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"Your research materials were gathered well."
"The site selection... was pretty good too."
The head of the Archaeology Department looked at Shen Le with a faintly amused smile and slowly nodded.
Conducting an archaeological excavation in another country was no easy task. Even though Shen Le's alma mater was Huaxia's TOP1 university, it still took them over a month before they set foot in the Khentii Mountains:
From authenticating the items Shen Le had brought, to submitting the proposal, getting the project approved, communicating with the neighboring country, and organizing a joint archaeological team, every step had to be taken steadily. Not one could be skipped.
But just as Shen Le had said—something this important had to be excavated under the leadership of the world's foremost archaeologists, in full view of everyone, for it to be convincing enough.
Otherwise, if an unknown student like you went there alone, dug it up yourself, and then presented it before scholars from around the world—
Was this from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, or from last week? How did you find this place? What made you think to dig here? Come on, tell us!
So Shen Le could only patiently run around, serving them hand and foot, even pouring tea, all just to squeeze his way into this archaeological team.
It had not originally been necessary, but who told him that his own advisor was joining the team too? As a disciple, it was only right to do the work. If Shen Le did not run errands, was he supposed to make an old man in his sixties do it?
What?
He was even planning to make a trip across the strait?
Oh, he could go there anytime. A day earlier or later made no difference; what he wanted was not going