A secret that only previous masters can know? A secret about the god of fate?

The confession of the members of the Destiny Organization made Lu Ming fall into a moment of silence.

But that's still not reasonable.

For the time being, I think that the leader of the Destiny Organization is a fanatical believer, the kind of person who can sacrifice everything for the gods and does not hesitate at all, even so, in order to keep this secret, can he commit suicide so quickly and decisively?

Although from the fact that immediate suicide is indeed the best way to keep a secret, it is also the safest way. Because as long as you live, you may be pry open by the ever-changing and endless modern interrogation methods.

In fact, Lu Ming does have this confidence.

Modern methods of interrogation usually do not use physical punishment, and do not use physical pain to bring the interrogated to their knees, as in ancient times, such as whipping, cutting meat, and tiger chair chili water. But its effect is better than these ancient blood-sparkling methods.

That's not something that can be resisted by a single strong-willed person. Even fanatical believers with a strong will beyond ordinary people will inevitably be pried open. The difference is only in the amount of the price to pay.

As long as the interrogators are willing to put in the energy, time, and resources, there is no mouth that cannot be pried.

But then again, even if you know the power of modern interrogation methods, even if the leader of the Destiny Organization is really a person who can not care about his own life in order to keep secrets...... Can he really commit suicide so decisively and quickly?

Man is not a robot, and man cannot be completely and thoroughly sane. Therefore, this behavior is still unreasonable.

After a moment, Lu Ming shook his head, recorded this suspicion, and then temporarily revealed it.

The Destiny Organization Leader is dead after all. No matter how many questions there are, it is impossible to pull him out of the crematorium for interrogation.

But there's another problem.

"As the sect leader, he holds this secret that only previous sect masters can know, and he just died, aren't you afraid that this secret will be lost forever, and no one will know it again?"

Facing Lu Ming's inquiry, the member of the Destiny Organization said, "No, it won't. Our destiny ...... Ah no, it's their fate organization, this secret inheritance, not dictated to the new generation of sect masters before the death of the previous generation of sect leaders, or through some classics or the like. Their way of passing on is quite special. ”

This made Lu Ming feel a little curious in his heart.

How can it be passed on if it is not orally or recorded through the classics?

"After the death of the previous generation of leaders and the succession of the new generation, the Destiny Organization will hold a grand succession ceremony in front of the sarcophagus. During this ritual, a new generation of Sect Masters will receive an inspiration from the God of Destiny to know what this secret is. ”

"Oh?"

Lu Ming was surprised.

How did you know that secret? Divine revelation? Is there really such a thing as Revelation?

What is its essence? Some kind of spiritual communication? Communication via brain waves? Similar to the way of communication between Lou Shen and humans in the "Murderous House"?

The Destiny member looked a little frightened at the moment.

"Our Sect Master...... Ah no, it's the leader of the Destiny Organization, and when he succeeded him, I also participated in the succession ceremony. That time, when he knelt in front of the sarcophagus, he received divine revelation, and from then on, he became the rightful leader of the sect. ”

"When you received the revelation, did anything happen?"

He recalled for a moment, and finally shook his head: "Nothing seems to have happened either." The Sect Master claimed that he had been enlightened, that he had been recognized by the God of Destiny, and that if he knew the secret, we would recognize him as the Sect Master. This...... No one dared to lie in front of the sarcophagus. ”

Lu Ming paused, and probably had a plan in his heart.

This so-called divine revelation, what can only be known through divine revelation, the secret about the god of fate, which can only be known by the sect master, is most likely non-existent.

There is no such thing at all.

This is most likely a means for successive sect leaders to strengthen the legitimacy of their succession and strengthen their own divine power and authority.

At this point in the interrogation, I probably won't be able to find anything useful.

The suicide of the leader of the Destiny Organization remains a mystery to this day. However, this is not in a hurry, and it can be put down for the time being.

In the afternoon, the personnel and equipment allocated by Lu Qingliang were finally in place. So, Zhang Dingshan, Lu Ming, and He Wei led a large number of experts to the "holy place" that was already heavily guarded and strictly forbidden for any unrelated personnel to approach.

In the huge hall, with the sarcophagus as the core, at least dozens of wide-angle cameras are arranged around it, as well as a large number of air composition detection, radiation detection, temperature and humidity detection equipment.

The rock experts carried and pushed all kinds of equipment that Lu Ming couldn't understand to the hall, and then began to assemble and debug these equipment.

Lu Ming saw that before the sarcophagus, the experts first built a workbench, put more than a dozen computers, and then began to connect various cables, and they were busy for more than an hour before they were ready.

Immediately after that, the analysis begins.

They first carefully scraped off a little powder from the sarcophagus, collected many specimens from all over the hall and outside the hall, put them under various reagents and microscopes to observe and analyze them one by one, and used various devices similar to medical equipment to scan the sarcophagus at close range, observe various data, and continue to discuss.

During this whole process, in order to prevent accidents, there is always a guard team of fifteen people with loaded guns and ammunition in the hall, ready to take force measures to protect the safety of everyone at any time.

Soon after, some preliminary conclusions emerged.

"This sarcophagus is indeed one with this hall, or this mountain. Also, this sarcophagus is indeed solid, and there are no cavities inside. ”

Before this, Lu Ming already knew about this possibility. But now it is confirmed by experts and professional equipment, which is still a bit of a surprise.

After all, he had heard the noise coming from the sarcophagus.

If the inside of the sarcophagus is solid, where does this sound come from?

"Professor Zhang, a solid sarcophagus, if there is a sound coming from inside it, what could be the reason?"

Zhang Dingshan pondered the language and asked this question.

