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"Don't worry, I've already captured it with the drone. Let's hurry and find the real treasure!" Lin Xuemin said as he put down the drone and pulled Lin Lu out of the fishing hut, heading into the distance.
"Wait!" Lin Lu suddenly stopped in her tracks. She turned around sharply, pointing at an inconspicuous stone in the corner of the fishing net on the drone's screen, her voice urgent. "Brother, look! There seems to be something around that stone!"
Lin Xuemin leaned closer to the drone's screen, carefully observing the stone. Its color blended with the surrounding environment; if Lin Lu hadn't pointed it out, he would have completely missed it. Upon closer inspection, he noticed a small opening next to the stone, as if something was hidden inside.
"This..." Lin Xuemin furrowed his brows. He had thought it was just a simple clue, but he didn't expect there to be hidden secrets here. He pressed the recording button on the drone and aimed the camera at the opening, trying to see what was inside. However, due to the dim light, he could only vaguely make out what seemed to be a yellowed piece of paper.
"It seems that the real treasure is not as simple as what the production team suggested," Lin Xuemin murmured, his tone serious as he turned to look at Lin Lu, his eyes filled with contemplation.
Meanwhile, not far away, Chen Xue and Li Xue were hiding in the bushes, closely observing every move of the Lin siblings. They also held a phone in their hands, which was streaming live footage from Lin Xuemin's drone.
"It looks like the Lin siblings have found a clue, but it's just a false lead," Li Xue sneered, a glint of cunning in her eyes. She gently tapped Chen Xue on the shoulder, signaling her to keep watching.
Chen Xue did not respond to Li Xue's tap; she remained fixated on the enlarged opening on her phone screen, her gaze flickering uncertainly. Noticing Chen Xue's lack of reaction, Li Xue turned to her and saw that Chen Xue's brow was slightly furrowed and her lips were slightly parted as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.
"What's wrong?" Li Xue asked, a hint of confusion in her tone.
Chen Xue hesitated for a moment before finally unable to hold back her question. "Are you sure this is really okay? What if..."
"There won't be a 'what if,'" Li Xue interrupted firmly before Chen Xue could finish her sentence. "Trust me, I've arranged everything. They will never find the real treasure." As Li Xue spoke, a confident smile appeared on her lips, but Chen Xue sensed an undercurrent of tension beneath that smile.
Chen Xue wanted to say more, but Li Xue had already turned her attention back to the phone screen, ignoring her. With a resigned sigh, Chen Xue felt an increasing sense of unease; she couldn't shake off the feeling that Li Xue was hiding something from her, though she couldn't pinpoint exactly what it was.
Meanwhile, Lin Xuemin had successfully maneuvered the drone to retrieve the paper from inside the opening. The paper had aged significantly and had become yellowed and fragile. Lin Xuemin carefully unfolded it and saw that it was covered with a series of strange symbols.
"What is this?" Lin Lu looked at the symbols on the paper, feeling puzzled.
Lin Xuemin carefully observed the symbols, his brow furrowed. He vaguely felt that these symbols looked familiar, but he couldn't recall where he had seen them. He took out his phone from his pocket, opened a search engine, and entered a few keywords. Soon, he found the answer.
"This is an ancient type of code called the 'Five Elements Cipher,'" Lin Xuemin said, pointing to the explanation on his phone screen. "Look, it says here..." He handed the phone to Lin Lu and explained while pointing at the content on the screen.
Lin Lu took the phone and read the content carefully. The Five Elements Cipher uses the five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—to replace numbers and conveys information through different arrangements and combinations.
"I see," Lin Lu said with realization. She pointed at the symbols on the paper and said, "Let's decode this cipher right now!"
"Okay," Lin Xuemin nodded. The siblings immediately began to study the symbols on the paper and recorded their decoded results in a note on the phone.
After some effort, they finally deciphered the code; it was a set of coordinates. Lin Xuemin quickly opened a map application and entered the coordinates. The location displayed on the map was not far from where they currently were.
"Let's go check it out!" Lin Xuemin said as he put his phone back in his pocket and turned to head toward the coordinates.
"Wait, brother!" Lin Lu suddenly grabbed Lin Xuemin's arm and pointed at the map on his phone. "Look, this road seems a bit strange."
Lin Xuemin stopped and looked down at the map. It showed that the road leading to the coordinates did not follow the coastline but instead went deep into the island's interior, with a rugged path that looked very difficult to traverse.
"This..." Lin Xuemin frowned slightly as he realized that things might not be as simple as they seemed.
"Brother, let's be careful," Lin Lu said worriedly. "I have a feeling that this road isn't right."
"Mm, I know," Lin Xuemin nodded. Although he was eager to win, he would never risk his and his sister's safety. He looked around, his eyes alert as he observed the surroundings, then whispered to Lin Lu, "Let's walk along this path for a while. If we notice anything unusual, we'll turn back immediately."
"Okay," Lin Lu nodded, gripping the map tightly.
The siblings cautiously advanced in the direction indicated by the map, taking each step with great care, afraid of encountering any danger.
The trees around them grew denser, blocking out the sunlight completely. The light in the forest became very dim, with only a few rays of sunlight filtering through the gaps in the leaves, casting mottled shadows on the ground.
Lin Xuemin and Lin Lu walked along the rugged mountain path. It was eerily quiet around them, with only the sound of their footsteps on the fallen leaves and the occasional chirp of birds breaking the silence.
As they continued walking, suddenly Lin Lu felt her foot give way beneath her, and she fell down...
"Ah!" Lin Lu exclaimed.
"Lu Lu!"
Hearing Lin Lu's cry, Lin Xuemin quickly turned around but only saw a dark hole appear before him; Lin Lu's figure had already vanished.
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