Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Meteorite

Through observation, the original entrance to this underground stone chamber should have been made of many bluestones.

However, according to the current excavations, the stones piled up at the entrance have collapsed and blocked.

"Why do the people of Loulan love to engage in underground stone chambers so much, and the ruins of Niya are also underground stone chambers." Lu Qinglian looked at the entrance of the secluded underground stone chamber and said.

"Maybe it's because the underground space is more resistant to wind and sand." Lin Feng said guessingly.

"Wouldn't there be the bones of the Loulan people buried underground?" Lu Qinglian said with a look of surprise on her face.

"Haha, no, the people of Loulan don't like tombs in the form of underground palaces. Moreover, the cemetery of the Loulan royal family has already been discovered by the world, which is the world-famous [Xiaohe cemetery]. Director Zhang replied with a smile.

Soon, the sturdy warriors cleared the blocked rocks and yellow sand at the entrance, and used tools to support and reinforce the entrance.

"After testing, the air in the underground stone chamber is not suitable for breathing, and I recommend using the air pump equipment to change the air in the stone chamber several times." Director Zhang said after testing the air composition in the underground stone chamber.

Everyone agreed, and they all waited for the dawn and the progress of the air circulation work with excitement

In the early morning, the color of the eastern sky changes as the stars fade away. Gradually, near the horizon, a golden arc broke through the morning light and rose from the horizon.

Because Yuan Haochen and the others were excited, they basically didn't have much sleep last night, and they sat on a small sand dune not far from the entrance of the underground stone chamber before dawn and waited.

"Finally, the sun rises, let's go see the progress of the air circulation." Yuan Haochen looked at the morning light on the horizon and said.

At the entrance to the underground stone chamber, the air pump equipment has been roaring all night.

Company Commander Wang Wei was standing on the side of the air pump at this time chatting with a few young soldiers, and burst into laughter from time to time.

"Hello Company Commander Wang, you have come to guide the work so early." Lu Qinglian said politely.

"You little babies are also very energetic, come here so early." Company Commander Wang said with a smile on his face, "I'll tell you a good news, the air quality in the underground stone chamber has been much better." After breakfast, I guess we can go on a treasure hunt. ”

"That's great." Everyone said in a good mood.

After breakfast, everyone rested for a while, and then gathered again at the entrance of the underground stone chamber.

At this time, the air pump equipment has stopped working, and after testing, the air quality in the underground stone chamber is close to a good level.

However, for safety reasons, it is not recommended to let two girls go on an adventure. As a result, Lu Qinglian, Chen Xi, and four other soldiers stayed on the ground to do a good job in logistics and security.

Everything was ready, and Yuan Haochen and the others finally stepped into the entrance of the underground stone chamber.

Descending the entrance, there is a dark stone staircase with three turnbacks, each of which is covered with sand and dust, and a heavy smell of dust permeates the air.

The stone stairs stretched to the height of about three floors underground, and as the crowd went deeper, the light above them gradually became swallowed up by darkness.

When they reached the last stone staircase, they finally reached the point of the underground stone chamber.

The searchlight line in everyone's hands danced wildly, and they quickly roughly figured out the approximate area of the underground stone chamber.

This underground chamber is much larger than the one in the ruins of Nya, covering an area about the size of a standard football field.

The floor of the stone chamber is covered with a layer of fine dust, and it is clear that it has been silent for nearly two thousand years.

Company Commander Wang asked several soldiers to install a high-power magnesium lamp at each of the four corners of the stone room.

The lights were turned on, and the underground stone chamber was clearly displayed in front of everyone in an instant.

"There, it's [Flying Stones]!" Lin Feng stretched out his finger to the center of the stone chamber and shouted excitedly.

Everyone looked at the situation, and a stone about three meters long and about one meter wide and high was sitting majestically on a square stone platform.

The light extending from the four corners shrouded the entire stone in a halo of light, making it even more mysterious.

The dust of time and history had already fallen on the [Flying Stone Beyond the Sky], and it was impossible to distinguish its essential color at this moment.

In the south-facing part of the [Flying Stones Outside the Sky], there is a polished plane, although it is covered with dust, but the eight large Chinese characters of "Ordered by the sky, both longevity and Yongchang" are still clearly visible

Soon, a large number of astonishing discoveries were discovered, including a large number of Chinese and Luwen wooden tablets, paper documents, exquisite silk and wool fabrics, and unique wood carvings.

In addition, on the stone walls around the stone chamber, a large number of stone inscriptions were found again, which recorded the last period of Loulan's long history.

At the foot of the Altun Mountains, Lop Nur used to be a rich land of rippling lakes and flocks of wild birds, but now it has become a desert and salt.

As the years passed, the sediment from the Tarim River and the Peacock River gradually collected at the mouth of Lop Nur, and the sediment accumulated more and more, silting up the river, and the Tarim River and the Peacock River found a new way to flow to the low-lying areas, forming new lakes.

In the hot climate, the old lake gradually evaporated and became a desert, and water is the source of life for all things in Loulan City.

The northward movement of the water of Lop Nur Lake made the water source of Loulan City thirsty, the trees died, and a large number of citizens abandoned the city.

As the climate deteriorated, a terrible infectious disease began to invade Loulan, and one village became ill and one family died.

In the face of the huge disaster, the people of Loulan chose to flee.

The country of Loulan has collapsed, people blindly go up the Tarim River, where there are trees and water, they will go, where they can live, they will go, how many can live, how many can live, Loulan people want to cry without tears.

When they were on the road, they were catching up with the unprecedented wind and sand, it was a large formation buried in the sky, the sky was dark, the sand was flying and the stones were flying, the sound was like a ghost, and a city was scattered in the mud and blur......

As soon as the news of the excavation of the underground stone chamber of the ancient city of Loulan was announced, it immediately shocked the world.

In the next few days, a large number of archaeologists flocked to the long-dormant ruins of Loulan, the most important discovery in the archaeological community after the discovery of the ruins of the ancient city of Loulan by the Swedish explorer Sven Hedin in 1900.

Compared with many cultural relics and historic sites, Yuan Haochen is of course more concerned about the long-sought [Flying Stone from the Sky].

Because the overall volume of the [Flying Stone Outside the Sky] is relatively large, the scientific expedition team really spent a lot of cost and energy to ship it to the ground

On a sunny afternoon, on a large transport truck, the [Flying Stones] had been carefully loaded, ready to be transported back to the School of Astronomy of Tsinghua University for further research.

"Hao Chen, the archaeological work of the ancient city of Loulan is not over yet, and Director Zhang and I will continue to stay at the ruins, so we can't accompany you back to school." Lin Feng stood in front of the car and said with emotion.

"Lin Feng, I wish you all the best to complete your archaeological work as soon as possible and make major discoveries." Yuan Haochen said with a smile.

"This major discovery of the ancient kingdom of Loulan, you have made great contributions." Lin Feng patted Yuan Haochen on the shoulder and said sincerely, "Thank you, and I look forward to your next research on the [Flying Stone from the Sky] to make new breakthroughs." “

"Definitely, take care of yourself, we'll go first." Yuan Haochen, Lu Qinglian and Chen Xi waved goodbye to the handsome Lin Feng again.

With everyone's farewell, the transport vehicle finally roared towards the edge of the desert