Chapter 4 Ancient Copper Engravings

  The night had already fallen, the neon lights on both sides of the road were flashing, and the city at night was still radiating endless vitality. The skyscrapers stood one after another, towering into the high sky.

  But if viewed from space, all this seems insignificant, just a tiny patch of land.

  It was an extremely unusual night, destined to be unpeaceful, with dozens of main control rooms on the ground completely locking onto the pitch-black sky.

  In the desolate universe, nine dragon corpses shone with a metallic cold glow, their bodies covered in black scales as large as palm fans, gleaming darkly.

  Dragon, a legendary existence, should never have appeared in the world, but at this moment it is really lying across the sky.

  The scene captured from the dark space is shocking and awe-inspiring. The huge dragon horns are like forked ancient trees, with a sense of power and mystery, its body is like a mountain range, strong and majestic, its scales are like blades, shining with a cold light, looking very grand and magnificent.

  Nine lifeless colossal corpses are a huge shock to human cognition, subverting some of the inherent concepts of people.

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  "What has your life been like for the past three years?" Many people were concerned about Ye Fan and asked with concern.

  "It's okay, my life is quite dull, nothing special has happened in the past three years..."

  At this moment, Liu Yunzhi's table came over to toast and said a lot of auspicious words. Everyone clinked their glasses together, making it very lively.

  Those who said they would punish Ye Fan earlier did not find him to drink alone until later when Lin Jia and Wang Ziwu came one after another, each drinking a cup with Ye Fan separately.

  Later on, many people had a sense of intoxication, and then everyone went to KTV, the singing voice seemed to bring everyone back to their youthful student era.

  "How many people have admired your youthful appearance, but who is willing to bear the ruthless changes of time? How many people have come and gone by your side, but I will be with you for a lifetime..."

  Perhaps because they were truly drunk, a pair of former classmates who had been in love during their school days and reluctantly parted ways after graduation looked at each other silently.

  As the singing echoed, that female classmate suddenly lost control, her eyes blurred with tears, and she burst into loud sobs, with everyone rushing to comfort her.

  Due to various reasons, none of the couples among classmates who fell in love after graduation were able to make it to the end. Although they had all carefully nurtured that campus romance, ultimately none of them worked out.

  Graduation means separation, which may be a kind of curse. Every year's college graduates are always performing the same tragedy.

  Unfortunately, this tragedy is likely to continue for a long time, related to youthful impulsiveness, related to employment pressure, related to social status... or perhaps other factors.

  Almost everyone chose songs from three years ago, some people sang with deep feeling, pulling everyone's thoughts back to three years ago, the scenes and events of their student days still vivid in their minds.

  Finally, the "mic hog" appeared. A drunken classmate occupied the microphone for a long time, but his voice was really unbearable, as if the sky was falling and ghosts were wailing. While torturing everyone's ears, he also brought a joyful atmosphere, making people laugh together.

  It wasn't until very late that people left the Moon Palace over the Sea. There are still activities tomorrow and I will go back to my alma mater to take a look.

  Most of the classmates who came from afar have booked rooms in the same hotel, and a few classmates with cars will be responsible for sending them there.

  "I'll send you back to your hotel." Liu Yunzhi stopped his Toyota car beside Lin Jia.

  Some of his classmates wanted to take a taxi, but the seats in the nearby cars were limited, and they didn't want to take the initiative to get on Liu Yunzhi's car.

  At this time, a Mercedes-Benz stopped by the road, Ye Fan got out of the car and came to the front of the pale-faced female classmate, saying: "I'll take you home."

  Ye Fan felt sympathetic towards this female classmate, in college she was a happy and innocent girl, liked to cheer for her classmates outside the football field, sometimes even blushing as she handed them a few bottles of mineral water.

  But nowadays her unhappy life makes her look very depressed, pale and in poor spirits, she rarely speaks throughout the whole evening.

  At this moment, Ye Fan suddenly saw her parking by the side of the road and asked her to get in the car. She was both grateful and at a loss, as she had not been paid attention to all evening. It seemed that she was not used to being watched by her classmates around her.

  On the other side, Liu Yunzhi saw Ye Fan driving over, looking shocked and then suddenly turning gloomy.

  Around them, everyone's expressions were different, with confusion and incomprehension, as well as astonishment and complexity.

  Everyone involuntarily looked at Liu Yunzhi, and what they saw in front of them was completely different from what he said.

  At this moment, Liu Yunzhi felt his face burning as if he had been slapped hard.

  Those classmates who had previously lectured Ye Fan with an air of superiority also felt extremely embarrassed, wanting to say something but not knowing how to start.

  There were also a few people who showed a playful and strange expression, especially those who had toasted with Ye Fan at the same table, as if they felt that this scene had crushed Liu Yunzhi's small group.

  At this moment, two more people walked over, opened the car door and got in. They were classmates who were extremely familiar with Ye Fan.

  The Mercedes-Benz car had taken several people away, and many others were still in a daze. Liu Yunzhi's body was stiff, facing the strange gaze of the crowd, he felt like a thorn on his back...

  At this moment, in the distant space, inside the orbiting International Space Station, several astronauts are solemn-faced, their nerves always on high alert, it can be said that they are extremely tense.

  In the dark and cold space, nine huge dragon corpses seem to have been preserved for eternity. Thick iron chains stretch across the sky, connecting to a giant bronze coffin, giving people a sense of endless desolation and remoteness.

  The decision-makers on the ground had already agreed that if something major happened, they would immediately destroy the nine dragon corpses and the mysterious ancient bronze coffin.

  But nobody wants this kind of thing to happen.

  Nine Dragons pulling a coffin, coming from the dark and desolate depths of the universe, has too great value and significance to be measured!

  Suddenly, the main control room inside the International Space Station captured a group of mysterious signals, which were some kind of unusual fluctuations. The source was close at hand, and it was the nine dragon corpses pulling that bronze giant coffin, with mysterious fluctuations emitted from those ancient and blurred patterns on top.

  "...unbreakable..." The signal was transmitted back to Earth, deciphered by the most advanced supercomputer, but still unable to make any sense of it.

  Those ancient patterns on the bronze giant coffin were covered with verdigris and could hardly be seen clearly.

  "After preliminary analysis, those bronze engravings are related to ancient Chinese legends." Monitoring rooms of various countries have reached a similar conclusion: "The beast-shaped engravings on the bronze coffin are similar to some ancient ferocious beasts recorded in China's 'Shan Hai Jing', while the human figures in the bronze patterns are suspected to be gods..."

  Although some of the bronze engravings have been identified, those extremely weak and mysterious signals still cannot be deciphered, and there is no clue at all.