Add some practice: start with a lucid dream

After dispersing the rest of the crowd, Chen Ze returned his attention to the secret room.

Huhuhu~
Several flowers of Yuan Qi were illuminated, completely revealing the layout of the secret room.

Most of the debris on the ground were paper books or bamboo slips, as well as overturned, cracked or even broken bookshelves.

On the contrary, there was a small raised temple sitting in the middle of the secret room, which was motionless.

Chen Ze released his Yuan Qi and put away the debris on the ground while approaching.

Wang Yi behind him did not dare to follow up without permission, so he had to stick to the door and poke his head around.

Wang Shisan and other busybodies also came up to open the door, and two rows of heads piled up beside the door to stare.

Chen Ze didn't care and walked straight to the small temple.

This temple is only half a meter high, with white walls and gray tiles. It is simple in shape and only has a small door opening on the front. It is very similar to the small roadside temples dedicated to Baojiaxian in Northeast China.

Boom, boom, boom.
Now that I was getting closer, I could hear an erratic heartbeat coming from inside.

Small temples also have the ability to block divine energy.

Master Chen Zeyi was bold and reached out directly to dig inside.

What you get is a big lump of slippery and sticky stuff, which is still growing and shrinking, as if it was placed on a shelf.

Chen Ze exerted a little force and found that the thing was connected to the frame, making it difficult to tear it apart.

"Wang Yi!" Chen Ze shouted loudly.

Wang Yi at the door squeezed through the crowd and trotted in after him, with "I'll do whatever you want" written on his face.

After witnessing a series of Chen Ze's methods, Wang Yi not only found it difficult to resist, but even started to think about hugging him.

"What the hell is this?" Chen Ze squatted down and put one hand on the ground. He could only see clearly the crimson flesh filling the opening, but not the whole picture.

"This is the origin of our Wang family." Wang Yi said in an incomprehensible tone.

"It was only in the past few years that I learned about these things when the old man was not in good health."

Chen Ze stared at this mass of things. He could vaguely feel the characteristics of life, but it was very strange and did not feel like a living thing at all.

Although he did not destroy it with his gentle hands, the aura of this thing was constantly declining.

Could it be caused by injuries caused by the bumps?
Or is it like that giant snake, unable to contact the outside world?
When Wang saw that Chen Ze didn't say anything, he continued talking on his own.
"The reproduction of our Wang family is through this thing."

"Every few years...here, it's that plate." Wang Yi suddenly pointed to a metal disc next to him.

Chen Ze summoned him casually and handed it over to Wang Yi.

Wang Yi boldly walked up and inserted the disc along the opening of the small temple. The size just matched.

"Every few years, or every few months, I can't tell." Wang Yi pointed at the disc and explained,
"There will be some powder falling out here, which is similar to ashes."

"The duty of each generation of real people is to take the powder and process it to get a liquid. When that liquid is injected into a woman of the right age, there is a certain probability that she can become pregnant."

"I don't know the specific operation. It's actually a matter of borrowing the child's womb to give birth to a child. If the child is qualified, he will be a member of our Wang family."

"If you fail to pass, your face will be disfigured and you will be handed over to die."

"Of course, in order to maintain the operation of the ink fountain and daily life, we will also select some unqualified defective products and keep them here as livestock to do labor."

Hearing this, Chen Ze couldn't help but question,
"You mean this thing is your father."

"No." Wang Yi bowed his head and took a deep breath.

"Not father."

He looked up at Chen Ze with complicated eyes,

"Do you know about cloning?"

The next moment, Chen Ze's eyes suddenly widened.

Countless details emerged one after another at this moment, and were put back together like a puzzle until the truth was restored.

Huhuhu~
Chen Ze stretched out his hand and caught Wang Yi in his hand from afar, but suddenly thought of something and threw him away.

If you want to verify
Chen Ze returned to the door of the secret room and swept his surroundings with his eyes like lightning. Wherever he passed, everyone seemed to be avoiding snakes and scorpions.

In the distance, talismans responded to the places he swept, and he started searching the ruins again.

Many stumps and broken arms were thrown out, but Chen Ze ignored them.

Until a relatively complete corpse was picked out and transported all the way to Chen Ze. After a brief exploration, he put it next to him.

Not long after, there was another relatively complete corpse, and then one after another, a total of seven or eight relatively complete corpses were lined up next to Chen Ze.

Among them are mainly fat men, but there are also so-called "animals".

Sa!
The talisman fell back into the ruins in the distance, and Chen Ze faced the pile of corpses and raised his hand.

All the corpses were lifted up and suspended, and streams of Yuan Qi were quickly surrounding them like the most delicate scalpels, disembowelling them like a cook dissecting a cow.

