654: Chapter 650: The Position of the Red Dot?
654: Chapter 650: The Position of the Red Dot?
Looking at the first map’s red dot, Ye Tian’s mind wandered.
This red dot must mark an important location, but what does this location represent?
A treasure map?
The location of dragon veins?
The address of a mass grave?…
— Ye Tian pondered dozens of possibilities, but felt that none of the possibilities he considered were reliable.
Suddenly, a term came to mind!
Earthquake!
If the red dot indicated the epicenter of an earthquake, then the surrounding terrain would change to varying degrees depending on the earthquake’s magnitude.
The flow direction of rivers, the positions of mountains, and depressions would also change accordingly.
Now that he knew this, Ye Tian naturally became enthusiastic!
Ye Tian pulled out some paper and a pen and began to make calculations on paper.
It’s worth mentioning that Ye Tian had considerable mathematical ability, so he also dabbled in geographical knowledge.
Using the terrain on the map, combined with the earthquake’s magnitude, to deduce the post-earthquake changes in the terrain, such a calculation method was not difficult for Ye Tian…
Ye Tian listed a few equations on the paper, then built a mathematical model, and then began to solve it slowly!
Although Ye Tian excelled in calculations, reaching a conclusion was not so easy.
Fortunately, no one disturbed him at night, so he could calculate calmly.
Ye Tian calculated on the coffee table for over three hours before he finally reached a conclusion!
“I found it!”
The moment he arrived at a conclusion, Ye Tian exclaimed excitedly.
With this result, Ye Tian could finally understand the impact of the disaster over a thousand years ago on Jiangcheng’s terrain.
Moreover, the location of the red dot, the epicenter, had also been pinpointed by Ye Tian.
After firmly keeping the location of the red dot in his mind, Ye Tian destroyed the ancient map of Jiangcheng, along with the drafts he had used for his calculations…
Afterward, Ye Tian lay down on the sofa and fell asleep.
The next morning, Yun Xinyan got up early.
Seeing Ye Tian really asleep on the sofa, she felt quite guilty.
“Ye Tian, I wasn’t really trying to send you to the living room… Actually, it’s not that you can’t come to the bedroom…”
Yun Xinyan said hesitantly, actually quite accustomed to being intimate with Ye Tian every night.
And Yun Xinyan herself was somewhat yielding in her behavior towards Ye Tian…
So, every time Yun Xinyan would pretend to push Ye Tian away, suggesting he go sleep on the sofa.
However, Ye Tian never agreed and would boldly roll onto Yun Xinyan’s bed…
But last night, when Yun Xinyan once again sent Ye Tian to sleep on the sofa, Ye Tian actually complied quite obediently and went straight to the living room.
Yun Xinyan was surprised, thinking that Ye Tian was retreating to advance, so she didn’t mind.
But lying in bed, Yun Xinyan couldn’t fall asleep, constantly expecting Ye Tian to come for a night raid…
Yet, after staying vigilant all night, Ye Tian did not come!
Yun Xinyan only fell asleep when she was extremely tired.
To her amusement and irritation, Ye Tian had actually fallen asleep on the sofa.
“Wife!
Really?
You really didn’t intentionally send me to sleep on the sofa?”
Hearing Yun Xinyan’s words, Ye Tian was quite moved.
He sat up abruptly and pulled Yun Xinyan to sit beside him, caressing her.
“It was just not intentional yesterday!”
Yun Xinyan defended, knowing that if she admitted that it had been unintentional every day, then from now on, Ye Tian would take too many liberties.
She didn’t want to be harassed by Ye Tian every day…
“So wife, can I make up for yesterday’s dues?
Or should I pay today’s dues altogether for you to be satisfied?”
Ye Tian shamelessly said, yesterday, being preoccupied by significant concerns, he indeed hadn’t thought much about it, but now that he had deciphered the puzzle of the ancient map of Jiangcheng, he felt liberated, and while teasing Yun Xinyan, his true nature showed.
“Get lost!
Who could be so shameless?”
Yun Xinyan pushed Ye Tian away, it was morning now, and she had to go to work later, how could she engage in such activities with Ye Tian in the living room?
“Wife, you are so cold… In that case, I’m booking the bed tonight!”
Ye Tian said teasingly, leaving Yun Xinyan speechless.
This certainly meant she had to roll in the sheets with this guy tonight, didn’t it?
Looking at Ye Tian’s sleepy face, Yun Xinyan curiously asked, “Ye Tian, didn’t you sleep last night?”
Though Yun Xinyan herself had some insomnia, at least she had eventually fallen asleep and had a good quality of sleep, hence she looked radiant in the morning.
