Chapter 750: Engraving and Influence
Around Lincheng.
The ruins of the underground palace.
Shortly after the villagers reported to the Public Security Bureau, a group of archaeologists came to conduct rescue excavations.
Zhou Dunlin, a professor of archeology at Forest City University, looks to be in his fifties, with half-black and half-white hair, honest appearance, but a pair of impressive eyes.
Coupled with the thick amber tortoiseshell glasses, there is an old-fashioned temperament on the body.
At this time, he was at the entrance of the underground palace, holding a magnifying glass and a brush, carefully brushing off the dust on the surface of the wall.
Layer after layer of white bones were 'carved' out by him, as if they had grown in the sand.
"No wonder the villagers say that this is a tomb... Look, there are so many bones piled up here, everyone would think they were sacrificed."
Another member of the archaeological team walked in, looked at the piles of bones, and couldn't help but sigh: "Old Zhou... what do you think?"
Zhou Dunlin adjusted his glasses: "According to the carbon-fourteen test, the cultural relics here should have come from five thousand years ago...that is, the Great Liang era. During that time... there were magical artifacts!"
"here we go again."
Lao Xie, a member of the archaeological team, put his hand on his forehead. Before Daxin, it was Dagu Dynasty, and before Dagu, it was Datong...
These are dynasties clearly recorded in history books.
But in history, there used to be several faults, which made it impossible for the archaeological world to trace back...
For example, the controversy over the existence of Great Liang!
Many archaeologists believe that there could not have been such a powerful dynasty five thousand years ago, let alone not have many remains.
Therefore, the so-called 'Great Liang' should be fake and does not exist!
The other faction studied from the side and believed that the Great Liang existed, but could not find conclusive evidence.
Until recently, some suspected Great Liang relics were discovered one after another, which became strong evidence.
Zhou Dunlin stared at the wall obsessively, as if staring at his lover: "Look at this architectural style... weird, cruel and religious ceremony coexist, it is definitely the early Buddhist architectural style..."
Lao Xie knows that some traditional sects were actually quite barbaric, even cruel, and worshiped blood sacrifices in the early days... This is inseparable from the ignorant social environment at that time.
Therefore, the formation of this Buddhist underground palace must have been very early.
"That doesn't prove that it's Great Liang..." Unlike Lao Zhou, the 'Great Liang Existence School', Lao Xie was in the opposition.
But academic disputes did not affect their personal friendship.
"You can say what you want... Such a complete Daliang Buddhist relic is rare... If it wasn't for the geological movement, we might not have discovered it."
Zhou Dunlin said with emotion.
"Professor Zhou, Professor Xie... there are discoveries ahead!"
At this time, a young archaeologist ran over, panting, but his face was flushed with excitement.
Three generations of archeology are poor! In other words, if it is not true love, it will not enter this industry.
Moreover, thinking of making discoveries that would shock the world, these archaeologists were full of motivation.
"Oh? Take me to see it!"
Zhou Dunlin hurried forward, and with the help of the searchlight on his helmet, he saw traces of a landslide.
"Is this... a landslide?"
"But it seems a little different!"
He carefully compared the traces around him, his brows gradually furrowed.
"Yes, we think there was a landslide here in ancient times, but it was not caused by natural causes, it may be man-made."
The archaeologists swore to be authentic.
"I don't like to hear these words anymore, we need evidence for everything!" Lao Xie was not happy: "How do you judge that this place was not destroyed by an earthquake?"
Although he was extremely shocked by the integrity of the underground palace, he still had to say what he had to say.
"Of course there is evidence."
The archaeologists pointed to a stone like presenting a treasure: "Look!"
"hiss!"
The searchlight shone on, and Lao Zhou and Lao Xie Qiqi took a breath of air-conditioning.
I saw a human palm print on a hard stone!
The palm imprint was carved into the stone for a few minutes, and it seemed that even the fingerprints were imprinted, so lifelike.
"This... This is not clay, nor is it ceramics, this is a piece of granite!"
Lao Zhou compared it with his right hand, and found that it was two circles larger than the palm print: "This is not an adult's hand, it's closer to a teenager's hand..."
"Why not a girl?"
Old Xie raised an argument.
"Because the girl's hands are relatively slender..." Lao Zhou rolled his eyes, didn't bother to pay attention to him, and kept looking around.
Then, they found similar traces on other boulders!
"This... is it a prank? You tell me that this landslide was made by a young man with his bare hands. Why don't you tell me that monkeys can fly airplanes!"
Lao Xie was speechless.
"Take it immediately for another appraisal."
Zhou Dunlin was meticulous, and handed a stone with palm prints to the student next to him, and then looked at the second half of the collapsed underground palace: "Quicken up the excavation...I feel that there may be discoveries that can shock the world."
