Tomb raiding: A mere 20 is nothing!

Sometimes, accidents happen so suddenly that there's no time to prepare.

Just like the ever-changing weather, one moment the sky is clear and blue, and the next moment dark clouds may loom over the city.

The weather forecast clearly indicated that the next few days in Yuchun would be sunny and calm, otherwise Wu Xie wouldn't have suggested going to the beach. As he said, the first half of the night was indeed calm, but the weather suddenly changed in the second half.

"boom--"

A thunderclap ripped across the sky.

In an instant, the lightning illuminated the entire village, and the shadows of houses, trees, and courtyard walls twisted and stretched wildly on the ground, like countless lurking ghosts.

Thunder rumbled one after another, and in no time, a gale-force wind brought a torrential downpour. The sounds of rain, thunder, and howling wind mingled together, shattering the tranquility of the rain-soaked village.

There was a faint, unsettling feeling in the air, like a storm brewing.

Outside, a fierce storm raged, and inside, the people were already terrified, their bodies trembling with cold sweat.

"No, that's wrong, let's start over."

Qi Qiu held three Qianlong Tongbao coins in his hand, his knuckles turning slightly white from the force.

He held his breath and tossed the copper coin onto the table.

In the Six Lines Divination, one must cast the hexagram six times consecutively to obtain six lines in sequence. These lines, arranged from top to bottom, form a complete hexagram. Only by referring to the Book of Changes and finding the corresponding line text can one glimpse a glimpse of the secrets of heaven. This is called interpreting the hexagram.

The first divination was originally Qi Qiu's impromptu idea.

After interpreting the hexagram, we arrive at the twelfth hexagram: Heaven and Earth in Opposition.

The hexagram Pi (否) consists of Qian (乾) above Kun (坤) below, and is the third hexagram in the Qian Palace. The character Pi itself signifies obstruction and stagnation. The hexagram represents heaven above and earth below, with heaven and earth not interacting, yin and yang separated, and disharmony between superiors and inferiors, symbolizing disharmony in all things.

This is a blatantly ominous sign.

Qi Qiu frowned, his unease growing stronger. He didn't believe in superstitions and thought it was just his own distraction that caused the divination to go wrong. He took a deep breath and cast a second divination.

After interpreting the hexagram, we arrive at the twenty-ninth hexagram: Kan (Water).

The hexagram is composed of two Kan trigrams superimposed on each other, representing water flowing continuously, yet also extremely dangerous, symbolizing a road ahead fraught with peril.

It is one of the four most inauspicious hexagrams.

"How could this happen?"

Qi Qiu frowned even more deeply, just as another bolt of lightning ripped through the night sky outside the window, and his heart sank to the bottom.

He subconsciously wanted to cast a third divination, holding three copper coins in his fingers, raising them to mid-air, but he hesitated to throw them out.

He knew better than anyone that he had overstepped his bounds.

The Six Lines divination method emphasizes that "the first divination is auspicious, but repeated divinations are disrespectful, and disrespect will result in no further answers." Frequent divinations within a short period are discouraged, as they can lead to information confusion and deplete the diviner's focus.

But he was unwilling to accept this outcome.

He hesitated for only a moment, but his obsession ultimately overcame his reason, and he finally threw out the three copper coins.

The third hexagram is the Kun hexagram.

The upper trigram is Dui, which represents a marshland, and the lower trigram is Kan, which represents water. Water is below the marshland, but there is no water in the marshland, which symbolizes a desperate and impoverished situation with nowhere to turn.

This is also one of the four inauspicious hexagrams.

Three hexagrams were drawn in succession, and all three were unfavorable.

"puff--"

A fishy, ​​sweet taste suddenly rushed up my throat.

Qi Qiu let out a muffled groan, his body swaying uncontrollably, blood staining his lips, a shocking sight.

No, this is not just the backlash from excessive fortune-telling and prying into the secrets of heaven.

He reached out with trembling hands and gently picked up the portrait of the girl on the table. His fingertips traced the eyebrows and eyes of the person in the painting, and a sudden, excruciating pain shot through his heart.

Before I completely lost consciousness, only one thought, tinged with utter despair, remained in my mind—

The building eventually collapsed.

at the same time.

Qi Qiu was not the only one who noticed this crisis.

There are many mysterious things in this world: the telepathic connection between twins, the innate bond between mother and child, and those terrifyingly accurate precognitive dreams...

Some things are etched in our intuition, and have nothing to do with science.

That was a warning bell rung by fate before the storm truly arrived.

Coincidentally.

People who are extremely sensitive to danger have all gathered in this inconspicuous little rain village.

Especially those who have lived for nearly a century and are aware of even the slightest changes in their surroundings.

Zhang Qiyu slowly opened his eyes in the darkness.

He was usually indifferent and rarely had emotional fluctuations, but at this moment, his heart was beating faster than usual.

This was very unusual; he had traveled far and wide, faced countless perilous situations, and rarely experienced such intense unease.

Zhang Haike's heart also tightened for no reason.

When the first clap of thunder sounded, he was jolted awake from his light sleep, and could no longer fall back asleep.

He stood up, strode to the window, and pushed it open. Raindrops began to pelt his face.

He actually disliked rainy days at all. Especially a downpour like this, which always reminded him of his dark past.

Zhang Haiyan also woke up.

He lay in bed, his heart feeling as if it were being gripped tightly by an invisible hand, making him feel suffocated.

This was a suffocating feeling he hadn't experienced in many years, instantly reminding him of those near-death experiences.

Zhang Qianjun, on the other hand, couldn't sleep at all.

He tossed and turned in bed, a nameless restlessness and anxiety enveloping him.

The same goes for black bears.

He lay on the bed with his eyes closed, clearly very sleepy, yet his mind was unusually clear. The continuous sound of rain and thunder filled his ears, each sound like a hammer blow to his nerves.

Zhang Rishan was unable to sleep due to the pain from his unhealed wound. He listened to the relentless rain outside and assumed that the sudden change in weather was causing his leg pain.

The remaining people in Yucun were no exception.

Some people either can't sleep, or they wake up in a fright after falling asleep. Others fall asleep but are plagued by nightmares filled with fragmented and terrifying images.

Unfortunately, they didn't share their information, each believing it was their own problem, and no one considered the more serious implications, especially since the heartwarming moment from not long ago was still fresh in their minds.

Until the next day.

The rain stopped and the sky brightened, but the atmosphere in Yucun was even more oppressive than during the torrential rain the night before.

When things unfolded in a way they had never imagined, they were suddenly struck by the sight of those rolling tears.

It turns out that the most painful thing in this world is...

It's not just physical ailments.

Instead, it's the look of disappointment and despair in the eyes of the person you love, looking at you with tears in their eyes.

That one glance was enough to crush all the past.

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at the same time,

Shen Mingchao opened his eyes as if struck by lightning...