Siheyuan: tomb robbing? I am serious about hunting.

Chapter 914 Dawn

Ancient Conspiracy The biting cold wind was like thousands of steel knives, raging wildly on the snowfield of Siberia. Lin Xia and Professor Chen ran as fast as they could under the monster's pursuit. Their lungs were almost torn apart by the cold air, and their legs were sore from running for a long time, but the deafening roar of the monster behind them and the violent vibrations from the ground made them dare not stop for a moment. At the critical moment of life and death, Lin Xia's eyes were suddenly attracted by a sunken ice wall not far away. There was a cave half-covered by snow. The dark cave was like the open mouth of a giant beast, exuding an unknown dangerous atmosphere. But at this moment, this was their only hope. "Professor Chen, there is an ice cave over there!" Lin Xia shouted at the top of her voice, and her voice seemed particularly weak in the whistling wind. Professor Chen looked in the direction of her finger, and a hint of hesitation flashed in his eyes, but he soon nodded firmly. The two changed direction and ran towards the ice cave. Their feet slipped from time to time, and they nearly fell several times, but with their tenacious will, they finally rushed into the ice cave at the moment when the monster was about to catch up. The interior of the ice cave was pitch black, and the cold and damp air hit them in the face, making the already exhausted two people shiver. Lin Xia fumbled to take out the flashlight from her backpack and turned it on with a "click". The dim light beam cut through the darkness and illuminated the rugged ice wall in the cave. The ice wall was covered with traces of erosion over the years, showing various strange shapes, some like distorted human faces, and some like monsters with bared fangs and claws, which looked particularly gloomy and terrifying under the light and shadow. They walked carefully into the depths of the cave. The ice surface under their feet was very smooth, and they had to be extra careful with every step. Suddenly, the beam of Lin Xia's flashlight swept across the front, and her pupils suddenly shrank - in the depths of the ice cave, there were dots of blue light flashing, like stars in the night sky, and like the eyes of a ghost, looming in the darkness. The light exuded a mysterious and strange atmosphere, as if attracting them to go and find out. Professor Chen also saw the light, and his eyes were full of vigilance and curiosity. "Be careful, Xiaolin." He whispered, and his voice echoed in the silent ice cave. The two of them held their equipment tightly and slowly approached the light. As the distance shortened, they found that the light came from a huge ice wall. The ice wall was more than ten meters high, and the surface was as smooth as a mirror. Under the reflection of the blue light, it was faintly seen that it was engraved with dense symbols and patterns. "This is..." Professor Chen came closer to observe, with a shocked look on his face, "These words are very similar to what we found in the Sanxingdui ruins, but they are very different." He pushed his glasses, and the eyes behind the lenses were full of excitement and confusion. As a senior expert in the archaeological field, he has seen countless ancient words and symbols, but these in front of him made him feel both familiar and unfamiliar. Lin Xia also came over, her eyes fixed on the words on the ice wall. The lines of those words were twisted and complex, as if they were the concrete manifestation of some mysterious power. "Professor, could this be related to the monster we encountered?" she asked softly, with a hint of uneasiness in her voice. Professor Chen did not answer immediately, but took out the special translation device from his backpack. This device embodies the hard work of many top scientists and can recognize and translate many ancient characters, but no one is sure whether it can succeed in the face of these unknown symbols. Professor Chen carefully pointed the scanning head of the device at the ice wall and pressed the start button. The device made a slight buzzing sound, and the red scanning light moved slowly on the ice wall. Time passed by minute by minute, and both of them held their breath and stared at the screen of the device nervously. Finally, lines of translated text began to appear on the screen, but these words made their faces become paler and paler. As the translation progressed, a shocking truth gradually surfaced: in ancient times, there was a highly developed civilization on Earth. This civilization mastered technology beyond modern cognition, especially in genetic engineering and energy manipulation, reaching the pinnacle. However, like all greedy civilizations, they ultimately could not escape the temptation of profit. In order to compete for limited resources, a tragic war broke out within the civilization. In order to win, one side of the war did not hesitate to violate the laws of nature and created a monster that could devour everything through genetic modification technology. This monster has strong vitality and destructive power. Wherever it goes, everything will be destroyed. At first, the side that created the monster did have the upper hand, but soon they found that the monster could not be controlled at all. The monster's desire continued to expand, and it began to attack all living things indiscriminately, and the entire civilization fell into a huge crisis. In order to avoid being completely destroyed, the remaining wise men in the civilization exhausted all their strength, sealed the monster under the permafrost, and set up layers of restrictions, hoping to bury this disaster forever in the long river of history. "I see." Lin Xia looked at the pattern on the ice wall, her voice trembling, "The melting of the permafrost has unlocked the seal. But how can we reseal it?" Her mind involuntarily emerged with the horrible appearance of the monster and the miserable state of Lao Wang being engulfed by flames, and her heart was filled with fear and anger. Before Professor Chen could answer, the ice cave suddenly shook violently. Ice chips from the top of the cave fell and hit their heads and bodies. Then, a deafening roar came from the cave entrance, full of anger and murderous intent, as if the monster had discovered their tracks. Professor Chen's face changed drastically, and he quickly looked for clues on the ice wall, trying to find a way to fight the monster. Finally, his eyes stopped on a pattern in the corner of the ice wall. It was a pattern similar to a gear, with a circular groove in the middle and a circle of strange symbols around it, which looked like a starting device. "Maybe we can use this..." Before Professor Chen finished speaking, a huge block of ice suddenly fell from the top of the cave and hit them. Lin Xia was quick-witted and pushed Professor Chen away. The ice hit the ground heavily, splashing countless ice chips. The two were still in shock, and before they could catch their breath, the monster had appeared at the entrance of the ice cave. Its huge body almost completely blocked the entire cave entrance. Its scarlet eyes flashed with greed in the darkness, and its mouth continuously spewed out corrosive mist. Lin Xia and Professor Chen leaned against the ice wall.