Endless route

Chapter 380 20. The second level, the jade box for controlling demons

The assault boat docked on the bank of the ancient river. The two opened the fairy gate and returned to the Heavenly Palace. On the way, Zheng Yun and Ji Dao expressed their guesses and questions. Ji Dao thought about it carefully for a moment and said:

"The Immortal Master is right. If there is no way to cure this poison, how could the ancient sea guards open the vault? But there are so many porcelain bottles of medicine and frost that we have to go to the Heavenly Palace to check the ancient books to find it."

"It is often said in medicine that you should prescribe the right medicine and find a solution based on the symptoms. The symptoms of this poison are obvious. It should be among the most severe ones. I think it is easier to find."

"Then go check it out."

Zheng Yun nodded and asked Jidao to go forward.

In fact, this situation is easier to investigate. Although there are many types of medicinal creams, the ones that can be favored by the sea guards and guard the basement must be high-ranking and high-quality, and the number is definitely not large.

Moreover, apart from the ancient sea guards, the adoptive father had just arrived the year before last, so perhaps he could only get some clues from the Tiangong.

"Okay." Ji Dao nodded and left.

The two soldiers divided into three groups. Jidao went to the Tiangong Sutra Pavilion to find the solution to the poisonous frost in the porcelain bottle, to see if he could use the mysterious to attack the mysterious and find out the solution to this magical method.

Zheng Yun asked the little Taoist priest to go to the basement of Fuen City to search for professional chemical protective clothing online to see if he could buy it.

As for Zheng Yun himself, he returned to the bank of the ancient river, went deep into the rainforest and away from the river under the protection of the ghost general, and then took out his mobile phone to contact Li Wu of the archaeological team.

Zheng Yun remembered that when they were quarantined for physical examination as 'contacts of extraterrestrial civilization', staff in the quarantine area came to deliver meals to them wearing chemical protective suits.

That batch of chemical protective suits should have been transferred by the archaeological team of the museum. They are in the warehouse of the archaeological team at the moment. You can ask for the specific model and type and borrow them if they are suitable.

This is fast.

It takes a few hours to go back and forth.

He took out his mobile phone and made a call. Li Wu said that he had to find someone to inquire, and he would reply immediately if he had news.

What follows is waiting.

Zheng Yun found a puddle deep in the tropical rain forest and opened the fairy gate to facilitate the entry and exit of Jidao and others. Then he sat under the lush plants and in front of the fairy gate water mist to check the situation of the Yin soldiers.

A total of ten Yin soldiers went down.

Only two were left standing at the moment.

There were no signs visible to the naked eye, but the poisonous frost in the porcelain bottle had been spreading slowly in the water. The remaining two Yin soldiers stood in the corner, not daring to move for fear of disturbing the water flow.

Switch the perspective to view.

There are a total of ten 'camera positions' deep in the lighthouse, each from the Yin Soldier's diving camera. At this moment, all the pictures are gloomy.

The Yin soldiers standing in the corner were too far away to even see the Bodhisattva statue. They could only vaguely see the ball of light in the hands of the Bodhisattva statue and the outline of its head and arms through the green stagnant water.

The feet of the Bodhisattva statue are quite close, but in the picture, in addition to the motionless lower body of the Bodhisattva statue, there is also the 'corpse' of the Yin soldiers, lying lifeless and miserably at the bottom of the water.

Zheng Yun mainly observed the Bodhisattva statues.

After turning its arms and throwing down the porcelain vase, this Bodhisattva statue did not take any other action, nor did it take advantage of the situation to pursue the victory and kill all the remaining Yin soldiers here.

The agency seems to have a pattern.

After all, the Bodhisattva statue is not a living creature. It cannot be as flexible as a human being, nor does it have the intelligence of a human being.

Conditions are required for mechanism triggering.

According to previous explorations, the triggering condition seems to be the basement door. When not touching the basement door, the Yin soldiers can even take a photo close to the Bodhisattva statue without being attacked.

That being the case.

Then why not strike first.

Without triggering the mechanism of the Bodhisattva statue, take away the ghost tools in its other two arms in advance so that the Bodhisattva statue cannot fall even if its arms are reversed?

In addition to the one-meter-high porcelain vase with a narrow neck, the Bodhisattva statue also has a long and narrow jade box in its hand, and something that looks like an umbrella but is not an umbrella. Even Ji Dao does not know what it is.

