"what?"Lin Yang looked towards Li Shan.
"Mr. Lin Yang, in fact, more than three hundred years ago, someone asked us for this kind of map."
Li Shan then revealed a secret that shocked Lin Yang: "Is anyone trying to get this map?"
"Yes!" Li Shan nodded, and then said with emotion: "Of course, at that time, even an old man like me was not born yet. This was recorded by the tribe members at that time. Therefore, my tribe speculated that the treasure land may not have been fully developed and explored after such a long time. That's why I want to give this map to you, Mr. Lin Yang."
"If not for this, I, an old man, would be embarrassed to bring a useless thing to thank you for your help to Li Su and my clan just now."
Li Shan looked at Lin Yang and told him the reason why he gave him the map.
Lin Yang's help to Li Su just now was equivalent to helping the Li clan avoid a big trouble.
At that time, Li Shan wanted to repay Lin Yang's friendship.
"But apart from this thing, my clan really has no other valuables. I hope Lord Lin Yang will not despise it!" Li Shan explained again.
The Li people are a weak civilization after all.
Lin Yang is now a member of the Human Alliance Headquarters. After much thought, Li Shan believes that only this map can be considered of some value.
The other things of the Li clan are of no use to Lin Yang.
Upon hearing this, Lin Yang immediately returned the map to Li Shan.
He helped Li Su just to repay the Li clan for their help last time.
There is really no need for Li Shan to take out this precious map and give it to him now.
"Old Patriarch Lishan, this map is something that has been passed down in the Li clan for so many years. It is too valuable and I cannot accept it." Lin Yang said.
If Li Shan hadn’t said what he just said, the map would have been taken away.
These things have been passed down for thousands of years, and it is unclear whether the precious land still exists.
But since there were people who specifically came here to explore this map three hundred years ago, it can indeed prove that the treasure land recorded in the map is extraordinary.
Then he can’t accept it.
Li Shan stopped Lin Yang from returning the map. "Mr. Lin Yang, although the map has been passed down in our clan for thousands of years, our clan is unable to enter the vast universe to search for the treasure. Even now, we don't know the name of the treasure recorded on the map, nor where it is. Instead of passing it down like this and putting it aside, it is better to give it to you, Mr. Lin Yang. Perhaps it can still be used."
Lin Yang was about to say something else.
But he was interrupted by Li Shan.
Li Shan looked at Lin Yang seriously and said solemnly: "Mr. Lin Yang, although the treasure is valuable, it is always a mirage if you can't get it. Besides, I, an old man, have some selfish motives in giving you this map."
"Selfish motive?" Lin Yang was stunned.
"Yes." Li Shan nodded, sighed, glanced at the map, and sighed: "Since there were still people exploring this map three hundred years ago, it proves that there are other people who know the secret of the treasure land."
"According to the records of our ancestors at that time, the origin of that inquirer was mysterious and terrifying. Originally, those ancestors of our tribe wanted to find out some information about the treasure land through those inquirers, but in the end they got nothing and paid a heavy price."
"The ancestors of our clan didn't record much about the specific situation at that time, but afterwards, a new rule was added regarding the map, which was that no matter what, the news that the map was in our clan's hands could not be revealed, otherwise our clan would surely suffer a catastrophic disaster."
"So, if this map is in the hands of my people, it will be a disaster!"
Having said this, Li Shan paused, sighed twice, and then continued:
"Instead of being constantly worried and guarding this treasure that you can never get, it is better to just seek peace of mind. Mr. Lin Yang, you are now of noble status and powerful, and most importantly, you value friendship. By handing this map to you, I, an old man, can finally put the heavy stone in my heart at ease."
As he spoke, Li Shan suddenly bowed to Lin Yang, with a hint of pleading: "Sir Lin Yang, please accept this map. It can be regarded as indirectly helping my clan solve a big problem. It seems that I am giving you a treasure map, but in fact, it is also causing you trouble."
"This..." Lin Yang held the map and didn't know what to say for a moment.
After a moment of silence, Lin Yang reminded: "Old Patriarch Lishan, the development of technology will only get faster and faster in the future. Maybe in the near future, the secret of this map will be revealed by you. If you give it to me now, the Li tribe may lose a huge fortune."
However, Li Shan laughed and said, "Mr. Lin Yang, thousands of years ago, my people probably didn't even have a rudimentary civilization. We can't find any information about the things passed down from such a backward era until now. Can we still expect to find out the secret of this map in the so-called near future?"
Lin Yang was startled.
Li Shan continued, "We don't have much hope anyway. Although we don't know what method our ancestors used to keep the secret three hundred years ago, those who are looking for the secret of the map will obviously not give up. Who knows, they may come back at any time."
