Huayu 05, our science fiction movie universe

The second great war between the Dragon and Phoenix clans has finally come to a conclusion.

Therefore, in the eighth mural on that wall, you can see the Kunlun Hill of the Dragon Clan rising from the ground and flying into space.

This echoes the second picture above, but unlike the second picture, the tree at the edge of this picture is extremely lush and vigorous, reaching straight into the sky.

It is clear that the Phoenix Clan ultimately won the battle between the Dragon and the Phoenix Clan, but they also paid a price.

Because in that mural, there is another detail: someone on the ground holding a bow and arrow shoots down several of the Phoenix Clan's Golden Crow fighter jets.

"I see."

After Huang Ji finished looking at these murals, he compared them one by one with the records in the Classic of Mountains and Seas in his mind, and quickly resolved many of his doubts.

The people around him then looked at him.

"So, after walking around, it's clearly a circular passage. What's the next step?"

"Yes, isn't this supposed to be the abode of a hundred gods? There's just one Enlightened Beast and eight murals, and we haven't seen anything of value."

"To be honest, I think having that Kaiming Beast is enough. The advanced technology on a robot of that level is enough for us to study for a long time."

The people around him were talking amongst themselves, but Huang Ji stood in front of the mural without any panic. Suddenly, he raised his hand and pressed it on a piece of colorful sand in the eighth mural.

As if a switch had been flipped, the sand mural in front of us began to change, rotating and spreading like a galaxy, revealing a large hole in the middle, behind which was a new passage.

Just then, a burst of gunfire suddenly rang out from the passageway on the side of the hall.

Fortunately, Huang Ji had already warned everyone in advance through the communication channel built by the mechanical exoskeleton. The moment the mural parted, they quickly ran into the new passage. Liu Peiqiang and the others even engaged in battle with the newly emerged enemy at the entrance of the cave.

During this process, the mural portal that had been activated and opened by Huang Ji began to slowly close again. The enemies who had launched the attack immediately panicked when they saw this. Two of them seemed to be genetically modified superhumans and rushed over despite the hail of bullets.

However, Liu Peiqiang, wearing an exoskeleton suit, was no pushover either. He was also a super soldier, capable of holding his own against two opponents.

This battle was extremely exciting, with a hail of bullets and close-quarters combat between super soldiers, providing double the enjoyment.

In the end, Liu Peiqiang had a slight advantage, kicking one person away and capturing another before the door closed.

After the colorful strokes merged, external attacks hitting them only caused ripples, as if these colorful stones had the function of deflecting and absorbing energy.

Inside the passage, Qin Yanni learned about the other party's origins from the captured person.

As expected, these people were indeed remnants of the ETO organization.

However, these people were not only from the ETO organization; an organization called the "Illuminati" was also involved and worked with them.

Even this place wasn't actually informed of the ETO remnants by the Trisolarans, but rather by intelligence provided by the Illuminati.

After the collapse of the ETO, these Illuminati absorbed some of the remaining forces of the ETO organization.

As for what these people are doing here?
The captives themselves couldn't explain it clearly, only knowing that the Illuminati members had come here to search for something based on some "holy scroll."

Knowing this was not the time to delve deeper, they dealt with the prisoner and continued forward along the passage.

The further they walked, the hotter it got.

Moreover, the walls of the passageway quickly turned transparent, like glass, allowing one to see outside through them.

They were startled to find themselves beneath a volcano, with molten, red lava gushing out from behind a transparent wall.

"Wait a minute, this should be an extinct volcano!" everyone exclaimed, remembering that they had just fought in this very crater, and everyone broke out in a cold sweat.

Fortunately, when they looked up and examined the area closely, they discovered that a ring of flowing, transparent liquid surrounded the magma layer.

The liquid flowed very slowly and completely covered the lava, but because the lava was so bright, they didn't notice it at first.

Huang Ji watched this scene, pondered for a moment, and said:
"The mountain of blazing fire ignites anything thrown into it, and is surrounded by the Weak Water."

This must be the Weak Water described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. It formed a kind of binding force field, locking the underground movement of the volcano, which is why it appears to be a dead volcano from the outside.

Therefore, the warehouse of a hundred gods mentioned in the *Classic of Mountains and Seas* must be located directly beneath that vast lava lake!

