0p0 Chapter 339, Records of Taiping Customs
Chapter 339, Records of Taiping Customs
Soon, the preliminary analysis report on the Andean geoglyphs was sent to the command center.
The image displayed on the screen showed a massive, simple yet remarkably precise set of geometric shapes embedded in the desolate plateau. Their sheer scale was astonishing, and their full form could only be seen from high above. These shapes appeared to be mere coincidences of natural weathering or geological formation, but after precise mapping and energy residue analysis, a striking mathematical correspondence was discovered between their lines and specific latitudes and longitudes, celestial positions, and, most astonishingly, the energy circuit topology of the spherical cavity beneath the Valley of the Kings on the Moon.
“This is definitely not something that formed naturally.” Horii pointed to the superimposed comparison image, his voice excited. “Look here, the turning points of the map correspond to several key resonant points of the Royal Valley energy circuit! It’s like…like a map, or rather, a ground receiving array!”
“South American branch reports,” Ye Rui pulled up another communication, “They conducted a shallow geological scan of the sealed-off area and discovered a large-scale unnatural metallic structure about thirty meters underground. The structure’s energy characteristics… are faintly in sync with the Royal Valley, but it is completely silent, as if it has been turned off.”
“Another dormant node…” Megumi felt a chill creep up her spine. Of the seven ripple points globally, at least two now show clear, interconnected unnatural structures. One is deep in the moon, the other beneath the earth, echoing each other.
Just then, the door to the command room opened, and Karen, dressed in uniform, walked in.
Ye Rui smiled as he looked at her.
This is the real Kallen, not a phantom or data.
Karen walked straight to the main screen, her gaze quickly sweeping over the analytical images of the Andean geoglyphs.
She quickly noticed something was wrong.
"Captain, this is not a naturally formed painting!"
Upon hearing this, Zong Fang immediately frowned.
This person jumps to conclusions right away. What's the basis for that?
As a pragmatic person, he didn't like such speculation.
"Analyst Karen, what's your basis?"
Nori looked at Karen with some concern, but Karen said with a very confident tone, "Captain Munakata, this analysis is in the Game City's database."
"This ground painting is both man-made and has been around for over a hundred years."
"It's more like a seal than a painting."
Upon hearing this, Megumi suddenly thought of the all-powerful Taiping Fengtu Ji (Record of Taiping Customs).
Perhaps, asking Lin Yeming would provide the answer.
"only..."
“Seal?” Megumi repeated the word, her brows furrowed.
This word is quite familiar to them.
Zongfang's doubts were temporarily suppressed, and everyone's attention was focused on Karen.
This special analyst has access to a massive database.
"Please explain in detail, Karen," said Megumi Kijima, her voice steady and encouraging.
Karen's fingers flew across the keyboard, bringing up a series of complex data and comparative images. "The Game City's basic database is partly derived from deep remnant data of the old-era global network, containing some anomalous records not included in mainstream science. There is a related record about the giant geoglyphs on the Andes Plateau, referring to them as the 'Wedge of the Earth'."
On the main screen, ancient hieroglyphic rubbings and simplified diagrams begin to appear next to the ground painting image. The style is similar to the way the Taiping Fengtu Ji is recorded, but it clearly belongs to another civilization system.
“The records show that this is not a single geoglyph, but part of a vast network. Its function, according to the records, is to ‘fix,’ ‘anchor,’ or ‘block.’ It utilizes specific geographical nodes, ley line energy, and astronomical correspondences to construct a stable field.” Karen highlighted and overlaid the energy circuit topology diagram of the Royal Valley on the Moon with the mathematical model of the geoglyph again. “Like the ‘receiving array’ that Vice-Captain Munakata mentioned earlier, but it might not receive signals, but rather some kind of… ‘fluctuation,’ and then transform, quell, or…”
“Or imprisonment,” Horii interjected, his face pale. “If those silent, unnatural metallic structures underground are in a ‘shutdown’ state, then this ‘seal’ is likely maintaining that shutdown? Preventing what’s below from ‘activating’?”
Jujian Hui felt the chill intensify. "Yorui, immediately contact Lin Yeming, the consultant, and share the preliminary analysis of the Andean geoglyphs with him, along with the information provided by Karen, and inquire whether there are similar records in the 'Records of the Taiping Customs'."
