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♪The Upper Three hold the seals♪

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♪A valiant general, an opera star, and a ruthless cripple♪

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♪The Middle Three stir the clouds♪

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♪A fiend, a wandering hero, and a master of the blade♪

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♪The Lower Three deal in gold♪

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♪A beauty, a seer, and a scholar♪

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♪The Upper, Middle, and Lower Three♪

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♪Represent the nine houses of old Changsha♪

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♪Together, they are known♪

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♪As the Mystic Nine♪

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[Mystic Nine]
[Adapted from the novel of Kennedy Xu]

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[Episode 1]
[This story is purely fictional]

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[Changsha Military Hospital]

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[Ward 8]

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A patient this late?

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Ms. Head Nurse, something is going on!

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Please come with me.

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Sir.

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What is happening?

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[401 Zhang Zhide]
Sir?

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[401 Zhang Yuanhang]
They are stoic.

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[401 Zhang Zhexi]

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Unit 401?

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They are Master Zhang's people.

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Gather everyone here.

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Okay.

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Be careful!

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Clean it up.

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[Changsha Military Hospital]

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[Changsha Military Hospital]

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One. Two. One.

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Halt!

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Turn left. Turn right.

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[Zhang Qishan, Changsha Defense Commander]

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Master, Unit 401 has vanished.

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[Zhang Xiaoyu, Zhang Qishan's Adjutant]

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Nurse Xu, the witness, claimed

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they came for a checkup

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around 11:30 PM.

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Our records

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indicate this unit is repairing the moat

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under your command.

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[Derun Gate]

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Keep it up.

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- Take this. - Okay.

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Zhang Yuanhang.

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Go there.

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- Okay. - Bring two over here.

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Careful.

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- Is Zhang Duo here? - Watch out.

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Peiwu.

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I need manpower here.

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Put it here.

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Careful.

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At 5 PM,

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the superintendent inspected the site.

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Nothing was unusual.

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Everything was right on track.

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No prints

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outside of the hospital.

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127 men

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vanished in an enclosed place.

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Don't come near me.

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Don't come near me.

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Don't come near me.

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Don't come near me.

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Master.

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Her name is Xu Yuan.

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The only survivor in the hospital.

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Don't come near me.

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She's emotionally unstable right now

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and might attack you.

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Don't come near me.

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Don't come near me!

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I won't hurt you.

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I'm here to help.

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Trust me.

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Do you know how they vanished?

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Over there.

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They suddenly vanished over there.

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So sudden.

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When did it begin raining?

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After dusk.

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It was already raining when Unit 401

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came here.

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But no traces

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were left in the hospital.

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If they didn't walk in from outside,

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they must have crawled up from underground.

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Come.

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Let's find the secret passage in the hospital.

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Pry this plank open.

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Yes.

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There is indeed a hole.

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Did they crawl up from here?

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And they covered the hole afterwards?

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Master.

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The mountain underneath has been completely hollowed out.

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This is suspicious.

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Let's go down and take a look.

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[Zhang Xiaojin, Zhang Qishan's Communication Officer]

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A wall?

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Master.

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Why did someone build a wall here?

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The answer is below us.

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Master,

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I found some traces here.

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Probably traces of Unit 401's

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ascent and descent.

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Following the traces,

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Unit 401

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walked into the wall?

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Master, it doesn't make sense.

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Weren't they repairing the moat?

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How did they end up going in and out of the wall?

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Just smoke and mirrors.

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Someone wants me to find this place.

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They merely used Unit 401.

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Search every corner carefully.

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Yes!

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Master.

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I found something.

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Over 400 meters deep.

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Over 400 meters deep?

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That's even longer than Changsha Thoroughfare.

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Who built this?

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And what for?

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To hide what's on the other side, of course.

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So, Unit 401

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entered the structure behind the wall?

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How should we enter, Master?

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The mechanism to open the passage

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should be inside the tunnel.

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At the very least, that's what we're led to believe.

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But it's such a small tunnel.

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No one could possibly enter.

