On August 15, 2002, we received contact from Zulong County residents. Audio file 01420020815.wav.
"... This is my great-grandfather. He heard what I said about what you asked about, and he specifically asked me to call you here."
"Good work."
"Great grandpa. Great grandpa!"
"Ah! Ah... little baby..."
"Grandpa, they are coming!"
"Oh. Sit, sit."
"Hello, old man. My surname is Wu."
"Uh-huh… "
"My great-grandfather has bad ears."
"It's okay, I can hear you clearly. I can hear the little girl's voice clearly. You, little girl, are from the Taoist community, right? Ah..."
"yes."
"Master..."
"Get out, get out. I told them."
"Hey, if you need anything, call me. I'll be at the door."
"Uh-huh."
Da da da…
"What do you call the old man?"
"I... you can call me Aaron. When I was a child, I was called Aaron. Mr. Miao Zhu personally ordered me. In the same year, there was me, a Feng, a turtle, three little dolls, and the three of us Ah, one of them will be a temple blessing in the future."
"Are you talking about the Sanzu Temple?"
"Yes. The Third Ancestor Temple... Sigh... No one in the future will know. When I was five years old, there was no chance of it. The Third Ancestor Temple and the Third Ancestor Village were both gone."
"You mean, there is a Sanzu Village here? We didn't find such a place on the map."
"No way. It's been a hundred years. There's always something in eighty or ninety years... How old am I... I must have it this year... I must be a hundred years old... Oops, I can't remember. I just remember those things when I was a kid. . When I was five years old, the Sanzu Temple was gone, and so was the village. The village was filled with masters. Our three villages all farmed for the masters."
"Why did the Sanzu Temple disappear?"
"The Third Ancestor God was flooded by it. The village was on the top of the Sanzu River. There was an island on the Sanzu River. It was a big island. When the water was at its highest, you couldn't even reach the temple gate. That year, the Third Ancestor God became angry. It flooded the entire island. It has not surfaced for so many years."
"Why did the Third Ancestral God suddenly become angry?"
"I don't know... We don't know. I just heard from my father and my grandfather that someone went up."
"Are you saying that someone went to the island?"
"It seems so. Some outsiders came to the island and did something bad, which brought disaster to the entire island. After that, there will be no Sanzu Village or Sanzu Temple."
"Old man, we found out that just this year, some people have been there. Someone fell into the Sanzu River and disappeared, turning into a ghost. The person who bumped into the ghost was introduced by someone from one of your three villages. Went to the Sanzu Temple.”
"Well… "
"Old man?"
"I heard Xiaowa say that you are looking for the Sanzu Temple, and there are outsiders looking for the Sanzu Temple, and I thought... I also saw it a few years ago. At that time, my legs and feet were still flexible. My wife died, and I just thought about it. Do you want to follow the old rules and send her off... When the Sanzu Temple was there, the dead people would sink into the Sanzu River. No one in the family knew this anymore. I stood on the edge of the river... In that position, the Sanzu River I saw people in the original location of the temple. I couldn't see clearly either. At that time, my eyesight was not good. I don't know if I really saw the Sanzu Temple or if I was just dazzled. Maybe it's still there. There...under the river...the temple blessings, and the old men...maybe they are all there...my father and the others are also there..."
"Old man? Old gentleman?"
"uncle!"
Da da da…
"What's wrong! My great-grandfather..."
"It seems like he fell asleep."
"Ah... Oh. Are you clear about what you asked?"
"Um."
On August 18, 2002, the ship was launched into the river. Look for the Sanzu Temple. Video file 01420020818.avi.
"Is this okay?"
The screen was still dark, and Liu Miao's voice came out first.
After the rustling noise, the screen flickered a few times, and a snowflake screen appeared, slowly becoming clearer.
Gu Mo's face appeared on the screen.
He was smoking a cigarette and looked very young.
Nangong Yao's face flashed in the corner of the screen, looking younger, only in his twenties.
"Can a professional underwater camera be used?" Gu Mo said, holding a cigarette in his mouth, "You are really rich."
When he said the second half of the sentence, he raised his eyelids, probably looking at someone.
Nangong Yao laughed and said nothing.
"Okay, it's adjusted. You can go down with this. We can all see and hear it here." Gu Mo said.
He picked up the lens and seemed to give it to someone.
Camera movement.
They should be on a small boat. Nangong Yao and Gu Mo walked to the cabin.
Wu Ling appears in the shot.
"Is it okay for you two to dive?" Wu Ling asked.
"No. I have learned it before." Liu Miao answered readily.
Ye Qing also replied, "Don't worry."
"Hey, hey, hey, did you hear that?" Gu Mo's voice sounded mixed with electronic noise.
"I heard it." Liu Miao replied, her voice becoming a little blurry.
The two of them were probably checking the headsets.
Ye Qing also said something.
"I didn't expect that, you two are so versatile. I can't save you from drowning," Gu Mo said.
"No." Ye Qing replied, "We shouldn't need to dive for too long."
The camera turned and captured a figure wearing a diving suit from behind.
Ye Qing and Liu Miao moved to the side of the ship.
Wu Ling waved to the camera.
The camera flashed across an arc, and the scene moved from the boat, the sky, to the water.
Two splashes of water sounded almost at the same time.
The camera starts to sink.
The water was sparkling, but that view was quickly replaced by darkness.
Liu Miao seemed to want to move. The camera shook and captured a hand.
Ye Qing reached out and held Liu Miao down.
The two of them continued to sink while maintaining their backward posture.
There were bubbles rising gurglingly.
In the darkness, the bubbles emitted a dreamy light, then burst suddenly.
The camera shook, as if the two of them had touched the bottom of the river.
"This river is really shallow. I said, is the location right? Is there really an island?" Gu Mo's voice sounded, "What are you doing? Are you looking for-looking... Zhi-shasha... "
Gu Mo's voice turned into complete noise and disappeared completely after a buzzer.
The darkness also disappeared, and a faint light came on, gradually becoming brighter. It's like the night has passed and the sun is rising.
The camera shook.
Liu Miao should have stood up from the ground.
Only when he moved like this did people realize that the surrounding river water had disappeared. When Liu Miao stood up, there was a splash of water, which was enough to prove that there was still water around, but only a shallow part was left.
The camera rotated and captured Ye Qing who was also getting up. After turning 180 degrees, a unique scene appeared in the lens.
Although the resolution of this camera is very low and the picture is a bit blurry, it is still possible to see the outline of the island and the buildings.
The two of them unknowingly went from the bottom of the river to the shore of the island in the river.
After a rustling sound, Liu Miao let out a loud gasping sound.
"Huh - is this... here? What's going on?" Liu Miao's tone was full of doubts.