He had lived, and for Zha Wenbin, this boundary between life and death was something he had seen many times before, and from which he had crawled back many times. But that was far from the edge. Only this time, he really died. A person's transition from life to death is a natural law; if it were from death to life, that would be called reincarnation.

  Reincarnation is separated by two lifetimes, but this time it only took a short turn, just like falling asleep.

  Cha Wenbin thought to himself, no matter what, he had finally made it through. As long as he was still alive, he would have to continue doing the things of this life; as long as he was still alive, he would still have to be a Taoist. Death had long since lost its significance for him, but now was not the time, the road still had to be walked, the boat still had to be sailed.

  After Chaozi also jumped into the lake, which was as clear as a heavenly pool, and had a refreshing wash, Zha Wenbin had already locked in his destination: the bamboo forest in the telescope!

  On the horizon, Zha Wenbin vaguely saw a bamboo forest, which was not far away, but also not close enough. Bamboo is a symbol of integrity, no matter how strong the wind is, it will never bow its head. If it really can't bear it, it will burst open with a "pa" sound, and even if it dies, it won't bend. Therefore, ancient scholars and poets all had a special affection for this plant: like empty space, embracing everything, having sections and energy, the great way is clear and void.

  On the way of navigation, Cha Wenbin's mind was still replaying that scene over and over again. What made him even more unbearable was that one "croak". If he had to mention friends, Chaozi and Zhuo Xiong, Lao Wang and He Lao, Leng Yiran and Heng Roulian were all considered his own friends, or even brothers. And what about San Zu Chan? That guy who always called himself a partner, that guy who was still pressing on his back at the last moment.

  Tears, lost in eyes, are thoughts of friends, memories of it.

  "Wen Bin, what's wrong?" asked Old Wang, who was leaning against him on the opposite side.

  Who is Cha Wenbin? He's a Taoist, and more importantly, a man. He was suddenly pulled back to reality by Old Wang, hastily wiping his eyes with his sleeve and forcing out a smile: "Nothing, maybe the wind was too strong and sand got blown in."

  Wind? Old Wang poked his head out of the cabin, where's the big wind, besides this place is clean and it's like a virgin land, let alone dust. Old Wang thought to himself, maybe Wenbin has thought of something sad again, perhaps it's his daughter or son, should he comfort him?

  When he lay down again, Cha Wenbin stared at something in his hand with a blank expression, occasionally touching it with his hand.

  That thing is the Sun Wheel!

  Zha Wenbin touched it with his fingertips, this was brought back from there, and he didn't want to keep it, but Old Wang sent it back again. How to look at it, it's just a piece of bronze lump, Zha Wenbin doesn't understand archaeology, let alone art. For him, it's not as useful as a broken wooden board, that thing can still make fire and warm up, while this one is always cold and lying there. Now thinking of that fellow again, he took it out again, I guess it's to reminisce about the past.

  The cold and hard texture, the simple yet complex lines, the ancient and rhythmic patterns. Zhang Wenbin held it in his hand, leaning against the elastic hull of the kayak, closed his eyes, and from that moment on, he began to get used to this world of one person, without them, only himself.

  He held the sundial in his hand, observing it carefully, and after a while, he took out a pen and paper. Old Wang watched him silently holding that thing and gesturing, and also became interested, leaning over to see what he was busy with.

  This sun wheel is not unfamiliar to Old Wang, it was returned to the organization after being taken from Cha Wenbin. In this place with the most advanced technology and gathering of top elites in various industries, they were unable to determine the accurate age of this artifact, let alone its origin. The organization originally planned to keep this thing for further research, after all, it is a bronze artifact, in our country, any bronze unearthed from underground is an national treasure, not to mention being brought out from such a mysterious place and experiencing such mysterious events.

  When the organization spent a lot of money to build a special showcase for it, he came and drove everyone away, staying alone with this bronze sun wheel for one night. After that, he said to the top leader of the organization: "This thing, where did it come from, take it back there."

  The organization called Lao Wang, and Lao Wang said that the place had already collapsed and would not be returned. The person then said: "Who brought it out, just return it to him."

  Old Wang didn't dare to say more, and took the bronze plaque from Bao Wei's hand and brought it out. No one dared to disobey that person's words, not even the biggest leader here. No one knew about that person's arrival and background, only after Old Wang was a young student who first came to this building in the mountains, that person's room became the most important rule: the forbidden land within the forbidden land!

