In the interrogation room of the Berlin police station.
"Mr. Ciel? You're a foreigner, right?" The fat policeman asked politely.
"Yes, I'm from China." Xia Zang Sheng nodded.”
"Oh, really? So you're from China. I thought you were from Pakistan!”The fat policeman smiled.
However, Xia Zangsheng was clearly not in the mood to appreciate the officer's humor. He impatiently said,"Please ask questions related to the case!”
"Then, Mr. Charles, why did you go to Professor Adrian's residence?”
"Because I want to go back to China. I wanted to go to the research lab to tell Professor Adrian about this, but the people in the research lab said that the professor didn't come. I'll personally go to the professor's house." Xia Zangsheng didn't mention his intuition, because the police usually only cared about evidence. Such intuition could even cause unnecessary suspicion.
"Then how did you get in?"
"Professor Derian gave me a spare key to the door.”
"Did you notice anything unusual after you went in?”
"There was nothing unusual in the living room and kitchen, but the professor's bedroom was obviously searched. When I wanted to enter the professor's private research room, I was attacked.”
"You said that the one who attacked you was a soldier?”the police officer asked.
"That's right! I can confirm that he is a soldier, and a high-ranking officer of your German army?”Xia Zang Sheng said coldly.
Hearing this, the expressions of the two policemen immediately changed. The mustached policeman said nervously,"Mr. Xia, I hope you don't make subjective assumptions. This is related to international issues.”
"I'm not spouting nonsense. I have conclusive evidence!”
"Then please give this evidence to the police.”The fat policeman who had been silent said.
Xia Zang Sheng shook his head and said without a doubt,"No, you don't have the ability to deal with this matter at all. Immediately get your higher-ups from the military to see me.”
"We can't do that. If you don't give us the evidence, we can detain you for 48 hours.”The fat policeman replied impolitely.
"Alright then!" Xia Zang Sheng said calmly. However, I am not a German citizen. I have the right to request that the Chinese embassy be informed immediately.”
The expressions of the two police officers changed drastically again. They knew that if they informed the Chinese embassy, the problem might escalate exponentially. If it was put on the international stage, this responsibility was not something they could bear. The bearded man and the fat man exchanged glances, and then the fat man ran out in a hurry.
"Mr. Xia, please wait for a moment. We will inform the military immediately!”the mustached policeman said.
About fifteen minutes later, a middle-aged soldier in a German officer's uniform pushed open the door and walked in. When the officer came in, the mustache man quickly stood up and bowed respectfully before leaving. Only Xia Zangsheng and the officer were left in the room.
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Xia. I'm Colonel Gandalf Hillman.”The officer politely extended his hand to Xia Zang Sheng, his tone very friendly.
Xia Zang Sheng also stood up and shook hands with the other party, but he said something that shocked the other party."Colonel Hillman, you should go back! I hope that the German authorities can send an official of a higher rank than you to handle this matter.”
Colonel Hillman had clearly been working in the officialdom for many years, so he wasn't angry at Xia Zang Sheng's words. Instead, he smiled and asked in a friendly manner,"Mr. Xia, do you mean that I'm not qualified enough?”
"That's not what I meant. It's just that the person who killed Professor Adrian and attacked me was also a colonel. I think it would be inconvenient for you to deal with him.”Xia Zang Sheng's tone softened when he saw the other party speak so kindly.
Colonel Hillman smiled as he took out his identification card from his pocket and showed it to Xia Zangsheng. Xia Zangsheng couldn't help but be stunned.
"Mr. Xia, you should have no more worries now, right?”
Xia Zangsheng nodded, because the other party was not only a colonel, but also the director of the German National Security Agency.
Xia Zang Sheng took out something from his pocket and handed it over, saying,"This is something that the other party accidentally dropped when I was fighting with him.”
The thing Xia Zangsheng picked up from the living room was an officer's ID. The blond guy was called Heins Wilhelm, colonel of the 4th Division of the 7th Army in Germany.
"It really is him!" Colonel Hillman snorted.
