I didn't ask any more questions about the Ten Supernatural Heroes because I knew he wouldn't say anything else.
After a while, Tian Sihan pointed out a road to me and asked me to drive on that road. When I saw that the road was heading towards southwestern Hunan, I asked him the specific address of the case we were going to take out together this time.
Where.
Tian Sihan did not answer me directly, but asked me if I knew about "Toad Cave".
Toad Cave, I really know this. When I was a freshman, I read a book on humanities and history. It mentioned "Toad Cave" in the description of ancient humans. It said that a large number of ancient artifacts were found in Toad Cave.
The legacy left by humans, including stone tools, crop seeds, fossils of animal bones, and some insect fossils, are of great value to the study of the progress of human civilization.
After I told this situation, Tian Sihan smiled and said: "No, no, you really know a lot. The place we are going to this time is Toad Cave. To be precise, Toad Cave is where the ancient humans descended."
A migration place, because the cave structure in that place is somewhat similar to that of Toad Cave, so we also call it Toad Cave.”
Migration place!?
Ancient humans lived in a cave. If the conditions were right, they would multiply rapidly. If the cave could not accommodate them, the extra people would probably find other suitable places to migrate there.
After thinking about this, I asked them where they had moved.
Tian Sihan said: "The address of Toad Cave is in Shouyan Town, Dao County, but their migration place is in the mountains hundreds of miles north of Shouyan Town. It was only discovered recently, but during the excavation process
There are some problems in the game, so I need my help to take a look, and I’ll take you two laymen along with me."
By this time, I had gradually become familiar with the situation of the car, and the speed of the car was obviously faster.
I asked Tian Sihan what kind of problems arose during the excavation process.
He said: "Have you forgotten the name of this case? The place where the poison was buried. They found the poisonous insect during the excavation. Someone over there will explain the details to you later. Now you can drive with peace of mind."
Our car first arrived in Daoxian County, then went west to Shouyan Town, and then walked north from Shouyan Town. The car passed many villages, and then slowly drove into the mountains.
After driving for a while, the car could no longer continue. There were more than ten horses, several tents, and six or seven middle-aged people where we parked.
After we parked the car, Tian Sihan went to communicate with those people and after saying a few words, he led three horses over and the three of us continued riding deep into the mountains.
I asked Tian Sihan if those people were from the Supernatural Bureau.
Tian Sihan shook his head and said: "They are just from the archaeological team and have nothing to do with the Supernatural Bureau. I am not talking to them as the Supernatural Bureau, but as an insect expert. We are going to study bugs this time."
Tian Sihan smiled as he said this, as if he had nothing to worry about in this case.
He was already confident.
We rode horses into the mountains, and Mai Xiaorou didn't say anything along the way. I knew what happened to Grandpa Mai was a huge blow to her, and even if she cheered up, the sadness in her heart would not be easily erased.
I took the initiative to say a few words to Mai Xiaorou, and she responded to me without saying a word.
We set off from Zhaikou Village in the evening, and it was already late at night when we arrived here, so I was very tired. After riding for a while and getting familiar with the rhythm of the horse, I started to take a nap on the horse.
Mai Xiaorou slept all the way in the car and was not so sleepy now. She kept looking around.
Tian Sihan walked at the front and led the way, and it was relatively peaceful along the way.
The horse was swaying on its back, so it was okay to take a nap, but if I really wanted to sleep, I still couldn't do it. A few times I almost fell off the horse because of my naps.
After walking for more than 40 minutes, we saw a bright light in front of us. Tian Sihan said: "Ahead is the camp where the archaeological team stayed here. We are here."
After a while we arrived at the camp. A man, a woman, and an old man with white hair came out of the tent to pick us up.
The old man spoke first: "My surname is Ma, and I am the person in charge of this excavation work. Those two are my students, Xiao Jin and Xiao Zhou."
He pointed casually, but I couldn't tell which of the men and women was Xiao Jin and who was Xiao Zhou.
Tian Sihan also introduced us here. He said that he was an expert on insects, and that Mai Xiaorou and I were his assistants.
After Tian Sihan finished the introduction, the young man behind Old Man Ma said: "Aren't you insect experts? Why haven't I seen you bring relevant equipment? What's the difference between you coming so lightly and empty-handed? How can you help us solve this problem?
The thing is, those bugs are very powerful and can bite people to death."
As he said that, the man showed a look of fear on his face.
Indeed, Mai Xiaorou and I carried a bag each. Tian Sihan didn’t even carry a bag. He just had two small bamboo tubes in the pockets of his white clothes. At first glance, his equipment seemed a bit frivolous, unlike the experts.
It doesn't fit in at all.
After the man finished speaking, Old Man Ma immediately said: "Xiao Jin, what are you talking about? Stand aside. Experts will naturally have expert methods."
