Under Guo Caiying's order, the expedition resumed its journey and entered the dark jungle while facing the morning sun.
After entering the jungle, the others began to doze off while riding on the bumpy back of the dragon lizard. Zhang Lisheng, on the other hand, raised his opinion noisily, "Miss Guo, I always feel that it's too inefficient for us to move forward blindly like this.
Aren't the people with superpowers you're leading using all kinds of strange methods to find some secret realm? Maybe we should wait for them to find something before we act … "
When the young man was speaking, he wrote on the back of Guo Caiying's hand with his finger, "Looks like those Taoist priests, monks, and mullahs might really be able to help me. Thank you for coming up with such a good idea, Senior Sister."
"Dr. Fu, why do you have so many opinions? Didn't I tell you last night that since you've joined the exploration team organized by the Chinese officials, you must abide by the discipline of the Chinese official exploration team?
We only have one discipline, and that's to obey the orders of our superiors. " Guo Caiying pretended to be impatient and interrupted Zhang Lisheng's words, but secretly wrote on her lover's palm, "Haha, I'm very smart, right? But the most important thing is that I can help you."
"Oh, dear Miss Team Leader, your words remind me of the West Point Military Academy's motto …" Zhang Lisheng shrugged with a smile in his heart in response to Guo Caiying's slightly naive message. Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted again, "Guo Si, my compass seems to have a reaction!"
"Reaction? What reaction?" For a moment, Guo Caiying was immersed in the message game with her lover, so her brain failed to react. Subconsciously, she raised her head to look at Duan Lianbao, who was flying in the air with a dumbstruck expression, and asked.
"Guo Si, my compass seems to have found traces of a certain secret realm." After composing himself, Duan Lianbao regained his composure and turned the compass in his hand to summon a bright projection with a radius of more than ten meters. Pointing at a stone needle that was as thick as a thumb that was faintly emitting smoke, he said.
"I-It's so fast?" If it was not for the fact that the Taoist true disciple in front of her was very mature despite his young age, Guo Caiying would have thought that he was joking with her. However, at this time, she was taken aback.
"It's absolutely true," Duan Lianbao answered firmly.
Upon hearing this answer, Guo Caiying's expression turned serious. She turned to the outstanding Buddhist disciple who was standing on a Vajra Pestle not far away and said, "Director Li, can I trouble you to verify Director Duan's discovery?"
"Yes, Guo Si." The Buddhist successor disciple with a square face and big ears came back to his senses and hid the incredulous look on his face. His hands changed a few times, and a few seconds later, a Guardian God's shadow with a bald head and armor flashed out of the dense forest and rushed into his glabella.
Images of a vast jungle, ferocious beasts, strange insects, blue sky, and red sun flashed across his eyes. Finally, he fixed his gaze on a door of light floating on the wet bark of a hundred-meter-tall tree that was rooted beside a clear water source. The Buddhist successor disciple put his palms together and said, "Guo Si, Director Duan's discovery is not wrong at all.
The entrance to the secret realm is on a big tree beside a pool about 53 kilometers northwest of here. "
"No wonder there's a proverb that says' history is made up of coincidences. '" A hint of joy appeared on Guo Caiying's face. She turned to look at Zhang Lisheng and smiled meaningfully. "I've just cast a net and I've already found something. This is incredible luck, don't you think so, Dr. Fu?"
"It's indeed so, Miss Guo. It's indeed so." Zhang Lisheng suppressed the shock and joy in his heart and shrugged. "Let's go and see if the harvest is the same as what I've imagined."
When Liu Yiteng, who was by the side, heard the strange tone and content of the 'foreign aid' not far away, he frowned in confusion and retorted, "Dr. Fu, Director Guo is just being humble when she said that it's lucky. She's actually trying to broaden her mind …"
"Alright, Director Liu, let's skip the pleasantries. Let's go right away." Upon seeing the hidden excitement and anxiety on Zhang Lisheng's seemingly indifferent face, Guo Caiying took a deep breath in empathy and interrupted her subordinate's words. Commanding the entire team to follow the path guided by the compass in Duan Lianbao's hand, she turned and moved forward.
The jungle was winding. Even though the straight-line distance of the secret realm was only more than 50 kilometers according to the secret method of the Buddhist true elites, in reality, after bypassing a swamp and crossing a fast-flowing river, it took them two hours to finally arrive at the giant tree inlaid with the light door.
If it was not for the fact that they had to rely on the treasures and secret techniques of the Taoist priests and monks to find the exact location of the secret realm, not to mention that he was afraid that Guo Caiying would not be able to explain it to her if he acted rashly, Zhang Lisheng would have long become impatient with this long journey that would only take him a moment to arrive. The moment he saw the gate of the secret realm, he could no longer suppress the eagerness in his heart. Before the dragon lizard could even stop, he had already jumped down from the jungle.
Slowly approaching with his eyes wide open, the young man saw that the other side of the light door was an island with rugged boulders, a rippling river, and a simple wooden house.
