After chatting with Captain Lin for a while and briefly exchanging information, Chen Ziyan and the others returned to their tents.
After almost an hour, everyone gathered together again after washing up.
When Chen Ziyan saw Wang Kaixuan holding a large backpack, he knew that it contained the scented jade, and couldn't help but said: "Fat man, there is no need to carry it with you, right?"
Those experimental subjects who obeyed the little fairy are always on guard underground in the camp, and no one can easily steal their things.
Wang Kaixuan also knew this, but he still shook his head: "This is not possible. There are many people in this place, so it is more secure to carry it with you."
After hearing this, Chen Ziyan said nothing more. If what Captain Lin said is correct, their affairs here will soon come to an end. If Wang Kaixuan is willing to take it, let him take it.
Just when Chen Ziyan was thinking like this, Hu Bayi started talking about it: "Mr. Chen, just now Captain Lin said that they have almost cleaned up all the scattered black cockroaches left in the ground in the past three days.
Is life almost over?"
He feels a little confused now, not because of fatigue, but because the things he encountered this time are really beyond the scope of his understanding.
Especially what happened in the second temple at the end, Hu Bayi racked his brains and couldn't figure out what kind of existence Sheng Ji was now.
Just from the fact that the other party met and reached an agreement with Chen Ziyan in a dream-like space, as well as the spider seal that appeared out of thin air, it is really hard to believe that this woman from three thousand years ago still belongs to the category of human beings.
So I want to end things here quickly and go back and have a good rest.
"It should be almost the same. Even if the remaining black cockroaches are not completely eliminated, they are probably still close to ten." Chen Ziyan nodded.
Wang Kaixuan suddenly said: "That's not right. I remember Mr. Chen, you said that these black cockroaches probably have a spider mother. Now that we don't even look at the spider mother's face, can it be considered completely eliminated?
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He suddenly remembered this and asked directly.
"Maybe... I have already seen the spider mother."
Chen Ziyan was slightly silent when he heard this. It took him a long time before he said such a sentence under the gaze of several other people.
When he said this, Chen Ziyan's tone was not too sure, with some obvious hesitation.
Everyone present was not stupid, and clearly heard the meaning of his words. Chen Ziyan used "I" instead of "we". This alone is enough to show what he expressed.
Obviously, he suspected that the spider mother was Sheng Ji.
Shirley Yang wondered: "If you say so, then why did she eliminate all those giant black cockroaches?"
Based on her understanding of living things, this is somewhat unreasonable.
Ding Sitian said: "Because those black spiders are not important. Do you remember those blue-gray spiders we saw later?"
She said this with great certainty, and it seemed that she knew something.
Thinking of the special organization behind Ding Sitian, Chen Ziyan immediately guessed that she might have contacted the leader behind her while washing up just now and learned some information.
Thinking of this, Chen Ziyan asked: "Is there anything special about those spiders?"
Ding Sitian did not answer directly, but asked again: "I wonder if you know about Mountain Spider?"
"Mountain spider?" Hu Bayi thought for a moment and said, "Is it the mountain spider recorded in "The New Book of the South"?"
He has heard many such stories. Although it is impossible to retell them completely, he can still remember some key points.
Wang Kaixuan asked curiously: "Old Hu, what is this mountain spider you are talking about?"
Hu Bayi recalled it and said: "The mountain spider is a monster recorded in the "New Book of the South". Some people say it is a mythical beast, a giant spider. It is said that the spider silk can stop bleeding."
"That's right." Ding Si nodded sweetly and said: "There are some records in the archives of our department. The image of the mountain spider in it is very similar to those of blue-gray spiders, but the size is slightly different."
In fact, she didn't take this seriously before. She just mentioned it when reporting the situation, but she didn't expect it to attract the attention of the leader, and she only found out about it later.
Chen Ziyan heard this answer and asked: "So... those spiders may be mountain spiders?"
He thinks this is a bit impossible. Although no one stipulates that there can only be one mountain spider, there is no reason why it should be so common.
And although those blue-gray spiders are much larger than ordinary ones, they are much inferior to the mountain spiders in the records.
It is somewhat reasonable to say that those giant black clams are related to mountain spiders.
