Volume 1: The Beginning of the End Times Chapter 1: Ancient Bronze Box
parallel world.
Blue Star March 2024 AD.
Guanggao City, the fourth province of the Dragon Kingdom.
Wang Xiao held a box in his hand. He sat on the ground and carefully studied the patterns and lines on the box. He was so absorbed that he forgot that he was more than ten meters underground.
Countless bronze vessels of various shapes are scattered around, and rows of mounds and ravines separate the burial places of bronze vessels.
Viewed from a high altitude, this is a huge tomb, covering an area of about 12 square kilometers.
This is the Dragon Kingdom, and even the world-famous archaeological site - the ancient Sanxingdui ruins of the Dragon Kingdom.
Wang Xiao graduated from university with an archeology major three years ago. After passing the screening process, he successfully joined the Sanxingdui Site Archeology Office with excellent results.
This year is Wang Xiao’s third year working at the Sanxingdui site.
The salary has not changed, and the position has not changed either. I am still a front-line cleaner.
At this time, only Wang Xiao was left in the deep ditch and potholes, and other colleagues had left work early to have dinner.
Wang Xiao, who was staring at the bronze box, had forgotten himself, and gradually felt that his soul was being sucked into the bronze box.
A burst of fluctuating audio sounded in my ears. This was a magical audio frequency. No creature on Blue Star could hear this audio.
Wang Xiao also only heard the audio through the bronze box, but didn't know what it meant.
Suddenly, a dazzling light flashed from the bronze box.
Wang Xiao immediately understood the meaning of this audio.
"Are the coordinates calibrated?"
"Calibrated, Laniakea Supercluster - Virgo Cluster - Local Group of Galaxies - Milky Way - Arm of the House - Gould Belt - Local Bubble - Local Interstellar Cloud - Oort Cloud - The Third Planet of the Solar System - Blue
Star - 11°20 North Latitude, 142°11.5 East Longitude.”
"Ready to launch."
"Yes, King"
The audio disappeared, and so did the glow on the bronze box.
After Wang Xiao was in a trance for a while, he came back to his senses. The scene just flashed through his heart, and it was so real. But years of education told him that this was probably an illusion, caused by years of fatigue and lack of rest.
Wang Xiao sat slumped on the ground, trying hard to think back and make sure that he was not delusional, so he became very curious about the mystery of the bronze box.
Wang Xiao thought about alien invasion.
I thought of intruding into another world.
Thinking of a comet hitting a blue star.
From the analyzed audio content, Wang Xiao thought of countless possibilities.
I felt tremendous pressure in my heart. If any of these possibilities were true, it would definitely rewrite the historical pattern of Blue Star and profoundly affect the fate of Blue Star's 8 billion people.
After thinking for a long time, Wang Xiao wanted to report the matter to his superiors, but when he thought of his three years of experience in the archaeological office, it was exactly like what a big boss said.
I can't see the bright future, and I can't finish the twists and turns of life.
For those ordinary superiors, Wang Xiao felt that they would be dismissed directly even if he reported them, but even so, Wang Xiao felt that he should report them.
After all, this is an earth-shattering event. As a member of the human race, Wang Xiao feels that he has the responsibility to report it upwards.
So, Wang Xiao took the bronze box, which was about 20 centimeters long and 5 centimeters wide, out of the pit. Taking the bronze box, Wang Xiao went straight to the director's office.
Standing at the door of the director's office, Wang Xiao heard the sounds of men and women playing inside, so he knocked on the door.
There was a rumble in the room, as if someone fell off the table and hit the wooden board on the ground. It was accompanied by the sound of some cups and books being scattered. It took a while before it became quiet.
"Come in" came a dignified middle-aged man's deep and steady voice.
Wang Xiao opened the door and walked in.
She glanced dully at Qian Xiaohua, who was standing behind the director. She was from the same university and major as Wang Xiao.
A beautiful woman who is somewhat famous in school, has a wide range of contacts, has a wide range of interests, and can get along well with her classmates and teachers.
One is a dull man who studies hard and prefers to be quiet. He has no social activities and only knows how to read. But he is also a favorite assistant of the school professors. He is easy to use and can keep secrets. This is what the director looks for among the candidates of that session.
The reason for Wang Xiao.
Although Qian Xiaohua and Wang Xiao were both children from the mountainous countryside, they had no contact with each other. Wang Xiao only got to know her after coming to work in the Sanxingdui Archaeological Office.
At this time, although there was no expression of displeasure or anger on the director's face, the look he looked at Wang Xiao was particularly majestic and sharp, completely different from his usual smile with some kind encouragement.
Wang Xiao didn't pay attention to the director's expression, nor did he look at Qian Xiaohua a second time. He stared at the director seriously and said dullly: "Director, I have an extremely important report."
After hearing Wang Xiao's words, the director looked serious and looked at Wang Xiao quietly, as if he was thinking about something.
