The first day of the Lunar New Year is a very important day for every Chinese. In the Chinese world, the good or bad luck of this day also affects the good or bad luck of the whole year in the future. Therefore, Chinese people have many taboos on this day, such as not quarreling, not playing cards and losing money, etc.
For Xia Lei, his luck was very good on the first day of the new year. It's hard to say whether the luck for the next year will be very good, but today's harvest is definitely not small.
In the study room of Ping'an House, Xia Lei opened the top-secret file on the USB flash drive. The documents Wilhelm Sim sent him included a text file and a video file.
"Is it the video record of Americans getting the AE capsule?" Xia Lei was curious and opened the video file.
The video shows a small valley surrounded by mountains. There are no plants on the brown mountains, and they look so bare and desolate. The photographer took the shot while standing on a hillside. After taking the picture of the valley, he deliberately moved the camera in another direction. Then the Holy Cross Mountain and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at the foot of the mountain appeared in the video, but they were far away. distance.
There is no doubt that this place is Jerusalem, and it is in the suburbs.
The photographer moved the camera to the valley again, and then walked down. The camera was a little shaken, and it looked like the camera was mounted on his head. He walked and talked, "It's Christmas of the Millennium and I'm working in this damn place. But it's worth it, as an archaeologist, to discover the ninth wonder of the world. , that’s the best Christmas gift God gave me!”
A woman's voice came over the video, "George, don't get too happy too soon. The information we received may not be correct. Maybe it's just an ordinary cemetery."
"Believe me, Elena, I have an intuition that we will find something amazing this time." George's voice.
"Really? I hope it's what you said." The voice of the woman Elena said, "By the way, George, what period do you think it should be from?"
"I was on the phone with Professor Mark from Israel, and he said that the tomb should be from the Crusades. Ah, you know, I'm a medieval fan. I dreamed of being a Crusader when I was little Knight, fight for the Holy God.”
"Come on, you are not a knight. So, has Professor Mark told you about the identity of the tomb owner?" Elena's voice.
"That's not true. We just had a brief chat, and then he urged me and you to come over quickly. No, we are here." George's voice.
The two of them walked while talking, and it took them ten minutes to reach the bottom of the small valley.
As soon as the two of them walked down the hillside, a rock wall collapsed for unknown reasons appeared in the video. A cave about three meters in diameter and three meters in height was exposed among the pile of rocks.
Two archaeologists walked inside.
George turned on the flashlight, and the flashlight shone forward at the speed of light. It was pitch black inside the cave, and the video screen was full of cold rocks, and there was nothing else.
The two continued to walk forward, and after about twenty meters, George shouted loudly: "Professor Mark, we are here! I am George, and I am Elena."
A man's voice came from the darkness, and he said in English: "George, Elena, I'm inside, you can see me when you walk twenty meters inside. Hurry up, I can't wait to let you Look at this miracle!”
"Okay, we'll be here right away." George and Elena quickened their pace.
The two people walked forward for some distance, and after turning a corner, light appeared in front of them, and the space in the video suddenly opened up. It is a triangular natural cave, and it is an equilateral triangle. It feels like a pyramid built inside the mountain.
"Wow! Is this a handiwork of nature, or..." Because of his excitement, George could no longer speak normally.
"How could this be the handiwork of nature?" An old man with white hair appeared in the camera, and behind him there was a group of staff opening a sarcophagus. A very huge sarcophagus, it looks like a tank made of stone, very strong.
"Professor Mark, you are right. This is definitely the eighth wonder of the world! It looks like a pyramid built in the middle of a mountain! I can't wait to know the identity of the owner of the tomb. Can you tell me?" George walked up, the camera mounted above his head shook slightly, and the captured image also shook slightly.
"Sorry, dear George, I also want to know the identity of the owner of the tomb. I'm afraid the clues can only be found after opening the sarcophagus. Before that, I suggest you take a closer look at the top of your head." Mark pretended to be mysterious.
George raised his head, and he suddenly froze and stopped moving.
Not only him, but also Xia Lei in front of the screen was stunned.
The upper part of the equilateral triangle is all human skulls, one after another, the human skulls are arranged neatly, adsorbed on the rock wall for some unknown reason, they form a strip climbing around the triangle bone lines. At first glance, the densely packed heads cover the upper third of the pyramid like a huge ceiling.
"Oh my God! Who would do such a thing?" Elena's voice was filled with trembling, "Is this the devil's lair?"
"God knows." Professor Mark said, "Come on, I will take you to see the sarcophagus."
