Mythology Returns! Starting with Folklore and Strange Tales

Chapter 109 Infiltrating the Silhouette, Reuniting with an Acquaintance (Bonus Chapter, Please Subscribe!)

I didn't feel the time was long when I arrived.

But on the way back, the same distance felt like an eternity.

The key issue is that because the mortal world's sky was impacted, all the fighter jets at the airport received missions and took off temporarily. The rest had to wait for their turn to be rotated. The three of them arrived at an inopportune time and could not return quickly by fighter jet as they had come. They could only wait for the right time to take the nearest passenger plane.

In comparison, the speed has decreased significantly, but there's nothing that can be done about it.

Because of the unexpected situation caused by the silhouette, everyone was busy, especially the passage between the real world and the secular world, which was scheduled for ten hours later.

It would take ten hours to get back to the real world, take off from Yunfu and then back to Longcheng... It would take at least half a day to go back and forth, so it's better to just stay in the mortal world and wait for the plane to take off.

Fortunately, Ge Jun has a lot of experience as an assistant inspector and is very good at adjusting the atmosphere.

Along the way, Ge Junxie used the changing weather to tell Zhang Wei and the others about the relevant information.

He can speak eloquently and logically about everything from worldly affairs and weather forecasts to various rules and regulations, as well as even the smallest rumors.

Fortunately, he had some spiritual cultivation; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to recover his vital energy before his voice was ruined by his own efforts.

Upon arriving at the headquarters of Longcheng Taihang Meteorological Bureau, what greeted the eye was a sea of ​​people.

Because they had applied in advance, Zhang Wei and his group were led into the underground parking garage as soon as they entered the main gate and before they even got out of the car. After a series of turns, they took the elevator to the 23rd floor of a building within the bureau.

Along the wide corridor, support staff were constantly moving back and forth carrying tea and stacks of heavy documents.

Along the corridor, spaced far apart, two service staff members stood solemnly guarding the door of each room.

The person who had previously guided Zhang Wei and his group led them to the door of room 2306: "Gentlemen, please refrain from shouting once you enter the meeting hall. Your personal terminals already display your seating arrangement on the meeting page. Please find your seats and take them as soon as possible. If you need to leave, please do not make a sound. Thank you for your cooperation!"

As he said this, the two waiters pushed open the door behind them, creating an opening large enough for one person to pass through.

Through the crack in the door, one could see that the interior of the room was a spacious hall the size of a football field, with rows of seats arranged in a crisscross pattern that descended in tiers.

Directly opposite their location, they could see the rooftop and the same similar setup at their feet.

This was a huge circular venue that occupied four floors and could accommodate tens of thousands of people!

Walking inside, I found their seats in the seventh row from the front.

After taking his seat, Zhang Wei saw a stack of documents on the table in front of him. The title he saw immediately made his heart skip a beat.

I didn't pay attention at the beginning, and I was too lazy to look at the end.

In his eyes, only the four characters "Dingwu Qihuang" (丁戊奇荒) were present throughout!

The following information is only a detailed explanation of the title.

The detailed explanation is that a certain unfortunate yet fortunate traveler randomly received a relatively simple main quest. After quickly completing the minimum requirements, the other party exited the silhouette and returned to the real world to upload the message.

Of course, providing such urgently needed intelligence would certainly come with a huge reward.

Otherwise, the other party wouldn't have abandoned their exploration of the silhouette and instead preemptively provided information to the weather bureau.

Besides this lucky one who got there before everyone else, several patrolmen also returned to the mortal world one after another on Zhang Wei's way back, bringing more detailed silhouette intelligence.

The so-called Dingwu Famine was a severe drought that occurred only once in a century.

To be even more precise, the severity of this drought ranks quite high in the long history of the Chinese people.

Its duration was nearly five years, from the initial drought to its final end.

Its influence extended to encompass most of the Central Plains, and in its final stages, it even stretched from southern Anhui in the south to Shandong in the east, from Shanhaiguan in the north to Hexi in the west, encompassing most of the Qing Dynasty's territory.

Its harm is so great that it can be described as terrifying.