"Who is this guy? Why did he kill Professor Adrian? And I think he must be looking for something.”
Colonel Hillman raised his head and looked at this Chinese man who was even taller than him."Mr. Xia, we are here to discuss this with you in a friendly manner. At the same time, we hope that you can promise not to leak the contents of our conversation. Otherwise, I will not tell you a word. Even if you inform the Chinese embassy, it will be useless.”
Xia Zang Sheng could sense the seriousness of the situation." I can guarantee that I won't leak the contents of our conversation to anyone because Professor Adrian is my respected teacher. I hope to catch the murderer."”
Hillman shook his head." It's not that simple. Professor Adrian's murder is directly related to national security, so the contents of our conversation are classified!"”
"Top secret?" Xia Zang Sheng realized that the situation was much more serious than he had imagined.
"That's right, it's a top secret! The man who attacked you is called Heinz Wilhelm, a colonel of the 4th Division of the 7th Army in Germany.”
"Wait, what do you mean by 'yuan'?" Xia Zang Sheng interrupted.”
"He is now the number one S-level wanted criminal of the German military. Not long ago, he stole confidential documents from the central government because he is a nazi!”
Xia Zangsheng suddenly recalled what William had said when they fought."This old man deserves to die. He's a traitor! He's a sinner who betrayed us!" He couldn't help but think, Is Professor Adrian related to the Nazists?”
"And the Professor Adrian you mentioned was a member of the Nazism party when he was young and participated in World War II. In 1943, he had followed the famous Heinrich Haller to Tibet. His original name was Peter Ovschneider, and he was a confidant of Himmler. From the confidential document that Heins William stole, it seemed that the thing he killed Professor Adrian and was looking for was related to the team that was personally sent to Tibet by Hitler during World War II!”
Colonel Hillman's words confirmed Xia Zangsheng's guess, but he never expected it to be related to the history Will had told him. "I've heard of that period of history. It's said that the team was looking for the core of the earth? The professor had participated in that operation?”
Colonel Hillman nodded and said," That operation was originally a five-man team, but only Heinrich Haller and Peter Ovschneider returned alive. But when they returned to Germany, Hitler had already been defeated. Therefore, no one knew what they had encountered in Tibet or what they had discovered. However, it was obvious that they were keeping a secret. Otherwise, Peter Ofschneider would not have changed his name.”
"Right, Colonel. I remember yesterday morning when Professor Adrian asked me to substitute for him, he said he had found something, and he sounded very excited. I don't know what he discovered, but if something can make an expert like Professor Adrian so excited, it must be very important.”
"I have something to show you. I wonder if you can help us solve the puzzle?”Colonel Hillman took out a photo from a folder behind him and handed it over. Xia Zangsheng saw that the photo was taken by the police at the crime scene. In the photo was Professor Adrian's left hand. There were two capital letters written in blood on the palm-
"What is the meaning of this?" Xia Zang Sheng looked at the photo and asked in confusion.
"It should have been written by the professor before he died. It could be a password or a last word, but the possibility of the password is small because our technicians couldn't crack it. Therefore, we wanted to find the answer from the people that the professor often interacted with when he was alive.”
“SM?SM?What was the meaning of this? I've never heard the professor mention these two letters.”
"I hope you can think about it carefully and maybe you can find some clues. If you need help, you can contact me directly. The military and the National Security Bureau can help you.”Colonel Hillman said to Xia Zangsheng in a friendly manner. But then, he suddenly said solemnly,"Because we are now comrades-in-arms, I have to tell you that Heinz William controls an extreme military organization. They have seriously affected the security and peace of the country!”
When Xia Zangsheng walked out of the police station, the sky was already dark. He didn't expect that his conversation with Colonel Hillman would last for several hours.
Colonel Hillman not only returned the hidden knife that was confiscated by the police at the scene, but also gave him a special certificate from the National Security Bureau, allowing him to receive special treatment in many aspects.