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Master,

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I heard

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that in ancient times, there was a contraption

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whose entrance was very narrow.

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Only a child

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could get in to decipher it.

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Give me the list of missing persons.

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There is a child.

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Master, I'll have this wall demolished now.

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Wait.

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Hide it underground,

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and it shall be as resilient as the universe.

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Hide it underwater,

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and it shall withstand a thousand waves.

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It's a pebble and lime wall.

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It'll take six months to dig through it.

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We can't brute-force it.

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Bring Eighth Master here.

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Master.

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You're not on good terms with him.

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Will he come?

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Just go.

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Yes.

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Wait.

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He probably knows I'll look for him.

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So he is already on the run.

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Understood.

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[Challenge Fate]

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[Qi Tiezui, Qi Clan of the Mystic Nine]

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Oh, no.

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Master Zhang?

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Stop.

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Sir.

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We have to bury the deceased.

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How did he die?

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He died from the plague.

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We have to bury him outside the city.

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Let them through.

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Let them through!

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Go.

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What is going on?

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Help!

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Help!

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Master Zhang?

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What are you doing here?

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Am I in the afterlife?

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Are you dead too?

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You have no idea.

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Today,

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I had an excruciating chest pain.

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It was hard to breathe and I...

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Master Zhang!

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Someone lured me here

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so that I could discover this place.

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Unit 401 might be inside.

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You know contraptions well.

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Tell us what you see.

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Then, we'll bury you properly.

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But I...

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Speak.

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Pianzuo laying method?

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It's taller and narrower than the old bricks in Changsha.

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But the bricks are not that old.

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Hardly a century old.

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But in the past century,

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who would build such a high wall?

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Only the Qin people can do this.

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The bricks intersect

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with each other,

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but they are not symmetrical.

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3:7 split.

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1:9 split.

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2:8 split.

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Master Zhang, look.

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You cannot demolish this wall.

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This is a xingxiu seal.

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Each brick is carefully placed.

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Take one out

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and the entire wall will collapse.

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What does a xingxiu seal mean?

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It means this is not a tomb.

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It's a living house.

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Wait.

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Someone is living behind the wall?

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Impossible.

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Who can possibly live underneath Changsha?

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But that's what the wall says.

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Master Zhang, the house behind this wall

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is a living place.

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Who stays inside?

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They brought Unit 401 in.

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Why would they need soldiers, doctors, and nurses?

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Is anyone in there?

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Come out and let's talk.

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This is a peculiar matter.

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Eighth Master.

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Please tell us how to solve the contraption on the wall.

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Show him the way.

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If you can hear me,

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please open the wall

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and let us in.

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We can talk.

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Is anyone in there?

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Is anyone in there?

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Eighth Master.

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How do we solve the contraption here?

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When are you going to crawl inside?

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I can't crawl inside.

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Master Zhang asked me to explain the contraption,

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not solve it.

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Don't you know spells?

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Shut up.

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Don't waste our time, Eighth Master.

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Maybe you don't know how to solve it. You're just buying time.

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I know someone who can.

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Who?

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Quit being mysterious.

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Just tell us already.

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Wu Laogou.

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Fifth Master of the Mystic Nine?

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How will he crawl in?

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He can't.

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But his dog can.

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Since this concerns the Zhang Clan,

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he probably won't help.

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Wu Laogou will just be a nuisance anyway.

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If a human can't fit inside,

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a dog can't either.

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I see you don't know anything about his dog.

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His dog

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is not an ordinary dog.

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How so?

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Zhang Xiaojin, you just came back,

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so you might not know this.

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Five years ago in Changsha City,

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there was a once-in-a-century storm in Changsha City.

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The Xiang River rose tremendously.

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Check that place.

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- Many houses - Quick.

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- collapsed - You two, go up there.

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- because of the rain.
- You two, go there.

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There's a survivor here.

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- Wu Laogou's brother, Wu Tie,
- Are you there? Make a sound!

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[Wu Tie, Wu Laogou's Elder Brother]
- brought his men and dogs - Hello?

