"How should I put it..." Gu Xun thought for a moment, then gestured and replied, "In terms of appearance, you can imagine it as a giant clam that has been enlarged hundreds or thousands of times. It can swallow clouds and mist, create illusions, and confuse people.
People’s hearts.”
"Normal people are basically completely unable to resist its protruding phantom fog. Once they go deep into it, they will lose their mind and go crazy."
"You can't do it either?" Zi Nu asked curiously.
"I... can barely do it." Gu Xun replied with a smile, speaking very conservatively.
Zi Nu knew that it was "just okay" and she was not afraid at all. She immediately asked with a smile, "Then how did you get rid of it directly at that time? According to you, it doesn't seem to have much combat power."
Gu Xun grinned and explained, "First of all, there is no reason why I have to kill that 'mirage'. That is a matter between the Yin Yang family and Ying Zheng."
"Secondly, it's difficult for me to kill it. It has no combat effectiveness except for the fog, but its outer shell is very hard, so I can't hit it."
Zi Nu was stunned when she heard this, "You can't even attack it? How should the empire deal with it? Avoid it?"
Gu Xun waved his hand, "It's not impossible to fight, it's just very troublesome."
"You have to understand, whether it's a shield or an armor, the meaning of its existence is to be broken, and the same goes for the shell of that thing."
"As for getting around it... haha, there's no way around it."
"That strange beast is entrenched in the East China Sea to stop all people and things from trying to go deep into the sea. As long as they want to go deep into the sea, they can't get around it."
"Hmm..." Zi Nu nodded, and then asked with a half-smile, "So, the Yin Yang family is capable of getting rid of that 'mirage'?"
"Probably." Gu Xun shrugged, seeming to have confidence in the Yin Yang family, "I think the name Mirage was not coined for nothing. Donghuang Taiyi must have a solution."
"But this has nothing to do with us, just let them do whatever they want."
Zi Nu pursed her lips and smiled, "It's true that it has nothing to do with us, but aren't you about to get involved?"
"Just because I'm going to Songhai doesn't mean I'm going to contribute." Gu Xun raised his hand and said, "I'm just going to join in the fun and kill some time."
"But once I go, I'm afraid I won't show up again in a short time. You should be more careful next time."
Zi Nu frowned slightly and reminded in a deep voice, "If you disappear at this time, will Han Fei's actions be affected?"
"Also, if you go too long, I'm worried..."
Gu Xun raised his hand to stop Zi Nu's unfinished words, "Fusu and Han Fei's affairs are their own to handle. If you can help, do so. If you can't, just leave them alone. Take care of yourself first."
"As for the success or failure of Fusu and the others, and what the results will be, that is their business."
"What I should do and what I can do has been done. Whether it succeeds or not depends on their ability and luck. If they can catch up, I will help them more. If they can't catch up... just let it happen."
"Remember, take care of yourself first!" Gu Xun finally emphasized the importance of self-protection again.
Zi Nu was silent for a moment, then nodded with a wry smile, "I understand."
"Before I leave, I will help Han Fei and the others clear up some troubles. It should be of some use." Gu Xun put down his teacup, stood up, straightened his clothes, and finally said goodbye, "Okay, I'm leaving. Remember to take care of me."
I apologize to Mingzhu."
Zi Nu didn't reply, she just smiled at him.
Gu Xun also laughed when he saw this, and soon the person disappeared.
………………
A few days passed by in the blink of an eye.
Songhai, who had finally calmed down, was once again undercurrent.
Fortunately, the situation was ten times and a hundred times better than the previous chaos, and all the twists and turns were hidden in the dark.
Although the return of the mirage is a big event, it is not very attractive to the anti-Qin forces.
Everyone knows that Mirage is related to Ying Zheng's dream of immortality, but no one cares about his dream of immortality.
First of all, for most people, immortality is illusory. The so-called going out to sea to find immortals is purely because Ying Zheng was deceived by the Yin and Yang family.
What's the point of worrying about a scam?
Secondly, Ying Zheng is the emperor, the most powerful person in the world, and he already has everything he should and can have in this world. It is normal for him to be obsessed with the illusory so-called immortality.
But others are not emperors. No matter how attractive immortality is, they must kill Ying Zheng first and then think about it after overthrowing the empire.
Even if you don't even get the power, you will only be killed by Ying Zheng if you seek immortality.
These forces are now getting involved for the same purpose as the Mohists, they just want to fish in troubled waters to create a blockage for the empire, and see if they can get some benefits by the way.
In the past two days, the reason for Mirage's return has basically spread.
