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Xi'an.

North Square of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.

3 PM.

Deadline: 9 hours.

Hundreds of people have already gathered in the square.

There are still people live streaming.

"Family! I'm at the Big Wild Goose Pagoda right now! The second Dragon Ball must be here!"

"If I get 500,000 likes, I'll stay up all night searching!"

"Thanks for the rocket, bro!"

Comment area:

"The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is so big, where is the Dragon Pearl hidden?"

"Beneath the seven-story pagoda, guided by starlight, does that mean it's on the seventh floor of the pagoda? The place where the Big Dipper shines down?"

"No! 'Seven-story pagoda' refers to the bottom of the pagoda, not the top!"

"Is there an underground palace down there?"

Does the Big Wild Goose Pagoda have an underground palace?

"Yes! It is said that the skull relic of the Venerable Xuanzang is enshrined in the underground palace!"

"Holy crap! Could the Dragon Balls be in the underground palace?"

"But the underground palace isn't open to the public!"

"The Land of Light definitely has a way! They must have communicated beforehand!"

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's find the entrance to the underground palace!"

Luoyang.

At the foot of Qiyun Pagoda.

It also attracted hundreds of people.

"Qiyun Pagoda is the oldest existing above-ground building in Luoyang, dating back to the Eastern Han Dynasty, even earlier than the Big Wild Goose Pagoda!"

"Beneath the seven-story pagoda, guided by starlight—the Qiyun Pagoda also has seven stories!"

"There's a stone tablet at the foot of the pagoda! It records the history of the White Horse Temple and the Qiyun Pagoda!"

"Furthermore, there are no tall buildings obstructing the view of Qiyun Pagoda, so you can see the Big Dipper at night!"

"Brothers in Luoyang! Charge!"

Nanjing.

Qixia Temple.

In front of the stupa.

"The Qixia Temple Relic Pagoda, originally built in the Sui Dynasty, is a seven-story, eight-sided structure with exquisite bas-reliefs on its body!"

"There's also a stone tablet at the foot of the pagoda! It records the history of the temple!"

"Moreover, Qixia Mountain has beautiful scenery, and you can see the stars at night!"

"Brothers in Nanjing! We can't lose!"

Hangzhou.

Leifeng Pagoda.

Although it only has five floors, it still attracted quite a few people.

"Although Leifeng Pagoda is a reconstruction, legend has it that the original pagoda had seven stories!"

"Moreover, the story of the White Snake is remarkably similar to the story of Son Goku in Dragon Ball!"

"They're all myths and legends!"

"Brothers in Hangzhou! Don't give up!"

The countdown is decreasing second by second.

【8:59:59】

【8:00:00】

【7:30:00】

……

Tens of thousands of people across the country are searching for it simultaneously.

On Weibo, messages were scrolling through the group chat of the "Dragon Ball Deciphering Alliance" at breakneck speed.

"Not found at the North Square of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an!"

"It's not even at the South Square of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an!"

"We've searched the entire area around Qiyun Pagoda in Luoyang, but it's not there!"

"There aren't any near the Qixia Temple Relic Pagoda in Nanjing either!"

"There's no Leifeng Pagoda in Hangzhou either!"

"Isn't it one of these places?"

"Could it be Kaifeng? Although the Iron Pagoda in Kaifeng has thirteen stories, Kaifeng is an ancient capital of eight dynasties!"

"The Kaifeng Iron Pagoda, also known as the Kaibao Temple Pagoda, was first built in the Northern Song Dynasty. Its body is covered in glazed bricks, which reflect light at night!"

"Starlight guidance—could it refer to starlight reflection?"

"That makes sense! But the Eiffel Tower has thirteen stories, not seven!"

"So it's not Kaifeng!"

"Where exactly is that?"

Xi'an, a key university, male dormitory of the history department.

Li Mubai, a boy with the online name "Chang'an Ke," stared intently at the bright red countdown on his computer screen and the two riddles posted by the Land of Light.

His desk was covered with things.

Printed enlarged screenshots from the Dragon Ball anime.

Detailed star charts of the Big Dipper and the star Merak, along with ancient astrological texts.

Detailed ancient maps of Xi'an and its surrounding areas.

Research materials on stone inscriptions from various dynasties.

It also includes historical records of the architectural structures of all the famous ancient pagodas in and around Chang'an.

Tianxuan, literary fortune... a thousand-year-old ancient capital, a perfect match.

Stone tablets serve as evidence, in a forest of steles, or in a famous inscription somewhere...

