Because the actual archaeological construction is carried out by professionals, our work is more orderly and the progress has not slowed down in the slightest. At the same time, the command also launched the protection of the temporarily suspended probes. There is no precedent for this work, and there is no experience to draw on, and it is completely based on the fact that the engineers who have been working in the desert all year round have estimated the possible damage caused by sandstorms. The center of this idea is sand fixation, and the sand in and around the base is fixed by strong means. Their method is very simple, and it seems feasible, that is, to bring in a large number of iron plates, weld them together, at least so that the sand around the ten sides will not flow when the sandstorm comes, and then build a windshield wall around it.

The most important feature of this plan is that it is extremely feasible. The hoisting system established in the early stage can not only help this project, but also weld together with the iron plate covering the surface to form a double fixation on the ground and in the air, which strengthens the stability of the system.

Their work didn't affect our progress, after all, it was still our work. If there is an impact, it is that the entire base is full of noise, and the air is filled with the pungent smell of welding arcs.

In this complex and chaotic environment, the only people who feel relaxed are those materials science experts, because the current excavation work is compressed and concentrated into one exploration party, and the amount of excavation has plummeted, which has freed those materials scientists. Now there is even time to visit our work.

The work is heavy and intense, not only our work, but also the work of welding iron plates and sand fixation. Excavation and sand fixation stopped at night, and the noise of transporting materials and loading and unloading equipment made us sleep poorly. Everyone in the archaeological team was not in good shape, and their faces were very bad, especially those who were older, and I felt that the strings were too tight and on the verge of collapse.

I was also in a bad state, most notably because I couldn't sleep well at night, and my head was always groggy. One day after dinner, Captain Song Guilong and I walked back from the restaurant together, and the footsteps of both of us were heavy. Song Guilong said to me with a heavy heart: "I've been having nightmares lately, and I can't sleep well at night, and I'm afraid I won't be able to stand it if I continue like this." ”

I'm not like that, but fortunately, I'm young and can survive. I glanced at Song Guilong, who was frowning, and found that his eyes were bloodshot and his face was gray, and it seemed that he had really fought to the limit. Age is unforgiving. "If you really can't do it, just rest for two days, you will have problems if you continue like this. Don't try too hard. I gave him a serious repertoire.

Two days after this conversation, Captain Song collapsed and was rushed to the base camp. That is, the barracks where I signed a non-disclosure agreement.

It is not uncommon to be sent to the base camp for rest or treatment because of injuries. I also expected that in the recent state of affairs, sooner or later some of us will not be able to withstand it. Song Guilong collapsed first, which was also expected by me.

A few days later, Song Guilong came back and was in much better spirits. Xiao Guolin was the same age as him, and seeing that he was recovering well, he teased him enviously: "It's obviously a bitter trick staged for rest." ”

Fortunately, everyone else persevered and did not affect the progress of the project because of injuries.

In mid-December, our exploration was finished, and what appeared in front of us was a fragment of an ancient ruin.

The depth of this exploratory pit is already close to 20 meters. From top to bottom, two-thirds of the bluestone floor, a stone pillar stands on the bluestone floor. On one of the narrow sides of the rectangular exploration pit, there are several fragments of brick and tile walls. There are several walls in it, which can be vaguely seen to be the walls of the house, and on one of the walls, there is a gap of more than a meter, which should be a door.

In the area enclosed by the brick wall, several pieces of broken pottery have been unearthed, and from the point of view of the style, it is obvious that they are household utensils, and the craftsmanship is crude. Other than that, nothing has been unearthed on the entire square-like ground paved with bluestone slabs. In this regard, not only me, but even Captain Zhou and others did not show surprise. After all, in all the excavation processes, the one I took over was the one with the smallest harvest and the least hope of unearthing large artifacts. What is tangled is that the exploration party I presided over was the first to dig out a shovel of cooked soil. This shovel changed the fate of this explorer, and it also changed my fate. Of course, there are many others whose fates have been changed because of this.

After the clean-up work of this exploration party came to an end, the archaeological team members came to the top of the exploration pit and looked down on this fragment of ancient monuments. No one said anything shocking, they all felt that this cultural legacy was amazing, and it was ahead of the culture of the time in many ways. However, this fragment unearthed is too small, and we have no way to make a more specific judgment on it, but this bluestone ground square gives us some associations, that is, this square may be the center of this site. Of course, this can only be speculation based on existing cultures, and it is unknown whether this culture is common to known cultures.

Even so, it is enough to excite us archaeological professionals, and it is very likely that this is a discovery that is different from what is currently known to be a species. Therefore, it has become a top priority to collect the most convincing relics for dating detection. At the same time, the archaeological report was also drafted intensively with me as the main body.

The green bricks on the walls are naturally the most representative and convincing evidence of this remain. When the two bricks were removed, the mud of one brick joint still played a good bonding role, and it took a lot of effort to pry the green brick off. As a result, these bonded binders are also packed separately and sent for testing of their composition.

At this time, our work has come to an end, and the materials science experts, with the cooperation of the engineering troops, moved down some equipment and instruments and started testing. I looked at it, and it was probably a metal detector or something, which should be more powerful than civilian ones. In the early days of site selection and excavation, it is said that this thing was out of the field, and later the exploration party was positioned and excavated, and it withdrew from the stage. Now that the site has surfaced, on an archaeological level, this discovery is shocking because it will overturn some historical common sense and will definitely cause a sensation. Naturally, we are satisfied. But today's results are extremely disappointing for the person in charge of this project, the No. 1 leader here. He was looking for the culture that the iron represented, not the culture that copper or brick represented.

This metal detector, which was very advanced at the time, could detect up to five meters underground. We knew the results of the probe the day after the metal detector entered the pit, because, that afternoon, we had a meeting at the headquarters. The materials specialist in charge of the detection first reported the results of the detection: nothing was found.

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