Stealing the Secret from the Cover of Heaven

Chapter 585: The Forbidden Land of Gods and Demons
When the first rays of morning sun shine on the desert, the cold sand begins to gradually warm up.

One after another, off-road vehicles painted in desert camouflage drove in from the distant oil fields, raising clouds of dust behind them.

Li Changshou, who was half buried in the yellow sand, seemed to have turned into a superman who could absorb the energy of the sun to make his body better.

Not only did the bruised nose and face recover, but even the skin became smooth and delicate, as if he had drunk the elixir of life, exuding vitality from the inside out.

His energy is long and his body is strong, just like a statue of a god or demon that has just been unearthed.

"found it!"

In a trance, he heard someone shouting loudly and woke up from his sleep.

It seemed as if the body had unprecedented power, and its perception of the outside world seemed to have improved greatly.

He had just opened his eyes and before he could stretch, he was scolded in a cold tone: "Don't move."

After taking a quick look around, Li Changshou discovered that he had been surrounded by seven or eight soldiers wearing desert camouflage, masks and armed with live ammunition.

The dark muzzle of the gun seemed like it would fire a burst of bullets at any time to judge life.

"General, what's going on?" Li Changshou raised his hands, not daring to make any unnecessary movements.

It seemed that the shout of "General" broke the defense of the armed soldiers, and the muzzles of the guns in the hands of several people trembled as a result.

A captain with the epaulettes of a major put away his automatic rifle, took off his mask, walked up to Li Changshou and said, "Comrade, please come with us and assist in the investigation."

"What happened?" Li Changshou asked with a silly look on his face, as if he had forgotten what he saw and heard last night.

"You don't know?" The major seemed to want to find clues from Li Changshou's face.

"Should I know?" Li Changshou asked cautiously, fearing that the other party would regard him as a spy trying to find out military secrets.

"Please come with us." After the major said this, he asked two soldiers to carry Li Changshou into the military vehicle.

As the roar of the engine faded away, the desert that had just been bombed seemed to have not changed at all.

Even the huge bomb crater disappeared, as if it had been swallowed up by quicksand overnight, erasing all traces of the battle.

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At the same time, hundreds of kilometers away, at the foot of the Kunlun Mountains, a high-level meeting was being held in a mysterious underground base.

Although there were many participants, the atmosphere in the conference room was extremely depressing.

Because the video playing on the big screen is subverting their three views.

The most terrifying scene was the scene of three people who looked like they were burnt, with brilliant divine light bursting out of their bodies, controlling the quicksand in the desert, forming a sandstorm with incredibly destructive power, and directly smashing dozens of drones.

When the sandstorm disappeared, the three burned people also disappeared.

At the end of the video, the detection equipment of the high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft seemed to have lost its surveillance capabilities, and the picture became blurry.

Both the photoelectric sensing equipment and the infrared detection equipment have become useless.

"What do you think about this?" asked the big boss who was presiding over the meeting.

"The reappearance of the aliens who disappeared for three hundred years is definitely not a good sign. We should form a rapid response force against the aliens as soon as possible. Otherwise, if the aliens appear in densely populated areas next time, we will probably cause big trouble." said one of the lieutenant generals in military uniform.

"I'm not worried about the emergence of extraordinary people. Instead, I'm more interested in why they appeared in that deserted place." Another old man in an executive jacket spoke up.

"Mr. Song, do you think there are other reasons behind this?"

"According to ancient records, aliens should live in blessed caves. Although they can survive in the secular world, they will not take action easily, otherwise they will be in danger of exhausting their essence. According to the latest archaeological discoveries of our archaeological institute, whether it is the aliens from 5,000 years ago or the aliens from later dynasties, if they stay in the secular world for too long, they will not be able to exert even 10% of their abilities, and will not enjoy the blessing of a long life in a blessed cave. According to our research, it should be that the earthly aura that permeates the human world has a strong corrosive power on those beings who can live long lives by drinking wind and eating dew."

