New Discovery

In the rented apartment, Lin Chao's phone screen lit up.

"Lin Chao, the excavation in the Great Wilderness Mountain Range has made new progress!"

Qi Xueyan had sent Lin Chao a message.

When they had parted, Lin Chao had asked Qi Xueyan to keep an eye on Heize's remains in the Great Wilderness Mountain Range. Now, it seemed the results were about to come out.

"Looks like I need to make a trip to Cangxi City."

Heize's remains could also be considered his own remains. Naturally, Lin Chao had to go see them.

He always felt that the simulated reincarnation would not end just like that.

If he saw his own remains, perhaps he would gain something else.

Besides, the spear containing the Gun Soul was still in the Great Wilderness Mountain Range.

Great Wilderness Mountain Range.

Liu Chengchao frowned tightly, seemingly deep in thought.

Beside him, Liu Jiao wore an excited expression. "Old Liu, this discovery is incredible. Will it be a great help in our research into this historical event?"

Liu Chengchao's tightly furrowed brows relaxed. "Indeed. Based on what we have found so far, there were survivors of the battle that took place here. Those survivors likely lived for a long time. If they left behind any traces, records, or information, it would indeed be a great help to us."

Over the past few days, the work team had been carrying out excavations.

Tonight, the work team members had discovered a cave.

After a preliminary assessment, the cave showed traces of past human habitation.

This discovery was the biggest new find since the discovery of the Shrine of Life and Death and the Blacksmith Shop.

"Old Liu, which side do you think the survivors of that war belonged to?

Heize's side, or the Wolf Guard?" Wang Jiao asked.

At that moment, she was livestreaming. From time to time, she selected questions from the comments and asked Liu Chengchao.

"It should have been the Wolf Guard." After hesitating for a long while, Liu Chengchao answered, "If Heize's army had been confident of wiping out the Wolf Guard and surviving themselves, they would not have driven themselves into such a desperate corner. They could even have directly used the natural disaster to surround them without attacking.

Most importantly, the Wolf Guard was simply too strong back then. It was the world's number one army, its combat strength far surpassing Dafeng's forces.

Although our Great Xia Clan was powerful, we have to admit that we truly could not compare to the Wolf Guard at the time."

"Old Liu, I heard they have already conducted basic gas tests and safety inspections inside, and preliminary confirmation says it is safe. How about we go in and take a look?" Wang Jiao suggested.

Liu Chengchao hesitated for a moment. "All right."

A delighted expression appeared on Wang Jiao's face.

The group of five slowly walked toward the cave ahead.

At that moment, the livestream's viewership surged.

Countless comments sprang up like bamboo shoots after rain.

"Looks like we're about to witness history!"

"Haha, the survivors might have left behind some records. You descendants of Heize's loyal sons and virtuous grandsons will soon learn that Heize did not defeat the Wolf Guard alone!

Heize was a man, not a god!

You really are pitiful, treating a dead man as your faith."

"Heize was a man, and he was still stronger than you."

"The factory owner asked me to find employee Xiao Li. He loves shooting his mouth off in livestream chats.

If anyone sees him, please contact me. The factory owner is still waiting for him to scrub a sow's back!"

"Stop arguing. Can't you just watch the livestream properly?"

"Right, I want to see history!"

"No matter what, Heize is a godlike figure in my heart, an unparalleled general who was overlooked, comparable to the overlooked Emperor Gaozu."

At that moment, the livestream footage shifted.

A pitch-black, unfathomably deep cave entrance appeared before everyone.

The flashlights and lamps behind them were immediately switched on.

At once, the way ahead brightened.

"This cave is probably very deep." A staff member beside them judged from the echoes of their voices.

Liu Chengchao nodded. "The people who survived probably hoped to dig out a path to survival."

The others nodded as well.

After all, among the tens of thousands of Wolf Guard soldiers and Giant Wolves, it was possible that several hundred, or even over a thousand, had survived.

With so many people trapped in desperate circumstances, their will to survive would certainly have been strong.

It was only natural for them to want to dig out a passage and escape into the open sky.

Of course, they had been doomed to fail.

The Great Wilderness Mountain Range had complex terrain and immense depth. It was simply impossible to dig through it.

"If everyone has their protective suits on, we'll go in now," Liu Chengchao said.

"We're ready."

"We're ready."

This time, aside from Liu Chengchao, around a dozen more people entered.

Four of them were security personnel equipped with firearms.

Most of the rest were members of the Expert Team.

Naturally, there were also media personnel like Wang Jiao.

"We're going in now."

Liu Chengchao walked at the front, with a security officer following beside him.

Under the lights, the entire cave became bright.

"There really are traces of people having lived here." Liu Chengchao crouched down and gently dug with the tool in his hand.

At once, a small piece of skull bone appeared before everyone.

Against the backdrop of the cave, it looked especially terrifying and gloomy. Yet no one was afraid; instead, all of them wore feverish expressions.

"These bones have bite marks. It seems..." another expert remarked, but because the stream was live, he did not continue.

After all, if he said such sensitive words, what if the livestream got banned?

Of course, it was only a passing thought.

The livestreaming platform probably would not dare ban the Justice Association's stream.

Everyone else understood what he meant.

Those who had survived must have fed on the corpses of the dead.

After all, food was scarce here.

A few days ago, they had excavated the ruins of the Wolf Guard's logistical food stores, but they were far from here.

The survivors could only have lived this way.

"Old Liu, look. There seem to be scratches on this cave wall," Wang Jiao suddenly pointed out.

In truth, she had not discovered the scratches herself. Viewers in the livestream had spotted them and sent comments, only then did Wang Jiao notice them.

Liu Chengchao looked up and immediately turned his gaze toward the cave wall.

There were many stones with smooth, flat surfaces embedded in the wall.

Numerous markings appeared on those stones.

They were crooked and twisted, like chickens had scratched them out.

"These are Wolf Clan timekeeping symbols. It seems the ones who survived were from the Wolf Clan.

These numbers represent... ten years.

It seems the surviving Wolf Clan member feared losing track of time, so he kept recording it.

He actually lived here for ten years."

Hearing the expert's words, Liu Chengchao was filled with excitement.

A survivor who had lived for ten years.

Moreover, judging from the situation, he was literate. He definitely had not been an ordinary Wolf Guard soldier.

A Wolf Guard soldier like that, surviving for ten years, would surely have left behind much useful information.

There were likely many records concerning this battle as well.

"Everyone, look around the cave walls for similar Luohuayan Stone. There may be a great deal of useful information on them," Liu Chengchao said excitedly.

Luohuayan Stone was a special kind of rock that was used as tombstones in many places.

It was not difficult to carve words into it, and barring special circumstances, the carved words could remain for thousands of years.

Someone had once said that storing human civilization on memory cards and hard drives was inferior to the most primitive method: carving it onto a Stone Wall, where it could endure longer.

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