The Law of Heaven

Chapter 38 Primitive Worship
Jiang Youqing rummaged through her bag again, then looked up with a serious expression: "There's something dirty in there!"

"Sister Youqing, it wasn't in the body either."

Xiao Li looked like she'd been ripped off, and said angrily, "Did that weirdo take it? He's shameless and has no manners at all!"

Aihara coughed twice and couldn't help but ask, "Little sister, what's missing?"

Xiao Li answered honestly, "Captain Izawa's Life Slug has the ability to heal injuries and regenerate flesh. It is an extremely rare biological type of living being, and its abilities are usually biased towards healing. Every long-lived species that does not have healing abilities needs this kind of biological type of living being."

Aihara's expression turned indignant: "Really? Then he must have been taken away by that doctor! That damned scoundrel, we'll give him a good beating when we catch him!"

Xiao Li nodded vigorously: "Yes!"

Xiang Yuan had no idea that the slimy slug had such miraculous effects, but now he was inexplicably pleasantly surprised, and said in a pretentious manner, "This guy already had a bunch of living spirits, and now he has a life slug..."

Jiang Youqing raised her eyes and stared at him silently.

"What do you see me doing?"

Aihara felt a little uneasy.

"Is it really not you?"

Jiang Youqing looked suspicious.

"What a joke! I'm just a Kamen Rider who happened to be passing by. I only helped you because you were in trouble."

Aihara waved his hand dismissively, "You really think I'd care about that stuff?"

Jiang Youqing turned around expressionlessly and said calmly, "Well, I'm a dog if I'm lying."

Woof woof woof.

Just as Aihara was about to say something, a large group of uninvited guests suddenly intruded into his senses, causing his expression to change slightly: "I think we should leave as soon as possible."

"why?"

Xiao Li asked curiously.

Aihara pointed to the ruins of the mercury pool and the pile of shattered corpses on the ground, and said seriously, "Dozens of guys like this came all at once, why do you think that is?"

He could have sacrificed this clone at any time, but now that he has found a precious living creature, he must act cautiously to avoid losing both his life and his possessions after his death.

Jiang Youqing suddenly raised her eyes and glanced at him, seemingly surprised by his sharp reaction.

It should be noted that even her magnetic field perception had only just begun to fluctuate, yet the other party was able to accurately determine the truth, demonstrating their remarkably powerful perceptual abilities.

"We need to leave as soon as possible. Ideally, we should find the way the remnants of the Shi family left. The passageways outside are almost entirely filled with experimental subjects, leaving no way to go."

She picked up her backpack, turned around, and left, her high black ponytail swinging in the air like a floating stroke of ink.

“Sir, I don’t know which faction you belong to, but I can sense that you have no ill intentions. I will thank you for your help.”

She paused abruptly: "In this situation, we have a premise for cooperation... but just to be on the safe side, I still need to be wary of you. Would you mind?"

A revolver hovered in mid-air.

The dark muzzle of the gun locked onto Aihara.

"of course."

Aihara also raised his hand, his Colt Python fully loaded with bullets, the muzzle locked on the girl.

"I'm afraid you'll discard me after you've served your purpose."

He suddenly spat and said, "No, I'm not a donkey."

He wasn't worried about his abilities being exposed.

The abilities of immortal beings are diverse, and their manifestations are often extremely similar, but their actual working principles are vastly different, making it difficult to judge their essence from the phenomena.

Of course, Jiang Youqing is an exception, as she inherited publicly available ancient artifacts; her information is basically public knowledge.

In battle, you might suffer some losses.

But it doesn't matter.

As long as it's strong, that's enough.

Xiao Li silently watched the two men wary of each other, muttering to herself, "Why isn't anyone pointing a gun at me?"

No one paid any attention to him.

"Xiao Li, help me find the way."

Jiang Youqing gave the order.

"No need to bother."

Xiang Yuan arrived in front of a metal wall, pushed it, and triggered a hidden compartment. The floor shook and opened a secret passage; the doctor had left from here before.

The doctor thought he was being discreet, but in reality, every word and action was being perceived by the Alaya consciousness.

"Amazing!"

The naive and innocent Xiao Li is very good at providing emotional value.

Even Jiang Youqing was a little stunned. This guy was so calm and composed, as if the laboratory was his home.

Throughout the entire process, this mysterious person displayed a unique and extraordinary temperament: absolute composure in the face of life and death, remaining unfazed even when Mount Tai collapsed before them.

This composure, which belongs only to the strong, is not without reason. It either comes from complete control of the situation or from absolute confidence in one's own strength.

She paused for a moment, blinked her long, curled eyelashes, and said thoughtfully, "At first I thought you were sent by one of the five great families, but now I seriously suspect you are from the Shi family, trying to lure us into this secret passage and then trap us like turtles in a jar?"

Despite this, she did not hesitate and stepped into the secret passage first, then suddenly realized: "Wait, I'm not a turtle either... Who are you? Up to now, I don't even know your name."

Aihara followed behind her, turned around and waved to signal the chubby girl to catch up quickly, and said slowly, "You talk like it's as if I know your name now."

"Captain Jing has called my name many times, and Xiao Li has also called my name many times."

"Then I don't know Xiao Li's name either!"

"Um... my name isn't very nice, so just call me Xiao Li, or Big Eater."

"Your name is chosen by your parents, so what if it sounds good or bad? You should have some confidence and tell me your full name!"

"Li Erniu".

"Uh, then you can just call yourself Xiao Li." The door to the hidden compartment closed, and the group stood still in the dark tunnel, cold sweat pouring down their backs as if a floodgate had been opened.

