Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1637 7 Heart Tablets 18

As soon as the others left, Luo Ren planned to find a place to burn Zhang Guanghua, but Jiang Xinxin said, "No need, we can find a place. I can use some extraordinary means to ensure that Zhang Guanghua is completely dead and has no chance to harm others again."

Luo Ren obediently stepped aside and turned back to Jiang Xinxin. He smiled and looked as if he was looking forward to the extraordinary skills Jiang Xinxin would perform next, which made Jiang Xinxin somewhat speechless and embarrassed.

Jiang Xinxin took a deep breath and flicked her fingers lightly in front of Luo Ren. A small flame flew from her directly onto Zhang Guanghua. In an instant, Zhang Guanghua was completely covered by a purple-red flame.

In just a few breaths, Zhang Guanghua turned into a pile of gray ashes and disappeared completely in the blink of an eye. Even the blood he vomited out after being kicked by Yan Hongsha disappeared without a trace.

Luo Ren was a little afraid of the power of the flame, but he also felt that it was very useful. He immediately exclaimed, "This flame is not only beautiful, but also very practical!"

Jiang Xinxin was in a good mood, but thinking that she was rejecting Luo Ren, she just smiled and said, "Let's go to the old patriarch's house and meet up with everyone."

Luo Ren didn't think much of being rejected again. After all, he had been mentally prepared for a long-term battle. He would not be discouraged or sad because of such a small setback.

There was no one at the old patriarch's house. Except for the vegetable patch next to it which looked carefully tended, there were still very fresh signs of life in the house. However, there was no clue about Yan Jiuxiao.

Yiwansan suggested, "How about we go to the Plateau Lake in the back? There are at least traces of Miss Yan's uncle's life there. Maybe if we look carefully, we can find more clues. We've searched this place carefully twice, but there's really no sign that Mr. Yan has been here."

Yan Hongsha forced a smile. She could sense everyone's concern for her. "Okay, let's go back to the abandoned ship in Gaoyuan Lake and see if we can find more of my second uncle's things around here."

Everyone helped together and soon found the equipment brought by Yan Jiuxiao and some personal belongings under the firewood piled up behind the big ship.

Now, Yan Hongsha could no longer hold on to any hope. She opened Yan Jiuxiao's tablet with tears in her eyes and found several videos in it. In the first video, a giant clam bigger than a millstone appeared. Yan Jiuxiao said he wanted to catch it, but then he was tripped by something and fell to the ground.

Another video shows him driving his car when he encounters the old patriarch, who seems to not want him to get close to the center of the lake.

The last video shows Yan Jiuxiao wearing a diving suit and saying he wants to go into the water to catch the giant clam.

Yan Hongsha burst into tears after watching a few videos, "...My second uncle...My second uncle must..."

Everyone felt bad. Although Zhang Guanghua was dead and the fragments of the heart tablet in his body were obtained, the matter on Yan Hongsha's side had not been resolved. She said that she wanted to see the man alive or the body dead, otherwise she would not be able to explain to her grandfather.

Mu Dai wanted to persuade Yan Hongsha to go back first. "The water level of this lake has receded now. Some places are supported by deep rock layers, which are safe areas and can even accommodate a large carload of people. But some places have no rock layers underneath, and swamps have formed. If you are not careful, you will lose your life..."

But Yan Hongsha wasn't stupid. From the way her second uncle drove in, she guessed that he must have prepared detection equipment in advance. She pleaded, "Please help me find the detection equipment my second uncle brought. Since he dared to drive in so carelessly, it means he was prepared. I can at least find his car first..."

This was not difficult. Everyone searched carefully around the ship bit by bit, and Yiwansan actually found the detection equipment belonging to Yan Jiuxiao hidden on the other side.

The equipment was simple, a drone equipped with a detector, a display and a controller. Luo Ren knew at a glance that this was a common civilian equipment used in domestic exploration, and it was sufficient to detect the conditions at the bottom of the lake.

But after being busy for so long, everyone was exhausted and hungry. Yiwansan and Cao Yanhua prepared to cook together, while Mu Dai accompanied Yan Hongsha to check the terrain at the bottom of the lake. Luo Ren gave them some pointers: "These green areas are safe areas and can be driven through; these orange-red areas indicate that the rocks below may not be thick enough and even people may not be able to pass through;"

"And those red areas are complete swamps or ponds. It's dangerous for people to go there. There's no safety at all."

Yan Hongsha didn't dare to think any further and was busy checking the surroundings leading to the center of the lake.

Originally, these devices should have been placed in Yan Jiuxiao's car, but now that they are hidden outside the ship, it means...

Jiang Xinxin sat aside, seemingly in a bad mood. Luo Ren felt that he could use this opportunity to let her know more about him, so he took the initiative to talk about his own life experience: "Seeing Yan Hongsha worrying so much about Yan Jiuxiao, I'm really a little envious..."

Without waiting for Jiang Xinxin's reaction, Luo Ren spoke directly, "When I was a child, my family was in business. My mother had poor eyesight, so she chose a man who could share my hardships but not my wealth. After he became successful, he began to focus on 'spiritual pursuits'. He found true love and wanted to divorce my mother."

"My mother couldn't win the fight, so she eventually left the man. The couple held a wedding banquet but didn't dare to get married right away until the woman became pregnant. Then I was in a car accident and was hospitalized. Later, I was poisoned and hospitalized again. It was my mother who rushed over despite her illness to take me away. After that, I became a frequent visitor to my uncle's house."

Jiang Xinxin suddenly looked around warily. After carefully examining everyone here, she had to admit a reality. "It seems that the people here can only form a complete family..."

Luo Ren thought he would get at least a few words of comfort, but what came out of Jiang Xinxin's mouth was actually this. He reflexively asked: "The person with a complete family is——"

Jiang Xinxin raised her chin in amusement and said, "That's the fat guy cooking over there."

The gloom in Luo Ren's heart was completely swept away, and he casually talked about his friends: "I used to work in Heisha, and I had two best friends. One was called Yuruis, and the other was called Qingmu."

"As for Juris, he loves to hold his guitar and sing some sad love songs, but we have never seen any signs that he is in love."

"As for Aoki, he has a fiancée back home, so he likes to look out at the sea and think about her."

"We also developed a cooking method that uses black sand rocks as grilling nets to grill various seafood. Everyone enjoys seafood and drinks together, and the scene always has a warm feeling."

Jiang Xinxin nodded casually, stood up and walked towards Yiwansan and Cao Yanhua, pretending that she was too hungry to bear it and urged them to hurry up.

Luo Ren could only stay where he was and sigh, but he was not affected. Instead, he thought of the giant clam that appeared in Yan Jiuxiao's video. He always felt that the giant clam was a little abnormal. At least as a clam, its movement speed could not be faster than that of humans.