"Yes, but Professor, I have another discovery here..."
A student moved a stone, and suddenly cried out again.
Zhou Dunlin hurried over, and saw the end of the wall sealed by countless boulders. It seemed that there was one more—a robbery hole?
"Not good, some tomb robbers have arrived first!!"
Lao Xie beat his chest and stamped his feet. They were archaeologists, and what they hated the most was grave robbers.
Not only will the precious cultural relics be wiped out for you, but there is also no awareness of cultural relics protection at all.
Of course, they are also enemies, and the tomb robbers also look down on members of the archaeological team.
"Old Xie, take it easy...it doesn't have to be a grave robber."
Zhou Dunlin carefully observed the robbery cave, and his expression gradually became solemn: "Look...the fingerprints at the entrance of the cave are similar to those on the stone before...It is probably the same person who dug through the stone again..."
"So before, that mysterious man sealed the underground palace first, blocked you in it, and then dug out the rocks to escape... Isn't that uncomfortable?"
Lao Xie was in a daze.
Zhou Dunlin walked out of the underground palace, took out a cigarette, and fumbled around for a lighter.
Immediately, a hand stretched out from the side to light a cigarette for him, it was Lao Xie!
"Old Xie...do you believe...the existence of supernatural power?"
Lao Zhou took a deep puff of his cigarette, exhaled a smoke ring, and suddenly asked a question with a deep expression.
"This... what age is it now? We must pay attention to science." Old Xie replied mutteringly.
"Hey...the more we do archaeology, the more we find out that those things have to be believed. For example, the savages in Yunding Mountain, the West Kunlun Temple, and the ancient tombs that are old in age will basically cause some supernatural things."
Zhou Dunlin smiled wryly and said, "So we have to do it as soon as possible... If the matter leaks out, I suspect that this place will have to be taken over by a higher department, and there will be no business for the two of us."
After finishing speaking, he slammed the cigarette on the ground and stomped on it a few times: "Let's go... work overtime tonight!"
"I really..." Lao Xie didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but continued to chase after him.
He also didn't want to give up the opportunity to make a discovery that shocked the archaeological world!
...
Three days later.
Crash!
The gravel that blocked the underground palace was gradually cleaned up, showing the complete appearance of the underground palace.
This underground palace is not too big, but there are sculptures of pagodas and human bones on all sides. The unique and simple shapes make Lao Zhou and Lao Xie amazed.
"This underground palace doesn't look that big, but there are a lot of dead people buried there. They are all comparable to mass graves, right?"
Lao Xie sighed in admiration, and suddenly the light shone on a place.
After so many years, most of the items have decayed, only gold, silver and stones remain.
And what Lao Xie found was a stone wall!
On the stone wall, there are lines of text.
Generally speaking, the discovery of epitaphs and the like in ancient tombs is the most direct evidence for determining the owner and age of the tomb.
But this is clearly not the epitaph.
It wasn't engraved, but someone scratched it with a finger.
"This is an ancient text... I can't do it, old Zhou, what about you?"
Lao Xie looked at the words engraved on the stone wall solemnly, and turned around with a wry smile.
Only to find that Old Zhou was staring blankly at the writing: "This... this should be the writing of Great Liang! I... I can't do it either, I have to find a professor of ancient prose for support!"
Zhou Dunlin stepped forward and touched one of the characters affectionately: "Look... this Daliang script has the characteristics of both ancient pictographs and later cuneiform characters, and is in a state of evolution, which can be seen from many strokes. Mark of……"
"Come on, Lao Zhou, you know, I have never believed in the existence of Great Liang... Maybe this is just a word created by a small school of Buddhism!"
Lao Xie let the students come in to record, and said with a smile: "I don't believe it...you will be dumbfounded when you decipher it."
However, Zhou Dunlin didn't seem to care about his teasing, and was stroking a strange character: "I can recognize this character...it should mean 'vicious' and 'vicious beast', and the last character means 'children' ...combined to mean 'son of fierce beast', or 'child raised by fierce beast', 'son of wolf' or something like that..."
"Since when did Buddhism get involved with the son of the wolf?" Lao Xie was at a loss.
...
at night.
Inside the temporary tent camp.
Zhou Dunlin kept in touch with his good friends while saving the photos in different files.
Not long after, a reply arrived.
[Hi Professor Zhou, I am a student of Professor Gu, my name is Hong Gouyi! Teacher, he has something to do, let me interpret some ancient texts for you. 】
"Huh?" Lao Zhou adjusted his glasses, quickly transferred the photos, and typed while wearing reading glasses: 【Are you a student of Lao Gu? That's okay...you do your best, and I'll give you extra credits. 】
[Thank you Professor Zhou! 】
Hong Gouyi sent a smiling expression, and then began to translate.