When Xia Zang Sheng received the document, he knew that he would definitely be involved in this incident. At the same time, he also knew that the special treatment he received from the German National Security Agency was definitely related to his file in Interpol.
Xia Zangsheng had asked Colonel Hillman for the copy of Prehistoric Civilization. Firstly, he wanted to keep it as a memento, and secondly, he hoped to discover some secrets from it. The police had asked Xia Zangsheng to check Professor Adrian's belongings, but they didn't find anything missing or missing. It was obvious that Heins William was after the professor's latest discovery, and it was very likely that he had already taken it.
Xia Zangsheng had no idea what the professor had discovered or what the last words of the " M " had been written in blood.
Since Professor Adrian's death was a national secret, the German police could only announce that the professor had died from an accidental break-in. Xia Zangsheng had also signed a confidentiality agreement to keep the truth of the matter strictly confidential.
On the way back, Xia Zangsheng gave Will a call. The last time Will told him about the German team that went to Tibet during World War II, he had mentioned that their weekly magazine, Obvious, published an article in 1977 called " A Hero Stained with the Stain of Nazism," and this hero was the Austrian Heinrich Haller! He thought that Will might be able to help him find some valuable information about the secret of that trip to Tibet.
Xia Zangsheng hung up the phone and leaned back in his car seat. His mind was in a mess. It was like a conspiracy that had been planned for a long time. Two mysterious incidents related to him had happened in Beijing and Berlin, two cities thousands of miles apart. Moreover, these two mysterious incidents had one thing in common-Tibet!
After letting out a long sigh of relief, he suddenly felt a burning pain in his chest. Xia Zangsheng gritted his teeth and pressed his hand against his chest. He knew that the anger he felt when he fought Heinz William had caused the tattoo to appear again.
The pattern that represented death and inauspicious!
The pattern that would bring disaster to the people around it every time it appeared!
"Tongtong!" Xia Zang Sheng suddenly remembered that he had asked Lin Yu Tong to wait for him at school this morning. He didn't know if she was still there. Xia Zang Sheng called a few times, but his phone was switched off. He couldn't help but panic.
Since Heinz William and the others understood him, it was hard to guarantee that they would not harm the people around him.
Xia Zangsheng hurriedly ordered the driver to turn around and drive to the University of Berlin.
Xia Zangsheng, who was physically and mentally exhausted in the taxi, did not notice that the black SUV had been following him since he left the police station.
It was only when Xia Zang Sheng dashed into the teaching building and found Lin Yu Tong sleeping on the table in the empty classroom that his heart finally relaxed.
Xia Zang Sheng gently walked over and looked at the sleeping Lin Yu Tong. He couldn't help but feel warm in his heart. This man who had just experienced a life and death situation, at this moment, his heart was as soft as spring water.
If a woman would wait for a man's words at the place they agreed on, even if it was dark, then this man must have occupied an irreplaceable position in her heart.
The night outside the window was getting darker, and the darkness of Berlin tonight seemed unusually desolate.
Xia Zangsheng held Lin Yutong's smooth but cold shoulder and called out softly,""Tongtong, Tongtong."
Lin Yutong opened her sleepy eyes to take a look, then called out in a daze,""Zang Sheng." He closed his eyes again.
"Tongtong, don't sleep here. Wake up, you'll catch a cold.”Xia Zang Sheng said as he went to hug Lin Yu Tong. When his arm touched her forehead, he felt a burning sensation. No wonder Lin Yu Tong was so confused.
Xia Zang Sheng immediately carried Lin Yu Tong with both hands and ran towards the hospital.
After the doctor gave Lin Yutong an injection of antipyretic, her condition finally stabilized. Xia Zangsheng's heart ached as he looked at Lin Yutong who was lying unconscious on the hospital bed!
At this moment, Will called. His tone was exceptionally excited." Charles, where are you now?"
"I'm at the hospital. Tongtong is sick."
"Come back immediately, go home immediately! I discovered a secret, a shocking secret!”Will shouted excitedly over the phone.
