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Climbing through the air holes above the gate, they descended into the interior of the temple. Along the way, many antiquities related to the Byzantine Empire were collected. For example, a gold coin embossed with the motif of the city of Kit, and a beautiful pendant of a cross in cast gold. It can be seen that this is a product of the prosperous era of Kit City. The city's metalsmiths have gradually developed their own style, but are still heavily influenced by Byzantine craftsmanship.

The most significant discovery came from a fresco. Entitled "Lessons of Loyalty". This fresco details the Prophet's escape from Constantinople. It turns out that the Prophet was also once very popular in Constantinople and was even received by the emperor. However, after the death of the previous emperor, the new emperor did not trust him and wanted to take away the sacred source he was in charge of. Therefore, the Prophet fled from the imperial capital with his followers.

Laura whispered those old sayings: "...... There is an Imperial Guard that has decided to pledge allegiance to the Prophet, and they are the chilling undead legion. ”

Nan Xiao was touched. The story of "the undead legion, the army of the undead......" always sounds familiar.

There are larger works near the temple. As they walked through the underground cavern hall, they discovered a large cistern. Obviously, this was part of the Kit City Water Supply Project that year. Among the followers of the Prophet were master craftsmen. They were very clever in their thinking, using underground rivers to build cisterns and water supply roads, and using wide stone ditches to divert clean underground ice spring water to Kit City and supply the entire city.

"We should go along the waterway," Laura suggested, "and the aqueduct must be to Kit City." If the Holy Trinity has the same goal as us, then we will be able to intercept them in Kit City. ”

Nan Xiao fully agrees with this judgment.

The simple raft was launched, and after rowing along the waterway for a while, the two went ashore to the right.

The mouth of the waterway in front of him was sealed by a wall, and Nan Xiao took out the RPG......

Violently blasting open the mouth of the waterway, the raft moved on. Inside is a hall filled with water, which is supposed to be the main building of the underground cistern. Standing here, one cannot but admire the ingenuity of the Byzantine craftsmen thousands of years ago. They didn't learn about modern dam construction, but they thought about everything, including flood gates.

"The mouth of the waterway out of here is there," Nan Xiao pointed underwater, "but it's also sealed." ”

"What should I do?"

Nan Xiao was confident: "We can use the flood gate. ”

When the flood gate is opened, the water level slowly drops, and the mouth of the blocked waterway in the middle is exposed. An RPG explodes, and there is a pathway.

Leaving the underground cistern and returning to the surface, the first thing they saw was an abandoned Soviet building.

It is a completely abandoned building, with no trace of the Holy Trinity. There were even air-dried corpses of Soviet soldiers hanging on the doors.

It looks like a copper smelter, but halfway through the digging a huge underground canal, it was converted into an archaeological facility. Laura finds a document dated 1970.

"Comrades, this report will detail an unprecedented discovery. Our deep miners in the mountains of Liberty Base have dug a huge cavern filled with incredible ruins and artifacts. The local workers who were called up seemed very anxious and very resistant to further excavation of the ruins. They must know the story behind this. We will continue to dig and look forward to a major surprise. ”

A major surprise was the sudden revolt of the locals who had been called up to dig the pit and killed the Soviets. And the news doesn't seem to be getting out. The Soviet government did not seem to know that ancient ruins had been found here, and only thought it was a copper miners' riot. And the copper mine has been almost completely depleted, and perhaps this is why the Soviets gave up.

Digging deeper into the base, both were amazed at the scale of the time. The Soviets dug deep, probably initially just for the copper mines, and later along the ruins of the city.

It was very messy, and there were traces of the riots everywhere. Many of the corpses were lying on the bed, and one even had an axe trapped in it. It seems that the remnants of the people who had been called up to dig the pits rioted at night, cleverly taking advantage of the time when the Soviets were sleeping.

In a factory, Nan Xiao and Laura witnessed how the Soviets who had surrendered were executed.

The factory building of several hundred square meters is full of dried corpses. They all tied their hands behind their backs, and a rope around their necks, and they dangled like that. The climate here is dry and cold, and the corpses are well preserved. The remnants hurriedly hanged everyone, not sparing any of them.

After inspecting the pits left by the excavation, Laura was a little excited. "We're on the right path, we're approaching the center of the city," she said, "and the Soviets, they must have dug up very important ruins to provoke the locals to resist desperately." You see, so many people died, and they wanted to kill all the Soviets at any cost, so that the secrets would not leak out. ”

Laura was right. It didn't take long for them to find a tunnel that had been dug up. There are some abandoned large excavation equipment inside, very hairy, very violent aesthetic. Along the way are the bones of Soviet soldiers, and of course there are many local costumes. There must have been a fierce battle here to the end, with bullet marks on those beautiful Byzantine-style columns.

From the body of a Soviet officer, Laura found a package of documents.

"September 17, 1970, Operation Liberty Base Report. What we found seemed to be the ruins of the legendary Kit City. Judging from the excavated artifacts, many of them record a savior-like figure. If the experts are correct, it is a prophet who fled Byzantium around the 10th century. The inscription states that the prophet possessed a powerful antiquity. We'll dig deeper. ”

The other was dated about a month later: "On October 13th, we brought the heavy work equipment into the aisle. Even if we had to break down those old doors and walls, we would have to enter the heart of the city. Hundreds of ancient artifacts have been discovered and recorded. Two soldiers are missing. I personally interrogated the suspected local workers, and they flatly denied it. We executed the workers, but we still couldn't calm the situation. Locals are rapidly becoming hostile, and I fear that the situation will soon spiral out of control. ”

The officer's hunch was correct. Locals grabbed guns and launched raids at night. He led his soldiers to hold the passage and tried to control the situation.

The third document was dated 12 December, and the officer's tone became desperate. "The communication system has been disrupted...... he wrote, "and it may be futile to continue sending messages, but it is my duty that I cannot stop this work." The locals are completely rioting, they are numerous, and they have been planning for a long time. We are trapped here, with neither food nor water. I ordered my comrades to prepare for evacuation. We had a train and it helped us get out. ”

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