Chapter 9 Chapter 7 Adventurously Searching for the "Treasure Box" of the Impermanent Ghost

Yuan Zhenxia sighed for a while, the phone rang suddenly, he picked up the phone, and heard Chen Kesheng's hesitant voice.Yuan Zhenxia thought to himself: Why does it seem that no one around is happy, everyone is sighing!Chen Kesheng said, "Did I bother you?" Yuan Zhenxia replied in a deep voice: "No, I'm drinking!" Chen Kesheng's voice became a little lively: "It's boring to drink alone, are you welcome to join us?" Yuan Zhenxia knew that Chen Kesheng and Hu Huaiyu's emotions were not very stable, he sighed: "Welcome—well, didn't Hu Huaiyu say that there is good wine in the cellar? Bring two bottles!"

Chen Kesheng was very happy: "We will come as soon as possible!" Yuan Zhenxia put down the phone, just smiled wryly—his own mental state is so helpless, but others still regard him as a savior to relieve suffering! Not long after, Hu Huaiyu and Chen Kesheng came, and as soon as they entered, they each stuffed a bottle of wine into Yuan Zhenxia's hands, and then, all three of them were surprised at the same time. To Yuan Zhenxia's surprise, he saw that the two bottles of wine in his hands were top-quality wines. This kind of brandy in exquisite crystal glass bottles in the Napoleon era was simply a rarity!Hu Huaiyu brought two bottles casually, and it was already so amazing. How many fine wines are there in his ancestor's wine cellar?

What surprised Chen Kesheng and Hu Huaiyu was that they immediately saw the small coffin, and the eighteen spikes on the coffin lid seemed even more shocking! Yuan Zhenxia opened the wine bottle, and the smell of wine filled the room. He pointed to the post on the coffin: "Here is a very weird story. If you have nothing to do, you can take a look. I have some doubts to discuss!" Hu Huaiyu and Chen Kesheng flipped through the first page in response, and were stunned when they saw the portrait of the impermanent ghost. From the very beginning, they were attracted by Yao Zhengnian's narration and read page by page.Maybe the two biologists were not very good at reading ancient Chinese, so they read slowly and asked Yuan Zhenxia some difficult terms from time to time.

After they finished watching, one-third of the bottle of fine wine had entered Yuan Zhenxia's heart, ready to turn into tears of lovesickness at the right time! Hu Huaiyu's first words were: "Damn it!" Chen Kesheng didn't say anything, and after a while, he said: "According to the records, what they saw were only two... people who looked similar to the Wuchang ghost, and there was no obvious distinction between black and white, because the image of the Wuchang ghost It is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so they immediately think it is an impermanent ghost!"

Yuan Zhenxia very much agrees with Mr. Chen's thoughts—he thought the same way when he saw that passage. However, the question is: If those two are not impermanent ghosts, then what are they?Yuan Zhenxia took another sip of the wine and laughed: "If that gentleman is participating in our discussion, he will definitely say: aliens!" Chen Kesheng and Hu Huaiyu didn't laugh, and Hu Huaiyu said, "Why not?" Yuan Zhenxia waved his hand vigorously: "It is indeed very possible. They observed the two earthlings in the dark, and then paid them, and completely followed their wishes. We know that they can understand people's thoughts!"

Why can't it be two aliens - the tall cylindrical object on the head may be some kind of device, Yao Zhengnian and Zhong Wenliang, of course, don't know what aliens are, only know about impermanent ghosts ! Yuan Zhenxia thought this idea was very interesting, and when he was about to discuss it further, he suddenly saw Hu Huaiyu showing an extremely disturbed and puzzled expression, looking at Chen Kesheng, hesitant to speak. Chen Kesheng also noticed this: "What do you want to say?" Hu Huaiyu's expression was even more puzzled: "I don't know if I read this record... nervousness, I... I... that net... that net that fell in the middle of the night..."

