"Expert Cheng, have we really reached the inside of Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum?" the assistant asked in a low voice.
The senior expert nodded and looked at the Xianyang Palace with bright eyes: "Of course, I didn't expect that Qin Shihuang actually moved into the Xianyang Palace." Every building is so detailed, it is simply a miracle! This appearance will be a great improvement for the country's research on Xianyang City. You must know that the situation of Xianyang City is not clear at all from the outside world. After years of changes, Xianyang City only has a name.
"Come on, film it, and send it to the country." Cheng's expert is most interested, but it's not a secret book. He likes to learn the ancient historical secrets the most, and it's worth it today.
The photographer pinpointed the lens, took dozens of photos of Xianyang City from various angles, and sent them out in time.
The staff behind him were cautious, and they felt that they had nowhere to put their feet.
But the people in the special team and the special army don't feel this cautious, their goal is the bedroom.
"As an expert, how far do you guess the palace is?" asked Xiang Yang from the special team. They have worked together before, and now they work together again. As for Mr. Shen from the Shen family in Zhenlong Village... Since the last time Xiangyang called and reported about Shen Feng, Mr. Shen ignored him and was simply frosty. Xiang Yang understood that he and Mr. Shen probably had no fate... Mr. Shen was originally a person with indifferent feelings. After becoming a half-dragon, his goal was to transform into a dragon, and he had absolutely no requirements for feelings. The most important thing is that before, the parents of the Shen family supported him in his pursuit. Later, when they learned of their own background, they felt that it would be good for their daughter to become a god, so there was no need to get married, so Xiangyang had no one to support him. But he couldn't stay to pursue Teacher Shen all the time. As the deputy team of the special team, he was very busy. To do tasks, to practice, to dig graves... Busy. So pay attention to orphans.
Expert Cheng touched his chin and only touched the protective clothing: "Xianyang Palace has it, the mausoleum is probably in the depths."
And keep going.
Xiang Yang nodded, started walking forward, and entered the mausoleum. Basically, everyone was wearing protective clothing. They were afraid of government agencies and poisonous gas. For safety, they must wear high-quality protective clothing. Those who can enter here are all talents, one less It's a pity.
Everyone carefully stepped into Xianyang City and walked forward along the street about one meter, with gentle feet, so many people, but their voices were extremely low.
The special team started, and at the rear of the army, they carefully protected the staff and planned to penetrate Xianyang City and move forward.
Da da da…
The rapid footsteps sounded, Xiang Yang frowned, and looked up at the place where the sound came from - wow, two people in modern clothes flew from the city wall of Xianyang City, one middle-aged and one young man, looking a little bookish, but with sharp eyes .
They were sullen and menacing.
The soldiers pointed their guns at the two and shouted, "What are you doing?"
The father and son looked at everyone with a cold face, stepped on the city wall, and said to their father: "Why, the Terracotta Warriors can't satisfy you? You have to open the tomb of the first emperor? You are not afraid of retribution for disturbing the sleep of the ancestors?" , There is really no way to stop it, and they let the terracotta warriors and horses on the periphery be excavated. Fortunately, the country's technology was not enough at that time, and it did not continue... After so many years, they thought that the last tomb would be buried forever.
Xiang Yang frowned: "Are you... the tomb guards?"
The middle-aged man clasped his fists: "That's right, the 103rd generation of the tomb keeper of Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum, Luo Lie, and my son, Luo Feng."
The tomb keeper... The Luo family... I don't seem to have heard of them, but Xiangyang dare not underestimate them. The inheritance of more than 100 generations is living history.
Xiang Yang let out a slow sigh of relief and said respectfully: "Hello, Mr. Luo has worked hard. On behalf of the country, I would like to thank you two for protecting the national treasure. I am the deputy captain of the national special team, Xiang Yang. This time we want to open The Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang is also for the world to understand the greatness and glory of the Qin Dynasty!"
Luo Li sneered, is this kind of high-sounding remarks deceiving
"Mr. Xiang, do you think we will believe it?" Who would gladly have their own grave dug? How can the promises of their generations be broken in the hands of their father and son
Luo Feng said indifferently: "I heard that the country has recently dug a lot of ancient tombs, what are you trying to find?" Don't think that poor teachers don't have computers, and he knows everything on the Internet.
