1114 Trip Itinerary (1/2)
As the conversation got further and further off topic, Wei Kang quickly drew it back. ”As I mentioned earlier, it was during the New Dynasty that someone drew the scenes on the walls of ancient Egyptians taking cats to hunt in marshes and wetlands,” he said. ”This wall drawing dates between 3,500 to 3,000 years ago, and the cat in the drawing is still full of mackerel markings. There seem to be no spots to the naked eye, which proves that the spots did not appear earlier than 3,000 years ago.”
Wei Kang turned to Fina again. ”So, although there is no direct evidence for the pattern of mackerel markings merging with the dots, I personally think it appeared between 2,500 and 1,500 years ago.”
There was still a long time before the plane took off, and Zhang Zian was not in a hurry. He watched their quarrels and admired Wei Kang in his heart. He had narrowed the scope of speculation greatly without direct evidence.
He really wanted to tell them the answer directly. There was no need to guess anymore—it was 2,000 years ago. But he couldn't say that. Even if he said it, they would not believe him, because he couldn't explain how he knew. If possible, during this trip to Egypt, he intended to find a way to prove the period of time in which Fina's two markings combined.
Du Xuetao, a nerd, pushed up his glasses and asked carefully, ”Teacher, isn't Egypt just a land full of yellow sand? Where are the swamps and wetlands coming from?”
Wei Kang shook his head. ”I'm not sure about that. That concerns geography.”
Zhang Zian cut in. ”I've heard one or two things about climate change, and with population growth, the original cultivated land couldn't support so many people,” he said. ”People cut down a lot of forests and turned grasslands into cultivated land, and eventually that led to uncontrollable desertification. Long ago, the Sahara was a grassland, not a desert, just like Lop Nor was once China's largest saltwater lake. It is said that there were elephants in the Central Plains during the Shang Dynasty, which is unimaginable to modern people. Now elephants are in zoos, and you can only see them by buying a ticket.”
Wei Kang and the rest sighed, all speechless. This was a natural disaster, but it was also a human-caused one. Of course, they studied biology and knew how many magical species would disappear quietly in the course of climate upheaval as if they had never appeared before. It could only make people sigh.
”Well, let's stop standing here,” Wei Kang said. ”Xiao Zhang had a lot of formalities to go through, right? You go through the formalities. We'll help you carry your luggage in. A lot of the luggage is our equipment, so be careful when you move it.”
After all, they were all men, and rough work was easy for them. Even the thinnest, Du Xuetao, carried the boxes for the pan-tilt cameras, while the strongest, Gao Jie, carried the boxes one by one.
Zhang Zian took Famous to the toilet first—the men's toilet, of course, so that it could excrete whatever needed, and then he took it to check in. After that, he brought Fina to meet everyone in the departure lounge.
He He was sitting on the luggage, her head lowered and playing her game. She only reacted after Wei Kang called her a few times.
”Why did you guys come only now? I thought that you went on the plane yourselves and left me here alone,” she complained as soon as she opened her mouth.
”How could that be? Our luggage is still here.” Gao Ke grinned, put down the suitcase, and went up next to her to see what game she was playing.
”Ah! It's this cat? How cute!” He He noticed Fina, switching off her phone screen and jumping down from the luggage. She reached out her hand, wanting to touch Fina's head.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click visiting.
”Don't touch it!”
Zhang Zian's head hurt when he thought about these kinds of people who wanted to touch a strange dog or cat without saying a word. How arrogant were they? Did they really think that they had the so-called constitution that was popular with cats? Who was to blame if they were bitten or scratched?