Yuan Zhenxia sighed: "What do you want to say?" Hu Huaiyu raised his head and summoned up his courage: "I think I've seen...that box!" Chen Kesheng said: "What nonsense are you talking about! Which box?" Hu Huaiyu pointed at Chen Kesheng: "You should have seen it too, it's in that net!" Hearing what Hu Huaiyu said, Chen Kesheng looked extremely puzzled, as if for a while, he couldn't be sure if he had really seen such a black box before! At this time, it was Yuan Zhenxia's turn to shout: "What nonsense are you talking about? That box was obtained by Yao Zhengnian, snatched by Zhong Wenliang, and thrown into the sea more than two hundred years ago?"

Chen Kesheng and Hu Huaiyu looked at each other.Hu Huaiyu took a few more breaths: "It seems...it is very likely...it should be..." Yuan Zhenxia said angrily: "What kind of talk is this, yes it is, no it is no!" Chen Kesheng explained on behalf of Hu Huaiyu: "I understand what Director Hu means. At that time, when the net was picked up from the sea, our attention was focused on whether there were any live ammonites. We only paid attention to conch, even fish, shrimp and crab. He didn’t even notice it, even if there was a black thing there, he would just treat it as a rock on the bottom of the sea and wouldn’t pay attention at all.”

Yuan Zhenxia narrowed his eyes, he fully understood what Chen Kesheng meant, when he was not concentrating, he would not pay attention at that time.But that thing did enter the line of sight and left an impression on the retina and the optic nerve of the brain, so there was a vague impression, so I can't be sure. At this moment, Hu Huaiyu suddenly clapped his hands: "I see, Ah San My family left this box behind, so something happened to them!" Yuan Zhenxia shook his head: "Yao Zhengnian only said that the box can make people learn different skills, but he didn't say that it would make people grow hair and become primitive people!"

Chen Kesheng obviously supported Hu Huaiyu's opinion: "Since it is a strange art, there can be various kinds!" Yuan Zhenxia's thoughts were very chaotic, he waved his hand forcefully: "Wait a minute, let me sort it out!" He also felt that it was not impossible, but that it happened too suddenly, so he had to think about it carefully. He poured three glasses of wine, sipped them slowly, and thought about his hypothesis: "Ah San's net picked up the box, and since he saw that the box was a bit strange, he kept it!" Hu Huaiyu thought in more detail than Yuan Zhenxia: "Yao Zhengnian said that as soon as he pressed his palm on the box, he would hear a 'fairy sound'. Maybe one of the six members of Ah San's family was in this situation. , heard the 'Xianyin', and left that box behind."

