It was precisely because this surprise came so suddenly that Yang Jing was a little at a loss.

After regaining his senses, Yang Jing calmed down and analyzed why these four skull fossils appeared here.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, this problem can also be understood.

Obviously, the Japanese must have snatched the five skull fossils from the special train, and then somehow managed to sneak into this secret base. But there might have been some problems during the handover, and perhaps no one specifically explained the importance of the five skull fossils, which is why the five Beijing skull fossils were placed in this warehouse.

Later, it was unknown when the Japanese took away a skull fossil. Of course, there might have been four fossils when they were brought over. Anyway, Yang Jing couldn't explain why one skull fossil was missing. But that was not important. What was important was that the Japanese must have not noticed or forgotten the existence of these skull fossils in the years that followed.

After all, these are fossils of human skulls. Even if the Japanese came to transport things here later, it is impossible that they were the soldiers who transported this batch of skull fossils back then. They would definitely have been replaced by batches.

As a result, they found that there were skulls in these boxes. No one would think these skulls were good things. It was only because these skulls were placed in boxes in the warehouse of this base. Otherwise, if they were outside, these four skull fossils would have been thrown away by the Japanese.

No one wants to take the skull with them. The Japanese soldiers who came to transport the supplies probably wouldn't recognize that it was a fossil skull of a Beijinger. They would definitely think it was a normal human skull. Who would want to take this thing with them?

Therefore, these four Beijing skull fossils appeared here. Of course, if I hadn't come this time, when the base was cleared for the last time, these four Beijing skull fossils would have been taken out or destroyed by some ignorant devils.

Anyway, the last time Yang Jing came to this base, he did not find the fossils of these four skulls.

Now I suddenly realized that this surprise was indeed big enough.

You should know that many people have ranked the lost treasures of China, that is, they counted the national treasures that have been lost in Chinese history, and then ranked them according to their significance and value.

Among them, the first one is the Nine Cauldrons of Yu the Great. There is no doubt about this ranking. After all, this is the first set of symbols representing the country and royal power in the five thousand years of Chinese history; the second one is the Imperial Seal, followed by the Twelve Golden Men of Qin, the original copy of Wang Xizhi's "Preface to the Lanting Collection", the fifth one is the original copy of "Yongle Encyclopedia", the sixth one is the bronze heads of the Twelve Zodiac Animals of the Old Summer Palace, and the seventh one is the skull fossil of the Beijing man lost during World War II.

Yang Jing did not agree with this ranking. Of course, the top three national treasures were absolutely correct. Any one of the three sets of national treasures was much more important than any of the following national treasures. However, Yang Jing believed that the original copy of the Yongle Encyclopedia and the five Beijing skull fossils should be equally important. One of the two national treasures represented the inheritance and collection of Chinese knowledge, and the other directly proved the origin of Chinese culture!

As for the "Lantingxu" and the bronze heads of the twelve zodiac animals, they were precious, but in the words of the Holy Ring, they were at best second-grade items. And whether it was the original copy of the tens of thousands of volumes of the "Yongle Encyclopedia" found in the Mu Bo treasure trove, or the four Beijing skull fossils that had just been identified, the Holy Ring gave them as super-first-grade treasures. Although they had not yet reached the level of super-grade treasures, they were definitely half-super-grade treasures.

But that was Yang Jing's previous opinion. Now, when these four Beijing skull fossils really appeared in front of him, Yang Jing immediately realized that his previous thoughts seemed to be a little wrong.

When Yang Jing saw these four Beijing skull fossils with his own eyes, he realized in his heart that the importance of these four Beijing skull fossils was even greater than any treasure he had found before. Even if he found the real imperial seal, even if he found the imitation of the Nine Cauldrons of Dayu and the Twelve Golden Men of Qin, even if he found the original copy of "Preface to the Lanting Collection", in Yang Jing's heart, those things were not as important as these four Beijing skull fossils!

It's very simple. The four skull fossils of the Beijing people in his hand were ancient humans who lived earlier than the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. It's no exaggeration to say that they were the real ancestors of the Chinese people. According to Confucianism, the status of these four skull fossils of the Beijing people is even higher than the Nine Cauldrons of Dayu and the Imperial Seal!

What? Aren’t the remains of our ancestors more important than these artifacts?

If we look at these four Beijing skull fossils from this perspective, I guess no one can refute Yang Jing's opinion.

We Chinese people claim to be descendants of Yan and Huang, but who can deny that even the legendary Yan Emperor and Huangdi are not descendants of the "Beijing Ape Man"? Of course, China also has Yuanmou Man and Lantian Reape Man, but the Beijing Ape Man is also a real ancestor!