Ever since Chu Yao, Ling Feng, Zhou Weiqi and others left the F6 layer, the space-time turbulence phenomenon in the F6 layer has become more frequent, and even the boundary between the two areas is no longer obvious.

However, the elevator in front of Zhou Weiqi could not detect any turbulence data, as if it was isolated.

People who often sail on the sea must know a law of the sea - when the tide is at its most turbulent, the calmer the place, the greater the danger.

The same is true for this elevator.

However, Zhou Weiqi had no choice. He could naturally choose to abandon the poor man sealed in the bronze vessel, return to the ground alone, and pretend that nothing had happened.

After all, he most likely didn't know the person inside the bronze shell. That person might be from another time and space, and might even be hostile to them.

But if he could really turn a blind eye, he would not be Zhou Weiqi.

He decided to take a gamble. Although there were seven trillion possibilities for space-time turbulence, if you think about it from another perspective, there were actually only two possibilities.

Either he returned to the F5 floor safely, or he was caught in the turbulence of time and space.

Even if it is the second possibility, it is not necessarily a bad thing, because it is not the first time he has been caught in turbulence, and he knows how to come back.

If he were even more unlucky, and if he could not return to his original world, as long as the world he went to was a normal world, he could still bring the dying person under his feet back to the ground.

After figuring this out, Zhou Weiqi did not hesitate and directly used the key to open the elevator door.

He dragged the heavy bronze statue in, took out the key, and pressed the button for the F5 level.

The moment the elevator started, the entire cargo box began to shake violently, and Zhou Weiqi fell straight onto the bronze statue.

There was a heavy sound in his ears, and he seemed to hear a muffled groan.

"Sorry, brother... I didn't stand firmly either." He apologized to the bronze statue.

The bronze statue naturally would not answer him, and there were several more cracks on the outer shell. Even the mask hanging on the face was thrown off by the huge impact force.

Zhou Weiqi couldn't help but take a look inside out of curiosity, and he was completely stunned.

He saw an... or rather half an eye. It did not look like a human eye, but more like the eye of some reptile. The entire eyeball was black, but the erect pupil emitted a faint golden glow.

When Zhou Weiqi came to his senses, he found that the elevator had returned to normal without him noticing and had returned to the ground.

But he clearly remembered that he only pressed the button for the F5 floor, and the elevator could only go up to the F3 floor, and there was no elevator passage above that.

Zhou Weiqi couldn't help but shudder. Could it be that the entire elevator just passed through the wall?

He didn't dare to think about it any further, but just moved the bronze statue out of the elevator again. After moving it back and forth, he was almost exhausted and collapsed to the ground.

With a bang, a sharp explosion suddenly came from behind Zhou Weiqi, accompanied by the whine of metal being squeezed to the extreme, but also with a dull impact sound.

It was as if a person was built alive into a concrete wall, his bones were broken and crushed, and his chest was emitting mournful and painful sounds.

Zhou Weiqi turned his head and saw that the elevator they had just taken had disappeared, replaced by several steel bars sticking out of the wall.

"The situation was urgent at the time, and I could not care less. Maybe I was too nervous and had hallucinations," Zhou Weiqi said quickly. "I contacted the rescue team and moved the bronze statue back with them."

He returned to the Special Intelligence Bureau yesterday morning and happened to miss Chu Yao who was going out.

Zhou Weiqi briefly told his experience to other colleagues, and they all agreed that the bronze statue should be taken down first.

Even if it wasn't Ling Feng trapped by the bronze statue, that was still a living life. Besides, he was still bleeding, and no one knew how long he could hold on.

But the question is, how to take down the bronze statue?

This was not a piece of clothing, nor was it an egg shell that could be peeled off with a light roll. Moreover, they could not find any welding joints on the outside of the bronze statue.

It's as if hot, molten copper was poured directly onto a living person, creating such a tight shell.

Since it couldn't be opened properly, Zhou Weiqi quickly thought of something - a water jet cutting machine, which is commonly used to cut metal and mineral materials, and can even cut titanium alloys easily.