Xia Zangsheng suddenly felt that Will's agitated tone was exactly the same as Professor Adrian's when he called him, and his heart couldn't help but feel uneasy. "Did you get any results on the thing I asked you to investigate?"”
Will didn't answer directly. He only said over the phone,""I can't explain it in one sentence. In short, you should come back immediately. Immediately! This secret was too shocking!”
"I understand. I'll be right back. You have to be careful!”After hanging up the phone, Xia Zang Sheng quietly went to the bedside and kissed Lin Yu Tong on the forehead. Then, he turned around and quickly walked out of the ward.
Just as Xia Zangsheng walked out of the University of Berlin, Lin Yutong's phone rang.
Xia Zangsheng was sitting in a speeding taxi. The bright street lamps on both sides of the road flashed past, forming a stream of light on the window glass.
Xia Zangsheng felt increasingly uneasy and ominous. He called Will several times, but he couldn't get through to Will's phone or the landline at home.
"What shocking secret did Will discover? Could it be related to Professor Adrian's death?”The more she thought about it, the more confused her mind became. Even her temples began to ache.
Will's house was a villa that he had inherited from his grandfather. A building with a garden like this was considered a symbol of luxury in the big city of Berlin. If Xia Zangsheng hadn't hit it off with Will at first sight, the rent he had paid might only have allowed him to live in a small attic of more than ten square meters. For the past two years, Will had been as close to him as a brother.
The taxi stopped in front of the gate outside the garden. Xia Zang Sheng paid the fare and was about to open the door when he suddenly saw a black shadow flash through the trees in the garden, quickly disappearing over the wall. By the time Xia Zang Sheng got out of the car, the shadow had already disappeared without a trace.
Xia Zang Sheng hurriedly ran back to the villa, because he was sure that the black shadow was a human figure. Moreover, it was very agile and fast. This was definitely not something an ordinary thief could do.
Xia Zang Sheng opened the door, and what he saw made him completely break down!
Will was standing by the wall facing the door, but there was a dagger stuck in his neck. The blade had completely sunk into his neck, leaving only the hilt exposed. Will was nailed to the wall by the dagger!
Bright red blood gushed out from the hilt of the sword, dying half of his body red. It kept dripping down his clothes and onto the ground.
Will was obviously not completely dead. Thick blood was flowing out of his mouth, and his body was twitching slightly like an epilepsy patient. Upon hearing the voice, Wier's eyes widened, and he turned to look at Xia Zang Sheng with an intense death aura.
Xia Zang Sheng rushed over like a madman and shouted,"Will, you can't die! You still owe me for yesterday's breakfast. You can't die, do you hear me? Don't you still have a secret to tell me? You won't die. I'll call the doctor now. You won't die!”Xia Zangsheng shouted incoherently, large drops of tears falling to the ground and mixing with Will's blood.
Although he said that, Xia Zang Sheng knew that he was lying to himself. Will was hopeless. The reason he was still alive was because the dagger in his neck had not been pulled out. Once the dagger was pulled out, he would die immediately. Even the gods could not save him.
Suddenly, Wier slowly raised his right hand to touch Xia Zang Sheng's clothes. He began to move slowly and with great difficulty, using the last bit of strength in his life!
Xia Zangsheng watched as Will used his bleeding fingers to move with difficulty on his white shirt to write the two Chinese characters "Xiao" and "Xin". This was what Xia Zangsheng had taught Will.
When Will used all his strength to write down the word " wood ", his hand suddenly dropped down heavily. Xia Zangsheng suddenly looked up and saw Will's eyes wide open, staring at him with an apologetic expression.
Will was dead!
He used the last flame of his life to write the words "Careful Wood" and died with an inexplicable apologetic gaze.
Just as Xia Zang Sheng discovered that Will had been killed, something else happened in the black SUV…
The person driving the black SUV following Xia Zangsheng was the tall soldier with blonde hair and blue eyes, Heinz William.
Xia Zangsheng would never have dreamed that this number one wanted criminal of the German military would so openly follow him in a car, because he didn't know that William didn't care about the German government's wanted order at all.
