PFC Chapter 154 Historical Records
Chapter 154 Historical Records
In the mines outside Dancheng, there are dangerous mines under the Black Mountain. The [cows] work here, and the mined coal stones are piled up in piles. They are covered in dirt and their faces are covered with coal dust.
In a relatively clean mine, Qin Yangming and Mo Ying were placed here to recuperate.
At this time, more than ten days had passed since the battle between Qin Yangming and Nan Shi. Under the careful care of the Dawn Organization, the injuries of the three men had gradually recovered.
However, Qin Yangming's left hand was as black as ink. He was hit by Nan Shi's palm and was infected with the poison of the hypocritical monk.
This poison has no effect on normal days, but it will slowly corrode Qin Yangming. Finally, when his entire body turns ink-black, he will die.
At this time, the black poison was lurking on Qin Yangming's left hand, and was climbing up Qin Yangming's arm little by little.
Mo Ying and Deng were not in any serious danger because Qin Yangming was the only one who drew his sword and rushed towards the evil monk without hesitation.
Shuguang came here to take a look. He was full of helplessness about this. The evil magic of the hypocritical monk on the sixth step was not something he could crack.
At this time, Qin Yangming opened his eyes, and he untied the bandages wrapped around his chest circle by circle, revealing his strong and white chest.
He was the only one in the mine. Mo Ying had recovered from his injuries and got out.
Qin Yangming stood up and walked out of the mine. The endless black mountains came into view. This was the first time he walked out of the mine.
"What's that over the mountain?"
He looked up to the end of the sky and muttered.
“It’s a barrier.”
A familiar voice sounded behind Qin Yangming. It was Yu Ji.
Her eyes were full of worry as she walked up and put a robe on Qin Yangming, who was naked from the waist up.
"Don't let the wind blow you. It's very cold here."
Yu Ji said.
Qin Yangming's expression changed, and he asked again:
"What about the other side of the barrier?"
Yu Ji slowly shook her head and said:
"I heard from the people here that the barrier surrounds the entire Egg City, and no one has ever broken through the barrier and walked out."
Qin Yangming was silent, and suddenly he seemed to hear something.
The subtle rustling sound was like the wind blowing through the leaves, or the flapping of birds' wings.
"Like..."
Qin Yangming tried hard to recall the source of this sound.
Yu Ji reminded:
“Does it look like an ocean wave?”
Qin Yangming's eyes widened a little. Yes, it was the waves.
The extremely subtle splashing sound was like the ebb and flow of the waves.
Qin Yangming closed his eyes and listened carefully. This time, he heard the sound of "dong, dong, dong" again.
The sound came from the sky and the earth, and spread across all directions, as if someone was beating a drum tirelessly.
Each sound is short, powerful and rhythmic.
"Boom...boom...boom..."
What's that sound?
"I don't know. The workers said that the closer they got to the barrier, the louder the noise they heard..."
"Some people say that the 'dong dong dong' sound is someone beating a drum next to the rampart all the time, while others say it is the sound of waves hitting the rampart."
Qin Yangming shook his head. He felt that the sound of waves hitting the barrier was definitely not this kind of "dong, dong, dong" sound.
"Crash..."
"Boom...boom...boom..."
The central area of Egg City is far away from the barrier and cannot be heard, but the slums further out are so noisy that these sounds are drowned out.
So, you can only hear it here.
"My friend, you're awake!"
Shuguang's voice came, Qin Yangming turned around and saw a man with regular features appearing here.
This face left a deep impression on Qin Yangming. He recognized at a glance that this was the leader of the Dawn Organization, codenamed Shuguang.
He was also the boy who liberated an entire pigsty.
"I am a poor Taoist, Qin Yangming."
Qin Yangming looked at the dawn and said.
Shuguang looked at Qin Yangming, smiled and said:
"As expected, you are a favored one from another world. What a nice name."
"My name is Xiu, but now, whether it's the people in Egg City or my classmates, they all like to call me Shuguang."
He walked up to Qin Yangming and said:
"Dawn is actually a code name for the leader of the Dawn Organization."
Qin Yangming nodded and said:
"Are you the little boy who liberated the whole pigpen?"
