Chapter 07: Fossil Plastics
Africa, in an archaeological institute protected and cordoned off by the modern military.
More than 40 Chinese and foreign archaeological research institutes gathered in the conference room with the highest security factor, and outside the door, two joint special forces guarded every post.
On the only table in the conference room, inside the tempered glass stands a plastic fossil that has just been excavated.
Plastics composed of synthetic resins and additives such as fillers, plasticizers, stabilizers, lubricants, and pigments can be found everywhere in the 21st century, and have become one of the biggest pollution headaches for all mankind.
But the plastic fossils hundreds of millions of years ago are simply going to completely subvert the understanding of human civilization.
"You say, could it be that in the future, human technology has advanced enough to develop a time machine, and through time and space, a piece of plastic was inadvertently left behind hundreds of millions of years ago?"
Immediately, some people speculated: "The possibility of a time machine is very low, if there really is a time machine, it will be devastating for any civilization, I think it is possible that the plastic left by the alien civilization has become a fossil by chance in hundreds of millions of years." ”
This speculation has been silently nodded by many people, and this kind of fantastical thing can only be explained by alien civilizations to be more reasonable.
"Professor Qian, didn't you Huaxia also discovered an ancient relic of a similar civilization not long ago, what do you think of this plastic fossil?" As soon as the words came out, everyone's eyes looked at Professor Qian, the representative of Huaxia.
The speaker was a professor from the United States, who wanted to take the opportunity to let Huaxia share the excavation materials of the No. 4 ancient ruins, he was waiting, waiting for Professor Qian to open his mouth and then take the opportunity to bring it up.
In the face of everyone's eyes, Professor Qian recounted flatly: "In 1846, dinosaur egg fossils were discovered in Provence, and by 1923 it was confirmed that dinosaur egg fossils existed, and we have been exploring the era hundreds of millions of years ago. ”
"Whether it is the age of dinosaurs, or the history of our human civilization, it is speculated and established through archaeological excavations of ruins, but no one knows what the ancient era was, just like the latest civilization we have discovered now, it can be inferred that there was a civilization that was completely extinct in the age of dinosaurs. ”
"No way. A blonde archaeologist stood up excitedly.
Before the age of the dinosaurs, there were civilizations, how could this, how could this be? How could they accept that they would have to dedicate their lives to archaeology?
Professor Qian glanced blankly: "The earth has existed for at least 4.6 billion years, and there is really a civilization that is completely extinct to the point that there is no trace of it, who would know about its existence? Just like many animals and plants, how many people know that they existed?"
"Words can deceive people, historical records can be tampered with, but buried ancient ruins and fossils in the ground will not. At this point, Mi Guo, who discovered and excavated the No. 3 ancient ruins a full year earlier than us, may have more opinions......"
At this time, everyone's eyes looked at the representative of the United States again.
In the end, under the controversy and discussion, the United States agreed to disclose all the information of the No. 3 ancient ruins within the scope, and Huaxia also agreed to share the No. 4 ancient ruins.
The whole process is naturally strictly confidential, and as for what to keep secret, this needs to be decided by the participating countries after secret discussions.
This is enough to subvert the worldview of all mankind, it is too shocking to the world, I would rather only a few people know about it, than let the world turmoil, sometimes ignorance is also a kind of happiness.
Perhaps, this is why the truth is always in the hands of a few.
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In the valley surrounded by towering giant trees and steep groups, due to caution, it took Wang Zhe about half an hour to catch a blood-red arowana more than 30 centimeters long and put it into a rectangular plastic water tank as soon as possible.
It took another half an hour to catch the second one, and the volume was more than thirty centimeters.
Worried that he would suddenly not be able to cross, or that the blood-red Arowana here would suddenly disappear, Wang Zhe chose those larger and more valuable blood-red Arowanas.
Just two blood-red arowanas had already made the plastic water tank a little crowded, Wang Zhe immediately gave up catching the third one, and carried the plastic water tank back to his room and bedroom first.
This process, Wang Zhe took a full twenty minutes, and the whole person was tired and panting, sweating profusely.
"No, it's too tiring, Dad's plastic water tank is placed in the bedroom room, and then the blood red arowana is transported back one by one with a bucket. ”
Wang Zhe said that he would do it, and when he saw that the blood-red arowana in the bucket was dying, he released the blood-red arowana who was dying back into the stream in the spirit of mercy for the fallen leaves.