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to rescue survivors tirelessly.

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Wherever a dog barks,

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it means someone is there.

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Wake up, my friend.

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Later,

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a landslide cut across the mountain path.

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The food supplies couldn't come in.

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Unexpectedly, the starving villagers

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- killed the dogs - Doggie.

290
00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,250
- who saved them to feed themselves.
- Doggie.

291
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[Peaceful Years]

292
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The offender, Wu Tie,

293
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committed homicide.

294
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He will be given the death penalty in accordance with Section 282

295
00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:22,290
of the Criminal Code (of the Republic of China).

296
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He will be executed immediately.

297
00:24:26,110 --> 00:24:26,660
Stop!

298
00:24:39,220 --> 00:24:43,660
[Wu Laogou, from Wu Clan of the Mystic Nine]

299
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Laogou.

300
00:25:08,830 --> 00:25:10,140
Zhang Qishan!

301
00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:16,770
Anyway,

302
00:25:16,770 --> 00:25:17,570
let's drop it.

303
00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:18,640
Regardless,

304
00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:19,530
Fifth Master

305
00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:21,530
will not help you out here.

306
00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:33,220
Master Zhang.

307
00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:36,050
I totally get your message.

308
00:25:37,070 --> 00:25:37,620
I'll go.

309
00:25:38,030 --> 00:25:39,620
I'll convince Fifth Master.

310
00:25:42,550 --> 00:25:43,570
I'll go right now.

311
00:25:43,590 --> 00:25:43,940
Wait.

312
00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:46,010
You've been talking so much

313
00:25:46,270 --> 00:25:47,490
that your legs must be sore.

314
00:25:47,790 --> 00:25:48,490
We'll send you back

315
00:25:49,310 --> 00:25:50,050
the way you came in.

316
00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:51,770
Are we there yet?

317
00:25:52,750 --> 00:25:53,570
[Wu's Residence]
Let me out!

318
00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:54,860
[Wu's Residence]
Let me out now!

319
00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:57,290
Is anyone there?

320
00:25:58,240 --> 00:25:59,460
Come out now, prick.

321
00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:00,380
How dare you put

322
00:26:01,030 --> 00:26:02,940
a coffin before the Wu's Residence?

323
00:26:03,310 --> 00:26:04,220
Take it away now.

324
00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:05,380
Don't!

325
00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:06,900
Don't take it away.

326
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:07,940
It's me.

327
00:26:08,390 --> 00:26:09,490
Tiezui.

328
00:26:10,030 --> 00:26:10,530
Juanlian.

329
00:26:10,530 --> 00:26:11,240
[Wu Tianpeng, Wu Clan's Mason]

330
00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:11,810
It's Eighth Master.

331
00:26:11,810 --> 00:26:12,860
[Wu Juanlian, Wu Clan's Superintendent]

332
00:26:13,590 --> 00:26:14,460
Oh, my friends,

333
00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:16,050
please tell your master

334
00:26:16,590 --> 00:26:17,620
that I'm here, and I'm Laogou.

335
00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:19,380
And let me out now.

336
00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:20,420
Eighth Master.

337
00:26:20,830 --> 00:26:21,660
It's not up to us

338
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:23,220
to release you.

339
00:26:23,310 --> 00:26:24,330
If you want to be free,

340
00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:26,290
you'll have to wait for my master to be here.

341
00:26:26,750 --> 00:26:27,620
What?

342
00:26:28,110 --> 00:26:29,940
When did this ever become a rule in your clan?

343
00:26:30,030 --> 00:26:31,140
Go tell your master that Master Zhang

344
00:26:31,270 --> 00:26:32,490
forced me to talk to him.

345
00:26:32,510 --> 00:26:33,220
I didn't want to be here either.

346
00:26:33,270 --> 00:26:34,220
I was coerced.

347
00:26:34,590 --> 00:26:36,290
An odd event often foretells the arrival of an omen.

