Realistic Longevity

"See you?" Seeing his reaction, Tang Ran raised his eyebrows.

"I've seen it. But it's not this one, it's another one." Cheng Chuhua took out his phone, flipped through the cloud album, found a photo with Yun Shuluo and handed it to Tang Ran.

In the photo, the two are standing in the snow, smiling brightly at the camera.

Yun Shuluo is on the left, a silver chain hangs long on his red sweater, and the maple and red leaf pendant tied to the tail is exactly the same as the Liangyi seal of life and death in the photo given by Tang Ran, except for the different colors.

Tang Ran quickly reacted, pointed to the photo and asked, "Is he your old classmate?"

"No, he is my old classmate's younger brother, Yun Shuluo." Cheng Chuhua shook his head and put away his phone, "He has passed away, and this pendant is now in Yun Shuxia's hands."

Tang Ran pushed down his glasses and frowned, wondering what he was thinking about.Cheng Chuhua didn't have the heart to explore his thoughts, because he also had things to think about.

As Tang Ran said, Yun Shuxia's appearance was indeed too coincidental.As soon as the criminal with special abilities in the Jianghai City branch escaped from the branch and attacked him, Yun Shuxia immediately reunited with him after a long absence.

What's even more frightening is that if Cheng Chuhua and Tang Ran didn't trust each other enough and didn't exchange information, then they would always be at a loss with two puzzle pieces that could be put together, and even investigate in the wrong direction.

To a certain extent, it is quite a bold and dangerous decision to tell some of the truth to two people who have occasional intersections. Another ingenious trap, really dark under the lights.

It's a pity that Cheng Chuhua and Tang Ran are not people who play cards according to common sense. They can really do something that they can trust each other and even confide in each other after knowing each other for two days, which makes this trap completely useless.

Of course, the information given by Tang Ran is not considered confidential to the special department, and the task of hunting down the escaped criminal with special abilities is not high-level of secrecy. This is a prerequisite for their successful exchange of information tonight.

However, "Yun Shuxia is the mastermind behind the escape incident" is just a guess, or a direction of thinking, which may not be the truth.Even if he really has a Liangyi life and death seal in his hand, it does not mean that the one used by someone to destroy the entrance of a different space also belongs to him.

Maybe it's blame, maybe it's a coincidence.

"If Yun Shuxia didn't lie, and he intends to investigate the cause of his brother's death, then his actions will more or less involve the special department." In just a few minutes, Tang Ran had already put all the things he had to think into Repeatedly, "After I go back, I'll check to see if Sister Yun is Yun Shuxia's eldest sister, and I'll check out your old classmate by the way."

"What about me?" Cheng Chuhua was still immersed in the brainstorming, imagining all kinds of possibilities, and his reaction was a little slow.

"You? Let nature take its course." Tang Ran patted him on the shoulder, "As long as you are really the key to this situation, the people and things that should come to you will never run away. If you are not, then escape from that person." When criminals with special abilities attack you, you have nothing to do with it."

Hearing this, Cheng Chuhua looked strange: "I suddenly don't know if I want to have something to do with this matter."

"So I said let nature take its course." Tang Ran took out the last piece of radish and ate it, and then stopped touching the other food in the bowl, but just helped him hold it, "Be careful of Yun Shuxia, the people of the Yun family can live Growing up, no one is a good man or a believer. If Yun Shuluo is really important to him, then for the sake of investigation and revenge, he will definitely do anything."

"It shouldn't be..." Cheng Chuhua didn't think Yun Shuxia, who was like a Buddha, could do anything evil, "He is a Buddhist believer, he advocates the equality of all beings, and he always believes in good causes and good results, and never makes exceptions— —No exception has been made for Shu Luo.”

The corner of Tang Ran's mouth twitched.

Looking at the various groups of people he has come into contact with, the most difficult thing to deal with is the believers of various religions, among which Taoism and Buddhism are the most outstanding. The level of difficulty will skyrocket.

Why is Yun Shuxia a Buddhist believer?

Tang Ran endured not putting on the pain mask, and corrected Cheng Chuhua solemnly: "Buddhism emphasizes that all living beings are suffering, and all living beings are equal, which is the Taoist philosophy. However, the confluence of Taoism and Buddhism more than 500 years ago tied the two sides together. There are many overlapping ideas. Equality of all beings is a Buddhist idea, although it is not accurate, but it is not wrong."

"...Is this the point?" Cheng Chuhua squinted at him, always feeling that he was deliberately changing the subject, "I mean Yun Shuxia is not a villain."

Tang Ran rubbed the back of his head: "I know, but the equality of all beings is actually an extremely cold false proposition."

Equality means that there is no distinction between superior and inferior, and it also means that it is absolutely rational to reward the good and punish the evil, which is not humane.

