Solving Middle Age Crisis by Intelligence System-Chapter 622 - 415: The Gold Mine Mountain (Double-Length)
In the corridor, Wei Xueming rested his hands on the radiator and asked in puzzlement, "Where did you get this scale from?"
Qi Yun pursed his lips, hesitating for a moment in his heart.
If anyone else had asked, he definitely wouldn’t reveal the secret about Shambala, but the elderly man in front of him was different.
Qi Yun had great respect for Wei Xueming, not only because he had helped him several times, but also because of his character.
Qi Yun glanced down both ends of the corridor, and only after confirming no one else was around, did he reveal the entire story.
Wei Xueming was so shocked by what he heard that his eyes almost popped out, even more so than when he last saw the Qingnang Book.
"Sham...Shambala!?"
"It actually exists!?"
Qi Yun nodded. "That space is very peculiar, as if it’s isolated from the world."
"At the bottom of that lake, there is a city, identical in design to the description of the Shambala Royal City in the Buddhist scriptures."
Wei Xueming remained silent for a long time before finally sighing, "I really wish I could see this miracle with my own eyes."
Seeing his excited demeanor, Qi Yun felt a ripple of emotion in his heart as well.
He didn’t mind taking the old man to have a look, but the high altitude of four to five thousand meters was likely too much for his body to handle.
"I have visual materials here; I’ll bring them over later for you to study."
"Good! Good!" Wei Xueming nodded happily.
After a pause, he lightly patted Qi Yun on the shoulder, solemnly saying, "You did the right thing. Such a pure place shouldn’t be disturbed by the mundane. I won’t tell anyone about this."
About an hour later, the door of the testing room opened from inside, and a female professor walked out with a report in hand.
Wei Xueming eagerly asked, "What are the test results?"
The female professor adjusted her glasses, her face carrying a hint of seriousness. "In terms of composition, this is indeed the scale of a certain creature."
"But...it’s very special."
"Its surface isn’t the normal keratinized calcified layer but a structure never seen before, rich in a large amount of metallic elements."
"These elements weren’t attached later; they seem to have been slowly absorbed by the scale during its growth, particularly the silicon element, with a very high content."
Qi Yun felt a slight stir in his heart; this test result was the same as Ignacio’s speculation.
"Professor, under what circumstances would such a phenomenon occur?"
The female professor shook her head. "This phenomenon is unheard of in nature; scientifically speaking, it shouldn’t appear on a creature."
"If you want me to give a conjecture...the only thing I can think of is a lightning strike."
"Lightning strike!?" Qi Yun’s face showed astonishment.
"Yes."
"The structure revealed on this scale resembles repeated lightning strikes, where the silicon element in the electricity is gradually absorbed by the scale, eventually merging, just like how some plants absorb minerals from the soil."
"However, in any known creature, this characteristic has never been observed."
"Based on your judgment, what kind of species might this scale belong to?" Wei Xueming picked up the conversation, clearly filled with curiosity about this unknown creature.
Having spent a lifetime studying historical archaeology, he had never heard of such a creature either.
The female professor thought for a moment and pondered, "I cannot determine that currently, not even which category of creature it belongs to."
"I extracted trace residues from the scale for genetic testing and found that its sequence doesn’t match any organisms in the existing database."
"It’s neither fish, nor reptile, nor amphibian, and it doesn’t share homology with any known animal gene sequences."
Qi Yun recalled Ignacio’s speculations from the Buddhist scriptures and hesitantly asked, "Is there a possibility of it being from the dragon kind?"
As soon as he said this, both the female professor and Wei Xueming looked at him simultaneously.
Perhaps they were shocked by this bold speculation.
The female professor slowly shook her head. "Although there are various legends, the dragon kind has never been proven to exist." 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢
"However, human understanding of Earth is very limited, especially in extreme environments like the deep sea and high-altitude glaciers, which hide many undiscovered species."
"We can only say that everything is possible."
At this moment, the bell rang, interrupting the conversation between the three.
Back in Wei Xueming’s office, the two professors discussed the matter again in detail. They concluded that if the scale came from a living creature, then it must be an ancient species, even older than humans.
The female professor was also very curious about the origin of this scale, but since Qi Yun didn’t know her well, he didn’t reveal much.
After leaving New University, Qi Yun immediately contacted Ignacio and relayed the test results.
Upon seeing the report, Ignacio was also very surprised, marveling at how special that space was to sustain such a strange creature.
"I need to study the Lotus Sutra again, as well as the Huaxia’s Classic of Mountains and Seas. I have a hunch that perhaps we’ll find answers in these intriguing books."
"Classic of Mountains and Seas?" Qi Yun was taken aback.
"Yes, even though the descriptions in the Classic of Mountains and Seas are greatly exaggerated, some of the exotic creatures recorded there have been found to possess similar traits to real-world species."
"It’s just that the ancients, limited by their knowledge at the time, interpreted them with an exaggerated perspective."
"For example, there’s a passage describing, two hundred and eighty li north, it’s called Mount Daxian, with a serpent named the long snake, its fur like a pig’s bristle, and its sound like drumbeats;"
"This actually describes a long-necked snake, which I once encountered in the Amazon Rainforest."