348
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:38,810
Zhang Qishan is definitely

349
00:26:38,830 --> 00:26:39,940
up to no good.

350
00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:44,570
He placed you in front of my residence.

351
00:26:46,270 --> 00:26:47,530
That's fishy.

352
00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:50,730
Laogou.

353
00:26:51,510 --> 00:26:53,050
Remember what you promised me

354
00:26:53,070 --> 00:26:53,690
when I cleared up your mess

355
00:26:53,690 --> 00:26:54,460
last year?

356
00:26:55,310 --> 00:26:56,250
I now want you

357
00:26:56,510 --> 00:26:57,420
to get me out of here.

358
00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:00,050
You want to get out?

359
00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:02,900
Sure.

360
00:27:03,350 --> 00:27:05,660
The lid is not fastened anyway. Don't play the victim now.

361
00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:08,940
Fifth Master, get it away from me.

362
00:27:09,050 --> 00:27:09,700
Fifth Master!

363
00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:12,940
Fifth Master!

364
00:27:13,310 --> 00:27:14,460
Get it away from me!

365
00:27:15,670 --> 00:27:16,380
Xiaozhu.

366
00:27:23,750 --> 00:27:24,530
I almost died there.

367
00:27:28,350 --> 00:27:29,050
Xiaozhu.

368
00:27:29,790 --> 00:27:31,010
Watch Eighth Master's feet.

369
00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:33,050
If he leaves the coffin,

370
00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:34,220
bite him to death.

371
00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:36,330
Laogou.

372
00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:37,570
You're being really disloyal.

373
00:27:37,930 --> 00:27:38,570
Tiezui.

374
00:27:39,550 --> 00:27:40,810
If you were in trouble today,

375
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,140
I would save you without any hesitation.

376
00:27:44,830 --> 00:27:46,940
But you are on Master Zhang's side.

377
00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:49,090
And that broke my heart.

378
00:27:49,830 --> 00:27:51,530
I failed to kill him, but killing you is easy.

379
00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:53,070
What were you thinking? Seriously.

380
00:27:53,070 --> 00:27:53,620
Laogou.

381
00:27:54,110 --> 00:27:55,180
I was forced.

382
00:27:55,590 --> 00:27:56,380
Master Zhang said

383
00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:57,810
that if you could assist him,

384
00:27:58,030 --> 00:27:59,220
he could do anything for you.

385
00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:04,050
Sure.

386
00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:06,570
I only want Zhang Qishan dead.

387
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:09,620
That's too much to ask for.

388
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,090
After he took over Changsha,

389
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:13,730
this place has become more peaceful.

390
00:28:14,590 --> 00:28:15,490
He cleared out

391
00:28:15,550 --> 00:28:16,730
all the Japanese agents, didn't he?

392
00:28:17,110 --> 00:28:18,330
His merit makes up for his wrongdoing.

393
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:20,090
Let's just

394
00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:21,530
bury the hatchet.

395
00:28:24,830 --> 00:28:25,900
You're right.

396
00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:29,180
Laogou.

397
00:28:30,750 --> 00:28:31,490
Let me kill you first.

398
00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:34,330
Then, I'll clean up your house.

399
00:28:34,830 --> 00:28:35,620
That way,

400
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:38,290
my merit makes up for my wrongdoing, and we're even.

401
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:39,770
Juanlian, Tianpeng.

402
00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:40,420
Yes, Master.

403
00:28:40,790 --> 00:28:42,420
If Eighth Master does not comply,

404
00:28:42,590 --> 00:28:43,730
set up a pot.

405
00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:45,290
Give the dogs an extra meal.

406
00:28:45,550 --> 00:28:46,010
Steam him?

407
00:28:46,030 --> 00:28:46,530
Or braise him?

408
00:28:47,110 --> 00:28:47,810
It won't come to that.

409
00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:48,810
Please don't, my friends.

410
00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:49,530
Don't do that.

411
00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:52,460
Come on.

412
00:28:53,310 --> 00:28:54,420
Look at you.

413
00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:56,330
Stop threatening to kill people.