Chen Kesheng nodded: "Anyway, they left this box behind, but a monstrous force emerged from the box, causing their bodies to mutate terribly!" Hu Huaiyu was astonished: "Then... really some monsters and ghosts were picked up from the sea!" Yuan Zhenxia also felt that the matter was unbelievable, and he suddenly remembered something - the three of them must have thought of that at the same time, because they took a breath at the same time, and said in a voiceless voice: "What about the box?" Hu Huaiyu immediately said: "It's most likely on that small island, in that cave!" Chen Kesheng was not so optimistic: "If you bring it with you, you will sink into the sea after the collision!" Hu Huaiyu hurriedly said: "It doesn't matter, the collision incident has a very precise address, and salvage can be carried out there!" Yuan Zhenxia took a sip of wine, although he had many weird experiences in his life, but like this time, two things that were originally completely irrelevant, suddenly had a relationship, which he had never experienced before. He knew that the key was the box given to Yao Zhengnian by the impermanent ghost! If this box could be found, many mysteries would have answers—at least hopefully! Hu Huaiyu raised his voice, "What are you waiting for?" Yuan Zhenxia was a little hesitant.If it was before, he must have jumped up and went to the deserted island with them.But ever since Ma Xian was victimized by his "Blood Nightmare Technique", he was disheartened and he was not interested in anything, not to mention having such fine wine in his hand at this time! He hesitated for a moment: "You two go to the island to look for it first. If you find it, I don't think you need to rush to press it with your palm, because it is impossible to guess what the box is!" Hearing what Yuan Zhenxia said, Hu Huaiyu and Chen Kesheng couldn't believe that their ears were pregnant. How could a person with such a lack of curiosity have such a rich adventure experience? Knowing their doubts, Yuan Zhenxia let out a long sigh: "Sad people don't have arms!" Since it is "Sorrowful people don't have arms", you can have no interest in anything in the world. Under the anesthesia of fine wine, you may close your eyes, and you can see Maxian's beautiful eyes looking forward to it, which is naturally like going to a desert island Much better to find that ethereal box of some sort! Moreover, the most important thing is that Hu Huaiyu and Chen Kesheng are not sure at all whether the net was really caught in the treasure box that contains strange magic and can emit fairy sounds! More than 200 years ago, the probability of a box that sank into the sea being picked up by that net is really too small, almost equal to zero! This is also one of the reasons why he is not active. Hu Huaiyu and Chen Kesheng saw the loneliness and sadness in Yuan Zhenxia's handsome face, so they reached out and patted him on the shoulder at the same time: "We will contact you anytime!" Yuan Zhenxia reminded them again when they arrived at the questioning point: "Even if you find that box, don't worry about learning some strange magic - there are too many unfathomable facts in the universe, I know, a few years ago , a pair of young men and women opened a copper box from Egypt, and it turned out that there was a substance that could emit transparent light hidden in the box—” Hu Huaiyu and Chen Kesheng knew about this matter, and Yuan Zhenxia brought it up at this time , very vigilant, the two said in unison: "Yes, we know that the pair of young men and women have become transparent people. Later, life and death are unknown, and their whereabouts are unknown!" In Yuan Zhenxia's voice, there was extreme fatigue: "The universe is full of mysteries that we can't understand. I believe...the strange magic taught in that box is nothing but witchcraft!" At this time, he was a little drunk, so when he spoke, he waved his hands, stood up again, stretched out his hand and pointed to Hu Huaiyu: "Witchcraft has this kind of power! Witchcraft allows wizards to concentrate the unknown in the universe. Power, to achieve the goal. Perhaps, with just one finger, Director Hu, the genetic code of your biological cells will be changed!" Hu Huaiyu's face turned blue: "Don't... just kidding!" Yuan Zhenxia sighed, "Who knows?" He turned around, ignored Hu Huaiyu and Chen Kesheng, they stood for a while, closed the door and left. They moved all night, and the Fishery Research Institute had only boats. They landed on the deserted island in the early morning, and before the sky was bright, they arrived in front of the cave. The powerful flashlights in their hands shone into the cave. Go, what they saw made them secretly surprised-if there were anthropologists, they would be sure that only primitive people lived in this cave recently! They entered the cave, searched carefully, and turned over a few large rocks that had obviously just been moved in, but they found nothing. Outside the cave, the sky was already bright, but inside the cave was still very dark. Chen Kesheng was talking to himself: "What is the habit of primitive people for collecting objects?" Hu Huaiyu smiled bitterly: "Who knows, maybe I haven't seen that box at all, it's just my fantasy after reading that description!" Chen Kesheng felt very embarrassed: "I can't find it here, should