Chapter 498: Love of the Year (1)
Chapter 498: Love of the Year (1)
"Professor Yun, here is all the relevant information about the Nanshi ancient tomb you requested."
Fang Hanchen stood opposite Yun Shen and handed the sorted information to Yun Shen.
Yun Shen sat in the office chair, took the documents with one hand, and pushed the slightly sloping gold-rimmed glasses on his nose with the index finger of his other hand. "Thank you. Has the approval come down? When can we go to the tomb?"
Fang Hanchen shook his head. "The formalities are still going through, so we may not be able to go down to the tomb for a while."
"After all, this is a newly discovered tomb, and we still need to conduct on-site inspections for a while."
"However, the area around the ancient tomb is relatively open, with few buildings and farmland, and the geology is relatively solid and not prone to collapse. Excavation is not difficult, and the procedures should be completed soon."
"As long as the formalities are completed, Professor Yun can go to the site for investigation."
Yun Shen took the time to look up at Fang Hanchen, replied softly, "Hmm", and then continued to look down at the information in his hand.
"Then Professor Yun, if you don't have any other questions, I'll get busy first."
Yun Shen nodded, "Please help yourself."
When Fang Hanchen was leaving, he saw Yun Shen concentrating on reading some documents and guessed that Yun Shen probably didn't want to be disturbed, so he considerately helped Yun Shen hang a "Do Not Disturb" sign outside his office door.
The information was very thick, and even though Yun Shen could read ten lines at a glance, it still took him a long time to read it.
After Yun Shen finished reading the information in his hand, he took off his glasses, closed his eyes, and rubbed the corners of his eyes which were slightly sore.
333 was completely confused. Was this still the host? Was this really not the original owner? Could this person who read the information carefully be the host?
333 was really shocked. After its host received the original owner's memory, it didn't even sleep and started taking over the original owner's job directly.
333 silently speculated, could it be that its host likes archaeology? Otherwise, why would he be so active?
333 adheres to the good quality of asking questions when he doesn't understand, and asked cautiously and humbly: "Host, can I know the reason why you are so active in doing the mission this time?"
Yun Shen only needed one sentence to shut up 333, "San'er, do you know where he is?"
333 choked. Of course... it didn't know.
333 no longer wanted to count how many times it had failed to find its parents.
333 didn't want to face the fact that made Tong sad anymore, so he went into hibernation directly. The host would find its parents anyway, so there was no need for a useless Tong to worry about it.
Yun Shen certainly wouldn't stop being a salted fish for no reason. There must be a reason for Yun Shen's turnaround this time.
The original owner, Yun Shen, was an archaeologist and professor of archaeology at the History Department of Dongshi University.
The original owner was obsessed with archaeological research and had always hoped to personally participate in the excavation of a new ancient tomb.
But not everyone can participate in the excavation of ancient tombs. At least one must be good enough and have a place in the archaeological community to be qualified to participate.
The original owner had been working hard for this, and at the age of 24 he became the youngest and most famous professor in the archaeology field.
Although the original owner became a top talent in the archaeological field, the appearance of a new ancient tomb is something that can only be encountered by chance. Some archaeologists may never have the opportunity to witness the appearance of a new ancient tomb in their entire lives.
Moreover, even if a new ancient tomb is discovered, subsequent archaeological research is a complex and long-term task, involving both delicate and trivial things. Some archaeologists only explore one ancient tomb in their lifetime, and may not complete the entire research until their death.
But for the original owner, as long as he could discover a new ancient tomb, he would be willing to do so even if the follow-up research took several years, dozens of years, or even a lifetime.
The original owner was lucky enough. At the age of 25, he finally got the opportunity to realize his dream.
A construction company in Nanshi accidentally unearthed an ancient tomb while using an excavator for construction.
The person in charge of the construction company immediately ordered the construction to be stopped and then immediately reported it to the cultural relics management department of Nanshi.
The cultural relics management department of Nanshi City attached great importance to this and quickly sent an archaeological team to investigate.
After a preliminary investigation of the ancient tomb, the archaeological team discovered that the tomb was extremely large. In addition, judging from some cultural relics unearthed from the outer layer of the tomb, it was most likely the tomb of Shi Yuan, the founding monarch of the Dayuan Kingdom three thousand years ago.
The Nanshi Cultural Relics Management Department immediately reported the discovery to the national cultural relics management department.
This discovery also shocked the entire archaeological community. Shi Yuan, the founding monarch of the Dayuan Kingdom, was the most legendary monarch in the history of their Xia Kingdom.