These things have a hint of fairy in appearance. If they were not corroded by stagnant water and time, making them dirty, peeling, miserable and weird, they would probably be treasures full of fairy charm.

It still makes people worry today.

You have to find a way to deal with it in advance.

Now that we have learned the attack method of the Bodhisattva statue, there is no way we can let it continue to attack safely. These magic weapons must be taken away, leaving the Bodhisattva statue with nothing to do.

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In a blink of an eye, it was noon.

Zheng Yun hid in the depths of the rain forest guarding the Immortal Gate, but was not discovered by anyone. He just took a good sauna with the ghost general. His whole body was sweating like rain, and his skin was smooth and plump.

The dark soldiers in the corner and the detectors in the palms acted as cameras, monitoring every move of the Bodhisattva statue, but the Bodhisattva statue never moved, and there was deathly silence deep in the lighthouse.

Ji Dao and Li Wu gave their answers almost at the same time.

The news Li Wu sent back was surprising. The chemical protective suits in the hands of the archaeological team were of the highest grade and highest protection. He was now in the warehouse and asked Zheng Yun how many sets he needed now.

This is not unexpected.

The archaeological team transferred this batch of chemical protective clothing with the purpose of isolating 'alien civilization'. This is not an ordinary need. The requirements and levels of chemical protective clothing are frighteningly strict.

"How many sets are there?"

Zheng Yun gave a direct reply. Sure enough, it was easy to enjoy the shade with a big tree at his back. Being an archaeological team meant it was easier to do things.

He couldn't guarantee that these chemical protective suits would work, but he could at least give it a try, and if the archaeological team's chemical protective suits didn't work, then he could consider buying a water pump.

The situation is different at Ji Dao.

He did not find the exact name or specific record of this kind of poisonous frost in the Sutra Pavilion, but he found a detailed record of Triton's entry and exit from similar vaults, which mentioned a porcelain bottle of poisonous frost.

But the method is very strange.

In that account, Triton entered the basement for an unknown purpose, but he only took a colorless medicine ball called "Ling Yao" under his tongue and entered the basement smoothly.

The record of the porcelain bottle of poisonous frost comes from when they entered the basement. Triton brought a new porcelain bottle of poisonous frost and replaced the old one. They did this smoothly.

This 'order medicine' seems to not only be able to evade the poisonous frost in the porcelain bottle, but can even circumvent most of the agencies in the basement. It is strictly controlled by the sea guards and requires many approvals before it can be obtained.

There is an ‘order medicine’ in the Tiangong Tibetan Medicine Pavilion.

Not only are there, but there are so many types, even so many that it is difficult to find, with levels ranging from high to low, regions from east to west, and most of the Triton forbidden areas in the north and south of the world.

Divided according to the genera Xianzhou and Triton.

Each Dusi has its own imperial medicine.

The classification is so detailed, which means one thing: the 'order medicine' in different forbidden areas is different, and they cannot be interoperable with each other, lest the sea guards rebel and 'take the east and use it in the west'.

The key here is.

The ancient city of Nanze was abandoned hundreds of years ago, and the Nanze Lighthouse was flooded and abandoned for a long time.

This place has long been no longer in the 'establishment' and has been removed from the subordinate areas of Haiwei. Since it is not in the system, Tiangong has no need to store the medicinal herbs, so Tiangong does not have it.

"Get my waist card. Since Tiangong has the imperial medicine, it means that Tiangong's waist card cannot open the basement."

Zheng Yun nodded and said nothing.

Asking Jidao to go back to find ancient books was an attempt to try his luck. After all, Tiangong was just a subordinate of Triton.

If you go around the Tiangong, you can find the solution to all the forbidden areas of Haiwei. If Tiangong is good enough, even if there is no rebellion, Haiwei will have already found ways to restrict its rights.

Our ancestors knew the art of checks and balances.

Since Tiangong stores imperial medicines, their waist cards will definitely not be able to open the basement. This is also a simple truth.

"Master Immortal, let's try using chemical protective clothing? Take away the remaining two magic weapons?" Ji Dao asked with a sigh.

"You wait here and I'll get it."

Zheng Yun put down his cell phone and told Ji Dao to guard the fairy gate, while he and his ghost generals carried the assault boat out of the tropical rainforest and returned along the river to find Li Wu.

The archaeological team had hundreds of chemical protective suits, and Zheng Yun asked for twenty of them, which were borrowed just like before.