Of course, similar terrible droughts do occur, but one like the one in Daiqing is extremely rare.

After all, in every dynasty, no matter how barren and arid the land was, some food was always grown, and people had something to eat at first. But during the Dingwu famine, more than half of the land in the fields was planted with tobacco, and there was hardly any grain. In addition, the turmoil at the end of the dynasty and the laissez-faire attitude of the Qing dynasty made the already terrible drought even worse.

It is said that in the final years of a dynasty, strange and monstrous things emerge.

But if you add natural disasters and man-made calamities, then there will be demons and monsters everywhere. In such a situation where everything is withering and resentment is boiling, it wouldn't be surprising if some unprecedented creatures were raised!

"The Strange Famine of Dingwu?"

With those words tumbling out in his mouth, Zhang Wei lightly tapped "Accept Task" on his personal terminal.

Originally, he planned to wait until he returned this time and then choose a town-level silhouette mission similar to [Evil Rat] from the silhouette missions, either one with famous mountains and rivers, or an ordinary prefecture-level silhouette mission. It wasn't that Zhang Wei didn't want to go for anything higher, but he simply didn't have the qualifications.

State-level silhouettes require six months or more of silhouette experiences, while state-level silhouettes cannot be seen on his terminal.

Judging from the age of the silhouettes, Zhang Wei could only see the early Qing Dynasty and later.

It is known that the patrols at the forefront have already explored up to the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, but the silhouette of the period from the Qing dynasty to the Ming dynasty is not visible. Therefore, it is definitely not Zhang Wei's problem, but rather that the terminal access is locked.

So the only option was to accumulate seniority, but who could have imagined that plans would not keep up with changes?

The newly released Dingwu Wilderness only restricts the threshold for formal inspection access.

Although the official mission of the patrol was only to collect and improve the intelligence on the silhouette, as the saying goes, a general in the field may disobey the emperor's orders.

Intelligence gathering is certainly necessary, but what happens during the intelligence gathering process is debatable.

In just three to five seconds, the status of the review on the terminal screen suddenly turned green, indicating that it had passed.

At that moment, Zhang Wei looked up and caught a glimpse of the emerald green personal terminal beside him out of the corner of his eye.

He and An Yixi exchanged a smile, then quietly left the venue.

Shortly after the two left, the doors on the first floor of the twentieth floor opened, and dozens of imposing, serious-looking middle-aged men entered the venue and went up to the main stage.

If Zhang Wei hadn't left yet, he would have seen that among the crowd, his familiar Director Chu was looking up and scanning the seats layer by layer. After a while, he waved and called over his assistant: "Check backstage and see where those two lads are right now. Tell them to come over quickly. After this is over, I need them to go on stage and meet the others."

"Um, Director Chu, they accepted the mission and left fifteen minutes ago. Now... we might be running out of time!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Xiong, who was about to say something, suddenly fell silent.

After a long silence, accompanied by the opening introduction of the Taihang Zhengju, he said in a low voice, "You're not going to tell me that those two brats took the Dingwu Qihuang mission and ran away, are you?"

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Although he didn't hear a reply, Chu Xiong had already gotten the answer he least wanted to hear from the ugly face of the person in front of him.

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After a familiar dizzying sensation, Zhang Wei opened his eyes.

The first thing that catches the eye is the three tall statues of gods sitting on the altar.

The three deities are depicted as follows: the one on the left holds a long fan, wears a yellow robe, and has white eyebrows and hair, subtly revealing a hint of benevolence; the one on the right wears a red robe, holds a ruyi scepter, and looks down with a smile; and the one in the center sits in a blue robe, holds a precious pearl, and has slightly narrowed phoenix eyes that reveal a hint of scrutiny.

Statues of the Three Pure Ones?

Is this a Taoist temple?

Looking around, Zhang Wei didn't see An Yixi.

In the Sanqing Hall where he was currently located, there was only a Taoist priest sitting on a futon in front of the statue, dressed in a white robe with his black hair fixed in place by a hairpin, his back to him.

Just as Zhang Wei looked around, preparing to inquire about the situation, he saw the Taoist priest in front of him slowly turn his head, revealing a familiar face...

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