Time: 17:21 pm on December 9, 2023.

Four hours have passed since the exploration of the "Gate" of Lake Don Juan failed.

During these four hours, all parties have been trying to find the missing members of the US District 1 Team of the Department of National Security, but so far, there has been no clear result.

…

From the beginning of the operation, to the casualties among our own personnel, and then to the group of them entering the mysterious ruins in a confused manner.

It only takes about ten minutes in total.

Rachel asked everyone to stay put, and then began to count the remaining supplies they had.

Because they had not considered such a situation at all, the food and water carried by the twelve surviving people were almost zero.

The amount of chocolate carried by two scientists and the energy drink hidden by a special forces member are almost negligible.

The current ambient temperature is 7 degrees Celsius, which is a low temperature environment.

In this kind of environment, if a person remains motionless for a long time, he will not be able to survive for two days without eating or drinking, not to mention that there are scientific researchers with relatively poor physical fitness in the team.

However, the weapons and ammunition they carry are relatively sufficient.

The seven special forces members carried a total of three specially modified AR-7 semi-automatic rifles, four specially modified Treble 3 micro submachine guns, seven pistols and relatively sufficient ammunition.

But apart from these, the most powerful individual equipment they have now is the pulse cannon carried by a special operations team member.

"The situation is not good." Rachel's deputy is a Chinese-American named Gao Tianyuan.

Rachel glanced at him and whispered: "You stay here to take care of them, I will take two people to explore the surroundings."

"Well... pay attention to your safety."

Rachel patted Gao Tianyuan on the shoulder and turned around: "Sam, Larry."

"arrive."

"Take weapons and follow me."

"Yes." Two muscular Latino young men stood up in the crowd.

The four scientists sitting in the crowd panicked. The younger one among them panicked: "What? Where are you going?"

Gao Tianyuan stepped forward and comforted him: "It's nothing. Ms. Rachel plans to explore the surrounding area. Don't worry."

"Well...then you must be sure to be safe."

Rachel ignored him. She left the team with her people and walked towards the east marked by the compass.

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Another hour passed.

Rachel came back, but she was covered in blood and looked very embarrassed.

Sam and Larry were also missing.

Gao Tianyuan, who was telling jokes to everyone to lighten the atmosphere, felt his heart skip a beat when he saw this scene.

Everyone was stunned.

"Captain! Are you okay, Captain?" Gao Tianyuan hurriedly stepped forward to help Rachel, who was extremely weak. He found that Rachel had at least two gunshot wounds, one on the forearm and one on the thigh. Fortunately, they were not injured.

artery.

The other team members also gathered around. They were very concerned about Rachel and dutifully picked up their guns to be on guard.

Himes, the archaeologist among the four scientists, asked with concern: "Captain, what's going on with you? Are you in any danger? Where are Sam and Larry?"

Rachel waved her hands, she closed her eyes and was unwilling to speak.

Gao Tianyuan frowned and said: "Ethan, medical kit!"

Only then did the medical soldier Ethan come to his senses. Although he was not a new recruit, it was his first time to participate in the special operations of the National Security Department as a special operations team member. Now that he had encountered such a thing again, Ethan seemed a little uncomfortable.

.

He responded hurriedly and rushed over.

"Are you stupid?" Gao Tianyuan was very dissatisfied with Ethan's slowness.

"I'm sorry." Ethan hurriedly took out the medical kit from his backpack, and then began to check Rachel's injuries.

"You all spread out, don't get together, the wounded need fresh air!" Gao Tianyuan scolded several scientists who gathered over in a cold voice.

They were not yet used to contacting special forces members, so they were so frightened that they stepped back after hearing this.

A younger biologist accidentally stepped on something and heard a "click" sound.

The ground began to tremble, and everyone was stunned.

Gao Tianyuan was the first to react: "Don't panic! It may be just a slight earthquake. Everyone spread out and try to use bunkers to protect themselves."

The movements of several scientists were slow, but their reactions were fierce. Their panicked look made Gao Tianyuan very angry.

"I told you not to run around! Eric! Hold down!"

