Returning to hometown to farm: The apocalypse system arrived ten years earlier?

Chapter 258: "The Earth's Pivot Tour, Mountains and Rivers Contain Spirits" - The Forbidden Land Vein Xuanhuang Zhenguo Wanxiang Secret Pavilion
At night, Li Xiang held Jiang Caier and landed on the white marble steps in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City. The hall was solemn and majestic, with gilded bronze beasts wearing silver armor, and icicles on the eaves hanging like crystal curtains.

In the distance, the red walls of the Forbidden City hold up a glazed snow crown, and the red walls and white snow create a unique scene under the dim light.

They had been to the Forbidden City before, but this was the first time they came when it was snowing.

The entire imperial capital was still bustling with traffic and the lights were as bright as day, but the Forbidden City was unusually quiet, with only the biting north wind whistling through the snow.

"Brother, the dragon vein of the imperial capital should be under this Hall of Supreme Harmony." Jiang Caier said.

She has done research and collected countless classics, and basically it's the same.

According to historical records, the Yanshan Mountains are like the back of a blue dragon, starting from Shanhaiguan in the east, which supports the sky and stabilizes the sea, and reaching the northern foot of Taihang Mountains in the west, which is the key to the Central Plains. Its momentum is like a giant dragon holding its head high, guarding the Forbidden City.

This land vein inherits the ancestral spirit of Kunlun, and receives the imperial fortunes of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. The base of the Hall of Supreme Harmony reaches the ridge of the dragon vein, and the circular mound of the Temple of Heaven coincides with the position of the dragon's eye star. Kublai Khan built Dadu based on the "Book of Zhou: Records of Craftsmen" to tame dragons and build cities...

"Then let's go check it out." Li Xiang put his arm around Jiang Caier's slender waist. A yellowish-brown light rose around them, and the two of them immediately sank into the ground.

With Li Xiang's ability to sense the earth veins, they found the legendary dragon vein of the imperial capital without much effort.

Its main body is the Forbidden City Black Gold Vein, which is the melting product of granite and Proterozoic metamorphic rocks during the Yanshan Movement. It only exists deep in the foundations of the three main halls of the Forbidden City and contains micron-level natural gold and cinnabar symbiosis.

"It is said that this mineral powder was mixed into the casting of gold bricks for the Hall of Supreme Harmony during the Yongle period, which made it warm in winter and cool in summer. When the Eight-Nation Alliance looted the Hall of Supreme Harmony in 1900, the German army cut the floor tiles of the Hall of Supreme Harmony and tried to take them away. The mineral powder instantly triggered a chain reaction when it came into contact with Western firearms, blowing up the entire transport team. Of course, these are all unofficial historical records, and it is unknown whether they are true or not." Jiang Caier is an expert in this field, and she introduced as she followed Li Xiang to tour the underground.

"I hired a senior tour guide for free." Li Xiang said with a smile.

“Haha, it’s not free.”

"What?" Li Xiang was surprised.

Jiang Caier chuckled: "Brother, you forgot that you sacrificed your looks!"

"Dare to tease me? Let me show you how I teach you a lesson!" The two started fighting on the spot, and an extremely erotic scene was staged in the basement of the Forbidden City.

As they patrolled along the mineral vein, they also discovered some other branches, such as "Tianshou Star Marrow", "Yongding River Heart Jade", "Xishan Dragon Blood Diamond" and so on.

These names were determined by Jiang Caier based on ancient books. If explained by modern science, there are also other corresponding names.

For example, the "Tianshouxing Sui" should be composed mainly of symbiotic crystals of iridium-nickel alloy and jadeite, which are formed by the intersection of the area's special geological veins and the energy of meteorite impact craters.

"Yongding River Heart Jade" is a variant of serpentinite buried in the ancient river channel of Yongding River. It contains nano-scale diamond inclusions and has a hardness of 9.2 on the Mohs scale.

The essence of "Xishan Dragon Blood Diamond" should be a symbiosis of chromium-containing diopside and blood-like hematite. It is said that the fragment of "Tongling Jade" worn by Cao Xueqin while writing "Dream of Red Mansions" came from here.

Similar to the Qinling Dragon Vein, all the main veins and branches here are naturally broken, and many places are fragmented and messy, obviously having suffered a lot of disasters in the past.

But what made Li Xiang and others curious was that the dragon veins here had a power that was slightly stronger than the Qinling ancestral veins.

"It seems that the spiritual vein consciousness here can still remain clear. Let me create a group and we can meet together." Jiang Caier sensed something extraordinary, so she suggested in a crisp voice.