The group walked to the 'Weak Water' and were blocked by a transparent wall. After circling around, they found that it was like a circular aquarium, where they could see the spectacular sight of the Weak Water surrounding the lava lake. As for how to get in, there was no way forward.

Even when they reached the top of the lava lake, there was still a transparent wall blocking their way, which served no purpose other than allowing them to admire the lava up close.

On the contrary, there were seven other passages leading outwards, similar to the way they came in, and clearly those passages also led to the halls outside.

"What should we do? We've already circled this lava lake, but we can't do anything but admire the scenery."

"I've figured out this dragon clan now. They're just liberal arts students. They're into art pieces and exhibition areas. They really know how to enjoy life. This isn't a warehouse; it's clearly a park. No wonder they can't beat the science-oriented phoenix clan with their mechs."

Xia Feng suggested, "How about... continuing with... brute force?"

Liu Peiqiang waved his hand:

"Although this Weak Water is an obstacle for us, it is also a form of protection. Without the restraint of this force field, we would all perish under the backflow of magma."

Besides, a warehouse usually needs some defense, right? Along the way, apart from the Enlightened Beast at the beginning, we haven't encountered any other armed obstacles or traps. It's been like strolling through a garden.

I sense something's fishy here. A brute-force approach would likely lead to disaster.

Hu Bayi then asked Huang Ji, "The Classic of Mountains and Seas doesn't seem to offer a solution to this situation, does it?"

Huang Ji shook his head and said again:
"However, I have guessed some of the situation here."

"I was wondering before, do you know why the Nine Wells of Kunlun Ruins remained after Kunlun Hill was gone and the connection between heaven and earth was severed?"

"why?"

"Of course it's because there are people living here, and they are Earthlings."

Looking at the environment below, it's clear there were signs of previous inhabitants, so the aliens didn't disturb this place when the aliens severed ties with the land.

"Holy crap, who's so awesome that they're a holdout and have managed to occupy this site?" Everyone gasped in astonishment.

Huang Ji slowly said, "The Queen Mother of the West..." Xia Feng was taken aback: "The book says that the Queen Mother of the West has a leopard's tail, tiger's teeth, and is good at howling. She has disheveled hair and wears a headdress. Isn't she an alien?"

Huang Ji explained:
“She took an elixir of immortality; she is a human being. The Classic of Mountains and Seas clearly states, ‘There is a person named the Queen Mother of the West.’”

"So you mean that the body of the Queen Mother of the West might still be in this ruin, and that she might have some kind of pass or something on her body?" Qin Yanni asked.

Huang Ji shook his head. "I haven't finished yet. Strictly speaking, they should be the daughters of the Queen Mother of the West. Do you remember the story of the Seven Fairy Maidens in our Chinese legend? It's also recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. They should be the last group of humans left here after the Queen Mother of the West left with the dragon clan."

Therefore, their bodies may still be in the other art gallery or passageways of the Eight Wells, we just didn't find them just now.

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. At this moment, Liu Peiqiang stepped forward and said, "I'll go!"

Huang Ji nodded and did not stop him, but he also said, "I will go with you. After all, you need my help to open the portal."

The two, along with several warriors, went through another passage to the eight halls in the outer ring. During the search, they clashed with the forces involved in the Illuminati and the ETO organization.

However, their luck wasn't so good this time, because the opposing camp had an additional creature with an eagle's head and a human body, with wings on its back, seemingly made of gold, and resembling the strange mech of Horus from Egyptian mythology.

This mech is clearly superior to the exoskeleton mech worn by Liu Peiqiang. Not only can it fire lasers, but the metal feathers on its wings can also shoot out like flying swords, forming shields or turning into a rain of swords in the air.

Fortunately, they were lucky and eventually found their target, and successfully brought it back to the central hall while in conflict with the enemy and at a disadvantage.

As for their target, it was actually a conch-shaped flying machine that hovered above a mural hall. It was like a flying chair, and inside sat an elderly female corpse!

When Huang Ji pushed the thing back, everyone in the hall was startled, because the corpse was still very well preserved and lifelike, as if she had not died but was just sleeping.