Professor Zhang thought for a moment and said, "There are many possibilities. The release of internal stress, the influence of external temperature and humidity, or simply an illusion - for some special indoor environments, the sound may reverberate and converge in a certain place, and it sounds like it is coming from that place, but it is not. ”

This possibility, Lu Ming didn't expect it before.

Maybe the sound I heard from inside the sarcophagus was just an illusion? Is it a relatively rare acoustic phenomenon?

This hall gathers the sounds of the rest of the directions to the sarcophagus, and it sounds like a boom coming from the sarcophagus?

"Can you find a way to rule out or confirm this possibility?"

Professor Zhang smiled and shook his head: "This is a matter in the field of acoustics, you have to find experts in the field of acoustics." Well, there's another possibility, and it's also the transmission of sound through the rocks of the mountain. For example, if the environment is special enough, theoretically, you are on the other side of the mountain, maybe even thousands of meters away, and you are there to knock on the mountain, and the sound may come from here. It's like tapping on a water pipe, and the sound can travel far away. ”

Lu Ming also did not expect this possibility.

If that's really the case, then ...... After the sacrifice of the fetus, there was a noise in the sarcophagus, which was not a miracle at all, but a pretending to be a ghost by the fate organization. The purpose is simply to strengthen the faith.

Zhang Dingshan nodded: "I will find experts in the field of acoustics to come here." ”

Professor Zhang continued to laugh and said, "Why bother so much. If you want me to say, why don't you investigate this matter and just smash this sarcophagus and see what structure is inside? ”

"Thank you. We'll consider the feasibility. ”

Zhang Dingshan did not reveal more to him. He turned to say, "Do you have any other discoveries?" Like, how old is this sarcophagus? ”

"We can only determine the age of the rocks that make up this sarcophagus. But that shouldn't make much sense. As for when it was made...... This, through calculations such as external oxidation and erosion, we can only come to a rough conclusion, well, at least three thousand years ago.

And, in the early days of this sarcophagus, it must have been in a very humid environment. There are even traces of some algae on it. About a few thousand years ago, the environment in which it lived changed and began to become dry. ”

"How was this sarcophagus made?"

"We didn't detect any signs of polishing and carving on this sarcophagus. It is possible that it is naturally formed. ”

"Naturally formed?"

Lu Ming glanced at the sarcophagus again in surprise.

It has a more standard shape and a flatter surface. It doesn't look like it was a natural occurrence.

Can nature form such a standard geometry? It's a little incredible.

Professor Zhang pondered the language: "It's incredible, isn't it?" But this kind of thing, how to put it, is actually not uncommon. In some special geological environments, rocks can sometimes form some very special shapes. For example, what strange stones, such as naturally formed stone bridges and so on.

Of course, this sarcophagus is too standard, maybe it was carved out at first, but then through the erosion of the natural environment, those traces were lost?

This possibility also exists, but there is no way to confirm it now.

For this sarcophagus, that's all you can get this information about. Instead, it was this hall where we got more information. ”

"Oh?"

"In this hall, we found the marks of various tools. These tools correspond to different ages, for example, in the earliest cases, we observe traces of bronze objects, and then iron tools. After the ironwork, there were some faults in the tool traces. We do not observe the excavation of more advanced iron tools in ancient times, such as ancient steel, but directly transition to the traces of modern steel and gunpowder excavation.

On the whole, the excavation of this hall must have begun in the Bronze Age, and then lasted for thousands of years - there should have been some age faults in this, until modern times, when the hall was excavated with modern tools, and finally took shape into its current form. ”

Excavation began in the Bronze Age?

The Bronze Age, thousands of years ago.

Lu Ming subconsciously looked around the hall, and suddenly felt a long-standing atmosphere.

Rock experts continued to be busy conducting more detailed inspections here, and the acoustic experts transferred by Lu Qingliang had already arrived in the afternoon with relevant testing equipment.

After the same hectic work, he came to a conclusion.

"There is no special acoustic agglomeration effect in this hall. It couldn't gather the sounds of the rest of the place to the sarcophagus. As for the conduction of sound inside rocks and mountains, well, after discussing with rock experts, I think that this possibility can also be ruled out. ”

On the computer, he opened a document and showed it to Lu Ming and the three of them.

"It is mainly this rock that makes up this mountain, and its acoustic conductivity coefficient is as follows. Combined with the laws of sound propagation, I built a model to simulate the propagation of sound within it. You see, this conclusion completely excludes that possibility. ”

Although Lu Ming didn't understand it very well, he looked at the acoustic expert who was confident, and he knew in his heart that he would definitely not say such a thing without a certain certainty.

Now, the only possibility that needs to be eliminated is the internal stress of the sarcophagus, or the possibility of external environmental influences.

However, this possibility was soon ruled out by more detailed and precise examinations by rock experts.

"I don't want to inquire about your investigation, I just think that if there is a sound coming from inside this sarcophagus, the best thing to do is to smash it and observe it directly, which will be clear at a glance. Well, we've done everything we can and we still think it's just a bunch of ordinary rocks, and there's nothing special about it at all. Theoretically, it is impossible for a sound to come out of it. Or...... If you don't want to break it, why don't you get your hearing tested? Let's see if I heard it wrong......"

A smile appeared on Zhang Dingshan's face: "Thank you, we will go." ”

The rock experts completed their task and were temporarily evacuated with various equipment on standby.

Lu Ming pondered for a moment and sighed: "In this way, this is probably the case: thousands of years ago, the ancient humans living here found this sarcophagus in a damp small cave, and for some reason, discovered the strangeness of this sarcophagus, and thus gave birth to the worship of this sarcophagus.

After that, the ancients began to dig this cave continuously, well, in the middle, probably for some reason, and it was interrupted for a while. It wasn't until modern times that the ancestors of the Destiny Organization discovered this place again and used modern tools to dig it again, and finally formed its current ......"