The small crack in the bronze statue can reveal the thickness of the statue. By designing a program, the water jet can be controlled to cut the bronze statue just right without hurting the human body.

Zhou Weiqi has always been a man of action. With the help of other investigators, a program-controlled water jet cutting machine was completed.

However, the bronze statue was much harder than he had imagined.

The Mohs hardness of copper is 3.0, while the hardness of titanium is around 6.0. Logically speaking, a water jet that can easily cut titanium should not be able to cut a bronze statue.

Now that we have the tools, the question becomes where to start.

The head is fragile and is naturally not the first choice. Although the buttocks and thighs have more fat, they can easily cut the femoral artery and cause heavy blood loss.

Some people suggested starting from the hands or feet. Even if the flesh was accidentally cut, the wound would not be serious. Others believed that the hands and feet were vital parts, and if the fingers were cut off, the person would never be able to grasp again.

Everyone discussed the matter, and finally Zhou Weiqi made the decision - start cutting from the side of the torso, that is, about ten centimeters below the armpit on one side, go around the body, and divide the entire shell into two halves, then the bronze shell can be easily removed.

Since the two hands of the standing statue are crossed in front of the chest and not hanging naturally, the sides are not blocked by the arms, making it easier to carve.

Although the back is relatively safe, bronze is very heavy after all. If the bronze statue is turned over, the chest of the person inside will be crushed by his own weight and the bronze object, and he will have difficulty breathing.

Zhou Weiqi put on his mask and tried cutting a few times on an ordinary copper block. It was as easy as cutting butter. The position and cutting thickness of the water jet were also controlled by the machine. He only needed to hold the water jet.

When he placed the water jet on the drawn cutting line, he suddenly felt a huge resistance.

Even if the water jet's flow rate is adjusted to the maximum, it can only barely cut a line through the bronze on the side.

When it reached the position around the hip bone, the bronze artifact did not move at all, only some stone fragments fell off.

Zhou Weiqi had an incredible thought, "Could it be because... this thing is not bronze at all?!"

The broken pieces Zhou Weiqi cut off were sent to the laboratory, and although the remaining "bronze" could not be cut in half no matter what, he had opened an appropriate gap.

Through this gap, the various life indicators of the person inside can be detected.

To everyone's surprise, after being trapped in the bronze statue for who knows how many hours, the man was still healthy, with only a slight decrease in platelets and a higher than normal level of white blood cells.

This means that there were some minor wounds on his body, which caused inflammation and minor bleeding because they were not treated in time.

The medical department of the Special Intelligence Agency sent a medical robot called a "medical spider" into the interior of the bronze statue. These medical spiders vary in size, with the largest being as big as a palm and the smallest being less than a one-dollar coin.

Their bodies can be folded to the thickness of a piece of paper, so they can easily get into some narrow places.

These medical spiders can not only detect human wounds, but also perform simple treatments, disinfect and stop bleeding for the injured, and collect blood to verify his specific identity.

All of these take some time, and Zhou Weiqi can't help at all at this time. His colleagues also suggested that he go and rest first and call him back after the results are out.

After he slept for about four or five hours, the composition of "bronze" was analyzed.

Although the sleep time was not long, Zhou Weiqi had excellent sleep quality. When he woke up, he felt refreshed and his brain was particularly clear.

"Sure enough, that thing is not bronze." Zhou Weiqi said as he looked at the test report.

When heated, copper can undergo an oxidation reaction with oxygen to produce black copper oxide, but this substance cannot react with oxygen at all.

In addition, copper is easily dissolved by nitric acid, a substance that is insoluble in any acid or alkali.

It also has a much higher melting point than copper, at least not in the way the testing room is heated to melt it into a liquid state.

This bronze-like substance has some of the properties of a metal, but it is very stable and hardly reacts chemically with any common reagents.

Incredibly, its Mohs hardness exceeds 10.0, which is higher than the hardness of diamond and carbon sulfide. It has exceeded the maximum value of the tester, so its Mohs hardness cannot be detected.

Its outer layer is covered with a dark skin-like substance, which appears in brown and dark green colors, while the inner parts have different colors, the darker ones are almost black, and the lighter ones are close to transparent.