"After living a peaceful life for so many years, the younger generations of my clan have not experienced any storms. I am afraid that they really cannot keep the secret any longer. So, Mr. Lin Yang, please don't refuse. Only by handing this map over to you can I, an old man, feel at ease."
The view from the mountain is very broad and the thoughts are very far away.
Lin Yang is a man of loyalty and righteousness, so he dares to reveal the secret of the map.
Otherwise, if someone else revealed the secret of the map, there would be a risk of being silenced.
As for wealth?
Can wealth that cannot be obtained still be considered wealth?
It is not worth it to bear the risk of being exterminated at any time just for a so-called illusory treasure!
This map is a hot potato within the tribe, and Li Shan thinks it is a hot potato.
Handing over the map is a real relief.
Lin Yang was silent for a moment, looking at Li Shan's pleading eyes, and thought for a long time before deciding to accept the map: "In that case, I will be disrespectful to refuse it."
"Haha, Lord Lin Yang, you don't think that I, an old man, am trying to divert the trouble to you, right?" Li Shan laughed happily.
"How could that be?" Lin Yang shook his head.
Although this map is prone to trouble and crisis.
But as Li Shan said, in Li Shan's heart, he believed that Lin Yang had both status and strength, and of course he had the ability to keep this map.
So in Li Shan's opinion, handing this map to Lin Yang can not only reduce a big trouble for the Li clan, but also allow Lin Yang to gain a fortune. It can be said to be a win-win situation.
Lin Yang naturally understood the reason behind this.
"Sir Lin Yang, I, an old man, will not waste your time any more. And please rest assured, the secret of the map ends with me. After I pass away, the secret will be buried with me forever. You don't have to worry that if we really find the treasure, my descendants will come to you to ask for it." Li Shan suddenly said.
"Old Patriarch Lishan, your words really leave me speechless..." Lin Yang was a little amused.
Li Shan thought too much and too comprehensively.
"Haha, money can move people's hearts. Some things and some words are better made clear. I, an old man, gave you this map, but I don't want to ruin the friendship between you and my clan because of an unknown treasure." Li Shan said with a smile.
"Don't worry, the friendship between me and the Li clan will not be changed by any external factors." Lin Yang said solemnly.
"With these words from Lord Lin Yang, I, an old man, will feel relieved even if I die now."
Li Shan replied, bowed slightly and said, "Mr. Lin Yang, please go ahead. I, an old man, will take care of Li Su's burial arrangements."
"Old Patriarch, you can contact me anytime if you need me." Lin Yang gave Li Shan a communication method.
Direct connection across the universe is naturally not very realistic.
The communication method he gave to Li Shan allowed Li Shan to first be transferred to the Alien Management Bureau and then contact himself when he needed to contact him.
Afterwards, Lin Yang left the Li tribe and returned to the Alien Management Bureau.
The situation is urgent now, and there are not enough staff in the Alien Management Bureau. He has received new task assignments.
However, for some unknown reason, Song Qingfeng directly terminated the new task assignment and asked him to go back to the Abnormal Management Bureau first.
ten minutes later.
In Song Qingfeng’s office on the eighteenth floor of the Abnormal Management Bureau’s headquarters building.
"Director, is there any special task you want to assign to me?" Lin Yang asked directly.
Just now, Song Qingfeng terminated the task assignment in the task system and asked him to come back to meet and talk. He didn't think that Song Qingfeng asked him to come here to let him take a vacation again.
Song Qingfeng smiled faintly and shook his head, "Not yet."
"Ah? No mission?" This answer was beyond Lin Yang's expectations.
"Not yet, please wait a moment." Song Qingfeng corrected.
"Uh...is it some special event?" Lin Yang was a little confused.
"This is some information about the unknown space. Take a look at it first."
Song Qingfeng did not answer, but handed his equipment to Lin Yang.
On it were some confidential documents about unknown space.
Lin Yang was startled and looked up at Song Qingfeng: "Director, I don't have the authority to see this information, right?"
What Song Qingfeng showed him was top-secret information that could only be accessed by those with the director's authority. Ordinary members would never be qualified to see this information.
"This is why I asked you to come. You don't have the permission to view the content of this information now, and I can't send it to you, so I can only let you come and use my equipment to view it." Song Qingfeng nodded.
Lin Yang was a little surprised. He looked at the all-round monitoring equipment installed in the office and whispered, "Director, this is against the rules, isn't it?"
Some rules of the Human Alliance headquarters are still very strict. Even for someone like Song Qingfeng, there are monitoring devices in the office that are directly supervised by the Human Alliance main brain system.
The purpose is to prevent senior executives from abusing their power for personal gain or leaking secrets that should not be disclosed.
