Chapter 55: Reappearing civilization

"Come on! There are new discoveries!!"
...
The sound was extremely abrupt and immediately attracted everyone's attention.
The camera team behind the team also adjusted the lens for the first time.
"What did you find?"
The three team leaders hurriedly ended the conversation and walked over, as did the others nearby.
The one who made the sound was a researcher who was about 30 years old, standing by the river at the moment, looking very excited, waving the things in the sealed bag in his hands:
"This! I found it on the river bed... Look!"
As several people approached and saw the rusty metal creation in the transparent bag, everyone present changed their expressions!
It was a knuckle-sized piece of metal.
There are obvious corrosion marks on the surface.
The most important thing is that the shape of this thing is definitely not formed in nature.
There are very obvious traces of processing!
A processed metal artifact!
"Give me the tweezers!" Academician Zhou said solemnly, wearing gloves, and using tweezers to pick out the metal object awkwardly.
With the help of sunlight, the expression on his face became more solemn.
"Bullet?" Suddenly, the geologist said.
No one spoke.
In fact, even if it is severely corroded, the appearance of this thing still naturally reminds people of metal bullet casings.
"Give me abrasive tools." Academician Zhou said again.
On the side, someone hurriedly fetched a piece of sandpaper. Immediately, everyone gathered on a nearby stone and began to polish it carefully.
The movement is very thin and slow, and as the rust is worn away a little bit, the bullet buried in the soil gradually glows with the cold light of metal.
Even, probably because it was not too long for it to be washed into the river, vaguely, you can even see some things that seem to be numbered on it.
For a while, the whole scene fell into silence.
People looked at each other, and after a while, Professor Sun suddenly looked at the young researcher: "Where did you find it?"
"It's on this riverbed, it should be washed down from the upper reaches."
"... Dig down and see if there is anything else."
After a brief exchange, the whole team suddenly dispersed, immediately took the excavation tools, and began to dig along the river beach.
Considering that the "bullet" may have rushed down from the upstream, they did not have much expectations for this hasty excavation.
However, when the excavation work started, the damp soil was lifted, and it didn't take long for everyone to hear the sound of metal collision.
"There is still something in the soil!"
"stone?"
"No, it seems to be metal!"
During the conversation, a young research institute threw down his tools, knelt down beside the mud, pulled out a long and thin object with his hand, and tried to wash it away with water.
And as the silt was washed away, this rusty metal artifact was seen again, exposed in full view, and only a riot was heard.
At this moment, their suspicions were finally confirmed.
"This is... a gun?!"
I don't know who blurted out.
On the side, the accompanying officer who escorted these people also came over to confirm: "It's really like a gun structure."
It was dug out from the soil, and it was a rifle with severe corrosion!
The wooden part has long since disappeared, leaving only the barrel and other structures.
If the "bullet" is just suspicion, then no one can remain calm when such guns that are obviously industrial creations appear.
"Is it originally buried in the Tuck Desert? Or..."
One person spoke, and in the second half, he didn't continue, but everyone understood what he wanted to say.
If it is said that this is buried in the Tuck Desert itself, it is okay, but if not...
"Could it be... really a long time has passed on this land? Even industrial civilization has developed?"
The geologist murmured in a low voice, obviously receiving a great shock and stimulation.
After a moment of stunned, he suddenly cried out a little gaffe:
"Dig! Keep digging! Follow this stream, up!"
On the side, Academician Zhou also forcibly suppressed the amazing conjecture in his heart, and said to the person in charge of communications:
"Send this news back immediately and apply to send some archaeological scholars over! Here we...need support!"
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"Sure enough, did you find it?"
In Lishan's study, Lin Tuo said softly with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
When the scene of the scene appeared in the live room screen, the whole room almost exploded.
In the discussion area next to it, thousands of speeches pop up every second, so that the area is stuck.
"What did I see?"
"Why don't the reporter speak? Move the camera closer!!"
"I'm blind. Why do the things they dug out of the ground look a bit like a gun barrel?"
"What happened in the black box?"
"I feel like there is another big news!"
Because the camera deliberately did not get too close, the specific content of the conversation was not included, and the reporter did not rashly speak.
But even just these few pictures are enough to make people create countless associations.
As people dig deeper in the picture, more objects are dug out.
Not only guns and bullets, but also some weird things. Gradually, people also discover that their judgments may be wrong.
The bullet didn't seem to have been scoured from the upper reaches, but the neighborhood itself was a "relic". It was only discovered because it was close to the water source and the soil was washed thin by the current.