Xiang Yang smiled wryly, sure enough, even if the state makes excuses, smart people will still guess the real purpose of the state.
Xiangyang simply didn't hide it: "Yes, let's find out if there is any... secrets that can improve the strength of the country, you know, now that the society has changed, there is no way." Xiangyang didn't want to offend the tomb keeper, and it can be passed down for two thousand years. The Luo family's ability cannot be underestimated.
"Mr. Luo has been guarding the imperial mausoleum. It's really hard work. In fact, it is safest to leave the tomb guarding to the country. Why don't you two join our special team and serve the country."
Luo Feng said indifferently: "Our mission is to protect, everyone please leave." After speaking, he also glanced at the camera, is it instant image transmission? The country will soon find their identities, it seems that life will not be peaceful anymore... Luo Feng whispered in his father's ear, and Luo Lie frowned: "Everyone, the danger of Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum is beyond your imagination, you can't enter at all. If you go to the mausoleum, it is better to leave than to die."
Xiang Yang shook his head: "No, since we have come in, we must go in."
Luo Lie shook his head: "Then, we can only play one game."
Xiangyang waved his hand and told the staff to step aside, while the soldiers pointed their guns at the two: "I'm sorry, I'm not a Jianghu person with a martial spirit, I'm a soldier who obeys orders, and all actions are based on the ultimate goal." If he can't fight, his mission is not to fight, but to dig the mausoleum as soon as possible. What's more, this is Xianyang City, how distressed it is to be broken. Xiang Yang had an indifferent expression, as if he waved his hand, and countless bullets passed towards the father and son.
Luo Lie was very angry, Luo Feng's expression was indifferent, the father and son looked at each other, their bodies flickered, and the speed was extremely fast. They shuttled among the archaeologists.
Xiang Yang's face changed, and the strength of the tomb guards was beyond imagination, but fortunately they didn't want to kill people. Xiang Yang turned his head and said, "Lord Keqing, you're in trouble."
A man in a bloated protective suit tore off the protective suit, drew his sword, and a cold light fell into Luo Lie's eyes.
Immediately, Xiang Yang stepped forward to face Luo Feng, his finger a little forward, and met Luo Feng's finger.
The two stopped.
Luo Feng's expression changed, and he sneered: "Kung Fu is good, no wonder you are so confident."
Xiang Yang smiled bitterly. The two of them were really not worried about the firearms going off. They probably also thought that the soldiers would not shoot at all.
"No, it's not as good as Mr. Luo." Xiang Yang and Luo Feng were running around in Xianyang City, full of martial arts scenes.
As for Luo Lie and the special team guest, the fight was even more lively.
"Mr. Luo, think about it, the state of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum will definitely be excavated, especially after you appear." Since the tomb keeper is highly skilled in martial arts, what does this mean? It means that Qin Shihuang’s mausoleum must have secrets, and the state must want it, even if it is suppressed by force, it will be dug up. Destruction or something, you may be careful, but the cheats are more important.
When the four were fighting, the camera was not turned off. Although the cameraman was shot, the camera was facing Xianyang City, and their figures would occasionally fall into the picture. Because the speed is too fast, the transmitted pictures are basically afterimages.
The leader of the country watching the live broadcast frowned. This grave keeper doesn't seem to want to cooperate with the country. The think tank has already found out the identities of the Luo family and their sons: "Leaders, the Luo family's father and son are teachers from a mountain village near Lishan. They have been teaching quietly for many years, but they turned out to be the tomb guards. We investigated. The Luo family has a history of over a hundred years, and there is no problem... This is really... I didn't expect the tomb guard to be real, but why haven't we encountered archaeology before?" The country has dug a lot of tombs, but none of the legendary tomb guards have been encountered. People thought they didn't exist, but I didn't expect that it wasn't that they didn't exist, but that some people might have given up on the task, while some people still implemented it honestly. The Luo family's father and son are probably very loyal people. Really, such a capable father and son have stayed in the mountain village for so many years.
