After seeing the snake bones burning, Zhao Mingyuan, Qiu Damei and the two little policemen were all startled. The attention of these four people slowly shifted from the still-burning snake bones to Yang Xiao's body. Zhao Mingyuan walked to Sun Peng's side, somewhat at a loss for words, saying: "Sunzi, what kind of skill is this that Yang Ke has?"

  Sun Baozi blinked his eyes and said, "What craftsmanship is it? It's just scale powder. However, this scale powder is specially made by the department with added ingredients. It's used to detect whether there are any gunpowder components in the surrounding air... If a gunshot was fired here, it can be detected."

  Zhao Mingyuan listened seriously, and after Sun Biao finished speaking, he suddenly realized and nodded, saying: "Special-made scale powder, Sunzi, this thing is not bad. If there's a chance, also promote it to our grassroots level. I don't know what kind of ingredients are added to this scale powder. Is it difficult to manufacture?"

  Sun Baozi couldn't make it up, so he looked at Zhao Mingyuan with some annoyance and said, "Old Zhao, I'm not saying you're nosy, but why do you need to know so much? Knowing too much is a disease."

  Sun Baozi finally managed to send Zhao Mingyuan away, and then he leaned in close to Yang Xiao's side, whispering in his ear: "Old Yang, next time we witness a miracle, can we keep it from outsiders? At least give me some advance warning so I can prepare myself and think of some nonsense to cover our tracks later - Old Yang, are you okay? Is there something wrong with this snake bone?"

  Just as Sun Wukong was speaking, the flames on the snake bones had already gone out. The remaining snake bones presented a strange black color, and in this dark space, these black snake bones actually emitted a faint halo.

  Yang Xiao ignored Sun Baozi, walked to the side of the snake bones, squatted on the ground and picked up a string of snake bones. Although they were charred black by the fire, these snake bones still maintained their original shape before being burned. Even when Yang Xiao picked them up, they still retained the characteristic of the snake bones, one ring connected to another.

  Yang Xiao grabbed the snake's tail bone and shook it violently, and suddenly the string of snake bones seemed to come alive, twisting fiercely in Yang Xiao's hand. The blackened snake head had opened its mouth, and Sun Baozi could clearly see that the two shiny black fangs at the tip of the snake's mouth were emitting an eerie glow.

  The snake's body twisted for a moment, and then the snake head turned towards Yang Xiao. Suddenly, the snake's mouth opened wide and struck at Yang Xiao's wrist like lightning. Just as it was about to bite Yang Xiao's wrist, the string of snake bones suddenly jerked violently, as if being sucked by a powerful force. In an instant, it had moved to Yang Xiao's other hand, with the snake head firmly grasped and unable to move even a fraction. The string of snake bones was still twisting violently.

  At this time, Yang Xiao's face revealed a faint, indescribable smile, as if he had seen something interesting. His lips trembled slightly, as if saying something, but the people in the cave couldn't hear any sound. After a moment, the originally black snake bones suddenly emitted a red glow, which deepened in color. Before long, the snake bones were once again engulfed in red flames. Yang Xiao relaxed his grip, and the snake bones, now devoid of their earlier vitality, fell to the ground, breaking into several segments, still crackling with fire.

  Yang Yi kicked the still-burning snake bones into the pile of snake bones in front. With a loud "boom", the scattered snake bones on the ground all caught fire, and they began to twist violently, igniting each other's flames when they touched. The originally dark cave suddenly became bright.

  Taking advantage of Zhao Mingyuan and the others being stunned, Sun Baozi leaned in to Yang Xiao's side and said: "Not that I'm saying this, Old Yang, but with things burning like this, you really don't plan on saying anything?"

  Yang Xiao turned his head and glanced at Sun Baozi, smiled slightly, and said: "These snakes themselves are not a problem, but someone has been trapping their souls in the dead bones after they died. This method was passed down from the Tang Dynasty, originally used to deal with tomb robbers. As long as there is a living person passing by, the yang energy flows into the yin, and these snake souls will be awakened to bite those tomb robbers to death."

  "That's not right!" Sun Dawei interrupted Yang Xiao's words, lowering his voice and interjecting: "You said that if a living person passes by, these dead snakes will be awakened. That dead snake just now was clearly woken up by you playing with it, Old Yang. I'm not saying this because I'm inexperienced. But even if I haven't eaten pork, I've seen pigs run, and you can't fool me about this."

  "You've heard everything, so there's nothing to hide from you." Yang Xiao looked at Sun Baozi with a hint of helplessness and continued: "Before we came, someone must have come before us. This person trapped the souls inside the snake bones. However, as time passed, these souls will still wake up. It's better for me to just get it over with once and for all."