Chen Ze is doing an autopsy.

Such a bloody scene scared many onlookers to vomit on the spot.

Only Wang Yiqiang remained calm, his face turned pale but he was the closest.

Soon all the flesh and blood was peeled off, and Chen Ze used his spiritual consciousness to scan the skeleton over and over again, and the results he obtained were the same.

Those are the skeletons. They are exactly the same!
To be precise, they were the corpses of well-nourished fat men. Not only were they the same height, but their long bones, transverse diameters, skulls, spines, radius bones, lengths and curvatures, etc. were all exactly the same!
No, saying they are exactly the same is a bit much, there are still subtle differences.

In addition, there are old injuries that were acquired.
The most important thing is what Wang Yi said just now.

clone!

Even brothers cannot be so similar, not to mention all the corpses, no, it should be said that they are members of the Wang clan in Mo Dou.
No matter in terms of age span or number of people, it is impossible for them all to have the same father and mother!

Unless they are all clones!

So they have the same genes, the same bones, and the same faces!
Chen Ze finally understood why almost all members of the Wang clan had to wear masks that could not be removed, or were directly disfigured.

Just to cover up their identical faces!
Wang Lin and Wang Zhenren are completely different people, they just have the same genes and the same face!
No wonder these big fat guys are just like copy and paste, so similar!

All because they are all cloned products!

Although the word "clone" may not have a long history, what is important is the substance behind it.

All Wang clan members are genetically identical offspring individuals.

If you want to find the most appropriate word, it is undoubtedly "clone".

Wang Yi obviously understands the common sense of modern science, that's why he described it like this.

"Is it true?" Wang Yi's trembling voice pulled Chen Ze back from the shock.

"That's right." Chen Ze nodded his chin slightly and affirmed,
"It's almost exactly the same. The rest of you should be the same too."

The next moment after listening to Chen Ze's words, Wang Yi finally couldn't hold on anymore and fell to the ground.

"I knew it." Wang Yi murmured to himself, shrugging his shoulders as if sobbing.

"Everything that old man said is true."

It was only then that he got confirmation from Chen Ze, confirming that the matter was true.

After all, the faces of everyone in the Mo Dou had been destroyed, and there had been no newborns in the past 20 years, so there was a lack of the strongest evidence.Wang Yi was not qualified to read the classics directly, and was selectively informed by Master Wang, so he had only a partial understanding of many of the secrets.

"He is indeed not my father!" Unexpectedly, Wang Yi gradually laughed and said,

"Hahahahaha I didn't do anything wrong!"

"I did nothing wrong!"

Chen Ze shook his head and ignored it.

The rest of the people didn't hear the whole conversation, they only stared at each other, and they didn't know the truth.

Only Wu Jiagui seemed to have guessed something, with a look of despair on his face.

Everyone had different thoughts, but Chen Ze returned to the secret room and walked towards the small temple.

Swish, la, la—boom.

After taking the last step, Chen Ze stood still in front of the temple. The books around him were neatly sorted and put away in categories.

It included bamboo slips, paper books and even animal skin scrolls, which Chen Ze put back on the bookshelf according to material and condition.

Beyond that, there are a few things that stand out and are difficult to categorize.

A movie ticket stub, the movie shown on the ticket is "The Prestige", dated 2006.

Chen Ze has also heard about this movie. The director is Christopher Nolan, who has directed such masterpieces as "Inception" and "The Dark Knight Trilogy".

Just appearing in this place filled with ancient books and documents seems a bit inconsistent.

But thinking that Wang Shisan could be a fan of Brother Hu, it doesn't seem to be difficult to understand.

The Wang clan members in Mo Dou also have entertainment needs. Maybe this is Wang Zhenren's personal hobby and it happened to happen here.

But apart from the ticket stubs, Chen Ze was still more interested in another pile of broken pieces.

After being pieced together, there is a tablet with the inscription "The first innate general to protect the road with a pure heart, the third and fifth train king, the heavenly king, the powerful spirit of the manifested god".

There are also small characters in the corner separately marked "Xiantian Lord General, Yiqi Shenjun".

Chen Ze narrowed his eyes.

This title is not unfamiliar to him. It is one of the most important protector mountain gods in Taoism, Wang Lingguan.

There is a saying among the people that "if you don't go up the mountain, you must first pay homage to Wang Lingguan".

The most important thing is Wang Lingguan, whose real name is Wang E, but was later renamed Wang Shan by the heavenly master Sa Shoujian.

His surname is Wang!
Deng.

Chen Ze put the repaired tablet together and put it up at the entrance of the small temple, and it matched perfectly.

In this way, it is clear who is being enshrined here.

