In the future, Earth becomes a relic of the mythical era.

Chapter 24 Sacrifice
Jiang Daqiu smacked his lips, seemingly still wanting more; this kid was rather likable.

Forget it, who cares where they came from, they're all on our side anyway!

He decided to give some pointers to his own people, so that the children wouldn't go astray and suffer losses.

He pointed to his phone: "Are you interested in deciphering ancient scriptures?"

Xie Lingxin: "I'm not interested in the ancient scriptures, I'm interested in the mission. Uncle Jiang, to be honest, if it weren't for the bureau having a canteen, I wouldn't be able to eat right now."

"Besides, Teacher Bai suggested that I use the Spirit Pearl and Fetal Breathing Incense to aid my cultivation, but how could I afford them?"

"Oh, I see..."

Jiang Daqiu was quite surprised.

He assumed that Xie Lingxin, with Jin Su as her powerful backer, shouldn't be short of money, even if she wasn't from a large clan.

"Xiao Xie, listen to your uncle. Focus on your cultivation first and don't get distracted. Sensing memory anchors involves a bit of luck, but completing the ancient texts relies purely on accumulation. There are no shortcuts."

He was afraid that Xie Lingxin wouldn't know the key to it.

They thought that by concentrating their consciousness, they could become a scripture master.

The memory anchors hidden in the text are just that—anchors. Finding them isn't enough. Only by completing the content can we resonate with the realm of legend and be guided in the right direction.

The more complete the supplement and the smaller the deviation, the stronger the sensing and the more accurate the direction.

This requires solid skills; it's impossible without profound knowledge.

Xie Lingxin is so young. Even if she has been immersed in books since birth, how much knowledge can she accumulate?

Xie Lingxin understood what Jiang Daqiu meant, but he was different from others.

"Uncle Jiang, I want to give it a try."

Jiang Daqiu frowned in thought, wondering where Xie Lingxin's confidence came from.

"Fine……"

To have cultivated a spiritual consciousness at such a young age is truly remarkable; one can only be considered a genius.

It's normal to have some ambition.

He was unaware that Xie Lingxin had condensed her consciousness by practicing only a basic visualization technique.

Instead, because of that special consciousness, they thought he had cultivated some extraordinary technique.

This has led to numerous speculations about Xie Lingxin's background.

However, there are not many geniuses who can cultivate their consciousness in their teens, but there are also quite a few.

But a sutra teacher in his teens... is extremely rare.

Seeing that Jiang Daqiu had stopped talking, Xie Lingxin also withdrew her thoughts, focused her mind, and used her consciousness to copy the fragment.

0.11, 0.12...1!

Progress continued to increase, and finally, through his constant copying, he completed the first "Song" character.

The character "Song" on the tattered page suddenly changed in Xie Lingxin's eyes.

A somewhat blurry image flashed through my mind.

It's like the signal is being interfered with, causing the image to flicker.

It disappeared in just a brief moment.

But it was enough for Xie Lingxin to see clearly that it was a person.

He was dressed in brown linen clothes, short-sleeved and narrow-sleeved, with a black headscarf wrapped around his head.

That's it.

What do you mean?
Song... is that a person's name?

This information is far too limited.

continue!

Just as Xie Ling was thinking of continuing to copy the next character.

"Clang! Clang clang—!"

Suddenly, a loud bell rang out.

Jiang Daqiu suddenly stood up.

Xie Lingxin was also startled: "Uncle Jiang, what's wrong? What was that sound?"

Jiang Daqiu murmured, "It used to be the bell tower in the Leizu Temple, but now it has become a special ritual for our bureau."

"ceremony?"

"A farewell ceremony."

Jiang Daqiu walked out with a gloomy expression.

Out of curiosity, Xie Lingxin followed them out of the Ancient Management Office.

They discovered that people from other departments were coming out of their offices and heading towards the Leizu Hall in front.

He followed Jiang Daqiu and the crowd to the courtyard in front of the Thunder God Hall, which was already crowded with people surrounding the empty courtyard.

Several people were standing among them, including Jin Su and Su Li, whom he knew, and a few others he didn't recognize.