The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a seven-story brick pagoda in the pavilion style.

However, the term "seven layers" is more commonly used in Buddhist terminology, referring to the number and significance of the layers in a pagoda...

Suddenly, several clues flashed through his mind like an electrical circuit being connected!

He suddenly stood up.

"Brothers! Forget about the plans from the Culture and Tourism Bureau for now! I have an extremely bold, but very likely correct, deduction!"

"The mystery of the Land of Light may not be something we need to find in a specific historical site!"

The ancient capital has stood for a thousand years, as evidenced by the stone tablets.

—This refers to the historical coordinates of this ancient capital, which require a stone tablet of epoch-making significance to determine its precise location a thousand years ago!

Beneath the seven-tiered tower, starlight guides the way.

—The seven-story pagoda may not refer to a specific seven-story pagoda, but rather to a concept of spatial superposition or overlap, or it may be related to the Buddhist image of a seven-story pagoda.

And the starlight guides us, combining the star of Tianxuan with the countdown...

It likely refers to the need to observe special light and shadow or directional clues at a specific time and place that matches the seven intentions in order to pinpoint the final treasure location!

"We need to determine immediately which stone tablet in Xi'an has a clear and distinctive date."

"Furthermore, its location or the direction it points to can create a spatial or visual connection with a location possessing seven layers of meaning, at a certain astrological moment tonight!"

The other three people in the dormitory were stunned, and then their blood boiled.

"Damn it! Old Li, what do you say we do? We'll do whatever you say!"

"Investigate! Investigate separately! Investigate all the steles in the Stele Forest with important dates! Investigate all ancient buildings and modern structures in Xi'an with a seven-character or pagoda-like design, comparing them with the star map!"

"Contact the school's astronomy club! Contact the history professor! Time is of the essence!"

【7:31:15】

Li Mubai's dormitory has been turned into a temporary combat command post.

Maps, copies of ancient books, and star map software interfaces filled the four computer screens.

They established a collaborative network with "folk experts" across the country through the Land of Light fan group, university forums, and Q&A platforms.

"Found it! The Stone Classic of Filial Piety Stele in the Xi'an Stele Forest Museum was personally inscribed, annotated, and written by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Li Longji. The stele clearly bears the date of the fourth year of the Tianbao era. It is the first stele to welcome visitors to the Stele Forest, and its symbolic significance is extremely strong!"

Wang Pangzi, who was in charge of literature retrieval, reported breathlessly.

"Astronomy Club feedback! According to star chart software simulations, at approximately 23:47 PM tonight, the star Tianxuan in the Big Dipper will be positioned low in the sky, about 15 degrees east of due north of Xi'an, and will be quite bright!"

Li Xun looked at the messages on his phone.

"Seven potential locations: the Big Wild Goose Pagoda at Da Ci'en Temple, the Small Wild Goose Pagoda, the modern memorial tower within the Kukai Memorial Monument at Qinglong Temple, and..."

Zheng Yu quickly read the list aloud.

Li Mubai frowned.

Stone tablet, constellations, seven locations of intent...

How do these three elements converge?

Just then, a netizen who was a graduate student in the architecture department of a university in Hangzhou shared a key point in a collaborative document.

"Everyone, I have a conjecture while studying the feng shui layout of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty."

"The 'down' under the seven-story tower is not necessarily the physical 'bottom'."

In Buddhist architecture and feng shui, pagodas are often regarded as the axis connecting heaven and earth or as a vital point.

The term "seven-tiered pagoda" may refer to a certain area whose feng shui influences or is reflected by a pagoda with seven layers of significance as the origin or reference point.

This area may have been defined jointly by Tianxuan and the stone tablet.

"Feng Shui implications for the area..."

Li Mubai murmured to himself, as if a lightning bolt had cleaved through the fog in his mind!

He lunged at the detailed map overlaid with the modern city of Xi'an, his eyes searching frantically.

If... if we take the "Stone Classic of Filial Piety" stele in the Beilin Museum as a time landmark of the ancient capital for a thousand years...

At 23:47 tonight, draw a starlight line pointing towards the ground from the specific elevation and azimuth angle of the star Tianxuan in Xi'an...

Therefore, a tower with sufficient height and seven religious symbolic meanings is needed to serve as the receiver or intersection point of this starlight line with the ground!

The tower itself may not be the treasure trove, but the surrounding area it reflects or influences is the real treasure trove!

"The Big Wild Goose Pagoda!"

The four of them spoke almost in unison!