  That person is tabooed from being discussed, it's a forbidden topic.

  In private, they had also discussed it before. Some said that person was a hunchbacked old woman, while others said he was a middle-aged man with a receding hairline. However, no one had ever seen the person, nor had anyone entered that room.

  When he was young, his teacher Fu said that at that time, he was still serving another dynasty, and that person already existed.

  That year, Old Wang was only twenty years old, and that person... Old Wang didn't dare to imagine, that person might be a real person, or perhaps just a code name, similar to one of the extremely special departments. But in this place, the less you know, the better.

  They work hard for those in power, who don't want their emperor to live long, who don't want auspicious land and wealth, who don't want to possess the true wealth of heaven!

  RMB? USD? Gold bars? Forget it, as Lao Wang would say, any small trinket found in a corner of that house could be enough for the People's Bank to print for a week. Do you think the wealth created by our ancestors over 5,000 years just vanished into thin air? No, they were all taken away by the big shots of past dynasties to another world, and no matter how much they took, it couldn't be taken to the moon or the sun, so it's scattered in our vast deserts, mountains, rivers, lakes, and even your family's vegetable garden.

  Now, the object has returned to Zha Wenbin's hands. Seeing that Zha Wenbin didn't say a word for half a day, Old Wang thought of easing the atmosphere and chatting with him. In these few days, they had to thank Wenbin. This place, which seemed like a beautiful landscape, was actually full of hidden dangers. If it weren't for Wenbin's timely interventions, they would have died several times already.

  "Wen Bin, have you figured out what's going on with this copper ring?"

  Zha Wenbin seemed to have not heard his words, still deep in thought, staring intently at the sundial. Old Wang saw that he didn't respond and felt a bit embarrassed, so he asked again: "Have you found anything?"

  "Ah?" Cha Wenbin finally heard it, "What did you say?"

  Lao Wang's old face was thoroughly defeated by him. "I wanted to say, what new discoveries have you made about the copper ring? You've been staring at it all along."

  Cha Wenbin was also seeing the sun wheel for the first time in broad daylight, before that he was in the dark and gloomy place of Wei Feng Mountain, living like an underground mouse. After coming out, it was given to Old Wang, and after Old Wang gave it back to himself, it had been lost in this bag without being carefully looked at.

  "There's nothing special about it." Zhang Wenbin flipped the sundial over and over in his hand, as if to say that he was just bored, but this careless move caught the attention of Old Wang, who was most skilled at discovering details when dealing with antiques.

  Maybe Cha Wenbin was just showing off, not missing the toad at all, holding the sun wheel and gently swaying it up and down without any rhythm, completely at will. Old Wang could see that Cha Wenbin was pretending to be relaxed, and he didn't plan to expose him either. Since others had their own worries and didn't want to talk about them, he shouldn't take the initiative to speak up either. He was also preparing to close his eyes and rest for a while, as sleeping here was really too comfortable.

  "A" A bright and dazzling light flashed by, very dazzling. How dazzling was it? Have you seen the bright light emitted when a welder uses an electric welding gun to weld? It's even brighter than that, but the time is extremely short, not even Wen Bin noticed, but Old Wang saw it.

  "It's lit up! I see it's lit up!" Old Wang shouted.

  Cha Wenbin looked at Old Wang with a bewildered expression and asked: "What's lit?"

  Old Wang excitedly pointed at Cha Wenbin's hand and shouted: "It's shining! The Sun Wheel!"

  Cha Wenbin looked down and saw that it was still in his hand, no different from before. Looking at Old Wang's excitement, Cha Wenbin examined it again, front and back, but the dull bronze didn't shine anywhere.

  "Are your eyes playing tricks on you? How can this thing possibly light up without a bulb?"

  It's impossible, absolutely not just a trick of the eye, Old Wang can be sure, because that flash of light was really too dazzling, more dazzling than diamonds.

  "It really lit up, just when it was in your hand a moment ago." Old Wang said reluctantly.

  Cha Wenbin handed over the sun wheel to Old Wang and said, "Don't believe me? Take it and see for yourself."

  Old Wang gestured in his hand for half a day, and indeed there was no movement. He could only return it again, close his eyes, but found himself completely sleepless, with the bright stroke from just now filling his mind...

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