Chapter 1: The Taiji Diagram is Complete, the Gate of Time and Space Opens (Part 1)
In this world, there are many mysterious things that ordinary people can't understand, which science dismisses as superstition and nonsense, such as ghosts, supernatural powers, and prophecies...
All these things that are scientifically dismissed as superstition and nonsense have a common characteristic, which is that they seem absurd and belong to supernatural phenomena. The amazing thing is that some of these absurd things really exist but cannot be explained by science, such as prophecy.
Not to mention the distant ones, there are two relatively famous prophecies that are closer. One is the Grand Cross of the Solar System, which means when the nine planets in the solar system, together with the sun, form a perfect cross, it will be the time for God to punish and purify humanity. This prophecy caused great panic worldwide at the time, and what's more frightening is that astronomers also proved through observations that on August 18th, 1999, the nine planets in the solar system would align in a cross shape due to their different orbital periods.
However, astronomers later said that this is just the result of the different orbital periods of the nine planets in the solar system and is a normal astronomical phenomenon, which will not cause any major natural disasters.
The astronomer's explanation did not calm the public mood, but instead caused even greater panic in society: if people thousands of years ago had accurately predicted the situation of the solar system on a certain day, then people at that time would not be fooling themselves.
Of course, nothing happened in the end. After August 18th, 1999 passed, people on earth continued their lives as usual, and the only consequence was that this incident naturally became evidence of scientific disdain for superstition, despising these supernatural phenomena as superstitions.
Apart from the "Terror of the Great Cross", the most unsettling prophecy for humanity is the widely-known Mayan prophecy that 2012 will be the end of the world. As time ticks away towards 2012, this sense of panic and unease intensifies. There are reasons for this, as four out of five Mayan prophecies have already come true, making it highly likely that their final prophecy - the end of the world in 2012 - will also be fulfilled.
This year, the heads of government of all countries in the world are frowning, and the feedback from intelligence shows that under the seemingly calm social situation, the anxious thoughts of the people are forming a surging undercurrent. Although on the surface it still looks calm, when this undercurrent finally emerges, no one dares to predict what kind of impact it will have on the country and society.
It's just that when governments of various countries were busy with the Mayan people's 2012 prophecy, a strange phenomenon that didn't attract much attention was that all these prophecies came from Western civilization and not one came from ancient Eastern civilizations which shone brighter than the four great ancient civilizations at the same time.
Was it that the sages of the East at that time were all bowing their heads to study the earth, and neglecting the more brilliant starry sky above? This is certainly not possible. In the few words passed down from ancient times in Eastern civilization, we can glimpse that the ancient Chinese civilization was far more advanced than the Western ancient civilization of the same period.
Since it is so, what does this anomaly mean?
All of this seems to have no answer.
Few people noticed that in the ancient book "Gui Cang" which was already lost and incomplete despite many searches, there is a mysterious prophecy of a glorious Eastern ancient civilization.
If the complete ancient version of "Gui Cang" can be found, it can be searched like this: The second character of the first sentence, the third character of the second sentence, the fourth character of the third sentence... and so on. A sentence translated into modern Chinese is: On November 8, 2012, the Taiji diagram was formed, and the space-time gate opened.
November 8, 2012 in the lunar calendar is December 20, 2012 in the current Gregorian calendar, which coincides with the Mayan prophecy of the world's destruction on December 20, 2012, it is the same day...
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In the late afternoon, a rain shower had just passed, taking away the floating dust in the air, and the air had a rare visibility. At this moment, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, making it a rare good weather for Beiguan City to see the stars. Although it was already December, there were still many elderly people who took advantage of this rare opportunity to come out and gaze at the starry sky, breathing in the cool fresh air.
Lin Hongfei, a well-known villa area in the western part of Beiguan City, is now sitting on the second-floor open-air balcony of his own home, with a helpless and self-mocking bitter smile.
"It's all my own fault, I asked for it." Lin Hongfei suddenly gulped down a mouthful of wine, the spicy liquor flowing down both sides of his mouth, wetting his expensive handmade suit. But all this seemed to be lost on Lin Hongfei, whose self-mocking smile grew increasingly bitter and desolate.
Listening to Lin Hongfei's drunken muttering, the two security guards who had just patrolled over exchanged a glance, shook their heads in dismay and disdain, "Sigh, Boss Lin is having another episode of drunken madness again."
No doubt, in the eyes of ordinary people, Lin Hongfei is acting like a crazy rich man, and it's the kind that shows off his wealth, purely a case of being wealthy and arrogant, a classic example of a rich man's disease.