"Yeah." Li Xiang nodded.

Immediately, Jiang Caier used the Imaginary Corridor to build a virtual metaverse communication group in front of her. Li Xiang and Jiang Caier appeared in this magical space, both of them were equivalent to digital life. They were wearing armor in the outside world, but when they entered this virtual space, their true appearance was revealed.

Because it would be too insincere to be secretive when communicating with the dragon's spiritual consciousness.

Jiang Caier sent out an invitation, and a stream of information consisting of numerous binary codes was released, but there was no response.

They thought they had failed. Just as Jiang Caier was about to "exit the group chat" together with Li Xiang, a slight dragon roar was heard, and both Li Xiang and Jiang Caier were perked up.

Then, they saw a dragon-shaped shadow slowly flying into this space.

At the same time, the system prompts: "A 36th-order god-level mutant creature, the Xuanhuang Purple Forbidden Spirit Dragon, has been detected."

However, the moment they saw the dragon-shaped phantom, Li Xiang and Jiang Caier both gasped and felt grief-stricken. There was no shock, only wailing.

Because the dragon vein's spirit is covered with scars.

The dragon's body, which should have been shining with golden scales, was covered with bullet-shaped black holes, and black earth marrow oozed out of the wounds. The iron scroll of the "Xin Chou Treaty" was nailed to the dragon's spine, and the iron chain of the Boxer Indemnity was entangled between the reverse scales. The broken claws were stuck with steel cannon fragments, and there was a faint Latin suppression spell on the fragments...

However, on some of its festering wounds, such as the dragon's neck and several vital parts of its abdomen, there was a faint red glow. The places with the red glow seemed to be slowly healing, and the degree of festering was much better than other places.

"I'm sorry to have made you two laugh, but I haven't recovered from my injuries yet and cannot stay for long. I hope you can forgive me." The dragon-shaped shadow spoke in human language, nodded slightly at Li Xiang and Jiang Caier, and then disappeared.

Li Xiang and Jiang Caier looked at each other. They had no time to chat yet.

However, they could understand that the spirit dragon was exhausted. Those injuries were not physical trauma.

As for the physical trauma, Li Xiang and Jiang Caier had just checked when they toured the dragon veins. There was no such thing as those weird things.

It was more like a trauma of faith and culture. A century of humiliation was not easy to recover from. There were some mysteries in it. Li Xiang and Jiang Caier were still at a low level and could only vaguely understand it.

"Brother, why don't you play the role of a surgeon again?" Jiang Caier murmured.

Li Xiang said: "It's time for me to show my skills, but Cai'er, you still need to come up with a detailed repair plan."

Soon, Jiang Caier took action. She activated the quantum computer, performed various deductions and models, and finally designed three detailed repair plans. She consulted with Li Xiang and finally selected the most suitable one.

The most suitable one is not necessarily the best, but it is definitely the easiest to implement and the most effective one.

The solution they chose was only the second best among the three, but the raw materials were the easiest to obtain and could be sourced locally. It only took eight or nine hours to repair the dragon. After the repair, we wouldn't say that the dragon would be able to regain its vitality immediately, but at least the damage would be dealt with. As for restoring the original power, that was probably not possible for the time being, and it would take time to recuperate.

Li Xiang had done this once before in the Qinling ancestral vein and had accumulated some experience. Now the repair was quite smooth.

In the process of repairing the dragon vein, Li Xiang and Jiang Caier also explored the source of the red glow energy. There are two main sources. One is the "spark" from under the Monument to the People's Heroes, and the other is the "power of faith" from the flag-raising ceremony at Tiananmen Square for more than 70 years. There are also some relatively small ones that gather from all directions.

At this moment, it is estimated that the flag is being raised outside, the solemn national anthem sounds, the red flag flutters in the wind, and the energy that penetrates into the underground dragon veins becomes stronger.

After working hard for eight or nine hours, when it was dawn outside, all the broken parts of the dragon veins, wounds, dirt (including some dragon-slaying nails, shell fragments), etc. were cleaned up, and all the "broken limbs" were connected.

At this time, the spirit dragon reappeared. Although its body was still weak, its energy and spirit were much stronger than before.

“Thank you both young friends for your help. It saved me more than a hundred years of hard work.” The spirit dragon used its two claws to bow like a human, nodded its head lightly three times, and spoke in human language.

Li Xiang waved his hand: "It's my job. I can't help you get back to your peak, I can only speed up your healing process."

"I am already very grateful. I will give you two treasures as gifts. Please do not refuse."

