Chapter 13: Solving the mystery and breaking in

Although this question is worth pondering, it is after all about the human heart. Even for our closest elders, how can we possibly get an answer just by guessing?

After discussing it for a while, we still continued watching the DVD because we already had a general idea of the mystery. So when we watched the rest of the DVD, we looked at it with this in mind and naturally discovered many details worth noting. As the DVD played, we became more and more certain that our elders were definitely telling us to pay attention to the several places they filmed in the DVD.

The 40-minute DVD was quickly over, and later, not only did my master speak, but almost all the elders present spoke, and Uncle Wang, Grandma Lingqing, and even Uncle Hui gave Hui Gen a hint.

What is amazing is the locations recorded on the DVD. If the lake and river at the beginning are just “ordinary,” the locations recorded later are rich in content.

I was particularly impressed by three of the locations. One of them was an underground river, and the other two, when I looked at them, I had the first impression that they were not in China at all! As for which country, I only got an answer for one of them. I don’t know if it was intentional, but in any case, we saw a person who looked like a pedestrian. Judging from his clothes and appearance, it turned out to be India!

And in India, Master Hui left clues for Hui Gen!

In addition to these three places, the remaining discs also recorded two places. We didn’t pay much attention to these two places, but when we rewatched the discs to confirm the clues, we discovered an amazing, no, almost terrifying detail.

That is the record of the two places. As Ruoyue pointed out, there seemed to be someone following the boat a few dozen meters behind it!

The shot was taken from a distance, and the detail was almost a flash. If it wasn’t for Ru Yue’s sharp eyes, it would have been impossible to find anything.

We played it back several times, even pausing at the right time, and finally we were sure of this detail. The scary thing is that the head only appeared in the upper half of the face, and it flashed by and sank back into the water, never to rise again.

The same thing happened with the other footage of the person who found us. That time it was on the side of the boat, and again, the upper half of the face only appeared for less than a second, and then sank back into the water.

We were silent, and everyone’s eyes were fixed on me. Ruoyue was the first to speak: “Third brother, what do you think, a person or a ghost?”

Chengzhen was even more horrified and asked more directly: “Chengyi, a person? A corpse in the water?”

I thought for a long time before saying, “In my judgment, the current photography and video technology is not capable of capturing the image of a ghost. But there is no absolute certainty. For example, if a fierce ghost like Xiaogui wants to leave an image, and at that moment its aura reaches its limit, it is possible to leave a specific image. Just as the yin energy can also take the form of mist, our camera can capture the mist. But for ordinary evil spirits, even if they really want to leave an image, it is impossible to leave a specific image even if their aura bursts to the limit. It can only be a vague, non-concrete shadow. Although the lens appears for an extremely short time, it should not be a ghost in terms of clarity and existence.

Ruyue pondered, and Chengzhen was still looking at me. I said angrily, “Of course it couldn’t be a floating corpse or anything. Have you ever seen a floating corpse that only shows half of its head?”

“That means it’s a person. Chengyi, do you think Jiangyi has discovered these two details?” Chengxin looked at me with a frown and said, “After all, we can all discover this detail. The department that has been keeping the DVD and has a strong human and material resources may not have discovered it?

My answer is of course no, they definitely found it. The important thing is what we should do next. Sometimes it is really difficult to choose between honesty and concealment. A small choice may determine the future.

“We naturally wouldn’t worry that the clues left by our elders would be discovered by Jiang Yi. I think the two figures are more of a coincidence. After all, the information that our elders should have left for us was already left at the time, or they didn’t know that the footage actually captured human figures. The worse situation is that even the elders didn’t know that they were being watched, but we discovered it unintentionally…” Cheng Qing’s analysis was obviously a little more specific.

Originally, we wanted to solve the mystery with the DVD, but just like when I went to the Dragon Tomb, the mystery was not completely solved, but instead we fell into an even deeper fog.

And the key figure in this is Jiang Yi.

I sighed and muttered, “The point is, Master and the others only left behind information about lakes and rivers. They didn’t leave any clues about the even more mysterious sea.

Obviously, no one could give me an answer when I was caught in the fog.

The DVD problem had us tangled up for two days, but there were more specific problems that were still haunting us. Even though Jenny used her connections to get us the freedom to set sail, we had no answer as to where exactly we should set sail.

In the past, the goal was clear. For example, we found and followed Zoujiao. Now, with more clues, we are even more confused.

And because of the problem with the DVD, we realized that we were not fully prepared. There were too many places to go, and there were more trivial matters that needed to be handled separately. Now it seems that money is also a bit tight.

So, we met for two days and then went our separate ways to deal with other things. As for the most difficult task of dealing with Jiang Yi, I naturally had to take it on. I knew what to say and what to keep to myself. Cooperation was inevitable, but how to cooperate was still up to me.

Winter is almost over, but spring is still not here. It is colder in Beijing than in the south. It was raining with fine snow this morning, which was even colder than pure snow. I went out early in the morning to meet Jiang Yi at the secret department. I didn’t make an appointment, I went there on my own initiative. Even the emotional control was extremely important.

The secret department is located in a building that is unremarkable in Beijing, with a department sign that no one would pay attention to. It stands proudly on the street, and no one would think that this department is involved in the occult, legends, and various mysteries.

Even to cover it up, there are people who work in the department here, and they occupy the majority of the department’s permanent office staff. They have a leisurely job, but they will never know in their lifetime what kind of department they are actually in.

Not knowing is actually a good thing. I stood at the gate of the department in the early morning, and after eating a pancake, I had developed the appropriate mood to prepare for my trip to Jiangyi.

It was time to go to work!

The moment I walked through the door, my calm mood had already ‘disappeared,’ replaced by a look of anger carved on my face. If someone saw me like this ten years later, they might exclaim, “That guy is the real-life Angry Bird!”

No one comes within five meters of me. Although the road leading from the department to the office building is not very wide, most people are unwilling to provoke this young man whose face clearly says, “Don’t mess with me.”

Of course, it’s just most people. After all, there are some people in this department who are not so “ordinary,” and these people adhere to the principle of low-key. Although they don’t approach me, they are already quietly observing me.

I didn’t care about anything, and I almost just barged into the office building. This was not the Operations Department where my master had worked, but rather a headquarters. I was relatively unfamiliar with the environment and people here, but I still knew how to find the real department.

Without saying a word, I rushed to the top floor, even bothering to squeeze into the elevator. Then, in the dazzling array of offices on the top floor, I chose an office that no one would notice, similar to the office of the head of logistics, and barged in!

I knew that this department would have at least one person working there at night, and of course I startled the people inside when I barged in.

I looked at the two people in the office with ‘anger’, while they looked at me calmly.

Because the people working in this office are already beyond the scope of ‘ordinary’ people.