Origin Chapter 76: Every second counts
"When did it happen?" Wang Xinran asked.
Wu Zhongyuan recalled eagerly, "We arrived at the hotel in the early morning that day. I washed away the scraps of paper in the afternoon, and the dung truck also went there in the afternoon."
At this time, Wang Xinran calmed down, "Interval time?"
Wu Zhongyuan tried to recall the details, "After I washed away the scraps of paper, you went to the back room and told me about the results of the Lingshi test. Later, I thought that the room was full of smoke, so I wanted to open the window to breathe. When you saw the dung truck passing downstairs, you asked me if I was farting." Wu Zhongyuan said.
"According to this calculation, it won't take more than an hour from when you wash away the confetti to when they drain the sewage. This is definitely not a coincidence, it should be their fault." Wang Xinran said in a deep voice.
"What should I do now?" Wu Zhongyuan's face was very ugly. The clues leaked, and he fell into complete passivity.
Seeing Wu Zhongyuan's ugly face, Wang Xinran comforted him in return, "Don't worry, the room we live in is exclusively for the chief, you sleep in the back room, and the toilet you use is also the toilet in the back room, and the sewer pipe should be specially made."
Wang Xinran finished speaking, called the phone, and asked the headquarters to send someone to the room where they lived before to conduct a detailed inspection, and asked the technician to estimate how long the paper would take to soak in water before the handwriting would be completely blurred.
In order to estimate this, you must know the texture of the paper and the pen with which the handwriting was written. When he learned that the texture was kraft paper and the characters were written with a ballpoint pen, Wang Xinran was slightly relieved, because the kraft paper would change very much after being soaked in water. It is loose, and the words written by the ballpoint pen are also easy to blur.
But when Wu Zhongyuan told her that in addition to the kraft paper, there was also a Tibetan original written in ink on the sheepskin, Wang Xinran almost collapsed. The ink characters written on the sheepskin, even if soaked in water for five or six hours, Text isn't blurry either.
The headquarters has sent people to the hotel where the two stayed at the fastest speed. The only thing they can do at this time is to wait, wait anxiously, wait anxiously, wait nervously.
The 18th sub-bureau is very efficient. There was an echo after an hour and a half. Wu Zhongyuan couldn't hear what the other party said. He could only look at Wang Xinran nervously. Without saying anything else, he hung up the phone and started to tap the phone again, as if he was flipping through something.
"How is it?" Wu Zhongyuan asked nervously.
"A good news or a bad news, which one do you listen to first?" Wang Xinran swiped the screen of her phone without looking up.
Hearing the good news, Wu Zhongyuan breathed a sigh of relief, "Bad."
“It’s true that the dung tanker was not sent by the municipality, and the sewage in the septic tank has not decreased. They should have just removed the floating objects on the sewage.” Wang Xinran said.
"What's the good news?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.
"The good news is that the sewer pipe of the chief's room is equipped with a filter screen. The function of this screen is to prevent some small items carried by the chief from falling into the toilet and being flushed away." Wang Xinran said.
After Wang Xinran finished speaking, Wu Zhongyuan asked eagerly, "I cut the sheepskin into thin strips and washed it away. Is there a leather strip stuck on the screen?"
"Yes, two of them got stuck." After Wang Xinran finished speaking, she handed over the phone.
Wu Zhongyuan took the phone and saw two pictures of thin strips of sheepskin on the screen. Although he had been in the wet sewer for seven or eight days, the writing on them was still clearly visible.
The Tibetan text on the sheepskin has been translated by myself at this time, and it is very scattered. The reason for the scattered is not because the handwriting is blurred, but because he was careful when cutting the sheepskin, he cut it horizontally, and the words on the sheepskin It was originally written vertically.
"The others must have fallen into their hands," Wang Xinran said. "Recall what they know and what they don't."
Even if Wang Xinran didn't say anything, Wu Zhongyuan was still doing it. There were more than 30 characters on the two strips that were not taken away by the other party. Some of them were irrelevant. , and some of the content is more specific, and the other party can't speculate.
After the memory comparison, Wu Zhongyuan shook his head, "Except for the specific location of the formation and one of the steps to enter the formation, they all know everything else."
"Be clear." Wang Xinran had been smoking, and the smoke filled the room where he smoked.
"They know that the formation is related to the river, but they don't know where the formation is in that river. The formation is left over from ancient times, located in an underwater underground palace, and they want to enter There are three steps in the underground palace, and they don't know how to open the last step." Wu Zhongyuan said.
"Are you sure?!" Wang Xinran accentuated.
Wu Zhongyuan didn't answer immediately, but after carefully comparing his memories, he nodded his head, "Yes."
"I want to send these clues to the headquarters as well." Wang Xinran looked at Wu Zhongyuan.
Wu Zhongyuan nodded. Now that the clues have been leaked, every second counts. Whoever finds the clues first is likely to find the spirit stone first.
Wang Xinran sent the clues that had been intercepted back to the headquarters, and asked the headquarters to mobilize all personnel to find relevant clues as quickly as possible.
"Are you sure they can't find the formation?" Wang Xinran confirmed it again.
