It was almost noon when Shen Wujiu left Zhang's house. This time he stayed at Zhang's house for a full two hours. I spent most of the next hour talking secretly with Zhang Yan in the study room in the backyard of the Zhang family.
The matter is not complicated. Shen Wujiu was ordered by the Nanyuan State Special Agents Department and the Ministry of War Yamen to inform Zhang Yan of the recent strange "black spot death" incident that occurred on the border of Xiyuan County. Things are weird, and I want to hear Zhang Yan's thoughts. Secondly, it is also a way to pave the way, so that if Zhang Yan needs help later, it will be easier to speak up.
Of course, for the time being, the situation in Xiyuan County has not affected the soldiers of the West Route Army. Those who died were all monsters. It's just that this way of death is too weird and very similar to the plague that swallows countless lives. Moreover, the demon clan is now frightened and has stopped digging holes on the borders of Xiyuan County recently. But the number sent has not decreased at all. They were obviously stationed at the places where trouble occurred. The West Route Army continued to track these monsters in a more cautious manner than before.
There wasn't much information, but Zhang Yan asked for a lot of details, which was why Shen Wujiu stayed in Zhang's mansion for so long.
The reason why Zhang Yan asked so many questions was that he did not think that the death of those monsters was due to the so-called plague. Because in his opinion, there is no such thing as a coincidence. Xiyuan County is not an ice sheet area, so what ancient sources of plague can be hidden underground. And even if it happens once, what about the second time? Is it a coincidence that the demon clan is unlucky enough to encounter it twice in a row?
Besides, the demon clan doesn't dig holes everywhere in Xiyuan County for a day or two. Zhang Yan knows this. How could there be people who didn't have any trouble before, but now they get together when something goes wrong?
The most outrageous thing is the "black ice" that can be clearly seen with the naked eye. This has nothing to do with the so-called plague.
Unlike Shen Wujiu who expressed gloating over the monster clan's encounter this time, Zhang Yan felt the opposite thought. He felt that although the demon clan had died, maybe this was not a bad thing for them, and they were even happy about it. Because it is very likely that the "black ice" is what they have been searching for in Xiyuan County for more than two years!
Or is it a sign that something is approaching the target?
Zhang Yan had been curious about the movements of the demon clan before. The words "vision" and "catastrophe" are already full of suspense, coupled with the actions of the demon clan. Now it seems that it is almost time to reveal the answer.
"There is no death without reason in the world." Zhang Yan remembered such a description of life and death in a Taoist book.
Whether it is birth, old age, illness or death, it is all determined by destiny. Although your destiny also changes, it generally follows the pattern of "one drink, one peck". The consequences of what you do are said to be determined by fate, but in fact it is more likely that "you decide your own destiny." Unless you want to go against the will of heaven, then it’s God’s turn to take action.
Just like those dead monsters, if they don't dig holes and come into contact with the "black ice", they will naturally not die.
"God's Coming"
But how did it cause death?
Poisonous?
A few days later, Zhang Yan sent his three apprentices to the gate of Longhu Mountain to continue the Qing Dynasty, while he continued to drive the Skylark Shuttle toward the southwest.
After flying for another two hours, Zhang Yan entered the territory of Xiyuan County. The overlook is indeed much flatter than that of Beijiang County and other places. There are almost no undulating terrain that can be called "mountains" here.
Zhang Yan didn't go to disturb anyone, so he didn't plan to see either the military commander in Baishi City or his friend Zhou Cang, whom he hadn't seen for several years. It's not difficult for him to do it once. It's better to explore the things he's curious about first.
Zhang Yan's goal was the place where he first discovered the "black ice", which was the rocky beach near the north of Zhou Cang's station.
First, he found the Baima Stone on the border as a landmark, and then looked northeast. Not long after, Zhang Yan saw a large area of gravel with a radius of several miles from high altitude, embedded in the surrounding flat terrain like a tidal flat, with little vegetation. They are all stones of different sizes.
However, there are also dark and eye-catching cave entrances scattered on this rocky beach, as well as round tents scattered not far from these cave entrances.
Zhang Yan has been in the army for a long time. When setting up tents, humans like large hexagonal tents with clear corners. The round tent in front of me is obviously not the human race's habit of building it. Combining the information told by Shen Wujiu, Zhang Yan was certain that these tents must have been built by the demon clan stationed here.
Instead of falling down in a hurry, Zhang Yan hovered high in the sky, sensing downwards. After a moment, he frowned. Zhang Yan didn't realize it just now, but after he concentrated his attention, he realized that this place seemed to be really different from other places.
It's not because of the difference brought about by the aura of the demon clan stationed here, but because the earth aura rising from the ground here is different from other places. It's like a glass of water suddenly has a bitter taste. You don't notice it at first, but you can taste it carefully.
Is there something wrong with the yin energy? no!
Zhang Yan's careful feelings are always specious and unclear. Finally, I let go of my perception again, thinking that maybe I would have to try it down-to-earth to find out.
He found an uninhabited place on the rocky beach and landed, and then Zhang Yan escaped directly underground, but did not dare to go deep, and simply let himself stay about three feet underground. Then focus your attention on perception again and continue exploring.
"Yes! It's this weird feeling! I've never encountered it anywhere else... It's not right. Although I haven't encountered it anywhere else, why do I feel a little familiar?!"
Zhang Yan's heart was inexplicably touched. Calmly, he began to recall in his mind when and where he had felt the strange feeling in this area at this moment.
After a while, Zhang Yan couldn't help but glared fiercely even in the state of earth escape. He remembered that he had felt the strange feeling at this moment before. He also understood why this place gave him a strange feeling.
"It's space! The space here is extremely unstable!"
Zhang Yan found a similar feeling in his memories. It was when he first started refining storage magic weapons that he felt unstable in the space of the wilderness when he was fixating the storage space. Although the feeling at that time was not very sudden, it was obvious. It was much more direct than what his senses felt from this underground at this moment. That's why he wasn't sure where he had ever felt this way.
In other words, the reason why this rocky beach is "different" from other places is that the underground space here has changed, or has it been in this unstable state from before?
Is it because of this reason that the demon tribe chose to dig holes in this rocky beach?
Did that weird "black ice" appear here because of the instability of space?