"understand!"
The call was quickly connected, and Lin Yeming's clear face appeared on the split screen.
"Captain, everything is ready on the moon and we can move out at any time."
"Ye Ming, let's not rush this matter."
"Take a look at this first!"
"Ye Ming, let's not rush this." Kijima quickly synchronized the analytical images of the Andean geoglyphs, the energy topology comparison diagram, and the ancient record summary retrieved by Karen to Lin Ye Ming at the lunar base. "Take a look at this first. On Earth, the newly discovered giant geoglyph in the Andes Mountains of South America seems to be more complicated than expected."
On the split screen, Lin Yeming's gaze quickly swept over the transmitted data, and his originally calm expression gradually turned serious.
He took a slight breath when he saw keywords such as "earth wedge" and "seal," as well as the illustration of that ancient record.
Holy crap, Karen is a real storyteller; it actually sounds plausible.
The monsters and demons of Dyna's timeline have appeared.
Since that's the case...
Lin Yeming knew how to cooperate.
"Captain, please wait a moment." Lin Yeming turned around and quickly took out the thick original copy of "The Records of Taiping Customs" from the sealed case he carried with him. Under the slightly cold white light of the lunar base, he quickly turned the pages, the yellowed pages making a soft rustling sound. He compared the latitude and longitude of the Andean map with the style of the records provided by Karen, searching for possible corresponding entries.
The command room was quiet, save for the low hum of the equipment. Everyone stared at Lin Yeming on the screen, waiting for him to make his discovery.
A moment later, Lin Yeming's finger stopped on a certain page. He leaned closer to examine the illustrations and obscure text, then looked up to compare them with the lines on the main screen, a look of understanding flashing in his eyes.
“Found it.” His voice came through the communication channel, carrying a hint of depth. “The middle volume of the Taiping Fengtu Ji, Chapter 7, ‘The Signs of Earth Vein Guardians.’ It records the ‘suppressing stones’ or ‘binding patterns’ left by ancient people or ‘ancestors’ at several special earth vein nodes around the world. The functions described are very similar to the ‘fixing’ and ‘anchoring’ mentioned by analyst Karen.”
He enlarged and transmitted a portion of the book's content.
It was a record somewhere between a picture and a symbol, depicting distorted light or shadow surging beneath the earth, while on the surface, enormous geometric shapes enveloped and suppressed it like a net.
The book states that these "binding patterns" are not drawn randomly; they must precisely correspond to the "celestial orbit," the "earth's veins," and the "source of anomalies."
Its function is to guide and utilize the natural energy of the earth's veins and celestial phenomena to form a continuous energy field, suppressing or isolating 'unnatural movements' underground.
Lin Yeming explained, his tone becoming increasingly serious, "According to the records, once the 'pattern' is damaged or contaminated, or if there are drastic changes in the earth's veins and celestial phenomena that cause an energy imbalance, the effect of the 'binding' will weaken or even reverse."
"Reversal?" Horii immediately grasped the key point. "Does it mean, from sealing to... a guide for activation or release?"
“That’s possible.” Lin Yeming nodded. “The records warn that if the ‘guardian’s power’ weakens, the bound object may draw energy through its original ‘patterns’ to accelerate its recovery, or… these ‘patterns’ themselves may become channels connecting it to the outside world. The lines of the Andean geoglyphs correspond to the energy circuit topology of the Valley of the Kings on the Moon, which may mean that this ‘sealing network’ is interplanetary, with nodes on the Moon and Earth interconnected, forming a larger system.”
Zong Fang crossed his arms, his brow furrowed: "So, what we're facing now might be part of an ancient sealing system that covers the Earth and the Moon, or even a wider area? That silent metal structure beneath the Andes is one of the 'things' that were sealed? And the spherical cavity beneath the Royal Valley might be another one, or perhaps the 'control center' or 'energy source' of this system?"
“We can’t rule out that possibility.” Combining all the information, Megumi’s mind raced. “Yorui, re-examine the energy readings of the Royal Valley and the Andean geoglyphs, looking for signs of complementary phases or a shifting balance, besides a faint similarity in frequency. Horii, in collaboration with Karen, use the ‘ancient sealing system’ and ‘energy field suppression’ as models to re-analyze the connection between the geoglyphs and the underground structure, and try to speculate on what might happen if the seal fails or reverses.”