Xiu smiled and nodded, his eyes filled with memories.
"I was lucky at the time, and they weren't really on guard against me."
"Besides, I took a potion of the [Teacher] sequence at that time, and often gave lectures to some children. I advanced to the [Instructor] level very smoothly. Under the influence of the extraordinary power, they were all willing to listen to me."
“This was able to accomplish something that was simply impossible for a little boy of seven or eight years old at the time.”
A picture emerged in Qin Yangming's mind. The first half-human-tall dwarf was standing in front of everyone in the pigpen and giving a speech...
Qin Yangming asked:
"You mean you took the potion? How could a child in the [Pigsty] take the potion?"
Xiu smiled and said:
"You don't know that in the Pigsty there are also a small number of children with excellent qualifications who are selected by the nobles to become reserve Dogs. The managers will let these children take magic potions and slowly train them."
"Because these children have been slowly trained by them since they were young, they are generally very loyal, and their values are very different from those of us. Those nobles will come to visit them every time, so these children will basically grow up to be the lackeys of those nobles."
Qin Yangming nodded. It turned out that this was how the Sequencers raised in those families came from.
Xiu continued:
"Moreover, these children who have taken the potion will be consciously guided to develop in the evil path, because such Sequencers are more in line with the needs of the nobles."
"Otherwise, a person with justice in his heart would not be able to tolerate the usual behavior of those nobles."
"But the sequencers of the evil path think that this is right and that this is justice."
Qin Yangming immediately had a question in mind: in such an environment, how could he break the instilled cognition?
This matter is very unreasonable.
He couldn't help but ask:
"Then how did you..."
Xiu lowered his voice and said:
"Because I came across a book by accident when I was very young."
Qin Yangming was surprised and said:
"a book?"
Xiu said:
"Yes, a book, a book that records the origin of Egg City, the development of Egg City, and even some wonderful stories that I haven't heard of until now."
"From that book, I learned everything. I understood the truth and knew what was just and what was unjust."
Qin Yangming became more confused.
Who wrote such a book? And how could such a book appear in a pigpen?
Xiu saw Qin Yangming's thoughtful look and said:
"I know what you are thinking, but I have investigated for so long and still found nothing."
Qin Yangming asked again:
"Then since you freed the pigsty because you saw that book, that book has probably been destroyed by now, right?"
Xiu laughed and said:
"No, they can't destroy the book, or they can't find the book at all!"
"Because that book is not an ordinary book."
"It's a book that shines with gold and disappears without a trace!"
Coming without a trace, going without a trace?
Xiu showed a happy look on his face and said:
"When I was a kid, I loved reading and often spent time in the library in the pigsty. One time, I accidentally knocked over a bookshelf, and all the books on it fell to the ground."
"Luckily I dodged quickly and the bookshelf didn't hit me, but I was terrified and I undoubtedly caused a big disaster."
"So I tried to use my little strength to put the bookshelf back in place."
"But that was impossible for a kid. When I was trying to lift the heavy bookshelf, I found that one book didn't fall down."
"It was a very old and tattered book, with dust all over the cover. It was obvious that no one had ever read it."
"At first I thought it was glued on or something, so I tried to reach out and touch it."
Qin Yangming listened quietly to Xiu's memories. He had a feeling in his heart that this was very important.
Xiu continued:
"But the moment my hand touched the book, a strong golden light flashed from the book."
"Then the book disappeared, just vanished out of thin air!"
"I was terrified at the time and thought I had encountered a monster because the aunties in the pigsty often scared us like this."
“So I quickly ran away from there…”
Xiu smiled and said:
"After that, I was severely punished for knocking over the bookshelf. They made me not eat for three days."
"But during those three days, I ate very well..."
"I'm talking about the spiritual kind of fullness."
Xiu stretched out a finger, tapped his head, and said:
"Because that book got into my head."
"From then on, there was a book in my mind that I could read at any time. As long as I closed my eyes, it would appear in my consciousness and I could read it."
Qin Yangming was surprised. Is there such a magical thing?
"What's the name of that book?"
Xiu uttered two short words, which was the name of the book.
"Historical Records."