"Could it be that 'Life is in its original place, where gods and demons are forbidden to enter' is true?" A relatively younger man muttered after hearing Elder Song's introduction.

"Director Qian, has your Deep Space Exploration Agency made any new discoveries on the moon?" the person presiding over the meeting asked directly.

"Not long ago, one of our lunar archaeological teams discovered an ancient stone tablet in a circular impact crater at the south pole of the moon. On it, a secret ancient history was recorded in oracle bone script. After the contents of the tablet were deciphered, it roughly meant that the earth is the origin of life and a forbidden place for gods and demons. No matter how powerful a god or demon is, as long as they stand on the earth, their magic power will continue to dissipate, gradually degenerating into a mortal, and eventually they will die of old age like mortals."

Qian Xiashan, director of the Institute of Extraterrestrial Civilization, who is also the head of the Deep Space Exploration Bureau, announced this news, which was still top secret to the outside world, on the spot.

After years of archaeological excavations, everyone here knows more about the truth of civilization than ordinary people.

There has been more than one human civilization on Earth.

And it is certain that for various reasons, human civilization on Earth has been restarted countless times.

The "different people" they are talking about are a special group left over from the last era of human civilization.

Just three hundred years ago, the world was in chaos, war was raging, and a shocking mortal appeared on the land of China.

Under his leadership, a group of mortals who were capable of being canonized as saints used their flesh and blood to sweep across the world, completely wiping out all the monsters, demons, and other alien groups that remained in the human world. Even after wiping out all the aliens, they used the power of supreme faith to transform themselves into blood-red battle flags that covered the sky and the sun, and sealed up those blessed places that could give birth to extraordinary creatures.

From then on, no extraordinary deeds were seen in the world.

That incident was also called the "Cutting off the Connection between Heaven and Earth" incident by people in later generations.

From then on, mortals on earth no longer have to worry about "who controls the rise and fall of the vast earth".

Mortals rule everything.

But now, strange people have reappeared in the world.

After combining information from several sources, they came to an extremely worrying conclusion.

I'm afraid there must be a crack in the seal from that year.

Although they were worried, they wanted to find out what those three powerful aliens were fighting for.
"Liu Zhi, last night your defense zone was the first to discover the alien battle. Have you made any investigation now? Are those three aliens dead or alive?" the host asked a middle-aged man in camouflage military uniform.

"It is confirmed that under our continuous bombing, two aliens were killed on the spot. The remaining alien seemed to be proficient in the art of earth escape, and finally disappeared in the depths of the desert." Liu Zhi replied.

"Have the bodies of the aliens who were killed in the explosion been found?" Old Song asked hurriedly.

"Their body structure seems to be different from ours. At the moment of death, their bodies turn directly into dust as if weathered." Liu Zhi said.

"Weathered into dust?" Mr. Song was visibly stunned. "Mr. Song, is there any problem with this?" Liu Zhi asked.

"According to the research of our archaeological institute, after the death of an ordinary alien, the body is not much different from that of a mortal. Only an alien who has completed a complete transformation will turn directly into ashes after death." Old Song explained.

"Mr. Song, are you at the archaeological institute studying the evolution methods of aliens?" the host asked.

"Early this morning, Old Zhang from the observatory told me that there was a sudden chaos in the stars last night. The stars in the sky suddenly shifted, and then suddenly returned. They couldn't explain this phenomenon. However, according to the information we deciphered from the inscriptions dug out from the last civilization era, this kind of astrological movement often indicates that the mysteries of nature are in chaos and that there will be sudden changes in the world. In order to prevent us from being caught off guard after a sudden change occurs, from now on, we must also cultivate our own extraordinary evolutionists." Old Song said with a serious face.

"I agree with Mr. Song's point of view. Thermal weapons alone have an upper limit to their use. In many situations, they simply cannot exert their great effectiveness. Sometimes, the collateral damage is even greater than the actual lethality needed." As a front-line commander, Liu Zhi is naturally aware of the limitations of thermal weapons, especially high-powered thermal weapons.

