Chapter 105 Thunder Valley
The two white-haired old men, Uesugi Yue and Angé, did not sleep late at night, but kept looking through the information of the Eight Snake Families.

They were looking through the geographical river maps of the counties near Tokyo. As the two of them speculated, the Snake Eight Families were busy again, frantically collecting geographical information, mainly information about the area near Tokyo Bay, the Kanto region and parts of the central region.

"Why are there so many volcanoes in Yamanashi Prefecture?" Angé looked through the information about the central region near the Tokan area and saw Yamanashi Prefecture in Japan, an area with numerous mountains and volcanoes.

"Yes, about 1 years ago, volcanic activity was very frequent in the Yamanashi Prefecture." The geography data officer explained to him: "There are the Akaishi Mountains, known as the Japanese Alps, and Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan. Volcanic magma continued to erupt from the volcano, solidifying layer by layer, and finally accumulated into Mount Fuji, which is more than 3000 meters high. You can imagine how frequent volcanic activity was at that time."

"It does seem to be very frequent." Anger nodded.

The geography data officer continued, "In ancient times, Yamanashi Prefecture was believed to be the gateway to hell. Mythology experts say that the ancients may have witnessed bright volcanic lava erupting from the crater and thought that the magma was the so-called Yellow Spring Water, so the bottom of Yamanashi Prefecture should be hell. To this day, there is a shrine built in Yamanashi Prefecture to suppress the gate of hell."

"Huang Quan? Did you find anything?" Uesugi Yue leaned forward when he heard these two words.

"Not yet." Ange said, "How many rivers originate in Yamanashi Prefecture?"

“If we count the small rivers, there seem to be quite a lot,” the data clerk said, pulling out a sheet of river data.

"Forget about the small river, look at the big river that flows into the waters of Tokyo Bay."

"There is only one river that originates in Yamanashi Prefecture and flows into Tokyo Bay. However, if you move the mouth of Tokyo Bay a little closer to the sea, there is also the Tama River in Kanagawa Prefecture."

Ange took it and looked at it. "What's the story behind this place called the Red Ghost River Lower River?"

"It seems not, but these two rivers are close to each other in some areas, the Tama River on the ground and the Akagumagawa River underground." The geographical information officer thought and said, "If you want to talk about myths and legends, it seems that there is a Thunder Valley? The Akagumagawa has a fork here. On one side is the cold underground river water from the source of the Akagumagawa, and on the other side is hot water heated by the magma of Mount Fuji. Under the Thunder Valley, the two streams merge, and the alternation of cold and hot torrents will produce a huge sound. Locals say that the Tama River is one of the eight rivers that the Yamata no Orochi drank. After the Yamata no Orochi was killed, his blood soaked the land within a radius of dozens of kilometers. The land soaked in the snake water has been red for thousands of years, so this place is also called the True Red Land. Here, there is also a shrine of our Snake Eight Family in the Nara period."

"Hot and cold rapids?"

Ange and Uesugi Yue looked at him at the same time, and then looked at each other. What they were paying attention to was not the red land, but the place where one cold and one hot water source alternated.

"Yes, on one side is cold water from the underground river in the mountains, and on the other side is hot water heated under Mount Fuji." The geographer nodded.

"Hurry, hurry, show me all the information about this area!" Uesugi Yue said impatiently.

Under normal circumstances, the two streams of water, one cold and one hot, might not be a big deal and were a normal natural phenomenon, but now they were busy looking for the well where the corpses were hidden, a well with ice on the upper layer and fire on the lower layer.

This description is too vague and general. It is hard to find such a place in the world. They can only blur this description and guess that it is cold water flowing through magma, or two sources of water, one cold and one hot, meeting...

"We don't have the specific information about Thunder Valley here. Only the Yamanashi Prefecture Institute of Environmental Sciences has it. Do we need them to send it to us immediately?"

"Right away!" said Uesugi Yue.

"Ok."

In the middle of the night, the data clerk went to contact his colleagues in Yamanashi Prefecture.

Angers and Uesugi Yue did not just wait for this information, but continued to look through the remaining geographical information.

Yuan Zhisheng pushed open the door of the reference room and led the two people in. "Principal, Mr. Yue, Zhang Jun and Chu Jun are here."

"Here you are." Angers said, "Zhang Baiqing, you are more familiar with Japanese, come with us to look up the information, Chu Zihang, you can take a rest first."

"No, the more you know, the more tired you become, right?" Zhang Baiqing could only sit down and ask, "How's the information search going?"

"The description of the Well of Corpses says that there is a sea of ​​cold water above and a sea of ​​​​fire below. We haven't found it yet." Uesugi Yue said: "This description is too vague."

"Don't say it's vague. I don't understand it at all." Zhang Baiqing said with a puzzled look on his face: "I can't think of any other description except water flowing through magma."

"We couldn't think of that either. Aren't we looking for similar places? Come sit down and look with us. Yuan Zhisheng, you can also help. Focus on areas like these that are hot and cold and have myths and legends."

"Okay, Principal Angers."

……

As soon as Lu Mingfei lay down on the bed and closed his eyes, he heard a voice: "Brother."