414
00:28:56,790 --> 00:28:57,490
I did come

415
00:28:57,920 --> 00:28:59,620
with a great offer.

416
00:29:00,070 --> 00:29:01,380
Why don't you hear me out first

417
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:02,700
before eating me?

418
00:29:02,790 --> 00:29:03,330
Okay?

419
00:29:06,310 --> 00:29:08,570
You're so dedicated to Zhang Qishan's cause today.

420
00:29:09,270 --> 00:29:10,460
Whose side are you on?

421
00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:13,220
Your side, of course, Fifth Master.

422
00:29:13,550 --> 00:29:14,380
Zhang Qishan...

423
00:29:16,310 --> 00:29:17,620
Zhang Qishan is nothing.

424
00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:22,900
Did you hear that?

425
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:25,570
Insulting the Defense Commander of Changsha

426
00:29:25,590 --> 00:29:27,090
in public.

427
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:28,140
- No. - The audacity!

428
00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:28,620
No.

429
00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:29,090
Come.

430
00:29:29,510 --> 00:29:30,490
Put him back in the coffin.

431
00:29:30,790 --> 00:29:32,530
We'll blanch out the filth, fry everything, and eat it.

432
00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:33,250
- Yes! - Yes!

433
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:35,010
Don't!

434
00:29:35,030 --> 00:29:35,490
Fifth Master!

435
00:29:35,510 --> 00:29:35,900
Fifth Master!

436
00:29:36,350 --> 00:29:37,620
Master Zhang tried to kill me.

437
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:38,490
And now you too?

438
00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:40,570
Can you two please spare me?

439
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:41,220
Spare you?

440
00:29:44,270 --> 00:29:45,770
You know very well what happened

441
00:29:46,310 --> 00:29:47,180
back then.

442
00:29:49,510 --> 00:29:50,490
Do you think I'll ever help

443
00:29:50,510 --> 00:29:51,420
Zhang Qishan?

444
00:29:57,510 --> 00:29:58,250
About that matter,

445
00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:00,420
Master Zhang had no choice but to do what he did.

446
00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:02,730
He is the Defense Commander of Changsha.

447
00:30:03,270 --> 00:30:04,730
What do you expect him to do?

448
00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:06,490
What if it was his family on the line?

449
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:11,490
Laogou, you see.

450
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:13,700
You and he need to meet up and talk this out.

451
00:30:14,510 --> 00:30:16,180
He has changed a lot over these years.

452
00:30:16,310 --> 00:30:18,250
And this time,

453
00:30:18,270 --> 00:30:19,700
hundreds of lives are at stake.

454
00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:21,860
Hundreds.

455
00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:23,530
Think it over.

456
00:30:34,550 --> 00:30:35,290
Laogou.

457
00:30:36,770 --> 00:30:37,610
Stay

458
00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:39,050
out of this.

459
00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:43,700
Ask Zhang Qishan to negotiate with me in person.

460
00:30:44,510 --> 00:30:45,050
Fifth Master.

461
00:30:45,790 --> 00:30:48,010
Do we have a deal?

462
00:30:48,550 --> 00:30:49,620
We have a deal.

463
00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:50,900
A deal is a deal!

464
00:31:03,550 --> 00:31:04,660
Judging from the color

465
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:06,810
of these underground bricks, they're no more than 80 years old.

466
00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:09,250
A basalt brick

467
00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:11,090
mixed with gold threads during molding

468
00:31:11,110 --> 00:31:11,900
to increase its strength.

469
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:13,530
This kind of brick

470
00:31:14,070 --> 00:31:15,810
can't be produced by ordinary kilns at all.

471
00:31:16,310 --> 00:31:17,810
There must be a huge kiln factory nearby.

472
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:19,140
Master,

473
00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:22,050
I have gone through all major kiln factories around Changsha.

474
00:31:22,790 --> 00:31:24,090
Only five factories fit the criteria.

