"Is there something down there?"

Wu Liang looked back at the thick sand at the soles of Dian Wei's feet, then took the engineering shovel in his hand, "You stand back first, and I'll dig it up to see what it is."

"promise."

Dian Wei didn't come forward, he just responded and stepped aside to be careful.

Having excavated so many tombs together, he was already familiar with Wu Liang's habits. Whenever he encountered a similar situation, Wu Liang would usually take matters into his own hands and clean it up bit by bit with the gentleness he would treat a lover, for fear that

I accidentally broke those things.

Dian Wei actually didn't understand this very well, but as long as it was something Wu Liang wanted to do, Dian Wei would cooperate unconditionally and never ask why.

Wu Liang first lay on the ground and gently pressed the sand where Dian Wei had just stepped with his hand to roughly estimate the depth of the hard object.

Then he gently shoveled out the top layer of sand with an engineer shovel, then took out a small broom tied with sorghum millet from a recommended tool bag, and swept the sand inside outward bit by bit.

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After cleaning like this for several minutes, Wu Liang finally found something under the ground about ten centimeters below.

That thing looks like a stone tool, and because only a small part of it is exposed, it's not yet possible to tell what shape the stone tool is.

What is more peculiar is that at this moment, for some reason, a layer of white hair has grown on the surface of this stone tool.

This kind of fluff is only a few millimeters long. When touched lightly through gloves, it feels relatively hard. When Wu Liang's leather gloves pass through this layer of fluff, there is a very obvious sense of damping.

"Master!"

Seeing this scene, Dian Wei immediately became nervous.

In his opinion, as long as this kind of place is hairy, it should never be taken lightly.

"Don't worry too much, this layer of fluff may be the product of salting out."

Wu Liang patiently told what he saw. However, after he finished speaking, he felt that Dian Wei might not understand what he was talking about, so he explained specifically, "Salting out is an extremely common natural phenomenon.

, this phenomenon may occur in stone tools and pottery that have been around for a long time.”

When he was in school, he learned about the processing and maintenance of pottery and stone artifacts, including an introduction to this salting-out phenomenon.

The specific performance is generally the same as the situation on the surface of the stone tool in front of you. To deal with this problem, the temperature and humidity of the storage environment need to be controlled, and some special desalination treatments are also required.

"Master, just make sure everything is fine."

It seemed that Dian Wei still didn't fully understand what Wu Liang said, but he felt a little more at ease when he saw him say this, at least he wasn't as nervous as before.

Wu Liang continued to clean the sand covering the stone tool.

The sand is relatively loose and does not require much effort to clean.

But as more and more exposed parts of the stone tool were covered up, Wu Liang became more and more frightened.

Because he soon discovered that what he was digging was not an ordinary stone tool, but a human head... At this moment, he could clearly distinguish the hair, forehead, eyes and bridge of the nose of this head!

The details on this head are extremely realistic. It seems to be the same thing as the "stone statue" of Qiong in front. Not to mention the carving technology of this era, it is probably extremely difficult for the carving technology of later generations to achieve this.

degree……

"Stone statue..."

Wu Liang no longer wanted to continue digging.

Fang Qiong once talked about the resurrection of "stone statues", and the biography of the First King of Loulan also mentioned the resurrection of "stone statues", and now, he has dug up such a "stone statue" in such a place...

If only one person talks about it, Wu Liang can doubt its authenticity.

But two people who were hundreds of years apart talked about this matter, and the details were almost the same. Moreover, Wu Liang actually found such a "stone statue" in this strange world that was suspected to have been visited by both Fang Qiong and Loulan Shiwang.

, if Wu Liang doesn’t think about it carefully, it will be really unjustifiable.

"Put this aside for now, let's go look at other places first."

Wu Liang stood up decisively, buried the head again with an engineering shovel, and then said to Dian Wei.

"..."

Dian Wei had been watching from the side, and he knew something about the "stone statue". Naturally, he knew what Wu Liang was worried about, so he didn't say anything and followed behind him silently.

…

After getting out of this stone house, Wu Liang looked around for a week, and finally chose the largest and tallest house in this area to explore.

From the perspective of scale and height, if this building is compared to a village or tribe, the smaller houses are residential buildings, then the largest and tallest house should be a social house or a social temple. Usually a village or tribe

Meetings to discuss matters, or some important memorial ceremonies, would be held in social houses or temples.

