An important change is made at the end of this section of the plot, involving later episodes. Please pay attention.
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As we chatted, we learned that the family borrowed a boat to travel to Hainan, but suddenly encountered a storm and lost their way, and then they were caught on the boat. The old man Mingqiu had served in the Navy's South China Sea Fleet stationed in Hainan Island for many years, and after changing his career, he worked in the civil affairs department; the old lady Li Mei had been a leader in a trading company for many years - no wonder he was calm and well-spoken; as for the son who has always been silent Mingming is a civil servant in the production safety supervision department. The family is still confused about what happened to them.
"That committee member named Xiao keeps saying this is Lingao County in 1628. Isn't that nonsense? Our old man served in the navy in Hainan for 22 years and has been to Lingao countless times... I see him He's a decent young man, and he doesn't look like a lunatic."
It turns out that we are just like them. Guo Yi thought that we were also in the dark. As they were talking, the old man who had been walking around on the river beach looking at the stone carvings suddenly came back, his face was extremely ugly, and his eyes were dull.
Li Mei hurriedly helped him sit down. Looking at his appearance, she started to panic. When did this old man become so lost? Could it be that someone was possessed by an evil spirit in the wilderness? Speaking of which, the corpses I met on the road just now were really weird.
I asked him how he was doing for a long time. Only then did Mr. Ming raise his head and said two words:
"It's over."
Now the whole family is very anxious. The old man is usually stubborn and never admits defeat. Why did he say such a thing all of a sudden?
"Dad, please don't scare us..." Minglang quickly supported his father.
"What's going on? Are you so clueless that you're going to scare me to death?" Li Mei jumped anxiously.
"This place is really Lingao!"
"What?!" The other four people sitting on the stone screamed. The two ATF agents had no idea about Lingao and looked at them inexplicably.
"That's right," Mr. Ming pointed tremblingly at the stone with the three characters "Bairentan" engraved on it. "This is Bairentan in Lingao." As he said this, he took out a small yellow ball from his arms. Open the photo album, which contains old photos taken in the past.
"Look at this!" Everyone put their heads together. In the photo, the middle-aged Mingqiu is wearing the uniform of a naval officer, standing with his comrades next to an identical stone. The stone is also engraved with the words "Bairentan"!
"That's nothing," Minglang said hesitantly, "We just arrived at Bairen Beach."
"Look behind you!" The old man became anxious.
Everyone quickly looked again. There was a dam in the background of the photo. Looking up again, there was no such dam at all behind the same Bairentan carved stone!
(Note: Bairentan Carving Stone is right between the dam and the power station of the hydropower station. So it can be captured in the photo.
Now everyone's backs are chilling. Where is the dam? Mu Min said: "Now that we are renovating small hydropower stations, they may have been demolished..."
"No, it's impossible." The old man shook his head stubbornly, "The Bairentan Hydropower Station has always been the main power station in Lingao. How could it be demolished? My comrades in Lingao have never mentioned it."
"Maybe he forgot to mention it."
"I have been to Bairentan a few years ago, and the environment around Bairentan is not like this! There should be a farm not far from here." The old man continued, "But the terrain is exactly the same as here! There are stones in the water and stone carvings. ..." The old man flipped through the photos, "When I was a soldier in Hainan, I came to Bairentan at least ten times, and I took pictures of the stone carvings and strange rocks..."
"Actually, I have been suspicious since I walked near the beach... The surrounding environment is so strange..." The old man's hands were shaking. "At that time, I felt that I had been to this place before, as if it was like a dream."
Guo Yi grabbed the photo album and quickly went down to the beach to look at it. He compared the photos one by one, and the more he compared them, the more panicked he became. He knew why the old man was so lost. It was so evil. Unless there is exactly the same terrain in the world, it is simply impossible to explain the current situation. The stone carvings in those photos, no matter the glyphs, the appearance of the stones, the position in the water, no matter how they are compared, all show that: this is the same place.
If anything, there is something here that is not in the photo: a few special large rocks in the river. There are also things that are in the photos but not here: the missing dam, and some stone carvings. He looked carefully for a long time and discovered a terrifying fact: the stone carvings were all from before the Qing Dynasty! Moreover, the stone carvings from the Ming Dynasty are the most clearly identifiable, with very little traces of weathering. There is a stone carving "Linjiang Tianlai" in the photo of the Ming Dynasty. The font is large and you can clearly see the top line of the stone carving: "Spring of the first year of Xuantong of the Qing Dynasty". Guo Yi found the stone, but there was not a word on it. He didn't give up and called Xue Ziliang, who claimed to be an expert in trace science, and asked him to identify all the stones that were supposed to have carvings on them to see if they were ground or chiseled. trace. Xue Ziliang picked away the thick moss and examined it for a long time, declaring that these stones had never been engraved with words.