No. 4 said slowly: "Since there are tomb guards, it seems that Qin Shihuang's mausoleum must have what we need. The abilities of the Luo family and their sons... Oh, even if we finally use weapons and destroy the mausoleum, we must get the contents inside." If you continue to break, you will be disturbed by it, and the cheats must be obtained! Didn't you see that the island countries were all jumping up? Their TV station has been broadcasting the Orchid Orochi fighting the Dragon King, as if the Dragon Girl would lose.
Hehe, the culture of the island country is inherited from China, I'm afraid they won't succeed? But... After all, the Chinese civilization really lost a lot in the past. There are also some treasures stolen by foreigners, will there be something hidden inside? Alas, foreigners have already sent people to study it. If foreigners have achieved achievements before Huaxia, it will be boring.
"Understood." The subordinate immediately dispatched the nearby military police, and in any case, the Luo family and their son could not be allowed to leave.
In the video, the four of them fight up, down, left and right, which is a good martial arts movie. To say that the most powerful of the four is Ke Qing from the special school team. His swordsmanship is really powerful. At least in Shen Huiyue's view, he has also reached the realm of a second-rate master. It's also an extraordinary genius.
The second is Luo Lie, a tomb keeper who has been endowed with sufficient abilities by Shen Huiyue. He is good at boxing, and without weapons, he and Ke Qing fight on a par.
Xiang Yang and Luo Feng are both young geniuses. The two have different martial arts skills. In terms of advanced level, Luo Feng is definitely more advanced. Unfortunately, he did not go through many battles and was defeated by the experienced Xiang Yang.
Four nodded slightly, fine, they had the upper hand.
The Luo family's father and son in Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum were anxious. There were only father and son of the tomb guards of their generation. If they couldn't stop it, Shi Huang's mausoleum would probably have to be opened.
Xiang Yang did not give up to convince them: "Mr. Luo, in fact, you don't need to be like this. You know that with the strength of the two of you, it is impossible to block any action of the country. Why don't you follow us, and we will never stop if you are watching. It will destroy the first emperor's coffin."
Luo Feng couldn't help but glance at his father, Luo Lie and Ke Qing were fighting so fast that the human eye couldn't catch it.
Xiang Yang simply withdrew his hand and let Luo Feng punch him in the chest. Xiang Yang felt a pain in his chest and blood spilled from the corners of his mouth. He wiped it and said, "Mr. Luo, let's talk in peace?"
Luo Feng frowned, he really didn't dare to do anything to Xiang Yang, if something happened to the soldiers, it would be strange that the country would let their father and son go. But the family mission... Perseverance from childhood to adulthood, I can't give up at all.
Luo Lie's arm was melted by Ke Qing's long sword, and blood was spilled on the ground. He looked at Ke Qing deeply and said, "You are very powerful."
Ke Qing shook his head: "I'm not very good anymore. Now there are many strange masters in China, you should have heard of it. This is not conducive to the stability of the country, so the country needs secrets to improve the strength of the army. Mr. Luo's ability If you want, the state will give you good benefits.”
Luo Lie pursed his lips, looked at his son, and looked at the archaeologists. The two of them, even if they died here, it would be useless. They couldn't stop him... It doesn't matter if he died, but the child... has been working hard with him for so many years. Do you want him to die? Luo Lie's eyes were full of pain, he was really... he was still selfish, how could the task be compared to the only child? Forget it, that's it, they follow along, and after they take away the possible secrets and exercises, they will protect His Majesty the First Emperor again.
"Thank you, but no need, our father and son's mission in this life is this one. I can't stop you from entering, but you can only use the exercises and secret books, and you can't move His Majesty's other burial." Luo Lie frowned, " And to be honest, I don't know if there are secrets or anything in the mausoleum."
Xiang Yang said: "We believe that His Majesty the First Emperor, who has collected treasures from all six countries, why didn't he collect martial arts secrets?"
Luo Li shook his head, covered his arms, and jumped off the city wall. Luo Feng walked over quickly: "Dad, are you okay? Let's go out first?"
Luo Lie shook his head: "The bleeding has stopped, it's alright, let's take a look first. We... Hey, the mission failed."
Luo Feng pursed his lips. He really didn't expect that there would be a day in his life to guard the mausoleum with his due diligence... Knowing that he had studied martial arts hard in the beginning, and possessed profound martial arts secrets, he could not beat a soldier
The Luo family finally stopped, Xiang Yang breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Let's continue walking, I hope that after Xianyang City is the final destination."