"What's wrong?" Lu Mingfei opened his eyes helplessly and found himself in a picture that looked like it was photoshopped on a computer. There was an endless ice sea and a cold half white moon appeared on the horizon.

"Brother, someone is going to die." Lu Mingze was alone in his black suit.

“When people are born, they die. There are so many people in the world, how can I care about their births and deaths?” Lu Mingfei complained: “You want me to care about other people dying, you might as well give your brother some benefits for free, so that your brother can have some start-up capital, and then you can get 10% of the shares when the company is opened.”

"Oh, well, brother, someone is already implementing your business plan."

"What!" Lu Mingfei was shocked. "Could it be that you took my business plan and started your own business?" Lu Mingze said with regret, "Of course it wasn't me. The takeout delivery industry has been started in China for a long time. Your Internet taxi business has also been started in the United States. Brother, you have a good business vision, but it's a pity that you were born at the wrong time. Maybe if you were born a few years or ten years earlier, you would have the start-up capital to implement your plan."

"What?" Lu Mingfei was a little puzzled. His business empire hadn't even started yet, but it was stillborn? He was really born at the wrong time!
"You said someone was going to die. Who was it? Could it be my friend or your friend?"

"Of course not." Lu Mingze said, "It's just that this matter involves a king, a king from ancient times, with the black and white sun and moon shining, who once ruled an era."

“Why do you sound like you’re reading a fantasy novel?” Lu Mingfei said, “It has nothing to do with me, so why should I pay attention to him?”

"Brother, don't you feel anything at all?" Lu Mingze reached out and touched Lu Mingfei's left chest.

Lu Mingfei decisively slapped his hand away: "Don't touch me, it's like you're having an affair with a man. What does the ancient kings, the sun and the moon, and their reign have to do with me? I'm just a normal person, I don't have an incomparable smart mind, nor do I have the power to stir up the world. What does it have to do with what you say to me? I'll be satisfied if I can live to be 100 years old in good health and die peacefully."

“Brother, you have changed.” Lu Mingze sighed and said, “I don’t know when the brother I am familiar with will wake up.”

"Aren't you a demon who just wants to kill me?" Lu Mingfei said, "What does your familiar brother have to do with me?"

At this point, he asked with a vigilant look on his face, "Isn't this some kind of body-stealing trick? When I sell my entire life to you, I will become the brother you are familiar with."

"Brother, you are so smart. You have guessed this!" Lu Mingze said, "It's a pity that you are still unwilling to trade with me. I think we have to wait for this day."

“I think you’ll never get to wait.” Lu Mingfei said, “I definitely won’t risk my life for you.”

"I know you are afraid of death, brother, but people always have some obsessions in their hearts, right? Just like you would not hesitate to trade a quarter of your life with me to save Zhang Baiqing." Lu Mingze smiled and said, "Sometimes not everything can go as planned."

"The boss is in trouble again?" Lu Mingfei frowned and looked at the little devil.

"Of course not, your boss is fine." Lu Mingze shook his head and said, "I mean sometimes you will sacrifice your life for others."

"That's because I only paid a quarter!" Lu Mingfei quickly explained, "If I had to pay the whole amount, I would definitely not agree!"

"Brother, you are just covering it up. These are just your excuses." Lu Mingze's eyes seemed to see through people's hearts: "Your friendship with Zhang Baiqing allows you to sacrifice your life and make a deal with the devil without hesitation. This kind of friendship may be classified as true love in the world."

"However, for a king who rules the world, this is an extremely huge flaw. A king should not have such emotions."

"What king?" Lu Mingfei said, "Aren't you late? If you had shown up 10 years earlier, I would have listened to your nonsense even though I was a few years older then."

“Maybe.” Lu Mingze nodded: “Unfortunately, I hadn’t received your order at that time.”

Lu Mingfei didn’t want to continue discussing this topic with him: “Stop talking about this, hurry up and make me something delicious. My business empire plan was taken by someone else first, I’m so angry.”

"Okay brother."

Lu Mingze took out two fishing rods and dug two holes in the ice: "Let's see who can catch fish first. We'll eat what we catch."

“This doesn’t seem fair, does it? This is your world, and it’s up to you to decide what you want to catch,” said Lu Mingfei, holding the small fishing rod in his hand.

“No, brother. It’s completely random and completely fair.” Lu Mingze threw down the bait.

Lu Mingfei cast his fishing rod half-believingly, but there was no movement for a long time.

"Is there nothing under this icy sea?"

Lu Mingfei lay down and looked at the water in the ice hole. The water was very clear, but it seemed very deep and he couldn't see the bottom at all.

“Only patience can catch big fish.”

As Lu Mingze spoke, the fishing rod in his hand suddenly paused. Then he pulled the rod hard, and a huge fish rose from the small ice cave along the fishing line.

"WC!"

Lu Mingfei was shocked when he saw the huge black monster.

A huge dragon!
Lu Mingze put away his fishing rod and said, "Okay, brother, I win this time. What should we do with this dragon? Steam it, fry it, or roast it?"

"You must have opened it! How can you possibly catch such a big dragon in such a small ice hole?"

Lu Mingfei pinched a hole the size of his fist, but in front of the giant dragon, it was not even as big as its teeth.

(End of this chapter)