My shock was incomprehensible to others. Xiaoning was much calmer than me, but judging from his eyes and expression, he was obviously surprised and excited about this fossil. I supported the ground with both hands and sat up again.
I was afraid that I couldn't see clearly enough, so I slowly moved closer to it, but I was always a little nervous about this fossil.
It is impossible for me to mistake such a complete and clear fossil. The flat stone seems to be a special and weird coffin. A very complete human skeleton is embedded in the stone, like many fossils that have been discovered.
This skeleton has become completely petrified over time and is integrated with the stone.
"How could this thing turn into a fossil! Look, is it wrong?" I really had no other emotion except shock.
Although it is just a skeleton, it lies there quietly, as if it is still a living life. I can't believe how this person became a fossil. I feel that there must be a reason that I don't know. I can only put this
I imagine the thing as a pseudo-fossil, otherwise, my brain would not be able to tolerate such a weird thing.
"This is unlikely to be a forgery." Xiaoning kept tapping the stone. He was really excited: "You need to know the process of forming a fossil. If you explain it in detail, you won't understand. To put it simply, this
People are overwhelmed and covered by changes in the environment and die inside. Over time, the soft parts completely rot and disappear, and the organic matter in the remaining bones is gradually replaced by inorganic matter, and finally fossils are formed. This requires a very long process.
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"There is no possibility of forgery?"
"Is your mind full of mush? Didn't I make it clear enough?" Xiaoning sighed: "Do you think this is an antique forgery, and you just put it in the toilet and soak it for a while?"
I feel that my IQ and knowledge have been severely underestimated, but there is no way, I really don't understand much. The appearance of fossils proves that there should be a large amount of sedimentary rock under the strata here, and there is basically no possibility of fossilization in igneous rock or metamorphic rock.
"Okay, okay, let me figure this out later. Can you guess who this person is and how he became a fossil?"
"Smash the stone open and see if there is his ID card inside." Xiaoning shrugged: "Your questions are always so bizarre."
Xiaoning was very reluctant to communicate with me, feeling that my brain was not strong enough. Next, he began to record some specific data of the fossil. The length of this skeleton was about 170 centimeters, and its body structure was roughly the same as that of a normal person.
"You must be surprised, but this is not the first time that similar fossils have appeared." Xiaoning put away his notebook and said: "Canada once discovered the fossil of a human finger deep in the limestone in the Arctic region.
, the age of fossils is measured in billions of years. A clear human footprint fossil has also been discovered in the United States, do you know? It is not a simple barefoot footprint, but the mark of a pair of sandals."
"What does this mean?"
"Think for yourself."
It can be seen that Xiaoning is very interested in this fossil, but it is too heavy for us to take away. After all the data were completely recorded, he started to break open the stone again, hoping to bring some samples back. The stone was not
It is extremely hard, and with the beating, the layers of stone flakes fall off like stone skin.
"Wait a minute." I stretched out my hand to stop him, because with Xiaoning's tapping, I saw something appear on the right side of the skeleton: "What is this?"
It’s hard to estimate when this fossil was formed, but it must have been a long time ago. It’s impossible to tell what the situation was like at that time. However, I think that the thing that was knocked out was so close to the skeleton that it should have been carried with it.
Xiaoning also discovered this. His speed and intensity slowed down, and he continued to knock around.
With the knocking, the size of the exposed object became larger and larger, and it was so black that I couldn't tell what it was. But I felt that it seemed to be a piece of metal. Although it had been buried for so many years, the texture and weight seemed to have not changed.
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My brain suddenly short-circuited again, because before, I had come up with the idea that this skeleton was an ape-man, and I could only explain it this way. However, this metal-like object that was knocked out with the stone suddenly reappeared.
This overturned this barely reliable inference.
Xiaoning worked very hard, but after beating for a while, he paused like me. Because we all saw clearly what was in the stone. Although it had been changed a lot in the passing of time, and even changed beyond recognition,
You can still tell that it looks like a gun.
A man held a gun in his hand and turned into a fossil? Isn't this nonsense?
But this very nonsense scene appeared in front of us. Shock was no longer enough to describe my mood at this moment. I stared at it for a long time, swallowed my saliva, and was about to turn around and ask Xiaoning, but he must be nothing.
No one knew. Xiaoning was stunned for a moment, then started to knock off all the surrounding stones, and then took out the small stones stuck to the things.
The thing was very heavy, as if it had been forgotten in a corner for millions of years and was rusted into a ball. It still looked like a gun, but its structure was very strange.
"This place still has the potential to be explored." Xiaoning stuffed the things into his backpack, and stuffed the free things in the backpack to me. He looked at the pile of rocks again, and in a short period of time,
, we can't clean the entire pile of rocks, it will take time. But I saw that he wanted to stay here permanently, so I immediately raised objections.
"Don't waste any more time." I looked around with a flashlight. Before I could say the following words, I saw a black fog floating up from nowhere. I don't know where the black fog came from. Maybe
It appeared very early, but because there was no obvious air convection here, it moved very slowly. The black mist was as thick as a ball of flowing ink. I patted Xiaoning and motioned for him to look over there.
This black mist gave people a very uneasy feeling. This time, Xiaoning no longer insisted. He began to lead me back. The two of us retreated to the place where we came down, and then we called the person waiting above to go back.
The process of going up was relatively smooth. After we went up, we could no longer see the heart-stopping black fog. Next, we returned to the ground along the original route and stayed in the darkness for a long time, although it was still dark outside.
, but it feels very good. I have always been a little afraid of mummies. Even if nothing happened when I was down there, I still insisted that they put away the tent that they had set up and left for about a kilometer before I really felt at ease.
I want to be alone for a while, the clues are a little confusing. After all, the ruins on the south bank of the Kongque River were excavated a long time ago. Various conditions restrict the ruins. The ruins are not complicated, and they have been roughly explored. Putting aside everything else
Not to mention, the words of the mummy kept going back and forth in my heart. I was very reluctant to believe what he said, but some things were obvious.
Originally, I just wanted to find some clues about my father, but after a short time, things became very complicated, both internally and externally.
At this time, Zhang Qiao squeezed over, grinned and poked me, rolling his eyes: "Have you noticed, the transvestite's butt is very perky."
I looked at him and was speechless. Half of his life had been lost, yet he was still so optimistic. I guess if he had seen with his own eyes the mummy of the man in the iron cage at Taoist Qiu's home, he would not have been able to laugh. But no.
The method, Uncle Lai said, the way to completely solve the ghost curse must be found from several places where the original carrier appeared, and he had to be taken with him.
"Tell me, how will he react if you touch him?" Zhang Qiao didn't see my helplessness and continued to grin: "Although my orientation is normal, I'm just a little curious."
"You can go and try."
After hearing this, he actually went and talked to Xiaoning who was squatting on the ground collecting samples. After a while, Zhang Qiao's screams came over. I didn't pay attention at first, but Xiaoning seemed to be serious.
Zhang Qiao's shouts became more and more miserable, and I had to go over the railing.
"He is ignorant, don't argue with him." I quickly pulled Zhang Qiao behind me: "Let's talk about business."
"What are your plans?" Xiaoning was still very measured. I could see that his face was red, but when it came to taking action, he suppressed his anger.
"Go to Xihai River."
This is something I have already planned. Xihai River, the place that carries my father’s past, may be far more complicated than here.