Chapter 69: Treasure Location, Inside Goryeo Territory
The headquarters of the Huaguo's capital city, or rather the office where Longteng, Surui and Longji were before, was now filled with more people. Excluding Longwu who had already died in battle, all twelve members of the Dragon Team, including Longji, were present in this office.
The four steel plates were neatly arranged on the office desk, and on the other side of the steel plate was a map of the world and a map of China's surrounding areas. Just by looking at the crowd in front of them frowning, it was clear that they had encountered some kind of problem this time.
After carefully examining the four steel plates on the table, it's not difficult to distinguish that these four pieces should form a whole when combined. The circles, crosses, swords and hammers marked on the steel plates can be guessed as mechanisms designed in those places. The last diagram marked on the steel plate is displayed at the bottom of the lowest piece, with only a small dot indicating the approximate location, but according to everyone's guess, that should be the location of the treasure.
After all, Japan is a country that worships the sun, and they will mark the symbol of the sun on anything. Of course, from their national flag, it should be clear that the psychology of worshiping the sun has been deeply buried in the hearts of all Japanese people. Even from what they call their own ethnicity, it can be discovered that even the appellation has been changed to "people of the sun". So, on this point, it's not difficult for everyone present to guess where the treasure is located.
It's just that the location of this treasure is known, but the twisted and curved route map on the road is from where to start. Looking at these places should be mountain roads, but what place is this mountain road, it makes everyone feel helpless.
Long Teng had been turning around on the scene for half a day, he studied all the maps but still couldn't figure out where the starting point of this map was. However, as soon as he glanced at Long Xing sitting between two women on one side, he thought that maybe this guy would know, or at least if he didn't know, the woman beside him should know.
Only to see now, on both sides of Long Xing, are Yi Shui and Su Rui sitting upright. Long Xing is seated in the middle, flipping through a sheepskin booklet that was originally taken out from Su Rui's bag, which is precisely the one recording the "Divine Dragon Way" technique. He is reading with great relish.
Su Rui, who was on the side, leaned against Long Xing's body and fell asleep at some point, completely unaware of everything that was happening on the scene, as if all this had nothing to do with her. Little did she know that she was actually the instigator of this whole thing.
On the other hand, Yishui sat in a chair with her eyes closed, indifferent to everything in the office, and didn't care about anything. To her, none of this was important anymore. What mattered most was following Long Xing's side, which was the safest place, and only he could protect herself.
I still remember that before coming to Hua Guo, Yishui had already decided to return alone to his own place of residence. However, he was brought back by Long Xing's strong attitude. Su Rui, who was beside him, also seemed moved and persuaded himself with bitter words, finally agreeing to follow him back to Hua Guo because he promised that it would allow him to live a peaceful life and spend his days in seclusion.
But now she is no longer interested in anything about Sheng's family, as long as she can live a stable life, nothing else matters.
When looking at Long Xing, he also had an apathetic expression, which made Long Teng scratch his head. This kid has been holding onto that steel plate since he handed it over to himself, and now he's always flipping through a book, who knows what he's thinking? To think that he used to be a member of the Dragon Group, but now that they've found such a huge treasure, he doesn't show even a hint of concern. It's really hard to understand what this guy is thinking.
But Long Xing had such an expression, and Long Teng also knew that it was caused by his own wrong decision back then. However, Long Ji, who was sitting next to Su Rui, also looked like a dead man, making Long Teng feel that the whole world had gone mad. He never thought that those two were so patriotic back then, but now, such a huge national treasure of Huaxia was placed here, and these two people didn't even bat an eyelid.
Finally, Long Teng got angry and decided to teach the two kids a lesson. However, what he meant by "teach them a lesson" wasn't something pleasant.
"Take the four of them away first, and then report to Officer Longyuan. Let's see if they'll be secretly executed or sentenced to life imprisonment. It's up to the officer to decide." Longteng said somewhat indifferently as he casually picked up the four steel plates and began to ponder slowly.
As soon as he said this, the crowd on the scene was shocked, including Long Xing and Long Ji. Even Su Rui and Yi Shui, who were sleeping and meditating with their eyes closed, suddenly sat up, looking at the seven people around them in confusion.