From afar, he saw Xia Zang Sheng get out of the car and stop with a cold smile. Then, he lit a cigar and started smoking leisurely.
He didn't find the thing he wanted from Adrian. That cunning old man must have thought that the thing would bring disaster, so he must have arranged a way out early. And the person most likely to know the whereabouts of that thing was the old man's most admired assistant, Xia Zangsheng. However, he hadn't expected this Chinese man to be so skilled. He had rarely met a worthy opponent in all these years, and Xia Zang Sheng was the first person to make him suffer. This made him even more resentful. If it wasn't for the big picture, he would have killed this Chinese man long ago.
He watched as Xia Zang Sheng got out of the car. Suddenly, he saw a black shadow that had climbed over the garden. From his angle, he saw the black shadow that was leaning against the wall coming in his direction.
"Who is it?" William was suspicious of the black shadow that had suddenly appeared from Xia Zangsheng's residence. He suspected that other organizations had their eyes on that thing!
In an instant, William realized that the fast-moving black shadow had disappeared from his sight.
Stunned, he immediately opened the car door and got out. Then, he looked around vigilantly, and at the same time, his right hand grabbed the Desert Eagle at his waist. As long as that strange shadow appeared again, he would immediately send a bullet into the other party's head.
After waiting for a while, the black shadow seemed to have evaporated from the face of the earth. William exhaled a mouthful of smoke and put his hand back into his pocket. Then, he opened the door and jumped into the black SUV.
The moment he closed the door, a shiny Japanese knife was placed on his neck. A cold voice came from behind him,""Don't move. This blade is coated with the venom of the black cobra. If you cut your skin a little, you will die in 20 seconds.”
William took a deep breath. The venom of the black cobra was the most poisonous in nature. A drop of its venom could kill a person several times. However, what surprised him even more was how the other party got into the car. He had always been within half a meter of the car. With his senses, as long as the other party got close, it would definitely not escape his eyes and ears, let alone enter the car.
"Who are you?" Although William was shocked, he maintained his domineering aura. At the same time, he looked at the rearview mirror from the corner of his eye. The person with the dagger on his back was wearing a black night-traveling suit, and his head was covered with a black scarf, revealing only his eyes that were as chilling as a poisonous snake.
"Don't worry! We are friends, not enemies!" The man in black said, but he did not remove the dagger from William's neck.
"Friends?" William sneered. Would anyone put a knife to their friend's neck?”
The man in black smiled darkly and said,""If I didn't make a move to restrain you first, with your temper, you might have shot me without distinguishing right from wrong. I had no choice but to make the first move!”
The man in black suddenly leaned forward and whispered something in William's ear, causing William to tremble.
"How do you prove your identity?" William was no longer as calm as before.
The man in black put away the short knife on William's neck and turned it over after putting it back into the sheath. When William saw the pattern at the bottom of the hilt, he finally heaved a long sigh of relief.
"Why did you come out from there? That's our prey!" William said.
"Our goal is the same as yours! So I think we should become partners!”The man in black smiled and added," Didn't we work together before? And he almost succeeded, didn't he? General!"
William took a puff of his cigar and said contemptuously,""Cooperation? Yes! But what benefits do we get? I have a well-equipped and powerful army under my command. No country's military strength would dare to underestimate us. What right do you have to cooperate with us?”
The man in black laughed coldly. His laughter made William's hair stand on end. Then, the man in black stared out of the car window and said calmly,"You can't even get the password of that old bastard Peter Orfschneider, what's there to be arrogant about! We…have that lock firmly in our hands!”
Hearing the man in black, Heinz William's green eyes suddenly became as fierce as a wolf." Where did you get that thing? I've been looking for it for so many years, but I can't find it!”
The man in black said calmly," Of course it's from that thing's hometown.”
"Nishi!" William said expressionlessly," In the past seven years, I have sent people to Tibet 44 times to search for it, but they have found nothing. I didn't expect that you would find it in the end.”