When Wang Zhe spent more than forty minutes catching the third satisfactory blood-red arowana, he walked to the bank of the stream with a bucket, but was suddenly shocked to find that the original blood-red arowana that was dying was quietly lying in the dive at this time.
The gills of the fish were closed one by one, and when Wang Zhe alarmed it, he flicked his tail and swam slowly and clumsily towards the deep water.
Wang Zhe naturally wouldn't let this miraculously alive blood-red arowana escape, and easily grabbed it, and in the palm of his hand, the originally dying arowana still struggled a little.
"This fish, this stream?"
Wang Zhe had a flash of inspiration in his mind, thought of an incredible possibility, and then hurriedly dug a puddle by the stream to put this blood-red arowana in it, intending to observe and observe.
Wang Zhe didn't catch the fourth blood-red arowana, because the third one was more than forty centimeters, and if it was large, the plastic water tank would be too crowded, and it would be worthless to catch it.
The time went from more than 12 o'clock in the morning to more than three o'clock.
Seeing that the time was still early, Wang Zhe changed his clothes, took a metal cane, a combination of fruit knives and kitchen knives that could be improvised, and firecrackers used to scare wild beasts.
The woods, with fallen leaves, sometimes birdsong, shaded by the foliage, and a little damp and stuffy.
A variety of unknown plant thorns, somewhat similar to the Amazon forest on TV.
"This wood, let's wait until next time to go in, and take a look along the edge. ”
Wang Zhe, who tested the thickness of the fallen leaves with a metal cane, went up along the edge of the woods and the stream.
Rustle rustle......
Suddenly, a few meters away from Wang Zhe, a two-foot-long black centipede appeared in a small patch of grass, and disappeared into the woods along the dirt slope at a very fast speed......
"What kind of species is this centipede, so big? If you catch one and take it to make wine, it is estimated that it will be a big supplement!"
Wang Zhe was taken aback by the sudden appearance of the big centipede, but he was not afraid by the pretense on his body, but thought about whether to bring some professional tools next time, see how to deal with centipedes, and catch a few centipedes to make medicinal wine......
"Buzz~~"
Like a hummingbird-like sound, the mosquito that had always been the size of a baby's fist flew slowly in front of Wang Zhe, stopped and glanced at Wang Zhe, and immediately pounced, and quickly hit it with the metal cane in his hand!
The speed of the oversized mosquito was not fast, and it was killed by Wang Zhe's metal cane at once, stepped forward, and wiped his eyes with his hands.
"My God, there are such big mosquitoes in the world? Wait, could it be that this mosquito, as well as the centipede just now, have been subjected to nuclear radiation?" Wang Zhe suddenly became terrified, all he could think of was that only nuclear radiation could cause biological mutations.
But when you think about it, it's not right, Arowana is very picky about its living environment, and it is impossible to survive in a place of nuclear radiation.
The gentle breeze came to his face, and a strange fragrance that had never been heard before made Wang Zhe couldn't help but take a deep breath and be intoxicated, and the pores of his whole body were dilated.
"It smells so good!"
Wang Zhe, who smelled the fragrance, couldn't help but be curious and took a few steps forward, and soon found a tree full of purple fruits, and there were birds on the branches that had never seen it pecking at the purple fruits.
"This purple fruit should be edible, right?"
Wang Zhe, who smelled the strange fragrance and couldn't help swallowing and swallowing saliva, wanted to pick a few and taste them, but he was afraid of poison, even if there were many unknown birds to eat again, but it was better to be cautious.
"Pick some back first, find a professional organization to test whether there are toxins that damage the human body, and make sure that there is no poison to eat. ”
stepped forward, where he could pick it with his hand, Wang Zhe's bag was filled with more than 20 purple fruits the size of a baby's fist, and seeing that the sun was getting dimmer and dimmer, he hurriedly returned to the boulder and crossed back to his room and bedroom, and waited for the wardrobe to be unable to cross before climbing into bed and sleeping.
"Knock knock~~"
The hurried knock on the door woke up Wang Zhe, who had not slept for long, squinted, and the moment he opened the door, an unexpected person made Wang Zhe suddenly sleepy.