After a while, the director said: "Xiaohua, you go out first. I will guide you in your work later."
Qian Xiaohua responded with a smile: "Okay, director." Then she glanced at Wang Xiao and walked out of the director's office gracefully.
Wang Xiao turned around and walked to the door, closed the door, returned to the chair in front of the director's desk and sat down. He took out the bronze box and put it on the table. The director was shocked and opened his mouth to scold Wang Xiao angrily.
"Director, be quiet, listen to me." Wang Xiao first interrupted the director.
Hearing this, the director gave Wang Xiao a cold look. He thought, if Wang Xiao can't give a reasonable reason, Wang Xiao will look better.
Seeing that the director suppressed his anger, Wang Xiao said, "This is a bronze box brought from the Sanxingdui ruins."
The director didn't say anything, and could only stare at Wang Xiao coldly with anger. What he was thinking in his heart was that it was too much to bully others. Although I am not very professional, I still don't know the bronzes in the Sanxingdui site that I am in charge of. Good on you.
Wang Xiao, is this director so unbearable in your heart? I just want to be beaten!
Wang Xiao continued: "When I was wiping the box just now, the box glowed..."
After listening patiently to Wang Xiao's story, the director reached out to pick up the bronze box, observed it carefully, and wiped it, but there was no reaction on the bronze box.
After a few minutes, the director put down the bronze box and all the anger in his heart dissipated.
Smiling and kindly said to Wang Xiao: "Xiao Wang, I know that the promotion request you submitted last time was not approved, and you feel very stressed, but don't be discouraged!"
"You are still young and have solid professional knowledge and skills. You are a talented person in our Sanxingdui Ruins Archaeological Office. You can be promoted at any time."
The director pondered for a while and continued: "Let's do it! Next time, I will definitely agree to your promotion request next time, how about that."
Wang Xiao shook his head after listening to the director's words.
The director suddenly became unhappy and said: "This is not satisfactory, Xiao Wang! You know how to be grateful as a person!"
Wang Xiao said: "No, Director, I am in a very normal state of mind. One of the possibilities mentioned just now may actually appear in our Blue Star."
The director looked at Wang Xiao pitifully, feeling a little guilty that he had squeezed Wang Xiao too hard, causing Wang Xiao to become a little mentally disturbed. He could only say to Wang Xiao sincerely: "Xiao Wang! The director is very optimistic about you.
Ah! I will seriously consider what you said. Don’t worry, I absolutely believe that you are not telling lies.”
Wang Xiao looked at the director's serious expression and nodded with confidence.
The director spoke again: "Xiao Wang! You go back and have a good rest for a week. I'll give you a day off. You've worked hard during this period. It's a paid day off. You can walk around and have fun, relax, and don't tense up."
"
Looking at the kind director, Wang Xiao was a little touched and said softly: "Thank you for your concern, director." Wang Xiao turned around and walked out of the room.
"Wait a minute" the director suddenly called to Wang Xiao.
Wang Xiao turned around and looked at the director, with confusion on his face. He didn't know why the director stopped him.
"Bring the bronze box and put it on the bronze shelf. You can't take the bronze out without permission in the future."
Wang Xiao was surprised by the director's words. Wasn't this bronze box used as evidence to explain what he just said? Why was he brought back?
Soon, a flash of light flashed in Wang Xiao's heart, and she suddenly understood that the director had just deceived him and did not believe what he just said.
At this time, looking at the smiling and kind director, Wang Xiao was speechless and could only sigh and walked out of the director's office with the bronze box.
After returning to his bedroom in the Sanxingdui Archaeological Area, Wang Xiao recovered from his loss and realized that he had not placed the bronze box on the shelf in the designated area for placing bronze vessels, and was still holding the heavy bronze box in his hand.
Wang Xiao looked at it and put it on the table next to him. Then he got up and went to the kitchen to prepare something for dinner.
After a while of busy work, I fried two vegetables and cooked some rice. I sat at the table and started eating, thinking about the bronze box while eating.
After passing by the director, Wang Xiao also began to feel a little unconfident. What he felt was true or false. His feeling told Wang Xiao that this matter was most likely true, but his reason told Wang Xiao that this matter was most likely an illusion.
After thinking for a long time, Wang Xiao decided to make a short video about this incident and publish it online to remind people who saw it to pay attention to it.
So, after eating, Wang Xiao found a social platform with relatively large traffic and started making videos.
Half an hour later, Wang Xiao finished the video, clicked publish, and earned some money to increase the exposure of the video.
After doing this, Wang Xiaosui turned off the computer and prepared to lie down on the bed. When he passed by the table, he saw the bronze box, so he picked up the box, lay on the bed, and carefully looked at the patterns and circuits of the box.
Those patterns are like some Taoist talismans, and the lines on them are like circuit board lines. They are very magical and have a feeling of a combination of metaphysics and science.
The previous light also lit up from the pattern, and then spread all over the box along the lines, and then the meaning of the audio was analyzed.