The Secret History of Mars.

Chapter 9

After Yuan Yizhou and Jia Liang had dinner, on the way back to the apartment, they kept sorting out the content of the conversation with Jia Liang in their minds.

"What Jia Liang said tonight can confirm three points: first, the civilization of Mars has broken through the three-dimensional limit and has mastered the method of changing the time dimension; second, Xingmeng should be safe for the time being, and they need me to catalyze the so-called experiment Thirdly, it seems that the wisdom and souls of extraterrestrial civilizations already exist on the earth, as Jia Liang said, they only exist around us in the body and appearance of earthlings!"

"At the same time, there are three key questions that remain unanswered: First, why do the Martians conduct experiments on the earth? Are they friends or foes? Second, if they have mastered the technology of time and space travel, it means that the Miemeng Gallery I went to tomorrow may not be there. On Earth, or not in our time? Furthermore, where did Xiran come from, and what did it do to Xingmeng? It seems that these are three questions that can only be answered when I see Ye Qinghe tomorrow."

After sorting out the ideas for tomorrow's meeting and conversation, Yuan Yizhou calmed down a lot. With so many years of experience in cultural relics appraisal, he has already witnessed the traces of civilizations in different time and space on this blue planet, and he has long been convinced that the civilization of contemporary humans is not the most ancient civilization. Developed, contact with high-dimensional civilization is a matter of time.It's just that he never thought that he would be the lucky one to meet in such a way. Thinking of this, he has more expectations for tomorrow's meeting.

Early the next morning, Yuan Yizhou got up and started to prepare. He cooked himself a sumptuous breakfast, bathed in the rising sun, and savored every bite of food carefully.After breakfast, he changed into Luo Tang's suit, which fit comfortably without any surprise. The clothes actively matched with his activities, making Yuan Yizhou feel that what he was wearing was not a set of clothes, but more like his personal bodyguard. , soft as silk, firm as armor.Lin Die said that wearing it is for his safety. What dangers will there be in the trip to Miemeng Gallery?

He put the key of the Miemeng Gallery in his hand, looked it over carefully, and put it in the inner pocket of his suit.The water blade given by Feng Shuhai was still in a sealed bag, and Yuan Yizhou put it in the right outer pocket of his suit for easy removal.After making these preparations, Du Ming sent a text message as scheduled, "President Yuan, I'm already downstairs, you are ready and we can leave anytime!"

Yuan Yizhou quickly replied with two words "Come here", then changed his shoes and went downstairs.

As expected, Du Ming grasped the road conditions very accurately. Even though they caught up with the morning rush hour in City A, by the time they arrived at Jiexiong North Street, it would be exactly ten o'clock!Du Ming parked the car at the intersection where he stopped last night, turned off the engine, turned his head and said to Yuan Yizhou, "Mr. Yuan, I'll go with you." Yuan Yizhou didn't refuse, but he knew that Du Ming couldn't get in without the key.

After they got off the car, they followed the signboard of Dayun South Road to Gate No. 1. "We're here, just send it here, you go back to the car and wait for me." Yuan Yizhou turned around and said to Du Ming.

"Here?!" Du Ming obviously didn't understand, how could this be the place where his boss dressed up for the appointment?A ruin in the middle of the demolition area with only one door panel? "Mr. Yuan, someone will come here to see you later? Then I'll wait with you, so I can take care of you." Du Ming imagined the scene of kidnapping and extortion, as if he wanted to share life and death with Yuan Yizhou.

Seeing this, Yuan Yizhou couldn't help being amused by him, and said: "It's still half an hour before the appointed time, I want to come here early, no one will come later, don't worry."

Du Ming was even more puzzled. If no one came, then who did you meet here?He thought to himself, but seeing Yuan Yizhou coming prepared, he didn't ask any more questions, and followed Yuan Yizhou silently, wandering around the door of the demolished house with him, without any intention of returning to the car.

Yuan Yizhou opened the door, creaked, and seemed to be working, and he entered the other side of the door.As you can see from the outside, there are ruins all over the garden and construction waste piled up everywhere.Even if there is no demolition, this place should be very dilapidated, because the construction waste is mainly red mud bricks, which are the main materials used in 80s buildings, and houses built with such mud bricks generally cannot exceed six stories. , too high will cause a layer of subsidence due to the high pressure.

If the Miemeng Gallery opened by the key in a while is really at this address, it should be a very long time and space, either a long time ago or a long time later.Yuan Yizhou kept analyzing in his mind.

He raised his watch and checked the time. It was almost 25:[-]. For Du Ming's safety, he needed to lure him back into the car. "Xiao Du, I'm a little thirsty, is there any water in the car?" Yuan Yizhou had a plan in mind.

"Yes, I'll get it for you. You wait here for Mr. Yuan." Du Ming saw that there was still no one around, and thought that nothing would happen if he went to the car at the intersection a hundred meters away to get a bottle of water. .He trotted towards the intersection where he stopped.

After sending Du Ming away, Yuan Yizhou came back to the front of the door panel, took out the key of Miemeng Gallery from the inside of his suit, and waited quietly.

As soon as the minute hand moved to 6, the house number on the door panel began to change, as if a beam of light passed through the word 1 from behind the door.Immediately afterwards, Yuan Yizhou heard a calm and clear female voice coming from inside: "Please scan the time coordinates on the key!" Yuan Yizhou lifted the card up, and placed the string of numbers on the back facing the light through the house number.

"Match the time coordinates, Mr. Yuan Yizhou, welcome to the Miemeng Gallery!" The same female voice, accompanied by a very textured sound, opened the door that had been creaking just now.

Yuan Yizhou calmed down, pushed open the door and stepped in. The moment he passed through the door frame, he felt Luo Tang's clothes tightening on his body.As soon as Yuan Yizhou entered the door, he was startled by the scene in front of him. He didn't come back to himself until the door slammed shut behind him.The scene behind the door has nothing to do with the possibility he just analyzed!
This is a manor, Yuan Yizhou is standing at the entrance of the main road of the manor, at the end of the main road is a European-style castle.Various sculptures are lined up on both sides of the main road. Behind the sculptures is a two-person high tree wall.The garden of the entire manor is magnificent and full of privacy, allowing visitors to feel that they can see through the castle at a glance, but they know nothing about the world behind the tree wall.

Yuan Yizhou walked on the main road and walked towards the castle.After walking a few steps, the sculptures on the side of the road aroused his interest: Venus with a broken arm, thinker, discus thrower... Professional instinct made him keenly aware that these sculptures were not fakes.Moving on: Rathead!Niu Shou!Tiger head!He looked around and saw the twelve beast heads in Yuanmingyuan!Nothing is missing!How is this possible, last month he and Xing Meng went to the Louvre to see some of them, and the chicken head and snake head have been missing for many years, how could they all appear here? !

Yuan Yizhou was extremely shocked in his heart, but he did not stop, and soon the courtyard of the ancient castle was within easy reach.Only then did Yuan Yizhou realize that there was a man in Luotang uniform standing in front of the corridor, as if he was waiting for him.Taking a closer look, it was none other than Ye Qinghe.

Seeing that Yuan Yizhou finally noticed him, Ye Qinghe greeted him gracefully, "Mr. Yuan, we have been waiting for you for a long time!"

(End of this chapter)