The little fox nodded and said, "Mmm-hmm, Big Brother, you speak."
Ye Tiancheng said, "At that time, we seemed to be on the second... or was it the third time?"
"Anyway, it was during the first few times."
"During one formation transfer, we encountered a little girl. Her family experienced some rather strange events, and at that time, the fragment of the Fuxi Qin was in that little girl's home."
"At that time, the scope could basically be narrowed down to the villa where the little girl's home was. However, we had no clues for a long time, only sensing the aura of the fragment, but unable to pinpoint its exact location."
"Then, I also spent a long time searching. As a result, I vaguely remember that I happened to stand next to a painting and then discovered that the fragment was there."
"I had walked past that spot countless times before and couldn't sense the fragment. It was at that exact spot... Actually, I forgot whether I discovered it or you discovered it. Anyway, normally, one couldn't sense that aura. It was only that time, when we were very close, that we found it."
Upon hearing Ye Tiancheng's narration, the little fox was slightly taken aback.
He immediately knitted his brows and said in surprise, "It can be like that?"
"But if it's so hidden, how are we supposed to find the fragment?"
"The situation back then, according to your words, Big Brother, was just a villa. No matter how big a villa is, it can't be bigger than a university. But look at this university now, its area..."
"If we were to search meticulously using that method, the workload would be immense. With just the two of us, we might not even be able to leave this university in a year. Even if we walked past the fragment countless times without noticing it, and only found it when we were extremely close, it would be even more difficult."
"Could it be that we have to carefully inspect every blade of grass, every stone, every plant, every flower in this university, or every set of tables and chairs, every cabinet, to find it like this?"
The little fox could not help but exclaim.
"This is simply an impossible task!"
"And speaking of this school, there are always places we can't reach. What if the fragment is in another student's dormitory? Or in someone else's... say, a faculty dormitory, or the principal's office, teachers' offices, or the administrative building?"
"This way of searching is truly difficult!"
Ye Tiancheng knew this as well.
But what could he do?
Ye Tiancheng said to the little fox, "It sounds very difficult to accomplish, but no matter how difficult it is, we have to do it."
"I actually think there shouldn't be no clues."
"Perhaps there are still some clues that we haven't discovered. It's impossible to have absolutely no direction. Otherwise, as you said, the workload is such that with just the two of us, we might not be able to find that fragment in a year."
"But I believe we shouldn't be troubled to this extent. And even if it's truly this difficult, we must find all sorts of ways to find the fragment as quickly as possible. Even if we can afford to delay, can this world afford it?"
How chaotic is it outside now? Walking on the streets, you never know when, on what day, a monster might suddenly appear. It could be a mutated one, or it could be a non-human spirit monster.
Once they appear, most of them will cause harm.
It's often difficult to avoid the casualties they cause when trying to stop them.
Moreover, the situation is constantly deteriorating. No one knows what this world will become if it continues to develop like this.
Although the human population is vast, ordinary people without much ability still constitute the majority, a very, very large portion.
And those who truly have the ability to deal with these events should not even account for one-tenth of the population nationwide. Even saying less than one-tenth is a polite way of putting it. It should be said that out of ten thousand people, perhaps not even one can solve these matters and possesses such talent.
Even those with abilities like Ye Tiancheng are not afraid of encountering these dangers because they can deal with them. However, ordinary people cannot.
If, in the end, only those with abilities are left in the world, and all ordinary people die, what will their living environment become?
Moreover, among those ordinary people are those they care about.
Furthermore, the current spiritual energy resurgence is merely the result of the pure land being contaminated by dark energy, rapidly deteriorating, and then spiritual energy overflowing. However, the contamination of the pure land is continuously worsening, and this contamination will slowly expand.
After the spiritual energy resurgence, it will soon be followed by the expansion of the contaminated area, and then the gradual erosion of all land.
Even if they only focus on their own immediate concerns and ignore all these messy matters, when the contamination expands, there will be no place for anyone to live in this world.
If there is no space for survival, what is the use of being powerful?
Moreover, even if new living spaces can be found, this is their homeland. Can they really abandon their home?
Returning to one's roots is the obsession of these people.
To watch their homeland deteriorate, become polluted, and eventually perish, and then to be forced to leave their homes, Ye Tiancheng believes he cannot do it. He doesn't dare to say he is a person with a strong sense of responsibility, but he knows what "the rise and fall of the nation is the responsibility of every citizen" means.