"Okay." George followed Professor Mark and asked, "Professor Mark, who was the first person to discover this place? How did he discover it?"
"This happened a week ago. There was a slight earthquake here. When you came here, you should have seen the situation at the entrance of the cave. Someone moved those rocks to block the entrance of the cave. After the earthquake, the stones fell down, and the entrance of the cave also It was revealed." Professor Mark said with a smile: "A young man who was hiking discovered this place and reported it to the police, so we came here. We have been working here for a whole week, and we are all covered by it. What’s wrong with that damn sarcophagus is that it’s too strong and we can’t blow it open with explosives.”
"You really can't use explosives, as that will destroy the cultural relics inside." George said.
"But you are lucky, you just caught up with the moment when time opens." Professor Mark said.
"Is it going to start soon?" Elena said excitedly.
Professor Mark said: "Yes, otherwise I would not have called you in such a hurry. Five minutes at most. Let's witness the miracle together in five minutes!"
While walking and chatting, Professor Mark brought George and Elena to the stone temple.
George stood on the other side of the sarcophagus. A vague pattern appeared in the lens, and the pattern was located on the surface of the sarcophagus.
George moved closer and used his hands to clean the dust off it. The pattern became clearer, and it was clearly ae!
Seeing this, Xia Lei suddenly realized what time contained. Now, he wants to see the moment when the sarcophagus is opened more than George!
"The ae capsule actually entered the world from this place, but eventually swam into my hand, was eaten by me, and made me what I am today..." Xia Lei's thoughts surged in his heart, and his inner feelings were extremely complicated.
"a..." George struggled to identify the letters in the pattern, "e!"
"George, what are you talking about?" Elena leaned over.
"ae!" George suddenly exclaimed: "Professor Mark! Did you find it? This pattern is actually engraved with letters! It is engraved with ae!"
"Haha!" Professor Mark said with a smile: "George, my friend, please don't panic or get too excited. The two letters you mentioned are everywhere in this place, and I don't even bother to count them."
"Why?" George's tone was full of surprise.
Professor Mark said: "My friend, don't ask me why, I don't know. Let's work together to solve this mystery later."
After a few minutes, several workers finally opened the sarcophagus. Several strong workers worked together to push open the lid of the sarcophagus.
Before the lid of the sarcophagus was fully opened, George couldn't wait to get to the sarcophagus and take a peek.
Under the illumination of the light, the space inside the sarcophagus can be seen at a glance.
No bodies, no treasures, and no artifacts. There is a fist-sized piece of amber placed at the bottom of the sarcophagus. It is crystal clear and its color is like the golden ray of sunlight that cuts through the darkness at dawn.
In the middle of the amber is a pile of shiny substances, which look like mineral powders or crystals, just like the powder in modern pills.
"How could this happen? What's in that piece of amber?" George asked in surprise.
"I have seen a lot of amber, but there are either insects or leaves in it. How could there be such a strange thing?" Elena also looked very curious.
"Take it back and study it and you will know." Professor Mark said, and he reached for the piece of amber.
At this moment, a bullet suddenly flew from behind and instantly hit his head. Brains and blood spurted out from the broken head, and his life ended instantly.
"Who are you, what are you going to do...ah!" There was a gunshot, and Qiao Zi also fell to the ground.
The camera remains still, always facing the top of the pyramid. Thousands of heads looked indifferently at the tragedy happening below.
Gunshots, begging for mercy, cries, and screams mixed together, echoing in the space of the pyramid, giving people a creepy feeling.
Finally, a man appeared in the video. His back was to the camera on George's helmet, and his face could not be seen. His back is quite tall. He stretched out his hand and picked up the amber in the sarcophagus.
At that moment, Xia Lei saw a black tattoo on his arm. It was a king cobra.
"Head, that guy has a camera on his hat. He's recording. Do you want to destroy it?" Someone spoke in the video, also in English.
"No, keep it. Nothing here can be destroyed, except these corpses." The man with the king cobra tattoo said: "Blow up the entrance of the cave when you go out, and everyone who knows this place will be killed."
"Yes!" Several people responded.
Someone covered the camera with their hand and turned it off.
The video ends here. Xia Lei, however, was still looking at the screen blankly, without moving for a long time.
He finally knew where the AE capsule came into the world, but he didn't understand how the pyramid in the mountain was built and how it was built.
Also, who was the person who killed Professor George and Mark and finally took the piece of amber
ps: Thanks to brother pan3800 for the tip, thank you! This concludes today’s third update, see you tomorrow. Italy and Sweden in the evening, a draw is recommended, haha!