Siheyuan: tomb robbing? I am serious about hunting.

Chapter 888 Recall

In the rainy season in Nanjing, the air is filled with damp and musty smell. Lin Yuan stood in the mottled attic of the old house, and the old wooden boards creaked under his feet. Since his father, Professor Lin, disappeared in the Pamir Plateau three years ago, this old house carrying countless childhood memories has become a place he deliberately avoids. But today, an anonymous email broke his peaceful life. There was only a blurry photo in the email - half a bronze fragment engraved with symbols, with snow-capped mountains in the background. There was only one line of words at the end of the email: "What your father has been looking for may be here." The light in the attic was dim, and Lin Yuan turned on the flashlight, and the beam swept across the dusty corners. In a camphorwood box, he found an object wrapped in layers of oilcloth. When the oilcloth was slowly uncovered, a smell of old copper rust came to his face. Inside was the half bronze fragment in the photo and a yellowed sheepskin map. The handwriting on the edge of the map was smudged by water stains, and the words "Pamir Plateau? Bronze Secret Treasure" could barely be recognized. The symbols on the bronze fragments are winding and full of mysterious rhythms, exactly the same as the sketches in the bronze cryptography notes that his father studied during his lifetime. Lin Yuan's fingers trembled slightly, and memories came flooding back like a tide. When he was a child, his father always sat at his desk and studied various ancient books and bronze fragments until late at night. Lin Yuan once asked his father why he was obsessed with these ancient symbols. His father just smiled and said, "These symbols contain the secret to changing the world." Unexpectedly, this secret may be the key to solving the mystery of his father's disappearance. Lin Yuan immediately began to look up information, trying to find clues about the bronze secret treasures on the Pamir Plateau. But all the records were vague, and only a few words mentioned that there were hidden ruins of civilization that could subvert historical cognition, and most of those who tried to uncover the secrets returned empty-handed or even disappeared strangely. "No, I must go." Lin Yuan clenched his fists, his eyes firm. Amid the roar of the boulder falling to the ground, Jack suddenly caught a glimpse of some crystal-like substance glowing under the purple hair on the ape's chest - it had similar patterns to the "Eye in the Sky" in their hands.

These symbols are arranged in a spiral shape, with a huge bronze totem in the center: an eagle with its wings spread, holding an object similar to an astrolabe in its claws. "This is a taboo place in our tribe." Aina's voice was full of awe. "The elders said that here lies a power that can tear the world apart." She pointed to the words below the totem. "These are ancient Zhangzhung characters, recording..." She suddenly frowned, "No, the words have been tampered with, and the original warnings have become guidance." Lin Yuan looked closer and found fresh chisel marks on the edges of some of the words. He took out his father's notebook from his backpack and found that the tampered parts coincided with the missing clues on the sheepskin map. "Someone came here before us," his fingers trembled slightly, "and they knew how to decipher these codes." Zhou Yan squatted down and picked up a scattered bronze fragment: "It seems that the legend of the bronze secret treasure is not groundless. However, the casting process of these objects..." He carefully examined them with a magnifying glass, "It does not conform to the known characteristics of ancient civilizations at all, and the copper-tin ratio has reached modern industrial standards." Suddenly, there was a roar of landslide outside the cave, and everyone's faces changed suddenly. Batur rushed out to check, and when he came back, his face was solemn: "The snow dragon passed through, and the way here is blocked." He looked at Lin Yuan, "Now we can only go deeper, maybe we can find other exits." The deeper into the cave, the lower the temperature. Lin Yuan's eyelashes were covered with frost. In the beam of the flashlight, countless stalactites could be vaguely seen hanging from the top of the cave, each with a bronze luster. Aina suddenly grabbed his arm: "Listen, there is a sound of flowing water." Turning a corner, everyone was shocked by the scene in front of them - the underground river was rushing, and the river water was actually liquid bronze-like gold. Broken bronze vessels floated on the river, some of which were still emitting faint light. Lin Yuan noticed that the symbols on these vessels formed a star map, and the direction of the river happened to be consistent with the route marked on the sheepskin map. "This is a huge navigation system." Lin Yuan squatted down, his fingertips touched the river water, and he quickly retracted his hand because it was so hot. "These bronze artifacts are guiding us to a certain place." He looked up at the top of the cave. The patterns formed by the stalactites were exactly the same as the ancient astronomical map recorded in his father's notes. Zhou Yan suddenly sneered and pulled out a gun from his waist: "It seems that your father's death was not in vain. These discoveries are enough for us to have food and clothing for the rest of our lives." He pointed the gun at Lin Yuan, "Hand over the map and fragments, and I can leave you a way out." Batur roared and pounced on Zhou Yan, but was kicked to the ground by him. Aina quickly threw out the Tibetan knife, and the blade brushed Zhou Yan's cheek. In the chaos, Lin Yuan grabbed the bronze fragments and smashed them at the totem on the cave wall. With a loud bang, a crack appeared in the totem, and the dark river suddenly boiled. The golden water turned into a column of light and shot up into the sky, illuminating the passage hidden behind the rock wall. "Hurry up!" Lin Yuan pulled up Ayi Na, and rushed into the passage with the injured Batur. Behind them, Zhou Yan's curses intertwined with the howling of the wolves. As the mountain shook violently, the entire cave began to collapse. They ran wildly in the dark, the ground under their feet kept cracking, and behind them came the roar of bronze artifacts falling into the dark river, as if the ancient giant beast was awakening. When they finally stumbled out of the cave, the blizzard had stopped at some point. The moonlight sprinkled on the plateau, and the snow-capped mountains in the distance were shining with a cold silver light. Lin Yuan looked at the bronze fragments that were put together again in his hand. The symbols on it began to move slowly in the moonlight, forming a new pattern - pointing to the top of the snow-capped mountain deeper in the mountain. Ayi Na's face was pale: "That is the forbidden area of ​​our tribe, where the legendary bronze giant sleeps." She clenched the amulet at her waist, "No one who went in has ever come out alive." Batur struggled to stand up and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth: "But now we have no way out." He looked at the continuous snow-capped mountains, "Those bronze artifacts are calling us, just like they call countless people who try to uncover the secret." Lin Yuan took a deep breath and stuffed the map into his arms. The content of his father's last letter before his disappearance echoed in his mind: "If I can't come back, remember, the true value of the bronze code is not wealth, but protection." He clenched his fists and walked towards the snow-capped mountains. Behind him, Ayi Na and Batur followed silently. In the dark that they could not see, Zhou Yan led a group of mysterious people to approach from another direction, and the red light of the muzzle was looming in the night.