The group continued to walk, but the speed was not fast. After all, traps and other things were very troublesome. Fortunately, there are many high-tech now. When encountering an uncertain road, first put a robot to explore the road, and put a small plane to take a picture of the situation ahead. ... the whole way was quite smooth.
Probably because they saw the peerless beauty of the princess' tomb, and saw the Milky Way stars in the depths of Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum, everyone was not surprised. They went directly to Qin Shi Huang's coffin. Pulling the coffin was a bit of a surprise - a bit of an emperor's feeling.
Expert Cheng squinted his eyes and said in surprise: "Hey, is this a jade seal? This looks like... Suihou Zhu? Many lost and peerless treasures are here. No, some things are not in museums? Here, are they real? Or is it fake?" Uh, even if these peerless treasures are fake, they are also fakes from the Qin Dynasty, and they are no different from the real ones.
Ke Qing didn't care about the treasures, his eyes fell on the coffin, is the Emperor Qiangu really inside
Xiang Yang stretched his brows, sighed slowly, and finally found it. I don't know if there is any... "Becoming an expert, let's start. Everyone carefully check if there are any books we need."
Everyone responded and began to inspect this spacious bedroom inch by inch. Gold and silver jewelry can be ignored, these are all useless. There are quite a lot of books, but fortunately they are not paper, otherwise they would have turned into ashes two thousand years ago. Well, it seems that Daqin has no paper? Bamboo slips are not completely decayed, but there are piles of them, which is spectacular. Everyone began to flip through them gently and took away all the bamboo slips that were suspected to be secret books.
Bamboo slips are basically written in small seal script, and most of the characters are carved with a knife, so they won't be unrecognizable because of the ink stains, which is a wonderful thing. As for Xiao Zhuan, it’s a trivial matter. Most of the people who participated in the archaeology this time knew Xiao Zhuan. They carefully checked the bamboo slips, and put aside astronomy, geography, literature and art, Qimen, gossip, Mojia, military, etc. The martial arts secrets are carefully collected... There are quite a lot of things in this pile. Dozens of people turned on the flashlights and changed the batteries several times before finally finishing all the bamboo slips.
Xiang Yang yawned for a long time, straightened up, felt his stiff body rattling, his eyes were very sore, he blinked, a tear wet his eyes, and it was finally less painful.
"Everyone has worked hard, take a rest, I will ask the leader for a reward later." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
Everyone laughed: "Thank you, Captain Xiang, but this time it's not too hard. At least we have satisfied our thirst for knowledge. Bamboo slips from the Daqin period, there are many things in them that are now lost."
Xiangyang also laughed, that is, as far as the bamboo slips he has seen, the Qimen gossip seems to have been lost. This time, take it back and see if anyone can learn it... I haven't seen the real Qimen gossip for a long time. , I don't know if it will work or not. There is also the Mojia mechanical technique. Although almost anything can be made with the development of technology, there is still quite a market for purely manual machinery. The martial arts secret book... Tsk, I have hardly seen this one, and some are also ordinary slashing movements, which can hardly be called martial arts... Maybe it is because he is not strong enough to see the profoundness of the secret manual? Hey, in short, take away the relevant bamboo slips first.
Archaeologists began to bag.
Expert Cheng had already arrived next to the coffin, squinted his eyes for a while, and asked, "Can you open it?"
Xiang Yang walked over and looked at it for a while: "Is it open?"
Cheng expert said: "Although the mechanism is very delicate, we brought nano bugs here, no problem."
Xiang Yang said: "Then let's go, maybe there is some treasure he put in the coffin."
Luo Lie frowned: "No, only the coffin is still open?"
Xiang Yang said, "Mr. Luo, we must find out."
Luo Lie frowned, Luo Feng held his father's hand: "Dad, forget it, let them take a look, otherwise it will be bad to disturb Your Majesty if you don't worry about it in the future."
Luo Lie snorted coldly, turned his head, his eyes were red, he was sorry for his father and failed to keep his family responsibility, but... He felt relieved when he thought that the family responsibility would fail in his hands.
contradiction.
Luo Feng said to Xiang Yang, "I want to open His Majesty's coffin in person."