There are so many forces in the world, and there are so many capable people. If Tianming can get information from the mirage, there are naturally others who can.
Of course, the information they obtained was not very detailed. They only said that the mirage encountered something strange and evil on the sea, and the way forward was blocked, so they had to return to seek a solution.
Outsiders have different opinions on this.
People in Songhai generally believe this, or they don't care whether it's true or not, they just want something to talk about after dinner. Naturally, discussions about such mysterious and strange things are heated.
But all parties are doubtful about this.
They generally believe that the mirage's voyage is a scam. This so-called evil spirit on the sea is naturally another trick played by the Yin and Yang family. It may be to deceive more benefits from Ying Zheng, or it may simply be to deepen Ying Zheng's
of trust.
Of course, whether this is true or not is equally unimportant to them.
Things have to be prioritized. Even if there is a way to live forever, we have to wait until the empire is overthrown before we figure it out.
After this matter gradually spread, the empire simply stopped hiding it and directly pointed out the matter and warned capable people to solve the overseas evil spirits.
For a time, it attracted a lot of random alchemists and warlocks.
However, there are many people recruited, but there is no reliable method.
The methods proposed by these alchemists and warlocks were all very abstract. They were either setting up altars to offer sacrifices, inviting gods to come down to earth, or even human sacrifices, as well as some extremely outrageous imaginative operations.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! What these methods have in common is that it is completely impossible to prove whether they are effective before they are implemented.
The imperial court didn't have the ability to bring in another monster for experiments.
Another thing they have in common is that they all require a lot of manpower and material resources, especially the latter. If you take the opportunity to do something, you will definitely make a lot of money.
Therefore, Zhang Han directly beat them all into swindlers, and one of them arranged to go to the Dragon Field to enlightenment.
However, Zhang Han himself actually did not dare to do this.
Mirages were the emperor's greatest concern. Before he could be sure that these alchemists and warlocks were liars, Zhang Han would not dare to directly send people to prison even if he did not adopt their proposed methods.
The reason why everyone was arrested was because Gu Xun clearly told him that the methods these people said were nonsense.
With Gu Xun as his backup, Zhang Han naturally acted vigorously and resolutely, mainly because this group of people was really noisy and annoying to him.
As for Gu Xun, he has been here a long time ago.
This time, Ying Zheng directly issued an official document asking him to go to Songhai to help deal with the mirage incident.
Gu Xun rushed to Songhai the day after receiving the official document, but he never showed up.
Xianyang and Songhai are thousands of miles apart. Under normal circumstances, it would take at least ten days and a half on the road.
Of course, Gu Xun didn't show up because he was worried about being discovered by his ridiculous maneuvering speed - he didn't care about it at all now.
He was simply taking advantage of the opportunity to hide.
He had no intention of getting involved in this matter. He just came here to paddle. He was just waiting for the Yin Yang family to come up with a solution and then sail with the ship. There was no need to show up in a hurry.
Just wait until the right time comes forward to express your intention.
And today, the right time has finally arrived.
As the guardians of the Yin-Yang family and the highest-ranking people under the leader, Yueshen and Xinghun know nothing about mirages. At most, they only know a few superficial things by looking up information. They are completely confused about how to deal with this thing.
But this trouble was destined from the beginning that only the Yin and Yang family knew how to solve it.
Gu Xun and Ying Zheng both knew this.
Ying Zheng asked Gu Xun to come to Sanghai, not to personally solve the big trouble at sea, but to check and balance the Yin and Yang family.
Not only did he send an official document to Gu Xun, he also sent a secret urging letter to Donghuang Taiyi.
To truly solve the problem, you have to look to Donghuang Taiyi.
Today is the time when Donghuang Taiyi’s reply is sent to Songhai.
Gu Xun also showed up and received the reply personally.
The method given by Donghuang Taiyi was much clearer than those of the alchemists and warlocks. In a nutshell - shoot the mirage with a crossbow.
There is no fantasy at all, it is very real and reliable. The only difficulty is how to put it into practice.
The phantom mist exhaled by the mirage cannot even enter, and its true position cannot be determined.
How to shoot this?
Even if the opponent's position is confirmed, how to kill it if it is located deep in the fog and far beyond the shooting range of the bow and crossbow?
This purely physical method did not need to be proposed by Donghuang Taiyi. Everyone could think of it, but everyone agreed that it was not operable.
And Donghuang Taiyi gave his solution.
Along with this reply came two drawings.
One is the design drawing of a kind of mechanical crossbow. It seems that the complexity is even higher than the newly developed Hundred War God mechanical crossbow by Gongshu Family not long ago. There is a thick stack of drawings.