I salvage it at the place where the ship crashed?" Hu Huaiyu's answer was: "I have to give it a try!" Money is easy to do. The next day, Hu Huaiyu organized a search team to search the deserted island, but could not find the black box. Originally, he made up his mind whether to salvage in the sea where the ship collided, because this kind of approach is even more hopeless than finding a needle in a haystack. Finding a needle in a haystack is at least sure that there is a needle in the haystack, but he can't even have the box. affim. But the words of a fisherman's child made him decide to go fishing. The fisherman's child was only three and a half years old, he didn't speak much, and he kept sucking his fingers. When Hu Huaiyu and Chen Kesheng were among the fishermen and wanted to know more about the actions of Ah San's family, the fishermen still had lingering fears and couldn't think of any new information.Because the two of them asked repeatedly: "Have you ever seen a small black box in the hands of Ah San's family?" The people who were asked were all dumbfounded, and Hu Huaiyu and Chen Kesheng couldn't explain further to the fishermen. At this moment, the child suddenly said: "I want that box, third uncle doesn't want it?" Will give it to me!" Hu Huaiyu hurriedly asked, "What does the box look like, and what color is it?" The child couldn't speak at first, and an adult around him immediately scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about!" With a shout, the child was so frightened that he refused to speak again.Hu Huaiyu discussed this situation with Yuan Zhenxia on the phone, and Yuan Zhenxia felt that such clues were very useful.Hu Yu's confidence was greatly increased, so he hired a boat and hired divers, with only a ten-thousandth chance of salvage. While they were salvaging the collision site, the sand suction salvage project was still going on in the sea area where the living ammonite was found. Two or three days later, Zhong Daya was at Yuan Zhenxia's place and found out that someone was salvaging the magic box according to Yao Zhengnian's account. He also built a boat, took Yuan Zhenxia's letter of introduction, and his wife Cao Yinxue. , to meet Hu Huaiyu and Chen Kesheng, and to go into the water in person. At his age, although he is in good shape, it is not suitable for diving anyway. His wife Cao Yinxue advised him softly: "Don't go into the water, I'll do it!" Ms. Cao Yinxue came as soon as she said she would. When she changed into a swimsuit, everyone was a little dumbfounded. Cao Yinxue is tall, plump and attractive, with snow-like skin, and her body shape is no worse than that of Western tall women, but she also has the softness and charm of Eastern women, she is an out-and-out beauty. Zhong Daya was greatly satisfied in everyone's eyes: "How about it, my wife is not bad! It's a pity that I can't have children, otherwise, our children, hehe!" When he was looking at his pride, he remembered that he had never had a child, so he sighed again. In order to find the treasure box, Zhong Daya hired a team of very experienced divers, and Hu Huaiyu invited a total of 20 divers, and when Cao Yinxue brought the diving equipment , as soon as she turned over into the water, her two pink legs flashed a dazzling brilliance in front of everyone's eyes. When she sank into the blue sea, everyone couldn't help cheering—all experts. It can be seen that she is a very experienced diver. Zhong Daya even brought two sets of underwater cameras, which the divers took into the sea. Therefore, people on board can see the situation on the bottom of the sea on the huge fluorescent screen without going into the water. Zhong Daya also predicted that the treasure box might emit special energy, so it was equipped with various detectors. He did things, whether he was exaggerating or being serious. He also brought a marine expert. I carried a small computer with me, entered data, calculated the direction of the ocean current, estimated that after the collision with the ship, if the box fell into the sea, where it would drift in the ocean current, so that I could find it! For Zhong Daya, this is the most important thing in his life, which is very different from Hu Huaiyu and Chen Kesheng who mainly search for the unknown mysteries of the universe.Hu Huaiyu and Chen Kesheng could fail, but Zhong Daya absolutely couldn't. Once he failed, his life would be over. Chen Kesheng looked at the marine expert using the computer to calculate, and he sighed: "We have such equipment, if we can't find the box again, it proves that the box doesn't exist at all!" Zhong Daya was very angry: "Don't forget, that box is very light, it might float on the sea at all!" Chen Kesheng knew that Zhong Daya's heart was full of hope, so he couldn't bear to hit him any more, instead he followed his intentions: "Yes, there are often glass bottles containing rescue letters, which have been drifting on the sea for decades, and are finally taken away. People found it!" When Zhong Daya heard it, he rubbed his hands and swallowed his saliva as if he already had hope. Zhong Daya also brought very complete communication equipment, so he can keep in touch with Yuan Zhenxia, ​​but Yuan Zhenxia is not like Chen Kesheng, Yuan Zhenxia poured cold water on Zhong Daya. After Zhong Daya reported the