"If you want to create an undead army and control time, you have to rely on us! Listen to our commands." The man in black said lightly, but his tone was unquestionable.
William was silent for a while. When he looked up at the rearview mirror again, the man in black had already disappeared. He did not even realize when he had disappeared.
He finally let out a long sigh of relief and touched his neck with his hand. If the other party was an enemy, the head on his neck would have long been gone. He suddenly remembered something his adoptive father had told him when he was young: "Never be targeted by ninjas in the dark!”
Xia Zang Sheng pulled out the dagger from Will's neck, carried Will to the bed, and placed it flat on the bed. He then closed Will's eyes.
He had once lost his most beloved family, and now he saw his most cherished friend die in front of him again.
It was because of the black tattoo on his chest.
Death Elf-Black Mandala!
Fifteen years ago.
Xia Zangsheng, who had just celebrated his thirteenth birthday, suddenly had a high fever that night. His entire body was burning hot. When his parents sent him to the hospital, his body temperature had already exceeded 40 degrees and he was in a severe coma. The doctor shook his head at his parents and said that the child was hopeless. Even if he survived, he would become mentally retarded.
His parents brought him home heartbroken and stayed by his side all night in fear.
Xia Zang Sheng's fever lasted the entire night, but by the early morning of the second day, his body temperature had miraculously returned to normal. As his body temperature recovered, a tattoo appeared on his chest.
It was a pattern that was as black as ink.
The tattoo that appeared out of nowhere gradually faded away after Xia Zangsheng woke up.
When Xia Zangsheng's parents brought him to the hospital, the doctor was so shocked that he was dumbfounded. He even asked if Xia Zangsheng's parents had given birth to twins.
Even after a thorough examination, he could not explain the tattoo that had suddenly appeared and disappeared on his chest.
However, as an expert in archaeology and Buddhism, Xia Qiao knew that it was the pattern on his son's chest when he saw it at first glance.
Mandala flowers were regarded as auspicious flowers in Buddhism. They were even considered to be flowers in the allusion of Buddha Shakyamuni's "pinching flowers" and his eldest disciple Maha Kasyapa's "smile". However, the black mandala flower was completely different. The most noble and rare, mysterious and dark species of mandala flowers was the embodiment of the unknown and unpredictable darkness of death.
This flower was a demon born from the blood of humans!
Xia Zang Sheng's father, Xia Qiao, was born in the early days of the War of Resistance against Japan, and had suffered the hardships of war since birth. After four years abroad, he returned to China and became the director of the Department of Archeology at Tsinghua University. Xia Qiao was the first batch of archeologists trained by the state after the establishment of the New Celestial Dynasty. Xia Qiao devoted his life to the study of ancient civilizations, especially to the mystery of the mysterious disappearance of two major civilizations in Tibetan history-the mystery of Zhangzhung and the mystery of Guge. Xia Qiao, who had ventured deep into the hinterland of Tibet several times, was awarded the title of academician by the state at the age of 40. He became the leader of the Chinese archaeological community.
Xia Zangsheng's mother, Lin Qiuxue, was originally Xia Qiao's student and assistant, twenty years younger than Xia Qiao. In the past, such marriages were often criticized and incomprehensible by others, but Lin Qiuxue still insisted on marrying her teacher, Xia Qiao, who was 20 years older than her.
Less than three months after the black tattoo on Xia Zangsheng's thirteenth birthday appeared, Lin Qiuxue had fallen off a cliff during an archaeological event. When people found her body, it was already beyond recognition. After a month, Xia Qiao also mysteriously disappeared. After a month of searching, all parties still found nothing. Xia Zang Sheng had become an orphan in just half a year. Fortunately, another student of Xia Qiao, Meng Chuhan, had adopted him.
As he was sorting out the belongings, Xia Zang Sheng discovered a line of Xia Qiao's handwriting. There was only one sentence on the paper: When the black holy flower blooms, death and indeterminacy will envelop you like a cloud.
A curse!
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