Starting as an infant, with parents who are blond-haired delinquents?

If the other party wasn't forced by Lao Chen's status and power, and was still willing to accompany Lao Chen on a date after being tricked like this, then it further confirms Zhang Chaoqiang's conjecture.

Old Chen still holds considerable dominance in the dating market among middle-aged and elderly people.

Although Manager Liu was indeed pressured by Lao Chen's status and power, she also genuinely had some goodwill towards him. However, she was increasingly suspicious of Lao Chen's mental state.

She hoped that the other party wouldn't cause any more trouble today.

Around 11 o'clock, the driver came to pick them up.

Today we're going to a place called the Farmers' Museum.

This is a unique landmark building and tourist attraction in Zhongzhou City.

When it comes to the word "farmer," not many people are actually familiar with it anymore.

The most familiar ones are probably Zhang Huolong and Shen Qiangwei. Their fathers were both native farmers from the village.

They kept muttering to themselves in the car.

The saying "facing the loess soil with your back to the sky" does not apply to Tianan City, because Tianan City has cloudy and rainy weather all year round, resulting in insufficient sunlight absorption by the vegetation.

Therefore, many older rural people in Tian'an City sought other ways to make a living after they grew up, and their fathers were no exception.

Along the way, Zhang Huolong and Shen Qiangwei finally found a topic suitable for the two of them, so they started to chat: "Chaoqiang, do you know that farmers in Tianan City don't have an easy time making a living?"

The weather isn't ideal for wheat and rice. The mostly cloudy weather has resulted in a very poor harvest for a large portion of our crops. The sunflower seeds are dry and shriveled…”

"However, there probably aren't any real farmers anymore. These tasks seem to have been replaced by machines and AI. Crops can even be grown without being in the fields."

With special breeding techniques, the harvest period can often be shortened by half in one quarter.

As the most developed city in the Central Kingdom, Zhongzhou City... still retains this place with a strong sense of the times. Presumably, there must be many exhibits about the land, crops, and various agricultural tools inside.

That's good, since most people these days don't recognize these things. We didn't know them before either; only some old books in the village contained information about them.

Just as the two were marveling at this, the car stopped in front of the Farmers' Museum.

The more they talked, the more moved they became, until they saw the museum's sign, which was not any of the farmer's tools or crops... but a person holding a weapon.

It wasn't until Zhang Chaoqiang slowly spoke up: "Dad, Mom, actually, the farmers in the Farmers' Museum don't represent the farmers who cultivate the land and grow crops."

This is a person's name, which means it's the person whose name is displayed on the museum's exterior wall...

"what?"

Zhang Huolong noticed that not only Zhang Chaoqiang, but also Lao Chen and Tan Yue were looking at him with a somewhat strange expression.

This man, whose name was "Farmer," was a founding hero of the Central Kingdom thousands of years ago.

The Di'anmen Gate, which they visited yesterday, was designed by this farmer.

He was a renowned strategist and architect specializing in monsters. He was also a great martial artist.

When the Central Kingdom was founded, its population was still small. As the officially designated capital of the Central Kingdom, Zhongzhou City was naturally besieged by monsters.

With a sparse population, the farmer built the Di'anmen Gate in Zhongzhou City to defend against the invasion of monsters, and back then he was a sixth-level martial artist.

One man, one city wall, guarded against hundreds or even thousands of ferocious monsters for three whole days and three nights.

He made great contributions to the central government.

As time went by, the territory that the Central Kingdom expanded became larger and larger, but the farmers always had the strongest feelings for Zhongzhou City.

They have always stayed here.

The people of Zhongzhou City later joined forces with the central government to build a museum in his honor, to remind future generations not to forget what their predecessors had done for them.

And the price paid.

The items collected inside are personal belongings passed down or even left behind by farmers from long ago.

After Zhang Chaoqiang's explanation, Zhang Huolong and Shen Qiangwei finally understood.

However, if this farmers' museum is meant in this way, then it is of great significance.

As the Central Kingdom, which at the beginning only had a territory the size of Zhongzhou City…

The farmers have played an indispensable role in China's development into one of the world's major powers, occupying nearly one-twentieth of the world's land.

However, changing the subject, Zhang Huolong seemed to have heard some points in Zhang Chaoqiang's explanation that were worth his attention.

"You're saying this founding father of the nation only had what level of martial arts skill?"

"Sixth level."

"So low?" As Zhang Huolong gradually learned more, he understood that martial artists were divided into ten ranks, and he had heard that there were even higher levels above the tenth rank...

This founding hero, despite single-handedly protecting so many demonic beasts in one city, felt his prestige diminish considerably upon hearing that the other party was a sixth-level martial artist.

Similarly, Zhang Chaoqiang couldn't help but laugh out loud. He felt more and more that his parents were the ones who were the children.

