Chapter 1: An Unknown Harvest
Inscription: Humanity's greatest fear comes from choosing an unpredictable future.
When Professor Luo first touched it, he didn't know that he had changed the fate of everyone on this shijie. Of course, it was impossible for him to think about this at that time, because for a scholar, any superfluous thoughts are replaced by joy in his heart when faced with new discoveries.
This discovery was so important to Professor Luo that ten years of research and five years of in-depth investigation finally discovered it deep in the jungles of South America. Although the process was very difficult, he was satisfied that he was able to achieve such a result.
"Louie, wrap it carefully. Don't break it. ”
Although Professor Luo said this, his eyes did not turn to his protégé, Louis. Durand. His eyes were completely drawn to the amber in front of him.
It is important to know that amber is produced by the condensation of small animals after the oil flowing from ancient trees wraps them. Generally, it takes tens of thousands of years for a piece of natural amber to form. The craft of making artificial amber also exists, but that was Jishu after modern times.
But the amber stone in front of you is clearly an ancient work of art. Because it was surprisingly large, the size of an adult man's fist, and it was not a small animal, but a piece of metal of unknown kind. There are many symbols engraved on this metal plate, and it is too small to tell if it is a text or not.
Louis was also attracted by the antiquity, but he also heard what the teacher said, and immediately approached Professor Luo to carefully wrap the amber in cloth, and then slowly wrapped the cloth into the travel bag.
"Professor, do you think it's really a relic of the Lukus?" Louis asked Professor Luo beside him while zipping up the zipper of his travel bag.
"Well, it should be right, you see that the murals in this cave are indeed in the style of the ancient Mayans, and judging from the text of this altar, it can be judged that it is used by the Luku tribe, a branch of the Mayans, during the sacrifice." Professor Luo looked around and pointed to the altar and continued to explain: "You see, this kind of ring decoration should only exist in the prosperous period of the Luku people three thousand years ago, but the specific year will have to wait for us to go back and determine it by the method of carbon 14 determination. ”
Louis scratched his brown curls, his once red face now covered with dust from the depths of the cave. He paused and asked, "Professor, I want to ask you, is there anything special about this amber?" I see that you have not dared to disturb you for a long time, but I must remind you that the important cultural relics have been loaded, just waiting for you to go out, we are about to leave for home. ”
"Oh, that's it! Actually, it's nothing, maybe it's intuition, I always think this thing is unusual, maybe it can lead us to the answer we have been needing. ”
"Then this should be a relict of the Lukus? But what about the weishenme to bury it under the altar instead of placing it in an important place on the altar? Louis asked curiously.
"I don't know, maybe Luku recognizes some kind of ritual, or maybe it's something that isn't Luku. Maybe it's older. Forget it, there's no point in thinking about it here, let's go back and do more in-depth research. After speaking, Professor Luo stood up and patted the dust on his body, motioning for Louis to follow him out of the cave.
The sun outside is a bit harsh, and the humidity in the rainforest is a little breathless. Professor Luo, who had been working in the cave for a day and a night, suddenly felt a little overwhelmed at this time. Tiredly, he climbed into the open-top jeep, casually asked the local driver in Spanish what time it was, and when he learned that it was just after noon, he let Louis take charge and rest with his eyes closed in the back seat. But instead of falling asleep, he thought about a lot of things.