Act 16 Sense of Crisis
Cao Yu took the diamond-shaped obsidian from Bai Gang's hand and looked at it carefully.
"It looks like it's made by hand, but the workmanship is very rough, and it is estimated that the level of civilization here will not be very high."
"I'd better leave this kind of thing to the experts, maybe it's thousands of years ago."
Although Bai Gang's mouth said so, he knew the origin of this obsidian.
Based on the memories of his previous life, he knew that this obsidian was not uncommon in the valleys north of Cape Stormwind, and was part of the coffin of the Otherworldly, and that there must have been a coffin where the obsidian was found. The natives of the Atlas also used coffins in the same way as Earth, but did not like to erect monuments, instead using a diamond-shaped obsidian stone that had been polished and carved with heraldic or text.
According to archaeological experts, this diamond-shaped obsidian appears to be a status symbol. The higher the status of the deceased's diamond-shaped obsidian, the more finely polished, and the more complex and clear the family coat of arms; Conversely, if the deceased was a civilian, the diamond-shaped obsidian was usually just roughly polished and carved with rudimentary text.
For example, the one found by White Steel is obsidian that belongs to civilians.
However, unlike the other rejoicing people, who had made so much effort to come to the Bone Wilderness, White Steel certainly didn't want more than just such an obsidian.
"Everybody is looking around and seeing if they can find anything more."
In fact, there was no need for the white steel order at all, and the others had already begun to search around. However, the five people almost rummaged through the nearby ground and did not find a second valuable thing, which made Bai Gang very strange, usually civilians are not qualified to enter the regular cemetery, most of them are buried in the mass graves in the wild, there is obsidian means that there will be a coffin nearby, but now there is no trace of the coffin.
"How could it not be?"
The habit of the people of the other world is also to settle in the earth, although the terrain here is lower, it is not a riverbed, and it is impossible for obsidian to be washed away by the current, so it is impossible to calculate the distance that is very far.
Bai Gang pondered, his eyes slowly drifting to the mound beside him, where there was a sign of collapse. He remembered that in his previous life, he had vaguely heard that the tombs of nobles were all mound-shaped, and the higher the status, the larger the mound, and some would even build underground palaces just like in the game.
"Shouldn't it be here......"
Although the obsidian found does not look like it belongs to the nobles, there is nothing to lose by digging it.
The white steel picked up the shovel and smashed it at the collapsed place on the mound, the soil on the surface of the mound had long been soaked by the rain, and a few shovels went down to dig out a large hole, revealing the black rotten wooden planks inside.
"Sure enough, it's here!"
Dropping the shovel, he double-checked the camera on the helmet that was responsible for recording - the helmets issued by the exploration troops all had cameras built into them to record video, and the video footage of a major discovery like this was required to be as detailed as possible.
After confirming that there was no problem with the camera, the white steel began to clean up the surrounding dirt.
The mud of the mound was soaked in rainwater, and it was easy to clean up, and it didn't take long for the full picture of the rotting wooden planks erected on the sides of the mound to be revealed—a central indentation that fits the obsidian in a tight but empty space clearly indicates the origin of the diamond-shaped obsidian.
Another major discovery, which should have been a cause for rejoicing, but no one else but Baigang could not be happy.
"This thing...... It can't be a coffin, right? So unlucky? Zhou Baixue looked at the thing in front of him, no matter how he looked at it, it looked like a coffin on the earth.
"At least I think, do you want to open it?" Lei Yiming asked.
"I think it's better to bring it back whole." Cao Yu frowned and said, "The whole thing is definitely worth more, but the problem is ......"
Bai Gang said with a sad face: "But the question is how to bring it back completely." ”
God knows how long the plank had been soaked in water, and it was rotting throughout, and when I was cleaning up the dirt, I accidentally scraped the sawdust twice and it fell like snow, and it was almost impossible to transport it to the base completely if it were moved.
In addition, the wooden board is just the coffin lid, the coffin body is a sarcophagus, and it is also the favorite material of the people in the other world, according to the different status of the people, the stone used is also different, the nobles are a huge stone chiseled out, the commoners do not have so much financial resources, will choose the stone slab splicing or use clay glue crushed stone chips to make a sarcophagus.
The sarcophagus in front of me is made of broken stone fragments, God knows how it is glued, and whether it will break when touched.
What's more, if you're not mistaken, there should be a skeleton in this sarcophagus, an undead skeleton that will reincarnate into a skeleton soldier! Bai Gang didn't know how these undead were awakened in the first place, in his previous life, when he arrived in the other world, he was already full of undead here, but no matter how careful he was, there was no big mistake.
Zhou Baixue approached the wooden board and tapped it lightly twice, just this slight movement left a dent on it, which made her frown. There is no doubt that the question of which is more valuable than a complete coffin or a pile of broken stone and wood is not at all to be entangled in.
I really couldn't think of any safe way to move, Zhou Baixue turned around and said to Bai Gang: "Sir, if there is really no way to carry it, I suggest that the base send someone over to excavate directly in the same place." ”
"That's the safest option, but this damn storm is too bad for wireless communications, and the quickest way to contact the base is to go back to the supply station and use the wired network inside. I can't believe that the base has not yet built the relay station and sent us out in a hurry, I am really not afraid of accidents! ”
Bai Gang still wanted to bring the coffin back to the base directly instead of recruiting people, he knew very well the danger of this bone wilderness! Even the exploration forces may not be able to guarantee their own safety without defense, let alone the researchers who spend all day in the laboratory.
Cao Yu said: "Anyway, let's look around carefully first, maybe not only the coffin can also find some other burial goods." ”
Lei Yiming looked at Bai Gang very unpleasantly, but he still gave face to the hard-working and meticulous deputy captain Cao Yu.
"That's right, if there's a coffin here, there's bound to be something else."
After speaking, Cao Yu and Lei Yiming turned around and walked towards the armored car, ready to get some more tools to get down, and then Bai Gang and He Qi also followed.
Zhou Baixue, who was at the end, planned to chase after Bai Gang, but as soon as he stepped forward, a sense of crisis came from behind!