One of the Twelve Kingdoms

The quiet river and gentle breeze provide an environment that is easy to sleep in, and the rustling of leaves seems to be caressing people's faces.They lay down comfortably, deciding to take turns watching over the farm until nightfall, and then get a good night's sleep to store their strength.

For Joshua, the latter was obviously more talented than the former.The blazing and dazzling sunlight became tame on the water. Joshua had a long and exhausting dream. He slowly changed direction to avoid the straight sunlight, then opened his eyes slightly, and saw the sparkling river water in a trance. He murmured and asked: "I think the sunset is the same no matter where in the world, right?" Then he collected himself, sat up and shook his hair to clear his head, went to the river to wash his face .

"Josh!" Alexander's voice came from far behind him.Only then did Joshya notice that Alexander was not around.He turned his head and found that Alexander was standing at the entrance of the woods, and said to him with bright eyes: "Come here and see what I found."

"Okay." Joshua clapped his hands and ran over. Alexander led him into the woods. The luxuriant branches and leaves made the vision dim, and the ground under his feet gradually became wet and muddy.

"Right here." There was a clearing in front of them, and Joshya immediately saw what Alexander had discovered.

A tomb with a cross on it.

"A Christian." Joshua stepped forward to check the life and year of the deceased, "Benjamin Oscar, died ten years ago." He suddenly thought of the scribble left by Jason. There was also a cross, which he had thought was a symbol.

"Jason's been here too, and his characters are showing us the way." But the overgrown weeds were enough to cover any tracks.Joshua looked at the angel statue on the cross and said, "Let's go, it's getting dark."

When night fell and the lights in the farm were turned off, Joshya and Alexander sneaked into the white building in the middle of the farm.

"Here." Alexander led the way quietly, and seemed to be familiar with this place.

"Have you been here yourself?" Joshua whispered suspiciously, and the latter nodded: "The farmer is very friendly, and he even gave me a gallon of fresh milk, which I put in the trunk."

He actually secretly stepped on the spot by himself?Joshua was a little unhappy to be underestimated: "Why didn't you take me?"

"How can I have the heart to disturb your sleep?" The other party said with sufficient reasons, and Joshya was speechless immediately.

It was pitch black inside the room, and no one seemed to be there.The two quickly walked around the window and the spacious front yard to the gate. Alexander easily unlocked the door, then went in one after another and closed the door again.

With the faint moonlight, Joshua could see that this was a plain and unremarkable living room.

"Do you think the research room that Jonathan mentioned is upstairs?" The living room is so small that you can walk through it in a few steps. Joshua suddenly found a painting hanging on the stairwell.He made Alexander move away from the window, and the incoming moonlight made the picture clear.It was an oriental ink painting with a wolf on it.Joshua took a closer look, and it was a yellow-white wolf-shaped monster.

"Here it is, matching Jason's message, wolf." He reached out to the back of the picture frame, touched an obscure button and laughed: "I found it."

In the next second, the entire wall with the paintings moved back slightly, opening like a sliding door, revealing a long and quiet corridor.Although the lights were dim, Joshya could be sure that this was the place in the Xiangqi video.

Soon he will be able to find Xun Qi, and Joshya gets excited.Alexander looked around, there were no monitors or other artificial things that could capture outsiders.The two entered it with confidence, and as they went deeper, they felt that the horizon was gradually declining, and what was waiting for them was a huge basement.

The corridor soon came to an end, and a white metal door appeared in front of him.At the real entrance to the basement, Joshya saw the words captured in the video.

"Plastic flowers?" Joshua whispered, what kind of laboratory would use such a weird name?

This time the door lock is not so easy to handle, you need to know the password to get in.When Alexander was trying to find a way, the door suddenly opened by himself.

Both of them froze in place for an instant, and the person who opened the door was stunned at the same time. This person was Jason who disappeared a few days ago.

"Jie..." Before Joshya finished speaking, he was dragged in together with Alexander.Jason quickly took two white coats from the cabinet by the door and threw them to them, saying in a low voice, "Put them on and follow me, don't talk."

Joshua and Alexander glanced at each other, then shut up, put on their clothes and followed.Jason led them to turn left and right in the labyrinth-like basement, passing through similar passages and closed doors like military school dormitories.Joshua was worried all the way and didn't look sideways, for fear of being discovered and driven out, but they hardly met anyone during the trip, and even if someone passed by occasionally, everyone didn't even look at the other person as if they didn't exist.Finally, Jason led them into one of the rooms, and when the lights were turned on, the three of them immediately relaxed.

