Paranormal incident investigation notes

A secret that only previous leaders can know? The secret about the God of Destiny?

The confessions of the members of the Destiny Organization caused Lu Ming to fall into silence for a moment.

But this is still unreasonable.

For the time being, we think that the leader of the Destiny Organization is a fanatical believer, the kind of person who would sacrifice everything for the gods without hesitation. Even so, in order to keep this secret, could he commit suicide so quickly and decisively?

Although in fact, committing suicide immediately is indeed the best way to keep a secret and the safest way. Because as long as you are alive, you may be pried open by ever-changing and endless modern interrogation methods.

In fact, Lu Ming did have this confidence.

Modern interrogation methods usually do not use physical punishment. They do not use physical pain to make the interrogated submit, as in ancient times, such as whipping, cutting, and tiger bench pepper water. But its effect is better than these bloody methods in ancient times.

That cannot be resisted by a strong will alone. Even a fanatical believer whose willpower is beyond ordinary people will surely be pried open. The only difference is the price paid.

As long as interrogators are willing to devote energy, time and resources, there is nothing that cannot be opened.

But then again, even if he knew the power of modern interrogation methods, even if the leader of the Destiny Organization was really a person who didn't care about his own life in order to keep secrets... could he really commit suicide so decisively and quickly?

Humans are not robots, and humans cannot be completely rational. Therefore, this behavior is still unreasonable.

For a moment, Lu Ming shook his head, recorded this doubt, and then temporarily dismissed it.

The leader of the Destiny Organization is dead after all. No matter how many questions there were, it was impossible to pull him out of the crematorium for interrogation.

But there's another problem.

"As the leader of the cult, he holds this secret that only successive cult leaders can know. If he dies like this, aren't he afraid that this secret will be lost and no one will know about it anymore?"

Facing Lu Ming's inquiry, the member of the destiny organization said: "No, no. Our destiny... ah no, it is their destiny organization. This secret inheritance is not dictated to the new generation of the leader before the death of the previous generation. Or through some classics or something. Their inheritance method is quite special."

This made Lu Ming feel a little curious.

How can it be passed on if it is neither spoken or recorded nor recorded in classics?

"After the previous generation of leader dies and the new generation of leader takes over, the Destiny Organization will hold a grand succession ceremony in front of the sarcophagus. During this ceremony, the new generation of leader will receive the divine revelation from the God of Destiny and know what the secret is. .”

"oh?"

Lu Ming was surprised.

Did you actually know the secret through this method? Divine revelation? Is there really such a thing as divine revelation?

What is its essence? Some form of spiritual communication? Communication via brain waves? Is it similar to the way of communication between the building gods and humans in the "Haunted House" case?

The member of the Destiny Organization seemed a little afraid at the moment.

"Our leader... ah no, he is the leader of the Destiny Organization. When he succeeded, I also participated in the succession ceremony. That time, he knelt in front of the sarcophagus and received the divine revelation. From then on, he became the legitimate leader. .”

"Did anything happen when you received divine enlightenment?"

He recalled for a moment and finally shook his head: "It seems that nothing happened. The leader claimed that he had received divine enlightenment and was recognized by the God of Destiny. Knowing the secret, we recognized him as the leader. This... No one dares to lie in front of the sarcophagus."

Lu Ming paused, probably having some thoughts in his mind.

This so-called divine revelation, something that can only be known through divine revelation, a secret about the God of Destiny that only the leader can know, most likely does not exist.

There is no such thing.

There is a high probability that this is just a means for the previous leaders to strengthen the legitimacy of their succession and strengthen their own divine power and authority.

At this point in the interrogation, probably nothing useful can be found.

The suicide of the leader of the Destiny Organization remains a mystery to this day. But there is no rush, you can put it down for now.

In the afternoon, the personnel and equipment allocated by Lu Qingliang were finally in place. Therefore, Zhang Dingshan, Lu Ming, and He Wei led a large number of experts and once again came to the "sanctuary" that was heavily guarded and no unrelated personnel were allowed to approach.

In the huge hall, with the sarcophagus as the core, there are at least dozens of wide-angle cameras arranged around it, as well as a large number of air composition detection, radiation detection, temperature and humidity detection and other equipment.

The rock experts carried and pushed various equipment that Lu Ming could not understand into the hall, and immediately began to assemble and debug the equipment.

Lu Ming saw that in front of the sarcophagus, the experts first built a workbench, placed a dozen computers on it, and then began to connect various cables. They were busy for more than an hour before they were ready.

Afterwards, analysis begins immediately.

They first carefully scraped a little powder from the sarcophagus, then collected many specimens from all over the hall and outside the hall, and observed and analyzed them one by one under various reagents and microscopes, and also used various similar medical equipment. device, scanned the sarcophagus at close range, observed various data, and continued to discuss it.

During the entire process, in order to prevent accidents, a guard team of fifteen people with guns and live ammunition was always kept in the hall, ready to take force measures to protect everyone's safety.

Soon some tentative conclusions began to emerge.

"This sarcophagus is indeed integrated with this hall, or this mountain. And this sarcophagus is indeed solid, and there are no holes inside."

Lu Ming had already known about this possibility before this. But now that it has been confirmed by experts and professional equipment, it is still a bit surprising.

After all, he heard the banging sound coming from the sarcophagus with his own ears.

If the inside of the sarcophagus is solid, where does the sound come from?

"Professor Zhang, if there is a sound coming from a solid sarcophagus, what might be the reason?"

Zhang Dingshan pondered his words and asked this question.

