When Chen Chuan drove to the scene, Ren Shu and the others had already arrived. At this time, they also met an officer sent by the Government Affairs Department to take charge of the matter.

I heard that Chen Chuan came from Central City and was an executive from the General Processing Bureau. He was very polite and said that the scene was well controlled. It had been cordoned off by the local security team since the incident was reported. It is still there today.

No one has been in.

After chatting with him, Chen Chuan asked Ren Shu and others to wait outside, and then entered the hotel where the expedition team was staying temporarily.

The twelve members of the expedition team were divided into five rooms, and the team members lived in four of them. The wealthy businessman who contributed the money lived in a separate room, and the two security guards lived in one room. For the convenience of protection, the two rooms were next to each other.

I don't know if it was a coincidence, but twelve years ago, a wealthy businessman came here with two private security guards and nine expedition members. So when these three people first came out, no one felt anything was wrong.

After all, they all wear goggles, and foreigners seem to look exactly the same in the eyes of many people.

If it hadn't been for a strange incident later, no one would have cared about what happened to them. Once they knew the truth, it would have been regarded as an anecdote at best.

Chen Chuanxian walked around the rooms of all the missing members of the expedition team and found no signs of the second self becoming virtual.

Next, he focused on checking the three people who came back and turned into bones. There was nothing found on the two team members, but when he checked the wealthy businessman's things, he suddenly felt something strange. At this time, the second person showed a weak

There are no signs of blurring, but this weakness has almost no harm to the human body.

He flipped through it and found that the source of the sign was an amulet, which depicted a statue of a squatting figure with arms around his body, wearing bird feathers on his head, and a sun behind him.

He was not sure about the origin of this thing, so he put it aside first, and then checked other objects, but there was one thing he found strange, because there were almost no written records of the entire expedition.

This is a bit unusual. In an expedition like this, in addition to recording the location, feature type, size and shape of the cave, etc., it is also necessary to at least record the path and environmental conditions, as well as note down the noteworthy places. At least there must be

Maps and related reference materials.

But there is nothing now. Could it be that it was left in the cave?

He checked it carefully again, and finally found something strange on the waterproof bag he was carrying. He turned it over and found that there were many swirl-shaped patterns inside. He couldn't help but have some ideas in his mind. He sorted things out and then

He walked out of it and said to the clerk:

"I need information on these people, including the information on the expedition twelve years ago. It's best if I can get it."

"no problem."

The officer readily agreed and soon sent the compiled information to him.

Chen Chuan looked through it and found that the investor who was going to accompany the expedition this time was the son of the wealthy businessman twelve years ago.

The father-son relationship between these two people is definitely not a coincidence, but has an inexplicable connection.

Therefore, this abnormal situation is most likely not a strange story, but may be some kind of esoteric ritual.

He couldn't make a complete conclusion, but fortunately there were professionals, so he immediately called Director Lei from the hotel phone and explained the situation here.

After listening to his analysis, Director Lei said: "Your guess is very reasonable. I will bring someone over right away."

After waiting for more than an hour, people from the Esoteric Cult Examination Bureau arrived and took over the entire matter.

Director Lei took a look at the amulet handed over by Chen and the waterproof bag, and said, "Student Chen, you are right, these people are indeed followers of the esoteric sect.

The Froberg religion they believe in translates to Sun Worship. Although this is an orthodox belief allowed abroad, it is strictly prohibited at home."

"Yang Worship Cult?" Chen Chuan thought for a moment, "This cave is called Luoyang Cave. Is there any connection between the two?"

Director Lei said in a deep voice: "These people probably want to use this place to hold the Sun Source Ceremony."

He explained, "The so-called Sun Origin Ceremony is that the Sun Worshipers believe that the sun reincarnates once every twelve years, and during the reincarnation, it can steal the power of life and true nature in dark places where sunlight cannot reach.

The believers of this sect highly respect the number twelve, and the team members formed this time are exactly twelve people, but the ceremony requires life sacrifices, so many of them should be used as ritual sacrifices."

Chen Chuan thought for a moment and said: "Among the people who came up this time, the only ones who came up this time were the wealthy businessman himself and two security guards. If that's the case, then the other explorers are sacrifices?"

Director Lei said: "Judging from the number of people and the composition of the ceremony, this should be the case. This time they probably did some wrong steps during the ceremony, or suffered additional influences, so there was a problem. Not only

His failure to obtain the power he wanted resulted in his own death."