progress of their work to Yuan Zhenxia enthusiastically, he asked hopefully, "In your opinion, what are the chances of us finding that box?" Yuan Zhenxia's answer made Zhong Daya speechless for a long time.Yuan Zhenxia said: "According to the collision report, Ah San's fishing boat sank immediately after colliding with the container ship. You have to find the sunken ship first! You haven't even found the sunken ship. What kind of box? How big is the sunken ship? That box , but the size of a palm!" Hu Huaiyu, who was at the side, also heard Yuan Zhenxia's words, and said, "The boat may have crashed into pieces!" Yuan Zhenjia's answer was in a cold tone: "It will never be smashed into pieces. Only when the sunken ship is found, can there be hope!" Only then did Zhong Daya say a word: "I will definitely find it, the shipwreck, I will definitely find it!" It is one thing to have determination, but it is another thing to be successful. Time passes day by day, and after six days, according to the computer calculations of marine experts, the sea area to be searched is quite far away from the place where the first day was searched, but Still nothing. All the people are not discouraged, because they all pay very high rewards, even if such a search lasts for a year, they are very welcome.Contrary to Zhongda's sad face, Hu Huaiyu's and Chen Kesheng's depression, the rest of the people were discussing why Cao Yinxue, a great beauty, went into the water every day for three consecutive days, but her skin was still so blindingly white! On the seventh day, when a diver came to the surface, his expression was very strange. He was alone for a while, and then found Hu Huaiyu. After hesitating for a while, he said: "I saw a strange fish on the bottom of the sea. Do you want to catch it?" Hu Huaiyu casually asked again: "What's it like?" In the ocean, there are all kinds of fish with strange shapes. Ordinary people think that the shapes are weird and they have never seen them before, but for experts, they can recognize them immediately. The diver described the appearance of this fish: "About one meter long, there are three vertical spines on the back, and there are hard fins connecting the spines. The head of the fish is square, and the eyes are very big, protruding and wide." Upward——" The diver said this, and the two marine biologists, Hu Huaiyu and Chen Kesheng, looked at each other with extremely puzzled expressions.And just when they were about to say something, suddenly, the people on the two ships started to shout. Among the shouts of many people, Zhong Daya's voice was the loudest. His voice was: "Yinxue, be careful!" !" When Hu Huaiyu and Chen Kesheng saw that everyone was looking at the sea not far away, they followed suit. At that time, just as the sun was setting, all the divers had already boarded the boat, disarmed their diving equipment, and prepared to rest.As usual, Cao Yinxue was the last to board the boat, so at this time, seeing Cao Yinxue—not only Cao Yinxue, the sea was very calm, but near Cao Yinxue, the waves were rough and the sea rolled. At first glance, I don't know what happened, but when I calmed down, I saw Cao Yinxue fighting with a big fish! The big fish was one meter long and stout. It had been shot by the speargun between the head and the body of the fish.But still struggling.Cao Yinxue's hands are tightly holding the handle of the harpoon. The tip of the harpoon has a barb, which will not fall off once it is shot into the body of the fish. As long as Cao Yinxue holds the harpoon tightly, the big fish will always be exhausted. But the problem was that the big fish struggled with great strength in the water. Several times, it dragged Cao Yinxue into the sea, and suddenly rose again, and even tried to sweep Cao Yinxue with its tail. All of a sudden, under the reflection of the sunset, there was a golden-red light on the surface of the sea. In the sea, the scales of the big fish were thin and dense, shining with silver light. Cao Yinxue's skin was more like snow, one person and one fish , soaring the billowing waves, it is a spectacle!Everyone was only looking at this once-in-a-thousand-year spectacle, but no one thought of going to help Cao Yinxue. If Cao Yinxue was not strong and healthy, I am afraid that he would have been unable to support it! It was Zhong Daya who was the first to shout: "Don't go down and help her!" Until then, no one knew how great Cao Yinxue was!The two divers who jumped into the sea are naturally strong and strong men, but after they entered the water, they couldn't swim into Yinxue and the big fish at all, because one person and one fish were fighting in the sea, stirring up the sea water, and the force was so great that they couldn't get close at all. .Even though they had spearguns in their hands, they didn't dare to fire them, because they couldn't tell the difference between the human and the fish, so if they hit a person with one shot, would it be okay? There were several divers on the boat who jumped down, and finally one of them managed to swim to the front and inserted a small knife in his hand into the head of the fish. The big fish struggled for a while before the belly of the fish turned white and stopped moving. up! In an instant, there was thunderous applause, and Cao Yinxue, who had been wrestling with the big