475
00:31:24,350 --> 00:31:26,250
They are Fayuan, Tianxin,

476
00:31:26,350 --> 00:31:27,460
Liuyang, Xiangtan,

477
00:31:27,550 --> 00:31:28,530
and Hengyang.

478
00:31:30,310 --> 00:31:32,420
The making of basalt will release

479
00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:33,900
a lot of smoke.

480
00:31:34,590 --> 00:31:36,570
So the factory will not be in the city

481
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:38,940
or in the mountains where transportation is difficult.

482
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:41,180
Then...

483
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:44,620
Let's visit Liuyang Kiln.

484
00:31:45,740 --> 00:31:50,060
[Liuyang Kiln]

485
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:09,490
Master,

486
00:32:10,270 --> 00:32:11,460
this should be where they made

487
00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:12,700
the gold thread basalt bricks.

488
00:32:29,550 --> 00:32:30,220
Master.

489
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:41,860
Master.

490
00:32:42,270 --> 00:32:43,730
This was once a kiln.

491
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:45,290
But during our investigation,

492
00:32:45,550 --> 00:32:47,660
we discovered that there was another wall inside.

493
00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:49,700
They might be hiding

494
00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:50,860
something illegal inside.

495
00:33:22,790 --> 00:33:23,290
Master.

496
00:33:24,070 --> 00:33:25,570
These were probably the kiln workers.

497
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:27,140
They were all killed.

498
00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:46,290
They all killed themselves.

499
00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:04,730
They did not hesitate either.

500
00:34:06,110 --> 00:34:07,560
The cultists probably were told

501
00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:09,420
that they would be rewarded after death.

502
00:34:10,550 --> 00:34:12,340
They formed the taiji diagram with their bodies.

503
00:34:13,590 --> 00:34:16,170
What a fanatical ritual.

504
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:34,490
Karma will uncover itself.

505
00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:38,490
My Sovereign awaits you.

506
00:34:40,670 --> 00:34:41,210
Master.

507
00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:43,090
What does "My Sovereign" mean?

508
00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:46,690
It might have something to do with the cult.

509
00:34:47,190 --> 00:34:47,900
It seems like

510
00:34:48,630 --> 00:34:50,300
the one who had built the huge underground wall

511
00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:53,610
already knew we would investigate and trace it here.

512
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:55,380
[Karma will uncover itself.]
So they deliberately left these messages

513
00:34:55,380 --> 00:34:56,230
[My Sovereign awaits you.]

514
00:34:56,230 --> 00:34:57,300
to taunt us.

515
00:34:57,440 --> 00:34:59,740
They sure are bold.

516
00:35:01,670 --> 00:35:02,170
Master.

517
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:03,340
Master.

518
00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:04,650
Eighth Master Qi said

519
00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:05,900
that Wu Laogou agreed to meet up.

520
00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,690
- Bravo! - Bravo!

521
00:35:15,710 --> 00:35:16,170
Well played!

522
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:17,340
- Bravo. - Very nice.

523
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:19,780
- Bravo! - Bravo!

524
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:20,490
What a play!

525
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,740
- Bravo! - Bravo!

526
00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:35,150
Impressive.

527
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:35,580
Let's go.

528
00:35:36,820 --> 00:35:39,560
[Pear Garden]

529
00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:41,620
Master, aren't you going to finish it?

530
00:35:42,150 --> 00:35:44,580
Why must we always leave during this act?

531
00:35:46,030 --> 00:35:47,740
The monkey will be captured next.

532
00:35:48,190 --> 00:35:49,090
I don't like the ending.

533
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:51,690
The monkey made a mess.

534
00:35:51,910 --> 00:35:52,660
Shouldn't it be captured?

535
00:35:53,590 --> 00:35:55,370
The Jade Emperor and his immortals

536
00:35:55,390 --> 00:35:56,410
only cared about the persecution.

537
00:35:56,910 --> 00:35:57,940
They never once asked why

538
00:35:58,390 --> 00:36:00,340
the monkey made a mess in the first place.

