Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 199 Speculation
In this era, horse-drawn carriages are actually not fast, and can only barely meet the minimum limit of slow trains in later generations; moreover, they have to stop and rotate the horses in the middle.Therefore, in addition to the passenger and cargo carriages passing by occasionally, Jiang Tian can also see the carriages, horses and pedestrians on the parallel straight road.

No matter whether it is a four-wheel coach with swaying lights, a flatbed truck full of piles, or a traveler traveling at night with lights on in front of the mount, it seems that it is faster than this rail car.The only advantage of the horse-drawn track is that it has a large load and is stable.

However, the place Jiang Tian is going to is not too far away, but in Bianzhou, which belongs to Duji Province.Therefore, amidst the low-pitched yelling and whipping sound one after another, riding the moonlight and frosty night, walking along the hardwood and cast iron track for most of the night, Bianzhou has arrived.

And in the darkness of the night dew, as the landmark of Bianzhou, it is undoubtedly the bridge head of the ferry at the edge of Bianshui, and the carport of the station is brightly lit all night.It is said that at twelve o'clock every day in this pivotal place, there are people on standby for loading, unloading and transshipment.

Therefore, when Jiang Tian’s compartment drove into the side shed and began to get off the car with a low voice of orders; the first thing he saw was the stretch of civil fences, where many people gathered in the station like ants all night long. A low cloud of smoke that lingers for a long time rises from the bare-chested handymen at work.

And the people in this large station seem to be used to this level of mobilization.Except for a small official on duty, and two solidarity officers stationed on guard, they came to ask a few words and read the identity card documents, and there was no more disturbance.

Later, Lu Zhang, the brigade commander who was in charge of leading the pedestrians, came to ask Jiang Tian for instructions after dismissing this generation.Do you want to take a short rest nearby to wait for the confluence of the following people and horses? Or start without stopping?Jiang Tian chose the latter without hesitation, isn't that why he came all night?
Therefore, the half regiment of sergeants who came with the car did not hesitate to complete their armors, and after checking each other's shapes, they followed Jiang Tian's group at the head and filed out of this place through the side door. station area.And under the light of the fire at the beginning, Jiang Tian also saw the stop sign here.

"Chenqiaoyi/Chenqiao Station." He couldn't help saying aloud, and then smiled dumbly. It really is a very commemorative place.In the distance is the brightly lit Bianzhou City.Afterwards, he led down before Qingdao, which raised the flag in front, and was interrogated by several patrol teams.

This small marching team also turned to another route away from the city.When the sky turned pale, Jiang Tian, ​​who was riding on the back of Shaluzi, finally heard the morning bell from a distance.Immediately, he noticed the building in the low mountain valley ahead.

Yulin Temple is a typical mountain temple far away from the downtown area. It belongs to a thatched cottage of a certain generation of monks living in the mountains, and the temple was expanded by recruitment.Although it has been around for a while, if it wasn't for the "beast disaster" that just happened, no one might have noticed such a little-known mountain temple.

And the place where the animal disaster just happened is a pagoda forest on the mountain behind the temple, which is also the resting place of the monks of all ages after they passed away and sat in vats.However, it was occupied by a group of white beasts that came from nowhere; even most of the monks in the monastery were affected by this disaster.

Because this temple is far away from the busy city, and it belongs to the descendants temple closed behind closed doors.Therefore, except for specific festivals, it does not usually receive visits from believers and offer incense.A few days after the accident, there was only one surviving little novice monk who looked like a blood man, and escaped insanely to make people report to the police;

And the Jinwu guards stationed in Bo, who were ordered to hunt and kill, also chased and suppressed from the mountain in front of the temple to the Pagoda Forest on the ridge of the back mountain; only then did they completely kill the 37 white beasts that were moving in groups.And that small clay jar was found in the animal nest in the back mountain tower forest.

Therefore, when the team arrived at the foot of the Yulin Temple, the dozen or so local government soldiers who were staying at the scene seemed very surprised and rushed out to meet them.In fact, they are responsible for ringing the morning bell used to tell the time at this moment, thinking that it is time to announce the safety.

Not long after, the people headed by Jiang Tian passed through the wide-open mountain gate and saw a messy temple that had not yet been cleaned up; blackened blood and scratches were splashed everywhere, and they were smashed into pieces under the impact and tear of great force. the portal; and the Buddhist hall, which was mostly destroyed after the fire.

Even Jiang Tian saw that even a small brick and wood pagoda was dug half of its base, and then collapsed on the ground; after crushing a big tree, it smashed through a monk's house.Between the broken bricks and broken tiles, the blood stains and blackening of the big canopy can be seen faintly; it can be seen that the monks who hid in the pagoda were desperate.

According to the descriptions in the records present, the little novice named Sanjie fell into the cesspool by the side of the self-planting vegetable bed; only then was he able to escape the sniffing of those ferocious beasts, and finally escaped for a while after the ferocious beasts retreated. Jie survived.But the person was also frightened and stupid, so he could only speak a few words in a daze.

Then, the further you go up the stairway at the back of the mountain, the more you can see all kinds of traces of Jinwu soldiers chasing and fighting fierce beasts; broken arrows, knives, guns, hooks, ropes, and fragments of nets.Among the devastated trees, you can still step on some blackened glue.