When light shines on the interior of this material, it refracts light like a rainbow, and the colors are even more colorful.

The inspectors searched through all the information but did not find any similar substance, so they had to temporarily name it "rainbow copper".

"Oh, right, there's also the person trapped by Bronze. Why don't you guess, is he Ling Feng?"

Zhou Weiqi's tone was relaxed, but Chu Yao could still hear a hint of nervousness that he was trying hard to conceal.

It was just a joke, why was he nervous?

Chu Yao did not answer immediately. She recalled what Zhou Weiqi had just said.

He had given Chu Yao enough hints before. Ling Feng disappeared on the F6 floor, and he happened to meet an injured person on the F6 floor.

But how could he know that there was a man inside the bronze statue when he was in the elevator?

According to Zhou Weiqi's description, the bronze statue is fitted tightly, except for some ventilation holes on the mask, and it is impossible to tell the gender from the appearance.

Unless, he said this on purpose so that Chu Yao would believe that the person inside was Ling Feng.

"My thoughts are naturally the same as yours." Chu Yao said calmly.

Feng Shui masters are always very cautious about what they say, and Chu Yao is no exception.

If a Feng Shui master inadvertently agrees to someone else's conditions, he must fulfill his promise.

Although there will be no punishment if the promise is not fulfilled, the promise will become a "cause". When the person is reincarnated, the "cause" may become a "result".

There is also a saying in Taoism that if one can resolve the "fruits" accumulated from one's past, one will be spared the suffering of reincarnation and become an "earth immortal". If one is blessed, he will become an immortal of a higher level, or even a god.

For most Feng Shui masters, it is undoubtedly a shortcut. It is a very difficult thing to become a god through one's own efforts. Talent, hard work, opportunity... none of them can be missing.

Especially in modern times when spiritual energy is scarce, it is almost impossible to rely solely on one's own practice.

There are also two ways to resolve cause and effect. The first is to look for the "cause" that you have not repaid before, just like the simplest "paying a debt".

For example, if someone owes someone a favor in his previous life, after reincarnation, he must repay that favor double. If that person has passed away, he can also repay it to his descendants.

But this method has many disadvantages. The Feng Shui master may be reincarnated many times, but he has to pay off all his previous debts within a hundred years, so the time is very tight.

Moreover, a Feng Shui master must have a certain amount of financial resources and status in order to satisfy the requirements of his benefactor in the previous life.

There is another way, which is simpler and more direct, and that is to do good deeds.

Some people say that if you want to become an earthly immortal, you must do hundreds of good deeds, while others say that you have to help 385 strangers who have nothing to do with you.

Only Chu Yao, who wants to become a terrestrial immortal, does have a specific number, but many Feng Shui masters will give up doing good deeds for various reasons when they are about to achieve it.

As for why, perhaps it is because it is not so easy to be an earthly immortal. The further you go, the more thresholds the Heavenly Dao will add.

In order to avoid being blamed, Chu Yao would definitely not just follow Zhou Weiqi's words.

The person on the other end of the phone was also stunned. He was obviously mentally prepared and knew that it would not be easy for him to get the answer he wanted from Chu Yao.

But he still didn't expect that Chu Yao used a roundabout answer, blocking his way out.

"Well, I really can't hide anything from you..." Zhou Weiqi touched the tip of his nose, "I have to admit that I lied. I'm sorry, as a friend and colleague, I shouldn't have kept it from you, but I have no choice."

When Zhou Weiqi made the call, he had already prepared a draft in mind.

He did not return to the Special Intelligence Agency yesterday morning, but the afternoon of the previous day.

It was also at noon that day that Chu Yao received a call from Chen Peiwen and followed Chen Peiwen to Hongyong County.

The reason for manipulating the time is also related to the bronze statue that Zhou Weiqi found.

He didn't lie about this matter, he just concealed part of the facts.

When he was about to try to continue cutting open the rainbow copper shell, the medical instrument next to him suddenly made a sharp and loud sound.

He looked up and saw that the trapped man's heartbeat was dropping at an irreversible rate.


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