Xiang Yang frowned, pondered for a moment, and thought that they were watching both horizontally and vertically, but the Luo family couldn't do anything, so they nodded: "Okay, don't worry, we won't hurt His Majesty's body, after all, he is the first emperor of the ages. , our ancestors, the emperor I most admire and respect."
Luo Feng breathed a sigh of relief, that's right, His Majesty is the emperor of the whole country, not their family...
A technician carefully released the nano bug, which began to eat away at the mechanism lock. After about seven or eight minutes, the mechanism lock gently fell, and Xiangyang caught it quickly with his eyes and gently put it aside. When the coffin is closed, it will have to be locked again.
The bronze coffin was extremely heavy, Xiang Yang tried it, but he couldn't push it at all... Luo Feng walked over, one after the other with Xiang Yang, holding back his strength, his face flushed and he pushed the coffin away.
A puff of blue smoke floated out of the coffin and entered Luo Feng's body leisurely. Xiang Yang was taken aback, and quickly said, "Cover your nose." He should not be poisoned by the air in his protective suit. Luo Feng couldn't tell. The two really dared to enter the thousand-year-old tomb in casual clothes.
Luo Feng frowned, sniffed, and said, "It's alright, Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum won't hurt us." Their blood was immune to the gas in the tomb.
The lid of the coffin was leaning to one side, and the two of them looked inside and exclaimed. His Majesty's body looked lifelike, tall, handsome, and very domineering. He was holding a box with delicate patterns in his arms.
Expert Cheng exclaimed when he saw it: "Oh, hurry up and surround the coffin with the film, otherwise His Majesty the First Emperor's body will rot." This happened not once or twice. People like to keep their lifelike bodies, but no matter how much they look like a living person when excavating, once they are exposed to oxygen, they will decay... It feels so sad!
The photographer immediately took several pictures, lest he could not preserve the heroic appearance of His Majesty the First Emperor, Cheng expert glared at him and pushed away his camera: "Don't you know that the light of the camera is harmful to this kind of body? Don't take pictures. already."
The photographer withdrew in frustration, which was really, really a shame.
Wearing gloves, Xiang Yang touched the box carefully: "Expert Cheng, can you see what's special about this box?"
Expert Cheng shook his head: "Bronze, mechanical technique, I don't know if nanoworms can be opened."
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "Nanoworms can definitely be opened, but I think we need a better environment to open this, in case... what if it is exposed to air oxidation? This is not a bamboo slip."
Expert Cheng nodded: "Alright, take it back and talk about it..."
At this moment, Luo Feng screamed and interrupted Cheng Expert.
"What's wrong?" Everyone looked.
Luo Feng pointed at the coffin with trembling fingers, and said angrily and sadly, "Your Majesty is weathered."
The coffin was crowded with people, and everyone stared dumbfoundedly at His Majesty the First Emperor, who had turned into a dead bone, and looked at each other in dismay. Luo Feng's eyes were red, tears were falling, and Luo Lie glared at everyone: "You said you wouldn't hurt Your Majesty, but now you're doing this! It's all your fault!"
Xiang Yang sneered: "It's our fault, we immediately exit the tomb."
Cheng expert actually wanted to study Qin Shihuang, but the tomb guards were crying here, and... I felt that I really didn't respect the Emperor Qiangu... so I shut up.
Everyone started to leave the tomb, and Luo Feng, who was behind him, flashed a cold light in his eyes, but then he calmed down and followed Luo Lie out of the tomb step by step.
The archaeologists stayed in the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang for more than a day, and when they came out, it was all day and night.
Xiang Yang and Cheng experts naturally hurried back with the box. Luo Lie Luofeng and his son failed to go back to be teachers, and were invited to the department by the soldiers... Well, really, drink tea, and talk about joining and welfare.
Shen Huiyue made puppets at home, and of course she also gave out a little mental power to monitor Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum and Ming Mausoleum. The national archaeologists from the Mingling Mausoleum returned without success, because the Mingling Mausoleum was only intact on the outside, but the inside was as if it had been visited by robbers... Everything was smashed into pieces, not a single piece of it was intact. However, that's the Ming Mausoleum, the national mausoleum that every dynasty looked at, but they didn't see anything like robbery. When did it become like this
An ancient puzzle.