539
00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:05,210
That's because the monkey did not like

540
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:06,940
the rules set by the immortals.

541
00:36:08,150 --> 00:36:09,180
Bad rules

542
00:36:10,110 --> 00:36:11,180
need to be amended.

543
00:36:11,750 --> 00:36:14,050
Master, are you meeting with Zhang Qishan for real?

544
00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:17,730
I have a bad hunch about it.

545
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:20,260
This must be a trap he set up.

546
00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:21,980
A journey to the West.

547
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:23,860
And my journey has gone on long enough.

548
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:26,160
It seems like Zhang Qishan's ego

549
00:36:27,110 --> 00:36:28,940
has soared higher than the sky.

550
00:36:29,590 --> 00:36:30,980
He clearly knows I hate him so much,

551
00:36:33,150 --> 00:36:34,420
but he still asks for my help.

552
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:36,380
Juanlian. Tianpeng.

553
00:36:37,230 --> 00:36:40,010
The time to turn everything upside down will soon be upon us.

554
00:36:56,860 --> 00:37:01,020
♪The past fades like smoke♪

555
00:37:01,380 --> 00:37:04,100
♪A choice is made in silence♪

556
00:37:04,380 --> 00:37:07,180
♪In this labyrinthine puzzle♪

557
00:37:07,580 --> 00:37:11,340
♪Who can reach the shore?♪

558
00:37:11,580 --> 00:37:15,020
♪Just an ordinary farewell♪

559
00:37:15,300 --> 00:37:18,700
♪The sun seems to shine bright over our heads♪

560
00:37:18,780 --> 00:37:26,060
♪But this could be our last trip together♪

561
00:37:26,500 --> 00:37:29,780
♪The spring breeze continues outside♪

562
00:37:30,060 --> 00:37:33,300
♪Who was it who left in such haste?♪

563
00:37:33,460 --> 00:37:37,500
♪Caught in the game, the raging waves fall silent♪

564
00:37:37,700 --> 00:37:41,060
♪Who believes in fate?♪

565
00:37:41,300 --> 00:37:44,660
♪For my home and my country, the years pass like a dream♪

566
00:37:44,900 --> 00:37:48,180
♪When the song ends, who will still be waiting?♪

567
00:37:48,500 --> 00:37:52,180
♪With a nod, we bid farewell and set out again♪

568
00:37:52,380 --> 00:37:55,620
♪Take care♪

569
00:37:55,620 --> 00:37:58,180
♪We once raced♪

570
00:37:58,260 --> 00:38:00,180
♪For the dawn♪

571
00:38:00,340 --> 00:38:03,620
♪Ever-lasting bond, a satisfying vindication♪

572
00:38:03,740 --> 00:38:07,020
♪In the web of fate♪

573
00:38:07,020 --> 00:38:10,220
♪No one can escape♪

574
00:38:11,220 --> 00:38:13,060
♪Life and death cut like a blade♪

575
00:38:13,220 --> 00:38:14,780
♪We too were young once♪

576
00:38:14,860 --> 00:38:18,300
♪Fortunate to brave the raging waves together♪

577
00:38:18,500 --> 00:38:20,820
♪Keep the ember lit♪

578
00:38:20,940 --> 00:38:25,460
♪To illuminate the journey ahead♪

579
00:38:25,580 --> 00:38:28,540
♪The spring breeze continues outside♪

580
00:38:28,780 --> 00:38:32,300
♪Who was it who left in such haste?♪

581
00:38:32,420 --> 00:38:36,180
♪Caught in the game, the raging waves fall silent♪

582
00:38:36,500 --> 00:38:39,980
♪Who believes in fate?♪

583
00:38:40,140 --> 00:38:43,140
♪For my home and my country, the years pass like a dream♪

584
00:38:43,380 --> 00:38:47,140
♪When the song ends, who will still be waiting?♪

585
00:38:47,300 --> 00:38:51,020
♪With a nod, we bid farewell and set out again♪

586
00:38:51,140 --> 00:39:02,580
♪Please, do take care of yourself♪