Taoist protector god, Wang Lingguan!
Chen Ze originally wanted to call Wang Yi over for questioning, but then he thought about it and thought that this guy was only halfway through the coup and didn't know much.

And looking back, Wang Yi was still immersed in emotion.

Chen Ze simply looked through it himself.

Naturally, we start with the oldest and furthest animal skin roll.

sigh~
Chen Ze waved his hand, and the animal skin roll flew into his hand.

First, there is a portrait. In the painting, the man has a face as red as a date, a crown on his beard, a golden armor and a red robe, with three glaring eyes, a hot wheel on his feet, a golden seal on the left, and a golden whip on the right. He looks like a powerful and domineering figure. Protector of the Mountain God.

If you take a closer look at his appearance, he is very similar to Wang Lin and other members of the Wang clan, but he is more ferocious and has a completely different temperament.

The following animal skin volumes contain the "Lingguan Baogao", which narrates Wang Lingguan's life.

The first half is similar to the story told by the world. Wang Lingguan was originally a local bully who ran rampant. Later, he was surrendered by the passing Master Sa Tian. He worshiped him as his teacher and converted to Taoism. From then on, he was granted the status of a god, punishing evil and promoting good.

sigh~
The animal skin scrolls after this are all wordless heavenly books and are completely blank.

Chen Ze took the animal skin roll and pondered it for a while, then injected a little Yuan Qi, and the square characters appeared as brightly as if they were dancing.

Do the same with the remaining hide rolls.

This part of the record requires Yuan Qi to be activated, so it is obviously not ordinary and cannot be read by ordinary people.

The second half introduces this place, which is the origin of Mo Dou.

According to the animal skin scroll, in the late Northern Song Dynasty, the environment of heaven and earth deteriorated day by day. A large number of monks died suddenly, and Master Sa Tian also disappeared.

So Wang Lingguan searched hard for his master's traces, and finally found out about a place called "Lingqiao" and set off there.

It's been hundreds of years since he left, and only Wang Lingguan's disciples are left waiting hard.

When Wang Lingguan reappeared, it was already a pile of broken bones. The divine whip had spirit, and he was wrapped in gold armor and brought back.

At this time, the environment of heaven and earth was extremely bad, and all the disciples were almost withered.

So the remaining people took the ancestor's remains back to Shu, where Tianshi Sa Shoujian was born.

At the same time, there are also descendants of the Mohist family living in seclusion there, who master the inscrutable and extraordinary mechanical skills.

There they received help from the descendants of the Mo family. They worked hard, exhausted their savings, and spent all their efforts to get here. They built a huge organ city "Mo Dou", which was completely closed and had no connection with the outside world.

Mo Dou relies on the core mechanism to build an artificial Qi Bureau, which is a collection of the crystallization of many unique mechanism techniques and is internally self-contained.

To be able to build such an extraordinary creation under the circumstances of the world at that time was a miracle created by the joint efforts of a generation.

They settled down there, isolated from the rest of the world, and worshiped the remains of their ancestors for generations.

Shua la la ~
At this point, the content of the animal skin scroll is all over.

Chen Ze waved his hand to collect all the animal skin rolls and put them back, then called for the bamboo slips.

The bamboo slips are shiny black in color and soft to the touch. Apart from a lot of scratches and peeling paint, they are quite well preserved.

Chen Ze spread out the bamboo slips and continued reading.

It turns out that this bamboo slip was made by Wang Lingguan's disciples from the by-products of cultivated crops after they lived in Mo Dou. It is durable and easy to preserve.

According to the bamboo slips, nothing happened during the first hundred years of living in Mo Dou.Although the number of disciples in the sect is still reduced, and it is difficult to conceive children and continue the incense, it is still much better than outside.

But one day the earth dragon turned over, the earth shook, and the ink fountain suffered a huge impact. It fell over and was damaged from the hidden mountain forest, and a gap was exposed.

Before he could repair it, a dying giant snake, targeted by heaven and earth, came to the door and forced its way in.

Naturally, the disciples refused, so they fought repeatedly with the intelligent giant snake, which resulted in Mo Dou becoming even more damaged and completely connected to the outside world.

As a result, everyone was completely exposed to the outside world, and not even one out of ten virtuous practitioners died suddenly on the spot.

The ink fountain itself also suffered huge damage, and many production functional areas were irreversibly destroyed.

The artificial Qi Bureau is almost destroyed and can no longer be completely isolated from the outside world.

The remaining survivors had no choice but to modify the Mo Dou to maintain communication with the outside world in order to obtain necessary supplies for life.

At the same time, he reached a settlement with the giant snake and tacitly allowed it to occupy the remaining core area of ​​​​Mo Dou, so that he could survive and find a way to survive.

The giant snake offered a certain treasure he brought in exchange. (End of chapter)