"The ruins of the ancient city have fallen into the yellow sand again, and there is not much to expose the ground, and if there are two more such big winds and sand, I am afraid that this nameless ancient city will disappear into the desert."

Ning An sighed slightly, I don't know how many past events have been buried in the desert, and the only thing that remains unchanged is this yellow sand.

Professor Chen was very calm and said slowly: "Even if it is all buried in the yellow sand, it does not mean that it will be buried forever, as the wind moves the desert, I don't know how many years later, it will see the light of day again."

Just as we archaeologists have passed down from generation to generation, and when I, the old man, is gone, there are naturally other people who always have to develop. ”

"Hehe, Professor Chen's realm is high, the kid is not as good as you!" Speaking of which, Ning An admires Professor Chen, unlike Hao Aiguo, working with him will definitely lose a lot of fun, and it will be very boring.

Not only that, Ning An also learned a lot from Professor Chen, such as this spirit of infinite enthusiasm in a limited life.

And Hao Aiguo, who was directing the students to dig the stone man, had already dug up the thigh of the stone man at the moment, and everyone was watching around, An Liman took advantage of the weakening wind to go out to take care of the camels hiding under the city wall.

Hu Bayi took out some dry food from his bag and watched while eating, this time he followed the archaeological team into the desert, in addition to seeing if there were any large ancient tombs, he also wanted to learn some archaeological experience from these experts.

Wang Fatzi came to Ning An's side, took a big bite of jerky, and said nonchalantly: "Don't say it, this Hao Aiguo is quite decent!" At least seriously. ”

Ning An pouted: "Then you think that people are archaeological experts, learn from you!" ”

"Tap, tap! Don't break the text of the stone carving! "Hao Aiguo is very rigorous, that is, commonly known as an old pedant, and there is no room for sand in his eyes.

Because he was afraid of damaging the carvings on the stone man, he only dug up the sand on the periphery with a sapper shovel, and then cleaned it up little by little with a flat shovel and a brush, digging up part of it and cleaning part of it, and at the same time making various records.

Professor Chen's health was fine, and he kept explaining to Ning An during the period: "This time is to let students practice their hands and increase some internship experience, and the on-site internship in archaeology is equally important." ”

After a while, he cleaned up the base of the stone statue, this giant pupil stone figure was wearing a beard robe, his arms drooped, and his body was carved with many patterns, which seemed to be Tantric scriptures.

"The text has never been deciphered, but we think it should be some kind of symbol or code that records some information about ancient religions," Professor Chan said.

As for why these symbols were carved on the stone figures, it may be related to the sacrificial behavior, but there is no relevant literature, murals, historical records and other related materials, and it is speculation so far. ”

Sa Dipeng listened to the professor's speculation and asked: "Professor, the shape of this stone figure is very different from ordinary people, I think there is such a possibility, there was a religion of worshipping aliens in ancient times, after they have seen aliens...... Maybe the symbols on these stone men are an alien language. ”

Ning An almost laughed, this kid really has a soft spot for aliens, but he didn't know that an alien was standing in front of him!

Hao Aiguo criticized him: "Xiao Sa! How many times have I told you, there are no aliens, treat history, treat archaeology, be serious. ”

Professor Chen did not get angry, but showed a kind smile and interrupted Hao Aiguo's words: "It's not a bad thing to have imagination, and it's good to have an active mind."

When we archaeology and study history, we must follow a principle, bold assumptions, and cautious verification, which is also the fun of archaeology.

Let's take this giant pupil stone statue as an example, the ancient people liked to judge the good fortune and evil through astronomical phenomena, every night when they look at the starry sky, will they hope that their eyes can see farther?

When making stone statues, do you add this desire to you? This possibility is very high, Sanxingdui in Sichuan has also unearthed some statues, the eyes are long and extended, conservatively speaking, this is very likely to entrust an ancient expression of the exploration of the unknown. ”

When Ning An heard this, he couldn't help but admire that the professor had a level, and he didn't use big reasons to oppress people, compared to Professor Chen, Hao Aiguo's realm was much worse.

If before, Ning An was still skeptical of aliens, but now, he is very sure of the existence of aliens.

Passing through this kind of ethereal things happened to him, not to mention any aliens, not to mention that Ning An himself is one...

What was engraved on the giant pupil statue was nothing more than an ordinary prayer, and Ning An couldn't find its source, but Ning An was not disappointed.

For 5,000 years of Chinese civilization, all the classics have been handed down, and these symbols were obviously eliminated in that era.

The meaning expressed above is very clear and there is no difficulty for Ning An, but Ning An does not plan to tell Professor Chen the specific content.

Archaeological work is a kind of exploration of the unknown, if Ning An tells them bluntly, it will not be a lack of fun.

Because it is human instinct to explore the unknown, Ning An has a proficient language, which is certainly a lot more convenient, but it also loses some things.

At least some things are not as mysterious as they imagined, and sometimes the mysterious world they look forward to is just their own beautiful vision.

This kind of gap is actually quite devastating.

After some careful exploration by the archaeological team, the matter of the giant pupil stone statue also came to an end, and An Liman made a fuss for a while and there was no follow-up......

At this time, Anliman jumped in through the hole in the roof in the wind and sand and said, "The sandstorm is almost over, it will clear in less than half an hour, Allah willing." ”

Ning An automatically ignored Allah coming out of An Liman's mouth, and looked at it, the sand had almost swallowed the outer city wall, and if he scraped for another two hours, he would be buried alive here today.

With An Liman's words, everyone completely let go of their hanging hearts, the students listened attentively to Professor Chen's lecture, and Hu Bayi made tea on the fire, ready for everyone to leave the road after drinking.

Suddenly, several people surrounding the giant pupil stone statue suddenly screamed in unison, and they all jumped backwards, and some shouted: "Ah! Why are there so many big ants? ”

When Ning An looked at it, he saw a large bag of sand and soil under the stone man's feet, like a fountain embracing countless big ants.

His pupils shrank, and Ning An knew that this was a ruthless character in the desert - the desert marching ant!

Wang Fatzi slapped with a shovel, and killed hundreds of them at once, but at the same time, thousands of them emerged from the sand. It's dense, and it makes people's scalps tight.

Soon, more than a dozen large holes appeared in the ground, and more and more ants crawled out of them, each with a pitch-black body, a red tail, red and black, like a tide countless.

An Liman glanced at it and turned his head and ran outside, not remembering his previous promise at all, the fat man still wanted to shoot with a sapper shovel, but Ning An hurriedly pulled him back.

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She anxiously shouted to the crowd, "Climb out of the roof, this is the desert marching ant, if you slow down, you will be gnawed into white bones." ”。

said that it was too late, and Ning An found that these archaeological team members were astonishingly fast, and jumped out of the broken window in a puff of smoke.

Glancing at the ants on the ground, Ning An sighed secretly: It's a pity, I originally wanted to catch some to taste, but now it seems that there is no hope, and I also "escaped".