Wait...
Thinking of this, Chen Ziyan suddenly thought of a possibility. Is it possible that the mountain spider he saw was the giant black spider he saw?
You must know that "The New Book of the South" was compiled during the Northern Song Dynasty, and in the legends and allusions about mountain spiders, the character who appears is Pei Min, and this sword master was from the Tang Dynasty.
No matter which one of the two, they are both after Sheng Ji, so it makes perfect sense in terms of time.
Ding Sitian didn't know what Chen Ziyan was thinking, so he continued: "It's not certain yet, but according to the records in ancient books, it is certain that this spider is related to the mountain spider."
Hu Bayi also thought of something at this time, and said in a deep voice: "It seems that there are still many secrets hidden in it that we don't know!"
"Whether it's a secret or anything else, things here are about to come to an end, and there's no need for us to continue to stir up trouble." Chen Ziyan, who had figured out some of the issues, spoke up and stopped the topic.
It is an undeniable fact that this Longling Cave hides a huge secret, but this has nothing to do with them.
His only connection with this place and Sheng Ji now is the verbal agreement.
It’s better to leave the rest of the matter to the departments behind Ding Sitian, and they won’t get involved.
Let professionals do professional things.
After hearing what Chen Ziyan said, the few people who originally wanted to say something stopped talking about this topic.
The topic of mountain spiders ended abruptly.
Ding Sitian didn't say anything, but gave Chen Ziyan a meaningful look.
I thought to myself that what my boss said was indeed correct. It was really not easy for Mr. Chen to take the initiative to take charge of this matter.
However, she was not in a hurry. She believed that her leader would have a solution, and she would not need to intervene in the rest of the matter.
Anyway, the leader only told her to tell her about the mountain spider.
After a slight silence, Hu Bayi spoke again, looked at Chen Ziyan and said: "Master Chen, I plan to take the bones of Senior Jin Abacus back and find a place with good Feng Shui for proper burial."
He had been thinking about this idea for a long time, and saying it now was a way of notifying Chen Ziyan.
If it were just a stranger who met by chance, finding a place to bury him in peace would be the most benevolent thing to do. But since he already knew that this corpse was his real elder, Hu Bayi's character must be perfect. Chen Ziyan had no objections to this: "That's very good. When the time comes... you go and have a look around the capital, and we'll take care of it for you as an elder."
He originally wanted to visit the capital, but thinking about the gradually expanding urban area in the future, he thought it would be better to go further away.
This saves you from having to change places when demolition occurs.
When Wang Kaixuan heard this, he also volunteered and said: "Old Hu, I'll leave the things I have to do at this time to the fat man, and I'll make sure it's done well for you."
When it comes to other things, Wang Kaixuan may not be good at it, but this kind of thing is exactly in line with his expertise.
To put it bluntly, even Chen Ziyan cannot do better than him.
The topic was changed and everyone started talking about funerals.
Time passed in a blink of an eye and a few more days passed. During these few days, Chen Ziyan and the others led a team underground every day to search for any black-faced worms.
There were some gains in the first two days. Every day, I could find one or two black cockroaches huddled in some nooks and crannies.
But in the next few days, there was no harvest at all. It was obvious that this area had been completely cleaned up.
The basis for Chen Ziyan to make this judgment is that his reward has arrived.
Although his golden finger has no sense of existence, the judgment is still relatively accurate, so after receiving the reward, Chen Ziyan immediately announced that the settlement work was fully completed, and everyone will go back to their respective homes.
After they filled in the holes they dug, the militiamen and police officers who came to support them began to evacuate one after another.
In the end, only Chen Ziyan and others were left to carry out their 'archaeological' work here.
But they already knew that there was a semi-finished empty tomb below, so there was no work to do.
As for the giant bronze cauldron in the temple, Chen Ziyan thought about it again and again but never moved it.
In any case, the owner is still here, so it doesn’t make sense for me to move the tripod home.
So after making a show of staying for two days, they took the piece of fragrant jade and the corpse of the golden abacus on their way back.
Compared with the previous time, it took longer to go back, mainly because of the corpse of Jin Abacus.