Also, to ordinary people, Lin Hongfei is no different from those who are uncomfortable with their wealth and like to show off through pretentious means. As a world-renowned mechanical and electrical engineer worth hundreds of millions of dollars, a top-notch internal combustion engine designer, Lin Hongfei is only in his early 40s this year. Although he has been married before, he is now divorced and single.
Father Lin Weiguo was the Chief of Staff of the Qingfu City Military Division in Guizhou Province before his retirement, with a formal rank of Major General. Although Comrade Old Lin has retired now, the current Commander of the Qingfu City Military Division is actually a soldier who was brought up by Lin Weiguo himself and pushed to his current position, so he still has a significant influence in Qingfu City.
With such a background, anyone would think that Lin Hongfei is the epitome of a diamond bachelor + red second generation. Who knows how many girls are crying and shouting to marry this super diamond bachelor? Young, proud, and carefree, that's what he's like. But now, this guy is sitting on the balcony with a dejected look, getting drunk. Isn't this "venting one's frustrations in a new poem"?
"These rich people, really...". Another security guard looked at Lin Hongfei with envy, shook his head, and had a face full of admiration and incomprehension: Why do these rich people all have some strange hobbies?
Only Lin Hongfei understood that he was not just worried about writing a new poem, but in fact, he had already reached a dead end.
This year, 40-year-old Lin Hongfei, a year ago, under the persuasion of his father and several provincial leaders, relocated his electronics company with unlimited prospects in the United States back to China. He even offended the US government and FBI for this reason. However, Lin Hongfei had no complaints or regrets about it. His father was a soldier who taught him from an early age that as long as he had the ability, he should do something for the country within his power. Now that he is in a relatively high position in electronics and mechanics, relocating the company back to China can not only fulfill his ambitions but also repay his motherland, which is a win-win situation.
But no matter how Lin Hongfei thought, he never expected that all of this was just a trap, a scam to swindle him out of his wealth! Not only did they want to take everything from Lin Hongfei's hands, but also frame him as an American CIA spy, making it impossible for him to turn the tables.
The one who set up this trap is Pei Wei, the son of Pei Guangrong, a former comrade-in-arms of his own father and currently the commander of the Guizhou Provincial Military District and a standing committee member of the Guizhou Provincial Committee.
The relationship between Lin's family and Pei's family is not good, it can even be said that the two families are sworn enemies. Now, with Pei's family having risen to the position of provincial committee standing member, they look down on Lin's family. However, more than 20 years ago, the relationship between Lin's family and Pei's family was not like this.
At that time, Lin Weiguo was already the deputy chief of staff of the Qingfu City Military Sub-district, a colonel in his 40s, young and promising, deeply valued by the provincial military district commander as a brave and daring general. In everyone's eyes, Lin Weiguo had a boundless future.
At that time, Pei Guangrong, who was from the same class as Lin Weiguo, was a lieutenant colonel and regimental commander of a certain unit in Qingfu City Military Sub-district. The two families had a very good relationship. Before that, Lin Hongfei and Pei Wei often visited each other's homes and had meals at each other's houses, to the point where people in the military sub-district's compound would often joke that the two families were so close they could wear one pair of pants together.
All of this changed before and after the Spring Festival that year. After that Spring Festival, Pei Guangrong stepped on Lin Weiguo's shoulders to rise straight up, and for more than 20 years, he walked all the way to his current position as Commander of the Guqi Province Military District and Standing Committee Member of the Guqi Provincial Party Committee. Meanwhile, Lin Weiguo had not been promoted for nearly 20 years until he was about to retire, when his superiors reluctantly gave him a one-level promotion, allowing Lin Weiguo to retire with the rank of Major General.
To put it bluntly, the Pei family is the arch-nemesis of the Lin family!
"Pei Wei, you little scoundrel, you're indeed a true descendant of the Pei family, so sinister! I'm impressed!" Lin Hongfei said with a bitter smile. He slammed an empty wine bottle to the ground, shattering it into pieces. However, this couldn't alleviate the suffocating feeling in his heart, not even by a thread. On the contrary, he felt like his heart was about to explode!
What reason is there? Why did that sinister old rascal from the Pei family trample on my father, and now that sinister young whippersnapper from the Pei family wants to trample on me too. Are we Lin family really going to be the stepping stone for the Pei family generation after generation?
Gulp gulp, Lin Hongfei downed a few mouthfuls of the freshly opened beer, then with a sudden burst of strength, he hurled the bottle towards the bright moon in the night sky. A heart-wrenching howl, "Good! Pei Wei, you little bastard is ruthless enough! But you think you're ruthless? I'm not made of clay either! You want what's in my hands? Let me tell you, I'll burn this computer to ashes with a single flame, and you won't get anything!"
"Boom!"
At this moment, the bright moon suddenly changed.
