Chapter 185: Establishing an Archaeological Team
It was already past eight o'clock in the evening when we returned to the foot of the mountain.
It was completely dark.
Qi Changan, who was waiting in the military district, was really surprised and happy.
In fact, Qi Changan regretted it after Xu Yancheng led the team up the mountain.
What if there are many enemies on the mountain and they don’t have enough manpower and weapons?
What if the miasma on the mountain suddenly spreads and traps them all on the mountain?
In case of wild beasts...
In short, thousands of possible scenarios flashed through Qi Changan's mind.
Seeing Xu Yancheng and the others return safely, I was so excited that I almost cried.
Zhu Lijuan happened to be delivering food to the military district. Seeing Qi Changan, who had fought on the battlefield for half his life, she couldn't help but tease him, "You've fought the Japs for half your life and aren't afraid of death. Why are you so excited?"
"You don't understand." Qi Changan took a deep breath and adjusted himself. "I wasn't afraid of sacrifice before because I wanted to defend my country."
"I'm worried about the children getting into trouble now because I don't want them to encounter any more setbacks in their settled lives."
"No more, no more."
"Captain!" Xu Yancheng stood up directly and said decisively, "I found that the Blood Skull Organization had built its headquarters on top of an ancient tomb."
"I suspect the contents of the ancient tomb are related to what they are researching."
"Due to the overall environment, I would rather form my own archaeological team."
hiss--
Ruan Anan took a deep breath and quietly retreated to the door.
As a soldier, why do you want to organize an archaeological team yourself?
This era is already sensitive enough, and you are still courting death?
Husband and wife are birds of the same forest, so at the critical moment, they should fly away separately, right?
Ruan Anan had already made up her mind. When Comrade Qi Changan started scolding her, she would nimbly run out of the door.
Anyway, Xu Yancheng can handle being scolded.
Qi Changan's face darkened, and he looked at Xu Yancheng in astonishment, "Xiao Xu, do you know what you are talking about?"
"archeology?"
"This is a serious matter. We need to report it, report it, and report it again."
"The result..."
Qi Chang'an paused and gave Xu Yancheng a meaningful look.
Xu Yancheng was not stupid, so he naturally knew that the approval result of this matter could only be rejection.
So, he turned around and exchanged glances with Ruan Anan who had retreated to the door.
Ruan Anan pointed at herself and then pointed outside the door, "Me? Go?"
"Go to the duty room and wait for me."
Hearing what Xu Yancheng said, Ruan Anan ran away with Zhu Yaoyao.
It's not that she doesn't love Xu Yancheng enough, but there's no need to be so stubborn as to get scolded along with him.
Zhu Yaoyao naturally had no intention of sharing hardships with Xu Yancheng, and followed Ruan Anan without looking back.
After arriving at her own duty room, she did not forget to complain about Xu Yancheng, "Ruan Anan, is your man crazy?"
"It's his idea to form an archaeological team."
Ruan Anan took off her coat without hesitation and half-lay on the soft chair, "Sister, you are not thinking right."
"You should think about it from a different perspective."
"If he really succeeds in forming an archaeological team, you will have to be the team doctor."
"You'd better prepare some emergency trauma medicine and get ready to go."
Zhu Yaoyao, who was packing her backpack, was shocked when she heard this. She pulled Ruan Anan, who was lying on the chair like Ge You, up from her chair and asked, "You mean... can this archaeological team really be formed?"
"What else?" Ruan Anan spread his hands and lay back in the chair. "Based on my understanding of Xu Yancheng, he won't fight an unprepared battle."
"So, since he made this request to Comrade Lao Qi so directly, he must be absolutely confident that he can convince Comrade Lao Qi."
"I think we should start learning archaeological knowledge now, so as not to get stuck in it later."
As a level ten student of tomb-raiding novels, when Ruan Anan mentioned ancient tombs, all he could think of were strange ancient creatures and dangerous mechanisms.
As for whether she wanted to go inside the ancient tomb, if she asked Ruan Anan this question, she would naturally want to go.
As the saying goes, Ruan Anan is a person who is both bad at it and loves to play.
Zhu Yaoyao also reacted at this moment. Xu Yancheng was never the type to act impulsively. If he said it out loud, it meant that he had thought of a response measure.
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Inside the office.
Qi Changan looked at the determination in Xu Yancheng's eyes, as if he had seen a ghost, "No, do you know what you are talking about?"
"In today's environment, archaeology is tantamount to feudal remnants."
"Chief," Xu Yancheng walked over and poured Qi Changan a cup of tea, "When we were in the mountains, we all felt that the research of the Blood Skull Organization was abnormal."
"For example, why are they so interested in miasma?"
"It wasn't until I went to the ancient tomb that I finally understood that they were probably researching something related to immortality."
"What?" Qi Changan laughed in anger after hearing Xu Yancheng's words, "Eternal Life, what is this immortality?"
"If there really was a way to achieve immortality, someone would have already ruled the Earth."
"How many ancient sages and capable men have brought their own deaths upon themselves by pursuing the art of immortality? How is it that in 1970, I still hear these two absurd words?"
Xu Yancheng watched Qi Chang'an's face grow increasingly agitated, and finally he patiently explained, "If I remember correctly, you once told me the story of King Mu of Zhou seeking the Queen Mother of the West for the secret of immortality on the battlefield."
"And the mural painted on the gate of the ancient tomb should be this one."
"It's just that I think the gate of the ancient tomb is very new. It doesn't look old, but new."
Qi Changan changed into a comfortable sitting position and motioned Xu Yancheng to sit opposite him. "You mean, the people from the Blood Skull Organization made a fake ancient tomb door, and it's engraved with the story of the Queen Mother of the West?"
"Yes!" Xu Yancheng took out a cloth bag from his arms and handed it to Qi Changan. Qi Changan opened it and found some white marble fragments.
He crushed it with his hand and said, "You know what, it doesn't look old at all."
Xu Yancheng nodded and continued to explain, "The material used is exactly the same as the floor in that house, so I inferred that they wanted to use this ancient tomb to replicate a ritual."
"As for the miasma, it's probably because the Blood Skull people think there's some secret about immortality in this mountain. Perhaps this secret is related to the miasma."
"If we pretend to set up an archaeological team and excavate the ancient tomb, the people of Blood Skull will definitely be restless."
"By then, what about the God of Day and the God of Night..."
Qi Changan had already understood Xu Yancheng's intentions and suddenly realized, "You mean, to lure the snake out of its hole, then catch the turtle in the jar and catch them all in one fell swoop?"
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