Chapter 6 Chapter Five More Dangerous Than All Dangers

The next day, I was able to leave, and after a few long-distance phone calls to the chemical plant that the monk had mentioned, I got a reply that I could lend me their experimental equipment. Hours, and don't ask about my research topic, but not only the usage fee for that hour is surprisingly expensive, but also a huge deposit must be paid first. This deposit was beyond my financial resources, so I had to spend half a day raising this large sum of money, and I didn't board the plane until all the money was remitted. I have very little carry-on luggage. The Yuhuatai Stone, of course, is the most important thing, and I put it properly in the suitcase.During the trip, I was so nervous that the stewardess kept coming to ask me if I was not feeling well.

My nervousness did not just attract the gracious condolences of the stewardess. After I arrived at the destination, I aroused the suspicion of the customs inspectors. They made a very detailed inspection of me. Of course, they also found the Yuhua Taiwan Stone. A black official in charge of inspection looked at the stone and asked suspiciously, "What is this?" I knew I couldn't panic any longer, so I said calmly, "This is a very beautifully colored stone. It's for ornamental purposes. If it's kept in water, its color will be more vivid." The black official seemed a little disbelieving, so he picked it up, pointed it at a strong light, and illuminated it. This is what I am most worried about, because I know that anyone who sees the situation inside the Yuhuatai Stone will You will be amazed.

And a customs inspector, after seeing the situation in the stone, will definitely ask me countless questions that make it difficult for me to answer. Sure enough, as I expected, he just glanced at it, his pitch-black face was covered with dead gray, his hands trembled, and he almost dropped the stone to the ground.Then, he looked directly at me, as if for a while, he didn't know how to ask me. I smiled wryly, and the black official finally spoke: "You are lying, this is not a rock." I had no choice but to spread my hands: "This is a rock!" The black official said: "I will detain it and wait for further inspection!"

As soon as I heard him say that, I couldn't help becoming anxious, and I hurriedly said: "You can't do that. I came here to check it in detail. I have booked a laboratory in a chemical factory and paid a huge amount of money. The time cannot change, so I can't wait either." The black official shook his head and said, "That won't work either, we have to check for any unknown objects." I had no choice but to give in: "Well, anyway, if you want to check, you can send someone with me to monitor my actions and use the equipment in that laboratory with me."

The black official looked at me, and he asked me with a puzzled look: "What is this?" I said, "I have to tell you the truth, I don't know." The black official said again: "There is a special note on your entry card. It is said that only people with very special status have this special note. Your identity is—" I said: "It is difficult for me to explain to you, but I have been with the international police and participated in your country's top secrets. If you need to ask for instructions, Major General Frederick of the Special Issues Research Office of your country's Ministry of National Defense, once He has worked with me several times!"

The attitude of the black official was much better, he said: "I will remember this, but now I have to ask you to wait." I said I could wait, and he called in the examination room.Although that kind of delay is beyond my expectation, I won't lose anything, it will only benefit me. If Frederick comes to meet me, then my work will proceed more smoothly . Frederick presides over an extremely unpopular research department. The things he researches cannot be explained by science, such as reports of flying saucers found in various places, photos of unidentified objects, etc., all of which are sent to him for detailed research. .I have also worked with him a few times, and I believe that as soon as he hears that I have brought an unknown object, he will definitely come.

The black officer talked on the phone for a long time before putting down the phone: "You can go in, but this car must be kept with us temporarily. Major General Frederick has already started to come, and we will hand over the things to him. Let him handle it." I hesitated for a moment, and it seemed that their decision, as far as I was concerned, was extremely polite.I said: "Okay, but you must be absolutely careful, that stone must not be hit, and it must not be close to any flame, not even a candle!" Then, I stayed at the hotel I had booked Name, please give the black officer to Major General Frederick.

When I left, I repeated what I said just now, and told the black official to be careful.I know that as soon as Frederick arrives, he will bring that piece of Yuhuatai Stone to the hotel to find me. Then, I can go to the appointed laboratory with him to test that weird Yuhuatai Stone together. . I ate in the hotel, sat on the soft sofa, made a long-distance call with Bai Su, and then dozed off for another two hours.In the evening, the phone rang, and the manager of the hotel informed me: "General Fodelie wants to see you. He is downstairs right now. Do you want to see him?" I hurriedly said, "Quickly ask him to come up."

