Chapter 20: The Underground Stone Room
The arrogant wind and sand permeate the entire sky, making people have nowhere to hide and only have to experience it.
As the saying goes, the ignorant is fearless. He thought that the fleeting wind and sand became stronger and stronger. As time goes by, Yuan Hashichen and others finally felt deeply fear behind the cover.
It is meaningless to open your mouth and speak in a sandstorm. At this moment, even if you are yelling in your ears, you can only vaguely listen to it.
Around me, I saw a yellow dragon rising, and the sounds were like a cow roaring, roaring like a muffled thunder rolling.
In the horizon, shaking yellow lines drift forward, which were moving sand dunes, which were very spectacular.
The more everyone leaned, the tighter they were. Uncle Kurban said nothing, closed his eyes tightly, crossed his hands in front of his chest, as if he was praying to the gods.
Lu Qinglian and Chen Xi hugged each other tightly, looking very helpless.
Yuan Shichen clenched his fists, looked into the distance through his eye mask from time to time, and looked at the surrounding scenery uneasy.
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Suddenly, Lin Feng beside him pushed Yuan Shichen and reached out to signal him to look at a ground about six meters away next to the stone house.
Yuan Shichen looked at it carefully and looked at it, and a dark stone slab could be seen vaguely.
The size of the stone slab is about one meter square, close to one side, and a vague appearance is visible like a handle.
I think the stone slab that suddenly appeared should have been exposed because of the yellow sand covered by the sandstorm.
Both Yuan Shichen and Lin Feng were particularly sensitive to the stones. After thinking about it for a few years, they nodded and leaned against the stones next to each other, slowly crawling towards the stones against the raging wind and sand.
To be safe, the two of them walked steadily and slowly, only six meters away, but they walked for more than a minute.
Sure enough, there is a switch handle on one side of the slab!
In the raging wind and sand, the two of them worked hard to lift the stone slab.
The moment the stone slab was lifted up, a dark space seemed to have traveled through thousands of years and finally connected to the real world.
The stone steps could be seen directly down the stone slab. Lin Feng was extremely excited when he saw this and immediately walked down the stairs.
Yuan Shichen grabbed Lin Feng's hand, then took out an air component detection device from his pocket, indicating that he should be cautious.
Lin Feng nodded and responded, then slowed down.
The two of them lit up their headlights and slowly groped into the space that had been hidden for thousands of years under the stone slab.
Fortunately, there is a stone chamber with small space underground, and there is no danger. After testing, it is found that although the air quality is poor, it can still support breathing.
"This may be a cellar built by the owner of the stone house." The wind sounded slightly lowered in the stone room, and Lin Feng shouted loudly.
"Let's go and take them over." Yuan Shichen nodded and shouted loudly.
The two then walked out of the underground stone chamber again and crawled towards the bunker.
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A quarter of an hour later, everyone moved to the underground stone chamber one after another.
To ensure safety, everyone did not close the entrance to the stone chamber.
First, the entrance can be used for ventilation, and secondly, the outside situation can be observed at any time without being buried by wind and sand.
Yuan Naichen and Lin Feng moved some stones and surrounded the entrances to slow down the inflow of wind and sand.
When everything was arranged, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank you, Allah's guidance, we escaped this terrible sandstorm." Uncle Kurban was extremely excited at this time, and kept praying devoutly on the ground.
"Fortunately, you found this basement, and I will suffocate if I stay outside." Lu Qinglian said with relief.
At this time, Chen Xi had already turned pale, her chest was fluctuating and she didn't say a word, but she just leaned against the corner of the wall with a messy breath.
The power storage emergency light is placed on the ground in the middle of the stone chamber, and the light emitted is illuminating the four corners.
The people who escaped from the tiger's mouth came to their senses and looked at the mysterious stone chamber carefully.
The entire secret room is made of green granite stone, with smooth walls and covering an area of about 50 square meters.
The dark room was empty, only a square table was placed in a corner of the stone room. There was still a stone oil lamp on the table, but there was no jumping flame in it.
After nearly two thousand years of vicissitudes, who can peek into the past in this darkness through the buried sand...
Since there were no special furnishings or items in the stone room, everyone couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
"It seems that this is just an ordinary cellar. If you are lucky, you might be able to find the food slags from thousands of years ago." Lu Qinglian's mood had calmed down and became careless again.
"We only spent our attention on the area of the stone house ruins before, so we didn't find this stone room beside us." Yuan Shichen said with a wry smile, "It seems that we have to thank the sandstorm for helping us uncover this secret."
"Let's look carefully and look at it carefully, maybe you will gain something..." Lin Feng said in agreement.
"Look, there are words on the wall." Before Lin Feng could finish his words, through the dim light, Yuan Shichen had already discovered the unevenness of the wall.
"There are also this wall." Chen Xi also pointed to the stone wall behind him and said.
"Haha, there's a big discovery." Lin Feng, a major in archaeology, said immediately sensitively.
Everyone surrounded the wall and observed carefully. Soon, except Lin Feng, others found that they could not understand the words that were like tadpoles crawling.
"Can you understand?" Chen Xi asked Lin Feng beside him with a puzzled look on his face.
At this time, Lin Feng was still looking at the stone wall, thinking about something, and occasionally muttering a few words.
Everyone looked at Lin Feng with anticipation, and even Uncle Kurban looked over in confusion. Obviously, he could not understand the words on the stone wall.
"This should be the words "Ru" I mentioned before, the official words used by the ancient Loulan Kingdom." Lin Feng nodded and judged after pondering for a moment.
"Then do you understand? What is written on it?" Yuan Shichen asked hurriedly.
"I can only understand a little bit of this." Lin Feng said with regret.
Looking at the expression of a little disappointment, Lin Feng continued to say slowly: "The yrupuncture originated in ancient Gandhara. It was written in the Ashoka period of the Mauryan Dynasty in India in the 3rd century BC. It was first used in northwestern India and in Pakistan and Afghanistan. It was widely spread in Central Asia from the 1st to 2nd century AD and spread to Central Asia and western China through the Silk Road. In the 4th century AD, with the demise of the Kushan Dynasty, the yrupuncture disappeared. It was not until the 19th century that the British scholar Prinshep discovered the mystery of the yrupuncture."
"In other words, there are still people in the world who can understand these words." After hearing this, Lu Qinglian said excitedly.
"Yes, the words on these four stone walls are at least 10,000 or 20,000 words. It seems that it will take a long time to understand them." Lin Feng replied.
"That's good, it seems we have new clues." Everyone smiled.
In the following time, everyone took turns to watch at the entrance, waiting for the sandstorm to retreat, while the idle people either rest or continue to explore the stone chamber.
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As the night approaches, the sandstorm is slightly weak, but it is still not suitable to move in the desert.
Fortunately, everyone was well prepared for equipment, food and drinking, and there was no problem waiting for a night.
In the dim light, Uncle Kurban was already snoring, and Lu Qinglian and Chen Xi were also leaning against the wall to rest.
Chapter completed!