On the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum, Qin Shihuang's soul was attached to Luo Feng, and he had followed the archaeologists out. Seeing the modern society, the whole person was calm and confused.
Shen Huiyue smiled vaguely, this world is even more exciting.
Shen Huiyue looked at the puppets on the carpet with satisfaction, they were all handsome and beauties, the best kind.
The little brother who had been thinking about getting it out before, the cold and mysterious beautiful young man closed his eyes, as if in deep sleep. This will have to be sent to Li Taibai by Long Yutang later - can a blank puppet learn to have emotional intelligence? This experiment is very important, Shen Huiyue is eager to know.
As well as the angels in Europe and America, with their beautiful faces, long golden hair and a pair of huge white wings, they are absolutely breathtaking, and they definitely make people feel pure at first glance. Well, should we go to Europe or America first? Let's go to Europe first, she has made an Indian god in the Americas, hehe, think about it, a god with countless Indians' resentment appeared... Lao Mei... hehe.
Tianshan Sword Immortal, the puppet is made, and the ability is not enough, so let's hide it...
Anyway, this time Shen Huiyue took out all the puppets she might need in the future, and it didn't stop until the treasure was completely digested.
The Book of the World finally dared to disturb the master: "Master, are you finished? Can we go play?" The master has been working for a long time, and now he has not become a god. I am really worried that the master is tired and the distressed Book of the World will act like a spoiled child Selling happy wants to pull the master to play.
Shen Huiyue smiled: "Yes, buy a plane ticket, let's go to Europe." There are many legends in Europe, and the legends are even more interesting, and they can make a scene. As for the Americas... A little light falls between the eyebrows of the Indian gods, the faces of the Indian gods. The handsome god with feathers on his temples and a snake tail below his waist opened his eyes, and his eyes were full of words, that is, the history of the Indians, the bloody history.
"Go to the Kukulkan Temple, if there are Indians' prayers, you will answer." Shen Huiyue gave the Feathered Serpent God a program, and then notified Feng, and asked him and Zhao Mohan to take this god with him when they went to Laomei. . As for which country Feng plans to go to... That's not Shen Huiyue's decision
The Feathered Serpent was dumb, he was just a toy without any belief, and Shen Huiyue didn't bother to spend too much energy, so she shared a little bit of mental power, just enough to control his body.
The Book of the World hopped around: "Okay, okay, Europe, a fun place, a beautiful place, let's see if there's any witchcraft in Europe."
As soon as the Book of the World mentioned witchcraft, Shen Huiyue raised her forehead, oops, she forgot to make wizards? There is also Hogwarts school... It will definitely fall below the eyes of countless people, but the school is easy to build, but the students are difficult, so let's wait. In short, go for a walk first, go to Europe to find a wave of beliefs, if the belief value is enough, then the witchcraft world will become a reality, if not enough, then the werewolf vampire angel will become a reality... Of course, this country of China On the one hand, it has to be strengthened. When Qin Shihuang's Dream Cultivation Technique was popularized, Tang and Tang gave the secret book to the Wang family, and Feng gave the secret book to Zhao Mohan, it was the beginning of ordinary people's participation in world change.
The Book of the World couldn't help but ask: "Master, since you want Huaguo to be in an advantageous position, why don't you give me more?" Shen Huiyue currently has not many secrets, exercises, magic weapons and weapons in Huaguo. If a foreigner's spirit appears Now, for China, it is a crisis.
Shen Huiyue shook her head: "Giving too many good things, Huaguo won't cherish it. Besides, when there are opponents, there will be a sense of urgency." She felt that after the appearance of the eight-headed snake in the island country, Huaguo's faith increased a bit. People are more pious when they pray. They must be afraid. This world not only has gods in China, but also in other countries. Crisis exists at any time.
The Book of the World snorted. Anyway, he couldn't figure out the contradictory human beings.
Shen Huiyue called out Long Yutang, took out a little bit of mental power to control it, handed the little brother to him, and said lightly, "Give the person to Li Taibai."
Long Yutang held the little brother's shoulder and nodded, "Yes master."
The two disappeared, and Shen Huiyue clapped her hands, holding her backpack and holding the book, like a naive and beautiful college girl, and left the room slowly.
The long-awaited European trip has finally begun.