C2 (1/2)

He smiled, wiped his hair and said, ”What is my surname? What is my name?” ”What is it that comes from 'who knows when water is clear and who is drinkable'?”

I was dumbfounded. I had never heard the poem he was reciting before.

”Cough cough.” Perhaps it's because I'm confused, but he immediately changed the topic, ”We should be considered colleagues, at least in this operation. You probably don't know me, but your grandfather definitely knows my grandfather.

”You're Old He's grandson?” I finally remember.

Elder He and my grandfather were old friends, and the friendship that lasted for more than forty years ended only when they died. When I was young, the moment I had the slightest bit of skin, my grandfather would immediately compare me to ”Old Grandpa He's grandson”. I didn't expect that it would actually be this guy in front of me.

Old He was different from my grandfather. Old He was the one who stayed all those years until the end of the project to return home.

”Let me tell you about our trip.” What is the Dao?

This time, almost all of the organizations were descendants of the international scholars from the past, and some of them even personally participated. There weren't many Chinese people, only three — me and Wei Yuting. There are more people in other countries. However, there were no more than twenty people who were actually moving.

This operation should not be called an operation, it should be called a mission. They all went to different parts of the world to search for the 'wealth' recorded on that stone tablet.

As for how they would divide it up, that was up to them.

”What we need to do is to prevent the others from finding them first.” What is the Dao?

I saw Wei Yuting at night. In fact, there was only one branch in the hotel. The three Chinese and Ike and Achilles who had been looking for me. Ike's authority is higher than Wei Yuting's, my authority is almost the same as Ike's, but in reality, no one told me what the use of this authority is.

After a brief dinner, we went to bed and set off early the next morning.

The role of the stone tablet was only to determine the location, the region was the entire Earth's location. As three fifths of us are Chinese, when the words on the monument were analyzed, our group went to three places. These include the Egyptian pyramids, which travel alone, and areas near Luoyang, China, as well as the Bermuda Triangle waters, which travel together.

My head felt like it was about to explode. He cursed silently in his heart.

The Mayan civilization was recognized as having been formed around 1500 BC and flourished in the third to ninth century AD. It was indeed late for the first pharaoh to appear in ancient Egypt in 3100 BC. There is also a reason for thinking that the Maya are a branch of the Chinese. The period of Maya prosperity is very similar to the Han Dynasty in China, and Luoyang is the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

But the geographical location did not match!

Not to mention the Great Triangle of Death.

I will not dwell on what happened after that. When we reached southwest Cairo, Egypt, and walked under the Sphinx at night, hiding behind the moonlight, my emotions were complicated.

The exact timing of the construction of the Sphinx is no longer a mystery.

The Sphinx was 22 meters tall, and even if I stood up straight, I wouldn't be able to see it if I tiptoed onto a chair.

Before coming here, we distributed a lot of things to keep us safe. Ike spun around the Sphinx with a stick in his hand.

When we reached the second lap, he shouted excitedly at us, ”Yes, yes!”

The few of them looked at each other, and suddenly the atmosphere that had been dejected for a while became high again.

Wei Yuting was the first to speak, ”Be quick about it!” As he spoke, he was the first to rush forward.

What was the saying, ”kung fu is good …” I quickly grabbed him and rushed over.

By the time we got there, Ike and Achilles had dug a hole and were pouring sand.

The dark hole was like a black hole, attracting everyone's attention. Not daring to cheer, we used the compression spatula to dig into the hole. Most of the tools are the same as those we used in archaeology, as are the folding spades in our hands right now.

Stephen Sun was our best cover in the night. When the diameter of the cave was large enough for us to enter, the five of them stopped at the same time.

When I folded the shovel and put it back, I heard Wei Yuting mumbling to herself, ”It's quite thick.”

Indeed, we didn't notice it because we were so keen on digging. Now that he looked at it, it was no wonder that he hadn't been discovered before. The upper layer of hard earth was about 70 cm thick. If it wasn't for the instrument's detection, stepping on it wouldn't have collapsed.

It was a good thing, but to tell the truth I was a little surprised.

The intensity of the wind and sand in Egypt was obvious to all. This was simply not right. Was this all she had accumulated over such a long period of time? I thought we'd have to dig at least a few meters of fine sand before we had a chance.

But no matter what, it was a good thing. I squinted at the hole.

In terms of actual archaeological experience, I'm the most abundant here. But I've never done that, either. It's more like stealing a grave. Ike and I decided to guess, and I won.

When I was stuck in there with my feet on the ground, I felt a little awkward. His hands came up again, and he remembered that he had forgotten to measure the depth.

When I took out the telescopic rod, the length of it startled me.

I'll take the lead, but this time Ike and Achilles will pull the nylon rope. The other end of the rope wound around my waist in a double knot. The advantage of this method was that my waist would not be strangled to death. I tightly grabbed onto the rope with both hands, lightening the burden on my waist.

When my toes touch the ground, I dare to put my heart back in my stomach.

By the time I hit the ground with all my feet, one of them was about to sink in. Just a little. Startled, I held on to the rope and stepped on it. I felt like I was standing on flat ground again.

I took the flashlight from around my waist and shone it on it. Ahead to my left, a long, dark corridor snaked into the deeper darkness.

I gently shook the rope, only to hear Ike say, ”Dodge.”

I walked a few steps deeper into the tunnel, where the soil was much thicker.

I heard a rustling from above, and a few seconds later Ike was standing in front of me, holding my two bags in each hand.

After that came Wei Yuting, and Achilles finally embedded a board into the soil when he came down. The plate was very light, but it could support a mass of 18 kilograms. Now it worked, and in the morning, the sand that had accumulated again would bury these traces.

When Achilles came down, he didn't use a rope, and when he appeared before me, I saw the climber in his arms.

While I was gaping in admiration, Ike leaned over and smiled. ”He's a good fighter.”

No wonder it was placed at the bottom.

The green light emitted by the flashlight in his hand was devoured by the abyss. Except for the small hole at the beginning, Ike and I walked side by side until it was more than enough.

The downward slope seemed to have come to an end in about a few seconds, and it was estimated that we had gone no more than four hundred meters.

His eyes suddenly lit up. We didn't dare turn off the flashlight. I leaned over to take a closer look and saw something stuck to the dirt.

”It's brass!” I said, ”It's been ground down … It's like a mirror. ”

The ancient bronze mirror was also one of the items used by ancient women to comb their faces. Only in the Qing Dynasty did the mercury mirror enter.

My heart ached as I looked at the unrecognizable bronze mirror.

”The first two paths,” Ike crouched down and hesitated, ”Do we have to go separately?”

I looked up.

”Sure.” ”How do you want to divide it?”

I wasn't sure what to do or what Wei Yuting was going to do. The principle of the primacy of human rights abroad is not necessarily useful to such temporary non-interpersonal colleagues.

”The three of you will be grouped into groups, while the two of us will be grouped into groups.” He pointed to Achilles. ”To tell you the truth, I'm the one who got the upper hand.”

I breathed a sigh of relief. ”Yes.”

I had no idea how much I would regret this decision afterwards.

Once the discussion was over, they would flip the coins. Ike and Achilles disappeared to the left first, followed by some vague English in the distance.

”We should go as well. It might be a good thing to separate. After all, different paths do different things …” ”I'm leaving.” I stopped him and pointed to the entrance where they had disappeared, making a silent gesture.

Two of them are at least one Chinese spirit.

Wei Yuting asked, ”How many things do we have left?” She opened her bag.

We counted things quickly.

One travel bag for each person. Other than the ones given, there was also the water and compressed food that he bought. Wei Yuting even had three cans of beef.