Tomb Raider: The Last of Zagrama

"As soon as we got behind the dunes, she kicked into the air, and all of a sudden, her whole body sank. "

"Not true. "

"What's wrong?" you'll get caught up in it too. "

"That's right. "

An Liman said, "If it's really quicksand, you can't stay by the side at all." "

"That's right. "

Hu Bayi said, "If you really encounter the quicksand just now, not only Xiao Ye will fall in, but Miss Yang will also fall into it; "

Hearing this, Shirley Yang also thought of this, looked at Zhou He, and said, "What the old nonsense said is right, if it was really quicksand just now, Zhou He, you will stand next to me, and you will also be swallowed in." "

"Aren't you afraid?"

Zhou He shook his head, "Human life is at stake, there is nothing to be afraid of, the situation at that time, even if it was really quicksand, could not make me hesitate at all, after all, it was about human life." "

"Miss Yang, you don't know, just now Lao Zhou ran the fastest, after we got there, we saw him standing on the edge of the sand pit, almost scared me to death. "

"This is a light skill, not only is the skill good, but the speed of running is really fast. "

Thinking of the scene just now, it would be bad if it was quicksand, but fortunately it didn't make the fat man breathe a sigh of relief.

Hearing Hu Bayi and the fat man say this, Shirley Yang looked at Zhou He's gaze with an inexplicable taste.

Ye Yixin on the side couldn't stop nodding.

"Stopped?"

"Hmm. Ye Yixin sobbed and replied, "I just seemed to have stepped on a stone, and then I stepped on it at 19, and I kept sinking, and I kept sinking..."

"It's a desert. Zhou He said, "How can there be stones under the desert?"

Speaking of this, he remembered something, and asked Shirley Yang, "Shirley, do you remember that the notebook said that after leaving the ancient city of the Western Night, those explorers encountered stone tombs on this road. "

"You mean?"

Preaching, "Yes, that's right, that's what the notebook says, and just now Xiao Ye said that he stepped on a stone, that is..."

"In other words," Zhou He added, "the place where Xiao Ye fell into just now should be the batch of stone tombs mentioned in the notebook." "

"Whether he is or not, let's go over and see if we can understand. "

Seeing a few people staring at each other, the fat man made up their minds for them.

When everyone heard this, they didn't guess here, yes or no, they didn't know until they dug it.

So a few people, with digging tools, returned to the position just now, and dug up according to the yellow sand below.

It didn't take long to dig up the stones.

Wipe the yellow sand above, and there are pieces of irregular size at the bottom, and Hu Bayi can see at a glance that this stone was blown up by explosives.

As the cleanup continued, more and more details began to come to light.

Hu Bayi was born in the army, and he understood at a glance, he said, "It was definitely blown up by explosives, and it was definitely an expert, and the blasting power of this explosion was outward, so these gravels were outside." "

"There's no damage in there, it's a precise, small, directional blast. "

"And..."

"This is definitely not an ordinary explosive, it is military TNT. "

"This is an organized, premeditated gang of grave robbers. Zhou He looked at Hu Bayi and the fat man, "Do you remember what we said to An Liman when we first entered the desert?"

"We are from Anliman, but we clearly know that the foreigners are all carrying guns. "

"Moreover, we have wasted a lot of time chasing down those tomb robbers, and we are far behind those foreign tomb robbers, and they are afraid that they have already rushed to the Zagrama Valley. "

When Professor Chen heard this, he preached with great remorse, "Yes!"

"Before, we were obviously chasing this group of foreign tomb robbers, but we didn't chase for long before we ran into a black sandstorm. After that, in order to avoid the black desert, it was delayed for another day. "

"I ran into desert marching ants before I left, and then it took me a lot of time to find the way I came. "

"In addition, after staying at the tomb of Prince Gumo for a few days, a series of events these days have long made me forget that we are chasing the target of the tomb robbers. "

"Now in terms of time, we are far behind. "

"Hopefully, the group of foreign tomb robbers has already arrived in the Zagrama Valley. "

Professor Chan was remorseful.

In particular, the thought of the cultural treasures of my country, illegally stolen by foreign tomb robbers, and then transported to foreign pawns, is already heartbroken and almost breathless.

"Teacher, that's not all!"

Professor Hao also said, "Looking at this place that has been blown up by explosives, if this is really a stone tomb underneath, then this place must have been emptied by tomb robbers a long time ago." "

"What can I do?"

Professor Chen hurriedly said, "Xiao Chu, Xiao Sa and Xiao Zhou, hurry up and clear this place quickly, let's determine the situation below and continue to pursue the tomb robbers." "

"Hey, Professor Chen, we got it. "

Hu Bayi responded.

A few big men buried their heads in hard work, speeding up the movements of their hands and cleaning up the yellow sand.

As the area of sand dunes cleared became larger and larger, it finally revealed its true face, which is a mallet-shaped stone wall, except for the side that was blasted by explosives, the rest of the part is buried deep under the yellow sand.

A group of people descended through the gap after the blasting.

The space here was the size of a small bungalow, and there were four or five wooden coffins scattered in it, and the coffin boards were all pried open and thrown aside.

Even, next to the coffin of one of the rounds, there was a whole package of military explosives.

"Soviet goods, when I was in the army, I played for two days. (If you read a violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Hu Bayi picked up a package of explosives and recognized the origin of the explosives.

"Are these Soviets robbing the graves?" Shirley said.

Hu Ba nodded, affirming the identity of this group of tomb robbers.

"What a sin, such a research-worthy ancient tomb has been ruined like this. Professor Chen's heart ached, and his eyes looked at the tomb that had long been emptied.