This house is also wrapped in that unknown weird plant, but its door is much larger than those smaller houses. Even if it is partially submerged by sand, it is still at least two meters high and the width is the same.

It's almost two meters, so it shouldn't be a problem for three or four people to walk down side by side.

Pushing aside the strange plant hanging on the door, Dian Wei still rushed in first.

"Sir, it's safe for now, but there may be more stone statues buried under the sand here..."

Dian Wei's voice soon came from inside.

Wu Liang followed up and took a look, and his heart trembled again.

Although the bottom of this big house has been partially covered by sand, unlike the previous small house, the "stone statues" here are not completely buried in the sand, but all the upper parts of the chest are exposed.

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Wu Liang took a quick glance and found that there were about twenty "stone statues" here.

These stone statues include men and women, old and young. These "stone statues" formed a circle. They all faced the circle and maintained a pious posture. They lowered their heads slightly, closed their eyes, and put their hands on their chests. They looked very...

It seems like some kind of religious ceremony or sacrificial activity is going on.

In the middle of them is a circular stone platform about one meter in diameter.

On this circular stone platform, Wu Liang saw a real stone statue.

The painting style of this stone statue is obviously different from the "stone statues" Wu Liang had seen before. The lines on its body are slightly abstract, and the carving traces are also slightly rough. At first glance, it seems that it was made in an era when productivity and tools were relatively low.

Made of stone sculptures.

However, Wu Liang could still tell from the body shape that the prototype of this stone statue should be a standing woman.

It can be seen from the rough lines on the stone carving that the woman's hair is very long and curly, her figure is relatively plump, and her face is round and very rich, but for some reason, there are carvings in her slightly open mouth.

Four sharp and huge tiger teeth that are very similar to the image of vampires...Wu Liang even felt that such teeth could no longer be called "tiger teeth", but rather should be called "tusks".

"What kind of shape is this..."

Maybe it was because Wu Liang was ignorant. He looked around in his mind, but he couldn't think of any religious belief in which such a female-like god had ever appeared.

"Sir, there seems to be something carved on this stone platform. It looks like some patterns."

Dian Wei had already stepped through the gaps between the "stone statues" and when he came to the stone platform to inspect carefully, he suddenly said to Wu Liang again.

"Let me see?"

Wu Liang had no choice but to temporarily withdraw his gaze, and followed Dian Wei to the front of the stone platform to check.

There are indeed very obvious traces of man-made carvings on the stone platform. The entire stone platform is divided into six fan-shaped areas, and the patterns in each fan-shaped area are different.

Among these patterns, we can clearly see some rather abstract portraits.

How abstract are these portraits?

Wu Liang felt that it must be much more specific than simple stick figures, but that was all. Through the patterns, he could only distinguish the heads, arms, legs and some simple movements of these figures. Even the facial features were engraved.

Not very clear.

However, Wu Liang is still full of interest in these patterns.

At least the patterns are easier to convey some specific information than the ancient characters found on the stone tablets that no one can understand.

Unfortunately, the six divided patterns were not in order like a comic strip. Wu Liang was not sure which one he should start from, nor was he sure whether he should read from left to right or from right to left, so he had to choose randomly.

Pick one and start looking at it. After writing down the contents of each pattern, try to piece it together to see if these six patterns are independent of each other or whether they form a complete event together.

In the first pattern he looked at:

Wu Liang saw a group of people stretching their arms around a... It seemed to be a gem, and it seemed to be something else that could be represented by a "small dot". It could be clearly seen on the faces of this group of people

When I see a smiling face with an upward curved mouth, I feel like I have received a treasure.

Then Wu Liang continued to look to the right in order, in the second pattern:

Wu Liang looked like someone was digging a hole, and someone was watering the hole. It was similar to a farming scene, and there were strips of... plants growing in the hole? The rhizome of this plant was represented by a continuous line.

Instead, there are oval leaves growing on it, twisting and turning like this, filling all the blank spaces in the pattern.

"If this is a plant, does it mean those weird plants outside?"

Wu Liangzhong guessed, and then looked at three patterns. In this pattern:

Wu Liang saw some people cutting down trees, some carrying wood, and some squatting on the ground... It seemed that they were making something that was not expressed in the pattern. Next to these people, a column made of columns appeared.

Small dots that together form a sun pattern.

Tomb of the Sun?!
To be continued...