Luo Xu was still taking a few people to visit the underground base, while on the other side of the world, Mexico, was already in a state of night.

Tate squatted, his eyes were only a dozen centimeters off the ground, and although the temperature at night was only seven or eight degrees Celsius, he was unaware. On the contrary, under the state of low temperature, all kinds of cold conditions not only did not bother him, but also kept sweating from his forehead.

He picked up the chisel and the camel hair brush and carefully drew out a T-shaped fragment, which was only a few inches long, about a centimeter thick, thin and brittle, as if it would crumble easily with a pinch of his hand, which made Tate more careful in the excavation work, and tried to make his movements as gentle and cautious as possible.

"Hey, Tate!"

Tate looked up, and the blinding light made him blink, only to see that it was his teammate Bial walking next to him.

"Did you find anything?" Biar, who was not close to Tate's work site, asked from the edge a few meters away.

"It could have been a cup made of obsidian, but unfortunately it was broken."

Tate's tone was a little regretful.

At the moment, he now works in a wasteland more than 60 kilometers west of Mexico's capital, Mexico City, in a barren land that feels like a different world. The heavily weathered and undulating hillsides, the limestone formations that have turned to sand and debris, the occasional sparse bush, and the occasional cold mountain breeze all show that this is not a wasteland suitable for human survival.

But in the underground of this wasteland, there are hidden relics of ancient civilizations covered in sand and stones, and what they are doing overnight is to excavate a relic left by the Aztec civilization. The Aztecs were the last players on the stage of ancient Mexican culture, they created the glorious Aztec civilization, and ushered in the most prosperous period of the Aztec people, but unfortunately the glorious civilization of the Aztecs was finally destroyed by the hands of the Spanish colonizers, and its history was cut off from then on. Nowadays, people can only learn about that ancient civilization that existed in history through archaeological excavations.

"That's not bad, we've been working there for a long time and haven't found anything." Biar shrugged, pointed to the camp in the distance and said, "Do you want to rest first?" ”

"Nope." Tate shook his head, "We're running out of work time this time, and if we don't hurry up, we may not be able to complete this plan." ”

"The doctors have gone to rest, so why do you have to work alone? What's more, the camp has just delivered a batch of beer, and there is nothing left when it is late. Biar turned and left: "If you want to come, come quickly, maybe I'll keep a drink for you." ”

"Okay." Tate squinted his eyes at the wilderness shrouded in night, free of light pollution and industrial air pollution, and the sky he saw here was full of stars that spread across the sky, making it difficult to turn back at a glance.

Tate continued to brush away the dust with a camel hair brush, picked up the fragment with his left hand wearing white rubber gloves, and looked closely, after hundreds of years of burial, this relic, which represents the rich culture of the Aztec civilization, has lost its recognizable traces, leaving only a black appearance, inconspicuous, if it falls anywhere else, it may be treated as the most ordinary stone. But Tate knew it was different, and that the obsidian shard might be part of a relic somewhere.

Sighing, Tate put the pieces in a plastic bag and kept them, walked out of the excavation site, first sorted out the tools, and then walked alone towards the outside of the camp, walking dozens of meters away, the impact of the camp light was already weak, he pulled down the zipper of his pants, and began to solve personal problems.

But before the personal problem was half solved, Tate suddenly felt that something was wrong, for some reason, the ground under his feet was trembling slightly, and before he could react, there was a sudden "boom" sound in the direction of the camp excavating the monuments.

What's going on?

With the thought in his mind, and unable to solve his personal problems, Tetra chained up his trousers and looked back to see that the lights in the camp were fine, but the lights at the excavation site had been extinguished.

Not good! Something happened!

Tate hurried to the excavation site, the chaotic noise was endless, apparently this unusual movement also disturbed the people in the camp, several pillars of light shot over, it seemed that someone had come with a flashlight to check the situation.

"Tate, Tate, where are you?"

Back at the excavation site, I heard someone shouting in the noise, and the voice seemed to be Biar's, and Tate responded, "I'm here." ”

The lamppost swept over, and a person hurriedly walked over: "Are you okay?" What the hell is going on? ”

"I don't know." Tate explained: "I just came. ”

The pillar of light swept around, and more than a dozen members of the archaeological excavation team all came, but the searchlight was never turned on again.

"Stupid, stupid, what are you doing? Why don't you fix the fault soon? Go, go and get the other spotlight in the tent. The owner of the voice was visibly angry, and his tone was almost thunderous, and Tate and Biall knew it was Dr. Mande's voice as soon as they heard it.

