“That’s about it,” Lin Yi pondered.
Now, regarding the Bronze Tomb, there is a more reasonable explanation overall.
But there are still two things Lin Yi hasn’t figured out.
Why did Ma Biao and the others only take one statue?
This completely goes against the tomb robbers’ usual modus operandi.
Could it be that the mechanisms of the two poles are different, and with their skills, they could only open one?
Secondly, how did that person called William Delison know about the situation inside the tomb?
Ma Biao was the last survivor among the tomb robbers.
Now that he’s dead, where did the other party get their information?
“Team Leader Chen, how long will it take to decipher the text on the Bronze Wall?”
“That might be very difficult, it could take a long time.” Chen Shengli said:
“The text on the Bronze Wall is different from those in ancient texts, belonging to a much older script, making it very challenging to decipher, but we will do our best.”
“It seems that the things inside here remain a mystery.”
“Indeed, getting results in a short time seems unrealistic,” Chen Shengli said:
“But I speculate that the items from the other extreme have likely fallen into foreign hands, so you might need to make a trip soon.”
“I guessed as much, let’s see how Boss Liu arranges things first.”
Lin Yi got up and stretched, saying:
“Let’s call it a day for discussions. We shouldn’t stay at the resort; let’s head back to the city for a nice meal, and I’ll let you experience some local specialties.”
“I heard there’s a kind of fish in the reservoir called Teeth Fish that isn’t found elsewhere, which makes it unique. Let’s have it here.” Chen Shengli suggested:
“And Director Liu mentioned that your culinary skills are excellent, show us your skills today.”
“Teeth Fish is nothing, I’ll let you experience something better.”
With that, Lin Yi led several team leaders out the door and back to De’an City.
First, they had a simple meal and then went to the bathhouse.
…
The next morning, the group set off in grand style to have breakfast, then returned to Green Mountain Resort.
The lunch that day was cooked by Lin Yi, who prepared a full fish banquet for everyone.
After the meal, several team leaders sat together chatting and bragging,
but the topic still revolved around the Bronze Tomb.
“Brother Chen, with your experience, when can the Bronze Tomb be excavated?”
“Very soon, at most a week,” Chen Shengli replied:
“Since there are no artifacts inside, the excavation speed will be much faster. Later we have to pack up and leave, and this resort needs to be dug up as well.”
Lin Yi nodded, saying:
“Actually, our investigation is not comprehensive; could there be other hidden chambers or secret mechanisms inside?”
“It’s possible, but it’s hard to say now, we need to take it slowly.”
Ring ring ring—
At this moment, Chen Shengli’s phone rang.
“Is there any result?”
Upon answering the phone, Chen Shengli asked directly.
For the next few minutes, Chen Shengli remained silent, but his expression turned extremely grim.
“Are you sure there was no mistake?”
“Check again, this kind of thing is impossible, there must be an error in some step.”
After hanging up, Lin Yi and the other team leaders all gathered around.
“What’s going on? What did the investigation find out?” Zhou Jinpeng, the leader of the Fifth Team, asked.
“The ash in the tomb, the test result is out, and there are two components in it.”
Chen Shengli paused, his face still not looking good.
“One component is ash, the other seems to be the dust from decomposed clothing.”
“This is normal; the tomb owner couldn’t have sat in the nude to decay, right?”
“But the problem is, based on the decomposition of the clothing, it can be deduced that this tomb is about 1900 to 2000 years old, but the test results of the ashes show it’s only about twenty-five years old.”
“What?!”
This statement caused a stir!