Li Wu has sent people to place chemical protective suits at the beach.

Zheng Yun set off immediately in the assault boat and walked back and forth between the sea and the river. It took a total of three hours to bring the chemical protective clothing back to the ancient river.

when he comes back.

Ji Dao is still guarding the fairy gate, but he has fetched a large amount of ice cubes from somewhere and a huge wooden barrel that can accommodate two or three people. He is currently soaking in the ice water.

He was wearing a wetsuit the entire time.

Just enough to soak in ice water with your clothes on.

But this scene is really ridiculous. This tropical rainforest is extremely primitive. There are no human traces for dozens of miles. The swamp life is so dense and lush that it is difficult to even find a place to set foot.

There is a big wooden barrel here.

There was also a fat man lying leisurely in the barrel, his whole body limp and his expression comfortable, as if he was taking a bath in a hot spring.

"Master Immortal is finally back? Come in and make some bubbles in the barrel. This rainforest is too hot and it's really no place for humans, so I asked Hetong to get some ice cubes from the refrigerator."

Seeing Zheng Yun and the others rustling out of the rainforest, Jidao quickly stood up and invited Zheng Yun to come and cool down in the ice water.

Zheng Yun sighed silently.

Ji Dao is worthy of being a descendant of gods and ghosts. He can live a clear life no matter where he is, and he can enjoy it in dangerous places. He even has an ice towel on his forehead.

"Open the fairy gate first and prepare it before soaking."

Zheng Yun didn't say anything. He just walked to the barrel, picked up two ice towels, and threw them to the ghost generals beside him to let them cool down. He also had one for himself.

Have to admit.

Although Noriichi is a bit reckless, he is very talented in food and comfort. The ice towel and the tropical rain forest are a perfect match, and he can dissipate the heat all over his body in an instant.

"Master Immortal, will I personally go into battle?"

Ji Dao had some thoughts in his mind and took the initiative to speak.

"No need, let's try the effect first."

Zheng Yun unfolded a towel and put it on, returned to the secret realm and named ten Yin soldiers, and asked the Tiangong Taoist priests to put them in diving suits, put on chemical protective suits outside, and bring ropes and other tools.

The chemical protective suit is a bit bulky, and spring ropes need to be used on the waist and arms to tightly tie the Yin soldiers to show their limbs and body shape and minimize the impact on their activities.

After everything was ready, Zheng Yun gave an order, and the ten Yin soldiers walked out of the immortal gate, stood on the edge of the ancient river, jumped into the murky stagnant water again, and headed for the depths of the lighthouse.

I have walked this section of the road once, and this time I became more familiar with it and became more efficient. It didn’t take long to get to the ground floor hall.

The eight-armed Bodhisattva statue is in front.

Soldiers all over the ground fell at his feet.

The Yin soldiers were wearing chemical protective suits, looking like rescue workers coming to rescue the victims or experts in treating nuclear wastewater. They cautiously approached the Bodhisattva statue in the green stagnant water.

Zheng Yun Jidao held his breath and concentrated.

Thirty meters, twenty meters, ten meters.

It wasn't until the Yin Soldier in chemical protective clothing swam to the feet of the Bodhisattva statue and saw the Yin Soldier and the porcelain bottle on the ground that Zheng Yun breathed a sigh of relief and confirmed that the Yin Soldier in chemical protective clothing could resist the poisonous frost.

In this confrontation between ancient and modern times.

Modern technology has finally defeated ancient metaphysics, but the prerequisite is to uncover the essence and truth of the metaphysics of gods and ghosts.

"The troops were divided into three groups. Four went to check the symptoms of the Yin soldier's corpse, two went to get the camera, and the remaining four floated up to the Bodhisattva statue to observe the remaining two magic weapons."

Zheng Yun controls all three parties with one mind and three functions.

The Yin soldiers in chemical protective suits spread out around them, speeding up, displaying scenes from three directions on the screen at the same time.

The Yin soldiers who had collapsed on the ground remained dead-eyed and lay motionless on the bottom of the water. Zheng Yun could not tell whether they were dead or alive.

After getting closer, Zheng Yun did not let the Yin soldiers touch them. Instead, he pointed the camera at the oxygen behind the Yin soldiers and first observed whether the oxygen content decreased over time.

Dead people don't breathe.

If the Yin soldier is dead, the oxygen content will remain unchanged, and you can tell whether the Yin soldier is dead from the content.