Having said this, his expression became solemn, "But if that's all, it's okay. There is another issue that needs special attention. Whenever you hold a sun source ceremony, you must bring a special ritual material. This thing is very important. It is the ritual

The core is called the sun wheel stone.

This thing is of great value, and is prohibited from being exported in all countries. Its specific use is unknown, but it is dangerous to a certain extent and will have a serious impact on the surrounding humans and animals. Therefore, if possible, we must try to bring this thing out. If we find

If not, we must find a way to seal off this area and report it to the higher authorities for processing."

Chen Chuan thought for a moment, then raised his head and said: "Director Lei, this cave is very dangerous. It is famous in Yangzhi. It is difficult for ordinary people to enter and exit normally. It is up to me to handle this matter."

When walking in underground caves, you will encounter many dangerous situations. Most people will be injured or killed if they are not careful, but these are not difficulties for him.

Director Lei thought for a while and said seriously: 'Okay, Xiao Chuan, I won't be polite to you anymore, I'll leave this matter to you."

He knew that this was the right thing to do. His team was very professional in esoteric rituals, but if they entered the cave to look for things, they would be no different from ordinary people. Then they might as well leave it to Chen Chuan. The survivability of third-level fighters is absolutely impossible.

It's not something that ordinary people can compare to.

If Chen Chuan can't do it, then almost no one in Yangzhi City can do it.

He quickly took out some paper, noted the possible composition of the ceremony, and some areas that required special attention, and handed these to Chen Chuan.

Chen Chuan took it and wrote it down carefully, then made some preparations, mainly carrying some water and nutritional ointment, as well as lights and necessary tools, and then walked into the cave under the watchful eyes of everyone.

He had been to the previous section of the road a few days ago. It was relatively wide, the gravel on the ground had been cleaned up, and the light was still bright. However, after passing this section, it became narrower and narrower as he went in, and the light gradually dimmed.

It became difficult to walk, so he turned on his headlamp.

Because so many people had gone down there before, and the traces of people walking there were very obvious to him, so he just had to follow them.

Originally, he had made all kinds of preparations to overcome difficulties, but when he actually started doing it, he found that it was extremely simple. He could just jump up at some places that needed to be climbed, jump down when he encountered high places, and just around the corner.

The place was easily turned around, and there was no obstacle at all.

In fact, the biggest difficulty is the light problem.

Not to mention carrying a search light, he also has keen senses. Even if he doesn't use his eyes to see at all, he can still feel the way forward by relying on temperature, airflow and sound feedback, not to mention the traces left by humans, so his speed

It was extremely fast, and it penetrated more than two miles in less than five minutes.

He found several man-made resting spots on the road, and also found a package discarded under a pothole. He rummaged through it and found information. He didn't have time to look carefully, so he took this with him and continued to explore inside.

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After going about two kilometers deeper, he finally came to a fairly spacious cave. The ground here was relatively flat. The height of the top was about seven or eight meters, and there was roughly a space of three to four hundred square meters.

I just glanced around with my headlights, and when I looked in the middle, my eyes narrowed slightly. There were people kneeling there, forming a circle. The number of people was about twenty, and there were many scattered skeletons on the ground.

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He walked over there and found that most of the kneeling people were mummies. Only three of them were breathing so weakly that it was difficult to detect, like animals that had entered hibernation, and their bodies were wrapped in a layer of cloth.

Densely dense ritual symbols are painted on it with bright red paint.

He ignored these three people and looked directly at the enclosed ground. There were also ritual symbols on it. By comparing it with the temporary drawing given to him by Director Lei, he could confirm that this was the 'Sun Origin Ceremony'.

In the middle, there is a pit in the ground, and there is a strange stone in it. The stone is red, but more like a crystal. When the light shines on it, it seems that its interior is also glowing slightly. It should be Director Lei.

It's the Sun Wheel Stone I'm talking about.

Chen Chuan glanced twice, and after confirming the surrounding situation, he walked over there.

And when he got closer to this ritual circle, especially when he got close to the sun wheel stone, the second self showed signs of deceleration. The closer he got, the higher the degree of deceleration. When he reached the center position, his body became blurred.

The degree of impact it received was no less than that of ordinary ghost stories.

Just when he was about to pick up this thing, the Xue Jun Dao he was carrying vibrated slightly, and at the same time, wisps of white mist came out, surrounding the red stone, but this was just

It lasted for a while, and the mist quickly subsided.

At the same time, Chen Chuan noticed that the originally strong signs of virtualization had suddenly weakened, almost to a harmless level.

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Chapter completed!