Very soon, although the seven people had doubts about Long Teng's words, they still reacted quickly. They swiftly subdued the four people, but among these four, except for Long Xing and Long Ji who were still calm, Su Rui and Yi Shui looked at the others with some panic and loss of control.
"Old trick, can't you come up with something else? It's been three years and you're still using this one." Long Xing said calmly, his face unchanged. He was probably the person who knew Long Teng best, of course, the others present were not doing this for the first time either, they were also very familiar with Long Teng's methods.
"Not taking any action, just letting you sit there like this, it's going to take me a lot of brain cells to get things done. With the two of you here, I think we can settle this quickly." Long Teng flipped through the steel plates in his hand with a hint of boredom, looking confident and unafraid. After all, Long Yuan was not someone to be trifled with, and if he didn't cooperate, he might just receive a super punishment that would leave him regretful even before it started.
Long Ji said nothing but a shameless sentence: "Alright, let go, it's just about finding a map, why bother so much?" Long Ji looked at Long Teng with some disdain and sneered.
Long Teng knew there was a way after Long Ji said that. Here, Long Ji had no special abilities and wasn't from those ancient families, but since he could hold his own in the Dragon Group, he must have had his own unique set of skills. His unique set of skills included wilderness survival, geographical identification, operating and dismantling various mechanisms, assembling firearms, and other things that special forces operatives would know. Long Ji was proficient in all of these areas.
Because he had no special powers and no strong family background, the efforts he made were many times higher than those of ordinary people, so as to create his position in the Dragon Group.
As expected, after letting Long Ji and Long Xing go, Long Ji walked to Long Teng's side with a somewhat unpleasant expression, snatched the steel plate from Long Teng's hand, and even glared at him fiercely. However, looking at Long Teng's numb expression, it seemed like his glare was wasted.
Longji finished assembling the steel plate and called Su Rui over. The two began to study it. Su Rui found an old, yellowed diary somewhere and flipped through it while comparing it with the steel plate. Long Xing understood why Long Teng did everything, so he didn't bother to intervene and returned to Yishui's side, untying her restraints as well. He then held her small hand, comforting her about something.
It turned out that Long Ji and Su Rui's analysis revealed that the latest map was completely useless for deciphering the four steel plates, as it had been decades since the Anti-Japanese War era. The maps from back then were not nearly as accurate as they are now. If they wanted to understand the mountains, rivers, and other markings on the steel plates, they would have to find an old map from thirty or forty years ago; otherwise, deciphering this treasure map would be extremely difficult.
Just to save time, Long Di was too lazy to let people look for the map, his brain was a super map, after all, he was already 40 years old and had seen many drawings.
Kelong thought for half a day and still couldn't feel that it was familiar, it seemed that the scope of this map should not be in China. If he didn't guess wrong, it should be a country or region not far from Japan.
After Long Di and Su Rui's analysis, it indeed made Long Teng feel that there was some progress. He wasn't a fool either, so he immediately ordered the other groups of brothers to bring over several copies of the oldest maps of Hua Guo's periphery, and had Long Di and Su Rui work on comparing them alone.
Long Teng was the most straightforward, because Su Rui was the initiator of this matter, and she had a deep understanding of the treasure of Hua Guo. So he wasn't afraid that Su Rui wouldn't come to help. Moreover, Long Ji, although on the surface he seemed indifferent, but it could be known that this kid was most afraid of Long Yuan. If he were made to talk with Long Yuan for a whole night, it would be better to let him commit suicide instead.
He quickly took the map back and handed it to the two of them, who began to carefully compare it. Relying on Longji's keen observational skills, he soon discovered the location depicted on the steel plate, and the conclusion they finally reached was: inside Goryeo territory.
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Here is the translation:
The second update is online... By the way, I've lost another collection today. Xiao Feng is a bit puzzled, are my writings really that bad? If so, please tell me, brother, or leave a message in the comments, and I'll make some changes... thank you. One last shout-out... collect... please collect! Thank you.