There was nothing strange about the stones and rivers on the island, but the wooden house with a square base and a pointed roof that was several hundred meters long was carved with countless lifelike strange beasts and birds. However, it had a kind of awe-inspiring solemn beauty that made people want to kneel down and worship it.
Vaguely sensing that the secret realm behind the light door was most likely Tiantai Mountain, and the thing that he wanted was most likely in the square and huge wooden house. Ecstasy crept upon Zhang Lisheng's face as he muttered in a trance, "My luck! My luck is really good! I can even encounter such a 'small probability' that is even smaller than the probability of being hit by an elastic ball ten times in a row! This is incredible!"
"Dr. Fu, are you also interested in this secret realm?" Upon seeing the wooden house behind the light door, Guo Caiying, who was in a trance and admiring it, suddenly saw Zhang Lisheng, who was strolling on the thick roots protruding from the ground of the giant tree. Immediately, she snapped back to her senses and jumped down from the Dragon Lizard before running to the young man and raising her voice.
"That's right! Even though the emergence of the supernatural realm has broken countless scientific conventions, it's still unimaginable to see this kind of miniature world prototype with my own eyes.
The things behind this light door have aroused my curiosity. It's obvious that they can attract the attention of a naturalist more than the Amazon jungle. " Zhang Lisheng snapped back to reality and took a deep breath of clear air before saying, "I must go in and study these rocks and trees carefully to see if I can find a corresponding reference on Earth."
"Alright, actually, I'm also very curious. Let's go in and have a look then," Guo Caiying took the opportunity to nod. However, when she was just about to take a step forward, Duan Lianbao had already descended from the sky and blocked in front of her. "Guo Si, this secret realm's door is too strange. You can't take the risk to go in."
"Strange?" Guo Caiying was stunned. "Director Duan, what do you mean by this?"
"Guo Si, you also know that no matter how long a civilization has been passed down and how much variation there is, there will always be traces to follow," Duan Lianbao replied after some deliberation. "At first glance, the wooden house in this secret realm seems to have nothing to do with the indigenous people of the Amazon jungle. Instead, it looks like it's an ancient Chinese creation. This is really inexplicable. If you go in rashly and an accident happens, we won't be able to bear the responsibility."
Guo Caiying opened her mouth, speechless for a moment. Without warning, Zhang Lisheng, who was next to her, chimed in, "Oh, Mr. Director, perhaps you've neglected to study geography because you've been practicing your superpower.
In ancient times, the existing five continents on Earth were hardened together and were called the 'primitive land'. Later on, the geological movement caused it to split apart.
In other words, in ancient times, if our ancestors' hunting and gathering abilities were strong enough, they could have had a branch living in the Amazon region. Besides, how could the people living in this so-called secret realm be ordinary? "
"Dr. Fu, I'm not having an academic discussion. I'm just stopping Director Guo from taking the risk," Duan Lianbao secretly frowned. For the first time, he studied the explorer's' foreign aid 'seriously. All of a sudden, he felt an inexplicable anger rising from the bottom of his heart as he looked at it. Unable to help himself, he snapped, "As the person in charge of the security work of the exploration team, this is my duty."
"Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Director. I respect all professionals who perform their duties seriously." When Zhang Lisheng saw the stubborn expression of the Taoist priest whom he had dealt with several times and hated his guts, he recalled Guo Caiying's special identity and shrugged. "You can stop Ms. Guo from going in, but I …"
"As the foreign hired expert of the exploration team, your safety is also the responsibility of our security personnel. However, the work that you have to do is exploration and research, so you can go in but you'll have to go with other researchers." Even though Duan Lianbao had an inexplicable anger in his heart, he still replied in a serious manner.
"But Mr. Director, my employer is not you." Zhang Lisheng curled his lips and turned to look at Guo Caiying next to him. "Miss Guo, this is the chance to prove my value. You only need to nod your head now, and you'll know that the two ounces of gold were not wasted."
"Dr. Fu, I was too impulsive just now. Director Duan is right. It might be very dangerous behind the Light Gate. It's best to be well prepared …" Guo Caiying deliberately smiled and replied.
"You graduated from Stanford, and I'm a Ph.D. in natural resources from Pennsylvania State University. Even though we're young, we both have basic rational judgment. We both know that it's impossible for us to make proper preparations when we enter this so-called mystic realm.
However, just like Armstrong's moon landing, even if they knew that the probability of dying in space was more than 50%, someone had to do it. This was because a warrior had to take a small step for the entire human race to take a big step. This was the spirit of science.
Even though the word 'science' has been turned into a joke by those gentlemen and ladies around you who violate Newton's law of universal gravitation and fly in the air, there are still people who believe in it, "Zhang Lisheng said solemnly.
"Alright, Dr. Fu. Even though the spirit of science that you uphold is quixotic, I've still decided to respect it." After a moment of silence, Guo Caiying's expression became serious again. Looking around, she shouted at the Chinese scientists of the exploration team, "Who among the experts in our group is willing to be the first batch to enter the mystic realm with Dr. Fu?"
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