The man known as Xiao Jin was still a little unconvinced and said to the old man: "Professor, we have invested so much here. Leader He was bitten by an insect and died of poisoning. Deputy Yang was sent to the hospital for treatment. Now his life or death is uncertain.
We request that the reinforcements sent should be experts with advanced pest control equipment, rather than letting them come to enjoy the scenery."
Xiao Jin was a little excited, but I can understand it, after all, their archaeological team lost a life.
The woman named Xiao Zhou went over and grabbed Xiao Jin and said: "Since the above arranged for them to come here, they must be special. Maybe they really have a way to deal with those bugs. Besides, those bugs can kill people."
Yes, they won’t be joking with their own lives.”
Hearing what Xiao Zhou said, Xiao Jin hummed and said, "I hope so!"
Professor Ma said to us: "This happened to the archaeological team. Xiao Jin is a little excited. I hope you don't care about it."
Tian Sihan shook his head and said: "I don't care about this. I came here in a hurry and don't know much about the situation here. So, please tell me the details of the encounter with those bugs first.
Then I will analyze how to solve this matter."
While we were talking, Professor Ma invited us into a tent and poured a cup of hot water for each of us.
After taking a sip of hot water, I immediately felt a lot warmer.
Then Professor Ma told us: "I specialize in research on Toad Cave. A large number of stone tools, crops and animal semi-fossils were found in Toad Cave. I feel that the living conditions of humans in Toad Cave at that time were not as good as those of ancient people."
, should be considered wealthy, and they must reproduce quickly. The Toad Cave is not very big, and it is impossible to accommodate too many ancient people, so either ancient villages will appear nearby, or some ancient people will migrate away from here."
"After many years of research, I really discovered the possibility of the latter. After several more years of research, we gradually determined the direction and approximate location of migration, and then organized an archaeological team of 14 people to carry out the expedition.
Mountain inspection."
"We were very enthusiastic when we came. Not long after we entered the mountain, we made a major discovery. The ancient humans who migrated from Toad Cave did not simply continue the cave dwelling method from Toad Cave, but learned to build villages. We are here
Stone tools, bone tools, and other daily necessities of ancient people were found in a fairly large area."
"This is a typical feature of ancient villages. Unlike cave-dwelling ancient humans, their daily necessities are concentrated in caves or a small area nearby."
"At that time, I even felt that after the ancient humans from Toad Cave migrated here, they did not experience the cave age, but directly progressed."
"But then we discovered another cave in the center of this village. The structure of that cave was very similar to that of Toad Cave. Moreover, it was not naturally formed but was dug manually."
"I suddenly felt that the ancient humans who migrated over from Toad Cave, after they arrived here, first found a suitable mountain and dug caves, hoping to imitate the life there in Toad Cave, and then slowly developed into villages.
of."
"Unexpectedly, my estimate was wrong again. After examining the artificially dug imitation toad cave, we discovered that the toad cave did not seem to be used for living, because we did not find any ancient human daily necessities in it.
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Hearing this, I couldn't help but say: "Maybe after they progressed and had villages, they moved all the things out of the caves. Before there were villages, people lived here, maybe!"
Professor Ma said: "We have naturally considered the possibility you mentioned, so we conducted further excavations on the imitation toad cave. We want to find more discoveries to support our speculation."
"But something happened during this excavation. I didn't know what I encountered at the time. A large number of bugs came out of the ground and the cracks in the wall. Fortunately, the two team leaders discovered it in time and allowed us all to retreat. Unfortunately, they were
Those bugs bit him, and Captain He died on the spot, while Deputy Yang was seriously injured and fell into a coma, so he was sent for treatment."
"Because we are working in winter now, we don't have anything to prevent mosquitoes, so we can only ask for help from above."
Hearing this, Tian Sihan nodded and said, "What was the reaction of the two people after they were bitten by insects? Did they have any physical changes?"
Professor Ma said: "Leader He died immediately. His body turned completely green, his eyes and nose were leaking green liquid, the gaps between his teeth also turned green, his eyes were wide open, and the eyeballs were shriveled.
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"Deputy Captain Yang is doing better. His body is purple and blue, but he is still breathing and has a pulse. So we sent Deputy Yang to the doctor in time, and Leader He's body was also sent away."
Hearing this, Tian Sihan immediately took out his cell phone and walked aside to make a call. What he probably meant was to send someone to control Deputy Yang and then send Leader He's body to a certain place.
After Tian Sihan finished the call, Xiao Jin immediately asked Tian Sihan why he did this.
Tian Sihan snorted and said, "If you don't do this, if it's a little later, the two of them will become a nest of insects."
Then Tian Sihan asked how far our camp was from the imitation toad cave.
Professor Ma said that for safety reasons, their camp was about one kilometer away from the cave.
Tian Sihan pointed at Mai Xiaoju and me and said: "You two follow me and catch bugs!" (To be continued)