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  Chen Wenjin mentioned the meteorite, and Pangzi felt that something was off. He thought to himself: "Right, how did this lady actually appear?" Pangzi pondered in his heart, feeling that this matter wasn't simple, and it's very likely related to the oil bottle.

  Fat boy said to me: "Naive comrade, if it were something else, I'd be too lazy to care about her. But this is Xiao Ge's business, and for the sake of our friendship with Xiao Ge, we'll go through thick and thin, won't we? You say, isn't that right?"

  I nodded and said: "En. So you agreed with Chen Wenjin?"

  Fatso said: "Your Wenjin Aunt is a good woman, but that heart is as twisted as the nine bends and eighteen turns of the river, how could I not agree to her?" Chen Wenjin had just finished speaking, and sat on the bed looking at Fatso, clearly wanting him to take a stand. Fatso's character has always been fearless, although she was somewhat uneasy about Chen Wenjin's appearance, but thinking of Ah Yu's matter, she let it go.

  Then, Fatso smiled at Wen Jin and said: "What did you see in the meteorite? You know I'm impatient, don't tease me." Wen Jin chuckled, sighed, and said: "It's precisely because I saw some things inside that I came to ask for your help."

  Fatso cursed in his heart: You look gentle and kind, but this trick of playing with eyes is really unique. It's not easy to deal with you, just like Wu San Sheng and the others.

  I said, "Just say it, no need for personal attacks!" Fatso said, "Look at your useless appearance, how am I attacking you personally? The fact is right in front of us, how many times have you been fooled by your third uncle, count on your fingers."

  I was so annoyed by Fatty's teasing that I didn't interrupt him again right away.

  Fatso listened to Chen Wenjin and scolded in his heart, but on the surface, he was righteous and slapped the table: "Auntie Chen, look at what you said, we were in Xiwangmu country, that's also a fatal friendship, what do you need me to help with? You just call out, I'll be boiled in soup and die for it!"

  Chen Wen's eyes gleamed with a hint of comfort as he smiled, saying: "My time is almost up, but our generation has devoted our entire lives to this matter. As I approach death, I really can't bear the thought of having nothing to show for it. You're all still young and may never understand this feeling - when you realize your whole life has been a bewildering dream, and only when you're about to die do you discover that the truth was just one step away. Our generation's lives have been a tragedy; I don't want to go to my grave without knowing the truth. Until...I entered that place, and saw everyone."

  Fatso was confused by Chen Wenjin's words, what truth? And... seeing everyone, what does that mean?

  Before Fatso could ask any questions, Chen Wenjin continued on his own: "After I entered that meteorite, it was a very narrow path. As I crawled inside, I felt more and more that the truth I was looking for was right in front of me. The excitement, the calmness that seemed to be about to end, filled my heart. I thought to myself, I can finally have an explanation, no matter what the outcome is, no matter if I can survive or not, our group of people will finally find out the truth. I kept crawling and crawling, then suddenly the path in front of me widened, there was a space about one person high in front of me, and there... stood a glowing stone..."

  Chen Wenjin said this, his eyes revealed a strange meaning, as if fearful, as if shocked, and then he didn't make a sound for half a day. The fatty couldn't help but urge: "Glowing stone? Could it be a huge diamond? Gee... You didn't bring some back?"

  Chen Wenjin snapped back to reality, her eyes fixed intently on Pangzi, her voice slightly hoarse as she said: "I saw everyone's..." Pangzi held her breath, her ears perked up in attention, listening to Wenjin's words. She continued: "I saw everyone's past."

  Fatso was confused by the words, everyone's past? Old Comrade Chen had entered the fallen jade and changed his profession to fortune-telling? It seemed that Wen Jin saw the doubt on Fatso's face, so he continued to explain: "That's right, it's everyone's past. To be precise, it's the memories of all those who have ever entered this piece of fallen jade. They left their memories inside, and I... saw everything intact, including Zhang Qiling's."

  "Fatso got this far, I couldn't help but exclaim: 'What? Little brother?'"

  Fatso's face was serious, saying: "Your Wen Jin aunt said so, but there is an old saying that goes: seeing is believing, hearing is deceiving. She said so, but she played dumb with me and refused to tell me what she saw. So, I've been thinking these days, I suspect that I was fooled by her, I reckon she didn't see anything."

  My mind is turbulent, I've always felt that the experience of the oil bottle in the meteorite is a very crucial clue. This clue is related to the secret of the Zhang family's longevity, and whether the same material as the ghost seal means that there are deeper secrets in the meteorite? For example, the ultimate goal mentioned by the oil bottle? I suddenly realized that I had gone around in circles and still hadn't escaped from that bronze gate, the place that needed to be guarded by the Zhang family, the eternal mystery that countless people yearned for.

