Dream Legend

Chapter 42: 1 Mask

When Wu Shandi woke up, he felt a slight headache. He could not remember clearly what happened last night. He only remembered that he was drinking with others in the village and he did not know how he came back to sleep. Wu Shandi hurriedly got up to see how the others were doing. As soon as he opened the door of the room, he saw Fan Cheng was already in the hall. Breakfast was ready. Wu Shandi greeted him and pushed open the door of Du Xiaoyong's room. He saw Du Xiaoyong was still asleep. Wu Shandi hurriedly woke him up. Du Xiaoyong woke up after a long time. He sat up suddenly from the bed and looked at Wu Shandi in a daze. Wu Shandi knew that Du Xiaoyong was even more drunk last night. Anyway, he had blacked out and could not remember anything. Wu Shandi and Du Xiaoyong walked out of the room. Fan Cheng, Zhang Longxiang and Peng Xin greeted them in the hall to have breakfast.

A group of five people carried equipment to Mount Shu. The ancients said: The road to Shu is so difficult that it is harder to climb to the sky. Wu Shandi, Fan Cheng and other five people experienced the difficulty of the road to Shu. Archaeological exploration is the most difficult work. The environment in the wild is harsh. Sometimes you have to sleep outdoors. They are all in remote places. Safety is also a very big problem. Wu Shandi and Du Xiaoyong walked in the front. The fog became thicker and thicker as they walked up the mountain, and the risk factor became greater. Finally, they arrived at the first exploration point, which is a gentle slope and may be the burial site of the ancient tomb. Zhang Longxiang indicated that this is one of the exploration points. Wu Shandi activated the energy of the dragon and phoenix collar and slowly searched underground in this area. He did not find any targets after a dragnet. In order to ensure accuracy, Wu Shandi searched three times like a sieve, and the results showed that he found nothing. Wu Shandi said to Fan Cheng confidently: "Director Fan, we didn't find any targets here, so we can rule this out." Zhang Longxiang and Peng Xin felt a little unbelievable after hearing this. Wu Shandi didn't do anything, he didn't use the Luoyang shovel to analyze the soil, nor did he carefully check the terrain. He just stood there in a daze for a while, and he knew whether there was an ancient tomb underground. Zhang Longxiang and Peng Xin had a big question in their hearts, and asked Wu Shandi in confusion: "Chief Wu, what method did you use to survey so quickly and so confidently?" Wu Shandi knew that it was normal for them to have doubts, but he couldn't tell them that he used the energy of the dragon and phoenix collar to survey, which belonged to the field of metaphysics, and they wouldn't believe it even if he told them. Wu Shandi smiled at them and said, "I use the principle of quantum entanglement and quantum remote sensing technology to investigate." Zhang Longxiang looked like he was going to get to the bottom of it and asked, "Chief Wu, where is your quantum remote sensing equipment? I want to see the high-end quantum remote sensing equipment." Wu Shandi pointed to the dragon and phoenix collar on his neck and said to Zhang Longxiang and Peng Xin, "This is the high-end quantum remote sensing equipment." Fan Cheng and Du Xiaoyong wanted to laugh at Wu Shandi after hearing his amazing words, but after hearing Wu Shandi's words, they felt that it was very reasonable and that Wu Shandi had very high emotional intelligence and intelligence. Zhang Longxiang and Peng Xin were very surprised and said, "It's so magical, the quantum equipment is so mini, and it's also an antique shape. How do you operate it? Let me try it." Wu Shandi replied calmly, "This is custom-made. Only those with a diploma in quantum mechanics can operate it. I majored in quantum mechanics." Wu Shandi's words made sense, and the lie was perfect.

Fan Cheng called out to everyone, "Since we haven't found the target here, let's go to the next place to investigate." Director Fan had spoken, and everyone took their equipment and things and headed for the next place. There was no ready-made road, only dense bushes and weeds. Only by wading through these bushes and weeds could they reach the destination. Wu Shandi was always the first to walk in the front of the team, walking forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow. Suddenly, a wild boar jumped out of the bushes, staring at Wu Shandi with its eyes, and making a low growl, ready to attack Wu Shandi at any time. Du Xiaoyong, who was behind Wu Shandi, was ready to fight the wild boar. Wu Shandi secretly activated the energy of the dragon and phoenix collar and directly hit the wild boar's head. The wild boar screamed and ran away. Wu Shandi called on everyone to catch up quickly and not to stay here. Everyone had just walked a few steps when five or six wild boars emerged from the bushes and stared at everyone. Everyone was frightened by the sudden appearance of the wild boar. Wu Shandi knew that if he didn't give them a little pain, their fangs would never give up. Wu Shandi secretly urged the energy of the dragon and phoenix collar and attacked the five wild boars with overwhelming force. The five wild boars instantly fell back five or six meters, making them scream, and then fled in all directions and disappeared into the bushes.