But looking at Ye Tian, he seemed as if he had stayed up late watching TV, and it was truly puzzling what might have happened to him.
“Hehehe…
Without the wife by my side, of course I suffer from insomnia!”
Ye Tian found the most reasonable excuse, and Yun Xinyan could not help but give a wry smile upon hearing it.
“That being said, aren’t you going to work today?”
Yun Xinyan questioned him again, in the capacity of the president of Yun Corporation, and Ye Tian smoothly played along, saying, “Wife, I’m sleep-deprived and request a leave, please approve it!”
“…”
Yun Xinyan also felt somewhat helpless.
Ye Tian had skipped work before, but had never asked her for leave.
This time, at least, he gave her some respect.
“Don’t go then!
Sooner or later, I will fire you from your role as the security team leader!”
Yun Xinyan said indignantly, before she left the villa.
Due to the calculations that had lasted until late the previous night, although he got the results he wanted, Ye Tian had been feeling groggy because of excessive mental strain.
Although Ye Tian’s Inner Strength was profound and he could recover from internal injuries shortly, recovering from overuse of the brain had nothing to do with Inner Strength.
Other than getting a good sleep, Ye Tian could find no other solution.
So Ye Tian could only continue sleeping, and after probably another two or three hours, his mind was finally clear.
After waking, Ye Tian didn’t remain idle but went to the computer.
He began searching for some information on the history of River City.
Although River City was not considered a major city, it had its own history.
From its establishment, River City had been in existence for over fifteen hundred years…
However, in the information Ye Tian found, there was no record of River City being called “Dragon State” in ancient times.
Just as Ling Tong, the abbot of Lingyin Temple had told Ye Tian, to cover up the great disaster that happened back then, even the history of River City’s name change had been erased.
Since there was no record of River City’s name change, could there possibly be records of that great earthquake in the history of River City?
According to Ye Tian’s calculations, only an earthquake of magnitude twelve could cause drastic changes to River City’s terrain.
Of course, “twelve” is the current earthquake scale, but actually, in Ye Tian’s calculation results, the earthquake that happened in River City had reached beyond magnitude twelve!
Such a violent earthquake, but there was no trace of it in the history of River City…
It must be said, this was a very strange thing!
To confirm his speculation, Ye Tian also specifically searched the history of several cities near River City, and what he found suddenly enlightened him!
In the history of these cities, they all recorded the great earthquake that happened a thousand years ago, describing collapsed buildings, fallen bridges, and casualties…
Several cities had detailed records of that earthquake, but River City, which was at the epicenter, had no mention at all…
No matter how it was viewed, this was quite mysterious!
River City, being the epicenter, should have experienced the strongest impact, while those nearby cities merely felt the tremors…
Of course, due to the limited historical records of River City, Ye Tian could not find out more.
The only thing he could determine was that a devastating earthquake had occurred over a thousand years ago in River City, causing heavy casualties.
The rulers even had to change the city’s name and erased this event from history…
But was it merely an earthquake, or were there other events associated with it?
Concerning this, Ye Tian had no way of knowing!
But now, Ye Tian had connected the ancient map of River City with the current map of River City, and he clearly knew where the epicenter of that old earthquake was.
To further pursue the truth, it became necessary for Ye Tian to visit the location of the epicenter on the map.
Perhaps he could find some new clues…
Without delay, no sooner said than done, Ye Tian immediately rushed out the door!
On the ancient map of River City, everything seemed desolate with small fortified structures.
One could believe that the entire River City had not many inhabitants then.
But now, River City had turned into an international metropolis with millions of permanent residents.
If migrant workers were also counted, this number would be even higher.
The position indicated by the red dot on the map was not in the outskirts of River City but in the city center.
This was quite surprising to Ye Tian…
Because in searching for the epicenter of that thousand-year-old earthquake, he unknowingly found himself on the same road he took to work every day.
“It seems!
Everything is truly coincidental!”
Ye Tian couldn’t help but sigh and moved forward, relying on his memory.
Of course, what worried Ye Tian the most was if that thousand-year-old earthquake were to recur, with the epicenter in the city center of River City, the destruction to the whole city would be catastrophic.
Those skyscrapers, those highways and bridges, those malls and public squares, would all be destroyed in a devastating earthquake.
However, for the city, the destruction of buildings was trivial; the most important thing was that the people could escape safely…
Now a thousand years had passed, and who knew when River City might experience another earthquake beyond magnitude twelve.
To avert disaster before it occurred, Ye Tian had to quickly investigate the location indicated by the red heart on the map.
The great disaster that occurred over a thousand years ago had killed countless people, forcing River City to change its name, so, a thousand years later, Ye Tian did not want history to repeat itself…