Frederick came very quickly. Not long after I opened the door, I saw him walk out of the stairs, but as soon as he stepped out of the elevator, I knew that something must be wrong. Frederick's expression was very strange, it was difficult to describe, and more importantly, his hands were empty. Ordinarily, when he came to see me, he must have brought the Yuhuatai stone with him. Why didn't he bring this stone? I greeted him loudly, and he quickened his pace and came to me. It seemed that he was in a trance, because I stretched out my hand, but he didn't shake my hand. He just stood at the door and walked into the room.

I couldn't help being stunned: "What's the matter?" Frederick turned around, frowning: "What did you bring this time?" I was stunned again, he should have seen that piece of Yuhuatai Stone!However, if he had already seen the Yuhua Terrace Stone, why did he still ask me this question? I immediately asked back: "You, have you never seen that stone?" "Stone?" Frederick shrugged, "Banner is missing!" I was even more puzzled: "Who is Banner?" Frederick didn't answer my question directly, he just said: "As soon as I was notified that you brought an unknown object, I immediately put down my work and came here. The thing you brought, According to the regulations, I have to stay at the customs before I arrive."

I said: "Yes, the person in charge of checking me was a black official. He did indeed keep the strange stone I brought." Frederick glanced at me, and then said: "The inspector, his name is Banner." I couldn't help taking a breath: "He disappeared?" Frederick nodded: "Yes, according to his colleagues, after you left, he took the things you brought and went to the storage room. Everyone who saw him said that he was a little bit mental at that time. No, he bumped into a female colleague, knocked down a cup of coffee, and didn't apologize. Someone saw him standing at the door of the storage room for a while, pushed the door in, and immediately backed out, and then , he will end up at a loss!" After listening to Frederick's narration, the smile on my face was extremely bitter. This is an accident that I can no longer imagine, the black officer is missing!Originally, whether he disappeared or not had nothing to do with me, but he disappeared with that piece of Yuhua Terrace Stone, so that has a lot to do with me! I opened my mouth wide. For a moment, I didn't know what to say. Fode asked: "What kind of stone did you bring? Is it the uncut jade of Burmese emerald? It is priceless. We checked Banna He is an extremely responsible inspector, if not for some extreme temptation, he would never have done such a thing! He brought your... stone, and it is missing!" I smiled wryly: "Federe, we must find him. This matter is extremely serious and may destroy the whole world!" Frederick was taken aback by my last words, and he immediately asked, "What exactly did you bring?" I said: "You want me to answer, so I can only say that it is a stone, but I think there are countless creatures from outer space in that stone, and they are still alive." Frederick looked at me fixedly. If anyone else heard me say that, they would definitely laugh, but Frederick wouldn't, I know he wouldn't laugh, because his work had exposed him to too much Weird things, anyone who has experienced so many weird things like me or him will know that nothing is impossible in the world! I said, "Is someone already looking for him?" Frederick said: "FBI personnel are already looking for him, but I have to talk to their leaders again and tell them the seriousness of the matter!" Frederick picked up the phone, talked for about five minutes, and then turned around. Without waiting for him to ask me any more questions, I told him in detail about the Yuhuatai Stone. That's a long story, and I have to start with how I saw that stone for the first time in Jinshan Temple many years ago.In my account, there were three calls, all from FBI agents reporting the results of their pursuit of Banner. The first call, Banner's whereabouts, has been preliminarily identified. He boarded a southbound long-distance bus and headed south. The second call came about half an hour later, and the work rate was amazing. They had already found out from Banner's file that Banner was from a small town in the south called Hope Town, and he The long-distance bus I took passed through the town of Hope before crossing the Mexican border. The third call came just as I was nearing the end of my narrative. The FBI personnel have found out that Banner did indeed buy a ticket to Hope Town, that is to say, he has returned to his hometown! Up to that time, I never understood why an official who had always behaved well would suddenly do such a thing.But one thing is certain, that is, this Yuhuatai Stone is extremely dangerous in the hands of an unknown person! Not only did I understand this, but even Foderie understood this after hearing my narration, because I had relayed to him everything that Monk Zhikong said. Therefore, Frederick said in an extremely serious tone on the phone: "What action are you going to take? I'm not sure what that thing he took away is, but I can be sure that it is extremely dangerous!" The answer of the FBI personnel is: they have prepared a helicopter, and it is estimated that they can reach Hope Town at the same time as Banner. Frederick hurriedly said: "Wait for takeoff, the original owner of that thing and I will go together!" As he said that, he fixed my eyes on me. I knew what