fish for more than half an hour, had enough time to salute everyone in the water! The people boarded the boat first, and Zhong Daya was so excited that he kept patting his wife's body. Hu Huaiyu and Chen Kesheng nervously directed the divers to get the big fish aboard and put it on the deck. That big fish was undoubtedly the one that the diver who reported to Hu Huaiyu saw in the sea. Hu Huaiyu and Chen Kesheng also called out in unison: "Three sticklebacks!" Most of the divers have quite a wealth of marine knowledge, so when they heard the two marine biologists call out the "triple stickleback", many people were extremely surprised. The reason is very simple, the three sticklebacks are ancient marine creatures, like dinosaurs, they have long been extinct! However, now, there is a living three stickleback fish living in this sea area! Hu Huaiyu and Chen Kesheng's thoughts were even more chaotic-first it was a live ammonite, and now it was a live three-thorn stickleback!What does this mean?Are all extinct ancient creatures beginning to be reborn? Or is there something mysterious going on in the depths of the ocean? The two of them looked at the three stickleback fish that had just been killed and its tail was still shaking, that ancient marine creature, feeling extremely confused. Although Zhong Daya and Cao Yinxue were not biologists, they also had some common sense, so they were stunned for a long time when they heard the name of three sticklebacks. Zhong Daya then called Cao Yinxue: "You picked up the living fossil!" Cao Yinxue, who was so tall, was a little twisted at this moment, and asked in a low voice, "Did I do something wrong?" Without even thinking about it, Zhong Daya said loudly: "Of course not, how could you do something wrong?" Chen Kesheng smiled wryly at the side: "I'm afraid that the creator did something wrong—ancient creatures that have long been extinct appeared one after another, pterosaurs appeared in the sky, and the era of trilobites in the sea is coming soon!" Hu Huaiyu, who was beside him, was taken aback: "You mean...the world will also return to the prehistoric era?" Chen Kesheng was very emotional at this moment: "It's very possible, didn't even primitive people appear?" Originally, quite a few divers were discussing around the three stickleback fish, but at this moment, when they heard the conversation between the two, they all fell silent, everyone showed confusion and fear, and they fell silent. After a while, only one asked: "May I ask what kind of work we are doing now... What is the nature of the work?" Zhong Daya immediately said: "Salvage! Salvage a small black box!" The diver shook his head: "I mean—" He glanced at others and changed his words: "We mean, is the work dangerous?" Zhong Daya was very angry. Before he could open his mouth, Chen Kesheng, who was also very angry, said, "Yes, it's extremely dangerous! And there is no dangerous work allowance! If you don't like doing it, you can leave immediately!" Suddenly, such a stalemate formed, which was very unexpected.The professional dignity of divers is very high, so naturally they cannot stand such words. The diver who asked the question immediately said: "Very good, goodbye!" The divers who responded to him also expressed their intention to withdraw. Both Zhong Daya and Hu Huaiyu looked at Chen Kesheng with doubts, because he seemed to have caused this situation on purpose.What is that for?Suddenly, Chen Kesheng didn't want to salvage it anymore? Chen Kesheng's expression was very tired, he waved his hand, pointed at the three stickleback, and ordered: "Move him to the refrigerator!" The ship of the Fisheries Research Institute needs to collect specimens and has a well-equipped cold room. Two crew members immediately wrapped a piece of cloth around the fish and carried the fish away. Chen Kesheng looked around. At this time, the red sun was sinking to the west, the sea was vast, and night was approaching. Chen Kesheng looked at Hu Huaiyu: "I have some opinions, please go to the captain's room?" Hu Huaiyu nodded, Chen Kesheng said: "Mr. Zhong and Mrs. Zhong, please come together!" Cao Yinxue actually said: "I am a woman, is it convenient?" This kind of suppleness unique to oriental women moved the three men very much, and they said in unison: "Of course it's convenient, you caught the fish!" When the four arrived at the captain's cabin, Chen Kesheng and Hu Huaiyu both drank first. Chen Kesheng took another breath and said, "I feel... that something is very wrong. Something very weird is happening." Hu Huaiyu murmured: "Yes, first it was a living ammonite, then... it was a living primitive man, and now, it is a living three-thorn fish again... Time is turning back? Will the world return to the prehistoric?" Zhong Daya had already known about the so-called "primitive man" from Yuan Zhenxia, ​​so his expression was extremely astonished, and he blurted out: "What's next?" Chen Kesheng waved his hand: "It can be the reappearance of any ancient creature!" Everyone was silent for a while, and then Chen Kesheng said again: "Judging from the process of Ah San's family becoming primitive people, the living ammonite...the living three-thorned fish...may also be a gradual change!" At that time, as soon as Chen Kesheng said this, everyone asked in unison: "What do you mean by that?"