Chapter 3085： The secret in the belly of the mountain

The third thousand and eighty-fifth chapter of the secret

In the ruins of the old castle, the tripartite joint exploration team has begun to explore, scanning various locations with pulse metal detectors.

Ye Tian took two archaeologists to explore the center of the ruins, looking at the broken pieces of buildings, as well as the ancient characters and patterns carved on the stone.

And outside the ruins of the castle, Tigray State military police and Israeli security personnel pulled out a cordon around the castle, prohibiting anyone from entering.

The rest of the people who climbed this mountain and came towards Solomon's treasure and the Ark of the Covenant can only stay outside the cordon and peep their toes into the castle.

Unfortunately, they can't see much.

The location of the castle is higher, more than ten meters higher than the rest of the top of the mountain.

People who want to enter the ruins of the ancient castle have to go through an upward staircase and through two broken arches to enter it.

Moreover, this ancient castle did not completely collapse, and a part of the surrounding city wall remained, but it was not too high, but it could also block the line of sight from the outside.

If the joint exploratory team finds something here, for example, what treasure has been discovered.

Once the news is leaked, causing a commotion, and even attracting attacks, these ancient and broken city walls can also block bullets flying from other places.

In a blink of an eye, it was almost noon.

After some exploration, everyone finally found something.

Ye Tian and the others are looking at a broken city wall, studying the ancient characters and patterns carved on the city wall.

At this moment, an excited voice suddenly came from the intercom.

"Steven, we detected some metal objects, which were buried under a piece of stone rubble. I don't know what it is. Will you come over and take a look?"

Upon hearing the announcement, Ye Tian immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and said:

"Okay, Anthony, let's go over and see what you found, maybe it's a surprise"

With that, he stood up and walked to the exploration team where the metal object was found.

The two archaeologists nearby immediately followed, all looking forward to it.

In a blink of an eye, they have come to a ruin on the north side of the castle.

This place is located on the edge of the old castle. The original building has already collapsed, leaving only a few walls. The ground is a broken wall full of stones of various sizes.

Two brave employees who explored the company fearlessly stood in the middle of this fragmented wall, scanning with the pulse metal detector in their hands.

With their actions, there were bursts of sweet chirps.

Seeing Ye Tian coming over, Anthony, who was holding the probe, said immediately:

"Steven, it's here that we scanned some metal objects. The number is not large, but the location is relatively concentrated and the burial is not very deep. It is only three or four meters deep from the ground.

It is not difficult to pick up these buried metal objects. Just remove the stones and rubble on it, and then dig down three or four meters to find those metal objects."

At the same time he introduced the situation, Ye Tian had come to the front.

While checking the signals and data of the pulse metal detector, he smiled and said:

"Guys, you seem to have forgotten that we are on the top of the mountain, not on the ground. It is not difficult to remove the stones and rubble at the foot. It is very difficult to dig down. The bottom is hard granite!"

Hearing this, Anthony was suddenly stunned.

"Yeah, why did we forget about it, this is a granite mountain, it's hard to dig!"

Ye Tian smiled and continued:

"If these metal objects are really treasures, and they are buried deep underground, then there is only one possibility, there is an unknown hidden space under our feet.

We want to pick up these metal objects buried deep underground, there is only one way, and that is to find a way to enter this hidden underground space! "

"It is true. There must be an entrance into this underground space. Otherwise, these metal objects cannot be hidden deep underground!"

Anthony nodded in response.

After analyzing for a while, Ye Tian gave his own judgment.

"Yes, these metal objects are indeed buried at a depth of three or four meters underground. Unfortunately, the number is too small, and I don't know what the value is. Is it worth digging?

They are obviously hidden in an underground space. This underground space may be a tunnel or a secret room. We can try to find it out."

"Awesome, Steven, leave these things to us"

Anthony nodded and said, can't wait.

Ye Tian looked at this guy, then smiled and nodded and said:

"Okay, Anthony, you should first clean up the rocks in this area. Remove the small ones. If you can't move them, you can stay in place. When the cleaning is completed, I will come and see the situation!"

Next, he confessed a few more words.

Afterwards, he left with two archaeologists, returned to the ruins in the middle of the castle, and continued his previous exploration.

