Chapter Four：ancient bronze engraving

Night had already fallen, neon lights flickered along the roadsides, and the city at night still exuded endless vitality. Skyscrapers stood in rows, towering into the sky.

However, if viewed from space, all of this seemed insignificant, nothing more than a tiny spot on the planet.

This was an extremely unusual night, destined to be far from calm. Dozens of main control rooms on the ground completely locked onto the dark sky.

In the desolate universe, nine dragon corpses shimmered with a metallic cold luster, covered in black scales the size of a fan, shining with specks of dark light.

Dragons, a legendary existence, should not exist in the world at all. But at this moment, it really lay across the sky.

The image captured from the dark space was awe-inspiring and awe-inspiring. The huge dragon horns resembled the bifurcated ancient trees, both powerful and mysterious. Its body was like a mountain, strong and vigorous, with scales like blades, shimmering with cold light, appearing grand and majestic.

The nine huge lifeless bodies of the dragons were a tremendous shock to human cognition, subverting some of people's inherent concepts.

"Yefan, what has your life been like these past three years?" Many people were concerned about Yefan and asked with genuine care.

"Nothing special, my life has been pretty ordinary. Nothing really happened in the past three years..."

Just then, the people from Liu Yunzhi's table came over to offer a toast and said many well-wishes. Everyone clinked glasses and it became quite lively.

Those who had previously mentioned punishing Yefan did not individually come to drink with him until later when Lin Jia and Wang Ziwen came over and each had a drink with Yefan.

Later on, many people became a bit drunk and they all went to karaoke, the singing seemingly transporting them back to their youthful student days.

"How many people once admired your youthful appearance? Who knows who is willing to endure the ruthless passage of time? How many people once came and went by your side? Who knows that we will be with you for our entire lives..."

Perhaps because they were truly drunk, a pair of former classmates who were once in love during their student days and separated after graduation were now silently looking at each other.

As the singing continued to echo, the female classmate unexpectedly lost control, her tearful eyes becoming blurry, and she burst into tears, and the others tried to console her.

For various reasons, several couples among the classmates who were once in love during their school days were not able to last. Although they had all carefully nurtured their campus romances, in the end, none of them had a happy ending.

Graduation often means breaking up, which may be a curse as the same tragedy is staged every year by college graduates.

Unfortunately, this tragedy is likely to continue for a long time, due to youthful impulse, job pressure, social conditions, and perhaps other factors.

Almost everyone chose songs from three years ago, and some sang with such emotion that they took everyone's thoughts back to their student days, with every scene and every incident still vivid in their minds.

Finally, the "karaoke king" appeared, a drunken student who hogged the microphone for a long time, but his voice was so terrible that it was catastrophic and mournful, yet it brought a joyous atmosphere that made people laugh.

It was late when everyone finally left Hai Shang Ming Yue City, and they had activities to attend the next day, returning to their alma mater to visit.

The classmates who came from afar had reserved rooms at the same hotel, and a few students with cars would be responsible for driving them there.

"Lin Jia, I'll drive you back to the hotel," Liu Yunzhi said, parking his Toyota next to her.

Some of the other students wanted to take a taxi, but the limited number of seats in the cars made it awkward to ask Liu Yunzhi and the others for a ride.

At this moment, a Mercedes Benz stopped by the roadside and Ye Fan got out of the car and walked up to the female classmate with a haggard face, saying, "Let me take you back."

Ye Fan sympathized with this female classmate who was once a happy and innocent girl in college. She used to cheer for her classmates outside the football field and sometimes shyly handed them a few bottles of mineral water.

But now, her unhappy life had made her look depressed, with a pale complexion and very poor complexion. She hardly spoke all evening.

Suddenly seeing Ye Fan stop the car by the roadside and offer her a ride, she was immediately grateful and at a loss. She had not been paid attention to by anyone all night and seemed uncomfortable being watched by her surrounding classmates.

On the other side, Liu Yunzhi was shocked to see Ye Fan driving over, and his expression suddenly turned dark.

Around them, everyone had different expressions - some were puzzled and confused, some were surprised and complicated.

Everyone consciously or unconsciously looked towards Liu Yunzhi, and the facts they saw were completely different from what he had said.

At this moment, Liu Yunzhi felt a burning sensation on his face, as if he had been slapped hard.

The few classmates who had previously lectured Ye Fan with a high attitude also felt extremely embarrassed. They wanted to say something but didn't know how to speak.

There were also a few people who showed a playful and strange expression, especially those who had raised their glasses with Ye Fan at the same table. They seemed to feel that such a scene had crushed the face of Liu Yunzhi's small group.

Just then, two other people walked over, opened the car door and got in. They were familiar classmates who knew Ye Fan inside out.

The Mercedes Benz with several people gradually drove away, but many people had not yet come back to their senses. Liu Yunzhi's body was stiff, facing the strange gaze of everyone, he felt like a thorn in his back...

At this moment, in the distant space, inside the International Space Station orbiting the earth, several astronauts had a serious expression, and their nerves were always tense, which could be said to be extremely nervous.

In the dark and cold space, nine massive dragon corpses lie still as if they have existed since ancient times. Thick iron chains as thick as a bowl span across them, connecting to a bronze coffin that exudes an endless sense of desolation and age.

The decision-making committee on the ground has already agreed that if any major change occurs, they will immediately destroy the nine dragon corpses and the mysterious bronze coffin. But no one wants that to happen.

The Nine Dragons Coffin, coming from the deep and desolate universe, holds a value and significance that is difficult to measure!

Suddenly, the main monitoring room in the International Space Station captures a set of mysterious signals, which are an unusual wave. The target source is within reach, precisely the bronze coffin that the nine dragon corpses are pulling. There is a mysterious fluctuation emanating from the ancient and blurry patterns on it.

"It's hard to crack..." The signal is transmitted back to the ground, and with the most sophisticated supercomputer, it is impossible to figure out any clues.

The ancient patterns on the bronze coffin are covered with green rust, making it difficult to see them all clearly.

"After preliminary analysis, those bronze engravings are related to ancient Chinese legends." The monitoring rooms of various countries unanimously reached a similar conclusion: "The beast-shaped engravings on the bronze coffin are similar to some ancient and fierce beasts recorded in the Shan Hai Jing, while the figures in the bronze engravings are suspected to be deities..."

Despite identifying the origins of some of the bronze engravings, the extremely faint and mysterious signal still cannot be deciphered, and there is no clue at all.