"Understood!" Norizumi and Horii immediately got to work.
"Damn it, how many time bombs did the ancient times plant on Earth?!"
Xincheng slammed his fist on the table, angrily saying.
Karen then directly accessed TPC's main analysis system, and her extraordinary data processing capabilities began to run at full speed, performing complex correlation modeling of geological data, astronomical parameters, energy maps, and symbolic descriptions from the "Taiping Fengtu Ji" and the Game City database.
Kijima looked at Lin Yeming on the screen: "Yeming, what's the situation on the moon? Should the exploration plan for the Royal Valley be adjusted based on this new discovery?"
Lin Yeming closed "The Records of Taiping Customs," his gaze resolute: "Captain, that's precisely why lunar exploration is even more crucial. If the Andean node is a dormant 'sealed point,' then beneath the Royal Valley on the moon is likely a 'critical node' that is still operational or in some unstable state. We must figure out its specific state, how it interacts with the Earth node, and... what exactly this ancient system is sealing, and why it's starting to show anomalies at this point in time."
He paused, then added, "The Taiping Fengtu Ji mentions that observing changes in the 'guardian signs' can foretell 'major disasters.' The seven ripple points may correspond to seven key sealing nodes. The discovery in the Andes is not isolated; we must be prepared that other nodes may also show anomalies in succession."
The atmosphere inside the command room grew even more tense.
What was originally thought to be an exploration of unknown ruins may now turn into a race against an unknown ancient seal and the enormous threat that may exist beneath it.
Just then, Karen and Horii issued warnings almost simultaneously.
"Captain!" Horii's voice was filled with shock. "The new model simulation shows that if we reverse-engineer the faint energy fluctuations currently detected in the Royal Valley according to the correspondence with the Andean geoglyphs... the internal energy readings of the non-natural metallic structure thirty meters underground in the Andes have shown an extremely weak but continuously rising trend over the past three hours! Although the amplitude is extremely small, the trend is clear!"
Karen pulled up a dynamic chart, and a curve that was almost touching the baseline but slowly rising was alarming. "This doesn't follow the laws of natural decay or background fluctuations. It's more like... some dormant system is starting to receive extremely weak 'awakening' signals, or its own seal is showing extremely subtle loosening."
Ye Rui also looked up, his face pale: "Captain, the global monitoring network shows that the other five unexplored 'ripple point' areas have all experienced varying degrees of slight geomagnetic disturbances or deep crustal micro-vibration anomalies in the past 24 hours. Although they are all at the background noise level, the probability of them happening at the same time is extremely low."
All the clues seemed to connect in an instant, pointing to a chilling possibility: an ancient sealing system spanning the Earth and the Moon is slowly and dangerously "loosening" across the globe.
Kijima Megumi stood up, her gaze sharp as a knife. "Yormatsu, the lunar Royal Valley exploration plan is approved for execution. However, the mission objective has been upgraded: the primary task is to assess the stability and potential risks of this node, gather all information about this sealing system, and exercise extreme caution to avoid any operations that could trigger uncontrollable changes."
"Understood, Captain. We will proceed with caution," Lin Yeming replied solemnly.
“On Earth,” Megumi Kijima turned to her team, “strengthen monitoring and blockade of the Andes region, prepare for non-invasive deep scanning, and attempt to obtain more information without disturbing the underground structures. At the same time, coordinate with the global TPC branch to conduct the highest priority monitoring and preliminary reconnaissance of the other five ‘ripple points.’ Nozue, establish a dedicated intelligence integration channel, sharing all relevant information in real time, especially the data linkage analysis between the Moon and the Andes.”
"Yes!" everyone answered in unison.
“Also,” Megumi looked at Karen, “Karen, thank you for the valuable information you provided.”
Please continue to utilize your database and analytical skills to assist Horii and Nozue; we need to understand as much as possible how this system operates and its weaknesses.
Karen nodded calmly: "It's my duty, Captain."
"Great! You got into the zone so quickly. I'll talk to the director and get you added to the Victory Team!"
After saying all this, Megumi Kijima's heart remained unsettled for a long time.
In just a few days, we first discovered traces of aliens, then relics on the moon, and then newly discovered drawings on the ground.
She had a vague feeling that a powerful force was controlling everything.