The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse
Chapter 505 - 498 Eastward Journey Auspicious

Chapter 505: Chapter 498 Eastward Journey Auspicious

The bottom of the pit yielded nothing; thus, the last hope could only be placed on the statue.

Whether to destroy the statue was a question, indeed, it was a real dilemma.

Emotionally, for the protection of an ancient relic, perhaps even a remnant of a prehistoric civilization, this statue had significant importance. It would be quite a pity to destroy it.

But just from the outside, the statue indeed seemed completely ordinary.

"Do you think there could be a person sealed inside?"

"It’s possible, but aren’t aliens supposed to be immortal? Wait, if aliens can’t die, does that mean they’re still alive and remain on Earth?"

As Xinghe inspected the statue, several people whispered among themselves. Hearing Gao Yuan and Rabbit’s conversation, Xinghe didn’t look up but said softly, "To achieve infinite life, the equipment must be disengaged. Without medical equipment, at most they could live for four hundred years, generally around three hundred years."

"Oh? Three hundred years old? That’s quite acceptable, isn’t it?"

"Yes, yes, immortality seems quite terrifying, but living to three hundred years old is not bad at all!"

Just then, Xinghe called out loudly, "Please bring over the portable X-ray machine."

Albert and Andy Ho stepped forward; both of them were military doctors and often dealt with X-ray machines. A portable X-ray machine, an extremely common piece of medical equipment, was naturally available to Satan.

Albert began operating the X-ray machine while Andy Ho watched the computer screen. After a cursory scan of the entire statue, the result was still nothing.

At this moment, Ram had just come up from the pit. Coming to the surface, he immediately asked, "Any findings? Any results?"

Albert shrugged at Ram and said, "Unfortunately, the entire statue is made of the same material. There is no metal inside, nor is there a person sealed within."

After thinking for a moment, Ram asked, "Do you think there might be a slip of paper or something inside?"

Everyone looked at Ram, who said with an embarrassed face, "I was just speaking off the cuff, don’t look at me like I’m an idiot..."

There were two smaller entrances in the cave. Looking despondently towards them, Xinghe asked, "Have those two holes been explored?"

"Explored. They don’t go deep and don’t connect to the outside. Hmm, don’t overthink it..."

As Xinghe still appeared deep in thought, Gao Yuan noticed Lizhizi standing somewhat idly by.

"Hey, Taoist Priest, why don’t you divine for us?"

Reminded by Gao Yuan’s words, Rabbit immediately said, "Right, right, do some divination, cast a divination."

Lizhizi hesitated slightly and spoke in a low voice, "Don’t take divination too seriously. If you want me to divine where something is... I can’t guarantee that I will be able to figure it out."

Gao Yuan replied, "It’s fine. Since materialism isn’t working now, a bit of idealism to lift our spirits won’t hurt. Just consider it for fun."

Lizhizi took out six copper coins and asked, "Who will throw them?"

"I will."

Xinghe stepped forward, took the copper coins from Lizhizi’s hand, and said with a serious expression, "I want to divine where exactly the spaceship is!"

Lizhizi couldn’t help but laugh and cry, saying, "This puts me under a lot of pressure, but let’s do it. Consider it just for fun and don’t take it too seriously, ha."

Xinghe tossed the coins onto the ground, and after Lizhizi bent down to examine them one by one, he pinched his fingers to calculate, muttering to himself in a low voice. After a long while, Lizhizi looked up with a look of surprise, "Strange, this divination sign is... is actually ’Westward, Great Fortune!’"

When Lizhizi shamelessly requested to join Spark Squad, he did a divination which resulted in ’Westward, Great Fortune!’ Now, he had calculated the same result again.

Gao Yuan said with doubt, "Look, Taoist Priest, don’t trick us, how come it’s another ’Westward, Great Fortune’? Don’t tell me you know only a few divination signs? If you really can’t figure it out, just say so, don’t keep using one phrase to fob us off."

Lizhizi retorted angrily, "How am I tricking you? I’m calculating directions here, you see... this is... wait a minute!"

Lizhizi pinched his fingers again and then he said urgently, "My skills are not refined. Right now, we are in a cave, underground, so it couldn’t be the same as on the surface. This should be reversed, so the correct interpretation of this divination sign is... ’Eastward, Great Fortune.’"

Gao Yuan looked at Lizhizi with skepticism, and Lizhizi, out of options, spread his hands and said, "This is how I make a living, I’m not a divine calculator. You always put such important responsibilities on my shoulders, I can’t handle it, Chief! Let me tell you, one should believe in science. How can you entrust the sci-fi task of finding an alien spaceship to something like divination? Don’t you think it’s mismatched?"

Gao Yuan was left speechless by his argument.

Then Lizhizi continued with renewed vigor, "How could you expect me to calculate where the spaceship can be found? Isn’t that too difficult? Right? Divination shouldn’t be used for this. You can’t be too specific. You should ask whether the spaceship can be found at all, not the precise location it’s in, get it?"

"Being too specific makes it harder to bluff, right?"

Lizhizi didn’t respond this time; he actually acknowledged Gao Yuan’s teasing silence.

"Hm, let me divine whether it can be found or not, you toss the coins."

Gao Yuan took the coins from Lizhizi and, looking at him with disdain, Lizhizi didn’t dare meet his eyes.

Gao Yuan casually threw the coins on the ground, and after Lizhizi looked them over, he exclaimed loudly, "Good! ’Ascending Earth Wind,’ the most auspicious sign!"

Upon hearing Lizhizi, Ram immediately slapped his hand and shouted joyfully, "That’s fantastic! This venture is bound to succeed."

Such an obviously encouraging act made Gao Yuan inwardly contemptuous, but after all, one couldn’t really expect a Military Taoist Priest like Lizhizi to instantly pinpoint the location of the ship – that would be too unrealistic.

Just then, someone ran swiftly into the cave. Before they even arrived, Hedgehog loudly said, "Boss, you need to step out. We’ve made contact with the Water Organization. Your signal is being interfered with inside the cave. Fox wants you to head back immediately, it’s an emergency."

Ram immediately asked, "Was the situation explained?"

Hedgehog lowered his voice, "The Water Organization and the Black Devil are currently being searched by the Sanitation Workers. They’re now in Soolima Zariyagi, having already joined up with the Skull Gang, but they’re in some danger."

Ram snapped his fingers and said, "Good, it’s good to make contact. They’re in Sayiraj..."

Suddenly, Ram looked toward Lizhizi, asking, "Did you just say ’Eastward, Great Fortune’?"

Lizhizi hesitated for a moment before responding, "Uh, that’s just one interpretation, merely a reference, not to be taken too seriously."

Ram suddenly said, "Djibouti Port is directly to our east, as is Sayiraj. I think ’Eastward, Great Fortune’ refers to us needing to go to Djibouti, right? Quite accurate, Taoist Priest, you’re a genius!"

Lizhizi was flabbergasted. Ram’s forceful interpretation was a bit of a stretch.

Gao Yuan knew that Ram was once again leveraging Lizhizi to play the role of the Military Taoist Priest. Within this divination, whether true or not, since Djibouti was to the east, it had to mean ’Eastward, Great Fortune.’