Chapter 132

But the fact before our eyes is.

At this moment, in the live broadcast feed, indeed, it is a place never seen or heard of before.

It is actually a stone city built against a mountain!

"No!" Professor Liu De's tone suddenly became firm. "This data does not come from the hands of later generations; the data in this scroll I hold was originally derived from Sanskrit in ancient texts from the snow region."

"And this description is recorded in Tocharian!"

"That ancient script, currently, only a handful of people in the whole world can understand! And they are all true masters!"

"Without concrete evidence, they could not have translated it recklessly! Only when they were truly certain of the decryption could they produce the translation!"

"What I just said is Mr. Ji's achievement; he could not have made such an explanation without being confident!"

"... A city built of stone, constructed against a mountain, with the river as a moat, a stone fortress above, and a totem of double wings..."

Professor Liu De repeated that passage once more.

Looking at the live broadcast feed again.

At this moment, that streamer was gradually approaching that stone city.

"A stone fortress above, a totem of double wings!"

"Although we are not on site! But through his live broadcast feed, we can indeed see the stone castle on the mountain before us!"

"And! Look!"

The previous live broadcast content had already been screenshot by the staff under his command, at a frequency of almost three screenshots per second.

At this moment, Professor Liu De raised his hand.

Pointing at one of those screenshots.

On that screenshot, the outline of the stone castle on the mountain peak could be seen clearly!

"Look at this outline—this is clearly a pair of wings!"

"Judging by distance and angle proportions, even if enlarged according to a 1:20 scale—this pair of carved stone wings on the castle, when spread open, are fully over ten meters wide!"

"This matches the records in the ancient texts, the totem of double wings... this is a mysterious kingdom that takes flight itself as its spiritual totem!"

Professor Liu De spoke thus, his eyes wide open.

He felt that he was somewhat suffocating.

It is truly unimaginable.

To actually see such a scene in a streamer's live broadcast room!

"We are not on site and cannot make a more precise judgment, but," Professor Liu De said, "regardless, this discovery is absolutely a major discovery in archaeological history!"

"The records in the ancient texts are themselves a legend."

"But in history, too many things were originally facts; it is just that in the passage of Brother Shiguang and the long river of time, facts became strange tales for after-dinner conversation, strange tales became history, and history became legend."

"Legend, finally, became myth."

Hearing Professor Liu De speak thus.

Everyone else was also struck dumb with astonishment.

"Speed up! Speed up!"

"According to his previous route! After he passed directly through Lasa City, he continued south, always following that main highway; this gives us a huge reference!"

"But Professor, the place where he stopped his RV has no other landmark on the roadside; even if we chase along his route, we might not be able to pinpoint his exact location."

"We must search! Even if it takes a year! Even if I search until my old bones rot! We must search!" Professor Liu De was too excited. "This is the most astonishing discovery I have ever seen in my life!"

Having finished speaking, Professor Liu De picked up his mobile phone.

He began to make a call.

This scientific expedition team from Western University was originally one of many national-level scientific expedition teams in the western region.

Regarding this major discovery today, he must report it to the scientific expedition circle immediately.

If all of this is true.

Then it will shake the whole world!

This will become one of the wonders of the world!

Could the legendary Shangri-La really have been discovered?!

Professor Liu De's hand was trembling; the phone rang a few times before being answered.

As a result, before Professor Liu De could even speak, a voice came from the other end of the line first:

"Professor Liu, we already know about this matter!"

"You know? That's great! My manpower here is far too little; I want to submit an application to the National Institute of History and the Ministry of Culture, requesting more personnel! If there are scientific expedition teams already active in the western region, please send them all as reinforcements!"

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"Alright, Professor Liu! This can be done immediately, however, there is one thing."

"Oh?"

"Professor Fei Xiaoqing has already returned to the country." As soon as the other party said this.

Professor Liu De was stunned.

Instantly, he suddenly felt a burst of dizziness.

In his heart, a wave of bitterness surged; Professor Liu De, sixty-five years old, actually had red eyes.

Professor Fei Xiaoqing.

Was Professor Liu De's former mentor.

Professor Fei Xiaoqing was already a master renowned throughout the world's archaeological community in the first half of the last century.

The master was the backbone of research into Eastern Kingdom ancient scripts and oracle bone script.

Roaming for half a century, tirelessly.

At the same time, he was the founder of the geological culture archaeology school, which had become a major trend in world archaeology over the past two decades.

Geological culture archaeology combined ancient geology and post-human civilization—two factors originally thought to have little connection—into a single framework, launching archaeological exploration of human history from a completely new perspective.

Because of the emergence of this school of thought,

a wave of major discoveries and new viewpoints has blossomed both domestically and internationally over the past twenty years.

For example, the ruins of the ancient city of Tanding beneath the Aegean Sea in ancient Greece, discovered thirteen years ago, were first theorized using Professor Fei's geological archaeology approach as theoretical guidance; only after the hypothesis was formed on paper and in data was the actual exploration conducted, leading to its discovery.

This discovery shocked the entire world at the time!

Afterwards, behind the world-shocking discoveries such as the Laicai site in Southeast Asia, the Inca sub-civilization in South America, and Egypt's "Red Sea Ice Evidence," Professor Fei's school of thought served as the guiding force.

Day after day, year after year.

And Professor Liu De followed Professor Fei until the age of forty-three.

The old man was his mentor, his lifelong mentor.

It was precisely because he had such a master as his teacher that Professor Liu De finally grew into one of the top archaeologists in the country.

But...

One year ago.

Professor Fei was diagnosed with a serious illness.

Naturally, the state made every effort to seek medical treatment for such a national treasure-level figure.

However, after traveling to numerous places, top medical institutions both domestically and internationally were powerless.

Previously, Professor Fei had stated,

that he no longer wished to be tossed about; he hoped to return to his roots, and for his remaining time, only wished to continue crawling along the path of archaeology until the very end.

Before that, the news Professor Liu De received was that Professor Fei would not return to the country until the end of the year.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the voice on the other end of the phone said that Professor Fei had already returned!

The teacher had devoted his entire life to the archaeological cause of this nation.

This return was because there was no longer any medical treatment for his grave illness.

Once this thought arose, Professor Liu De could not control his emotions; grief surged within him, and his eyes turned red.

"I am currently at a hospital in Jingcheng, visiting Professor Fei." The other person paused, then spoke again.

"I... I understand... Thank you." Professor Liu De hung up the phone.

The person he had called was a senior brother from the National Archaeological Research Institute, who also held a leadership position at the institute.

The reason the other person mentioned Professor Fei's situation

was actually very clear.

If the discovery in today's Shiguang live broadcast encounters difficulties that are hard to resolve,

one can go to Professor Fei and listen to his viewpoint.