Tomb Raider: I Can Hear Antiques Talk

Chapter 70
The stone statue has been cleaned to the base. It is dressed in a Hu suit with drooping arms, and many scripture-like patterns are engraved on its body. There is a flat hairpin on the top of the head, and the two ends are slightly raised.

His eyes are olive-shaped, his face is long and his chin is pointed, and he stands quietly with no sadness or joy on his face. He does look a bit like an anthropomorphic ant.

Professor Chen pulled Xiao Ran and said: "Although you are not my student, I still hope that you can learn more about archaeology like your father, and don't be full of fear of unknown things. This can be regarded as inheriting your father's behest... ..."

Even his father moved out, so Xiao Ran had no choice but to cooperate and walk to the side of the stone statue, listening to the old professor's preaching and teaching.

Professor Chen said to Hao Aiguo: "Mr. Hao, we have seen this stone statue before, please explain it to me.

Hao Aiguo adjusted his glasses and said: "If I remember correctly, a thousand-coffin tomb was unearthed in Western Xinjiang before, and there was also a stone statue like this in the tomb. The huge diamond-shaped pupils were extremely prominent, and it was named the giant pupil stone statue at that time. "

Hu Bayi also nodded, and said, "When I was training in the desert, I also heard the legend of this kind of giant-pupil stone statue. I heard that this kind of giant-pupil stone statue has been unearthed in many places in western Xinjiang, even in the northern grasslands."

Professor Chen nodded approvingly, and said, "I didn't expect Captain Hu to do so much research on our archaeological work. Could you please explain in detail?"

Hu Bayi waved his hands again and again, and said: "I dare to say research, I just heard what the political commissar of the army said at the time. At first, the academic circles thought it was a kind of god worshiped by Mongolia, because some historical records recorded that Kublai Khan There was this kind of statue in the "Xiang Palace", the palace of the Western Regions. But later, other ancient tombs and ruins with such a statue were also unearthed, and the previous statement was overturned. There are also other theories, that is, ancient Turkic It is an ancient god worshiped by people, but it lacks sufficient historical facts to support it, so it is still an archaeological unsolved case..."

Hu Bayi's explanation drew applause from the three students, and the fat man, leaning on a shovel, happily listened to Hu Bayi's story, smiling "hehehe".In his eyes, Hu Bayi has face, that is, he has face.

But now Xiao Ran is really anxious like a cat scratching, because if he digs any further, piles of big army ants will break out of the ground.If one is not careful, everyone will be like that skeleton, without a trace of flesh.

But now the wind and sand outside have not stopped, just giving these archaeologists a chance.He wanted to discuss with his second uncle and take preventive measures in advance, but Professor Chen firmly held him back.

"Look at the symbols on it, like the symbols on other stone statues unearthed everywhere, they are all characters that cannot be deciphered yet..."

Professor Chen's words caught Xiao Ran's attention.Looking at those crooked words, he suddenly felt a sense of familiarity.

The individual letters of these words are highly similar to the letters I wrote in my notebooks when I was a child and the notes found in the underground fortress of the Kwantung Army in Yerengou, but there seem to be some differences in the arrangement, like different languages ​​written in one letter.

In terms of fonts, it also follows a certain carving style, just like the difference between Chinese regular script and Wei Bei.

Without waiting for him to take a closer look, Sa Dipeng suddenly asked Professor Chen seriously: "Professor, you can see that the appearance and appearance of this stone man's clothes are very different from normal people. Is there such a possibility that ancient people I have seen aliens before, regarded them as some kind of gods, and established a religion that worships them. These symbols are actually alien characters..."

In the past, Xiao Ran would have felt that Sa Dipeng was just whimsical, like many minkes now, focusing on describing the deified ancient sages as alien astronauts.But now, he also began to suspect that these words and the gods related to them might really come from outside the earth.

However, Hao Aiguo, who has always been serious, still criticized Sa Dipeng with a sullen face: "Xiao Sa, you are usually unconstrained and unconstrained, and you don't work hard in study and research. You are obviously a very smart child, why can't you take it seriously?" What about our archeology and history? Even aliens have come out?"

Seeing that Sa Dipeng was dumbfounded by Hao Aiguo's criticism, Professor Chen patted Sa Dipeng on the shoulder with a smile, and said kindly: "It is not a bad thing for young people to have imagination. They are united, tense, serious and lively, and there is no conflict. But Our archaeology must also follow a principle, bold assumptions, careful verification, and imagination must be based on reasonable basis. The ancients had a strong desire for knowledge about celestial phenomena, and they would hope that their vision would be farther away, so the huge eyes, perhaps the ancients hoped The sustenance of seeing further."

Sa Dipeng nodded earnestly, and the fat man said in a strange way: "Look at the professor, it's just that the realm is different, convincing people with reason, not as a teacher..."

Hao Aiguo frowned, and adjusted his glasses in embarrassment.Professor Chen went on to say: "However, the conjecture of aliens mentioned by Xiao Sa cannot be completely denied. As early as 500 years ago, in the murals of the primitive tribes in Helan Mountain, there were people in spacesuits walking out of the disk. The scene, the surrounding animals and residents fled in a panic, which was impossible to achieve with the imagination of the people at that time. In addition, there are similar records in the Xia Zhou period's tripods and classics..."

Xiao Ran stared nervously at the hole in the roof, thinking that An Liman should also come in.But An Liman didn't come, but the second uncle jumped in and imitated An Liman's accent and said to everyone: "Bless Hu, this sandstorm is about to stop! You can go out in half an hour!"

Feeling relieved, Xiao Ran hurriedly said that he was going to help look at the camels and supplies outside, and followed his second uncle to get out.Professor Chen watched Xiao Ran leave and shook his head helplessly.

"Second Uncle, your mutton skewers have a real accent!" Xiao Ran said quietly.

The second uncle gave him an elbow, Xiao Ran held his sore ribs, and told the second uncle to wait for An Liman to lead the camel to a farther place first, but must watch An Liman, and don't let him run away .

In addition, he asked the second uncle to copy the good guy later, and bring more solid fuel and canned liquor.

The second uncle was full of doubts: "Why is your kid getting more and more obsessed? What's the danger?"

Xiao Ran had no choice but to tell the truth to his second uncle: "I suspect that there are meat-eating animals under that big house, and the bones and frame should have been eaten up yesterday."

The second uncle didn't say any more, and according to Xiao Ran's instructions, he brought solid fuel and canned liquor, wrapped them in four or five bags with the rags used to wrap the luggage, and placed them near the big roof.

Looking at this posture, these people are very likely to dig out the army ants. When the army ants come out, just aim at those combustible objects and shoot them to weave a fire wall against army ants.

Just when the uncle and nephew had just finished their busy work, a burst of exclamation suddenly came from the hole in the big house.

Xiao Ran was startled, and hurriedly sent his second uncle to look at An Liman, while he ran to the big house.

(End of this chapter)