  "Someone has been here before..." Sun Baozi repeated Yang Xiao's words, then looked at him and said three words: "Wu Renyi?"

  Yang Xiao looked at Sun Baozi with a non-committal expression and said, "It shouldn't be, judging from the snake's activity level earlier, this person has been here for at least ten hours."

  They were talking when Hugo walked over, but Director Hugo didn't interrupt at first. He just listened on the side until Yang Xiao said this, then he couldn't help but speak up: "Yang, is that the evil spirit Liu Baozhen? Wherever it appears, these poisonous snakes will definitely appear."

  Yang Xiao and Yu Huo's relationship was not bad, he replied to Director Yu Huo's words, wanting to reply to Vice President Sun's longer and more detailed sentence: "It could be anyone, but it's absolutely not Liu Baozhen. He is now at most a somewhat skilled soul, summoning these snake corpses to harm people may be possible for him. However, wanting to charm the souls trapped inside the snake bones, no matter what, would require a living person to accomplish, if Liu Baozhen forcibly wants to charm the souls inside the snake bones, he is not incapable of doing so, only the first soul to be charmed would be his own."

  When Yang Xiao spoke, the snake corpses had already burned to the end, most of the snake bones had been reduced to ashes, and there were still a few weak flames on some of the snake corpses.

  At this time, Zhao Mingyuan also walked over. Just now, Sun Dabao, Yang Xiao and Yu Guo were talking. Deputy Director Zhao didn't dare to come over to disturb them. Now that he saw the four of them almost done talking, he walked up to Sun Dabao's side, looking worried, and said: "Director Sun, look - otherwise I'll just take some people outside to wait in ambush. I've just figured it out, this case isn't something we small police officers can handle. Don't worry, I've instructed Autumn Beauty and the other two, whatever they see today will be kept secret, not even their parents would know."

  Here is the translation:

  "Up to here, Zhao Mingyuan paused for a moment, swallowed his saliva, and continued: "As for how to get to the top of the mountain, don't worry about it. I just discussed it with Qiu Dimei, and she will draw a detailed map for you. With the map in hand, you won't waste any time. Sun Ju, if there's nothing else, we won't delay the leaders from continuing their investigation."

  Looking at Zhao Mingyuan's embarrassed appearance, it was as if he was about to say that he had an over 80-year-old mother above him, a child who had just learned to call "dad" below him, and in the middle, there was a young wife...

  Sun Baozi smiled and said, "Then you can go out and wait, Old Zhao. It's not me saying it, but you're also eating this bowl of rice, so you know what the confidentiality clause is. I won't say more than that. Let Da Mei draw the map carefully, lest you get lost on the way up and have to come back down to find us."

  When Sun Wuji agreed to let them out, Zhao Mingyuan nodded repeatedly and said: "Don't worry, Qiu Dimei is responsible for drawing the suspects' portraits. Absolutely no difference. Guaranteed to be painted like a photo, so that leaders don't take the wrong road."

  After finishing, perhaps fearing that Sun Baozi would regret it, Deputy Director Zhao quickly ran back to the side of Qiu Dimei, along with the two small police officers. The four of them started whispering and muttering among themselves. Then, they began to take out paper and pen, Zhao Mingyuan and another policeman held flashlights to shine light, Qiu Dimei squatted in front of a large stone, drawing a map of the inside of the cave.

  Seven or eight minutes later, Zhao Mingyuan took the map that Autumn had just drawn and ran to Sun Kuangzong's side again. After handing over the map, Zhao Mingyuan accompanied a smile and said: "Sun sentence long, this map is also painted, you see, are we not——"

  In the end, Zhao Mingyuan pointed to the direction outside the cave entrance. Sun Wuzi saw that the map was drawn clearly and smiled at Zhao Mingyuan: "Then you go out and wait for us a few, after things are done here, take us back together"

  Zhao Mingyuan nodded repeatedly and said somewhat impatiently: "We must make good arrangements for the reception of all leaders..."

  After finishing speaking, Zhao Mingyuan waved his hand at the autumn beauty and others on the opposite side, and the four of them ran together towards the direction of the cave entrance. Just as they were about to rush out, a loud "boom" was heard, and then the entire cave began to shake violently for a few seconds. Zhao Mingyuan and the others didn't know what had happened, and their footsteps slowed down.

  At this moment, there was another loud noise in the direction of the cave entrance. Then a huge boulder fell from outside the cave and landed right at the entrance, completely sealing it off. Zhao Mingyuan and his companions were initially shocked out of their wits, sweating profusely - if they had been just one step faster, they would have become minced meat by now. But after a moment, they also realized that things had taken a turn for the worse - it was highly likely that they wouldn't be able to get out anymore.