"In his eyes, all things are treated equally, so he will not be happy or sad because of the life and death of anyone or the life and death of anything. Because everything is equal, life and death, existence and death are equally equal. Since equality is the norm, Naturally, it will not stir up waves in his heart."

Tang Ran tried to analyze the essence behind equality to Cheng Chuhua, but suddenly there was an evening wind, and his words were tinged with the coldness of the rainy season.

"The most frightening thing is that in his heart, the means may be equal, and there is no distinction between righteousness and inappropriateness. In other words, he may use any means without any psychological burden."

It was the first time for Cheng Chuhua to hear such an unconventional interpretation of equality, and he was a little stunned for a while, but after careful understanding, there seemed to be nothing wrong.

The question is, does Yun Shuxia really think so?

Cheng Chuhua asked this question.

"Before meeting me in person, I was just guessing. I'll have to meet him to find out if it's true." Tang Ran didn't say for sure, and didn't want Cheng Chuhua to be entangled with his words, "Don't think so much , Leave professional matters to professional people to handle."

"...Okay." Cheng Chuhua nodded, but there was a bit of hope in his heart to get involved in the world of metaphysics.

If he didn't enter the world of metaphysics, he would never know the truth about his friend's death.But entering the world of metaphysics violated his original intention.More importantly, in fact, he has no choice, only others can help him make the choice.

If what Tang Ran said is true, then he has to enter if he doesn't want to.If it's fake, he can't do anything if he wants to.

Cheng Chuhua is like a marionette at the moment, whether it is useful or not depends entirely on the manipulator, and the only scissors that can help him break free from the silk threads on his body are probably held in Tang Ran's hands.

Thinking of this, Cheng Chuhua couldn't help but quietly glanced at Tang Ran.

Tang Ran noticed his gaze, thought he was going to eat oden, and passed the disposable bowl a little further.

Walking outside the Yunhai community, my new colleague has been feeding the mosquitoes there for nearly half an hour.

However, after seeing the picture of Tang Ran, a senior patient with "contact phobia", holding an umbrella with a stranger, he felt that the mosquito was worth feeding.

The update of this month's "We still don't know what happened that day" series on the special department forum is over, yay!

So he took out his phone.

Tang Ran bid farewell to Cheng Chuhua, told him not to worry and to be safe, and then dragged away the new colleague who was happy to come over to talk to him after taking the photo.

"Hey, no... I'm just saying hello to someone... Ouch... Ah! You're pulling my hair! My collar... Mommy!..."

The new colleague screamed and disappeared in front of Cheng Chuhua.

Smiling at the direction the two were leaving, Cheng Chuhua closed the umbrella and walked slowly into the community.

The rain stopped, and the stars were shining.

……

In the middle of the night, the thunder outside the window shook the sky, and the storm swept across the world, deafening.

Cheng Chuhua was lying on the bed and sleeping soundly. The roar failed to wake him up, but instead plunged him into the memory ruins deep in his soul, or in other words, a dream.

In his memory, there is a piece of wasteland with countless broken walls and ruins scattered on it. After years of wind, frost, rain and snow, after several years, it has long been mottled so that the original appearance cannot be seen.

Cheng Chuhua deliberately forgets them, just like the countless trivial things that he has left behind in the past 3000 years, but every year in the rainy days, he will see some fragments in his dreams, fragmented and unpictureable, although it is still heavy, it is within his tolerance Inside.

That night, Cheng Chuhua fell into a dream and came to this wasteland again. What appeared in front of him was the ruins of a majestic building. From the broken stone steps and the missing vermilion palace pillars, one can vaguely see how magnificent this place was. Therefore, under the ravages of unknown forces, it is no longer what it used to be.

Cheng Chuhua approached and stood at the foot of the stone steps. There was a withered peach tree beside the tree, and a half stone tablet stood beside the tree. A faint light shone through the cloud, slowly outlining the incomplete characters on the tablet——

Ji... learn...

Great panic welled up in his heart as these words gradually became clear. Cheng Chuhua woke up suddenly and sat up from the bed.

Covering his forehead, Cheng Chuhua felt a cold sweat in his hands, and felt that his mind was still in a daze, and after a while, it hurt again.

He pressed his eyebrows and reached out to touch the phone. The screen lit up, and the displayed time was exactly three o'clock in the morning.There is also a pop-up message under the time, which is the transfer reminder of Jiang Jiu's payment.

Cheng Chuhua entered the message suspiciously. An account with an ID named "Time Restaurant" transferred a sum of money to him. Due to the relatively large amount, he was stuck with the highest single transfer amount and transferred three times, totaling 6 yuan.

Who transferred so much money to him, was it a mistake?

Cheng Chuhua scratched his head and thought for a while, and finally remembered what Concubine Yun Xue said earlier that she would give him a sum of compensation, and that she would transfer it to him through the company account.