And Song Qingfeng's current behavior is obviously against the rules.
Openly transferring your director's equipment to him in the office to show him top-secret information would be punishable.
"I'm the one who violated the rules, not you. If there's any punishment, it should be me. What are you worried about? I told you to look, so just look. Look now!"
Song Qingfeng didn't say much, but urged Lin Yang to read the top-secret information quickly.
"..." Lin Yang had nothing to say.
Although he was wondering why Song Qingfeng would so blatantly violate the rules and show him the top-secret information.
But since Song Qingfeng had already said this, he naturally put aside all his questions without saying anything and quickly started to look at the content of the document.
In fact, he had just learned some basic information about the unknown space on his way back.
That is an area that has not been explored or controlled by the Universal Alliance at all.
According to the speculation of the Cosmic Alliance, there may be other cosmic bubbles in unknown space.
In other words, there may be many other universes in the unknown space that have not yet been explored.
The Cosmic Alliance has also been arranging special space exploration teams to explore unknown space, but the exploration process has not been smooth.
There are always some inexplicable dangers in the unknown space, and even a level nine battleship can be easily torn apart.
So far, the Cosmic Alliance has not made any major progress in its exploration of unknown space.
It's just in a very marginal area.
The above are some basic information about the unknown space that Lin Yang can query with his authority.
However, within Song Qingfeng's authority, the top-secret information in front of him showed that the Cosmic Alliance and other powerful alliances of various races in the universe had conducted many joint explorations of unknown space.
The scope of this exploration is at least a hundred times larger than what is shown in the basic information.
In other words, the exploration of unknown space by the Cosmic Alliance and various top races can actually be considered to be relatively in-depth.
Of course, this so-called "in-depth" is only based on current cognition.
As to whether we have really gone deeper into the unknown space, it remains to be seen.
But this is not important. What is important is that the top-secret information shows that after several relatively in-depth explorations, some terrifying and mysterious things were discovered in the unknown space.
For example, there are towering and terrifying stone statues standing there, some of which are even so large that they can be compared to a small universe.
There are also some dilapidated ruins that are suspected to be the remains of intelligent life forms.
However, the exploration teams of the Cosmic Alliance and the top races have never actually entered these ruins.
To be precise, they have entered, but everyone who entered died, without exception.
There have never been any survivors!
There is no such thing as luck once you enter the ruins!
So no one knows what the inside of the ruins looks like.
Once inside, you can't even transmit information to the outside world through any device.
Apart from these, there are still some living organisms.
There are some life forms living in unknown space, which have attacked various exploration teams and caused horrific deaths.
These life forms cannot be easily killed even by the energy weapons of the ninth-level civilization.
Some of humanity's most powerful warriors have entered to explore, and even with their extraordinary powers and ninth-level combat equipment, they still found it difficult to survive there.
But it’s better than the expedition team, as they have captured some unknown life forms.
But the results of the research were not satisfactory.
The research results show that some aspects of the body structure of those unknown life forms are beyond the basic scope of biological cognition, and the genetic molecules are very strange and difficult to be decomposed and studied in depth.
At the same time, Lin Yang also saw some related pictures and video images.
Some of the life forms living in unknown space are so hideous and terrifying that the word "monster" is not quite appropriate.
But some of them are extremely cute and do not seem to have any killing power at all. However, the combat power of these cute unknown life forms is even more terrifying.
Cuteness is just an appearance and a disguise.
There are also some unknown life forms that can even simulate the appearance and even the breath of any creature they see, evade inspection, and sneak into the exploration team to kill.
The top exploration teams of all major races have suffered huge losses at the hands of this kind of life form.
This life form is colorless and shapeless, and its body is completely transparent, making it almost impossible to detect. Existing detection instruments are ineffective against it.
Once they target you and you try to camouflage yourself, it will be a very scary thing.
In addition, there are various strange dangers, any of which can kill super gene warriors or even extraordinary warriors.
Lin Yang's eyebrows twitched as he watched.
All the things in this unknown space are a little too bizarre and scary.
suddenly--
Lin Yang felt that the device in his hand was taken away.
"You've almost finished reading. Have you remembered everything you just saw?" Song Qingfeng took back the device and asked seriously.
"I remember." Lin Yang nodded, and then asked: "Director, what are these you show me..."
He already had a vague guess in his mind.
But it's not certain.
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This chapter is 4500+ words, two chapters in one.
Thank you to Brother (Sister?) Guling Fenghuang for the reward of 10,000 Starting Coins. Xiaohu is really flattered!
Thank you very much for your support, brother (sister). I wish you great wealth and success in everything! I bow to you!!
(End of this chapter)
