"I'm just suggesting that the exploration be postponed, but of course, if you still want to go later, you can apply for another archaeological operation." Ji Wenlin saw Professor Hu's unwillingness, but the situation in the ancient city was unclear, at least he had to wait until it was safe to go.

Professor Hu knew that Ji Wenlin's suggestion was the most reasonable, but he always felt that he had come all the way this time, and he was about to leave without even touching the edge, and he was a little unwilling.

"Yes, Professor Hu, you don't know, we just got out of the city wall, good guy, the boom, the dust and smoke can't see anything clearly, and when we were under the underground palace, we did see magma, and there is a volcano below, which is in danger of erupting at any time." Although Yu Feng's words were a bit alarmist, they did want to dispel Professor Hu's idea of going to the ancient city again.

"Well, let's wait until we get back and come back for a while." Professor Hu also saw that these people who had already been there would never want to go back, and after knowing that Tang Yulou had died, he also learned that the danger in the ancient city was probably even more serious than initially estimated.

Although the military department also sent a team of people to escort this archaeological trip, Professor Hu also knew very well that for the task of visiting the tomb in the underground palace, if there were not enough experts in the team, I am afraid that there would be no gain in the end, and it was more likely to add innocent sacrifices, which he did not want to see.

Seeing that Professor Hu finally relented, Yu Feng and the others couldn't help but put their minds at ease, not that they were afraid to go again, but that they felt that the place was not safe at the moment, and that if they went back in a hurry now, there would probably be an accident, and if they went back knowing that there was a problem, it was not brave, but brainless.

After the idea of going to the ancient city again was pressed, then the plan to return to Yun Province was about to be put on the agenda, but because Xiganggou was also very archaeological in this area, Professor Hu finally decided to stay for a while before leaving, and everyone did not object to this, and Lao Gu and his people were also very welcome.

There is a way that there is no nail in the mountain, and the cold does not know the year. For Xia Yanru and his party, life in the mountains is indeed isolated, except for Lao Gu who will bring some news back from the village under the mountain every once in a while, basically they are cooperating with Professor Hu to conduct a detailed survey of Xiganggou.

Through the survey during this time, Professor Hu felt more and more that this trip was worthwhile, and at the same time, he regretted even more that he could not follow Xia Yanru and them into the underground palace of the ancient city, because he believed that there was definitely an even more ancient civilization inheritance there.

Of course, in addition to Professor Hu, who has gained a lot during this time, in fact, Xia Yanru and they have also learned more information, one of which is the legend of the Yellow Bone.

In fact, the legend of the yellow bone is only for foreigners, in fact, the people here in Xiganggou have been very clear from beginning to end, about the yellow bone has always been just a misunderstanding, as for the origin of the misunderstanding can no longer be explored, but it is said that the White Republic has never had anything that can ride the thousand-year-old Yellow Holy Beast.

The night before leaving, Lao Gu rushed back from the bottom of the mountain, throwing away the initial misunderstanding and vigilance of Xia Yanru and his party, and in the next month, Lao Gu also knew that this group of people was actually sincere people.

He is the last generation of tomb keepers, and when he dies, there will be no new tomb keepers, this is his selfishness, he doesn't want his people to be trapped in the mountains for the rest of their lives, maybe sorry for the ancestors, but since he knows that the ancient city may have collapsed, he knows that his grandfather's prophecy has finally come true.

Before Lao Gu officially took over the duties of the tomb keeper, he was also naïve and carefree, and he was also bent on the outside world, and even really lived outside for a long time, until it was time to hand over the position of tomb keeper, he returned to Xiganggou and no longer went out.

And his previous one was his grandfather, where the grave keepers have always been passed down from generation to generation, so his father and uncle did not have the opportunity to become the grave keepers, and sometimes he envied them, but never regretted them.

Before his grandfather died, he told him a prophecy about the grave keeper passed down through the generations, he never took it seriously when he was young, and when he got older, sometimes he always couldn't control it, until the appearance of Xia Yanru and others this time, he actually had some expectations in addition to vigilance and precaution.

Until Xia Yanru and they came out of the ancient city, they also brought news about the possible collapse of the ancient city, Lao Gu knew that the ancient city was not likely to collapse, but really collapsed, even if Professor Hu and they wanted to go to archaeology again in the future, but it is estimated that there will be no gain if they go again.

In the prophecy that his grandfather told him, it was mentioned that the royal city would always sink into darkness and the people would usher in a new life. In the past, he thought that this so-called new life was only due to the change of dynasties and the rise of a new society, but now it seems that they finally no longer need to guard the ancient city that is uninhabited, especially the tomb keepers who have been passed down from generation to generation.

"What is this?" Xia Yanru was a little surprised to take the wooden box from Lao Gu's hand, this wooden box looks very old, and the carvings on it are extremely exquisite.

"I know that you are here to find the Bai Min, if you guess correctly, you are for the inheritance of the Bai Min, this is." Old Gu's eyes shone with a ghostly light, "Now you should also know that the true inheritance of the White Republic of China is not a yellow bone, but actually something in this wooden box." ”

Xia Yanru raised her eyebrows slightly, but she didn't explain that they actually came here this time not because of some so-called inheritance, this was all the plan of the prisoner Ji Yu before his death, and it had nothing to do with them.

However, seeing that the other party sent such an important thing to the door so sincerely, it was fake to say that she was not curious, so Xia Yanru pretended to be calm and did not show too many feet, and looked at the wooden box very carefully.

This wooden box uses a hidden lock mechanism, if you can't find the trick, it is difficult to open, unless it is violently removed, but once you choose to violently dismantle, it is very likely to damage the contents inside.

Looking at the appearance of Lao Gu, he obviously knows what is in it, and he thinks about it, after all, as a tomb keeper, he must know and understand more than other ordinary people, and he doesn't know how many generations have passed since this wooden box was passed down to him, and there must be people who are curious to open it during this period.

Xia Yanru quickly found the trick of unlocking the lock in the eyes of the other party, although this kind of secret lock is extremely exquisitely designed, but it is not completely impossible for her.

"This is jade?" Xia Yanru looked at the wooden box, then looked up at Lao Gu, and asked with some uncertainty.

"It's called unicorn stone, but it looks like jade, but it's actually an extremely rare insect egg." The old man replied.

"What does it do?" Xia Yanru hadn't heard of the unicorn stone, but if these three words were taken apart, she would know that the unicorn was an ancient divine beast.

(End of chapter)