Chapter 286 The Confrontation Between Tachibana Masamune and Lu Mingfei (Two in One, Please Subscribe!!!)

Caesar and Chu Zihang walked forward in the dead silence of the Shinto. The sound of their footsteps echoed in the long and narrow passage. The bronze candlesticks on the walls on both sides danced with ghostly candlelight, reflecting their twisted shadows in a scene like this. On a huge painting like mountains.

"Didn't you notice? Although the screen wall depicting the arrival of the Black King is huge, it only occupies less than one-tenth of the length of the entire wall. There should be more secrets ahead." Chu Zihang whispered.

Caesar nodded, and he turned the flashlight, and the light spread across the ancient stone walls.

The colors of vermilion and indigo blended together, so beautiful that it was breathtaking and dizzying. Thousands of years of history were spread out in front of their eyes like a scroll. Their eyes seemed to be immersed in the thousands of years of time. Here, drifting with the waves.

The monsters with human faces and snake bodies formed an endless procession. Some of them held torches high and knelt down to look at the sky, as if they were making sacrifices; some hugged each other, and their long giant tails were entangled together, looking like... Having sex.

The male snake-men are tall and mighty, while the female ones are enchanting and charming. They dance wildly around the huge skeleton, surrounded by blazing bonfires. In the sky, a giant dragon with wings on its back soars in the clouds, and the sun and moon shine at the same time. The earth illuminated the skeleton. From one of its dark eye holes, golden water flowed out, and the other braved fierce flames and solidified into veins and magma in the distance.

Monsters and giants were fighting in the wilderness. They were holding long knives and forks, and the flames illuminated the sky crimson, as if the whole world was on fire...

It is unimaginable that those golden rivers are really paved with molten real gold, the swords are made of real bronze that has been smelted and refined over thousands of times, and the walls can be seen everywhere inlaid with blood red or emerald green agate stones and finely carved crystal jade. Extravagant and glitzy.

This is a work of art that people admire deeply. It seems that all the violence, anger and evil in the world have been integrated into this wall. When you see the painting, the war drums and war drums from thousands of years ago seem to ring in your ears. Roaring, smelling the blood of war, feeling the hot temperature of the flames burning on the skin... The picture is so beautiful that it makes people feel thrilling, and it is so beautiful that it makes people want to cry.

There are more than a hundred paintings like this in the long corridor. Caesar and Chu Zihang, who looked up at the murals, were shocked by the luxurious yet extremely real beauty. They seemed to be silent in the indescribable world depicted in the paintings. We walked a long way in silence.

"It seems that the purpose of this layer is to store these murals. Each one here is at least a thousand years old. If it is put up for auction, the price will be unimaginable." Chu Zihang couldn't help but use his fingers. Caress on a mural depicting the King of Earth and Mountain.

"The Japanese are really terrible at their extravagance." Caesar couldn't help but sigh. "In Tokyo, where land is at a premium, such a wide floor is used as a storage room, and this kind of treasure is hidden in a hidden place where no one has set foot." On the floor, the legendary mermaid oil is used as lighting candles.”

"Although the artistic value and painting skills of these paintings are very high, the materials used are exquisite, and the preservation methods are very appropriate, for the Sheqi Eight Family, what is precious is not the murals themselves, but the history sealed in these paintings. , the part we just visited should describe ancient myths and legends." Chu Zihang looked ahead, "The thing that the eight Sheqi families really regard as a treasure should be not far in front of us."

Caesar shined the light of his flashlight toward the ceiling and looked up at the position above his head. They were passing through a torii gate.

Two thick wooden pillars support the Kasa wood and Shima wood that span the entire space. They do not appear to be spliced ​​together, but are carved from a large enough ancient tree. The vermilion paint on them has become dull and mottled. , revealing the original ancient wood color, and the ancient Chinese character "神" is written on the forehead bundle in the middle of the torii gate.

"The atmosphere here is very weird." Chu Zihang frowned slightly, "The smell of blood is even stronger."

"This is the end of the Shinto. It contains the real secrets of the Sheqiba family." Caesar obviously smelled the smell of burning and blood mixed in the air, and his expression became serious.

The candlestick made of mermaid oil suddenly broke here, and in the darkness stood a tall statue carved from solid wood.

