Jia Yan carefully flipped open the first page of the notebook with his forefoot.
"'Lieutenant Li Qicheng of the Jiguo Province Garrison,'"
"Jiguo Province of Da Man Country? Wasn't that a puppet regime supported by the Japanese in China nearly a hundred years ago!"
"It seems that when these human soldiers arrived here, it was roughly about ten years ago." Jia Yan could roughly estimate the time from this line.
He turned to the first page of the description.
"'March 12th, Showa Year 11. Commanded by Major Yoshida, leading fifty soldiers and accompanied by Dr. Uehara and others, totaling thirty-seven people, to investigate rumors of the Liangshui Heifeng Cave.'"
Jia Yan looked at this somewhat archaic text, feeling a bit of a headache.
But fortunately, he knew enough from these descriptions, thanks to his knowledge of Japanese.
Jia Yan continued reading.
This book was obviously a somewhat official record style. If these people returned to the surface back then, they might have handed over this notebook to their superiors as future records.
"On the first day, while exploring the Heifeng Cave, Dr. Uehara and others unexpectedly encountered the cave's depth, and during the descent, five people lost contact. Later, using a serial method, they found the entrance to the cave below."
"On the second day, Dr. Uehara made a medical scientific discovery in this cave. Three people died suddenly for no reason."
"On the third day, the cave was attacked by strange beasts, and eleven soldiers died in battle."
"On the fourth day, the outside world was discovered, and Dr. Uehara proposed to explore further, but the soldiers chose to accompany him to the death."
"On the fifth day, there were many strange beasts, and more than half of the soldiers died in battle."
"On the sixth day, we went too deep, and the return journey seemed close but was actually far away. Misfortune outweighs fortune!"
"On the seventh day, only ten soldiers and Dr. Uehara from the exploration team remained. We are destined to die here..."
"On the eighth day, I suddenly felt severe abdominal pain, vomiting blood, and blurry vision. Dr. Uehara discovered a strange entity, claiming it to be a divine artifact from beyond! And he said, this place and the cave at the foot of Mount Fuji in Japan, with a divine artifact, are one!"
"On the ninth day, Dr. Uehara also died suddenly. Only five survivors remained."
"On the tenth day, unable to move, the other four left me. As they were leaving, a Japanese soldier shot my leg, preventing me from walking. Hatred! Hatred! Hatred!"
"Japanese bandit, Li Qicheng has no hope of revenge in this life, only hoping to avenge this grievance in the next life. Da Gong, you devious scum, slaughtering the Japanese soldiers of my clan, Li Qicheng and the others are coming for you!"
"Unknown number of days later, feeling faint, on the verge of death. But seeing a strange scene, it needs to be recorded. The divine artifact is moving, this thing..."
Jia Yan saw this and noticed the pen suddenly drawing a long vertical line across the entire page.
There were some conspicuous bloodstains on the notebook.
He then recalled that there were dried bloodstains on the cover and plastic film of the notebook, and couldn't help but sigh.
It should be when Li Qicheng, the pseudo lieutenant of Da Man Country, felt that he was about to die, and then wrapped the notebook in plastic film!
Although this person probably didn't think at the time that future generations would get this notebook. But because this notebook was important and recorded his feelings, he might have felt that the notebook was his solace, so he protected it with plastic film.
Unexpectedly, after tens or nearly a hundred years, this notebook was actually picked up by Jia Yan, a mosquito that had been reborn!
Things are unpredictable, perhaps that person couldn't have imagined such a miraculous turn of events.
So, let's analyze this notebook with few recorded words.
In fact, there are more detailed descriptions in the notebook, such as the personnel composition of the team that went underground that day, and some professional records, which Jia Yan didn't pay much attention to.
He was just digesting those notes.
What is the Showa Year 11? Probably the time when the pseudo Da Man Country existed!
This team consisted of nearly a hundred people. After Li Qicheng was abandoned, there were still four people who went out. But judging from where the notebook was found, there was still a considerable distance from the cave. These four people must have suffered losses on their way back.
And as Jia Yan suspected, Li Qicheng's words revealed inexplicable deaths, which proved that the underground world's air contained lethal toxins to humans!
After that, things should be straightforward. The surviving few returned to the surface, and then Japan gathered many medical experts to analyze and study the air permeating from the exit of the "Heifeng Cave." Then, using methods to extract the air, they separated the black liquid and finally processed it into a purplish-red potion!
Perhaps Japan also had exploration of this underground world, but from the appearance of several buildings in the factory, it could be seen that a battle broke out, and then those buildings were completely forgotten in history...