The dragon claws tapped lightly, and two treasures rose from the earth veins, appearing in front of Li Xiang and Jiang Caier respectively.

"One is the Xuanhuang National Seal, and the other is the Wanxiang Secret Pavilion. I am seriously injured, so please forgive me for not being able to keep you for long." The spirit dragon seemed to be afraid that the two would refuse, so he quickly found an excuse and sank deep into the earth veins.

However, it is indeed physically exhausted and cannot sustain too much idle chat with people. It has been sleeping for many years. In fact, it has only awakened in recent years, but it has been dormant most of the time.

It's like a seriously injured patient who has to stay in bed most of the time during hospitalization.

Li Xiang is like a flying knife expert who suddenly came from outside. The original treatment was conservative, but Li Xiang performed surgery on it, which enabled it to recover faster.

Li Xiang picked up the Xuanhuang National Seal and examined it carefully.

Jiang Caier was a scholar and knew the origin of this treasure, so she introduced it to the side.

"The Xuanhuang Zhenguo Xi is said to be a fragment of the Qin Dynasty's imperial seal, which was secretly hidden in southern Yunnan with Emperor Jianwen during the Jingnan Campaign. In the 16th year of Yongle, the black-robed Prime Minister Yao Guangxiao used the "Ziwei Dou Shu" to deduce its whereabouts, melted it into the "Xingyun Xuantie" brought back by Zheng He's fleet, the Wudang Mountain Zhenwu bronze statue, and the twelve "Hongwu Tongbao" back armor coins of the Hongwu Dynasty, and recast it in the Nanjing Observatory."

"On the day the seal was completed, a red thunderbolt fell from the sky and shattered the dome of the observatory. The Imperial Astronomical Observatory recorded that "the seal showed the energy of dragon and tiger, and the night was as bright as day." "

"This seal is four inches and nine tenths of an inch square, which corresponds to the number of "seven sevens"; the button is made of five intertwined dragons, and the dragon eyes are inlaid with cloisonné (wood), Hetian yellow jade (earth), cinnabar (fire), black iron (gold), and Bohai pearls (water), which are in line with the five elements of life and death. The words "Received the Mandate from Heaven, Long Live and Prosper" are engraved in relief, and the first chapter of "Imperial Ming Ancestor Instructions" is engraved in relief. When it is printed with ink, the eight characters "Drive out the barbarians and restore China" are revealed in the dark pattern."

Li Xiang asked: "What is the function?"

Jiang Caier shrugged: "I don't know about that." After all, her information all came from the library and did not involve the extraordinary field.

Li Xiang nodded. Based on his experience, this Xuanhuang Zhenguo Seal was nurtured by the dragon vein for a long time and was definitely a divine treasure. However, he could not activate it for the time being, so he could only store it in the warehouse like the bronze giant tree before. "What is this?" Li Xiang asked.

Jiang Caier picked up the Wanxiang Secret Pavilion and said, "It seems to be a library, with countless books in it, all of which are rare and secret books. Hey~, there is the "Taizu Shilu" and the "Yongle Encyclopedia" with 30,000 volumes that have been gathered into a long river of literary energy. They are all virtual images, equivalent to e-books."

"Well, there are a lot of precious video materials in there. Brother, do you want to go in and take a look with me?" Jiang Caier invited.

"Okay." Li Xiang was also very interested.

So, Jiang Caier took him by the hand, and the two of them re-entered the virtual metaverse, and the Secret Pavilion of All Things also appeared in the virtual space.

When Jiang Caier's fingertips touched the gilded hexagram lock of the Wanxiang Secret Pavilion, colorful rays of light suddenly burst out from the pavilion. The eighty-one sandalwood grilles were like an open folding fan of time and space. The dragon-patterned gold foil of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the gunpowder telegrams of the Republic of China, and the red sparks of New China intertwined into a spiral column of light, dragging the two into a torrent of historical consciousness.

Time and space open up, and you can experience history as if you were there in person.

The two seemed to be wandering in the long river of history, personally experiencing various historical "famous scenes" from the Ming, Qing, Republic of China and New China periods.

The sound of waves mixed with the aroma of Champa spices hit me in the face. The keel of the treasure ship was made of "Qianlong wood" from the forked dragon veins of the Qinling Mountains. Every rivet was embedded with the lost foreign language annotations of "Yingya Shenglan". This is "Zheng He sets sail".