The other is a drawing of a stargazing instrument, which is relatively simple.
Looking at this pile of drawings, Gu Xun couldn't help but laugh out loud:
"This doesn't look like the solution given by the headmaster of the Yin-Yang family, but more like the solution of the Mohist family or the public loser."
Zhang Han, who was standing by, heard a flash of doubt in his eyes.
The fact that Donghuang Taiyi handed over two machine-creation blueprints is indeed nonsense, and Gu Xun's teasing is nothing.
But it was enough for him to just say that the public losers, and there was no need to add the Mohist family - the two families were equally matched in terms of their attainments in mechanism skills, but the Mohist family did not serve the empire.
Of course, Gu Xun has always been informal, so he naturally doesn't care about this kind of problem. He may just say it casually.
Zhang Han only felt that there was a little disharmony, but he did not doubt it too deeply.
As for Hidden Sun who was guarding the other side, there was no response at all - yes, Hidden Sun was also next to Gu Xun.
Although Ying Zheng's order was to put Zhang Han in charge, the people in Luo Sheng and Gu Xun were all assisting.
But as soon as Gu Xun shows up, he will naturally be the one in charge. Zhang Han must obey orders, and Zhan Ri must obey orders even more.
The former is just for work, while the latter is to save one's life.
Facing Zhang Han, Zhan Ri might dare to use his status to fight for power with him, but facing Gu Xun, he really has no choice but to give up.
Putting down the stack of drawings, Gu Xun looked at Zhang Han and Zhan Ri:
"The emperor wants to see the results within half a month. We can't understand the drawings. I'm afraid the Gongshu Qiu patriarch of the Gongshu family will have to come in person."
"However, there are only a few days left in the half-month period. Is it too late?"
Zhanri hurriedly replied, "Returning to the country, Master, it's time, it's time!"
"A few days ago, Mr. Gongshu has been transferred to Songhai urgently. I think he should arrive in a day or two at most."
The order to transfer the public and lose the enemy was basically issued on the same day that Donghuang Taiyi gave the solution. This order did not go through Ying Zheng or Zhao Gao, but went directly to the transfer order issued by Xianyang.
The emperor was pressing for results, so naturally he had to relax some authority when doing things below. Otherwise, if he waited for one step after another, it would be difficult to get results in two or three months.
Just like now, it would take at most one or two days for Gong Shuqiu to arrive at Songhai. If he had to wait for the news to be reported to the Eastern Patrol Team, and then the team would order the transfer, it would take at least another six or seven days.
Gu Xun nodded, and then said, "But it will take at least a few months to wait for Gongshuqiu to come, study the drawings, and then make the things on the drawings, right?"
"Still not enough time?"
Gu Xun seemed to be just watching the fun, just raising difficult issues without any help in solving them.
Fortunately, neither Ying Zheng nor Zhao Gao expected him to do anything, and everything was arranged.
"My lord, His Majesty the Emperor just needs an answer. He does not require us to resolve the matter within half a month."
Zhan Ri cautiously replied, "As long as Clan Chief Gongshu Qiu comes and confirms that there is nothing wrong with the drawings, we can temporarily hand over the work."
"Oh?" Gu Xun smiled, "So, nothing will happen to us?"
"This..." Zhanri thought for a moment and replied, "The problem caused by this mechanism creation can be solved by the Gongshuqiu clan leader. However, it may be necessary for the national preceptor to find someone from the Yinyang family to find out what these two things are. See if there are any usage problems."
If possible, Zhanri would like to follow Gu Xun's words and tell him to leave it alone.
But he didn't see Gu Xun's attitude as if he was ready to become a hands-off shopkeeper, so he didn't dare to go on. He could only find some work for Gu, and it had to be serious work.
Hearing this, Gu Xun refused to take the job and pushed it back lightly:
"It's such a small matter, so I don't have to deal with it myself. Master Zhenri, please come and go."
"If there is any urgent situation, remember to report it in time."
"...Yes." Zhanri didn't know what Gu Xun had in mind, but he didn't refuse.
One is because he doesn't dare, and the other is because he is really willing to do it.
If you go to work, you can be farther away from Guxun, and he will be happy to pick up dung.
After Zhanri left with a large pile of drawings, Gu Xun looked at Zhang Han and asked with a smile:
"How about it? What do you think of the method given by Donghuang Taiyi?"
"This..." Zhang Han hesitated for a moment, then responded calmly, "It's unexpected, but it doesn't seem to be easy to use."
"There are many difficulties that need to be considered, and it seems that there is no way to solve them yet."
