The girl thought about it carefully again.
"Actually, at school, I wander everywhere. If I really have to say which place I go to the most... with the highest frequency..."
She thought for a long time, and finally managed to recall something with difficulty.
The girl said to Ye Tiancheng, "If you really have to ask, the place I go to most frequently is our school's dating spot."
"Do you know this place?"
Ye Tiancheng nodded and replied, "We know this place. We've been investigating the school for a long time, so we're quite familiar with every corner of the campus."
The girl also reacted and said dazedly, "That's right. These past few days, you must have been everywhere."
Then, the girl continued, "Actually, I don't have a boyfriend. After all, I'm not human, so it's naturally difficult to be with humans. And I don't want to be force-fed affection or watch others show off their love."
"However, I like to go to that place because there's an artificial lake there."
"As I said, my original form is that... a turtle..."
As the girl spoke, she felt a little embarrassed. After all, saying her original form was a turtle didn't sound very good.
However, she still braced herself and continued.
"Because my original form is a turtle, and I'm not a tortoise, but amphibious, I prefer places with water."
"But after going to university, as a human, I can't possibly soak in the water. So, sometimes I like to transform into my original form and go to the artificial lake at the dating spot, and soak in the lake water."
"So, if you really have to ask, what place do I go to most often, with the highest frequency, this is the only place I can think of. Besides this, there's no other place. There isn't a place in this university that I haven't been to, but other places are all visited with equal frequency. I only go occasionally, not often. Sometimes I might pass by, but if you must say I go often, it's only the artificial lake, because I like to soak in water."
As soon as the girl said this, Ye Tiancheng and the others were greatly encouraged.
Because the range they had previously investigated, which sounded very unlikely, was actually that dating spot. And now, the place this girl mentioned, the place she spoke of, wasn't it the dating spot?
Although the main location was the artificial lake, the artificial lake was within the dating spot's area. Therefore, there was a high probability that the Fuxi Qin fragment would be at the bottom of the lake, in the lake water?
Ye Tiancheng and the others were both surprised and delighted, but outwardly, they didn't show too much emotion, so as not to arouse suspicion.
They told the girl that they were very grateful for her help and also told her that if she thought of anything unusual later, she could report it to the Special Operations Group.
Then, Ye Tiancheng and the others began to plan how to get to the artificial lake and conduct a more thorough search.
Because a relatively accurate range had been determined this time, Ye Tiancheng and the others' work pressure had reduced considerably. This time, they only needed to cordon off the entire dating spot area of the school.
And no one was allowed to approach. To prevent people who liked to seek thrills from wandering around, they arranged for people to guard the surrounding area. Ye Tiancheng and the others also set up barriers and formations, similar to the ones they had set up earlier when searching for the fragment's whereabouts in the school.
In short, it was to prevent people from approaching. If anyone wanted to come over, they would get lost and wouldn't be able to find the actual location.
They would also provide some guiding tools to the Special Operations Group members guarding outside. Only they would not get lost here, and if they found people wandering around, they could take them away.
And if these people did not obey the notice and insisted on trespassing, they would be punished after being taken away. The school would give them demerits and impose some penalties to teach them a lesson.
However, before conducting a thorough inspection of this area, Ye Tiancheng and the others needed to make some preparations.
Considering what the girl had said and her identity, Ye Tiancheng and the others had to conclude that the Fuxi Qin fragment might be in the lake water, sealed somewhere, with its aura confined there. It was only brought out by the girl that they were able to detect it.
Therefore, in the end, there was a high probability that they would have to go into the water.
In this situation, they had to prepare adequately before they could act.
Moreover, they didn't know if there were other spaces underwater, so they had to carry enough supplies. Otherwise, if they were pulled into some strange space underwater and couldn't get out, and they didn't have enough survival supplies, it would be troublesome.
Ye Tiancheng and the little fox were fine, but if Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping were trapped in such a place without survival supplies, they might starve to death.
Regarding this aspect, Ye Tiancheng and the others had discussed whether to let Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping go into the water with them this time.
After much discussion, Nie Chongyang and the others decided to follow Ye Tiancheng as much as possible and see if they could help him.
