"What are we digging?" Lin Li asked in shock.
"A city!" Huang Ji said decisively. "The Ruins of Zhurong!"
Lin Li felt a little dizzy. What? Dig up a city? Just the two of them?
"Bro, are you serious?"
Huang Ji nodded. "To the east are extensive Yangshao Culture and Xia Dynasty sites. To the south are Pre-Shang sites such as Fangcheng and Li Gang. To the west, DF City has the Wangchenggang Site, the Yudu Yang City."
"It could be said that within several hundred li, the area is filled with Pre-Shang and Pre-Xia ancient city sites."
"Yet Xin Zheng alone has none? The only site in Xin Zheng is the Peiligang Site, dating back to the Neolithic era eight thousand years ago. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, Kuaiyi was established here. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, it became the capital of Zheng State and Han State... That is enough to show that this place could support a city—indeed, that it was suitable for one. So why was it merely remote wilderness during the Xia and Shang periods?"
"The surrounding region is full of sites from the eras of Yao, Shun, Xia, and Shang, yet they seem to have deliberately avoided this place. In terms of time, there also seems to be a gap between three thousand and over four thousand years ago."
"I combed through historical records yesterday and surveyed the terrain again today. At last, I realized that four thousand years ago, floods submerged this region. For over a hundred li in every direction, it was all flooded marshland!"
"Although Da Yu later controlled the waters and the flood receded, the soil around Xin Zheng remained loose and overly waterlogged. That made it suitable for farming and fields, but the foundations were unstable,