But the meter showed that the oxygen content was only 13%. The Yin soldier had been breathing for the past few hours, but could not move at all, completely losing control of his body.

"He's actually not dead."

Zheng Yun was a little surprised.

Trying to get the Yin soldiers out of Guixi's control without killing them would be even more difficult than killing them.

But this is also reasonable. Triton basements are usually heavily guarded. In ancient times, it was impossible to have no guards. It is obviously better to capture the thieves alive and torture the culprits behind the scenes than to kill them.

"But it's also difficult to rescue."

Ji Dao touched his chin and echoed.

These Yin soldiers are stained with poisonous frost. Letting them go anywhere will cause the poison to leak. There is no cure, unless they are treated as dead and thrown into the Immortal Burial Valley.

"Deal with other magic weapons first."

Zheng Yun turned his attention to the Bodhisattva statue.

The Yin soldiers in chemical protective suits carry some tools and can try to take away the 'Jade Box' and 'Uncanny Umbrella', and then find a way to move the Yin soldiers away and open the basement to get a glimpse of the truth.

"Master Immortal, if you want me to tell you, just take it. Let's see what other magical powers this Bodhisattva has. Even if something happens, it doesn't matter. Anyway, we are still far from the river, and there are only Yin soldiers below."

Ji Dao offered advice.

"That's the only way." Zheng Yun nodded and ordered.

Several Yin soldiers swam cautiously, floated up to the palm of the Bodhisattva statue, took out the rope and put it on the remaining magic weapons.

The Bodhisattva statue is ten meters high, with its hands and head exceeding one meter. The Yin soldiers in chemical protective suits stand in front of the Bodhisattva. The heights of the two are almost the same, which makes people feel frightened.

The Bodhisattva's face is ferocious and broken. The originally kind and holy face is now as black as ink in pieces. His eyes are half black and half white, and the smile at the corner of his mouth is also weird and unpredictable.

Fortunately, Yin soldiers have no fear.

No matter how terrifying Zheng Yun's orders were, they were fearless and just went to work, stealing magic weapons under people's noses without even looking at the Bodhisattva's face.

The movements of the Yin soldiers were smooth and logical, as if the Bodhisattva owed them money and they were here to collect the debt.

Everything went very smoothly.

The Bodhisattva statue did not move. He let the Yin soldiers put a rope on the magic weapon, and then slowly pulled the magic weapon out of the palm of his hand.

But the magic weapon has changed.

The moment the jade box left the palm of my hand.

Buzz buzz.

A series of strange noises came from the jade box, as if the jade box was a tympanic instrument filled with sand. The slightest loss of balance would immediately take effect, with thousands of sand and stones beating in the drum.

"What is this?"

Zheng Yun asked immediately.

This was within his expectation. How did the seismometer work? How did the poisonous frost in the previous porcelain bottle work?

They are in a fragile balance. As long as there is a slight external force, the balance will be lost and the mechanism will take effect. It is the same whether the Bodhisattva statue activates or the Yin soldiers take action.

"Master Immortal, I really don't dare to admit it. This place has been abandoned for hundreds of years after all. This thing is also an 'outdated' ancient magic weapon. I guess it should be a magic weapon to control demons."

"Because this object looks like a musical instrument, but the sound is extremely unpleasant. It is impossible for the ancients to make such an unpleasant musical instrument, so it is 80% likely that it is a magic weapon used to command monsters."

"Haiwei's method of suppressing demons, as well as Tiangong's method of controlling dragons, have many 'musical instruments' that imitate the sounds of demonic beasts to control them, which is a primary method of controlling demons."

Ji Dao briefly stated his guess. After that, he scanned all the angles on the screen and wondered: "But where did the monster come from here? I can't see anything."

"You forgot about it."

Zheng Yun's expression changed slightly and he said immediately.

Halfway into the depths of the Yin soldiers, there are a large number of ancient containers hanging from the ceiling, and even the adoptive father's kettle. There are many swamp creatures hiding in the dark.

throughout the lighthouse.

There are almost no living creatures.

Apart from the Yin soldiers, they are the only ones.

Those creatures did not take the initiative to attack the Yin soldiers, and even regarded the Yin soldiers as nothing. Zheng Yun thought it was strange before, but now he discovered that those creatures might also be a mechanism.

They are a set with the jade box.

There should be only this explanation, which is the second murderous intention of the Bodhisattva statue, the jade box to control the monster and the strange monster.