With the excavation of the skeleton of a car, the entire live broadcast room was detonated again.
Lin Tuo yawned:
"It seems that no accident has happened."
Originally, he was staring at the live broadcast to avoid accidents. Now, it seems that except that the ruins were discovered earlier than he expected, there is no other problem.
Looking at the time, it was almost evening.
Randomly glanced at the sand table, Lin Tuo was about to close the live broadcast.
Suddenly, his eyes were fixed and he let out a soft voice: "Huh?"
In the sand table, in front of the team, a group of beasts were approaching quietly, seeming to be eyeing these uninvited guests.
Lin Tuo leaned down and probably counted them. The number was really quite large.
"Do you want to intervene?"
Comparing the strength of the two sides, these beasts will naturally not be opponents of thermal weapons, but they are numerous and occupy a favorable location. If they are not dealt with properly, they are also prone to damage.
"Well, let's be a little warning."
After a short hesitation, Lin Tuo lightly raised his right hand and dropped it gently into the sand table.
A finger gently landed on a mountain in the center of both sides.
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Inside the oasis.
On the ground, the excavation work is still in full swing, even if the sun is already slanting westward, it has not stopped.
In midair, the helicopter was still patrolling the surrounding area.
Suddenly, an observer finally caught a black figure approaching in the distance.
"On the ground, notice that there are a large number of unknown creatures approaching in the southwest!"
Send commands through the communicator.
On the ground, because of the long-term guard, the exhausted team was suddenly surprised, and the officer in charge immediately shouted:
"Alert! To the southwest!"
"what?"
Hearing this rapid signal, the people who were doing excavation stopped at the same time, causing a slight commotion.
But at this moment.
Suddenly, everyone felt that a strange breeze swept over the surrounding trees, and the trees swayed. Then, in the mountains to the southwest, a strange loud noise suddenly appeared.
"Boom!!"
The loud noise was like a muffled thunder, and at this moment, the surrounding earth was trembling slightly.
"Be careful!"
"what happened?"
The crowd was panicked for a while, and correspondingly, the beasts that had already approached were suddenly frightened. With surpassing human acumen, they could clearly sense the invisible pressure descending from the mountains ahead.
Without hesitation, they didn't wait for the vibration to stop before they suddenly dispersed and fled.
The personnel on the helicopter I saw were confused and immediately announced: "The target has dispersed, and the cause of the vibration is unknown."
ground.
When the group heard the news that the danger was lifted, they became more nervous.
"It's getting late, this land is too mysterious, everyone clean up, make a mark, and then return." Among the crowd, Academician Zhou looked into the oasis for a while and said decisively.
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Ten minutes later, the entire team began to withdraw.
The speed of return was naturally much faster. When the sun was about to fall to the horizon, the group finally left the oasis area intact and entered the rear base.
There were countless specimens and "unearths" that returned with them.
Foreseeable, this night, and many of the following nights, this base will not be quiet.
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Li Sanwukan.
Before the live broadcast ended, Lin Tuo closed the computer.
He can almost foresee the hustle and bustle of the global Internet, which will probably last for many days, but he has no intention of paying attention.
"The first contact went smoothly. Next, how to excavate the ruins and mine the oasis is something they need a headache."
In a good mood, he opened the door and walked into the martial arts field. Lin Tuo saw that in the center of the courtyard, Huaxi was meditating cross-legs with a serious face, his eyes closed, his back straight, and the "gas method" running.
"Well, speaking of it, the Oasis matter is over for the time being, and it is time to grasp the work of Yangcheng cultivation and promotion." Lin Tuo stood with his hands in his hands, his thoughts flowed.
After these days of fermentation, the spread of "Blue Spirit Breathing Technique" is indeed steadily increasing, and the results are gratifying, but in Lin Tuo's view, it is after all too slow.
"After all, there is still a lack of a hot spot, shouldn't we also think of a way? Well, let's count the number of practitioners in Yangcheng tonight."
Silently thinking about it in his heart, Lin Tuo walked slowly to the side of Huaxi, then raised his hand and patted the little girl's head to wake it up.
"Huh... Teacher?" Huaxi slumped away from her cultivation state, as if she had just woke up, her expression a little dazed.
Then, I heard Lin Tuo smile and say: "Let’s practice till today, go take a bath, and go out for dinner with me later, just to celebrate the festival today."
"Oh," Huaxi nodded subconsciously before reacting, "Festival? Is today a festival in this world?"
Lin Tuo nodded and sighed, "Yes, today, on the seventh day of July, couples must die."
Huaxi: "?"