In the third year of Yongle, Zheng He's first fleet worshipped the Goddess of Heaven in Changle Port, Fujian. The treasure ship was covered with flags and set sail with porcelain, silk and the "Great Ming Unified Map". The crew used compasses to locate the stars and used star-tracking boards to measure latitude. Seven voyages to the West opened up the "Maritime Silk Road". The Battle of Ceylon Mountain captured the false king Yalie Kunailer, demonstrating the national strength of the Ming Dynasty. Ma Huan, an interpreter accompanying him, wrote "Yingya Shenglan", which recorded that the country of Guli used pepper to settle trade, which triggered the economic phenomenon of "pepper monetization" in the Ming Dynasty.

An elegant old man with long hair and beard standing proudly in the Fengtian Hall, holding a sword, said: "Anyone who dares to say to move the capital will be killed!" Then he personally put on armor, patrolled the Desheng Gate, and defeated the Wala cavalry with the "Nine-Gate Artillery Formation". This is "Yu Qian defending the capital".

Then there were Wang Yangming's sudden enlightenment at Longchang, Xu Xiake's manuscripts before his death, Zhang Juzheng's night trial of memorials, Chongzhen's suicide at Coal Hill, Kangxi's clever capture of Oboi, the mystery of Yongzheng's accession to the throne, Cao Xueqin's Dream of the Red Chamber, Lin Zexu's destruction of opium at Humen, the Eight-Nation Alliance's capture of the capital, and Empress Dowager Cixi's escape to the west...

Time passed and we came to the Republic of China.

Sun Yat-sen assumed office as provisional president in Nanjing and issued the Provisional Constitution; Empress Dowager Longyu issued the Abdication Edict of the Qing Emperor, ending the imperial system of more than 2,000 years in China. Yuan Shikai promised a "Five-race Republic" in exchange for the transfer of power, and the last sentence of the edict, "Isn't it virtuous?", became a historical metaphor.

In the flames of Zhaojialou, the torn pages of the "Twenty-One Articles" flew out, the shouts of the students were deafening, and the first issue of "New Youth" was flipping in the secret cabinet. This was the "May Fourth Thunder".

The age of awakening has begun!

Subsequently, there followed the Northern Expedition, the Long March of the Red Army, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression...all were memories of blood and fire.

These "famous scenes" are not remakes of later generations, but rather the very precious "real historical memories" preserved by the dragon veins. It is simply impossible for later generations to capture such real scenes and artistic conception.

"This information is so valuable." Li Xiang and Jiang Caier were both deeply shocked. At the same time, Jiang Caier made another breakthrough.

The Mysterious Pavilion of All Things flew into Jiang Caier's sea of consciousness and merged into the Memory Palace. The original Memory Palace's area was expanded more than five times. The scale of the palace was originally like the residence of an empress on earth, but at this moment, it already had an immortal atmosphere, as if it were the palace of an immortal emperor.

Level four.

Jiang Caier's practice is quite unique. Originally, Li Xiang could not help her because simply taking elixirs had little effect. Li Xiang was thinking about whether to start dual practice to help her, but because she was in her third year of high school, the two agreed to practice dual practice after the college entrance examination and the formal engagement party. Unexpectedly, now, with this opportunity, Jiang Caier actually stepped into the fourth level in one fell swoop.

Her fourth level was different from others. Li Xiang felt that even he might not be able to withstand her attack. Anyway, Li Xiang couldn't see through Jiang Caier.

After the spiritual power in his body stabilized, Li Xiang asked: "Baby, what is your fourth superpower?"

Jiang Caier is a person of extraordinary talent, and it is impossible for her to make a breakthrough without having supernatural powers.

Jiang Caier chuckled and said, "It's 'High-dimensional Manifold Laplace's Eye'."

Seeing Li Xiang stunned, Jiang Caier tried to explain in simple words: "High-dimensional manifolds come from differential geometry, and the Eye of Laplace pays tribute to the demon of determinism. To explain it specifically, you can observe and modify the causal data chain in the metaverse, such as deleting someone's existence traces in social networks to weaken their "real presence." Then you can fold your own consciousness into four-dimensional space and rehearse all possible branches in the next 36 hours, similar to the world line jump in "Steins;Gate." You can also release the "Bayesian Storm" and use the probability cloud impact to randomly quantize the enemy's limbs, with the left hand appearing in the past and the right leg collapsing into a parallel universe..."

"Stop, stop, stop, speak human language!" Li Xiang stopped him quickly. "My head is going to explode if I hear you keep on talking like that."

Jiang Cai'er purred, took his arm and whispered, "It's just like that: no matter how magical I am or what special powers I have, you just need to know one thing: I will always be your most beloved little wife!"

Li Xiang suddenly felt relaxed all over and hugged her and started to chew on her.

