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Chapter 9 Unusual Ore

Before the end of the semester, A Tian found some clues.

It was an error report on a physics experiment at the University of Pennsylvania in the late 1950s. Due to magnetic field interference, there were always problems with the data. The experiment error occurred after the laboratory moved to the storage room of the University of Pennsylvania museum, and it was finally confirmed that it was a blackmail.

The objects unearthed in the ancient city of Er contain some radiation themselves.

The two most famous archaeological excavations in the last century were one of Egypt's golden pharaoh Tutankhamun and the other of the royal cemetery in the ancient city of Ur.

Tutankhamen was completed by Carter with the funding of Lord Carnarvon from England. This is a British tradition, capital robs tombs. Of course, the capital required is a bottomless pit. After the Lord ran out of money, the Lord's daughter married another

Nobles, continue to support Carter.

"Did the Great Sage say last time that there is still a man named Black digging in Egypt?" Lao Zhang asked.

A Tian nodded. "Since the second young master of the Black family got involved more than sixty years ago, the family has not withdrawn."

"So if you keep digging, the Black family will be rich enough." Lao Zhang sighed.

"You can make money while digging, Egyptian cultural relics are very popular."

The archeology of the ancient city of Ur was the work of the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania. The most famous of them is the royal tomb at Ur. The British have a dedicated exhibition, and many of the remaining cultural relics are in the University of Pennsylvania. The University of Pennsylvania museum is based on two

The river basin is famous for its collection of Egyptian and Chinese cultural relics.

Most of these blood-sucking American universities have their own museums, and their faces are very abominable.

"I checked according to what Wang Yu said. This is the relationship diagram I made during this period." A Tian pointed to the outline of the world map on the screen and the dots of marks on it and said: "These are the more important figures of this century.

Archaeological discoveries, wars in various places and the time and place where major epidemics and abnormal geological activities have been reported.”

A Tian marked the events that happened in the same year with the same color. Some events were connected, and some events had forces from other countries behind them. They were all connected with lines. Her hand crossed Afghanistan, Russia and South Africa.

, and finally stopped at the Antarctic. "This is the latest place that has been associated with 'radiated ores'."

That's when Professor Holmes went.

I found that the North Pole close to Russia was also enclosed, so I asked A Tian what was going on.

"This is Murmansk, a Russian ice-free port in the Arctic Ocean. I marked it because there was a saying about this place before and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, 'the ice-free Murmansk is frozen.' Since that kind of stone is 'supposedly'

Changing the surrounding environment, who knows if some conditions were triggered in the 1990s that froze the water here. However, because there is no research, we don’t know the source, and the background of the time, it is probably just a rumor." A Tian

Shrugging, "But there is no evidence of the magnetic field of the ore, so if I say anything, it must be considered a rumor first."

"Great Sage, did you just say 'trigger condition'?" Lao Zhang was quiet for a long time, and then suddenly spoke. "So this kind of stone may stay in place normally, but due to human activities or other external factors

, activated the stone’s magnetic field?”

"Yes, that's what I guessed." A Tian agreed with Lao Zhang's idea: "Although I don't know what the triggering conditions are now, but before something happened or someone arrived, there was no similar incident in the local area.

Of course, we can say that the technological methods in the past were relatively backward, and even if there were things like 'magnetic field', people thought it was just strange power and chaos."

Lao Zhang and I both nodded.

A Tian continued: "Currently we don't know what triggered the 'magnetic field', but according to Wang Yu, the Yin family has actually had that strange disease for a long time, which proves that this 'radiating' material has been around for a long time."

existence, thereby overturning my conjecture about 'modern synthetics'. In addition, from Egypt, the Middle East to Central America, the time basically involving magnetic fields revolves around the 1930s and 1940s of the last century.

