Chapter 49: New Discoveries

Inside the rental apartment, the screen of Lin Chao's phone lit up.

"Lin Chao, there has been a new breakthrough in the excavation of the Dahuang Mountain Range!"

It was a message sent to Lin Chao by Qi Xueyan.

Back when they parted, Lin Chao had entrusted Qi Xueyan to help him keep an eye on the remains of Heize in the Dahuang Mountain Range; now it seemed results were imminent.

"It looks like I need to make a trip to Cangxi City."

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

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

If he saw his own remains, perhaps there would be other gains.

Moreover, that Spear of his, which carried a Gun Soul, was still left within the Dahuang Mountain Range at this time.

……

The Dahuang Mountain Range.

Liu Chengchao's brows were tightly locked, as if he were pondering something.

Beside him, Wang Jiao's face revealed an excited expression: "Old Liu, this discovery is incredible. Will it be of great help to our research on this historical event?"

Liu Chengchao's tightly locked brows relaxed: "Indeed. According to our current findings, there were survivors of the battle that took place here. These survivors likely lived for a long time; if they left behind any traces or informational data, it would indeed be of great help to us."

For the past few days, the working group had been conducting excavations.

This evening, members of the working group discovered a cave.

After a preliminary assessment, this cave had traces left behind by human survival.

This discovery could be considered the biggest new find since the discovery of the Life and Death Shrine and the Tiejiang Pu.

"Old Liu, who do you think were the ones who survived that war back then?

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

At this moment, she was livestreaming, occasionally picking out questions from the barrage to ask Liu Chengchao.

"It should be the Wolf Guard." After hesitating for a long time, Liu Chengchao replied, "If Heize's army had the certainty to annihilate the Wolf Guard and survive, they wouldn't have forced themselves into a desperate situation, or even been able to directly utilize natural disasters to surround them without attacking.

The most important thing is that the Wolf Guard at that time was too strong; they were the world's number one army, with combat power far exceeding the armies of Dafeng.

Although our Daxia Clan is very strong, I have to admit that at the time, we were indeed no match for the Wolf Guard."

"Old Liu, I heard that simple gas testing and safety checks have already been conducted inside, and it has been preliminarily confirmed to be safe. Shall we go in and take a look?" Wang Jiao suggested.

Liu Chengchao hesitated for a moment: "Alright."

A joyful expression appeared on Wang Jiao's face.

A group of five people slowly walked toward the cave ahead.

At this moment, the popularity of the livestream skyrocketed.

Many barrage comments appeared like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

"Looks like we are about to witness history!"

"Haha, the survivors might have left some data. Those filial sons and grandsons of Heize, you will soon know that Heize did not defeat the Wolf Guard alone!

Heize was a man, not a god!

To treat a dead person as a faith, you all are truly pathetic."

"Heize was a man, but he was still better than you."

"The factory boss asked me to find the employee Xiao Li; he loves to spout nonsense in the livestream.

If anyone sees him, please contact me. The factory boss is still waiting for him to scrub the backs of the sows!"

"Stop arguing, can't you just watch the stream properly?"

"Right, I want to see history!"

"No matter what, Heize is a god-like man in my heart, an unparalleled warrior who was ignored, comparable to the ignored Emperor Huang Gaozu."

At this moment, the livestream's camera angle shifted.

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

The flashlights and lights in the back were immediately turned on.

Instantly, the area ahead became bright.

"This cave is probably very deep." A staff member nearby judged based on the echo of their voices.

Liu Chengchao nodded: "I suspect those who survived were still thinking of digging a path to survival."

The others nodded as well.

After all, with tens of thousands of Wolf Guard and Giant Wolf, it was possible that hundreds or even thousands survived.

With so many people in a desperate situation, their will to survive would definitely be very strong.

It is normal to want to dig a passage to escape and find a way out.

Of course, they were destined to fail.

The terrain of the Dahuang Mountain Range is complex and deep; it was impossible to dig through.

"If the protective suits are all worn, we will go in now." Liu Chengchao said.

"Worn."

"Worn."

This time, besides Liu Chengchao, about a dozen people entered.

Among these people, four were security personnel equipped with firearms.

The others were mostly members of the expert group.

Of course, there were also media personnel like Wang Jiao.

"Going in now."

Liu Chengchao walked in the lead, followed by a security guard at his side.

The lights shone, and the entire cave became bright.

"There are indeed traces of people living here." Liu Chengchao squatted down and gently dug with the tool in his hand.

Suddenly, a small piece of a skull bone appeared before everyone's eyes.

In a setting like a cave, it appeared exceptionally terrifying and deep, but no one was afraid; at this moment, they all revealed expressions of fanaticism.

"There are tooth marks on these remains, it seems..." another expert mentioned, but due to the live broadcast, he did not continue.

After all, if such sensitive vocabulary were spoken, what if the live broadcast room were banned?

Of course, he only thought this casually.

The live streaming platform, he reckoned, would not dare to ban the Justice Association's live broadcast room.

The others all understood what he meant.

These people who survived must have used the corpses of the dead as food.

After all, food was scarce here.

A few days ago, they had already excavated the ruins of the Wolf Guard's logistics supplies, which were very far from here.

The people who survived could only survive by doing this.

"Elder Liu, look, there seem to be scratches on this cave wall," Wang Jiao suddenly reminded him.

In fact, she had not discovered these scratches herself; rather, people in the live broadcast room had discovered them and sent barrage comments, which was how Wang Jiao noticed them.

Liu Chengchao raised his head and immediately looked at the cave wall.

On the cave wall, there were many stones with smooth cross-sections.

On these stones, quite a few marks appeared.

They were crooked and twisted, looking like chicken scratches.

"These are the Wolf Tribe's time-keeping symbols; it seems the person who survived is from the Wolf Tribe.

These numbers represent... ten years.

It seems the surviving Wolf Tribe member was afraid of losing track of time and kept recording the time.

He actually lived here for ten years."

Hearing the expert's words, Liu Chengchao felt very excited.

A survivor who had lived for ten years.

Moreover, judging by the situation, he was literate, so he was certainly not an Ordinary Wolf Guard.

Such a Wolf Guard, having survived for ten years, would surely have left behind quite a bit of useful information.

There would likely be a lot of information regarding this battle as well.

"Everyone, look at the cave walls to see if there is any Luo Hua Rock similar to this; there might be a lot of useful data on it," Liu Chengchao said in an excited voice.

Luo Hua Rock is a special type of rock that is used as a tombstone in many places.

Carving characters on it is not very difficult, and unless there are special circumstances, the carved characters can last for thousands of years.

Someone once said that storing human civilization on memory cards or hard drives is not as good as the most primitive method: carving it on stone walls, which lasts longer.

PS: Thanks to 【Hao Mingzi Dou Bei Mao Qu Le】 for the thousand-coin reward, and thanks to 【Ba Wazi】 for the tip!

(End of this chapter)