Her speed seemed to be very fast. After a while, a document was sent over, which made Lao Zhou rub his face: "Is this deciphering? This is similar to reading... Translation is not so fast, is it? Lao Zhou Gu students, are they so strong?"
He was afraid that he had encountered some bastard, so he quickly sent a message to confirm.
[It’s like this, Professor Zhou, I taught myself programming and made a small program, using big data analysis and intelligent translation, the speed should be very fast. 】
The other party's reply was also quite satisfactory. At this time, in the dormitory of Lin Hai University, "Nine-Tails Meow Meow Meow" smiled triumphantly while replying: "You can get credits by reading a few cool articles...that's awesome!"
She took a sip of coffee, and her pretty brows frowned again: "But... Has Professor Zhou found the ancient ruins again?"
...
"In that case, let's see..."
Zhou Dunlin clicked on the document and saw the line of ancient text and notes:
【I am the son of the wolf...】
[I came to the Rotten Buddha Temple, originally I thought...everyone is a bad person...]
[But then I found out... I am the bad guy! 】
[In order to atone for my sins... I decided to bury myself and stop harming the world...]
[But in the underground palace, I discovered... I am a 'Buddha'...]
"This...is the translation wrong? Why is the son of a wolf a Buddha?"
Zhou Dunlin rubbed his eyes and continued reading:
【The Buddha is controlling me...I want to struggle...I want to subdue his heart! 】
[I... son of wolf... will never give in! 】
【I... survived...】
【I changed my mind, I want to go out...】
...
"Buddha...does it really exist?"
Zhou Dunlin took a sip of strong tea and muttered to himself.
Some researchers once put forward whimsical reports, such as Buddha is an alien creature of advanced civilization, 'Vatican' is their pan-conscious fusion or super advanced artificial intelligence, etc., but Zhou Dunlin took it as a joke.
Now, he only felt a little chill on his back.
"Buddha, of course exists..."
At this moment, a voice came from behind Zhou Dunlin.
"who?"
Zhou Dunlin turned around suddenly, but he could only see many figures.
Someone stood behind him and read the computer, but he didn't notice it!
At this thought, Zhou Dunlin's hair stood on end!
He rushed out of the tent, only to see a black shadow rushing towards the ruins of the underground palace at an extremely fast speed!
"There are thieves!"
"Catch the thief!"
Zhou Dunlin suppressed the fear in his heart and immediately yelled loudly.
There was a riot in the camp, and several security guards who were dedicated to protecting cultural relics rushed out.
"Where?"
"Entrance to the ruins..."
Several bodyguards looked at each other and immediately went up to surround the only exit of the ruins.
A few minutes later, a black shadow rushed out of it.
Then, the archaeological teammates who were awakened saw the black shadow jumping up into the air, and kicked three kicks almost at the same time!
bang bang bang!
The security guards of the three burly men flew straight up and hit the ground heavily.
"Damn... is this the legendary martial arts?"
A young graduate student wiped his eyes and muttered to himself.
And the real man in black has turned into a cloud of smoke, hundreds of meters away...
"Old Zhou, what's going on?"
Old Xie was wearing pajamas and forgot to put on his wig, and asked in panic as he got out of the tent.
"so far so good……"
Zhou Dunlin scrambled and rushed into the underground palace, but found that the relics and cultural relics had not been stolen, so he couldn't help being at a loss...
...
miles away.
Aaron turned his black clothes into a white shirt, and was about to walk around and walk back to the university town.
He looked at the bone relic necklace in his hand, and muttered to himself: "There is a reaction... Does that period of history really exist? This is really... great!"
Directly affect reality by achieving the perfect clearance achievement in the game!
Let the ruins of thousands of years ago reappear!
This means that Aaron's current efforts can directly travel through time and space, interfere with history, and cause an impact to appear out of thin air and last for thousands of years!
"It's no wonder that this world is very suitable for me... As long as I get all kinds of perfect achievements in the game, influence the ancient times, and then keep it in the modern age, the influence of the engraving will probably be increased by a thousand times!"
"The efforts of this world are worth at least ten worlds!"
"Play games! Play games when you get back!"
Aaron returned to the rental house, without saying a word, and continued to log in to "Ancient".
【After consideration, you picked up the 'bowl' and buried the remaining weapons...】
['Wind Flying' is equipped with a weapon - 'Bowl'! 】
[You left the Rotten Buddha Temple and walked forward for several hours, a fork in the road appeared in front of you, are you going to...]
[1. Take the left road]
[2. Take the right path]
【3. Do not take the usual path】