Chapter 133

He put down his phone.

Professor Liu De dabbed at the corner of his eye with a tissue.

He ordered, "Speed up the convoy…"

……

Ning Chen.

He kept walking forward.

While looking at the scene before him.

It was a magnificent sight.

Judging from the secrecy of the entrance, and the terrain — mountains on three sides, a river on one.

This place.

Was very likely never discovered before.

Realizing this.

Ning Chen was indeed shaken to the core.

But that was all.

He was not an archaeologist.

The purpose of this trip had originally been only to complete an "extra exploration mission" from the system.

As for what this place actually was, and what significance it held.

For him, it was simply an eye-opener.

Beyond that, he wasn't very interested.

But, since he was already here.

He naturally had to keep walking forward.

So he kept walking forward.

Until he reached the foot of that Qingshan.

He began to trek along the base of the mountain.

A faint, barely discernible path already overgrown with weeds.

On both sides of the path.

Stone houses stood in rows.

These stone houses were built of cobblestones, their entire bodies made of stone.

But.

In front and behind.

Not a single person could be seen.

Nor could anything else related to human material life be seen — apart from these stone houses.

He raised his eyes to look upward.

This entire Shitoucheng on the mountain.

Not a single person.

It was called a ghost city, yet everywhere carried the presence of other animals.

There were birds, eagles, wild rabbits, and civets.

Just not a single person.

This was a place forgotten by civilization.

So he kept walking along that path.

During this time, he also went into one or two of the small stone houses.

Inside the stone houses, traces of human activity could be seen.

For instance, a table long since rotted and weathered.

A clay bed long since collapsed beyond recognition.

The overall style felt unlike Eastern civilization — it had an exotic air.

So, all the way to the mountaintop.

Raising his eyes, Ning Chen looked at this stone castle on the mountaintop.

To be precise, this was not a stone castle.

Rather, it was a stone pillar.

A stone pillar roughly twenty to thirty meters in diameter.

Looking up, above there was a giant stone sculpture of a pair of wings spread in flight.

Very magnificent.

Ning Chen turned around.

At this moment, he stood on this mountaintop, beneath those wings.

He looked into the distance.

……

Jingcheng, Fourth Military District Hospital.

Intensive Care Unit.

On the hospital bed.

An old man with white hair, an oxygen tube inserted beneath his nose.

Today, he felt slightly better.

At least, he could lean half-reclined on the pillow and speak with others.

To the side, several men in formal attire sat there, some young, some middle-aged.

Each one sat upright with strict decorum.

Just before this, a middle-aged man had been speaking.

The old man nodded slightly.

And on the wall in front of the ward.

The television screen had just lit up.

Following the old man's instructions, the others had cast the screen.

In the image, a live broadcast titled "Brother Shiguang Live Stream" appeared.

"Professor Fei, this is it..."

Professor Fei nodded slightly and looked at the image.

In the image, the streamer happened to lift his head and look toward the stone castle on the mountain peak.

Directly above, a pair of massive stone wings, like a giant angel descending to this place, spread out majestically and silently.

Professor Fei watched the image.

His face could no longer show much expression.

But the heart monitor to the side.

The electrocardiogram, which had been relatively flat before.

Suddenly!

Began to spike rapidly!

"Beep! Beep! Beep!"

The alarm sounded.

"Doctor! Doctor! Come quickly..."

The entire ward suddenly became chaotic.

Professor Fei suddenly struggled to rise, raising his hand, "No need! No need!"

Suddenly, for some reason, he seemed to be instantly revitalized!

Seeing him like this, everyone was greatly shocked.

They saw Professor Fei's eyes wide open, staring at the image on the screen.

"W-where was this filmed?" Professor Fei asked.

Everyone looked at one another, momentarily panicked, not knowing how to answer.