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Chapter 118 The Legacy of the Sea

Joshua was silent for a long time, raised his head and drank the wine in the pot before speaking.

In fact, the strange magnetic field encountered in the Atacama Desert that Kawaii San mentioned earlier is only part of the story, and what Joshua is about to talk about is to complete the event from another angle.

After those geophysicists discovered the abnormal magnetic field, the matter went beyond the scope of simple scientific research, so the bearded Buswell sent people to cooperate with Kawaii San and others to go deep into the Atacama to find the special magnetic field.

Energy field, and Joshua is one of those who gets paid to do things. Perhaps due to the special energy field, technological means such as satellite positioning are not useful, so we can only use the most primitive method, which is to go and see it in person.

That desert is indeed the most Mars-like place on earth. It is simply an endless sea of ​​death. Following the group of scientists as they drilled deep into the sand, dryness and heat waves swept away the moisture and good temper of their bodies. After several days of searching,

A salt mine that no one knew about but was in good condition was discovered.

People were disappointed. Salt mines were a hot cash cow even a few centuries ago, but they have not been able to generate huge profits in recent years. Although there is funding from Buswell, the original sponsor must also give an explanation. The next step is to go back

Research to find out why, or continue looking for mineral deposits.

The harsh environment made scientists complain so much that no one wanted to go digging for minerals in the desert anymore. Kawai Shinichi, also known as Kawaii-san, stood up at this time. He offered to leave the research team temporarily and let him lead the team to continue in-depth research.

Searching for mineral resources in the desert, the rest of the people continued their research.

Because salt mines cannot produce such a magnetic field, there must be something else, most likely a metal mine. At this time, no one bothered to explore why there is a salt mine.

Joshua and others followed Kawai Shinichi into the hinterland of the desert.

When the mummy was discovered, the team was walking among the whale bones, surrounded by mineralized animal bones.

In fact, it is normal for mummies to appear in the desert. Many ancient people were good at using natural conditions to achieve their understanding of death, or that natural conditions shaped their outlook on life and death. Just like in Egypt, mummies were made to make the corpses better.

Preserved on the ground, this wisdom will also come from the dehydration effect of the desert.

But if Joshua and others encountered this kind of situation in the Atacama Desert, they wouldn't be talking about it. At first, these people didn't care. They were responsible for prospecting and smooth transportation, and no one cared about the task.

external things.

But the researchers on the team saw something was wrong.

The geological layer where the mummies are located is different from the surrounding desert, and the mummies themselves cannot actually be considered mummies, because they are not formed by weathering after death, but rather like fish out of water, dehydrated and dead.

Joshua touched the jug again, but the wine had been drained, so he stood still.

I used my eyes to indicate to Arnold that he would support me again. He also had a small delicate wine flask in his breast pocket. Arnold moved his lips and silently told me that this was the last time.

The most important thing now is to listen to what Joshua is saying. Seeing that Arno has no intention of giving up, I have no choice but to do the work for him. Arno clutches his chest in pain and looks at me with wet blue eyes, shaking his head desperately. How can I care about him?

With such emotion, he reached out and took out the wine bottle.

At this time, a bottle of wine was handed to the appointment letter, and it turned out to be Ali. Joshua was also stunned for a moment. He looked at the silent Egyptian and took it. My hand was still holding the wine bottle, and Arnold grinned.

, and pushed the wine bottle back.

"Atlantis is not so much a utopia as a cursed place." Joshua drank up Ali's wine in a few gulps, sighed, and continued staring at a certain point on the mural. "Those mummies are very special.

Strangely, the clothes on their bodies were well preserved, and at first we thought they were their skins. In other words, those were their skins, but their skins were worn on their bodies, just like we wear clothes."

"Wait a minute, you confused me." Arnold asked in confusion, gesticulating with his hands. "What does 'skin on the body' mean? Can the skin of those mummies be taken off?"

"Take it off, yes, their skin can be taken off. Those mummies were lying on the ground, as if they were trying to break free from their skins. Some mummies had even broken free. Some of the skins were separated from the mummies when they were discovered.

It looked like a burial suit that had been thrown aside, so no one thought it could be skin, and they thought that lying on one’s stomach was the burial custom at that time.”

Ali was very drunk, and Joshua talked about it for a long time, and he himself fell into doubt.

Buried lying down? This is a rare thing in any civilization. But if the 'skin' is really skin, why did the mummies break free? And could breaking free of the 'skin' be the cause of death of those people?

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The mummies of Atacama struggled to move forward, and continued to crawl toward the shore while suffering.

In addition, there are some strange things about the mummies found in the ancient strata of the Atcatama Desert. Those skeletons do not look like people walking upright at all. There is no wear and tear on the joints. Later tests also found that such bones cannot support

It is impossible for them to walk or even crawl on the ground.

"Unless they can fly or live in the water all the time." Joshua said.

"Isn't Atlantis just in the water?" The person sitting on the other side of the scientist said distrustfully. "What are you trying to say with all this nonsense?"

"Are you stupid? Atlantis was originally an ordinary civilization and then it sank into the water."

I don't know who said something, and several people continued to talk about it, and then asked Joshua: "What is going on in that desert?"

Except for Arnold and me, everyone else was also attracted by this bizarre story. But Joshua and others clearly arrived there, why did they say that Atlantis did not exist?

Joshua didn't answer. No one offered him a drink this time.

Although I don't understand why an experienced mercenary needs to drink alcohol to say this, but the metaphor feels that he did experience something different in that desert, and those experiences are still affecting him to this day.

The long yellow sand swallowed up Atlantis. Perhaps what was written on the beach will eventually be erased by the waves, sea breeze and sunshine, but some obsessions are deeply engraved on the bones of the earth and written into all

The source of life. Later generations looked at those traces but could not understand their meaning.

In the silence, I suddenly felt something moving in the darkness in the distance. There were relief sculptures on both sides of the corridor, and our people were all gathered together, and the thing didn't look like a human figure.

I stared intently and nudged Arno with my elbow to make sure I wasn't dazzled.

"Look there."

Arno followed my line of sight and felt something was wrong. We both took two steps that way, and he murmured in a trembling voice: "Virgin Mary!"

(End of chapter)