Even if it is out of the need to plunder resources and pass on domestic conflicts, European and American countries have invested a bit too much in these places. Especially Britain and the United States. Since the Black family went to Egypt in the last century, their current leaders

Even at an advanced age, he still spends most of his time in Luxor. If this can barely be explained away in terms of ancestral interests, then the United States’ continuous investment in these decades can only be said to be for

Maintain world peace.

As for Operation 279, before the reform and opening up, most of them were still active in China, but they also went to other countries through some channels such as foreign affairs visits or academic exchanges. I haven’t found out who they are, but if they are really like you

If I come to Egypt this time, I will definitely be able to find out these people. Including those from the United States and Li Yuan."

Lao Zhang and I have been wowing. A Tian continued unmoved:

"If we assume that these forces all act because of the 'magnetic field', the time now is worth pondering. It seems that the action button in the world was pressed sixty years ago, that is, after the Penn incident.

Maybe the Chinese archaeologists who first went to Egypt had some experience there, and foreign forces have always wanted to infiltrate our country. Based on the principle of 'no matter what foreigners want, we must find it first', that 279

It came into being.

According to the available information, in addition to sixty years ago, twelve years ago was also a very important time point. Weren’t the parents of Li Yuan, whose name has not yet been found, and your third uncle about the same time in Sichuan?

?I found out that at that time, there were also foreigners who wanted to excavate in Sichuan in the name of archeology. They have been using this trick. It’s really an old dog who can’t learn new tricks. They probably came after our rock.

"

A Tian quickly explained her findings in one breath.

Lao Zhang and I started to "wow" again.

"I also found out some stories about those ores."

As soon as A Tian poked at the map, countless news headlines popped up one after another. Finally, a screenshot of a newspaper from the beginning of the last century stopped at the top. It was a copy of the New York World, which read:

"Mayan ruins may become the main energy center of the future world? Dr. Giles led a team to investigate."

"What the hell? How come the Mayan ruins can generate electricity?" Lao Zhang looked puzzled, "What is this New York World? I've never heard of it."

"You've probably never heard of it. This newspaper went bankrupt due to poor management shortly after publishing this report. I checked it out and found that using shocking or vulgar content to attract attention is a major feature of the New York World.

." Atian clicked the outrageous title with his fingertips. "But this time it is not necessarily a gimmick. Because the statement that ore is energy itself has been confirmed in many places."

With that said, A Tian pulled the map to South Africa. There was a shining diamond that flickered on and off.

"This is Acasta, a diamond discovered in South Africa in the 19th century. It weighs more than 400 carats. It has a different fate from other diamonds that were shipped to Europe and the United States as soon as they were discovered. Acasta went around and around and never left.

Africa. It is said that it is because no one has the means to cut and polish it. There are many legends about Acasta. For example, everyone who handled this diamond died unexpectedly, and wherever it went, there would be typhoons.

The weather. But these are just rumors, after all, it has been sixty years since it last appeared in front of people."

"By the way, it also has a name." A Tian added. "[Life as old as the earth]."

I took a deep breath.

"[Life as old as the earth]?" Lao Zhang exclaimed, "Isn't this a diamond? Why is it called life?"

"Even though the legend about the Acasta Diamond is amazing, there are still people who are trying to find it. But this diamond seems to have a mind of its own and has never chosen anyone." A Tian enlarged the diamond and said, "I

I also found some information. There is a saying among those who are chasing after Acasta. It is said that if you follow Acasta's guidance, you can find infinite treasures."

"Wait, I'm confused by you." I made a pause gesture. "Let's not worry about whether the Mayan ruins can generate electricity or whether the diamond has thoughts. But is there any relationship between the two? Why do you

Can this incident in South Africa prove that the Mayan ruins are the energy field itself?"

A Tian said calmly: "I didn't say that the Mayan ruins are the energy field itself. What I said is that some people think that the ores are the energy field itself. Because it is said that an unusual gem was unearthed in that Mayan ruins."

"What gem?" Lao Zhang and I asked in unison.

"I haven't found this yet. There are so many Mayan ruins, how do I know which one it is? And it's so old that I can only get some information from some related events."

