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The visitor from the southwest in the conference room was twirling a copper lighter with his fingertips out of boredom. When he heard the door open, he threw the lighter into his pocket and quickly stood up to greet:
"Hello, Mr. Liao. I'm Lin Hui, who knows everything in the southwest."
Liao Zhong laughed happily, the scar on his face twisting and jumping: "Don't be nervous, I have a good relationship with your General Hao. Judging from your appearance, are you from the Huode Sect?"
Lin Hui clasped his fists and said, "That's right, Mr. Liao has a keen eye."
Liao Zhong said warmly: "I don't have any insight, it's just that I have cooperated with people from your Huode Sect a few times before. People from your sect all like to play with a lighter."
Talking about the interesting things in the sect, Lin Hui couldn't help but smile: "These are all small habits left from practicing the entry-level techniques to burn Qi."
After exchanging pleasantries, Liao Zhong sat down at the main seat and asked, "From what I heard, you came here to ask for help from the South China Division. What happened in the Southwest?"
Speaking of business, Lin Hui put away his smile and said seriously, "Boss Liao, have you heard about the theft at the Sanxingdui Museum a few months ago?"
Liao Zhong nodded: "Of course, this matter has been reported in the news. It's a big deal. How come there are still strange people here?"
Lin Hui told Liao Zhong the inside story: "Yes, it was an unknown person who did it. In fact, it was us in the southwest who were careless about this matter."
"When Sanxingdui was unearthed, Southwest Company sent people to join the archaeological team to conduct research. At that time, Senior Nadutong followed the archaeological team and conducted a detailed inspection of Sanxingdui, and finally submitted a report."
"Although there are traces of ancient sacrificial instruments and alien wizards in them, due to the long time, the classics have been lost, and the scattered instruments have lost their former effectiveness. They only have archaeological value."
"You also know that if there are no aliens involved, Nadutong can no longer intervene in this matter."
"So, we neglected to take precautions against Sanxingdui. A few months ago, Sanxingdui was robbed, but because the surveillance was destroyed, the police did not find any traces of the aliens, so Nadutong could not intervene in the investigation."
“So, we didn’t pay much attention to this matter at first…”
Lin Hui took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Liao Zhong. He then took out a USB drive from his pocket and inserted it into the projector in the conference room:
"Until Liangshan sent us this video."
Chapter 183 What did you dig out?
The lights in the conference room were turned off, and it was dim and blurry. Only the projector was on, projecting a recorded video.
The location in the video seems to be a small village somewhere remote in the mountains. Beyond the smoke, you can see the wave-like mountains in the distance.
An eight-sided table with flowing water was set up on the open ground of the village to entertain guests from all over the world.
The villagers in the village were all wearing distinctive costumes, with thick scarves on their heads and smiles on their faces. People who were familiar with each other gathered in twos and threes. The atmosphere was festive and relaxed. It looked like this banquet should be a wedding banquet.
The children were running between the tables, as if they were on an adventure, their mothers and sisters were serving food, and the men were not idle either.
A group of muscular men from the mountain village, wearing colorful clothes and carrying hand drums, danced around the campfire, beating drums, as a sacrifice.
The passionate and enthusiastic suona music and the smoke from the burning firecrackers pushed the atmosphere to a climax.
The person shooting the video seemed very unprofessional, using a handheld camera. The lens was shaking constantly and there was a lot of noise. It seemed that there were naughty kids laughing and playing next to the person shooting the video, deliberately disturbing him.
However, the camera then shook violently and curses were heard, followed by the crying of a naughty child, and then the video became much more stable. It seemed that the person filming the video gave the naughty child a good beating.
The content of people's casual conversation in the video revealed that this was a birthday party held for a highly prestigious old man in the village.
Judging from the current content, this is just a normal celebration, but Liao Zhong did not express any impatience. On the contrary, he looked solemn and serious, watching the video carefully.
Because he recognized the identity of the old man who was sitting in the main seat, with witch patterns painted on his face, leaning on a cane, and kindly coaxing the child in his arms.
He was the leader of the Liangshan Wu Village, the Great Wu of Liangshan, the Four Symbols of the Wind.