Professor Zhang thought for a moment and said: "There are many possibilities. The release of internal stress, the influence of external temperature and humidity, or simply an illusion - for some special indoor environments, the sound may also be concentrated after reverberation. It sounds like it's coming from a certain place, but it's not."

Lu Ming had not thought of this possibility before.

Maybe the sound I heard from the sarcophagus before was just an illusion? Is it a rare acoustic phenomenon?

In this hall, the sounds from other directions are gathered here at the sarcophagus. It sounds like a banging sound coming from the sarcophagus?

"Can you think of a way to rule out or confirm this possibility?"

Professor Zhang smiled and shook his head: "This is a matter in the field of acoustics. You have to find experts in the field of acoustics. Well, there is another possibility, and it may also be the propagation of sound in the mountain rocks. For example, if the environment is special enough, theoretically speaking, if you are on the other side of the mountain, maybe even thousands of meters away, and if you hit the mountain there, the sound may also reach here. It's like If you tap on a water pipe, the sound can travel a long way."

Lu Ming also did not expect this possibility.

If this is really the case, then... after the fetus was sacrificed, the banging sound coming from the sarcophagus was not a miracle at all, but the destiny organization was pretending to be a ghost. The purpose is just to strengthen faith.

Zhang Dingshan nodded: "I will find experts in the field of acoustics to come here."

Professor Zhang continued with a smile: "Why bother? If you ask me, if you investigate this matter, just smash the sarcophagus to pieces and see what's inside."

"Thank you. We will consider the feasibility."

Zhang Dingshan did not reveal more to him. He turned to ask: "Do you have any other discoveries? For example, the age of this sarcophagus?"

Professor Zhang pondered: "We can only determine the age of the rocks that make up this sarcophagus. But this should be meaningless. As for when it was made...this, through calculations such as external oxidation and erosion, we can only determine To draw a rough conclusion, well, it should be at least three thousand years ago.

Moreover, in the early stages of making this sarcophagus, the environment it was in should have been very humid. It even has traces of some algae left on it. About a few thousand years ago, its environment changed and began to dry out. "

"How was this sarcophagus made?"

"We detected no traces of polished carvings on this sarcophagus. It is possible that it was formed naturally."

"Naturally formed?"

Lu Ming glanced at the sarcophagus again in surprise.

It has a relatively standard shape and a relatively smooth surface. It doesn't look like it was formed naturally.

Can nature form such a standard geometry? This is incredible.

Professor Zhang considered the words: "This is incredible, isn't it? But this kind of thing, how should I put it, is actually not uncommon. In some special geological environments, rocks can sometimes form some very special shapes. For example, what kind of strange rocks , such as naturally formed stone bridges.

Of course, this sarcophagus is too standard. Maybe it was carved at the beginning, but then due to the erosion of the natural environment, those traces were lost?

This possibility also exists, but there is no way to confirm it now.

For this sarcophagus, this is the only information available. Instead, in this hall, we got more information. "

"oh?"

"We found traces of various tools in this hall. These tools correspond to different ages. For example, in the earliest period, we observed traces of bronze, and then iron. After iron, tool marks appeared Some faults. We did not observe the excavation traces of more advanced iron tools in ancient times, such as ancient steel, but directly transitioned to the excavation traces of modern steel and gunpowder.

Taken together, this hall should have been excavated in the Bronze Age and continued for thousands of years. There should be some gaps in this process. It was not until modern times that this hall was finally shaped into the What it looks like now. "

Has excavation begun in the Bronze Age?

The Bronze Age was thousands of years ago.

Lu Ming subconsciously looked around the hall, feeling an aura of age in a trance.

The rock experts continued to be busy conducting more detailed inspections here. The acoustic experts mobilized by Lu Qingliang had already arrived in the afternoon with relevant testing instruments.

After the same busy work, he came to a conclusion.

"There is no special acoustic gathering effect in this hall. It cannot gather sounds from other places to the sarcophagus. As for the conduction of sound inside rocks and mountains, well, after discussing with rock experts, I think this is possible Sex can also be ruled out.”

He opened a file on the computer and showed it to Lu Ming and the others.

"This mountain is mainly composed of this kind of rock, and its acoustic conductivity coefficient is as follows. Combined with the law of sound propagation, I built a model to simulate the propagation of sound inside it. You see, this conclusion can completely rule out that possibility Sex.”

Although Lu Ming couldn't quite understand it, looking at the confident acoustics expert, he knew in his heart that he would not say such a thing without certain certainty.

So now, the only possibilities that need to be ruled out are the internal stress of the sarcophagus or the possibility of external environmental influence.

But this possibility was also ruled out by more detailed and accurate inspections by rock experts soon after.

"I have no intention of asking about the contents of your investigation. I just think that if there is really a sound coming from inside the sarcophagus, the best way is to smash it and observe the inside directly. It will be clear at a glance. Well, we have done everything we can. After testing, we still believe that this is just a pile of ordinary stones, with nothing special at all. Theoretically, there is no sound coming from it. Or... if you are not willing to smash it , how about you check your hearing? See if you heard correctly..."

A smile appeared on Zhang Dingshan's face: "Thank you, we will go."

The rock experts completed their tasks and temporarily evacuated with various equipment on standby.

Lu Ming pondered for a moment and sighed: "It seems like this is probably the case: Thousands of years ago, ancient humans living here found this sarcophagus in a small damp cave, and because of a certain For some reasons, the strangeness of this sarcophagus was discovered, and the worship of this sarcophagus was born.

After that, the ancients began to continuously dig this cave. Well, in the middle, maybe for some reasons, it lasted for a while. It was not until modern times that the ancestors of the Destiny Organization discovered this place again and used modern tools to dig it out again, finally forming what it is now..."

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