nucmednet Chapter 430: Grave Hunter
Chapter 430: Grave Hunter
When Chang Ningchen returned to the Starry Sky Platform, Dongfang He was already there checking out other worlds. Seeing that Dongfang He was always looking at the tomb-raiding world, Chang Ningchen asked, "Do you really want to rob tombs?"
Dongfang He immediately said, "I'm just looking around out of boredom. Achen will choose the next world."
Chang Ningchen recalled that Dongfang He had mentioned the tomb raiding world several times, so he also looked up the worlds related to ancient tombs, and then chose a world that looked pretty good, and asked, "Ah He, do you like this world?"
Dongfang He looked at the title "Tomb Raider" and knew that Chang Ningchen wanted to make him happy, so he said: "Once Ah Chen has made up his mind, we will enter the next world!"
Chang Ningchen immediately clicked OK, and Dongfang He followed suit.
When he opened his eyes again, Chang Ningchen woke up in a room. After reading the memory of the original owner Shen Chen, he knew that he was going to work in a new city today.
After taking the high-speed rail and then the bus, then the tractor and the ox cart, and walking along a mountain road to ask the local villagers, Chang Ningchen finally arrived at the destination. After reporting to the team leader and knowing the content of his work, Chang Ningchen took his tools and entered the ruins.
This is a large and small earthwork framed in the field. Many people use hand shovels to explore the earth on the shoveled edge, and from time to time they use brushes to carefully brush away the newly emerged cultural relics.
Before excavation, archaeologists establish a plane coordinate system, dividing the excavation area into several 5m x 5m squares, the smallest control unit for archaeological excavation. The squares help workers accurately determine the accumulation of layers during excavation and facilitate access, surveying, and earthwork transportation.
Yes, Shen Chen is an archaeologist. Archaeological work is a job that requires patience and carefulness. When they work, they do not dig down, but explore layer by layer, so it is called a exploration square.
In addition, the speed of this exploration is not the faster the better, but it should be slow and steady. It may seem like taking your time, but it actually tests your patience and eyesight. It is like peeling off the veil of a cultural relic layer by layer. Otherwise, it would be bad if you accidentally damage the cultural relic!
There was another archaeologist in the earthwork, who was his colleague these days. He wore glasses and had a solemn look, and his skin was a little dark from the sun.
Chang Ningchen greeted the other party first and said, "Hello, my name is Shen Chen!"
The man looked a little tired. He replied, "Hello, my name is Ge Yunhe."
Then the two of them spent the whole day quietly sorting out the cultural layers, and when it was time to get off work, everyone went home together. After all, this was not a rescue cultural relic excavation site, and the poor light at night could easily damage the cultural relics, so they got off work on time, but they still had to write an exploration diary when they got home.
With some free time, the group of people went back to their rooms to smoke, drink and chat. There was no base station in this remote place, and the model was not very good. Moreover, the electricity in the place where they lived was brought in by a colleague who knew electrical work, and it was only enough for lighting. Other high-power electrical appliances could not be used. Moreover, they would only stay for a while, so having electricity was good enough. There were no entertainment appliances such as TVs.
So everyone's life is just getting together to talk about interesting stories and brag, and then go back to sleep.
As a newcomer, Chang Ningchen was naturally pulled over by everyone to chat. After all, they were tired of listening to other people's bragging. Chang Ningchen was new, so the things he saw and heard must be very new and they had never heard of them before.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Chang Ningchen told a few jokes and then went back to his room. He was arranged to share a room with Ge Yunhe.
When he returned to the room, he was wondering why he didn't see Ge Yunhe. It turned out that the man was lying on the bed reading a book.
When Chang Ningchen turned around to close the door, he suddenly saw a flash of blue light. He thought he was seeing things, so he turned back and saw a blue rose pendant on Ge Yunhe's neck!
Ahhh! Chang Ningchen was so shocked that he couldn't speak, but his body moved first, and he started dancing!
Seeing Shen Chen dancing like crazy, Ge Yunhe immediately sat up and said, "Is this the world you chose?!"
Huh?! Instead of the expected joy of reunion, Chang Ningchen leisurely sat down beside Dongfang He's bed and said, "Isn't life now more exciting than tomb robbing? Touching artifacts every day, entering ancient tombs openly!"
Dongfang He felt a little unhappy. He originally thought that it would be a thrilling exploration journey where he would solve various strange puzzles of ancient tombs and mechanisms, climb mountains and cross ridges, visit snow valleys, underwater deserts and dark forests, drift around, eat dumplings and find sea monkeys, go through hidden dark rooms in upper and lower passages, and go on bizarre adventures and strange legends... Anyway, he still wanted to be the protagonist of a tomb-raiding novel.
Chang Ningchen patted Dongfang He's head and comforted him, "Acts like gathering illegal gangs, destroying ancient tombs, disturbing the dead, and stealing burial objects to sell on the black market are not worthy of praise. Although the author's writing is indeed very good, most of it is artistic processing. We want to experience the real legal and formal archaeological work of close contact with ancient tombs! Ah He, what are your thoughts?"
Dongfang He knew that what Chang Ningchen said was right, but he had been staying at the ancient tomb since he came through. Digging with a shovel every day and then writing the exploration diary was not thrilling at all, and even a little boring.
Chang Ningchen looked at Dongfang He, who was rarely acting childishly, and said with a smile, "Think about it another way. We are digging other people's tombs openly. How could tomb robbers be like us, blowing up wherever we want and trying again if one time is not enough? Even if there is a pond on the tomb, we can drain it at will. There is no need to worry about poisoning or methane in the tomb because the opening is large enough for open-air excavation!"
If something cannot be moved, we call people; if something cannot be moved by people, we call machines. We are not afraid of any agency, let alone the public security agencies, because they are also on our side!
"Unearthing the zongzi is definitely a historic moment. We have more people here than it! We can just capture it and study it! More importantly, the cultural relics are protected. To tomb robbers, the books and bamboo slips that are unnecessary are the legacy of civilization and witnesses of history. They are more valuable and meaningful than exchanging them for money!"
Dongfang He nodded. It sounded good but he felt sad. Then he lay down and turned to sleep. It seemed that there was absolutely no hope for him in the tomb-raiding world. It was better to be sad for a while.
Chang Ningchen saw that Dongfang He was lost, so he turned off the lights and went into his bed to comfort him. He tried very hard to comfort him all night, which led to him rubbing his waist when he woke up the next day.
On the other side, Dongfang He was working in a good mood. In fact, he would be fine after a while because he was not such a pretentious person. However, Chang Ningchen was too enthusiastic yesterday and caused him to lose control.
Thinking about it now, Dongfang He still feels embarrassed. He will rub Chang Ningchen's waist again when he goes back home in the evening. If possible, he would like to try a few more positions.