C24 (2/2)

The Heaven Punisher Fourth Uncle had told me before that the reason the old man joined the drilling team was because he had once stayed in the Wild Mountain for a year, so the drilling team invited him to be their guide. At that time, I had no doubts about this answer, but when I told him about the situation, Zhu Yingqiong immediately laughed in disdain: ”Do you really think that such an important exploration activity would involve an unrelated person?”

I was stunned and hurriedly asked, ”What do you mean?” Is my grandfather not a guide? ”

Zhu Yingqiong nodded: ”Do you remember the history of your Chen Family? Chen Yihuo dug up the legendary Zimu Jade s that shook the north and south of the world. Actually, the Zimu Jade was brought down from the Ancient Warship, during the process of moving the Ancient Warship, it was found out that the was ambushed by the British Army who traced it over, and after the battle, the Zimu Jade was lost in the Wild Mountain. In other words, it was impossible for the Emperor Jianwen to bring over a piece of Zimu Jade for no reason, so the Zimu Jade must have a lot of connections with the Wild Mountain, which was why the drilling team was able to pull your grandfather in. The Zimu Jade was also brought into the drilling team! ”

Hearing this, I suddenly realised, no wonder I said why my family had never seen this legendary Zimu Jade before, it was as if it was brought back to the Wild Mountain at that time.

Hai Yang analyzed, ”According to what you said, the old man was also a very influential person in the drilling crew back then. What happened after that?”

Zhu Yingqiong had told her everything later on, and she said it in a very general manner. However, after careful analysis, one would realize that there were a lot of strange things contained within.

When the Chinese and British Drilling Team Two arrived at the Wild Mountain, they quickly found the temporary base constructed by the Sakyamuni Army back then. Thus, with the temporary base as the center point, they used a circular diameter of ten kilometers to search the surrounding area.

After more than ten days of close searching, the drilling team finally discovered that there was a large transport ship embedded underground under the Wild Mountain. This was against common sense at that time.

How could there be a transport ship underground?

Could it be the Sakyamuni Army from back then?

Why did the Japanese take a huge transport ship apart and transport it underground to be reassembled? Could it be that she wanted to sail underground?

Where could a long underground voyage go? What was the end of it?

Or maybe it had something to do with the mysterious Sarcophagus?

The more they thought about it, the more ridiculous it became. However, the fact that they could not believe it was true was placed in front of the drilling team, so they guessed that the disappearance of the three armies was most likely happening underground.

At that time, the discovery was already a miracle. The team decided to temporarily give up the search, report the situation, and let more explorers join in to continue their research. However, this proposal was rejected by the British.

The two sides started arguing because they had different views on the matter. It was only when they finally found the underground entrance that they came to the same decision: they would leave three people at the entrance, and the rest of them would go down together. Even if there were any mishaps, these three people would go back and report everything.

Hearing that the lecture here was gradually unified towards the Fourth Uncle, but I didn't quite understand. The Fourth Uncle said that there were four people who were to be kept, and Charles and my grandfather were one of them.

Other than Charles and my grandfather, who was the third person?

But when I raised the question, Zhu Yingqiong immediately refuted: ”Among the three people I am guarding, none of them are Chen Yihuo!”

”What?” I exclaimed in unison with the sea.

The old tutor wasn't one of those who stayed behind. Had he followed them down? How was this possible?

Zhu Yingqiong said: ”Actually, at that time, the number of people that were left behind was originally set to be four people, your grandfather was one of them, but since the drilling team wanted to bring the Zimu Jade down, that's your grandfather's treasure, how could they possibly let it go, so your grandfather followed along.”

This answer was definitely beyond my imagination. I found it hard to accept. After a moment of silence, I continued asking, ”What happened next?”

Zhu Yingqiong spread out her hands and said: ”There's no later, aside from the three people who are left to guard, the rest of the hundred or so people have all gone underground. But only your grandfather came back alive, and he did not tell anyone about what exactly happened below, and up till now, no one knows what exactly happened below ground, nor does anyone know what exactly he wanted to do all those years ago!”

I fell silent. What was the old man hiding? It's clear that everything Fourth Uncle told me was told to me by the old man, and the old man was deceiving the Fourth Uncle as well. However, this doesn't make sense!

Zhu Yingqiong's explanation was that the old man had only made a request, telling the three people who were left to guard to not go back to the drilling crew to report. Instead, they would hide their names and never bring up the matter of Wild Mountain ever again.

Why would I agree to such an absurd request? Either the old man has a handle on the three of them, or there's some sort of secret behind it. If it was me, I definitely wouldn't agree to the old man's request!

In short, since the end of his life, the old man had safely returned to his home. When Charles appeared once more, even I was dragged into it.

Phew...

I frowned as I took a deep breath, and stored all of Zhu Yingqiong's words in my mind, and finally asked: ”Since so many years have passed, why did Charles suddenly find my grandfather and force him to enter Wild Mountain?”

Zhu Yingqiong's face was a little pale, and she seemed to be in a difficult position, as though she did not want to tell us this secret. However, after thinking for a while, she finally asked: ”Do you all believe that death came back to life?”

I was stunned. ”What do you mean? Resurrection from the dead? ”

Zhu Yingqiong nodded her head, ”My godfather hasn't given up on investigating Wild Mountain since 1976, and only recently started to suspect that Emperor Jianwen brought Zhu Biao's coffin and Sakyamuni Army together to carry the Sarcophagus to the Wild Mountain because they have a similarity: dead people. But why did he painstakingly bring dead people over to the Wild Mountain?”

She lowered her voice and said, ”There is only one answer, Wild Mountain can revive the dead!”