Chapter 1677: Consecutive Discoveries
It must be said, Xu Ke’s discovery is extremely important.
Following Xu Ke’s instructions, Murong Hai first discovered two particularly eerie spider webs at the entrance.
These two spider webs looked particularly strange, clearly not made by ordinary spiders.
Murong Hai gently touched them with his hand, unexpectedly finding these webs to be very elastic. Even if he applied a little force, they quickly returned to their original shape.
This was what surprised Murong Hai; regular spider webs would fall apart with a gentle touch.
But since these webs were so elastic, it meant they definitely weren’t created by spiders.
If these weren’t made by spiders, there’s only one explanation: they must be artificially created.
Judging by the traces on them, these should have a history of over ten years.
However, the area is dry year-round, so even after more than ten years, there was only a bit of dust on them.
Murong Hai applied more force and quickly tore down these two webs.
Upon closer inspection, he found that these webs were indeed not made by spiders.
Because the material of these webs looked like some sort of rubber, though he had never seen this material before, so Murong Hai couldn’t determine it at the moment.
But now the key issue wasn’t the webs themselves; rather, after he tore them down, he saw two different hexagram patterns on the wall.
These two hexagram patterns were not carved from the same mold as the previous two.
If the previous two hexagram patterns looked like a thin person, then these two looked like two fat people.
The only similarity was that both had two eyes in the middle, and these eyes looked very strange, always seeming as if they were staring at something.
But no matter how Murong Hai looked at them, he couldn’t figure out what was strange about it.
Since he couldn’t discern anything, he decided to photograph all the patterns.
Murong Hai gently touched the patterns to see if they could be removed.
When he placed his hand on the patterns, he suddenly found them slightly loose.
This discovery surprised Murong once more, so he gently touched the patterns again.
This time, unexpectedly, the pattern fell directly off the wall, as if someone had deliberately placed them there.
Picking up the pattern from the floor, Murong Hai found that these seemed like a medallion.
But they only looked like it, as their real purpose was still unknown.
Murong Hai tried again and removed the other pattern, which was similar except for the different shape; otherwise, there was little difference.
Such a discovery right at the start made Murong Hai more and more excited. He began to find the matter interesting and eagerly anticipated what he would encounter next.
The two subordinates with him were dumbfounded; they didn’t understand why their boss was so happy.
But they didn’t dare to ask, so they just stood by laughing foolishly.
While Murong Hai was busy searching, Xu Ke was not idle either.
Ever since discovering the two different patterns, Xu Ke started searching carefully in another direction.
But after approximately 20 minutes, Xu Ke had yet to find another spider web.
Normally, that should be impossible, unless his method of searching was wrong?
Xu Ke was suddenly filled with confusion; everything he encountered had far exceeded his expectations.
As time passed, Xu Ke began to grow anxious.
However, he believed his direction was correct; these patterns must be the key to unraveling the current mystery.
Since there were no more spider webs nearby, Xu Ke decided to approach the matter from another angle.
He thought perhaps not all patterns were hidden by webs; ordinary objects might have been used instead.
For instance, it could be hidden behind a cup on the table or blocked by a cabinet.
Thinking of this, Xu Ke began examining everything around him.
After walking a few meters, Xu Ke quickly discovered a small cabinet.
Upon opening it, he found it filled with old company documents, long expired and useless.
Xu Ke casually tossed them into a nearby trash can and continued rummaging through the cabinet.
However, despite getting himself covered in dust, he found no valuable clues.
Soon, he gave up on the cabinet and turned his attention to the wall behind it.
If his guess was correct, something must be hidden behind this wall.
So he exerted a lot of strength and finally managed to move the cabinet aside.
Sure enough, once the cabinet was moved, he immediately discovered a hexagram pattern on the wall.
This pattern was different from the previous two but similar in type, belonging to the same category of hexagrams.
Along with the previously found two, it now made the third piece.
Xu Ke gently touched it, not expecting it to be loose as well.
He tried and successfully removed the pattern.
He then ran back to where he found the first patterns and removed those two as well.
Holding these three patterns in his hands, Xu Ke suddenly felt there must be some special connection between them.
But likely, he needed to collect all the patterns to understand what was there.
Following his thoughts, Xu Ke quickly identified a new target.
It was a regular table, larger than others.
The drawers were huge, challenging to lift even for an average woman.
With great effort, Xu Ke opened the drawer, finding it filled with useless things.
But interestingly, he found a can of chewing gum in the drawer.
Checking the production date, he found it was from 15 years ago.
This building had been out of use for 15 years, almost abandoned during that time.
Yet Xu Ke was very curious: it’s been 15 years, hadn’t Mr. Xu wanted to sell this building?
Considering his recent discoveries, he thought the building’s intrinsic value likely far exceeded that of selling it.
But he couldn’t understand why his grandfather had gone through such trouble to hide so many secrets in the building.