American Celestial Master

Chapter 250, Altar

In the following days, the speed of the joint advance dropped significantly. Even with the support of the sun, the speed of using formations to eliminate the black fog has slowed down. Following the advice of the advisory group, the National Guard further strengthened its defenses and sent more personnel to conduct a more detailed inspection of the controlled area.

Yes, a more detailed investigation, even Columbia University has organized a special scientific expedition team to the scene. This is actually normal, because the various situations in the restricted area have long been one of the most concerned hotspots in the scientific community. In the restricted area, many physical rules have changed, which also means more research topics and more opportunities to leave a mark in the history of physics. Physicists all over the world are looking forward to the new "two small dark clouds", which is really "like looking forward to clouds after a long drought". Now the "dark clouds" have really appeared all of a sudden, and they are "dark clouds all over the sky", which is really... really gratifying.

Entering into the "forbidden zone" where the "dark clouds" are thickest to do research is what all scientists who study physics and biology look forward to most. However, such a thing is too dangerous and the cost is too high, so this The research opportunities are very rare.

At School Of course, that kind of "Yinzhi" is extremely poisonous. This kind of poison is not only aimed at the body, but also has considerable toxicity to spiritual bodies that have not survived the tribulation of sunlight and fire. But for some special practitioners, this thing is also very useful. For example, for some earth-bound spirits and water-bound spirits, this thing is very beneficial for them to condense their spirit bodies. And those dead trees, with a little treatment, can also be used as auxiliary materials for some negative magic circles.

Similar things are now sold at sky-high prices in the market, so after understanding the prices of these things, the National Guard guys were not in a hurry. Now, the entire perimeter of the restricted area has become a large construction site. Every day after the sun comes up, National Guard soldiers drive Abrams tanks with dozers into the dead woods, push down the big trees, and then drag them out to sell. Even the mutated soil must be shoveled up and sold for money.

Of course, the cost of doing this, such as fuel and maintenance costs, must be included in combat expenses, because it is clearing enemy fortifications. Of course, after the enemy fortifications are cleared, the money from the sales of the cleared items does not need to go into the government's account. Everyone has to risk something and do such hard work, so there must be some reward, right? Anyway, the guys in the state government are so afraid of death that they don't dare come to check the accounts.

In order to ensure that these things can be effectively cleaned up, the National Guard has even adjusted its defensive operations plan to ensure that valuable things will not be damaged when using heavy firepower to attack monsters that may appear at night. So now when conducting defensive operations, the National Guard's heavy firepower usage area has moved further towards its own position. This of course brings more dangers, but for the sake of money, all soldiers have no objection to this.

And since that night, there have been very few attacks from the penalty area. Even at night, there are usually only one or two Stone Jersey Devils flying out to bother them. When responding to this kind of harassment, the National Guard did not even use heavy weapons. Instead, in the spirit of Fairplay, they directly sent their own superheroes to beat up the two Stone Jerseys. demon. Moreover, in the spirit of treating illnesses and saving lives, superheroes are very measured in their attacks and basically do not use heavy blows. Many superheroes were shouting while fighting: "Be careful, be careful, don't break it, otherwise it won't be worth anything!"

In this way, the plan to gradually eliminate the fog and finally launch an attack on the core area of ​​the restricted area, which was supposed to be completed within a week, was continuously delayed. It took more than two months before the magic circle was able to eliminate the last bit of fog. .

The core of the entire restricted area was exposed, and the most conspicuous thing there was a granite altar. And a bottomless cave behind the altar.

This granite altar is a platform about one meter high, which is made of a single piece of granite. The altar is quite rough and has a heavy sense of history on it. On the altar, something resembling writing is carved. It’s just that most people don’t recognize it.

But Lin Qiusheng can recognize this kind of writing. This is a variation of ancient Mayan writing. Because after Europeans landed on the American continent, they completely destroyed the indigenous civilization, so the academic community has not been able to effectively identify this kind of writing. But for School It's just that this kind of text is really useful, so X School has always kept this as one of its top secrets and has not made it public. (Of course, as a partner and providing a supercomputing platform, the Apostolic Order also has this secret.)
"Look at the appearance of this thing. It looks like an ancient cultural relic, probably from around BC. Unfortunately, carbon 14 testing cannot be done on stone objects. The words on it should be Mayan characters, but I only know that this is As for the Mayan writing, I don’t understand its meaning.” A professor named Braun from Columbia University who studies ancient culture was invited to the altar. After carefully studying this thing, he made a decision. Such judgment.

"This place used to be an immigration settlement. How could there be such a thing?" someone asked.

"I don't know about that," Braun replied. "The native American culture was so completely destroyed that almost nothing was left. Maybe there were some Mayan things that influenced the tribes here. , or simply the Mayans once came here - after all, we know almost nothing about the history of the Mayans, so anything is possible -.

As for why the later immigration point was here. The principles for human beings to choose settlements are actually quite consistent. That is, there are rivers nearby for easy access to water, and flat land for farming. The geographical environment of this location you see now is quite different from that of the past. Some water conservancy facilities we built in the 18th century caused a river flowing here to disappear. But there was a river here back then, and the river. Even smaller rivers can deposit sediment in flat areas. This is the basis of agriculture. Therefore, it is entirely possible for new immigrants to choose to establish new settlements in places chosen by the Mayans or other indigenous people in the past. "

"This immigration settlement was established in the seventeenth century and did not exist for a long time." Lin Qiusheng added on the side, "According to today's research, although the seventeenth century was already a period when the mysterious power ebbed, but The tide has not completely receded, and some mysterious forces can still interfere with reality to a certain extent. The disappearance of the settlement may also have something to do with it. "

(End of this chapter)