"Oh no, the doctor is angry again, I hope it doesn't be a group that goes wrong." Bial said he was worried, but he gloated a little.

Tate shook his head and was silent, he was a little puzzled, the ground shook and exploded just now, it didn't look like the result of a problem with the machine, if he had to say what it was, he couldn't think of it,

The excavation site was also hundreds of square meters, and it was impossible to detect any problems with the help of a flashlight for a while, and it was only after a few minutes that another spotlight was set up to restore the light of the excavation site.

Under the light, the air was full of dust, and it seemed that the vibration just now and a loud sound had stirred up a lot of dust on the ground. At this time, it was reported that all the lighting wiring that had been placed here had been burned, and Dr. Mande angrily asked why, but everyone looked at each other, and no one could answer his question.

Tate circled around the excavation site and returned to the place where he worked, his eyes swept casually, but he couldn't help but be stunned. Tate had no doubts about his memory, and if something happened, even after a few months, he would be able to tell the situation clearly, so he knew that when he left here, there was absolutely nothing in the place where he worked, absolutely nothing!

But now, when he looked there, he saw that there was something calmly placed in the place where there was nothing.

"W-What's going on?"

Tate was taken aback, and hurriedly walked over to take a closer look, and it was actually a mask made of wood, with hollow eyes and a hollow mouth, unremarkable, as if it were a child's toy. However, with such a strange way of appearing, how could Tate think it was just a toy!

"There shouldn't be anything in this place?"

Tate frowned slightly, could it be that other teammates came over and put it here when he left? But who would make such a joke? Want to scare someone with this stuff? How is this possible!

Stretched out his right hand to pick up the wooden mask, but when his fingers were still a few centimeters away from the mask, he suddenly stopped, Tate's psychology suddenly gave birth to a trace of uneasiness, hesitated, shook his head to dispel the uneasiness, opened his fingers and grabbed the mask.

Nothing happened.

The light of a searchlight was too faint to cover the whole field, Tate pointed the flashlight at the mask, rubbed the mask with the lower edge of his palm, and the rough feeling of the wood came back from the sensitive skin, it was obviously a product of poor production and materials, with almost no value. Such shoddy stuff won't sell for more than five dollars on e**ay, and it may even go unnoticed.

And the style of this mask can also make Tate sure that it has nothing to do with the Aztec civilization that is being excavated now, so it is certain that either the rest of the team took advantage of his prank when he left, or the team accidentally fell. Thinking of this, Tate picked up the mask and walked out of the No. 3 excavation site, just in time to meet the approaching Biar.

"Dude, let's go."

Waving his hand, Bial said: "It seems that in a few hours, a group of guys can't fix those machines, you don't know, how wonderful the doctor's expression is, even the diesel generator set has failed, and a group of guys are unlucky this time." ”

"Well, I guess the beer hasn't been finished yet, right?" Tate and Bial walked in the direction of the camp.

"It hasn't been opened yet."

The two returned to the camp, and some members of the camp composed of more than a dozen tents returned one after another, mostly the personnel of the second and third groups, as for the group, they must have been scolded by the doctor at the excavation site, and it was impossible to sleep tonight.

Along with the beer, there are also Mexico City tortillas, which are mixed with a variety of Mexican sauces. While eating, chatting, by the time everyone was ready to rest, more than forty minutes had passed, and a group of personnel had not returned.

"Alright, I'll go back to sleep first."

Tate said hello, his head was a little dizzy after drinking too much beer, and he beckoned to return to his tent to sleep.

"Wait, dude, is this your thing?"

Patting Tate on the shoulder, Bial picked up the mask on the ground and handed it to him, "When did you buy it?" Is it a gift that you are going to give to your daughter? Oh dude, you're in terrible taste, trust me, girls these days don't like this kind of thing, you should buy some pretty jewelry or a nice hat. ”

Taking the mask, Tate, who was too lazy to talk nonsense, turned around and left, now he just wanted to sleep, but he didn't want to deal with this matter, everything would wait until tomorrow.

Back in the tent at the outermost point, turning on the lights, Tate put down the mask casually, arranged the sleeping bag and wanted to have a good night's sleep, at this moment, the eyes that were about to close their eyes moved somehow to the wooden mask, and they reached out their right hand and picked up the mask. (To be continued.) )