Plague Doctor

As much as we don't want to believe it, some diseases just suddenly fall from the sky and start to break out again and again in the world in some way.

Now, a new disease has emerged in the world, called AIDS. There is no doubt that we will face a cruel war, many people will die, and we are helpless and helpless. I just hope humanity can find a cure and it doesn't take forever.

——Dr. Martin Fried, Khartoum, Sudan, 1982

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The scorching sun scorches the African continent, making the Sahara Desert like a melting pot. This is one of the most unsuitable places on earth for biological survival.

But even the harshest soil can breed life. There are also countless creatures and humans in this vast desert.

"Look at this pottery, we are really going to get rich this time..."

"Do you think it's just pottery that's valuable? I know some rich people in Citi have been looking for this. Those pagans want to eat the powder ground into these corpses that have been dead for thousands of years. They think that can give them eternal life. It's really weird. madman."

"Yes, those pagans think these mummies have some power, so we have to take them all away."

"Of course you have to take them all away. Don't leave out any rags. These are all money."

"Ella, Bashir, calm down. You must not leak the news when you go back, otherwise we won't be able to protect anything, and we will be robbed and killed."

"Do you think we are fools? Eldin, take care of your own mouth first, and your wife's."

"Don't take it seriously, I'm thinking about our lives! Just this one animal statue is enough to kill us ten times."

"Wait, don't make any noise, there's another mummy down there, and another one!"

"Dig up quickly, quickly, see if there are any gold objects?"

This deserted place was deserted, and a dilapidated pickup truck was parked on the sand and mud. Not far from the vehicle, three men were digging with shovels in a large pit, and the excavated soil piled up in a pile.

On the opposite side of the mound, there were several ancient pottery vessels that had just been unearthed, as well as a few broken fragments.

Even though they have been buried underground for countless generations, time has not eroded these pottery much. Most of them are jar-shaped vessels, among which there is only one pottery animal figure - probably the most valuable one. It is an image of a ram's head and a lion's body, about the size of a bucket, and the workmanship is lifelike.

Next to these cultural relics, there are two unknown mummies. They are not in the tomb chamber or in the coffin. Their whole bodies are wrapped in shrouds and soil, like dead old trees, but they can be seen to be humanoid, and The facial features of the head are looming on the mud.

This place was first discovered by Bashir, who has been engaged in tomb robbing business and has been looking for treasures everywhere.

But before that, the biggest reward was just a little bit of leftovers given to him by the big team that followed him.

After Beshir discovered that there was a suspected ancient tomb in this place, he did not notify the large team. Instead, he found two good buddies he could rely on.

Ella is strong and powerful, ruthless, and has good marksmanship. If they really want to fight one by one, they will get hot-headed easily; Eldin has always been the smartest among them, and he knows many people in all aspects, so he can do better. The land sells these treasures dug up.

However, when Bashir drove the two of them here, even when he dug the first shovel, he did not expect that the harvest would be so rich.

There was a mummy.

So it's a bit strange... Although Bashir is not an archaeologist, he has been in this field for a long time and knows something about it.

Although it borders Egypt, no mummies have been unearthed before. Ancient Egyptian dignitaries were mummified only after their death, so mummies were usually found in large tombs. Are these not Egyptian mummies, just ordinary mummies? Then it won't be as valuable.

However, the ancient Egyptian-style pottery shows that this is an ancient Egyptian cemetery.

All these questions in Bashir's mind were overshadowed by the surge of ecstasy when he saw the third mummy.

Three mummies! How much is this worth? There might actually be a large mausoleum in the desolate land below, with more treasures and more mummies...

"Baishir, calm down and dig slowly. If you destroy the body, the price will drop." Eldin advised from the side.

"Haha, there are so many, so it doesn't matter if the price drops..."

In this big pit, Bashir said with great joy, while waving the shovel and shoveling down again, the upper body of the mummy had appeared.

"Look, its shroud seems to have some texture." Ella was also digging hard in the soil and saw something, "Could this be an Egyptian princess?"

Bashir is the one who knows the most about archeology here. After hearing this, he took a closer look and found that the soil covering the body was easily loosened. Some parts of the shroud were not even stained with soil. The surface of the cloth was indeed not just broken. It looks like it is dry and will be blown away by the wind, but it seems to have a little color and elasticity, and there are some strange words or symbols on it. I don't know whether it was rusted on or painted on.

"Princess? It's impossible..." Bashir muttered, "If it's a noble person, it's impossible not to have a coffin."

Ella was just joking, but after hearing what her companion said, she bickered and said, "You'll know if it's true if you dig out its head and see what it looks like."

At the same time, Eldin stopped his hand, vaguely feeling that something was wrong...

Can

He couldn't explain why, so he was shouted at by his two companions, so they continued to dig together. However, because of his uneasiness, he used too much force on his hand, and the shovel dug too deep, directly touching the mummy in the soil. There was a muffled sound.

"Damn it!" Besh suddenly yelled, almost knocking Eldin down with a shovel, "Let us slow down, what are you doing! Its hand is broken, it must be broken, fuck, Eldin , this is calculated on your head, and the amount of loss will be deducted from your share."

Ella's eyes were filled with fierceness, "Eldin, that's not necessarily your money. What if you die before you can distribute the money?"

"I seem to feel..." Eldin muttered in confusion, "When it touched a stone, it didn't look like dirt or bones inside, but a stone."

"What?" Baishir was surprised when he heard it. He didn't pursue it for the moment and used a small shovel to gently and slowly shovel away the soil on the mummy's right limb.

Not long after, they saw that several sections of the shroud had been broken by shoveling, revealing the contents inside.

They had wondered before that if this was a mummy, its body shape was too intact. It looked like not only the bones, but also the muscles were still there.

Now it seems that the answer has been obtained. What is inside the shroud is not a mummy, but a humanoid stone statue.

The "skeletons" inside are simply stones.

But the three of them looked at each other, not knowing what this meant, whether it was more valuable or less valuable.

Love the Plague Doctor.