Hearing what A Tian said, although he was scratching his head and curious, he had no choice but to give up. Because the scope of the Mayan civilization was so vast, trying to pinpoint the exact location of the ruins based on a tabloid headline from nearly a hundred years ago was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"What about the Acasta Diamond?" I asked again. "Has anyone seen that diamond again? Why are there rumors that that diamond is related to the Infinite Treasure?"

"Old Wang, you're asking a stupid question. It's obvious that those people have been dazzled by the benefits, and they believe this kind of nonsense." Lao Zhang said.

"Have you discovered any patterns?" A Tian's words drew our attention back to the dotted map. "No matter when these ores were discovered, there was some news about them sixty years ago.

.”

When I thought about it, this was indeed the case.

"Actually, apart from sixty years ago, there was another year that was particularly lively."

I asked what year it was.

A Tian fiddled with the screen, and several points suddenly lit up, connected by a line symbolizing time.

"This year."

The three of us looked at each other, and we all remembered Li Zheng's statement about "process acceleration".

When I was at Grandpa Li's house, I briefly met the last person who came to the door due to the ancestral curse of the Yin family, which was Li Yuan's aunt Li Zheng. Until Li Yuan was "selected", she was under the same [transformation] curse

Lived for decades.

"Grandpa Li did say that there are still people in the world who have been transformed like the Yin family, but most of them failed to survive. And he said that the transformation of the Yin family is a manifestation of the power of the magnetic field. Could it be that the Mayan ruins and

African diamonds also gain so-called energy and 'infinite treasure' due to the magnetic field of the ore?"

Lao Zhang frowned: "So if we think of those magnetic fields as treasure maps, and the ores are treasures, then is Egypt a treasure place?"

I nodded: "I heard what Grandpa Li meant. Egypt may be the end point of Project 279, no matter what they are looking for. But he has no conclusion as to why it is Egypt."

"No matter what they are looking for. As more and more 'magnetic fields' are 'triggered', there is not much time left for them." A Tian concluded. "When I checked the information, I also found that more than

It is us and others who are looking for those ores with magnetic fields. Some people even believe that these ores are not from our earth, but came from extraterrestrials for a purpose."

"This is too nonsense. Don't those people have basic common sense? It was already incredible that the ore magnetic field could provide a steady stream of energy. What's going on now? Are there alien civilizations? Do you still want to colonize the earth in the future?

." Lao Zhang sneered at some of the people A Tian mentioned.

Although I also think that the invasion of extraterrestrial civilization is nonsense, there is an idea that is shouting crazily in my mind, and the idea that I once thought was a wild and wild thought has surfaced again.

I stopped A Tian and Lao Zhang: "Do you still remember what I once thought about prehistoric civilization? I think that before the earth gave birth to human beings, there might have been intelligent life and advanced civilization. But

Those civilizations may have followed the earth. I don't know whether they repaired themselves or regenerated under the influence of the sun's gravity, so the previous civilizations disappeared. These "radiated" stones may be the "suicide notes" of that civilization.

.”

A Tian frowned: "You mean, these ores may not be naturally formed ores, but are left behind by the civilization that existed before the earth was reborn?"

I nodded. "I know this is nonsense."

"It's not nonsense, there are still people who believe in aliens." Lao Zhang stretched out his arm and patted me, "Actually, I always thought that what you said was not necessarily impossible, it was just like proving the existence of Jesus.

Some things cannot be proven right or wrong. Anyway, I think the prehistoric civilization you mentioned is more reliable than extraterrestrial civilization. After all, the earth can have us, but there must not have been others before?"

Before I could finish digesting this unconditional support, A Tian said: "No matter where those ores come from, as long as we can get or get close to one of them, we might be able to find something else."

I slapped my head. Yes, I've been talking about this for a long time just on paper. Why didn't I think of starting with the stone itself? I'm really stupid.