The Xia Kingdom has a long history and thousands of years of historical culture. There are countless monarchs throughout the dynasties of the Xia Kingdom. Among them, Shi Yuan is a monarch who is particularly favored by both official history and unofficial history.
Dayuan Kingdom was the first unified country in the history of Xia Kingdom. Before the founding of Dayuan Kingdom, Xia Kingdom had always been a country ruled by multiple countries independently.
It can be said that the existence of the Dayuan Kingdom was a huge turning point in the history of the Xia Kingdom.
As the founder of the Dayuan Kingdom, Shi Yuan himself is of great historical research value.
What's more, Shi Yuan also created the first relatively complete legal system and a highly democratic political system in the history of the Xia Kingdom.
But these are not the most legendary and mysterious things about Shi Yuan.
When Shi Yuan founded the Great Yuan Kingdom, he was only 23 years old. However, he reigned for only two years before passing the throne to his nephew who was only 12 years old, and then disappeared.
There are many speculations and opinions about this in history. Some say that Shi Yuan was injured in battles in his early years and died of a relapse of his old illness. Some say that Shi Yuan was obsessed with alchemy and had no intention of governing the country, so he pursued immortality. Some say that Shi Yuan saw through the world and became a monk. Some say that Shi Yuan was tired of court life and lived in seclusion in the mountains.
But these claims are untenable because there is no evidence to prove them.
However, no matter how mysterious Shi Yuan is, there is one thing about Shi Yuan that is beyond doubt, that is, Shi Yuan had no wife or children in his life, and no descendants left.
But Shi Yuan is still like a historical puzzle, attracting countless people to speculate and study.
The original owner was one of them. His main research direction when he was studying for his master's and doctoral degrees was Shi Yuan.
This is also the reason why the National Cultural Relics Management Department invited the original owner to participate in the excavation of the ancient tomb.
After receiving the invitation, the original owner felt that there was nothing more gratifying than this, as he could participate in the excavation of an ancient tomb and it was also related to his own research direction.
If it can be finally confirmed that the ancient tomb is indeed the tomb of the king of Shi Yuan, it will be a major discovery for the entire archaeological community.
The first thing the original owner had to do after joining the Nanshi archaeological team was to find the main tomb chamber.
The Nanshi archaeological team had previously only investigated the outside of the ancient tomb and did not find the main tomb chamber.
Because the entire ancient tomb is strongly disturbed by the magnetic field, all detection instruments have no signal and are unable to detect the true situation inside the ancient tomb.
Since the instruments cannot be used, in order not to damage the ancient tomb, it can only be excavated slowly by manpower. However, the ancient tomb is very large, and if it is dug bit by bit, it is unknown how long it will take to reach the main tomb chamber.
Therefore, it is necessary to first roughly estimate the location of the main tomb chamber, then dig out a passage, and finally go down into the tomb to explore.
After studying the entire ancient tomb for half a month, the original owner and the archaeological team finally figured out the approximate location of the main tomb chamber. The original owner and other members of the archaeological team also successfully entered the main tomb chamber.
After the original owner and other members of the archaeological team entered the main tomb chamber, they saw a crystal clear ice coffin and could vaguely see a black figure lying in the ice coffin.
Everyone was shocked. This was a tomb from three thousand years ago. Three thousand years ago, there was no technology to preserve ice. What's more, the main tomb was not too cold. The temperature was far from below zero. What kind of ice could be preserved for three thousand years in such an environment without melting?
Just as the original owner and other members of the archaeological team were about to go forward to find out what was going on, the main tomb chamber suddenly shook violently.
Someone shouted in panic, "Oh no! It's collapsed! Run!"
Everyone immediately turned around and ran out, but it was too late. The door of the main tomb chamber had been closed at some point.
Everyone could only watch themselves and their companions being buried by the mud and sand.
In the end, all the members of the archaeological team were buried in the main tomb chamber, and the entire tomb collapsed completely, making it impossible to excavate further.
The original owner's obsession was to complete the archaeological excavation of the ancient tomb and protect all members of the archaeological team.
After Yun Shen received the original owner's memories, he felt that the person lying in the ice coffin was most likely his little wolf cub.
Because the ice coffin that the original owner saw for three thousand years without melting was his Ten Thousand Year Ice Coffin, Yun Shen was also very sure that his Ten Thousand Year Ice Coffin was still in his hands.
