The long fairy road is wonderful

Chapter 813 Archaeology
No one knew what Lin Tianci was thinking, but the two of them rode a Pegasus and a sword, and they were both flying in the sky, and the speed was really not too slow.

The time spent just chatting has already spanned hundreds of miles, and the vast farmland around the university has long since disappeared, replaced by a dense jungle.

This jungle is next to the mountain, with long yellow sand on one side, it turned out to be a big desert from the sky.

"This desert is the original capital of the Adrastia Empire. I led an expedition team to search for a whole year. Although I only found a few tattered tiles, the harvest is not small."

Petra is very enthusiastic about restoring the original appearance of history. She does not care about gold, silver and jewelry when she goes to archaeology, but cares more about the patterns and characters carved on stones or tiles, and the stories they represent.

Every time I talk about this, Petra's eyes seem to glow.

Although Brother Lin still doesn't understand what the Edrastia Empire is.

"Come with me, over here."

Petra took Brother Lin to turn in a different direction, instead of going to the desert, but into the sky above the jungle.

"There are temples left by the empire buried in the jungle. I found the location of the temple ruins from ancient books half a year ago, but it has now turned into a pond. For this reason, I have to spend money to ask someone to find a way to remove the water from the pond. The water was pumped out, and mud and other sundries had to be dug up to expose the temple, which greatly reduced my wallet. By the way, do you know that my dad is rich? Can he sponsor my lovely daughter's archaeological career? "

Brother Lin was speechless. He didn't know if Ao San's uncle was a rich man, but considering Long Du's behavior like a miser...

"It should be considered rich..."

While talking, the two of them skipped over the jungle, and saw a lot of people walking back and forth in an open space that looked like it was man-made. Most of them were workers working with shovels or pushing carts, just like a construction site. look like.

This means that when we arrived at the place, Petra called Brother Lin to follow her to descend the altitude.

The temple Petra mentioned...it should be called ruins now. This is different from the ancient elf ruins that Brother Lin visited. It belongs to the things built by humans 5000 to [-] years ago, and it can still maintain a rough shape. It is because it has been soaked in water all year round. If it were placed in the desert, it would have been weathered and gone.

There is a proverb in the archaeological world, "dry for a thousand years, wet for ten thousand years, and neither dry nor wet for half a year at most".

This refers to the preservation of cultural relics, which can be preserved for a longer period of time if they are soaked in water.

This place was originally a pond, although it is far from being a lake, but it is not small. The workers drained the water little by little, and dug up the silt little by little, so the ruins are now at the bottom of a big mud pit.

Brother Lin took Qingyun back, and Petra also put the apples on the ground for the Pegasus named Joanna to eat by herself. She led Brother Lin quickly to the direction of the mud pit.

"You came so fast, did you get my package?"

A fat, middle-aged man stepped out of his tent by the edge of the mud hole, just in time to see Petra.

"Of course I did. I rushed over as soon as I saw the slab. Where did you find it?"

They hugged each other as a greeting, and they seemed to know each other very well.

The man said:
"It's just below. It rained before, but fortunately, it didn't take long. The heavy rain washed away part of the soil, and I found it."

As he spoke, he saw Lin Tianci:
"Who is this……?"

"He was sent by my father to protect me. By the way, I haven't introduced him to you yet."

Petra pointed to the man and said:
"This is West. He is the best excavator I can find. He and his workers are quick and careful not to damage the precious cultural relics."

Of course, archaeological excavation cannot be the same as building a house on a construction site. This is not something that can be done with strength. In addition to being careful enough, they must also have a certain knowledge of identifying cultural relics.

Brother Lin clasped his fists together:

"In Lin Tianci, for the time being... he can be regarded as Miss Petra's bodyguard."

West also imitated Brother Lin and clasped his fists, but it seemed a bit funny that he was not familiar with him.

"Hello hello, Petra is quite hated, and protecting her is hard work."

hate?
"Didn't we agree not to mention the past?"

"For the sake of money, I really didn't mention it, but I can't forget being chased around like a dog by the armies of seven countries. It took me a lot of work to settle it."

The armies of the seven nations...?
This girl is more... troublemaker than Brother Lin imagined?

"Speaking of which, you actually have a father, why haven't I heard you mention it before?"

"I only found out that he is still alive today. I was thinking about acting like a baby and spending some money when we meet in the future. In order to hire you, my wallet is almost empty. The professor's salary has been advanced for half a year."

This girl's integrity is really enviable to Brother Lin...

"Leave that aside, take me to see where you found the slate. I paid a lot of money, so I can't find anything."

For Petra, the ruins are the most important thing, so I went straight to the topic after a few casual chats.