he meant, and he was inviting me to go with me, so he nodded, and Frederick said: "Okay, we will arrive at the airport within half an hour, I hope you First classify Banner as an extremely dangerous person, don't let people get close to him, and don't force him to take rough actions." I heard the FBI on the phone asking, "What's that? A high bomb, or a big vial of poisonous bacteria?" Frederick smiled bitterly: "I don't know, I can only say that that thing is more dangerous than all the most dangerous things on earth!" He put down the phone, we left the hotel immediately, and drove to the place where we took the helicopter. It was the roof of a building. At the entrance of the building, I met with several FBI personnel and got on the elevator together. After the helicopter took off, I could have a bird's-eye view of the whole night view of this big city, which is really beautiful. But I was not in the mood to appreciate that kind of scenery. I just thought in my heart when the helicopter was rising higher and higher. The thin lines formed by many car headlights, this situation is somewhat similar to the situation in Yuhuataishi. The hearts of the people in the plane were very heavy, no one spoke, and Frederick did not relay everything I told him to others, which was naturally because he wanted to keep this matter a secret. The helicopter flew for a few hours, refueled at the scheduled place, then changed the pilot, and continued to fly. On board, we kept in touch with the ground. Although our destination is Hope Town, we are traveling along the southbound road During the flight, we hoped that we could catch up to the bus that Benner was on, which would be much easier. The FBI personnel, while ordering personnel along the road, tried to delay the further progress of the bus, and finally, an hour after taking off again, there was a result. The news came that the bus had been stopped not far ahead. In order not to disturb Banner, he did not board the bus and search it. Instead, he stopped the bus and used the excuse of road damage. The helicopter flew forward for a few more minutes, and many lights on the road ahead could be seen.There were seven or eight cars parked, and there were many people beside the cars. The helicopter stopped on the road, and Frederick and I jumped out first, and ran forward. There were two buses, several trucks and a small caravan. A rude truck driver was arguing with the police officer, saying that his cargo It was delivered on a limited time basis and there must be no delay. As soon as Frederick arrived, he said to the police officer, "Let him go!" The police officer hadn't answered yet, and the rest of the people had already started arguing loudly. Obviously they thought that what Frederick said was too unfair. At this time, the FBI personnel had already surrounded the bus. This kind of situation is like facing a big enemy, and he knows what happened, so he calms down instead, and no longer rushes on his way. The bus driver got off first, and Frederick called Banner's name loudly, but no one in the bus answered. The FBI officers got into the car, and there were only four black people in the car, and I could tell at a glance that Banner was not among the four black people.I couldn't help but smile wryly, it seems that our tracking has failed. I didn't get on the bus. Frederick got off the bus five minutes later and said to me, "Banner did take this bus, but he got off the bus two stops before." I was stunned: "Where did he go?" Frederick spread his hands: "The whereabouts are unknown." I frowned: "Since he is walking on this road, I think he is still going to Hope Town. He must have noticed signs of someone following him on the way, so he got out of the car." Frederick said: "If he knew that he was being followed, then he would not go to Hope Town again." I took a breath: "Now, we can only hope that he has a guilty conscience, so he changed his course of action. I see that I can no longer startle the snake!" Frederick asked, "What do you mean?" I said: "Notify the FBI personnel to withdraw the team, and you, change into plain clothes, and only the two of us will go find Banner." Frederick said: "Is this better?" I said, "Of course it will be much better." Frederick walked back and forth a few steps, thought for a while, and discussed with the FBI personnel for a while. It seems that his discussion has come to fruition.All vehicles were cleared, and Frederick and I boarded a car with radio communication equipment and drove straight to Hope Town. When we arrived in Hope Town, it happened to be Ming Dynasty, and the car drove by the main street of the town. It was a very quiet and beautiful town. Frederick already had the address of Banner’s former residence and knew Banner’s mother. We used to live in the town, we came all the way to a house at the end of the town, stopped the car, and Frederick said, "This is it!" I didn't make a sound, because I was thinking, why did Banner bring the Yuhuatai Stone here? Frederick said again: "Are you looking for him, or am I going?" I said, "Why don't we go together?" Frederick said: "That's your way, try to avoid irritating him. Now I'm wearing casual clothes, he may not recognize who I am, but you are different, he must recognize you!" I nodded and said: "You are very reasonable. If he gets anxious and breaks the stone as soon as he sees me, it will be terrible. You go first, and I will wait for you in the car." Frederick opened the car door, got out of the car, walked to