Huang Ji and the others couldn't determine how many years the woman had been dead, but the fact that she was still wearing a thin glove with shimmering starlight on her right hand, and that a colorful stone the size of a quail egg was floating three centimeters away from the palm of the glove, suggested that she was still piecing together the star mural on the wall before she died.

"So the portal, or the controller of this Kunlun Ruins, is on her?"

As Xia Feng and the others spoke, they carefully examined the female corpse and soon discovered a pendant on the woman's chest.

It was a jade pendant, but it didn't look like ordinary jade; there was something moving inside.

Qin Yanni leaned closer, took the jade pendant, and examined it carefully. Suddenly, she realized that she could control the conch shell chair with her thoughts through this jade pendant.

"Strange, it can be controlled without any verification process. Is it because the original owner is dead?"

Huang Ji smiled and said, "It's more likely that no one could get in there and harm them back then, so there was no need for such complicated verification measures."

With the pendant, Huang Ji and the others returned to the transparent Weak Water Barrier, and of course, they didn't forget to bring the female corpse with them.

Everything went smoothly. There were no additional verification mechanisms. Simply because they held the jade pendant, the Weak Water Barrier parted and stretched out in front of them, like two giant hands plunging into the lava lake beneath their feet, splitting the lava in two and revealing a smooth path in the middle.

Gee tut.

Looking at the amazing scene before them, everyone couldn't help but sigh. Everything here was probably foolproof for the seven women who stayed back then. They could do whatever they wanted without having to remember any kind of password.

They neither understand nor need to understand any related knowledge. They simply want to live like seven otherworldly artists, secluded here, to complete their works until the end of their lives.

Huang Ji and the others stepped onto the passage in the lava lake. The transparent, weak water stretched out beneath their feet, feeling icy cold to the touch. Following this path, their figures gradually disappeared into the bottom of the lava lake.

The bottom of the lava lake is the legendary warehouse of the "Hundred Gods".

Rather than calling it a warehouse, it's more like a paradise.

Upon entering, one sees that the bottom of this lava lake is filled with birdsong, fragrant flowers, shady trees, and vibrant blooms.

This is actually a huge hall, covering an area of ​​about five square kilometers, but it has been arranged as a park, or rather a small ecosystem.

Many plants that have become extinct elsewhere are still thriving here.

Many of the animals here are extinct elsewhere, but they still live freely here.

Huang Ji casually pointed and said, "Look, there's a mole over there."

Everyone looked and saw a four-horned sheep, but it wasn't actually a sheep.

“This belongs to the extinct hyena family; you can also call it a horned hyena,” Huang Ji said.

Hu Bayi and the others looked at the scenery with curiosity and realized that this place still preserved the ancient appearance of five thousand years ago, which is only the tip of the iceberg of the world of "Classic of Mountains and Seas".

"What about the Hundred Gods? Are they just animals?" Hu Bayi asked curiously.

Huang Ji laughed and pointed, "Look, isn't that it?"

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed and saw a metal sphere the size of a pumpkin flying over.

It glows red, has six robotic arms, and two pairs of wings, somewhat resembling a drone.

At this moment, the "six-armed drone" flew over the crowd, circled once, and then landed on Huang Ji.

Huang Ji led the team forward, and the red flying ball followed him.

"clank!"

Suddenly, music filled everyone's ears. The sound quality was excellent, and the rhythm was brisk, making people unconsciously tap their feet to the beat as they walked.

"What is this? A Walkman?" Liu Peiqiang said speechlessly.

Huang Ji touched the red flying ball and laughed:

The second volume of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Western Mountains Classic, the Third Western Classic, states: There is a god whose shape is like a yellow bag, red like cinnabar fire, with six feet and four wings, a chaotic mass without a face, yet it knows how to sing and dance, and is indeed Emperor Jiang.

Of course, if you ask me, it's more like an ancient alien's personal speaker, combined with a reconnaissance aircraft and a mobile phone.

"This is the legendary Dijiang?!"

Hu Bayi and the others were astonished, never expecting that the mythical beast in the legends was actually just a "follower-like speaker".

However, upon further reflection, although it is strange, the descriptions in the Classic of Mountains and Seas by our ancestors are quite accurate and there is nothing exaggerated or untrue.

When it comes to history, we still have to look to China. (End of Chapter)