It's easy to say that Wen Xiangyu looks like a stone from the outside, but the corpse is hard to explain.
Because of this incident, a few more days passed before Chen Ziyan and others returned to the capital.
After several people returned to the capital, they dispersed and acted independently.
Ding Sitian needs to go back to report on her work and make arrangements for the next work.
Shirley Yang, on the other hand, wanted to see Professor Chen and then said she wanted to go home.
She didn't say the reason, but Chen Ziyan thought that she must have thought of something and went back to get the equipment sealed by her grandfather.
In the end, only Chen Ziyan and the others were left in the group. Since there was nothing to gain from this trip, they simply went home.
After all, they had been running around outside for so long, and they felt somewhat tired, so they wanted to go home and have a good rest.
"Mr. Chen, there's something going on!"
But as soon as he reached the courtyard gate, Hu Bayi at the front reached out to stop the others, looked around warily, and said in a solemn tone.
Chen Ziyan immediately became alert. He looked past Hu Bayi toward the door, and immediately knew why Hu Bayi was acting like this.
I saw the door that was locked when they left. Although it was still closed now, the lock on it was missing.
This is their residence, and they are the only people who usually come here, but they have just returned from Qinling Mountains, and Yingzi and others are still in Xiangyin at this time, but the lock on this door is missing. Apparently something has happened.
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Wang Kaixuan was walking behind with Wen Xiangyu in his arms. When he saw this, he knew something was going on, so he hung the backpack containing Wen Xiangyu on his chest, held the handle of the engineer shovel exposed in the backpack behind him with one hand, and prepared it.
Be prepared to take action at any time.
Chen Ziyan looked at the closed door and motioned for Wushuang Ghost to come forward to check, silently thinking about who could have done this.
Logically speaking, the most likely ones should be those people from Liulichang, but he felt that people who could achieve that status would not be so irrational.
Some things can be done behind the scenes, but some things cannot be touched at all.
If they are not completely sure, they should not do such a thing. After all, there is a word called courtesy.
Compared with the vigilant people, Wushuang Ghost didn't have any unnecessary emotions at all. After receiving Chen Ziyan's order, he immediately stepped forward, pressed his huge palm on the door, and fiercely moved inside.
One push.
Zhiqua——
The sound of the door shaft turning was heard, and the door in front of Chen Ziyan and others moved in response, revealing the situation inside the courtyard.
The expected mess did not appear. They saw an unexpected person sitting in front of the stone table in the courtyard, as well as several stern-faced women.
"Lao Jin?"
"Master Jin?"
After Chen Ziyan and others saw the man clearly, they all screamed subconsciously.
They never expected that the big golden tooth that was supposed to be in Xiangyin would actually appear here.
"Young! Master Chen, Master Hu, Master Fatty, you three are finally back!" Da Jinya also saw them, the smile on his face immediately became brighter, he stood up and said happily.
"Lao Jin, why are you back? Are you alone?" Chen Ziyan asked straight to the point after walking into the courtyard gate.
While asking questions, his eyes were still looking around the yard, trying to see if anyone else was there.
Da Jinya chuckled: "Don't look at it, Master Chen. I will come back by myself this time."
Then he explained: "You also know that my foundation is all in these four or nine cities. There is nothing much to do in a short period of time, but it will become more and more as time goes by, so I took the time to come back and take a look."
This is true, but Chen Ziyan expressed his doubts.
With Da Jinya's character, he can say this, but he really can't do it.
He felt that there must be some external factors that caused Da Jinya to return to the capital early alone.
With this thought in his mind, Chen Ziyan looked at the women next to him.
Although he has no clear evidence yet, he guesses that it is probably because of these people that led Golden Tooth to do such a thing.
At this time, Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan also walked in. Wang Kaixuan muttered as he entered the door: "I mean, Lao Jin, this is not your style."
Obviously, he doesn’t believe what Golden Tooth says either.
Da Jinya retorted: "I'm telling you, Fatty, you can't just open your mouth and talk nonsense. I, Da Jinya, haven't always been like this."
"Hey!" Wang Kaixuan laughed strangely and said nothing, but the silence was better than the sound.