Professor Hao comforted him, "Teacher, we will carry out a rescue excavation immediately. "[]

"Now even if we carry out rescue excavations, it will be useless, we have limited conditions, so we can only help the tomb owner collect the body, close the coffin, and take photos for record preservation. "

"At the moment, the most important thing is to pursue the gang of tomb robbers as soon as possible. "

Zhou He said, "We were already behind them before, and after such a long time, this group of people has violently dug up here, if nothing else, I am afraid they have already arrived in the Zagrama Valley." "

"Patriotic, listen to Xiao Zhou, first collect the body of the tomb owner, and then make a record and take photos for preservation. "

Professor Chen said, "We have limited time and limited conditions now, so we can only wait for the tomb robbers to be chased, and after this mission is successful, we will go back and report for follow-up protection." "

"Hey, good teacher. "

Hearing this, Professor Hao took two male students and hurriedly took pictures to record and preserve the information.

"What kind of tomb do you say this is, nothing..."

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be a stone tomb from the Wei and Jin dynasties..."Zhou He glared at the fat man, and after the fat man saw it, he didn't dare to be nonsense.

"Moreover, it is a family burial tomb, which is very rare. "

"That's right, this kind of family burial tomb is also very rare in the whole history. Unexpectedly, the joint tomb here was destroyed by a group of tomb robbers, it seems that they came prepared. Professor Chan added.

"Professor, there's a dried corpse over here. Chu Jian greeted.

Everyone followed and saw that there was a dried corpse of a young woman lying in the coffin, and the body was very well preserved.

Professor Gu Chen said that this kind of dried corpse formed under natural conditions is not only very rare, but also quite valuable when put in the overseas market.

Wang Fatzi wondered, "This dried corpse is not gold jewelry, cultural relics and antiques, how can it be a dried corpse, more valuable than these treasures on the surface?"

"That's a question, I can answer. "

Everyone looked at Zhou He, and Professor Chen also had the intention of taking the school examination, "Xiao Zhou, then it's up to you to talk about it." "

Zhou He didn't shirk it, so he said, "There are several main reasons why dried corpses are expensive, the first is naturally rarity, and the ancient method of preserving dried corpses takes an extremely long time. "

"Ancient Egypt would use special preservatives to make mummies, and the kind of thing in front of us was formed under natural conditions, such as this kind of dried corpse is very rare, and the older it is, the rarer it is. "

"Foreign collectors bought it, built a museum of thousand-year-old corpses from the mysterious East, and used a gimmick like this to collect a steady stream of admission money. "

"Over the years, even decades, over the years, over the course of a hundred years, how much does it have to be accumulated?"

If you estimate it a little, you will know that this is an astronomical amount.

As for the second reason, of course, people's curiosity and desire to explore, if it is accompanied by some poignant copywriting, such as martyrdom for love, or personal heroism. "

"Anyway, the majority of the people are easy to fool, and the truth of the matter does not depend entirely on the mouth of capital. "

"After the publicity of culture, media and other aspects, adding cultural added value to a dried corpse, good deeds and good names will naturally flock to it. And people have a herd mentality. "

"It's not uncommon for one person to do something, but when ten, hundred, or thousand people are 263 to 10,000 people all do it, it will naturally have a siphon effect, attracting more people to blindly follow. "

"And then add a layer of mysterious elements to the dry corpse, talking about the gods and gods, inviting a bunch of scholars to be the trustees, recording programs on TV stations, and adding some mysterious elements such as gods and ghosts. "

Naturally, it will arouse many people's hearts and yearn for the gods and ghosts. "

"In fact, these dried corpses, unless they are conducted in scientific and archaeological cultural research, can help human beings further understand ancient history and culture, or genetic information. "

"Other than that, this thing has no value at all, it's just the corpse of a dead man. "

"Of course, there are some perverts who like to eat dried corpses. "

"Huh?"

Chu Jian and Sa Dipeng, and even Hu Bayi and the fat man, instantly felt sick to their stomachs.

"In the Middle Ages in Europe, the medieval aristocracy was particularly obsessed with the mummies of ancient Egypt. "

"Europe at that time was particularly dirty, the streets were full of feces and urine, and it was very unhygienic, and many people did not bathe for the rest of their lives. If you don't take a bath for many years, you will breed diseases. "

However, at that time, the level of medical care in Europe was basically equal to none, and in order to cure diseases, they looked for expensive medicinal materials everywhere. And the first to discover the mummy was the Arabs, when the Arabs saw the mummy, saw it black and hard, and thought it was asphalt. "

"In medieval Europe, bitumen was a medicinal herb often used by the powerful. "

The Arabs' misconceptions about mummies misled Europeans, and unscrupulous Arab profiteers promoted mummies as a cure-all. "

In this way, the mummy entered the field of vision of the European magnates and became a miracle cure for all diseases, and even the royal families of Europe believed in it. "

But gnawing raw and dried corpses is too barbaric and detrimental to the image, and the Europeans invented the idea of grinding mummies into powder, eating them in an elegant way, and mixing them with water, milk, or honey, and wine. "

"The superstition and madness of the European elite once sold out of mummies. "

In the 18th century, an English physician wrote in his book Pharmacopoeia Universalis: "Mummies can cure hematomas, coughs, dysmenorrhea and other diseases." "

"Vomit~~"

"Old Zhou, don't say it, I'll think about it (yu). "

"Hahaha. "

Looking at the appearance of several people, Zhou He laughed happily, and his bad taste was greatly satisfied.