Everyone's face was gloomy, and the atmosphere was frighteningly tense. Four white sheets covered the ground.

Xie Lingxin was startled.

Even without anyone telling you, you can tell what this is.

dead.

She was very curious, but the atmosphere was too oppressive, so Xie Lingxin didn't dare to ask.

After the crowd pressed their left hands to their chests, bowed their heads in silent mourning for a moment, and then dispersed, they looked at the four corpses covered with white sheets, whose identities were unknown.

He didn't say a word the entire time.

Xie Lingxin followed suit, placing her left hand on her chest as a sign of mourning, just like Jiang Daqiu.

After everyone had left, he followed Jiang Daqiu back.

Unable to resist, she leaned closer and whispered, "Uncle Jiang, what was that just now...?"

"It's in atmospheric science."

Jiang Daqiu sighed in a deep voice, "Do you know why we're called the Environmental Protection Bureau?"

"The environment we protect is the environmental balance between the spiritual world and the material world."

"Atmospheric science was originally for monitoring the atmosphere. With today's technology, why would anyone need to do that job?"

"What we are actually monitoring is the fluctuation of the spiritual world, in order to prevent the spiritual world from eroding and polluting the material world."

“Once pollution occurs, it must be cleaned up.”

"They are the frontline soldiers, they have the most to do, and they are in the most danger."

"People die every few days, it's perfectly normal. You'll get used to it if you stay here a little longer."

Are you used to it?
Xie Lingxin stole a glance at the gloom on his face.

I haven't seen you get used to it.

However, he finally understood where the peculiar name of the Environmental Protection Bureau came from.

Back to the ancient management office.

Jiang Daqiu sat back down heavily, staring blankly into space.

Xie Lingxin pursed her lips, not daring to disturb him.

Pick up that tattered page and continue copying.

Jiang Daqiu stared blankly for a while, then suddenly sighed, "If only you could really decipher this thing."

"what?"

Xie Lingxin looked up, somewhat bewildered.

Jiang Daqiu didn't explain why, but pointed to the ancient scripture fragments in his hand:
"This fragment was unearthed in the Tongguwan area."

"Did you know that things haven't been peaceful in Tonggu Bay lately?"

Xie Ling thought to herself, "I know a little bit about it; I even encountered a ghost before."

"Oh?"

Jiang Daqiu was a little surprised, but he didn't ask any further questions. The person was right in front of him, so it must be nothing serious.

"I'm not afraid to tell you, there have been more than a dozen incidents of alleged pollution in the past few days, and many innocent civilians have been implicated."

"This kind of continuous and widespread pollution of legends must mean that the realm of legends is collapsing."

Xie Lingxin was puzzled: "Collapse?"

He hadn't seen this word before.

Jiang Daqiu nodded: "The legendary realm is not eternal; the spiritual world is where spiritual thoughts from ancient times to the present converge."

"No one knows when these spiritual thoughts will be born in the domain, or when they will disappear."

"Just like the universe we live in, new planets are constantly being born and destroyed in places we can't see."

"Except for a very few realms, they are heading towards destruction from the moment they are born. When they are about to perish, they will generate violent fluctuations that have a huge impact on our material world."

"This is the collapse of the domain."

"When the domain collapses, it will cause great fluctuations in the surrounding spiritual world, which will then affect the material world and cause frequent pollution."

"To cope with this pollution, our bureau has recently lost quite a few sanitation workers..."

It turned out to be the case.

No wonder I haven't encountered a single paranormal event in all these years, but suddenly I met a ghost with a different face.

Jiang Daqiu said, "This tattered page in your hand is very likely the only clue to finding the coordinates of that collapsing domain."

"There are just too few scripture masters. Our bureau doesn't think we'll get a chance to be assigned one. There isn't a single scripture master in the entire Leizhou."

"We can only hope that in the realm of inspiration, a master will take on this task and help decipher it."

"But unfortunately, our bureau has issued this task for some time now, and no one has been able to complete it."

"If you can really decipher it, you'll be a huge help to the bureau."

(End of this chapter)