Lao Zhang comforted me and said, "It's not your fault. We don't know who owns these stones. Where can we find them? Should we just go to Egypt to dig them up?"

I said that's not necessary, someone has already dug it for us.

They both looked at me doubtfully. I raised my eyebrows: "Why did the Penn University experiment report an error? Isn't it because of the cultural relics taken from the ancient city of Ur? The British Museum also has a batch of these cultural relics."

The three of us became excited.

"But what if we get close to those cultural relics?" Lao Zhang asked.

"This is simple. I'll go back and make a magnetic field detection software." A Tian said.

I was shocked. "You can do this?"

A Tian was amused by my fuss. "Actually, this is very simple. It is similar to the security check, except that I designed the balancing magnetic field of this software not to react to metal objects, but to react to different magnetic fields."

I nodded in understanding.

Lao Zhang raised another question: "Have the magnetic field dissipated since the British exhibits have been on display for so many years?"

A Tian said: "The error report from Penn University only appeared decades later, which proves that no matter what the magnetic field is, it should be able to last for a long time. And judging from the situation in Antarctica, since the magnetic field can affect many people at one time

, Theoretically, it should be relatively strong. However, since those cultural relics are not the magnetic field itself, and it is not clear how long the half-life is, I am not sure whether there will be a reaction on the exhibits in Great Britain."

Lao Zhang provided another idea. "Since these things are related to cultural relics, in addition to museums, many of them may be in the hands of private collectors."

I nodded: "That's true, but how do we know who has these things in their hands? They won't show them. And even if they do, we can't borrow them to scan."

There are many cultural relics that are not on the market and are indeed in the hands of collectors and cultural relic dealers. However, the threshold for collection is too high and cannot be easily cracked.

While we were talking, A Tian found something else.

"Before you came, I tried to find the list of people going to Egypt, but the scope was too broad, so I checked the hospitalization list in September. After something happened in Antarctica, China and the United States urgently sent a medical team

Treat the people who evacuated. The next fourteen people from the Chinese team returned directly to the country. Because it was an unconventional way and there was no entry and exit records, I couldn't find their names. However, thirteen of these people stayed in Hainan.

I went to the sanatorium. I found their list, and they were all scientific expedition members who had been in Antarctica. The only one who had not been admitted to the sanatorium, although I did not get the personal information, was probably that Li Yuan.

As for the remaining 48 people, they went to the United States for treatment and stayed at a resort in Miami. Four of them were discharged from the hospital the next day. Two of them were logistics team members. Perhaps they were on a ship when the incident occurred.

They were not affected by the magnetic field. The remaining two people are more interesting." A Tian paused and continued: "One of them is Dr. Holmes's student, Alexis Heinstein, who should be the one who saw Lao Zhang at that meeting.

The girl I met on the ship. It’s not yet known whether she is immune to the radiation or not affected. The other one is the ‘travel blogger’ who got on the ship by himself, Chris Yano.”

At this point, A Tian let go of the computer screen, which showed the bright smiling face of an Italian.

"Our 'travel bloggers' have a wide range of coverage. Guess what I just found out?"

Lao Zhang and I both looked at A Tian expectantly.

"This traveling Arnold will attend the Sustain auction in London next week. And as a seller, what he brings out is a gemstone from Afghanistan." A Tian called up the catalog on the Sustain auction website.

It was a clear ruby, different from pigeon blood red. The inside of this ruby ​​was not blue, but faintly glowing with gold like sunlight. But the gold seemed to really flow like sunlight. Change it.

The angle is invisible again.

I have to admire these people who make catalogs at auction houses. They are all experienced and can catch the attention of potential customers. People like me who don’t know gems feel that this thing is not ordinary.

Lao Zhang was also amazed.

I don’t know much about the minerals in Afghanistan. I only know that the lapis lazuli that is abundant there was regarded as the hair of the gods in ancient Egypt, so it is very precious. It is obviously a country rich in mineral resources, but it has been trapped in the flames of war and has been unable to develop.

