(I asked the editor to release the previous one in the middle of the revision, so the title may be a bit confusing. I don’t dare to change it randomly for fear of getting in again. Please note in the future, the highest level it can be written is the Anomaly Countermeasures Bureau.)
Anqing Village is located in the mountains.
While the scenery is pleasant, it also brings a lot of inconvenience to the people in the village.
Although in recent years, with the country's strong support for projects to provide electricity, roads, and water to every village, life in Anping Village has become much easier.
But there are still many young people leaving here with the idea of escape, and even leaving the entire central and western region nearby for more developed places.
In addition, many young adults go out to work.
Empty nesters and left-behind children have inevitably become the main theme here.
"You kid, your lies are getting more and more outrageous now, aren't you?"
"You also said you were a bastard when you lied to people, right? You're pretty good at it."
The handsome man smiled and gave the little boy in front of him a headache.
But the little boy, whose red scarf was worn crookedly, just pouted and lowered his head without saying a word.
Seeing this, Zhang Zihang shook his head helplessly.
The boy lies every day, but only to the person on the other end of the phone.
He kept telling lies about failing the exam and being beaten by others. He knew all these.
but……
"The village party secretary wants to demolish your house this time, right? Usually the village party secretary is so nice, so you don't take it to heart at all, right?"
Zhang Zihang looked at the boy who bowed his head in front of him and scolded him.
"I didn't, it was just me..."
The boy said, his eyes were red and he did not continue.
"You miss Dad, don't you?"
Zhang Zihang picked up what the boy had left unfinished.
"Teacher Zhang? You know who I am..."
The boy's eyes widened in surprise, and before he finished speaking, he stared behind Zhang Zihang and froze.
The familiar broad figure was rolling up its sleeves and walking towards his direction.
"Guawa, you can tell me everything now, right?"
The old father kindly held the boy's ears.
"Teacher Zhang, I will take him back first and give him a good education."
The old father smiled politely.
Seeing this, Zhang Zihang nodded.
Naturally, he persuaded the boy's father to come back and have a look. After all, for such a big thing as the village party secretary's house demolition, the boy's father would definitely call back to confirm with his acquaintances.
Therefore, Zhang Zihang took advantage of the situation and helped the little boy persuade his father, who had been away from home for a long time to work, to come back.
Looking at the little boy who had begun to beg for mercy, Zhang Zihang deeply felt the deep friendship between father and son, and left with a smile on his face and satisfaction.
At the corner of the intersection not far away, a bearded foreign man stammered in Chinese with some accent: "According to the new terminology I recently learned, this scene is called father's kindness and son's filial piety."
This is Zhang Zihang's friend, Owens.
He is a person who, like him, seems to be incompatible with this mountain village.
Zhang Zihang is a genius scholar who proposed many novel theories in the normal field, and Owens is a billionaire who inherited his late father's fortune.
Now of these two people, one comes to this mountain village to teach, and the other comes to this mountain village to plant trees.
Gradually, as the only person in this remote mountain village who spoke fluent English, he and Owens became good friends.
"Owens, learning everything will only hurt you." Zhang Zihang laughed and complained, and then asked, "Aren't you going to plant trees today?"
Owens is usually planting trees at this point, so he won't come here.
After all, just like him who gave up his promising future to come to teach, Owens is also a weirdo.
He usually spends most of the day planting trees in the small canyon specially provided for him. I heard that it is to protect some endangered birds that rely on such trees to survive.
"I discovered a very strange thing when I was planting trees today."
Owens said, showing a mysterious expression.
"Looking at what you mean, are you going to drag me over to see that strange thing together?"
"I still have a bunch of homework to grade, so you'd better not be too bored."
Zhang Zihang narrowed his eyes and glanced at Owens, as if he was thinking about where to punch him.
"That thing is so weird, I want you to take a look with me."
Owens looked serious, obviously not joking.
"Seriously? You won't dig up antiques when you plant trees, right?"
Zhang Zihang opened his eyes wide and looked at Owens who looked serious, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
It would be interesting to dig up antiques.
"I don't know, but it's really weird."
After Owens finished speaking, Zhang Zihang couldn't help but be intrigued by his mysterious appearance.
When the two came to Owens' house on a hill, Zhang Zihang couldn't help but be shocked by the ancient jade in front of him.
The palm-sized ancient jade was placed on the table by Owens.
There is no explanation for the jade itself, and it does not seem to be a precious variety, like the variety found in the jade vein nearly a hundred miles away from Anqing Village.
But there is a sun pattern and a string of strange characters on the jade.
Looking at this string of characters, Zhang Zihang suddenly understood why Owens was so shocked.
[Yong Zhou sealed the monster here in the first year of Xuande]
Strange and unfamiliar characters, but he could somehow understand the content above.
"You can understand it too?"
Zhang Zihang looked at Owens aside and swallowed subconsciously.
What answered him was Owens' acquiescence.
Seeing this, Zhang Zihang also fell silent.
An American and a Chinese could somehow understand a string of unfamiliar characters.
Clearly, there's something wrong with this character.
After a long silence, Zhang Zihang said: "If there is really a monster, then the seal mentioned on this jade is sealed at the place where you found the jade, or... is it sealed in the jade?"
Speaking of this, Zhang Zihang shuddered a little.
He didn't know what Yongzhi was, nor what the monster looked like. All he knew was that his worldview might be shaken.
"I called you here to confirm whether this was my hallucination. Now it seems that it is not."
Owens said, his expression becoming serious.
"How about we put the jade back to where you found it first? Then rush to call the police?"
Zhang Zihang looked at Owens and suggested.
………………………………
Chen Sheng looked at the beautiful mountains and rivers in the Shu region and couldn't help but feel a little relaxed and happy.
This time, he did not rush to find the supporting teachers and foreign young men on the selected talent list, but took a leisurely stroll in the mountains.
Ever since he had the Salvation Organization system, he felt like he had never been idle.
Endless learning, running around to fight monsters, selecting and recruiting talents for the organization, teaching and training these talents, fabricating organizational traces to hide the truth...
There were so many things that made him, the savior who was forced to take up the post, feel a little tired.
It's a rare moment of relaxation to take a look at this beautiful place.
However, although he wanted to relax, the system was obviously not prepared to give him a chance.
[Emergency Mission: Erosion Across Timelines]
[Task description: The Will of the Abyss discovered that the eroded cracks were frequently being erased, and began to try to erode the upper reaches of the world's timeline. 】
[Task requirements: The system assists in crossing the timeline and suppressing the cracks in the past. (Note: You need to be careful with your words and deeds in the past timeline, as too much impact on time and space will be sent back to the current time and space)]
Looking at the mission that suddenly popped up, Chen Sheng felt his eyes go dark.