In the deserted wilderness, they can use high-powered ammunition to their heart's content, but if they fight in a densely populated city, high-powered ammunition will be greatly restricted, and the power of individual weapons will seem insufficient.

"Your military will study and discuss this matter later. Today, let's find out the reason why the aliens appeared. Have you brought back those people who appeared on the edge of the battlefield last night?" the host asked again.

"We brought them all back. But one person is missing." Liu Zhi said.

"Who's missing? Is his background check clear?" the host asked.

"The missing person is named Zhou Tong, the contemporary successor of Iron Arm and Golden Sword, and he opened a martial arts school in Chang'an City. After discovering the battle between the aliens yesterday, he drove madly towards the crater. He should know something that we don't know. However, we only found his car last night, but not him." Liu Zhi said.

"Let's get this straightened out as soon as possible," the host said.

"Yes." Liu Zhi said.

After that, the meeting was temporarily adjourned and everyone continued to collect information.

At the same time, Li Changshou, who was taken away by the soldiers, was being detained in an office in the oil field for interrogation.

The other party asked very detailed questions about my identity and background to the purpose of the trip.

Even a lie detector was used.

Moreover, his information was gathered by the other party’s big data at the first possible moment.

An orphan who lacks love, a poor man who was cheated on by his girlfriend.

Finally they came to the conclusion that Li Changshou was an ordinary person with a somewhat cowardly character.

"Okay, you can go."

After the investigator returned the backpack to Li Changshou, he signaled him to leave.

"Um, have you found Zhou Tong?" Li Changshou asked before leaving.

"No, your friend is probably in danger." The investigator shook his head.

In their eyes, Zhou Tong was a madman. After discovering the alien, he did not hide or evade. Instead, he left behind some stupid words about seeking immortality and ran towards the crater recklessly.

The density of last night's artillery fire was definitely not something that ordinary people could withstand.

Even a body of steel will be vaporized.

“Can you return Zhou Tong’s car to me? I want to drive it back to his sister.” Li Changshou looked through the window and suddenly realized that this was an oil field in the desert, not a city. There were no buses, no taxis, and no online ride-hailing services.

How he left became a huge question.

"That car is related to the disappearance of its owner Zhou Tong. We are going to take it back for investigation. But don't worry, if the investigation is correct, we will return the car to Zhou Tong's family." said the investigator.

"That, that," Li Changshou hesitated again.

"What exactly do you want to say?" The investigators were all upset by Li Changshou's hesitation.

"Can you take me to the nearest station?" Li Changshou said.

"It was our negligence." The investigator was visibly stunned, and then he shouted to a soldier standing guard outside the door: "Xiao Xu, take Mr. Li to the county's long-distance bus station."

"Yes," the soldier responded.

Then, Li Changshou followed the soldier and walked towards where the military vehicle was parked.

This was an eye-opener for Li Changshou. The originally empty oil field was now filled with all kinds of vehicles, and even several helicopters.

In addition, there were constant convoys driving in from outside, and some tourists were taken to the temporary interrogation room to be questioned about what happened last night.

Watching these scenes, Li Changshou felt very strange, as if he had forgotten something important.

Moreover, the external injuries on his body healed without any medicine, which surprised him greatly.

Some even speculated that Zhou Tong had come back to see him after he fell into a coma, or even that those strange people had given him a panacea.

For a moment, his mind was full of mixed thoughts.

Just as he was about to pedal, he subconsciously held the backpack in his arms and unzipped it to check if anything had been left behind.

This is a good habit he develops before going to work every day.

But when he saw what was in the bag, he was obviously stunned.

There was a very strange object on his keychain.

It was a pendant only the size of a baby's palm.

But Li Changshou was sure that it was not bought by him, nor was it given to him by others.

Before this trip, the pendant didn't even exist.

Even when he took the bag and chased Zhou Tong, the pendant did not exist, as if it appeared out of thin air.

Just as Li Changshou was stunned, Xiao Xu turned around and shouted, "Mr. Li!"

"Oh!" Li Changshou quickly zipped up his backpack and sat in the back seat of the car.

(End of this chapter)