After the Jiashen Rebellion, Feng Sixiang replaced Feng Tianyang as the successor to the leader of Liangshan Witch Village. After the death of the previous generation of great wizard, he became the new great wizard.
Perhaps he felt guilty, or perhaps it was because of the power of the Wang family.
Since Feng Tianyang surrendered, he has never set foot in Liangshan again. Now that the Tianxia Association has risen, Feng Zhenghao, as the president of the Tianxia Association and one of the Ten Great Masters of the Alien World, also refuses to talk about the Feng family's ancestral land, as if it did not exist.
It can be seen that although Feng Zhenghao can understand Liangshan's actions and the difficulties of Liangshan Wuzhai, it is still impossible to say that he has no resentment.
We owe nothing to each other and will forget each other.
After inheriting the position of the great wizard, Feng Sixiang was very well-behaved and seldom left Liangshan. He guarded his ancestral property in Liangshan diligently like an old ox for decades.
Lin Hui from the southwest showed him this, there must be a reason. Liao Zhong recalled the information about Liangshan in his mind and asked Lin Hui:
"Could it be that the thief is from Liangshan Wuzhai? I remember that under the care of the Four Wind Elephants, the Liangshan wizards are all very peaceful and honest people who live a down-to-earth life."
Lin Hui shook his head: "You are right, Liangshan is indeed full of honest people, but you also know that some people just like to bully honest people."
There was a deep meaning in Lin Hui's words. Liao Zhong was a little surprised: "No way, could it be... This is the birthday party of the great wizard of Liangshan. If there is trouble at this time, no matter how good-tempered the people of Liangshan are, they will get angry."
"There are always some unruly people. Please continue to watch." Lin Hui said in a low voice.
A stranger walked in from outside the village. Lin Hui paused the video and zoomed in on the man's figure.
"Oh~"
Liao Zhong let out a sigh and leaned back tactically.
He had been in charge of the bunker and was well-informed about southern China for so many years that he thought he was knowledgeable and there were not many things in the world that he had not seen.
But he had never seen this before.
The uninvited guest suddenly appeared, wearing a huge bronze mask of a different style on his head.
The mask resembled a human face, but it was carved with a pair of eyes like telescopes, ears that protruded like bird wings, and a mouth that was split to the ears with a mysterious and slightly sarcastic smile hanging at the corners.
It may seem funny at first glance, but after looking at it for a while you will find it mysterious, solemn, majestic and dignified.
Although he had never seen it with his own eyes, the distinctive features of the mask allowed Liao Zhong to recognize the origin of the mask.
The lost bronze vertical-eyed mask from Sanxingdui.
Not only that, this mysterious man was carrying not only one lost collection from Sanxingdui,
On his belt hung a circle of jade halberds, which were brown in color, and upon closer inspection, his belt was actually golden, looking like gold foil left over from a golden staff. On the bamboo hat behind him was a bronze sun wheel the size of a wheel.
At first glance, this outfit makes you think it’s a statue of a person from Sanxingdui who has been resurrected. Compared with it, the ethnic costumes of Liangshan seem normal.
"Most of the lost cultural relics of Sanxingdui can be found on him, and he is currently the only suspect in the Sanxingdui theft case."
"But unfortunately, we did not find any clues about this person in the database,"
Lin Hui introduced the situation in Southwest China, then pressed the keyboard to continue playing the video.
A man dressed so ostentatiously, appearing outside the village, obviously attracted the attention of most people. However, because his outfit was too fancy and resembled a wizard priest, no one felt it was wrong. People attending the birthday party even thought he was an actor invited by someone to play the role of a wizard.
It was not until he ran straight towards Feng Sixiang that everyone realized something was wrong. Four or five young men from the Liangshan village stopped him and questioned his identity and origins.
Naturally, that person would not listen to them, nor did he pay any attention to them. He just ran towards the Wind Four Symbols in silence.
They were all young men full of vigor and vitality. After communication failed, several of them became annoyed and wanted to take him away by force. However, before their hands touched the man, they fainted on the ground for unknown reasons.
Extraordinary means!
The faces of several people sitting next to the Wind Four Elephants suddenly changed, and they stood up with anger on their faces.