the house, and knocked on the door. The surrounding area was very quiet, and I was quite close to the house, so I could clearly hear Frederick's knock on the door. Voice. He knocked on the door, but there was no response. After about ten minutes, he suddenly heard "ping pong" in the room. , There was a "crash", as if someone had knocked over something heavy, and then, there was an old woman's call. The old woman was crying, "Banner, what's the matter with you? What happened? What happened?" However, no one answered him. Next, there was another crash and the old woman's screams. Frederick was already knocking on the door vigorously, but still no one opened the door. I hurriedly got out of the car, rushed to the door of the house, and said: "I can't wait any longer, something must have happened in the house, hurry up and knock the door open!" Frederick and I slammed our shoulders against the door together, and it didn't take two or three hits to slam the door open. When we knocked open the door, we saw that the back door of the house was open, and there was an old woman standing at the back door, calling, and many of the furnishings in the house were overturned. When we knocked open the door, the old woman also turned around. She looked at us with a blank expression, but didn't pursue the matter of us knocking in the door. She just murmured, as if Talking to himself, it seems to be asking us: "What happened? What happened to Banner?" I hurriedly walked up to him and said, "Where's Banner?" The woman said: "He ran out like crazy, ran out, I don't know where he went!" Frederick also came to the back door. We looked up together and saw that the back door was a small road leading straight forward. At this time, we looked as far as the eye could see, and there was no one on the small road. Obviously, Banner had already run away. Far. Looking forward, you can see the shadow of the mountain. Frederick turned around and said, "Are you Banner's mother? When did he come home? After returning home, what did you do?" The old woman burst into tears: "Half an hour ago, I knew something was wrong as soon as he walked in the door. He is an honest child, so if he does something stupid, I can always see it immediately. What did you do? A crime?" Frederick hurriedly said: "What he did is not very serious, but now we must find a very dangerous thing that did not belong to him but was taken away by him." The old woman was stunned: "A stone that is half red and half white?" After listening to his lecture, Foderie and I were both surprised and happy, and hurriedly said, "Yes, have you seen it?" The old woman said: "I've seen it before. As soon as he came back, he showed me the stone. I didn't know what it was. Then, he broke into the room alone. Until just now, he suddenly rushed out of the room. came out, knocked over tables and chairs, and ran like crazy through the back door!" I felt a chill in my heart, and I said, "Did you notice that when he ran out, he was holding that stone in his hand?" The old woman said: "No, he ran out empty-handed." Frederick and I looked at each other, and there was a lot of hope in our hearts, and we hurriedly asked, "Where is his room?" The old woman pointed to a door and said, "This is it." We glanced at the door, and couldn't help laughing bitterly. The door was knocked open. The force used to knock the door must have been so strong that the door split open. Frederick and I hurried to that room, and when we got to the room, we found that the room should belong to a young man, and it was naturally the room where Banner lived when he was young. On a writing desk, Frederick and I immediately saw the Yuhua platform stone! I immediately let out a long breath: "Thank God, this stone is here." When I said that, my tense expression had completely relaxed, and Frederick quickly took a step forward and picked up the stone. He held the stone, glanced at it, and turned his head , looked at me once, then looked at me again, and said, "Is this the stone? I don't see anything special about him." I said: "I'll hold it, and under the sunlight, I can see the thrilling situation inside!" A look of doubt and disbelief appeared on Frederick's face. He walked towards the window sill, and I didn't say anything, because there would be a thrilling scene inside a stone, which no one could believe. Frederick came to the window, exposed the stone to the sunlight, and looked at it for a while, then he turned his head, but there was no miraculous reaction I expected on his face, but a little Annoyed, he said, "You must be joking, I still don't see anything out of the ordinary." I was stunned for a while, and hurried over. Frederick stuffed the Yuhua platform stone into my hand a little angrily. I took the Yuhua platform stone and shined it on the sun. Living. Yes, it is this Yuhua Terrace Stone, but it is quite different from the times I have seen it several times before.Now, this Yuhuatai stone is just an ordinary stone! In that piece of Yuhuatai Stone, there is no longer that kind of red and white filaments, it is no longer a living stone, but just a static, ordinary stone. While I was in a daze, Frederick rang in my ears with an angry voice: "Okay, how do you explain?" At the same time he asked the question, I already had the answer, so I felt a chill all over my body. Probably my face at that time had become very pale, and Efode didn't ask me any more, but just stared at me, and I was so surprised in my heart that I couldn't speak for a while. .