(Note: The above stone carvings can still be seen on Bairentan. At present, most of them are preserved from the Qing Dynasty. There are few from the Ming Dynasty. However, many stone carving records from that time can still be seen in the county annals.
Guo Yi's expression when he came back made everyone even more panicked. Suddenly, the other three members of the Ming family went down to the river beach. The expressions on the faces of the two ATFs who had always been baffled were hard to look at.
The current situation corresponds to the "dilemma". No one originally believed that this was ancient China, but the evidence is so strong that no reason can be used to assume it. Should we continue up the river or return to the mouth of the river immediately? A group of people felt hopeless and empty.
As they move forward, God knows what they will encounter. The first attack will be followed by the second. They don't even know who the attacker is or why they are attacking. Several people discussed it and decided that since they had arrived at Bairentan, which was only 4-5 kilometers away from Lingao County, it would be better to try to have a look. Needless to say, these injured people feel more at ease staying in the People's Hospital. If there is no people's hospital in Lingao and there is really only the county government, we will have to go back to Bopu. At least these crazy people have no intention of killing people. There seems to be a red cross flag flying in the beach camp.
At that moment, the troops were divided into two groups. Mr. Ming himself, Xiao Guo and Xue Ziliang went to Lingao for reconnaissance. The others stayed here temporarily. The terrain of Bairentan was complex, so it was not difficult to hide. Xiao Guo objected that he was old and would be too tired to travel long distances. Mingqiu said that he was familiar with the terrain and could tell at a glance whether he was in high position, which was better than their random collision. What Xue Ziliang was worried about was that it was dangerous for women to stay behind. Mingqiu said it would not be a problem. His son and daughter-in-law were both fighting forces. Not to mention that his daughter-in-law was a policeman. When he was in middle school, his son also often carried a knife to kill people. He has rich experience in street fighting - Xiao Guo is deeply suspicious of this.
The newly formed Lingao reconnaissance team left all their luggage behind, and each person only brought wooden sticks, daggers and a small amount of food. Mingqiu told his wife: "If we don't come back in two hours, you should go back quickly." It was a bit sad for the family to be separated. The old lady burst into tears and told him to be careful not to show off, and gave him countless warnings. I asked two or two gentlemen to take more care of the old man. These words probably hurt the old man's self-esteem, so he actually snorted, raised his buttocks, and walked away minding his own business.
Xiao Guo and Xue Ziliang hurriedly chased after him, and the three of them trudged all the way towards the county seat.
Their adventure journey went smoothly. Along the way, Mr. Ming recognized more familiar scenery. When the outline of Lingao County appeared in front of his eyes, Mingqiu was speechless for a long time after seeing the city wall that he had never remembered. . Seeing the camp under construction outside the city gate and the ancient working people climbing up and down like ants, the three people's faces turned pale. Something.
Such a terrifyingly small probability, no, it should be a fundamental possibility, how could it happen to me! Why didn’t you win 20 million in the lottery? Xiao Guo is almost the same as Wanjian Chuanxin at this time.
After standing there for a long time, there is nothing to discuss now. Let’s go back to the blog. At least there are a group of modern people from the 21st century there, and more importantly, they are all Chinese. Xue Ziliang was deeply stimulated and muttered to himself in English along the way.
At 13:20 in the afternoon, the Bobu-Bairentan Highway Survey Team reported on the radio that they saw many corpses floating down the upper reaches of the Wenlan River tidal flat. They should be local indigenous people.
At 14:36 in the afternoon, the reconnaissance team under Lingao City reported that someone led Xiaogu Xiangyong into the city.
At 15:02 p.m., the Bopu-Bairentan Highway Survey Team reported that the two groups of people who came out in the morning came back in a state of confusion and despair, and kept shouting that they wanted to see the leader.
"Le Yu, it seems your plan has come true." Xiao Zishan said to E Shui with half compliment and half worry.
"Lion poop is better than bear poop." Yu Yuanlan calmly said, "I guess I suffered a lot along the way."
"Commissioner Xiao, do you want to see them?" Li Yuanyuan asked
"No," Xiao Zishan said angrily, "Go and receive them and let them settle in first. By the way, notify Ran Yao and give each of them a temporary ID card."
"Temporary ID card?" Li Yuanyuan was stunned for a moment. She had been writing documents for the Executive Committee for almost a year and had never heard of such a thing.
"Yes, temporary. Ran Yao knows it. They are not officially time-travelers yet."