Because shortly after the hidden door closed, they heard faint footsteps coming from above.

Someone walked across the metal floor.

It was as soft as a ghost, yet the faint sound of scales scraping against the floor could be heard, like a snake meandering.

The rustling sounds came together.

Creepy.

If they hadn't gone through the hidden compartment, they probably would have been surrounded by the test subjects and eaten as midnight snacks.

"We would be in great danger without you."

Jiang Youqing led the way, then suddenly whispered, "Could you be one of Mr. Fu's people?"

Aihara was taken aback: "Fukushima?"

Jiang Youqing replied, "Yes, he is severely contaminated and really needs the serum here for treatment. I thought he would come here in person."

Aihara thought of that rude guy and said with a sneer, "You're overthinking it. It would cost a lot of money for me to make a special trip for him."

Since this woman was trying to figure out his identity, he didn't mind giving her some useless information to interfere with her judgment.

Jiang Youqing roughly judged that this guy did indeed know Mr. Fu, so she didn't say anything more.

"I'll lead the way, you guys be careful."

She resumed her taciturn demeanor, moving forward silently like a piece of crystal-clear ice.

Aihara shone a flashlight behind her, while the two revolvers remained suspended in the air, locked in a standoff.

Xiao Li squeezed into the back with difficulty, as her size made movement extremely difficult.

Suddenly, Jiang Youqing stopped in her tracks.

Xiao Li was startled and quickly reached for her gun.

"It's alright, they're not enemies."

Aihara didn't sense any enemies. He shone his flashlight on the wall, looked up, and asked curiously, "What the hell is this thing?"

Jiang Youqing also looked up, the light illuminating her fair and flawless face. She pursed her lips and said, "This is Echidna from Greek mythology, a monster that is half human and half snake. Her upper body is that of a beautiful woman, and her lower body is that of a snake."

The narrow, dark passage was unlit, but the dome was inlaid with a large, ancient and mysterious mural, which seemed to have been weathered by thousands of years, mottled and dim.

The mural depicts a half-human, half-snake monster, seemingly immersed in the waters of the underworld, alluring and sinister.

Aihara turned the light deeper into the room, and a second piece of the mosaic mural came into view: "This is..."

Jiang Youqing said expressionlessly, "The Naga in Indian mythology also has the upper body of a human and the lower body of a snake. Legend has it that he lives underground and controls water and treasures, and he often appears in Buddhist art."

The monster in the second mural exudes a mysterious solemnity, holding a scepter as if bathed in Buddha's light.

This is the Naga from Hindu mythology!
The third mural is the most magnificent. In the ancient wilderness, a giant goddess stands under the dark clouds. She has the upper body of a human woman and a long tail that spans a great river. Humans, as insignificant as ants, worship her majestic body.

"Nuwa, the creator goddess in Eastern mythology."

Jiang Youqing said softly, "Perhaps I don't need to judge this; anyone can see it at a glance."

"Old man."

Having been exposed to antiques since childhood, Aihara immediately recognized that these three murals were ancient artifacts and of considerable value.

However, removing them without damaging them is quite difficult and requires specialized tools.

Why are there murals here?

Xiao Li was puzzled.

In fact, there are more than just these three murals in the secret passage.

The dome of the secret passage has been pieced together with ancient murals to form a grand divine picture. In addition to the three gods or monsters mentioned above, there are many spirits and monsters from folk legends, but without exception, they all have the image of a human body with a snake tail.

It seemed to be an ancient form of worship.

"Because the Shi family believes in this."

Jiang Youqing took a document from Captain Jing's backpack, studied it for a moment, and then handed it to them: "It's not just the Shi family; even Germans a hundred years ago had an almost primitive worship of monsters with human bodies and snake tails."

They believed that once humanity evolved into this form, it would gain supreme power and eternal life, shedding its mortal form and approaching divinity.

Aihara looked at the document and, to be honest, he couldn't understand anything about it; it was full of German words he had never learned before.

Although he can't read the text, he can understand the pictures.

Compared to the experimental photos Aihara had found before, the photocopied material in this document is even more horrifying, detailing the process of humans developing snake-like features in petri dishes, which is chilling.

This seems to be an extremely crazy grafting technique, attempting to splice humans and snakes together.

However, the data only mentions humans as experimental subjects, but does not mention any snakes used as splicing materials.

"The so-called grafting is not about grafting human and snake bodies together. The truth about this technology is that it grafts monster genes into human bodies."

Jiang Youqing explained expressionlessly, "The Shi family has been doing this kind of thing; it's a project they're collaborating on with the Germans. The so-called serum is extracted from the test subjects in this project and can treat contamination."

But I fear the serum isn't their ultimate goal. This group might be following the clues in the original murals to reconstruct ancient alchemy and black magic, using modern technology to create something else entirely.

Xiao Li seemed to understand, her chubby face turning pale: "The primitive worship of a human body with a snake tail... Master Zhou seemed to have mentioned it in his class. There's only one kind of creature in the world with this characteristic, and that's the bloodline of the Ancient Dragon genus..."

"Is this the law of nature?"

Aihara's flashlight landed on the top of the divine image on the dome. The ancient dragon, coiled deep in the dark clouds, was lifelike, as if its soul had been sealed and had awakened after millions of years.

The answer is revealed.

No wonder the Germans launched a war to this land a hundred years ago; their purpose was not just gold and silver treasures, but also an ancient myth.

They want... the power of the dragon!
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