In the end, the fire chief of the garrison guard who led the way refused to go any further.He just pointed out the wooden sign that marks the restricted area outside the Tallinn, which is hidden in the bushes, and stayed at the periphery.And Jiang Tian, ​​who continued to move forward, suddenly understood why he refused to come in.

Because, among the dozens of crooked pagodas/brick towers here, there is a huge nest ruin that has been burned by the fire; , shriveled and blackened bones can still be seen, densely laid out and intertwined.

Normal people just take a look at it, and they will feel uncomfortable and mentally polluted.However, what was the reason for this tragedy; or, why did this group of beasts specially gather in the back mountain pagoda forest of Yulin Temple, and even built their nests and developed a strong sense of territory?
You know, according to Jiang Tian's judgment on the surrounding environment, the general shade here is not so dense that it can effectively cover and cover, and they can barely maintain their activities during the day.Is there something important to the survival of the group, attracting them?
According to Zheng Jinwu's statement, the white beast is just the weakest kind of alien beast that has appeared; so that it needs to maintain a group size, and rarely sees a single existence.Therefore, as long as the soldiers are prepared, even if they are alone, they will not be disadvantaged.

Even some wild tigers and wolves can prey on them.Therefore, in the uncontrolled and induced wild state, the probability of directly bloodbathing a monastery is really not high; let alone the instinctive reaction shown to protect the lair during the strangulation of Jin Wu's children.

And Jiang Tian came here to find out the root and source of this.As for the accompanying group of laymen (field service) soldiers, they are just basic safeguards to take over and ensure that the scene is intact, and to be prepared in case of emergency.

However, the scene that had been preliminarily cleaned and incinerated and disinfected did not seem to be unusual or unusual; there was not even any hint in Jiang Tian's vision.So he called Lu Zhang, the brigade commander, and assigned manpower to dig up the site three feet into the ground.

Then, let Lin Jiulang lead a group of people to occupy the highest point on the ridge line; it is not only to guard the periphery and send out sentry posts before reporting, but also to prevent certain situations.And Zhang Wusheng and Li Huan were arranged to lead people to completely overthrow and smash the remaining pagodas/pagodas.

However, after working for a long time, the whole of Tallinn has changed beyond recognition; a lot of jars and urns have been dug out and smashed open in public.Jiang Tian still didn't see any hints, as if the origin of the mutation had completely disappeared.

At this time, it was close to noon, although the soldiers were still busy without orders; Jiang Tian somewhat helplessly announced a pause, and ordered them to stop and eat; while he continued to wander around in the nearby mountains and forests ; but still nothing.

When he turned back to the scene full of mud and dust, he saw Zhang Wusheng offering the tea soup and a paper-wrapped military ration on his own initiative.Jiang Tian was also a little hungry and thirsty, but he took a few sips, but suddenly his heart moved, and he poured the remaining tea soup on the ground.

Immediately, he wanted to bring several other leather water bags, and dumped them on several bottom surfaces one by one; after carefully observing the flow direction and leakage degree of the highland, he suddenly pointed to the bottom of a slope and shouted: "Dig it down, I will Don’t stop until you say stop.”

So, after a dozen or so hard diggings with a few picks gathered in private, the slope also lost a lot out of thin air.Suddenly there was a muffled sound of something cracking.Immediately after the floating soil covering the surface was skimmed off, the edge of a deformed copper cylinder was exposed.

And with the copper cylinder with a diameter of half a foot, together with the slightly deformed and cracked top cover, it was seen again.In Jiang Tian's field of vision, a number of reminders were suddenly displayed one after another; "very small amount of biological radiation detected (activity gain)" "subtle biological radiation detected (activity gain)"...

Then, as the crowd quickly retreated, and after covering a small isolation area with the lead-tin copper-clad laminates they brought, Jiang Tian pulled off the top cover of the purple-red copper vat; From "trace" to "a small amount" to "moderate sustained radiation."

Then, a carbon crystal-like fragment fell into Jiang Tian's hands.Immediately, it was quickly stuffed into a special cup-shaped container, and it was covered tightly.The prompt in the field of vision also disappeared suddenly.

However, the moment the blockade was opened, Zhang Wusheng and others exclaimed: "Officer, you are here." "It's changed, everything has changed." "It's amazing, it's amazing."

Because at this time, there have been changes to varying degrees around Jiang Tian.In the area separated by copper plates, all kinds of vines, weeds and small flowers on the ground grow a little higher out of thin air than the surrounding ones;

Then, it withered and turned white visible to the naked eye.As a result, Jiang Tian also suddenly had a little guess.The small clay jar before was just a container; only the derivatives produced after the ingredients inside were catalyzed by the radiation of the living body were the origin of the special healing/proliferation effect.

As for the group of alien beasts, they were attracted to build their nests by the leaked reaction of this derivative.It was only later that under the strangulation of the Jinwu guards, the burning of the nest caused the peeling of the mountain wall, which inadvertently covered up the radiation effect leaked to the outside, and was ignored.

At this time, Lin Jiulang on the ridge also sounded the alarm.Jiang Tian couldn't help turning around and looking down, but he didn't see any danger coming, but another army in uniform was quickly marching towards Yulin Temple.Obviously Bianzhou has also received corresponding news.

(End of this chapter)