This is roughly the situation now.
And since he has the ability to manage and do these things, he has no reason not to.
Not only for himself, but also for those he cares about, his family, his friends, to live well in this world.
Therefore, Ye Tiancheng truly believes that no matter how difficult it is, he must resolutely complete this task.
As for the little fox, he might not have thought so much, but because of his brotherhood with Ye Tiancheng over the years, there was no reason for the little fox not to follow what Ye Tiancheng wanted to do.
If one were to say it, he couldn't refuse Ye Tiancheng.
Therefore, he could only accompany him on this perilous journey.
Considering that more details might need to be taken into account, Ye Tiancheng and the little fox had to re-plan.
They intended to take the school's floor plan and conduct a carpet search of the school again. This time, the inspection would be more meticulous. Even though the workload was huge, they had to do it.
If, in the end, it was truly impossible for the two of them to complete it, and there was no other way, they would have to seek external help.
Fortunately, they had the Special Operations Group behind them.
The Special Operations Group would definitely be willing to handle such matters.
As long as Ye Tiancheng and the others proposed it, they should help find a solution and send people over to help them.
However, one troublesome point was how those people could sense the aura of the Fuxi Qin fragment.
They would be without a target during the search.
If they ultimately had to seek help, Ye Tiancheng felt he would have to find Nie Chongyang and ask him for help. Only absolutely trusted, absolutely loyal confidantes, people without any ulterior motives, could be entrusted with this task.
After all, if they needed help to find the Fuxi Qin fragment, they would have to let that person be able to sense the location of the Fuxi Qin fragment. However, for others to be able to do this, Ye Tiancheng had no other way.
He could only share the Fuxi Qin fragments he already possessed.
This was a very risky move.
Because once the person who received the Fuxi Qin fragment had second thoughts, betrayed them, and ran off with the fragment, it would be a disaster for Ye Tiancheng and the others.
They couldn't afford to lose both the wife and the soldiers.
Ye Tiancheng sighed slightly at this thought.
Although from Ye Tiancheng's perspective, he did not want others to be involved, at least he did not want to share the fragments he had.
Because besides himself and the people around him, Ye Tiancheng truly could not trust anyone else.
If he had to say, at most he could trust Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping.
However, in this situation, with such a large university.
He himself truly could not guarantee that he and the little fox could find where the fragment was.
Ye Tiancheng finally made up his mind that unless it was absolutely necessary, it was better not to seek external help.
With just the two of them conducting a detailed search, they would wait until they had searched certain areas together and found it impossible to continue, requiring more authority, before contacting Nie Chongyang and the others for help.
If, this time, the fragment might really be in a dormitory or other places that Ye Tiancheng and the others could not access, they would have to use other means.
Ye Tiancheng thought this in his mind, his brow furrowed slightly.
For the next period, there was another detailed carpet search. Because this time it had to be a more thorough and meticulous search, Ye Tiancheng's efficiency slowed down considerably. Often, it took several days to search a small area, and they dared not make any omissions.
Ye Tiancheng and the little fox walked around the campus. This time, they had just finished a round of searching, and the two of them met again to discuss the results of their search.
To facilitate the search for the fragment's whereabouts and improve search efficiency, Ye Tiancheng had given a fragment to the little fox, allowing the little fox to also have some sense of the fragment for easier searching.
Undoubtedly, this time, they still found nothing.
They looked at each other, their eyes filled with helplessness. After sighing, they could only put the matter aside for the time being and go to eat.
It was also because it was mealtime that they would regroup and go to eat.
Apart from this, it was only when they returned to rest or visited Pei Xue that Ye Tiancheng and the little fox would meet. Ten times out of ten, they were separated.
And when they were not meeting, they were everywhere in the university, looking for clues to the fragment.
And they basically ate their meals in the school cafeteria.
Fortunately, the food in this university's cafeteria was quite good. Even if they didn't want to eat food from the cafeteria windows, there were outsourced windows that could make some other specialty cuisines.
And the variety was very rich and abundant, with a large selection.
Whether they wanted to eat stir-fries, barbecue, mala tang, hot pot, fried skewers, or even Western food, wanted to drink milk tea, or eat fried chicken, the cafeteria of this university could satisfy these demands. Overall, the environment of this school was indeed quite good.