Just as they stood up, a cold wind blew from the main room without any source, and the portraits hanging in the room shook violently and hit the walls as if venting their anger.
Even if you only watch the video, you can feel that the atmosphere in the main room suddenly becomes gloomy, and even the sunlight outside gives people a chilly feeling.
The birthday banquet immediately turned into a funeral hall.
It is a taboo to come to a birthday party and disrupt the party, no matter when.
The man came to the semi-open-air main hall of the mountain village and confronted the Liangshan wizards.
At this critical moment, the video camera suddenly shook and then fell into darkness.
Liao Zhong looked at Lin Hui, and Lin Hui hurriedly explained: "The person recording the video is also an alien. After that person had a conflict with the Liangshan wizards, he rushed over to help."
"Later, the birthday banquet was forced to be cancelled. Ordinary people were asked to leave, leaving only the aliens present. However, I heard that there was a fire and the sound of ghosts howling inside."
"The people in Liangshan did not reveal the specific situation of the battle, but according to our subsequent investigation, the masked man disappeared after the battle, and the great wizard Feng Sixiang was admitted to the hospital."
Liao Zhongyi raised his eyebrows: "He won?!"
No matter how low-key the Four Wind Elephants were, they were still the leaders of a school, and their nephews, nieces, and apprentices were all there. Even so, the Four Wind Elephants lost.
One person takes on an entire village. Even among the Ten Lords, there are not many people who can do it. At most, Lu Jin and the old Taoist priest may be able to do it.
Lin Hui shook his head. If this was true, this matter would be worthy of being reported to the headquarters and attract the attention of the board of directors:
"I heard from people in Liangshan that this man fought Feng Sixiang to a draw, but Feng Sixiang himself admitted that the man was on par with the high-level mage who had mastered the thunder technique on Longhu Mountain."
"In some small sects, one can become the head of the sect or the face of the sect."
"He was able to escape mainly because he had a method of escaping similar to the Earth Traveling Immortal Technique. After entering the forest, he disappeared."
Liao Zhong nodded. "But I still don't understand what this has to do with South China."
Lin Hui said: "Although the people in Liangshan did not reveal too much, they still told us a very important clue."
“Although that person deliberately concealed his skills, in times of crisis, his steps still showed the shadow of Foshan boxing.”
Chapter 184 A lot of doubts
"In addition, according to the people in Liangshan, every bronze and jade artifact on his body is a magic weapon!"
Lin Hui said seriously,
"But the strange thing is that most of the seniors who participated in the Sanxingdui archaeological excavation are still building it, although they have retired."
"We visited them, and every one of them swore to heaven that none of the cultural relics at that time were magical instruments."
Liao Zhong thought thoughtfully: "If it was just one person who said that, it could be possible that he was lying, or that he couldn't see it because of his poor eyesight. But so many people are sure that there is no magic weapon here, so I'm afraid there is a problem."
"Plus, these things are stored in the museum. If there really is a problem, it is impossible that no one has noticed it over the years."
"I remember that among the Eight Wonders of Jiashen, one of them was called Divine Machine Hundred Refinements. It seemed to be some kind of weapon refining technique, but I don't know its specific effect. Could it be that the ability of this wonder is to quickly repair damaged magic weapons?"
"Great minds think alike. At first, our CEO Hao also thought so," Lin Hui praised him, but then he said, "But later we found a few more suspicious points."
Liao Zhong listened attentively.
"The defense levels of the Sanxingdui Museum and the Sichuan Museum are similar, but the cultural relics collected in the Sichuan Museum far exceed those of the Sanxingdui Museum in both quantity and quality. Why would he choose a place far away?"
"Also, this man went to Liangshan with great fanfare. At the birthday banquet of Feng Sixiang, he took on a mountain by himself, and he was able to escape intact. His actions were ostentatious. Even if we blocked the news afterwards, his news was inevitably spread, causing rumors to spread all over the southwest."
"As long as he is not stupid, he should know that his high-profile and arrogant behavior will definitely attract our attention. However, his actions do not seem to be seeking revenge, but rather..."
"Experiment. He was testing his new magic weapon. Liangshan was also a target he specially selected."
Liao Zhong finished speaking for Lin Hui.