At the peak of Yunwu Mountain, Yang Xuan stood with his hands behind his back. He looked at the brightly lit Pinghai City beneath him.
The mountain breeze blew through the gaps and the sea of clouds swayed. Under the night sky, Pinghai seemed especially tranquil.
Under this tranquil prosperity, no one knew that a huge disaster was about to befall them.
"General, Dr. Zhang Chengming is here," Li Na appeared behind Yang Xuan and gently covered Yang Xuan with a coat.
"What is he doing here at this time?" Yang Xuan asked.
"He seems to have made a breakthrough in his research on the triangular metal," Li Na said after some thought.
Yang Xuan was slightly stunned. Then, a glimmer of light appeared in his eyes.
Before he went into seclusion, he gave the two immortal treasures to the Beijing Academy of Sciences for them to study. He didn't expect that they would only receive news now.
"Let him come up," Yang Xuan said with a nod.
Not long after Li Na left, Zhang Chengming made several leaps and climbed to the peak of the mountain.
Although it wasn't high above the clouds, the peak was steep. In the past, it was hard to say if Zhang Chengming would have been able to climb up. But now, the entire human body had improved greatly. Zhang Chengming also benefited from Yang Xuan's genetic evolution fluid and became like a martial arts expert of the past.
"Professor Yang is so elegant. Standing at the peak, you can see the entire Pinghai. It's really relaxing." Before he arrived, Zhang Chengming's voice could already be heard.
Yang Xuan smiled slightly. He didn't turn around and said, "Dean Zhang is a busy man. What brings you here today?"
Zhang Chengming walked to Yang Xuan's side and imitated him as he looked at the brightly lit Pinghai. He sighed and said, "With just a word from Professor Yang, we had to run around until our legs broke."
Yang Xuan shook his head in annoyance. "I'm afraid you're happy and in pain."
Zhang Chengming laughed. "No one knows me better than Professor Yang."
In fact, at the beginning, Zhang Chengming still had some vigilance towards Yang Xuan, but as time passed, he slowly began to regard Yang Xuan as both a teacher and a friend. From the bottom of his heart, there was an inexplicable respect.
After laughing, Zhang Chengming's face turned serious. He said, "There's some progress on the things you gave us. You said that these two things are very important to you. I didn't dare to delay and rushed over in the middle of the night."
Yang Xuan nodded and said, "Thank you!"
"There's no need to be so polite." Zhang Chengming shook his head and said, "We've invested a lot of manpower and material resources in these two things. In fact, it's also thanks to your skills that we finally made a breakthrough."
"Tell me!" Yang Xuan nodded.
"These two things obviously came from a civilization of a higher level. According to our research, we found that they contain power that we don't understand. This power is so huge and advanced that it made us tremble." Zhang Chengming's face was serious.
"I know that. From the beginning, I told you that these things are weapons. They're weapons that you don't understand. The key is how to use them." Yang Xuan said.
Zhang Chengming nodded. "After a lot of experiments, we finally found a clue. Among these two weapons, there's a very strange … Well, maybe it's a lock. You know what a lock is, right? It's a lock that has its power locked and needs to be unlocked before it can be used."
"Unlocked?" Yang Xuan frowned. "How do you unlock it?"
"This is also the direction of our research, and it once put us in a difficult situation. It was only recently that we made a breakthrough," Zhang Chengming said.
"Tell me about it." Yang Xuan looked at him.
Zhang Chengming took out Yang Xuan's two immortal treasures from the small box in his hand. After solemnly handing them to Yang Xuan, he said, "The key to unlocking these two weapons is likely to be some kind of gene or some kind of established program. In other words, these two weapons were designed by someone. Only their real owner can unlock them with his own genes or something else."
Zhang Chengming explained with difficulty. It was obvious that he really did put in a lot of effort.
Yang Xuan frowned and said, "They need to be unlocked? But I told you before that there are actually six of these weapons. The other four are in the Penglai world, and the people there can use them. "
Zhang Chengming nodded and said, "We've also thought about this problem. Because we don't have a sample to study, we made a bold assumption."
"What?" Yang Xuan asked.
"That is, we assume that this is a double lock. Under certain conditions, its first lock will be opened, and the user can use part of its power," Zhang Chengming said.
Yang Xuan fell into deep thought.
Gene lock? Preset program? Established conditions?
Zhang Chengming smiled bitterly and said, "I can only help you up to this point. This kind of advanced civilization is really not something we can understand thoroughly. Alas … forget it, I can't help you much. I'll leave first. If there's anything you need, contact me. I promise I'll be on call."
Yang Xuan seemed to not hear Zhang Chengming's words. He was still deep in thought.
Zhang Chengming wanted to say something, but after hesitating, he finally said two words, "Take care!"
After saying that, he turned and left.
The mountain wind blew gently. It was already late autumn. The crooked tree at the top of Yunwu Mountain was blown by the wind. The withered leaves were like elves in the night, constantly dancing around Yang Xuan's body. Then, they fell to the ground and became still, becoming fertilizer for the next year's tree.
The so-called fallen leaves return to their roots, returning to their origin, was probably like this.
"General, let's go back." Li Na gently took the withered leaves off Yang Xuan's shoulders and said.
At this time, the night was even darker, and the sky was covered in dark clouds. Remnant blood was faintly discernible in the clouds, adding a trace of splendor to the world, but it also made the lonely Yunwu Mountain seem even more desolate.
The withered leaves brushed past his face. After a moment of silence, Yang Xuan let out a long sigh. "You said that these fallen leaves came from the tree, and in the end, they became fertilizer for the tree. In this life, what do they seek?"
Li Na was slightly startled. Looking at the withered leaves on the ground, she hesitated and said, "I don't know. Maybe they don't have any goals. They just want to be born, grow, fall, and die. That's all."
Yang Xuan laughed involuntarily and changed the topic. "Right, I haven't seen you mention your family. Where is your family?"
A trace of sadness flashed through Li Na's eyes. "General, I'm the same as you. I don't have a family. I'm also an orphan."
Yang Xuan said apologetically, "I'm sorry."
Li Na smiled and said, "It's fine. It's been so long. It doesn't matter anymore."
Yang Xuan thought for a while and asked, "You didn't look for them?"
Li Na smiled. "I did, and I found them. However, there were only two graves. There wasn't even a tombstone."
Yang Xuan was indifferent.
He didn't expect the usually cold Li Na to have such a tragic past.
Li Na paused. After glancing at Yang Xuan, she said, "Actually, we investigated your background before. However, the strange thing was that no matter how much we investigated, we couldn't find a trace of your family."
Yang Xuan smiled and said, "I was born on a stormy night and was saved by the old dean. If it weren't for the old dean, I might have died long ago. The name Yang Fan was given to me by the old dean … Hmm? Wait a minute … "
Just as he said this, Yang Xuan was suddenly stunned. It was as if a sudden clap of thunder had exploded in his mind.
Yang Fan!?
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