127: Eastern Mystic Power

The entire island nation was in a panic.

Global public opinion demanded that the Rabbit Country hand over the culprit.

The reason was that since there was Chinese text on the black gate, it must have been done by the Rabbit Country!

...Rabbit Country, strategic meeting!

Long Huaxing said in a deep voice, "Wang Zhenhua, you are the Minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology. Please explain what is going on."

Wang Zhenhua cleared his throat, "Li Qingquan, you are the director of the Physics Research Institute. Please explain if this black gate conforms to physics."

Li Qingquan said with difficulty, "If it were just a black gate, it could be explained by magnetic field illusions. But for monsters to emerge from this black gate, this has already gone beyond the scope of science. How can I explain it?"

Wang Zhenhua suddenly remembered, "Oh right, there was a Lin Xiuyuan who specialized in occult studies. Quickly invite him over."

Lin Xiuyuan was proudly invited in and looked at Wang Zhenhua, "Young man, I told you long ago that you would invite me back."

Wang Zhenhua smiled broadly, "Yes, yes, yes, I was too young. Elder Lin, please explain to us what this black gate actually is."

Lin Xiuyuan sneered, "Does this even need an explanation? This is a special spatial rift! Back when a giant monster was discovered in Lop Nur, we sent hundreds of investigators, all of whom disappeared. Only one survivor remained, and he said he personally watched the others being swallowed by a gaping black hole. That was a spatial rift! And the Dragon-shaped monster in Changbai Mountain's Tianchi Lake in 1972, these were all verified through empirical investigation; furthermore, look at this!"

With that, Lin Xiuyuan tossed out a bamboo slip, "'The Fissure of Nine Netherworlds,' recorded in Zhang Heng's 'Ling Xian' from the Eastern Han Dynasty, 'Its color is like ink, its shape like a gate, it cracks in the Void Realm, and demons emerge from within, devouring human souls.' Isn't this a perfect description of the black gate?"

Long Huaxing's brow furrowed into a knot, "Elder Lin, are you saying that this phenomenon has existed since ancient times?"

"More than just 'existed'!" Lin Xiuyuan's voice suddenly rose, carrying an excitement suppressed for many years. "This is a curse that spans human civilization! In the Eastern Han period, after Zhang Heng observed the 'Fissure of Nine Netherworlds,' he tried to capture its fluctuations with his invented seismograph, but the instrument melted on the spot, and the recorded data remains an unsolved mystery to this day. 'The Gate of Hell,' recorded in 'Youyang Zazu' from the Tang Dynasty, describes its appearance accompanied by a pungent sulfur smell and a low hum, which perfectly matches the energy characteristics of the black gate we detected!"

Minister of Science and Technology Wang Zhenhua's face turned pale, "Then... then the Lop Nur incident..."

"Lop Nur?" Lin Xiuyuan snorted, a flicker of pain in his eyes. "That is the shame of my life, and the price of your blind faith in 'modern science'! We then thought it was just an abnormal magnetic field or unknown geological activity, and sent the most elite scientific expedition team deep inside. Their quantum entanglement communicators completely failed within a hundred meters of the black gate, and the last image transmitted back..." His voice choked for a moment. "What he saw last was a giant arthropod covered in black scales, with three pairs of compound eyes, crawling out of the gate. Before the signal cut off, his last words were: 'It... it's eating... space...'"

Li Qingquan, the director of the Physics Research Institute, trembled as he listened, "Eating... eating space? How is that possible? The law of conservation of matter..."

"Your laws are worthless in front of the 'Fissure of Nine Netherworlds'!" Lin Xiuyuan interrupted sharply. "These fissures are not simple spatial distortions; they are 'wounds' of a higher dimension! Imagine our three-dimensional Universe as an infinitely extending piece of paper, and the 'Fissure of Nine Netherworlds' is a tear in this paper, leading to a terrifying dimension full of 'dimension-eaters'! Those monsters are not flesh and blood; they are pure negative energy aggregations that survive by devouring spatial structures!"

The command center fell into a dead silence. Only the data stream of the black gate continuously expanding on the monitoring screen emitted a cold blue light.

"The 'Dragon-shaped monster' in Changbai Mountain's Tianchi Lake in 1972," Lin Xiuyuan's tone softened, yet became heavier, "that was not some unknown creature at all. According to the description of the surviving forest ranger, that 'Dragon' was translucent, and you could see the twisted starry sky inside its body. When it moved, the surrounding space rippled like water. I later consulted Qing Dynasty archives and found that a similar event occurred in Changbai Mountain during the Kangxi era. Local shamans called it 'Tengri's Scar' and performed a 'Seal Ceremony' to drive it away."

"Seal Ceremony?" Wang Zhenhua asked eagerly, "How exactly is it done?"

Lin Xiuyuan shook his head, "It's lost. But the principle is simple—use a specific frequency energy field to interfere with the rift's 'resonant frequency,' making it unstable and close. The ancients used jade resonance, Talisman, and Formation, which are essentially crude resonant technologies. In theory, our modern technology should be able to do better!"

Li Qingquan's eyes suddenly lit up, "Resonance... That's it! The energy released by the black gate has an extremely regular pulse pattern, with a period of about 3.7 seconds and peak frequencies concentrated around 42THz! This doesn't seem like a natural phenomenon; it's more like... some kind of signal!"

"Signal?" Commander Long Huaxing keenly grasped the key point.

"Yes!" Li Qingquan spoke rapidly, "If the black gate is a 'wound,' then this pulse is the wound 'breathing'! If we can emit an anti-phase high-frequency energy beam to actively interfere..."

Lin Xiuyuan looked out at the dark night sky and murmured, "Perhaps, it never ended. Lop Nur, Changbai Mountain, Dongcheng... these are just the tip of the iceberg. The 'Fissure of Nine Netherworlds' has always been there, but we were too arrogant, filtering them out with the 'scientific' lens. Now, the 'door lock' is about to open... and we don't even have a proper 'key'."

Inside the command center, only the sharp alarm of the instruments remained, like a death knell ringing for an old civilization.

All the information matched: monsters, spatial rifts, disappearance.

In the conference hall, everyone's scalps tingled. Could there really be mysterious powers in this world?

Long Huaxing said seriously, "Since there are mysterious powers in reality, why has there never been any real video footage, only documents and oral traditions?"

Lin Xiuyuan stated with certainty, "Of course, it's because the mysterious power doesn't want to be discovered, so it deleted these video data."

Long Huaxing's tone was respectful, "Elder Lin, in your opinion, why did the black gate appear on the island, and why does it have Chinese text?"

Lin Xiuyuan said seriously, "Why they acted, what their motive is, we don't know yet. This mysterious power is probably afraid of its true identity being discovered, so it deliberately packaged it in the form of a young person's game dungeon. This is something that has never appeared in documents before and is worth studying."

Long Huaxing's eyes glinted, "I don't care what this mysterious power is. In short, Elder Lin, I will give you all the personnel, materials, and resources you want. You must find a way to investigate what this mysterious power is, and what it wants. We in the Rabbit Country can satisfy anything, whether it's building temples, offering sacrifices, or incense, anything!"