funbook-pk Chapter 60 The Death of the Doppelganger
Chapter 60 The Death of the Doppelganger
Bai Sheng didn't have to wait long.
The main force withdrew very quickly.
Before leaving, Professor Sun designated two young staff members to stay behind.
One man and one woman
The man was the young man with glasses who had carried the recorder earlier, and the woman was the technician who helped Professor Sun operate the tablet.
The two people were positioned next to the outermost perimeter of the security line.
The clearing away from the old locust tree is separated by an entire grove of trees.
after all,
Professor Sun's original words were, "Monitoring data should not be placed near the core area."
The two were quite obedient.
Two folding chairs were set up beside the quarry road.
Connect the monitoring terminal of the ground-penetrating radar.
Staring blankly at the waveform on the screen.
Bai Sheng waited in the pine canopy for almost half an hour.
It was confirmed that Professor Sun's convoy would not turn back.
Let's get started!
Bai Shengrang's clone emerged from the bushes.
They reached a point about fifty paces west of the open space.
He bent down and picked up a piece of gravel about the size of a fist.
Throw it with all your might in a southeast direction.
The pebbles bounced twice among the tree canopy before landing in a patch of bushes some distance away.
It made a loud, rattling sound.
It stood out conspicuously in the quiet woods.
The young man with glasses immediately stood up.
I looked in the direction from which the sound came.
What was that sound?
"I don't know, maybe it's a wild boar! There are quite a few wild boars in these mountains."
The woman also got up and took two steps in that direction.
Bai Sheng then had his clone throw out a second piece of gravel, this time farther away, making the sound even louder.
"Something's not right, I'll go check it out." The young man picked up a flashlight from beside the folding chair, and also took the handheld terminal of the ground-penetrating radar.
"You stay here and keep watch, I'll be right back after I make my rounds."
He walked along the quarry road in the direction of the sound of breaking stones.
The beam of the flashlight swayed back and forth among the trees.
They quickly disappeared into the depths of the forest.
The woman was left alone in the same spot.
He crossed his legs, not at all nervous.
Bai Sheng thought for a moment.
The decision was not to harm her.
There's no need for that; one person can't cause much trouble.
He had his clone go around her.
We crept in from the east side of the open space and returned to the old locust tree.
The withered old locust tree remained bare.
Bai Shengrang's clone stepped back a few paces and re-examined the old locust tree.
After studying it for a long time,
Ok…
It's really baffling!
To be honest, I spent a lot of time watching it, but it was all for nothing.
Professor Sun and the others haven't figured out anything, so how could he possibly do it?
Bai Sheng rubbed his temples.
……wrong!
There must be something I've missed.
When looking at a problem, don't just focus on the tree itself.
such as,
That large formation in the wasteland on the outskirts of the city.
Even digging out a single stone slab doesn't reveal anything special.
Only by retreating to the earthen slope and surveying the entire situation can one truly understand.
Only then did I realize that the three stone slabs were arranged in a triangular pattern, forming a complete human face.
The same principle applies to this mountain in Cangshi County.
Ruins, old locust tree, bell tolling, light strip, signal peak.
None of these clues, taken individually, form a coherent system.
But what if we put them together and examine them from a holistic perspective?
He closed his eyes again and mentally processed all the images transmitted back by his clone.
First of all,
The ruins are in the southeast, and the old locust tree is in the northwest, about three miles apart.
Professor Sun said before,
The ruins are the outer perimeter, while the old locust tree is the core.
But the old locust tree itself was just a dead tree.
So, if the old locust tree is the core,
This core is way too weak!
Perhaps Professor Sun is mistaken as well.
You've never even seen a large formation before you claim this is the core? That's just wishful thinking!
At this point in time,
Suddenly, everything became clear!
Unless the old locust tree isn't the core!
Unless the entire mountain range of Cangshi County itself is the true sealing formation!
"That makes sense!"
Bai Shengrang's clone retreated to the edge of the open space.
Climb up a tall old pine tree again.
We climbed all the way to the top of the tree canopy.
Looking down from the top of the tree canopy,
The view suddenly opened up,
The open spaces, the woods, the quarry road, and the distant ruins were all within sight.
He stopped focusing on the old locust tree and began to scan the outline of the entire mountain.
Then he saw it.
With the old locust tree as the center, the surrounding ridgelines form an irregular ring!
"etc!"
Bai Sheng took out his phone and looked at the map's scale and data.
Holy crap!
The diameter of this ring structure is approximately eight li.
It has the exact same proportions as the eight-meter-diameter ring structure detected by ground-penetrating radar at a depth of twelve meters underground!
Eight li above ground, eight meters underground.
It's a perfect 1000:1 scale.
If we consider the ruins and the old locust tree as the two ends of a diameter,
Then the midpoint of this diameter,
It's about a mile and a half northwest of the old locust tree!
Professor Sun said the point where the signal peak is strongest.
It's right at this midpoint.
Bai Sheng couldn't help but recall the energy cycle that naturally formed within the suburban array.
The logic is very simple.
However, the formation in Cangshi County is a man-made seal.
Presumably, the builders, in the initial design,
I never intended for anyone to easily crack it from the outside!
"Perhaps it's time to change our approach..."
Bai Sheng simultaneously distributed his consciousness to his three clones.
One group stood guard under the old locust tree, another on a gentle slope, and yet another lay in ambush in the pine forest beside the ruins.
One of his clones groped around under the roots of the old locust tree for a long time.
Not much to show for it.
Even when you try to probe with your senses, it's like throwing a stone into the sea.
Bai Sheng gritted his teeth,
I might as well spread out the perception of all three clones at the same time.
No longer focusing on the ruins, the old locust tree, and the gentle slope themselves,
Instead, we trace the paths of energy flow between them.
My senses swept along the ruins toward the old locust tree.
suddenly,
About five meters underground
A very subtle energy leak was detected.
The stream flows very slowly from the ruins towards the old locust tree.
Bai Sheng quickly followed the stream back.
But after it flowed to the base of the old locust tree...
The stream didn't stop; instead, it bypassed the old locust tree and continued to extend northwest.
He continued chasing along the stream.
It turned a corner and flowed towards the center of the gentle slope.
But about 300 steps from the core of the gentle slope,
The trickle of water suddenly disappeared!
It must have flowed deeper underground, beyond the reach of our senses.
"The entrance must be nearby, but it's being blocked by something!"
Bai Shengrang's three clones spread out on the hillside, each searching their own area.
The hillside was covered with wild grass.
Scattered among them were several piles of rubble.
It looks no different from an ordinary barren hillside.
But the clone from the other side of the ruins came down.
He touched the pebbles on the ground.
Some of the gravel had excessively sharp edges.
Clearly, it doesn't look like it was formed by natural weathering.
He had his clone clear away the rubble.
Several scattered pieces of granite rubble were exposed beneath the soil.
There are obvious chisel marks on the surface!
"That's really strange!"
Bai Sheng discovered that,
There was a very fine crack along the edge of the stone slab.
"Entrance?"
He pulled out the shards of stone.
Reach your hand into the gap and pry it upwards.
The stone slab did indeed loosen.
But just as the stone slab was pried up...
boom!
The soil beneath the clone's feet suddenly collapsed!
The collapse occurred extremely quickly.
The entire ground suddenly collapsed.
There was no warning.
The clone's field of vision dropped downwards, then flipped.
When he came to his senses,
A dozen or so rusted bronze spearheads emerged from the bottom of the pit.
puff!puff!puff!
It pierced through the clone's chest and abdomen in succession!