"Those old myths and folklore are no longer just stories. These people aren't just fictional characters anymore."
Once all of this turned out to be real, reality suddenly became very terrifying.
Jiang Ning went straight to the research lab to look for Professor Lu Jing.
In order to get more information, this professor had gone crazy trying to unravel the secrets below the tip of the iceberg.
When Jiang Ning walked into Lu Jing's office, the books had already piled up at the door and blocked his way.
He took a big step in and finally managed to get past the obstacles at the door, but didn't see Lu Jing.
"Professor Lu?" Jiang Ning called out.
A small pile of books collapsed and a person emerged from it. If he didn't already know this face, Jiang Ning would have thought a caveman was here.
Lu Jing looked for his spectacles, put them on and said, "Jiang Ning? You're back. Yuming said that you've been back for a while but you've not had the time to come over."
"I had to spend time thinking through some matters," replied Jiang Ning. "Any new discoveries on your side?"
Lu Jing climbed out from the piles of books and wiped his face, then shook his head. "Nothing much, I need to confirm several things. Yuming said you've discovered a lot of things this time." He figured that Jiang Ning was here to tell him what he had discovered.
"Let's go to my office?" Lu Jing nodded eagerly when he saw Jiang Ning nod as well.
The two of them walked into Lu Jing's office, which had nothing but books and notes all over the place. He didn't even have cups and tea.
He pushed away some of the documents
on the sofa. "Just sit anywhere."
Jiang Ning didn't mind. He knew that Lu Jing had always been someone very diligent in his work.
"I did discover something very huge this time," said Jiang Ning. "Those legends were true after all."
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"The Heavenly Palace, and the Underworld!"
These two phrases made Lu Jing's expression change instantly. He pushed his glasses up and stared at Jiang Ning. "They really exist?" That question meant that Lu Jing knew a thing or two.
Jiang Ning nodded, then proceeded to tell Lu Jing about everything he saw in the Heavenly Palace, including the Southern Gate of Heaven, the style of the architecture, what they looked like as well as some of the special characteristics of the carvings.
Lu Jing became more and more excited to hear these things and didn't even stop to drink water. His scalp was numb hearing about these.
"It's the Heavenly Palace! The Heavenly Palace! It really is! I can't believe this place really exists! That means the folklore and legends we know aren't just fairytales. They're actually real!"
It was hard for Lu Jing to stay calm. He felt like an archeologist who had discovered a grave and found things inside that could change history or even the direction of civilization. What did all this mean?
But of course, Lu Jing would never tell anyone else about these findings. He knew what sort of consequences lay ahead if he did so. Most people would not understand or dare to believe it anyway.
The entire world would be shaken up!
"It does exist," said Jiang Ning. "There are also many creepy things that I ran into which totally goes against everything I know. Science is not going to be able to explain these things."
An old saying went, 'the end of
natural science is the beginning of
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the supernatural', but nobody thought anything of it. It was too hard for most people to reach the end of science, so very few would be able to understand the true meaning of this.
Lu Jing sighed. "Humanity is really very miniscule. The more I understand, the more I feel this way."
"But what I'm worried about now is whether these new findings are good or bad." He looked at Jiang Ning. "We would love to discover more, but many times, these are things that didn't want us to find them in the first place. Once they've been exposed, they might not be anything good, and might bring us disaster instead."
This was why he had always been very careful.
"I think, you guess might be right," said Jiang Ning suddenly.