"Of course no problem, come with me."

West led the way towards the big mud pit, and the three climbed down using the ladder placed on the edge, skipping a large group of workers who were rummaging through the mud for things like pottery and slabs.

The excavated things will be cleaned, packaged and shipped to Petra's warehouse near the University College, where she will sort them, and possibly use the free labor of students.

The euphemistic name is off-campus internship.

Because it was originally a pond, now the place where everyone stepped on is the bottom of the pond, and there are sticky clay everywhere. The workers sprinkled a layer of dry soil on it. Pulled out.

When they approached the dilapidated ruins, it may be because of the bluestone slabs that were originally paved. The people on the side of the road walked a lot, and they also came to the ruins...

It should be the door.

The entire temple is a square structure, and time has caused irreversible damage to it. The murals originally carved on it are full of things like moss, or dry aquatic plants, and even some clams and snails can be seen wait for something.

As for the "should" be the gate, it is because it is located on the door opening, but it is not a structure that can be opened, it is more like a whole stone slab blocking the door opening.

"That's right there. The stone slab I sent you fell off there. Originally, it was blocked by thick mud. I was worried that if I dug it up, the ruins would collapse. I didn't expect a heavy rain to wash away this part. out."

Pointing to a chip in the large slab, West said the fragment was exactly the same shape as the one in Petra's hand.

Petra also took out the slate, stretched out her hand to make a gesture, and made sure that the location was correct, then took out the magnifying glass and looked at it a few times:
"A complete set of prayers! There has never been a complete set of prayers before! This will change the textbooks! West, do you know how important you have discovered?"

West shrugged his shoulders. It seemed that Brother Lin was not the only one who couldn't understand the enthusiasm of scholars.

It's just that the current state of the stone slab is not very good, because without the isolation of soil and water, it will quickly deteriorate if it is placed in the air, and now it can be seen that there are cracks everywhere.

In order not to lose this precious record, Petra glanced at it casually to confirm its authenticity, then quickly took out the paper and ink, and carefully rubbed all the words on the slate, saving it for later study.

Archeology is different from treasure hunting, the process is very boring, Lin Tianci glanced around, and quietly injected mana into the brooch to contact Sai Li.

Sai Li was still online as always, and the 'call' was connected instantly as soon as she dialed it.

"Have you found anyone? What is this place?"

Lin Tianci stood at a relatively rear position, speaking in a low voice, Petra and West who were busy in front could not hear, besides, Petra didn't have the mind to care about other things at all, her concentration might just make the sky fall Do not know at all.

So Brother Lin briefly talked about what happened, and Sai Li said:

"Edrastia Empire? You've stumped me."

It is difficult to travel to the Lost Land through plane travel, not to mention that there are not many branches of the White Hands Association in the local area. It is only a recent thing that they have expanded to this area, and the information collection is not perfect.

After all, the multiverse world claims to have countless planes, and it is impossible for Celie to know every plane in particular.

"emmm... wait, I need to look up the records left by the previous generation of blue goblins."

"Can't you directly pass on all the knowledge in the clock tower?"

The knowledge of the blue goblin is passed down from generation to generation. As long as it is a book placed in the clock tower, its content will be familiar to the newborn blue goblin, so there is no need to read it, and naturally there is no need to read it.

"Those are all uncertain information, and more of them are guesses. This part cannot be included in the inherited knowledge, in order to prevent misunderstandings to the newborn blue goblin in the future. What if something goes wrong?"

The blue goblin is very concerned about the rigor of knowledge, almost becoming an obsessive-compulsive disorder, unless it is 100% certain information will be compiled into a book, and those speculations, or legends are additional records, and the blue goblin will have more in the future Chance confirmed.

Sai Li said that she wanted to look through the information, but it didn't take too long, and she said after 5 minutes:

"Yes, the Edrastia Empire was destroyed by an unknown disaster about 3000 years ago. It once unified the entire Fordola continent for 2000 years, but because the imperial capital was completely destroyed, it lost The management empire quickly disintegrated, and is still in a state of chaos in a dozen countries since then and even today."

"disaster?"

"Well, the reason is unknown. Local records say it was God's punishment, but only one god, Oghma, entered Fudora, and when the empire was destroyed 3000 years ago, Oghma had not expanded his power here. According to previous Ren Blue Goblin's guess may be the result of a magic experiment gone wrong, a blue goblin came to the vicinity of the former imperial capital to investigate, and there are still many traces of magic left at the scene."

Lin Tianci has seen the danger of magic experiments with his own eyes.

Back then in Servia, the Magic Research Institute outside the city exploded, and its intensity almost caught up with the tactical nuclear bomb...

(End of this chapter)