There is a white curtain hanging on the face of each statue. Some are sword-wielding gods, and some are ferocious evil ghosts. The difference is that there is a stone platform at the foot of each god, and the evil ghosts are wrapped around their bodies. with long white rope.

This kind of rope woven with paper is called a "flag banner", which refers to the flag on the umbrella. If it is a hanging curtain type or a streamer type decorated on the paper umbrella, it means holiness. If it is a twisted rope type, it means holiness. A seal against evil spirits.

This place is completely different from the walls on both sides of the Shinto. The screen walls behind the torii gates are all horizontal. Each screen wall almost spans the length of the entire floor. On both sides of the front stand giant elephants and shrines similar to those of worshipers. The screen walls The things depicted above are somewhere between gods, ghosts and demons, recording the war between gods and demons, the desolate land and ancient cities.

"Beta, do you understand? What period of history do these things record?" Caesar asked Chu Zihang.

"I can only tell from the pigments and materials of these murals that their origins are at least two thousand years ago. They not only involve the history of the birth of hybrids, but also mythological wars and some dragon secrets. It is very profound. ." Chu Zihang rubbed these priceless ancient stone walls, "The Eight Sheqi Family have never disclosed this content to the academy, and there are no relevant documents about this period of history in the academy's library, so it is difficult to interpret. I just I can understand a very small part of it."

"Part of the surface? Then I can understand it too." Caesar said, "These screen walls are all beautifully painted and very valuable. They are antiques."

Chu Zihang ignored this two hundred and fifty cold joke and walked deeper: "But what I can be sure of is that the deeper you go, the more important the contents recorded in these murals are to the Sheqi family. The biggest secret should be hidden there. In the deepest part of this layer.”

Caesar and Chu Zihang had already gone very deep. Looking from the gap between the screen wall and the wall, the Shinto statue illuminated by mermaid oil turned into a blurry light group. The two of them seemed to be lost in the depths of the underworld. Travelers are getting further and further away from the real world.

"Caesar, give me the flashlight." Chu Zihang stopped in front of a tall and wide screen wall and stretched out his hand towards Caesar.

"Just this once, next time don't treat me like an assistant who carries your luggage and give me orders!" Caesar reluctantly put the flashlight into Chu Zihang's hand.

Of course he was unhappy. The young master of the Gattuso family had never had the experience of being ordered around by others, not to mention that he was commanded by this annoying guy Chu Zihang.

But he knew in his heart that his accumulation of historical knowledge was far inferior to that of Chu Zihang. At this level, that guy could act as a semi-expert, while he was more like an upstart who thought everything he saw was valuable. He couldn't help but be curious about the secrets hidden by the She Qiba family, so he had to condescend to give orders to this guy Chu Zihang.

Chu Zihang adjusted the brightness of the flashlight to the maximum, turned the aperture to the widest, and stepped back as far as possible so that the aperture could cover as much of the screen wall in front of him as possible until his back was pressed against the screen wall above. of the back.

Most of the mural is illuminated, and this screen wall depicts a vast map.

Forests and lakes are dotted on the map like stars. A majestic ancient city stands between the mountains and forests. Four huge thrones stand at the four corners of the northern area of ​​the mural. The central part of the throne is the supreme emperor. Black King Nidhogg.

The central part of the mural depicts the shadow of a dragon, all pale.

The giant white dragon held up a golden scepter and sat on a white throne, facing off against the Black King in the north. The light from the scepter radiated all the way north, across the mountains and oceans, and shone through the greatness. The Black King's body was left with scars like burning fire.

It is not difficult to see that the giant white dragon is the worthy protagonist of this mural.

"So it turns out that it was her we saw at the bottom of the sea, her city when we destroyed it." Chu Zihang stared at the white dragon and uttered a meaningful sentence.

"The White King?" Caesar said in a daze, "The biggest secret of the Sheqi family... is the White King?"

"By the way, I remembered! We have seen these images with human faces and snake bodies before, right?" Caesar suddenly said, "This torii, the city in the mural, and even the statue of the White King, We have all seen it, not long ago, in Jiyuan, Gao Tianyuan, in that lost underwater city."

Chu Zihang nodded.

