to be more ancient ones inside the ruins. Forced intervention may cause a chain reaction."
"No, don't intervene yet. What I said before doesn't count. Hurry up and end the perception!"
When he heard that there might be a chain reaction, Yu Ke hurriedly stopped Sen Ling's actions.
You should know that the defenders of Jinghang City are in the camp at the moment. If the ancient magic array in the ruins is accidentally triggered by Sen Ling, it will cause an uncontrollable catastrophic event. Who knows how big a mess it will be.
Yu Ke came here to visit and kill time, not to cause trouble.
It's a serious matter, so I'd better put my curiosity back.
It was at this time that someone's voice suddenly came from behind,
"Why are you sitting here alone in a daze, little brother? Is there something bothering you?"
Yu Ke, who was just communicating with Sen Ling, was shocked. He had never withdrawn his perception. Even if he was distracted to communicate with Sen Ling, he should be aware of any movement within a dozen meters around him at the first time.
When did this person come behind me?