A few minutes later, an archaeologist suddenly said:

"Steven, come and take a look. There are some ancient patterns carved here, and a few lines of Tigrinya, which looks a bit interesting."

Hearing this, Ye Tian and another archaeologist walked over immediately.

This is a stone wall about two meters high. The superstructure has already collapsed, and you can see the blue sky when you look up.

In the upper part of the middle of this stone wall, there are several relatively flat granites with some ancient characters and patterns carved on them.

Of course, there are still a lot of graffiti on it, which was carved in a mess.

Ye Tian and the others came forward and began to look at the ancient characters and patterns.

Unfortunately, the three of them didn't know Tigrinya, and didn't know the meaning of those words.

But those ancient patterns, they can see a little meaning.

"These patterns tell the story of a group's struggle to survive in a different place, including farming scenes, hunting scenes, and sacrificial scenes. The content is very rich and it is worth studying!"

An archaeologist said excitedly.

This archeologist is from Columbia University and is employed by the Brave Fearless Exploration Company.

Hearing his words, Ye Tian and the other Israeli archaeologist both chuckled lightly.

Then, the Israeli archaeologist continued to say:

"These ancient patterns are about the development of a Beta Israel tribe. They live in this mountainous area. The ruins of the ancient fort where we are located were originally built by them.

Over the past two to three hundred years, they were defeated by other tribes, and the castle fell into the hands of others. In the following hundreds of years, the castle changed hands several times, changed many owners, and finally collapsed.

The tripartite joint exploratory team came here because this castle was built by the Beta Israelis. The history of the Beta Israeli tribe can even be traced back to the Menelik I period.

Because of this, we listed it as a very important place to explore; in fact, before we came here, we sent people to explore here several times, but unfortunately nothing was found! "

"So, it seems that you have already mastered the meaning of these Tigrinya languages."

"It is true. The content introduced in these texts is exactly the development process of the Beta Israeli tribe, but it is intermittent, and the language is unknown in many places.

In these ancient texts, there is no related information about Solomon’s treasures and the ark. As for the texts that are obscured by graffiti, I don’t know what it says.”

"In this case, we don't need to waste time here."

Said the Columbia University archaeologist.

"That's it, let's go to other places to see"

Ye Tian smiled and nodded and said.

Afterwards, they left here and walked to an abandoned room next to them.

Next, they discovered many ancient characters and patterns, carved on different stones.

Among them, there are not only Tigrinya, but also the more ancient Giss, Amharic, and so on.

Unfortunately, by studying these words and patterns, they did not find any clues related to Solomon's treasure and the Ark of the Covenant.

During this period, several other exploration teams also successively scanned some metal objects.

Ye Tian checked the situation, but found no surprises.

Most of those metal objects are buried under the rubble, which are some of the original things inside the castle.

For example, discarded tableware, broken door knockers, and rusty weapons, etc., are of no value.

About an hour later, Ye Tian and the others returned to the ruins on the north side of the castle.

At this time, most of the stones piled up in the area where the metal objects were found have been cleared away, leaving only a few large stones that are difficult to move.

The two exploratory team members who were responsible for cleaning these rocks were all sweating profusely and panting for breath.

When he came here again, Ye Tian scanned the surroundings first, then walked into the cleared area and began to check the situation on the ground.

The ground here is covered with granite slabs, the slabs are mottled.

In the crevices around the granite slabs, some plants grow tenaciously. Although they are crooked and twisted, their vitality is very strong.

Ye Tian walked around this area, and finally stopped next to a square granite slab at the very edge.

The location of the stone slab was five or six meters away from where the metal objects were discovered.

After standing up, Ye Tian first took a look at the condition of the stone slab, then squatted down and began to examine it carefully.

During the inspection, he clenched his fist and smashed the slate several times, and then several slabs next to him.

The sounds from these slates sounded similar, but there seemed to be some differences.

Next, Ye Tian checked the crevices around the stone slab and the grass growing in the crevices.

Then, he fell into thinking.

After thinking about it for about a minute or two, he pointed to the slate and said:

"I don't know if everyone heard it just now. The sound from under this stone slab is relatively empty, not as dull as the other stone slabs!"

With that, he clenched his fist and smashed the slate several times, and then smashed the other slates next to him.

After his reminder, the others finally heard the difference in the sounds made by the slates.