I don’t know how this gem was obtained by this person named Chris Arnold.

"The gimmick of this gem is that it is called the 'Eternal Eye'. Not only is there a touch of gold in it, but what is even more eye-catching is that this 'Eternal Eye' is said to be able to restore the exhausted gem mines.

There can be a steady stream of new gems to be mined, and mines can also be dug out of thin air in the foothills of ordinary mountains." A Tian looked at us, "Does this sound familiar?"

This is simply too familiar. Whether it is African diamonds that are said to have unlimited treasures or the source of Mayan energy, all places related to [magnetic field ore] are accompanied by similar rumors.

But this Chris Arnold did not remain anonymous, nor did he conceal the origin of the gem. He still appeared at this time. We have to think about the reason why he did this.

But no matter what, this is currently our only real chance to get close to that kind of stone.

I said excitedly: "Then we must go and have a look!" A Tian also nodded.

But after all, how can we poor students with no names get in to the auction that will start next week?

When we were at a loss, Lao Kai opened his mouth: "My eldest sister was in Paris recently to talk about her gallery. I asked her if she could find a way to let us in."

Hearing what Lao Zhang said, I remembered it. It was all because he was so good at pretending that he almost forgot that he was actually a class enemy. But I don’t have a fighting spirit, so I immediately patted Lao Zhang happily:

"Then please do it if it doesn't cause any trouble to your sister!"

He said reservedly that he would ask his sister.

Soon good news came from Lao Zhang. It turned out that there were many people Zhang Min knew at the auction, so I took this opportunity to show her brother the world. Lao Zhang also asked his sister if she could help me arrange it.

A job, maybe you can get some inside information.

As expected, Zhang Min arranged an internship for me. I was responsible for introducing the collection and guiding the guests before the auction. Those who came to participate in the auction must have studied the collection enough. This position is actually to go to the scene to serve as an intern.

A vase.

Surprisingly, the day of the auction was a Thursday, and the time was set at two o'clock in the afternoon. If it weren't for some evil capitalists who didn't need to go to work or go to school, they really wouldn't have been able to spare the time to participate.

The three of us took the train from Oxford to London early in the morning. We were thinking that even though we were already in London, we still had to go to the British Museum to get close to the objects unearthed in Ur.

The British Museum is a very educational place, full of colonial remnants. It is also a bit like a lifeless zoo. Cultural relics from all over the world are stolen or robbed, and then put together according to species for tourists to visit.

Although exhibiting cultural relics from all over the world helps to understand different cultures, at the same time, for those who have never, and perhaps will never truly step into the African and Asian continents in their lifetime, this museum form not only brings education but also

It will lead to a solidification of thinking. What's more, many well-known Western museums have jointly issued statements supporting the concept of so-called "universal museums", trying to openly defend the interests of these museums and justify the invasion and plunder of other countries' cultural relics.

Mesopotamian cultural relics are on the third floor of the British Museum. As soon as he stepped into the Ur ruins exhibition hall, Atian's magnetic field detector began to vibrate.

It has been nearly a hundred years since the tomb of the King of Ur was excavated, and it is still shrouded in a somewhat unyielding magnetic field. And this is not the source of radiation. I can't help but guess that maybe the 'ore' with the magnetic field is also like the [Eternal Eternity]

Eye] is equally dazzling, so it must have been used as a burial object by the royal family of Ur.

Ancient Egyptian temples, polar viruses, Mayan energy fields, gem mines in Africa and war-torn Afghanistan. Are these incomprehensible events all related to magnetic fields?

I'm looking forward to the auction in the afternoon even more.

I just can't wait to see what the "Eternal Eye" looks like, and who is that all-rounder Chris Arnold.

The Japanese were also interested in my country's mineral resources. During the war, Japan stole at least one billion tons of coal, hundreds of millions of iron ore, countless copper, aluminum, magnesium, lead and precious metal ores from China.

The United States and Japan can work together because they have the same chemistry.

(End of chapter)