Until, three buildings were somehow reactivated by Dongbei Yehu.
Then――the potion was produced, Dongbei Yehu took the opportunity to lure addicts, boarded the train to Shanghai, and coincidentally, Jia Yan was also on that train. Then came Jia Yan's life-risking attempt with the purplish-red potion, the near-death experience, and the greatest opportunity of his life - the beginning of his mutation!
Then followed a series of stories!
When things are connected and analyzed, a reasonable explanation quickly emerges.
"Perhaps my current achievements can be considered as helped by this Li Qicheng!"
Without the exploration of these ancients, perhaps the three buildings would not have appeared, the buildings would not have appeared, and Dongbei Yehu's factory would naturally not have been able to open. So naturally, Jia Yan's several mutations relying on the factory would also be impossible!
Even if revenge was still successful, it would definitely end up in death with Yu Yuan. Even if he didn't die fortunately, he must have reached the end of his life now and died directly!
"But... what is this 'divine artifact' mentioned in the record?!"
Jia Yan flipped back to the page recording the 'divine artifact'!
The so-called 'Dr. Uehara' should be a Japanese doctor in the pseudo Da Man Country at that time. According to the notebook, they saw something, and Dr. Uehara actually called it a divine artifact!
And there is also a cave in Japan, where there is also a divine artifact...
Jia Yan carefully closed the notebook.
After so long of use, his forefoot was already very handy, except that it lacked five fingers, it was no slower than a human finger!
Jia Yan hid the notebook in the crevice of the stone pile, which was his storage cabinet.
Then, he stood up tall!
"What is that divine artifact? Why didn't I see it during
my tour of the underground world?"
Jia Yan's compound eyes flickered, and he vaguely felt that this so-called 'divine artifact' was related to the wonderful ecology of this underground world, and it might even be the main cause of this ecological change!
"If this speculation is correct, then how much benefit can such a thing that can cause such a large-scale change bring to me?!" Thinking of this, Jia Yan felt an uncontrollable excitement.
He didn't care what this thing was. Up to now, Jia Yan had seen quite a few strange things and events, and if he pursued the root cause of everything, it would be endless.
So he didn't delve into the deeper reasons, especially for things with no clues like this!
Unless he sees it with his own eyes, and then comes into direct contact with it, Jia Yan will have some speculation and judgment!
Before that, it's all speculation.
"All right! Since these ancients could find that 'divine artifact,' I should be able to find it too. Anyway, the mysterious juice is temporarily ineffective for me, and I'm just idle. Let's go find this divine artifact!" Jia Yan flapped his wings!
He flew out of the cave again!
He began the process of searching for the so-called divine artifact in the underground world!
Jia Yan himself had never thought that what he thought would be a simple search would actually last for many days!
During these days.
The factory on the surface underwent changes again!
Bang!
Gunshots rang out in the silent forest area.
Accompanied by two gunshots, a man who could only be hugged by two people around the ancient tree, fell from the high treetop of over twenty meters, losing his breath as he hit the ground...
With a loud bang, he directly crashed to the ground!
Further away, a beautiful woman with a peach blossom face was running fast!
She had a graceful figure, with curves that perfectly matched her beautiful figure.
She could be called a peerless beauty!
But at this moment, she looked disregarding of her appearance, continuously sweating.
She stumbled and ran among the vegetation!
Swish!
There was a sudden sound from a bush not far away.
The woman's face changed color, and in her delicate and tender white hands, she actually held a shotgun! At this moment, she aimed the muzzle in the direction of the sound and pulled the trigger!
Bang!
Thick smoke rose, but the woman didn't look at the result of the battle. Instead, she quickly rolled on the ground!
Her body was agile, completely opposite to her fragile appearance.
Just as she rolled out, another gunshot sounded.
Flames burst out, and the bullet, at nearly the speed of sound, shot directly towards the woman's position!
But before hitting the woman, she had already jumped away alertly, and this bullet actually missed!
Leaving only a deep bullet hole in the ground!
"Very good! Du Mo Li Hua, you truly deserve to be the darling of the killer world in recent years. You actually managed to dodge my bullet!" Just as the beautiful woman dodged the gunshot, a slightly thin middle-aged man slowly walked out from behind a tree more than twenty meters away from her.
This man's face was ordinary, belonging to the kind that would be buried in the crowd and easily forgotten.
But his eyes now seemed to have a kind of divine light, unforgettable to anyone who had seen them!
It was the kind of gaze that only a strong person could possess, making people involuntarily feel fear and want to submit!