"Yes!" Commando Eric immediately caught the linguist who screamed and fled. In front of him, the skinny Japanese-American Saburo Okamoto had no resistance at all.

As Gao Tianyuan said, although the earth is shaking and shaking and cracking sounds can be heard everywhere, this is only a slight "earthquake" and the entire ruins are still very stable.

However, as the vibrations on the periphery continued to shrink toward the center, Eric, who had just captured the linguist, felt that the ground was rotating.

His body swayed, and he hurriedly grabbed the protruding rock beside him, and at the same time issued a warning to everyone: "Everyone, pay attention, the ground is rotating! Stand still!"

Turn?

The calmest among the four scientists is archaeologist Himes. Although he is old, he is physically strong and does not look like a scholar who has been dealing with ancient cultural relics all year round.

He kept the biologist behind him and held on to the rock.

Gao Tianyuan picked up the captain's upper body to prevent her from hitting her head.

Ethan is still treating his wounds, and he is now in a good mood.

When the vibration finally reaches the center, all the rotations are

When it stopped, Ethan also took out the last bullet from Rachel's left abdomen.

There were five in total, and none of them hit the vital point, but the massive blood loss still made Rachel weak.

Ethan injected her with a special reagent used in a battlefield environment. This special reagent can allow Rachel to recover her strength in a very short time, but of course the process will also be very painful.

"Stop...stopped?" the linguist asked cautiously.

Eric glared at him, and Okamoto immediately didn't dare to speak.

"Shh... listen! It sounds like the sound of a clock..." Sims signaled everyone to be quiet, and then listened intently.

Gao Tianyuan, who calmed down, also heard the sound, but he didn't think it was the sound of a clock, but the sound of some kind of mechanism being opened.

So he immediately warned: "Everyone, pay attention! There may be danger!"

"Ah?! How could it be! Is there still danger?" Okamoto was very timid. He was so frightened that he couldn't stand up straight.

Sims was calm because he had already seen a trace of light in the distance.

They kept getting closer and soon lit up the dark area.

When the light extended to their feet, a magnificent, hymn-like sound came from all directions.

The dome of the ruins was lit up, and a beautiful ancient city with a bit of Byzantine style appeared in everyone's sight.

It stands to the west of where everyone is, and is several kilometers away by visual inspection.

Although it looks very far away, the grand city like overlapping mountains and rivers is still clearly presented in front of everyone's eyes.

"Oh my God! This...can't this be the legendary old capital - Penpestone?" The archaeologist's previous calmness disappeared, and he walked forward with a trembling voice, as if

Like a demon.

"Peng Pei Stone? What Peng Pei Stone?" Gao Tianyuan looked confused.

Himes stopped and said: "It is recorded in the lost fragments of the Old Testament that in the era of civilization before the Big Bang, the Lord of the Past was the God of Gods, the Saint of All Saints, and his kingdom was

It is called Peng Pei Stone, which means 'above all things'. Peng Pei Stone is just a transliteration that us mortals interpret from the symbols. It should also have a name that sounds like it can make people surrender to it."

"Is it true?" Eric expressed doubts. Maybe to him, what Sims said sounded like the plot setting in a superhero comic.

"Of course there is. The purpose of language since its birth has been to convey meaning and achieve communication. However, although language has become highly complete, it has also lost its original intimidation power when it became complete."

"Huh? What do you mean?" Eric asked.

"What he means is that in ancient times, although the development of language was relatively primitive, the emotions that sounds could convey were more real and powerful. This is why the ancient tunes in traditional culture sound so spiritual.

” Himes said.

"Hiss... I have a question. If Penpestone is really the kingdom of the Lord of the Past, as you said, how could it be on earth? Don't think that we will really think of aliens after watching too many movies.

People value our earth." Gao Tianyuan said.

Himes smiled and said: "I am just guessing, but in my opinion, traces of Shangyuan civilization remaining in the universe are extremely rare. Maybe the earth is not that rare in your opinion, but it may still exist.

Extremely rare traces left during the Shangyuan civilization, and these traces became the beliefs of the original civilization when it was formed. Therefore, it is not so difficult to understand that there is a monument of gods similar to those recorded in the "Old Testament" here.
To be continued...