Wu Zhongyuan nodded, "Yes, they only know that the formation is related to the river, but they don't know the exact location, nor do they know that the formation is underwater."
"Which river?" Wang Xinran was dissatisfied. Wu Zhongyuan always used 'that river' to describe a certain river, which showed that he still didn't want to show her his cards until now.
Wu Zhongyuan hesitated.
"Say, you've been hiding all the time, but didn't you reveal it in the end?" Wan Xinran glanced at Wu Zhongyuan.
Wu Zhongyuan still did not speak, he pondered for a long time before sighing, "Luoshui, the formation is underwater at the confluence of Luoshui and Yellow River."
Seeing Wu Zhongyuan's dejected expression of "nothing", Wang Xinran regretted it a little, and should not force an insecure person to remove his last protection.
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone." Wang Xinran patted Wu Zhongyuan on the shoulder.
"What should I do now?" Wu Zhongyuan was in a panic.
"What else can we do, confront the hostile forces in the West," Wang Xinran said sternly, "They have strong backups, and we have them too. From now on, it's all about strength, efficiency, technology, and all-round competition. Contest."
Wu Zhongyuan nodded. What Wang Xinran said was right. The matter has developed into a contest between countries. Zhao Ying and others will not contact him in the early stage. What they have to do is to do as much as possible. To find the spirit stone, as long as the spirit stone in his hand is not enough to activate the formation, in the end, he can only take the initiative to negotiate with the other party.
Wang Xinran did the coordination work. The first thing she did was to call for a special plane, a plane that could take off and land from major military airports in China. The major military regions dispatched helicopters and cars to stand by to ensure that as long as she learned the clues, she could Get to your destination as quickly as possible.
The next step is to close all the county gazetteers in the library, strengthen security, and at the same time add a firewall to prevent hackers from entering the network.
The leading historians will also be recruited, and they will be asked to find relevant clues to analyze the relevant dates.
"Why is there such a big battle?" Wu Zhongyuan was shocked, Wang Xinran's actions were really too big, and it was completely a battle imminent posture.
"Trust me, my opponent is doing the same thing," Wang Xinran said, grabbing her backpack, "Let's go, the car is coming."
"Where to?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.
"Go to the airport." Wang Xinran opened the door and went out.
Wu Zhongyuan hurriedly packed his backpack and followed, "Where are you going?"
"Northwest." Wang Xinran quickened her pace.
Exiting the door of the guest house, I saw a military jeep parked under the steps. Wang Xinran showed his work permit, opened the door and got in the car. When Wu Zhongyuan also got in the car, the car started and went straight to the airport.
Wang Xinran was fiddling with his cell phone along the way and did not speak to Wu Zhongyuan.
This is a military-civilian airport. The car took the two directly to the plane. It was a small plane. After the two got on the plane, the plane immediately skidded off the runway, and the passenger plane that was about to take off was delayed. Then, make way for the little plane.
Wu Zhongyuan never dreamed that he would be able to get on a special plane one day. In addition to being nervous and excited, he was also a little scared, "As for it."
“As for,” Wang Xinran was still fiddling with his mobile phone, “Science and technology are the primary productive forces. Your matter involves quantum physics, genetic biology and other scientific fields. Whoever has the first-hand information will be able to These are areas ahead of the competition.”
"I'm so worthwhile for research?" Wu Zhongyuan intentionally enlivened the atmosphere.
Wang Xinran may still be communicating and coordinating with various departments and did not answer Wu Zhongyuan's words.
"Where are we going now?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.
"Wudu, Gansu," Wang Xinran said, "the person we're looking for already has an eye for it. This person hasn't changed his name. He is still called Wu Lu. The Guangwei general Qian Yunzhi admired and recruited his subordinates. After that, he followed Qian Yunzhi and rose to the fifth-rank lieutenant general. Later, Qian Yunzhi told the old man to return to his hometown. He took over Qian Yunzhi's position and was named Mingwei. General, in the second year of Yuanzhen, that is, in 1296, the Tubo rebelled and attacked Jiezhou, which is now Wudu in Gansu, and Wu Lu led the army to suppress the rebellion and died there."
"So fast." Wu Zhongyuan felt it. He didn't expect that he could find Wu Lu's clues in such a short period of time.
"He hasn't changed his name, so it's easier to find." Wang Xinran said, "If we can find it, so can they, so we have to get there as soon as possible."
"Do you know where he's buried?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.
"I only know where it is." Wang Xinran put down her phone and rubbed her eyes, "It takes time for us to search, and it takes time for them to search. They start earlier than us, and I hope they can get there before they find the tomb. ."
"Should be able to, we can fly at will, they can't." Wu Zhongyuan said.
Wang Xinran nodded, "Yes, this is our home field, we have a big advantage, but we can't be blindly optimistic, they also fully realize the seriousness of this matter and the huge hidden scientific research. value, they will use all available power and technical means to compete with us.”
"How long will it take us to reach our destination?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.
"Two hours." Wang Xinran picked up the phone again and tapped the operation, "Now that the situation is clear, they are all rushing for time, they must be all out, we can't fight alone, if you think about it, we may If you encounter any problems, I will transfer the corresponding personnel from the headquarters to help..."