It may be because the place where he works is not a serious company, the money came a little later, and the account for the transfer is probably registered now, just as a name.

"Time Restaurant" is not the boss's account, his ID is unique, it's called "The Lop-Eared Rabbit Against Time", every time Cheng Chuhua clicks into the chat box with him, he feels like a youthful literature and art talk about the space at the end of the last century The smell hits my face.

"The special department is really generous."

Since it was what he deserved, Cheng Chuhua didn't feel guilty about keeping it, and transferred part of the money to his special deposit card, and put the rest in the balance for daily life turnover.

After dividing the compensation, Cheng Chuhua's drowsiness disappeared, and the heavy entanglement brought out from the dream was also cleared away, but he couldn't fall asleep again for a while.

Picking up the pillow next to him and putting it up on his back, Cheng Chuhua leaned on the head of the bed, found out the text message Tang Ran sent to him a few hours ago, clicked on the link, and used the account password he gave him to log on to the website.

This website is called "Special Ministry Forum". Although it is called "Forum", it is a comprehensive website. It is the exclusive website of the Special Ministry open to domestic special abilities. The Wendao Science and Technology Network in the academic world is just not so professional.

There is a saying on the homepage of the website - travel thousands of miles, know people all over the world.The "Wan Dynasty Calendar" is also admonishing words of Dayue Confucian Persuasion Villa.

There is a login button under this sentence. Tang Ran gave the initial account, and after logging in, he has to complete various information.Cheng Chuhua honestly filled in all the required items, took the ID name as "There is no rain in the sky", and then poked into the query interface.

The database of the special department forum is directly connected to the database of the headquarters, and members can query relevant information in the metaphysics world within the scope of authority.

Cheng Chuhua typed the words "Life and Death Seal of Liangyi" in the search box, filtered out some information in the advanced search options, and finally got 22 results, five of which were inlaid with red, indicating that they were important information.

Cheng Chuhua clicked on the very popular first article, and a dozen photos were loaded, which were pictures of Liangyi's seal of life and death from various angles.

He took a closer look, except for the color, it was indeed exactly the same as the pendant Yun Shuxia was wearing. He had played with the pendant when Yun Shuluo was wearing it, and he would never admit that it was a mistake.

After looking at the picture, Cheng Chuhua pulled down the page, and below it was a detailed introduction of the Liangyi Life and Death Seal. There was an explanation of its origin, a guess about its whereabouts, and a legend was mentioned, but it was not related to the Liangyi Life and Death Seal, but to the Liangyi Life and Death Disk.

This legend can be traced back to the ancient times, that is, hundreds of thousands of years ago in the time of mythology.

It is rumored that in the ancient times, the world was divided into nine parts, and nine states stood together.The human race occupies five states, the demons live in two states, and the remaining two states are a land of disorder. Therefore, the disputes between the various races continue, and the nine states attack each other, and even the world is in chaos.

At that time, the human race came out with a great power, unified the five states of the human race, created 33 heavens and [-] earths, established heavens, built hells, built reincarnation, divided the three realms, and re-established the order of the world.Since then, the human race has become the leader of all races, overwhelming the other four states.

The land of these five states is now the territory of China.

This powerful man possessed great luck, and collected or refined nine artifacts, eight of which had mosaic names, and the remaining one was the Liangyi Disk of Life and Death.

According to legend, the Liangyi life and death plate is an artifact for opening up the underworld. It is towned under the Wanli Styx River. It is a treasure used by the emperors of the underworld to suppress evil spirits. Eight Liangyi life and death seals are inlaid on it, inheriting part of the harmony. Yin and Yang, the effect of reversing life and death.

The Liangyi Life and Death Disk is an artifact in myths and stories. It is impossible to test whether it exists, but it is strange that the Liangyi Life and Death Seal does exist, and it does have the above two functions. Someone once used one of the seals to save himself. dead relatives.

However, the Liangyi Life and Death Seal inherits incomplete power of life and death, so there are many side effects after using it. For example, people who are revived by the Liangyi Life and Death Seal are in a state of incomplete soul and unconsciousness, which is no longer a normal person.

In addition to saving people, the Liangyi Life and Death Seal also has the ability to suppress evil and exorcise demons and has a powerful attacking ability. After all, the Liangyi Life and Death Disk is an artifact used to kill evil spirits after it was opened in the underworld, and someone also used it The force of the attack broke through the entrance of the different space, allowing the criminal with special abilities to escape.

After reading the first introduction about Liangyi's seal of life and death, Cheng Chuhua stared at the photos on the page and fell into deep thought.

If the pendant in Yun Shuxia's hand was really Liangyi's seal of life and death, what would he use it for?

A guess looms.