Wu Shandi's telekinetic beating of the wild boar left Zhang Longxiang and Peng Xin dumbfounded. They had never thought that Section Chief Wu was also a peerless martial arts master. Today, the two of them had experienced Wu Shandi's kung fu and seemed to have entered the world of Jin Yong's martial arts novels. Wu Shandi's quantum detection technology and telekinetic beating of the wild boar deeply impressed Zhang Longxiang and Peng Xin. In their minds, Wu Shandi was no longer a college student, but a martial arts hero. Zhang Longxiang pointed to the raised hill in front and said to everyone: "That's the hill in front." Wu Shandi nodded and saw that the raised hill did look a bit like an ancient tomb. He thought it wouldn't be so obvious. If it was so obvious, it would have been robbed many times by tomb robbers. Whether it was still an unknown number, Wu Shandi activated the energy of the dragon and phoenix collar and detected all the way. The underground things were clear at a glance. He didn't find anything when he approached the hill. There were only some ordinary stones inside, and there were no ancient tombs of princes and nobles. After going through it once, he didn't find any targets, and it could basically be determined that there was no ancient tomb here. But Wu Shandi still activated the energy of the Dragon and Phoenix Collar to search three times before announcing the result. Wu Shandi confidently said to Fan Cheng: "Director Fan, we didn't find the target here, it's just a mountain of stones inside." When Wu Shandi said this, Peng Xin was skeptical, but Peng Xin took a Luoyang shovel and walked to the hill. He shoveled down and pulled it up, shoveled down again and pulled it up again. Peng Xin checked the soil and gravel shoveled up by the Luoyang shovel and found nothing abnormal in the soil. Peng Xin then believed Wu Shandi's judgment and admired the ability of Wu Shandi's quantum remote sensing technology detector from the bottom of his heart.

Everyone walked around Shushan for a long time without any gains. Archaeological exploration is like this, a long and boring thing. Doing the same thing over and over again, it is hard but not necessarily successful. Sometimes you will feel low, but once the exploration is successful, your mood will be high, as if your life has reached a climax. Fan Cheng suggested that everyone take a rest on the spot for a while and eat some dry food to restore their physical strength. But Wu Shandi was not idle. Although it seemed that Wu Shandi was sitting there, he urged the energy of the dragon and phoenix collar to search around to see if there was anything to gain. Anyway, sitting here idle was idle, so why not try your luck. The energy of the dragon and phoenix collar gradually spread out nearby, like electromagnetic waves sent outward. Wu Shandi felt that the energy dissipated seemed to be a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no useful discovery. Wu Shandi was a little disappointed and slowly retracted the energy of the dragon and phoenix collar. At this time, Wu Shandi found that his energy was tripped by something. Could there be a meteorite here? Wu Shandi increased the power of the dragon and phoenix collar to see what it was. It turned out to be a yellow mask. It was this thing that could trip the dragon and phoenix collar. It really fits the saying: If you are destined to meet, you will meet each other even if you are thousands of miles apart. If you are not destined to meet, you will not meet each other even if you are opposite each other. Wu Shandi detected the distance and found that it was about three kilometers away from here. Wu Shandi quickly asked Fan Cheng: "Director Fan, I detected a yellow mask. I don't know if it is a cultural relic." Fan Cheng was also very excited when he heard it. His tired body was refreshed and he said: "Where is it? How far is it from here?" Wu Shandi answered confidently: "About three kilometers from here." Fan Cheng stood up and said to everyone happily: "Everyone also heard what Chief Wu said. A new target has been discovered. Let's work hard to move towards the discovered target."

Wu Shandi followed the energy of the dragon and phoenix collar and led everyone to the place where the target was found. Everyone was very excited along the way, especially Zhang Longxiang and Peng Xin. They had been investigating here for more than ten days without any clues or progress. Now they found some clues, so they were naturally happy. The three-kilometer journey was neither far nor near. Everyone felt that they were walking too slowly in a hurry. The more anxious they were, the longer they felt the journey was. This was a kind of Murphy's Law. Wu Shandi led everyone forward, sometimes uphill and sometimes downhill, and stopped at the back of a mountain. Wu Shandi's dragon and phoenix collar energy showed that it was about 100 meters away. Halfway up the mountainside of the mountain, a very hidden small cave appeared in front of Wu Shandi. Wu Shandi pointed at the cave and said to Fan Cheng: "Director Fan, the target is in this cave. Let's get ready and then go in." Fan Cheng told everyone to prepare flashlights, torches, etc. Before entering the cave, light the torch and throw it into the cave to check whether it will go out. If it does not go out, you can go in, which proves that there is no lack of oxygen in the cave. Du Xiaoyong lit the torch and threw it into the cave. After waiting for a few minutes, the torch did not go out. Du Xiaoyong said to everyone: "The torch is not extinguished. Everyone, get ready and take your positions." After that, Du Xiaoyong wanted to go in first, but was pulled back by Wu Shandi, who said to Du Xiaoyong a little angrily: "I will go in first. Director Fan and Peng Xin will stay outside the cave. Du Xiaoyong and Zhang Longxiang will go into the cave with me."

