Chapter 80: Star-chasing Journey
Chapter 80: Star-chasing Journey (I)
Before daybreak, seven figures were already standing at the east gate of Qinghefei Railway Station.
Liu Sheng and Wen Weilan were naturally among them.
A slightly flustered young man hurried over and wiped the sweat off his head. "Excuse me, are you the ghost hunting team going to Changxing Mountains this time?"
One of the tall middle-aged men said, "That's right, I've been waiting for you."
"I'm really sorry, I rushed here from out of town overnight." The young man apologized.
"That's fine. We're on time." The middle-aged man was obviously the recruiter this time. He took on the role of captain. "Okay, let's go first. We'll talk about it in other cars later."
Naturally, everyone had no objection and followed him to the ticket office next to the door.
"Give me eight tickets to Stone Ox Town."
"Let's go to Shiniu Town first, and then walk into the mountains." The middle-aged man handed out the tickets he had just bought to everyone and explained.
Once on the flying car, a table can seat two people on each side, and eight people can just fill two tables in the same row, with an aisle in the middle.
Liu Sheng naturally sat with Miss Wen.
Opposite them were the late young man and a charming-looking woman.
At the table next to them were the captain, a young man who looked very taciturn, and a boy and girl who looked very affectionate.
The captain spoke first: "Since we are going to work together to explore the strange cave, let me introduce myself first. I am the initiator of this recruitment, Chen Shanyuan, and I am at the ninth level of the initial realm."
The young man's eyes widened instantly: "Wow, you have a very high level of cultivation!"
The others were also somewhat surprised, with different expressions.
The young man next to him should know him, so he didn't react much, but just said lightly: "Kuang Bowen, the eighth level of the initial realm."
"You are all big brothers, let me pay my respects to you." The young man was lively and spoke very actively.
Then he took the initiative to say: "My name is Lu Jun'an, I am a disciple of Donghua Academy, and I have just reached the third level of the initial realm."
Donghua Academy is located in Donghua Town next to Qinghe River. It is not a particularly famous academy.
But this also explains why he came from outside.
The woman next to him smiled and said, "My younger sister is Yu Jinling, and I am at the fifth level of the beginner realm."
Then the young man from the pair of men and women opposite the captain spoke up: "My name is Luo Lu, I'm at the sixth level of the initial realm, and this is my junior sister Song Ru, at the fifth level of the initial realm, we are both disciples of Qinghe Academy."
"Qinghe Academy! It's so amazing! It's one of the top ten academies in the Tang Dynasty." Lu Jun'an was envious again.
Upon hearing this, the two people from Qinghe Academy couldn't help but reveal a proud expression.
Even the team leader Chen Shanyuan praised him, "As expected of a disciple from a prestigious academy, his bearing is truly extraordinary."
Judging from the age and cultivation of the two men, Chen Shanyuan estimated that they would take part in this year's imperial examination. It would be better to give them some face. Who knows, maybe they will really pass the imperial examination and get a government position in the future. Their future will be limitless.
Finally it was Liu Sheng's turn: "My name is She Chan, and I'm at the third level of the beginner realm."
It would be better not to say anything because her identity was sensitive, so she said the first name that came to her mind.
Wen Weilan's name is even more sensitive. She even changed her appearance because she was afraid that people in Qinghe would recognize her as a former big star.
"Liu Weiwei, no cultivation."
After these words were spoken, everyone else became restless and looked at each other.
Chen Shanyuan gritted his teeth and said, "You want to be a ghost controller?"
Wen Weilan also knew that if she told the truth, she would definitely be looked down upon, but hiding it was useless in this situation, so she replied coldly, "Yes."
"Okay, in any case, don't drag others down and don't hold us back." Chen Shanyuan glanced at him coldly.
Wen Weilan still had a blank expression on her face: "I won't." Liu Sheng lowered his hand and quietly held Wen Weilan's hand to comfort her.
Wen Weilan gently held it back.
The former eighth-level genius of the initial realm still felt a little uncomfortable when he was warned not to fall behind.
Although Wen Weilan made this assurance, the atmosphere instantly turned cold. After all, it would be much more troublesome to bring along a person with no cultivation.
Chen Shanyuan coughed and said, "Don't worry, everyone. Generally speaking, our skills should be sufficient. Although this is an extremely dangerous mission, since the Weaving Institute is not in a hurry to take action, it means that the danger level is not very high."
"But weren't there several teams missing?" Yu Jinling glanced at Wen Weilan and questioned.
Chen Shanyuan comforted him, "But I've learned about the previous teams that went in. They didn't have as many people as us, and their average cultivation wasn't as high as ours. They were all in the first level, second or third level, and they forced their way in."
"That's why I'm recruiting everyone with Bowen. Our cultivation is at least enough to handle the general situation."
Afterwards, Chen Shanyuan began to explain the background of this strange incident to everyone.
It turned out that ten days ago, some villagers said that they saw a glowing unidentified object falling into the mountains above the Changxing Mountains, and then an extremely strong light swept across the vicinity. This light has extremely strong penetrating power and can penetrate any hole or crack. At that time, everyone nearby was blinded.
After recovering from blindness, some people began to think about it, thinking that it might be some kind of treasure that fell from the sky, so they ran to the mountains to look for it.
As a result, he never came back.
Some villagers went into the mountains, but disappeared as they walked.
As more and more such incidents occurred, they naturally attracted the attention of ghost hunters, and then the first team entered.
In fact, Liu Sheng already knew about these things.
Since he had signed up for this recruitment mission, Liu Sheng naturally wanted to take advantage of his connections and asked Ze to check if there were any files on the case.
It turned out that the weaving institute had indeed received a report of the case.
However, after evaluation, it was felt that the scope of this evil den was too large and it was located in a remote area with few people, so according to priority it had to be dealt with later.
Fu Ze also said that there are indeed more and more strange incidents nowadays, and their Detective Patrol Department is very busy every day.
The order of handling can only be evaluated according to the harm that the strange incidents cause to the people.
"Of course, no one knows what's inside the strange cave unless they have entered it. Each strange cave is very different, and you can encounter all kinds of strange rules. In short, everyone should be on their toes," Chen Shanyuan reminded.
"Also, is everyone's equipment ready?"
At present, it seems that Chen Shanyuan is still a very serious captain. When he saw Lu Junan said that he didn’t have a container for collecting strange things, he took out one and lent it to him.
At this time, there were still two hours' journey to the destination. Chen Shanyuan didn't say anything else, but asked everyone to take a rest first.
After all, in order to hurry on their way, everyone got up too early and was really sleepy, so they all fell asleep with their heads tilted.
Therefore, naturally no one noticed that as they got closer to the Changxing Mountains, the sky, which had just brightened, gradually darkened again, and the morning glow faded away, leaving only endless darkness.
The outline of the god's face gradually became blurred and finally melted into the thick night.
Then, Liu Sheng, who was sleeping, heard a whistling sound coming from far away.
Before she fully woke up, she was pierced through both eyes by a dazzling white light. It was a light that came directly from the sky and was extremely fierce.
Then, there was absolute darkness.
Then, accompanied by a loud bang as an alien object fell rapidly to the ground, the entire flying car was shaken violently by the impact.
Then, in this complete darkness, Liu Sheng realized that his body was falling.
No, it's this car that's falling!
Liu Sheng felt that he was falling towards the ground along with the flying car. His heart couldn't help but beat rapidly and he had a premonition of being torn to pieces.
(End of this chapter)