"It turns out that what Lu Mingfei said is true, and what Xia Mi said is also true. Japanese mixed-races have different origins from other mixed-races, and their history is indeed a mythical history. The ones we just saw The screen wall is not a picture imagined by the painter for the sake of artistry. They are all real. They are a glorious civilization that existed on this land as recorded by historians, a splendid civilization...an independent period ruled by King Bai. The civilization of the world!" Chu Zihang said solemnly.

"They believe in the White King?" Caesar frowned, "Just like Christians believe in Jesus?"

"No, it's not just faith." Chu Zihang pointed to the huge picture in front of him, "Although historians need to be fair when recording a period of history, it will inevitably have strong background colors and personal emotions. Haven't you noticed that the Black King is a dragon? The leader of the world, and the White King is just a priest of the Dragon Clan, an existence that assists the Black King, but the image of the White King on this mural is more majestic than the Black King... What kind of hybrid would think that the White King is greater than the Black King? "

"In ancient times, the Takatenhara under the sea was once part of the Japanese land before it sank. It was a city dedicated to the White King. In the center of the city stood a huge statue of the White King. The corpse guards were all made of ancient mixed-race people who had died. Even the King of Bronze and Fire, who is the best at alchemy among the four kings, does not have such ability. Who has stronger alchemy than the four kings?" Chu Zihang is Caesar Analyzing the truth carefully, "Shinto means tomb in Japanese. Coffins are supposed to be enshrined, but here there are only these murals. Genji Heavy Industries here... Do you think anyone would put other people's tombs or tombs in their own homes?" ?”

"These murals are dedicated to the ancestors of the Japanese mixed race? So..." Caesar looked at the white dragon shadow in the center of the mural, "Damn it, the ancestor of the Snake Qi family is the White King? They are the White King of blood, this is their biggest secret!"

"This is of course their secret, but maybe not the biggest." Chu Zihang moved the flashlight light away from King Bai's mural, "This is not the last layer of the screen wall, there are several layers behind, and the recorded things may be It’s even more shocking than the secret of the White King’s descendants.”

"And I can smell that the smell of blood spreading on this floor is coming from behind this mural." Chu Zihang patted Caesar's shoulder, "Next, we must remain extremely vigilant."

"Don't look like you're giving orders to your subordinates. I'm the team leader, okay? And... I told you to call me by your code name, bastard!" Caesar followed Chu Zihang and headed towards the deepest part of this floor. Go.

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The huge freight elevator is parked on a mezzanine at the bottom of Genji Heavy Industries.

This floor is called the 'torture room'. The entire floor is a dark room and compartment with fairly soundproof walls. It is generally used for interrogation or temporary detention of family prisoners. There are no surveillance cameras here, and it is not open to people outside the family. Only magnetic cards with deputy minister or above authority can reach this level.

The four of them walked out of the elevator and came to the dimly lit corridor. Lu Mingfei looked at Tachibana Masamune's back, a bad premonition flashing through his heart.

"Mr. Masamune, do you have anything important to do when you come to the torture room late at night?" After walking for a considerable distance, Sakurai Nanami finally couldn't help but ask.

"Actually, I just wanted to visit the children of the fierce ghosts who were brought back by Zhusheng. Although they all bear the fate of ghosts, it is also the original sin of blood. After all, each of them was once a child of the family." At this point, Tachibana Masamune suddenly stopped, "But now I suddenly changed my mind, because before visiting those children, there is one more important thing that I have to care about."

Behind him, Inuyama Ga, Sakurai Nanami and Lu Mingfei, who was disguised as a researcher, also stopped. The two family heads looked at Tachibana Masamune and waited patiently for the next step.

Tachibana Masamune turned around, but did not meet the eyes of the family heads. Instead, he stared straight at the figure in the white coat and slowly said: "Who are you?"

Lu Mingfei's heart suddenly tightened, and his nerve strings suddenly tightened to the limit. He lowered his head, quickly glanced at the nameplate on his chest, and forced his voice to sound calm and steady: "Yes, Mr. Masamune! I His name is Maruichiro Yamamoto, and he is a researcher at the Yanliu Research Institute under Director Miyamoto, responsible for the research, development and maintenance of submarines and underwater projects."