"Yes, Steven, there seems to be a slight difference between the sound of this slate and the other slabs, but it's hard to hear!"

"The sound from this slab is indeed a bit hollow. Could it be that the underside of this slab is not on the ground?"

The two archaeologists said one after another, both excited.

Ye Tian nodded lightly, and then said:

"The sound of the slate is one aspect. Everyone look at the crevices around the slate. The grass growing in these crevices is shorter than other places? It looks like it's malnourished!"

Following his remarks, everyone looked at the tenaciously growing grasses and compared them with the plants in the crevices of the stone slabs next to them.

Comparing the two, everyone immediately saw the difference.

"Yes, Steven, these grasses do seem to be malnourished. They don't grow as luxuriantly as the plants in the crevices of the stone slabs around them. What does this mean?"

"It's very simple. This shows that they don't get enough nutrients from the ground. From this, it can be concluded that the underside of this stone slab is likely to be empty, so they can't provide enough nutrients for these."

Ye Tian smiled and gave the answer.

"Is this the entrance to a secret passage? Or a secret underground chamber?"

"Is the location of the metal objects that I explored just now connected to here? This possibility seems very high!"

Several people at the scene said excitedly, everyone's eyes shining.

"Whether it is the entrance of a secret passage or an underground secret room, when we pry open this piece of granite, the answer will naturally surface!"

Ye Tian said with a smile, and the others nodded.

Next, everyone gets busy.

Before going up the mountain, in order to reduce the burden, everyone did not bring a combined winch.

In other words, if you want to pry up this seemingly heavy stone slab, you can only use manpower and a crowbar to pry it hard, there is no other way!

This task, Ye Tian naturally did his part.

For safety reasons, he checked the stone slab and the surrounding situation again before doing it.

To be sure, there is no deadly trap here.

However, it is unknown whether there are dangers hidden under this stone slab.

The underground space under the stone slabs may have been closed for a long time, accumulating a lot of poisonous gas, or it may be inhabited by some highly poisonous things, such as poisonous snakes.

For safety's sake, Ye Tian asked his staff, two archaeologists, and several Tigray people to stand far away and put on gas masks.

He himself did the same, wearing a gas mask and stab-resistant gloves.

After taking the protective measures, he picked up the crowbar and inserted one end of the crowbar into the gap of the stone slab forcefully.

Next, he pressed the other end of the crowbar hard, trying to pry up the heavy granite slab.

In the beginning, the granite slab did not move.

As he continued to increase his strength, the granite slab that seemed to grow on the ground was finally slowly pried up by him, and one end of it gradually left the ground.

Only then did everyone see how heavy the granite slab was.

The end that was pryed up was about fifteen centimeters thick.

The area of ​​the entire slab is almost one square meter, and the overall weight can be imagined!

Just such a granite slab weighing several hundred kilograms was pried up by Ye Tian alone.

Seeing this scene, everyone on the scene gasped.

"Oh my god! Steven is so terrifying. How could he be so hard? It's incredible to be able to pry up such a heavy stone slab by himself!"

"I'll go! This guy is simply a humanoid monster, who can always create miracles!"

In the exclamation of everyone one after another, that heavy stone slab had been pried aside by Ye Tian, ​​revealing a gap about 20 centimeters wide.

As he expected, there were no deadly traps under the stone slab.

The moment the slab was pried open, no javelins or sharp arrows shot out.

But Ye Tian felt a smelly smell suddenly rushing up from deep underground.

Fortunately, he was wearing a gas mask and protective measures were in place, so he was not hit.

Immediately afterwards, he heard another hissing sound, creepy.

Before he could react, the white elf who had been hiding in the cuff on his left suddenly burst out like a lightning, and rushed directly into the dark space under the stone slab!

In the next instant, the underground space was completely boiling.

Until then, Ye Tian quickly retreated and shouted loudly:

"Everyone had better stay away. This is a snake cave. It seems that there are many poisonous snakes inhabiting it. Be careful. No one can approach without my permission. You should also pay attention to your feet. There may be poisonous snakes around!"

Before the words fell, the others had quickly withdrawn a few steps back, away from the cave that led to the depths of the earth.

At the same time, everyone quickly looked at the surrounding situation, everyone was terrified!

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