  I took a deep breath, calmed myself down, and immediately asked Pangzi, "Since you felt it wasn't right, why did you still agree to her request?" Pangzi clicked his tongue and said, "Naive, at that time, in that situation, if someone who should have been dead for over a year suddenly popped out, even if she said she was an alien, I reckon I would've believed her too. Moreover, this matter concerns Xiao Ge. Naive, Xiao Ge isn't just your brother, he's still suffering inside Qingtong Gate right now, and Pang Ye is anxious about it too. I thought to myself, since Chen Ayi has been to Yuxuan and came out alive and kicking, she must know more than you and me combined. Maybe we can find a way to break the secret of Qingtong Gate through her and rescue Xiao Ge. He's so young, all alone in Qingtong Gate... just thinking about it makes me feel stifled! That's why I got hot-headed and fell for it!"

  "I said, 'Don't drag this out, little brother's age, he might even be your grandfather, you're taking advantage of him.' Since that's the case, why didn't you tell me about this?" I asked. After finishing, Fatty patted my shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I did want to tell you at the time, but something unexpected came up!"

  What's going on? Is it 'them'?

  I didn't make a sound, so the fatty continued to speak. He said that Chen Wenjin didn't tell him what he saw, but on the glowing stone at the center of the meteorite, three mouths were missing. As soon as Chen Wenjin saw it, he immediately thought of the ghost seal. Could it be that the special material used by the ghost seal came from here? Since there are three missing pieces here, does that mean there are three ghost seals?

  She began to approach the strange glowing stone, wanting to observe it carefully, but when she started to get close, she suddenly felt dizzy, extremely dizzy, and a wave of nausea rose up. Chen Wenjin sensed that something was off, this glowing stone seemed to have an effect on the human body, and her mind involuntarily thought of one thing.

  That was in 1984, when a geological exploration team entered the mountainous area of Yunnan to investigate. At that time, all countries were looking for mineral veins, and China was no exception. Many large and small geological survey teams were established to find usable mineral veins for the country.

  This geological survey team, for the purpose of finding mineral veins, often had to venture into the depths of the mountains and forests, and this team was no exception. Their route took them from south to north, crossing several mountain ranges in Yunnan Province. The team had been trekking deep into the mountains for over a dozen days, and they had already reached a point where there were no signs of human habitation. They had grown accustomed to walking for long periods in uninhabited areas, and if someone were to appear at this time, it would probably seem strange.

  However, just as they were camping at night, a group of people suddenly appeared. They were dressed in ethnic minority costumes and it was unclear whether they were Miao or Dai people. Anyway, their clothes were quite incongruous. This group of people surrounded their tent, constantly saying: "Leave here quickly... leave here quickly." Repeating this sentence over and over again.

  The people of the inspection team just wanted to speak, but suddenly felt dizzy and swollen, and couldn't say a word. This batch of people who suddenly appeared had masks on their faces, and when they finally took off their masks collectively, the result was that the people of the detection team saw were rotten human faces!

  The next moment, everyone woke up from their dreams. They only then realized that they were dreaming, but strangely, everyone had the same dream. Moreover, after being startled awake by this dream, they all felt dizzy and uncomfortable, with their bodies feeling extremely unwell.

  This group of people often traveled through the deep mountains and encountered many strange things, thinking they had met ghosts. So, one by one, they packed up their belongings at night, preparing to leave and continue on. However, the further they went, the more exhausted their bodies became, until they were all dizzy as if spinning in mid-air. At this time, their skin began to show symptoms of itching, starting from the face and then spreading to the body. They couldn't help but scratch, eventually scratching their entire skin raw, with the flesh on their faces looking like it was rotting away, just like that small group of ethnic minorities they had seen in their dreams.

  Everyone panicked, thinking they had seen a ghost, and fear spread throughout the inspection team. At this time, the most senior person in the inspection team was not superstitious, he said to everyone: "All ghosts and monsters are feudal superstitions, I think it must be related to the surrounding environment, let's take a good look and see if we can find any clues." So a group of people began to investigate the surrounding environment, they were doing geological work, what they lacked least was environmental detection equipment, soon, they discovered the strange point, that is, the stones around.

  After detection, these stones turned out to be meteorites, and a kind of high-radiation meteorite. If humans stay in it for a long time, they will feel dizzy and swollen, and the radiation inside will cause anemia and induce different symptoms. The old captain immediately took the team members to evacuate and did not dare to move forward. However, those who had been exposed to high radiation later died one after another within two years.

  Wen Jin had done archaeological work and heard many such stories, but at this moment she was also dizzy and nauseous, her body going limp. Her heart skipped a beat as she thought of the meteorite radiation incident, and she stood frozen in place, unable to move forward or backward. But she was already doomed anyway, so after just a moment, she steeled herself against her discomfort and headed towards the glowing central stone.

  But just then, something unexpected happened.