The couple was being intimate in the basement of the Forbidden City, but they had no idea that an uproar had already been caused in the outside world.

At the moment when Li Xiang completed the connection with the dragon vein, strange phenomena occurred one after another in the outside world.

Originally, the imperial capital was the same as usual. The hustle and bustle of the morning rush hour could be heard from Chang'an Avenue, and no one among the office workers noticed the changes underground.

But suddenly, a little boy in a red scarf pointed to the sky and shouted, "Mom, look, the clouds are forming a dragon shape!"

"Silly child, things change so fast, this is normal." The mother didn't take it seriously, but when she turned around and looked in the direction of the child's gesture, she was shocked, "Oh, my God!"

The young woman's mouth opened into a duck egg shape. She had never seen such a lifelike dragon-shaped white cloud.

This is simply the appearance of a real dragon.

Afterwards, an even more shocking scene appeared. Stars fell like rain from the sky.

In broad daylight, the "Book Star" recorded in the Ganshi Star Scripture fell from the sky above the Forbidden City, turned into seal characters and dissipated. And below the Forbidden City, dragons roared.

In addition, there were also strange phenomena in some other places.

The Yuan Dynasty Dadu Bell Tower and the contemporary CCTV Tower are a combination of reality and illusion, and the flying swallows circling the beams turn into the rainbow bridge in "Along the River During the Qingming Festival".

……

All of these are different.

It was rush hour, and countless people were traveling, so every scene was captured on camera. Different angles and different versions of the incident caused wave after wave of hot topics on the Internet.

People were discussing it heatedly.

"Following the strange phenomenon in Chang'an City, a shocking phenomenon also occurred in the northern imperial capital."

"I said it, if Chang'an City can have strange phenomena, how is it possible that our imperial capital doesn't have them? After all, Chang'an City is the ancient capital, and our Northern Imperial Capital is the current imperial capital."

"Have you seen the trending list on TikTok? It says that civil servants from the Ming Dynasty traveled back in time."

"I saw it. I think it's a special effects projection, or a mirage. There's a movie being filmed somewhere, and the light is refracted and projected here."

"Impossible. That kind of real scene doesn't look like a film crew shooting a movie. A film crew can't make it that real."

“I saw it then, too.”

In fact, the illusion of the Fengtian Hall that was a mixture of reality and illusion that appeared above the capital at that time, and the ministers in the hall were all residual images of memories from past dynasties. It was a projection of memories that was accidentally leaked when Li Xiang and Jiang Caier were appreciating famous historical scenes and traveling through the long river of history.

But it was only leaked for a moment and was discovered by Jiang Caier, who then used the Imaginary Corridor to block it.

The heated discussion on the Internet this time was even more heated than that in Chang'an City.

Because there are more anomalies, and it is the current imperial capital. This is the central hub of the country, and countless people are paying attention to it. Its influence is not comparable to Chang'an City.

Various hot spots frequently appear, such as:
#The Ming Dynasty Jinyiwei appeared in the sky of the imperial capital# (1.2 million views)
#Geological Bureau reports geomagnetic anomalies# (official explanation)
#Forbidden City Ghost Real Shot# (TikTok playback exceeded 3 million)
A famous professor from the Department of Architecture at Tsinghua University explained: "This is a coincidence of a mirage and a geomagnetic storm. Don't panic. It is a normal phenomenon that can be explained by science. Why do I say that? Now, let me use my professional knowledge to analyze it for you one by one..."

The article says a lot, and it seems quite convincing and can be explained away.

A metaphysics blogger wrote: "The dragon vein of the imperial capital has been upgraded, and the national fortune in 2026 will inevitably..." Then, the post was deleted in seconds.

Some foreign media hyped it up, such as a certain American media: "According to satellite monitoring, China is secretly testing space-time weapons..."

The famous Panjiayuan has "dragon scale fragments": "This is the authentic old imperial city dragon scale, one gram is worth a hundred grams of gold, the price is high but the market is not good, once you miss this opportunity, you will never get it again."

Some people were fooled by the stall owner and spent a lot of money to buy it, but it turned out to be a fake. There are a lot of them in a small commodity city in the east.

At this moment, Li Xiang and Jiang Caier were enjoying the scenery at the Badaling Great Wall.

"Brother, we make such a big noise every time, okay?" Jiang Caier was a little worried.

"It's okay. We are now the top fighters on this planet. A little bit of anomaly is insignificant." Li Xiang hugged the little beauty and comforted her, "Just focus on your studies. I'll take care of the rest."

(End of this chapter)