They were different now; they were not completely ordinary people. They had a certain level of cultivation and self-preservation ability. Following Ye Tiancheng would not be too much of a burden.
After thinking about it, seeing that Nie Chongyang and the others had this intention, Ye Tiancheng did not refuse.
The final decision was that the four of them would consider going into the water together. If there were no more clues in that area, they planned to proceed with this arrangement.
Next, it was mostly about preparation work.
Before preparing supplies, Ye Tiancheng went to see Pei Xue to check on her recovery. He also spoke with the psychologists and caregivers, paid them generously, and asked them to take good care of Pei Xue during this period, stating that they would be away for a while.
He hoped that during this time, they could take good care of Pei Xue and prevent any accidents from happening to her.
On the other hand, Ye Tiancheng would also make preparations for both eventualities.
Ye Tiancheng asked the Ancheng branch of the Special Operations Group to visit Pei Xue frequently to ensure that she wouldn't be wronged or have no one to help her when they were away.
In this regard, everything was meticulously arranged. The next step was to prepare supplies.
Considering all sorts of situations, they needed to prepare things like camping tents for living, as well as food and water, which were essential. They also needed some practical wilderness survival tools. They would bring whatever they could.
Finally, after each person prepared a certain amount of supplies, they could ensure that these items would last for at least a year, considering all possibilities.
Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping, considering the situation, also issued notices to their subordinates. If they could not return in time or lost contact, they were to have their trusted deputies temporarily increase their authority to handle matters, so that some urgent matters would not be delayed.
Some matters were quite urgent, and delaying them for a year was not an option; someone had to deal with them.
Then, Ye Tiancheng helped by setting up a space for each person to use as a storage space.
Everyone then consolidated their supplies into their own spaces.
Ye Tiancheng did this to prevent any accidents if they went underwater and there were other spaces, and if they accidentally got separated.
If the supplies were concentrated on one person, it would lead to others who needed supplies not having anything to use.
In this way, they were fully prepared.
Finally, they re-checked their personal belongings, confirmed that nothing was amiss, and then began the investigation of the dating spot area.
To avoid any omissions, they circled the artificial lake and thoroughly inspected the water surface of that area. After confirming that there were indeed no abnormalities, they decided to go into the water.
Before going into the water, Ye Tiancheng and the others made some other preparations.
First, they asked the girl if she had any particular favorite spots when she transformed into her original form and went into the artificial lake, such as whether she preferred shallow or deep water.
Then, they asked the school about when the artificial lake was built.
What was the place like before the artificial lake was built?
And if any unusual incidents had occurred.
The girl's response was that she basically liked to stay at the bottom of the lake. This basically confirmed that the scope was in the center of the lake or in the shallower areas, and the possibility of other areas was reduced.
It was likely in the deep water.
Then, regarding the school, they told Ye Tiancheng and the other three that in the dating spot area, there was originally a relatively old mansion. Later, the mansion fell into disrepair and became ruins.
The dating spot was part of the mansion's garden area, which was equivalent to a backyard.
At the location of the artificial lake, there was originally a pond, which they dug up and turned into a larger artificial lake.
After confirming this, Ye Tiancheng and the others asked about the identity of the original owner of the old mansion, but this could not be verified, so they could not get an answer.
Then, Ye Tiancheng and the others inquired about the approximate area of the original small pond before the artificial lake was built.
The school staff recalled and tried their best to outline it for Ye Tiancheng and the others.
Ye Tiancheng and the others carefully analyzed it and found that the location of the original pond should be in the central part of the artificial lake, but more towards the south. After confirming this, there was basically nothing else they needed to know.
Moreover, they had also confirmed that there were no oversights, no one left unattended, and no instructions not given, before they began preparing to go into the water, to explore what the world at the bottom of the artificial lake was like.
Whether they could find the whereabouts of the Fuxi Qin fragment this time, and truly find the Fuxi Qin fragment, would largely depend on the results of this dive. Ye Tiancheng also thought that if he couldn't find any clues in the lake water, where else could he find them?
If he couldn't gain anything even in this situation, then Ye Tiancheng couldn't help but suspect that the turtle spirit had lied to them from the beginning, that she knew something.