Because children only ever use the most basic numerical levels to compare whether someone is good or bad.

The comparison method completely disregards the historical context.

The spiritual energy in the world is cyclical, and there is no evidence that the spiritual energy in ancient times was more concentrated than that in modern times. Against this backdrop…

In ancient times, humans lacked rigorous cultivation methods, a peaceful cultivation environment that ensured their safety, various martial arts references, and readily available cultivation resources.

Furthermore, there is a lack of ways to enhance the capabilities of various efficiency systems.

People in ancient times could not compare with the increasingly progressive people of later generations.

As they toured the museum carefully…

The Bureau of Alien Beast Investigation has the latest test results.

Chapter 167 Never for Sale

"The results are out."

"The scent of photinia on his body was completely untouched by any processing."

"The ability to block odors is still relatively weak; it took about an hour to analyze the location."

After rigorous investigation and research.

Huang Feng and Bai Lu obtained this result from the black-clad martial artist.

Furthermore, there was still some oily sap from the photinia flower on his body. Although it wasn't much, it was likely that most of it had been removed during his bath or cultivation.

Qian Jin was not surprised by the result, but he asked with doubt, "Did you check whether the other party went to other areas that are rich in photinia flowers during this period?"

"No," Bai Lu replied, placing a document on the table detailing the movements of the thief in black.

"It shows all the places he visited in the past few days, including areas where photinia flowers are abundant, which he never got close to, even though he tried to get close."

Furthermore, these strictly controlled spiritual plants are monitored by central government officials in specific planting and processing areas.

Ordinary people aren't that easy to approach.

Apart from the Investigation Bureau and the Administration Bureau, which are respectively responsible for the city's warriors and investigating alien beasts.

Other tasks, such as cultivating spiritual plants and handling diplomacy, are directly coordinated and managed by the Central Kingdom's military.

These armies are primarily responsible for actual combat, whether it's wars against other countries or battles against monsters; these are their main duties.

Although the black-clad thief's father was also a high-ranking member of the Central Kingdom's martial arts army, he might not necessarily have the authority to use spiritual plants like the Photinia Spirit Flower.

Furthermore, there was no indication that the two had any interaction with each other.

Therefore, it can be basically concluded.

This situation is perhaps inextricably linked to the situation at Jushan Mountain.

"Bai Lu, investigate whether anyone else has entered Jushan recently. Huang Feng, use your life detection center to investigate any clues about Jushan..."

"it is good!"

The two split up, and before Bai Lu could get any results, Huang Feng shook his head at Qian Jin.

"Nothing can be detected."

While Qian Jin was pondering, Huang Feng took the initiative to analyze the situation.

"There are two possibilities. The first is that there is nothing inside at all, and there is no life inside."

The second possibility is that the abundance of photinia flowers concealed all living organisms within, preventing the detection center from detecting the life force, or spiritual energy fluctuations, present.

Of course, how could you not detect the life force fluctuations within a mountain range that stretches for thousands of kilometers?

"I remember it wasn't like this before..."

“At the end of last year, we conducted a comprehensive survey of the Central Country from beginning to end. This is the survey record from that time.”

At the end of each year, in reality, the nature of the investigation bureau and ordinary companies are not fundamentally different; both need to conduct year-end summaries and wrap-up work.

Every year, the entire Central Kingdom is thoroughly investigated from top to bottom, and an investigation report is generated.

The investigation report appeared on the virtual screen and automatically redirected to the investigation results regarding Jushan and the surrounding area.

At that time, Jushan was covered with countless yellow dots on the screen map.

These yellow dots represent nothing other than the energy fluctuations of life.

This is correct, proving that the animals in Jushan have a very good survival rate and the ecological environment is very promising.

There are probably several million animals of all sizes.

However, after investigation and testing, it was found that outside of the Jushan area, there were also densely packed yellow dots, whether human or animal.

Huang Feng zoomed in on the current Jushan Mountain with his finger, revealing a blank space, completely empty...

The fact that there isn't a single point of life energy in the entire vast Jushan Mountain range isn't enough to prove anything. Is there definitely something significant wrong with Jushan Mountain?

They told Bai Lu that the scope of the investigation should be expanded from these three days to the period from the end of last year to the present.

Fortunately, the end of last year is only a month or so away from now; otherwise, the time frame would be too large, and with more and more people going there, it would be impossible to conduct a survey.

Another few minutes passed.

Bai Lu calculated the number of people who had gone to Jushan in recent days, which was about 10,000 people, but so far only the black-clad thief has been involved in this theft.

"We can't just arrest each of them and interrogate them all..."

If only the person in black behaves this way, it's possible that they've restrained themselves. However, most of those people are only at the first or second tier of strength, and wouldn't possess the same level of self-control as the person in black.