Reunion: The Guardians of the Five Elements

Chapter 4

"In ancient Chinese history, it was believed that we have a square-shaped earth and a dome-like sky supported by eight giant pillars. The humans live peacefully with the goddess Nuwa and her brother, god Fuxí until a tragedy happens. Four of the eight pillars were broken. Nine provinces were heavily affected. Fire blazed out of control and could not be extinguished. There was a great flood and would not recede. Animals going berserk, killing, and eating innocent people while predatory birds took the weak and the elderly. Amidst the chaos, goddess Nuwa molded five-colored stones she taken from the earth to patch up the sky. Then, she cut off the legs of the great turtle, Aō, to set them up as the new set of four pillars. The god Fuxí killed the black dragon, which breathes out the fire then piled up enormous reeds and cinders to stop the surging waters. When the sky was patched up, the surging water was drained, ferocious animals died, and the other remaining people were saved.

Before the goddess Nuwa and god Fuxí could do the last layer, they gathered ten of their children, five male, and female from ten different families. As they pair them, they gave them each stone for them to guard. Then the two deities made themselves as a layer of protection between sky and earth, thus creating harmony."

"A century since the event and the goddess Nuwa would create another human, molded from her own to send down on earth to collect the stones again and bring them to the female family descendant, and is still being done for the past centuries. But this time, something or someone is trying to get the stones and the remains of the original owners of the stone for whatever reason, is disrupting the balance of the world. Unexplainable floods, forest fires, earthquakes, animal attacks, and mass suicide in other countries are already occurring. All in a pattern like in the story. It's too much of a coincidence but it is true. I've already found the five female descendants of the first owners of the stones. Luckily, Bai Dídí found the five male descendants of the first owners coincidentally. Now that I have the stones and the ten descendants of the first owners, your mission is to locate the tomb of the first owners of the stones and collect their important belongings. Once you collect all of them, bring them to a location that the stones will direct you to. And, if you ever found the ones responsible for all the ongoing chaos, get all the information about them and their motive. All of you will report to us if you do have it."

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Silence engulfs everyone. Wu Nuwa's mission for them is a lot different compared to their expeditions in the past. Death is inevitable and yes, they lost some friends during their adventures but, this is not a simple quest for the unknown. It is saving-the-world-quest. As Wu Xie still in his thoughts, Liu Sang heard steps towards their direction. Some of them, he's familiar with but there are others that he doesn't recognize so he looked behind them. His eyes widen in surprise. Black Glasses Ge and Pang Zi noticed their enhanced hearing friend and looked behind them. Both were taken by shock and surprise. Qi Ling already senses someone was coming but didn't expect that person to be one of them. Wu Xie, who is the last one to notice anything, noticed his aunt looking behind them, smiling while his uncle in surprise. So, when he looked back, he saw five women walking towards their sitting area and near his Nuwa Gù. One he hasn't spoken to in a while. A very long while. That's when everything his aunt told them about the stones, the ten chosen guardians, all comes to him instantly and he's terrified. "Are you out of your mind?! This quest you're giving us is dangerous, extremely dangerous. You can't just let the kid go with us, or any of them in particular. Chu Chu almost died, or died. Xiao Bai- Miss Bai got poisoned, almost killing her, Xiao Mei is sick, and the two will be facing a lot of that. This will become a living nightmare for them." Pang Zi then realize what is happening and looked at his step-daughter in disbelief. Liu Sang looked at Black Glasses Ge in concern and then looked at his chief. He noticed how shocked he is then looked in the direction he's looking at and saw a woman standing on the left, besides Chu Chu. Liu Sang was about to call Qi Ling when he heard someone catching their breath and their heartbeat racing at a dangerous pace. So immediately, he looked at Xiao Mei, knowing well the sickness of the little girl but it wasn't her. She's fine. That's a relief. But, who was that? He thought then followed the sound closely until he looked at the woman with a headband, standing in the middle who looks pale. Too pale. Almost white. He thought, continually observing her.