This certainly couldn't be a coincidence, but if he wanted to know the answer, he would probably have to dig his little wolf cub out of the ancient tomb first.
The memories that Yun Shen received from the original owner every time were actually just rough memories, without many details.
This is why Yun Shen didn’t even sleep and went straight to look at the information about the ancient tomb.
Although the material is very thick, there is not much useful information.
Yun Shen put on his gold-rimmed glasses again, tapped the table with his fingertips, and thought seriously, if he went directly to Nanshi and dug his little wolf cub out of the ancient tomb...
Forget it, let’s not dig it for now. After all, the original owner’s wish was to complete the archaeological excavation of the ancient tomb. It would not be a good idea to directly collapse the tomb.
Anyway, as long as the Ten Thousand Year Ice Coffin is there, lying inside is just like sleeping, so it doesn't matter if you sleep for a few more days.
Yun Shen wanted to think so, but in the end it was impossible, and he was not worried about his little wolf cub at all.
Yun Shen ejected the dormant 333. 333 touched his butt, stood up from the ground, and complained in a low voice: "Host, don't eject me suddenly like this all the time. My butt hurts!"
Yun Shen ignored 333's pity and said directly: "Teleport me to the ancient tomb."
333 secretly rolled his eyes and said, "Huh, the host still has to rely on it!"
333 was still proud one second, and became a frost-bitten eggplant the next, "Host... Host, I can't teleport."
Yun Shen had anticipated this result. There was magnetic field interference in the ancient tomb and all detection equipment could not be used. Yun Shen just wanted to try out the "advanced intelligence" of 333. The result was obvious. It turned out to be a highly mentally retarded person and could not be relied upon.
Yun Shen stopped looking at 333 who was looking at him with suspicion and took out a teleportation talisman from his pocket.
Yun Shen held the talisman between his index and middle fingers and silently recited a spell, but the surrounding environment remained unchanged, and Yun Shen was still in the original owner's office.
Yun Shen raised his eyebrows. There were many secrets in this ancient tomb, and even his talismans were useless.
Yun Shen took back the talisman, pierced the tip of his right index finger, and then used the blood from his fingertip to draw a teleportation talisman, but it still didn't work.
Yun Shen narrowed his eyes. There was actually a barrier in the ancient tomb, and that barrier was also his work.
Yun Shen was very sure that he had never been to this small world, so why were there so many traces of him being there? This world was really interesting.
333 was stunned. Even if the host took action himself, it would be useless?
In 333's impression, its host is almost omnipotent. There is nothing the host cannot do, except things that the host does not want to do.
This is the first time that even its host is helpless.
333 trembled and asked: "Host, what should we do now?"
333 asked in a very low voice, fearing that its host might be unhappy and take it out on it.
But what is coming cannot be avoided.
Yun Shen didn't answer 333's question, but simply stuffed 333 back into his mind.
What to do, what can I do? Since the side roads are not working, then of course I can only take the open road.
The only chance to enter the ancient tomb openly now is to go down into the tomb with the archaeological team, so now we can only wait.
But we can't just sit there and wait. It will take at least a month to get the national cultural relics management department's formalities done, and Yun Shen can't wait that long.
Yun Shen directly contacted the National Cultural Relics Administration and said that he had roughly estimated the location of the main tomb chamber based on the information, but he still needed to go to the site to confirm it.
When the National Cultural Relics Administration heard this, they didn't care about any procedures and sent someone to send Yun Shen to Nanshi the next day and allowed Yun Shen to participate in the archaeological work in advance.
Yun Shen pretended to measure the area around the ancient tomb for a day and then reported the exact location of the main tomb chamber.
After hesitating for a while, the higher-ups agreed to let Yun Shen and the archaeological team go down to explore in advance.
To put it bluntly, the reason they said they were still processing the formalities was simply because they didn't know the location of the main tomb chamber, so they were not in a hurry.
Now that the location of the main tomb chamber is known, how can the national cultural relics management department hold back?
This is the tomb of King Shi Yuan. Anyone who has a little interest in history cannot resist this temptation.
If it weren't for the desire to protect the ancient tomb from destruction, the entire archaeological community would probably want to go down together to find out what's going on.
And the procedures, to put it bluntly, are formal procedures. It is actually not impossible to get on the boat first and buy the ticket later. After all, they are archaeologists, a formal department of the country, not tomb robbers.
Their purpose is to bring cultural relics back to light and make history clear, not to steal cultural relics.
Therefore, there is nothing wrong with visiting the tomb first and completing the formalities later.
kingnovel