Joshua glanced at the room. There was a refrigerator, water dispenser and some simple furniture. It should be the room where Jason usually sleeps and rests.

"What would you like to drink? I only have water and coffee here."

"Water, thank you." Joshya took the water channel, Jason looked at Alexander, "Hi, I'm Jason."

"Alexander, Josh's boyfriend. I've seen your picture." Alexander said, wondering if he recognized Jason's face and knocked him out just now at the door.

"I didn't expect you to come here so soon." Jason's expression seemed happy after being surprised, "How is Baihu?"

"He's safe now." Joshya said stiffly, "What's going on? Do you know how much trouble Baihu will cause if his identity is revealed?"

"It's better than being slaughtered as a guinea pig." Jason noticed Joshua's angry eyes and explained, "I had to make this decision. People here found the white tiger. If they didn't, he would have been killed by now." Closed here, the zoo is a paradise compared to this."

Joshua mocked: "So you saved him? Are you not with them?"

"It depends on how you define it." Jason stared at him: "I used to learn from my instructor here to do some work like sorting out materials, and I didn't even know what they were researching before I went to the Twelve Kingdoms. Then they told me they were going to take me somewhere without even warning me that using that time travel machine would be life-threatening."

Joshua was suddenly overwhelmed by the anger of deception. He stared at Jason and gritted his teeth and asked, "So from the very beginning when you met us, there was a plan, and all this was a lie?!"

"I swear to God, I just want to go home quickly. I just brought back some air samples, land samples and stuff like that. I have to pretend to be one of them, these people can do anything."

"What do they want?" Alexander asked, Jason straightened his face, and replied: "Immortality, that's the secret they want from Qilin, especially those who stand at the pinnacle of life. So it's best not to think about it." Destroy this place, any of the supporters behind this project can make you disappear in minutes."

"I will try, but now I have more important things." Alexander found that Joshya's face was cold and Jonathan was very similar, and he asked, "Have you seen Xi Qi? He was arrested."

Jason nodded and replied, "He's here."

Joshya continued: "We have to get him out."

Jason frowned: "He is very important to the laboratory, and he has been kept in a very hidden place. It is difficult to take him out without anyone noticing."

"Think about it."

Jason was silent for a while, then said helplessly, "Okay."

"Xinqi is on the second floor of the basement. The guards will change shifts at about one o'clock between the first half of the night and the second half of the night. You are responsible for fixing him. I will find a way to hold back the people in the monitoring room." Jason threw them a fingerprint film: "use This can release the qi."

Joshua raised his eyebrows: "You are quite well prepared."

Jason paused, and said, "Xin Qi is also my friend."

The hour hand pointed to midnight, and Joshya and Alexander were lurking on the only way to the second basement floor. After a while, Joshya couldn't help sticking his head out to see if the unlucky guy was here, and then Alexander Push his hairy head back.

"55:[-], he's almost late."

"Shh, someone is coming." Alexander slowly moved to the outside, and when he saw that the shadow of the coming person was about to be complete, he quickly strangled the other person's neck and mouth, and then quickly knocked him out with a hand knife.

The two of them took the keys from him, tied them up and threw them into the bathroom compartment to lock them up. They followed Jason's direction and quickly found the room. Sure enough, there was only one person playing cards boringly.

"You stay here, I'll take care of it." Alexander said to Joshua, and then went up to greet him enthusiastically: "Hey, man, I'm here to take over."

The man said strangely: "What's wrong with Mike, I didn't receive the notice."

"Sudden death, what happened just now is said to be caused by excessive fatigue. I think it may be due to overworked night shifts. You know, recent news often reports such news of sudden death after staying up late, so the higher-ups decided to send more people."

"Poor Mike." The man was taken aback for a moment, stood up and prepared to leave: "I think I'd better go back and rest as soon as possible, what do you think?"

After the man left in a hurry, Joshya came in together. He saw some glass cabinets in this room, and the transparent glass locked various things that Joshya was familiar with.Crystal pearls, fiery red feathers, golden scales... There is also an antler. The antlers should be in pairs, but the strange thing is that there is only one inside.

Joshua's heart jumped, and an ominous premonition suddenly arose. He seemed to know something, his head buzzed for a moment, he lost all five senses of his surroundings, and his legs and feet couldn't help but feel weak.

"Josh, is that him?"

Alexander's voice came from the depths, and Joshua walked over quickly, and then saw the long-lost face. The light golden pupils of the other party opened slightly when they saw him, and hesitantly called:

"Master...?"

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