Wu Shandi was the first to enter the cave. The cave was not high, only about two meters high and about three meters wide. Du Xiaoyong and Zhang Longxiang followed him. The flashlight shone on the ground. The smooth ground and cave walls showed that the cave was dug by someone. Suddenly, Wu Shandi stopped and said to Du Xiaoyong and Zhang Longxiang, "It's here, bring a shovel." Du Xiaoyong came over with a shovel and asked Wu Shandi, "Captain Wu, where do you want to shovel? I'll do it." Zhang Longxiang snatched the shovel from Du Xiaoyong's hand and said to Wu Shandi, "Chief Wu, I'll use the shovel to shovel the soil. I'm an old hand and I'm good at shoveling soil." Zhang Longxiang dug according to the place Wu Shandi marked. In less than an incense stick of time, a golden mask was dug out. Zhang Longxiang picked up the mask and handed it to Wu Shandi. Wu Shandi reached out to take the mask. As soon as he touched the mask, Wu Shandi's body was suddenly overturned by a gust of air and stepped back a few steps. Zhang Longxiang was so scared that he didn't know what to do. Du Xiaoyong quickly helped Wu Shandi up. Wu Shandi was not at all panicked. He asked Zhang Longxiang to take the mask and go out of the cave. Wu Shandi and Du Xiaoyong followed him out of the cave. Zhang Longxiang handed the mask to Fan Cheng. Fan Cheng took the mask and said to everyone, "This mask is from the Nuo opera. The mask is the most important form of expression in the Nuo opera, also known as the ghost opera. It is the oldest dance of the Han nationality to worship gods, drive away plague and avoid epidemics, and express peace. The Nuo opera originated from the Fang Nuo in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, which is interpreted in ancient books as driving away ghosts and epidemics. Nuo is a social and cultural phenomenon with a long history and wide popularity among the Han nationality. It has a strong religious and artistic color. It originated from the nature worship, totem worship and witchcraft consciousness of the Han ancestors. In the Shang Dynasty, a fixed sacrificial ritual for driving away ghosts and epidemics was formed, which was called Nuo in the Zhou Dynasty. This mask is made of brass and should be from the Shang Dynasty. It is very rare. People who used such masks in the Shang Dynasty should be wizards. This is the first case in China where only one mask was buried, and it needs to be studied."

Wu Shandi was knocked to the ground by the mask just now, and he dared not touch the mask again. Others were fine when they touched it, but Wu Shandi felt like he was electrocuted. Could this mask have something to do with the dragon and phoenix collar? Thinking of this, Wu Shandi took off the dragon and phoenix collar from his neck and handed it to Du Xiaoyong. He touched the mask with his hand and held it in his hand, but he did not feel the repulsion from it in the cave just now. This proves that the mask has a repulsive relationship with Wu Shandi's dragon and phoenix collar. The reason is still an unsolved mystery. It really puzzled Wu Shandi. Now the dragon and phoenix collar is in Du Xiaoyong's hand. Try to see if the mask can still knock Du Xiaoyong over or give him an electric shock. Wu Shandi handed the mask to Du Xiaoyong. Du Xiaoyong took the mask, but nothing happened. Wu Shandi couldn't understand what was going on? Wu Shandi became more and more puzzled about this matter. Wu Shandi still took the dragon and phoenix collar back and still wore it on his neck. He touched the mask again, and Wu Shandi seemed to be electrocuted and was ejected several meters away. Fan Cheng quickly ran to help Wu Shandi up and asked him what was going on. Wu Shandi told Fan Cheng everything about how he was rejected by the mask. After listening, Fan Cheng understood what was going on. Wu Shandi was rejected when he touched the mask while wearing the dragon and phoenix collar. It was fine when he didn't wear the collar, and it was fine when others touched the mask while wearing collars. This leads to the conclusion that only when Wu Shandi and the dragon and phoenix collar were together could the rejection phenomenon occur when touching the mask. Fan Cheng couldn't figure it out, and neither could Wu Shandi and Du Xiaoyong. If you can't figure it out, don't think about it. Life without worries is really good!

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