Human Light Umbrella

The center of the camp.

The five people sat around the bonfire, sitting on their folding chairs, watching the beautiful scenery, and enjoying a quick light meal.

Four full days have passed since they left the city where humans gathered, entered the untouched forest, and then arrived at this lake and temple that have not been touched by modern civilization.

They were lucky not to get lost or encounter large, hungry predators.

"Hey, George!"

Tom put the biodegradable lunch box of instant meals into the paper bag that held the garbage beside him, and asked George who was sitting opposite:

"How is it? Have you and Crawford found anything useful? Is this the temple the professor said about?"

After the words fell, Hans and Aisha also looked forward to it, and turned their attention to George and Crawford.

"Cough." George coughed softly, put the kettle on the ground, wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, looked around the crowd, nodded and said in a deep voice:

"After preliminary speculation by Crawford and I, it is very likely that this is the first Temple of Artemis."

"Haha!" Tom, who was affirmed, laughed heartily, slapped his thigh and said, "I'll just say, the ones in Turkey are fake!"

Chapter 182 Moonlight and Laughter

"Big man, please be quiet." Aisha, who was sitting next to Tom, complained.

And George continued to explain: "The temple in Turkey is not fake. After all, there are several Athena temples. It can only be said that the temple we found is exactly what we imagined. The first Temple of Artemis built by humans.

Crawford and I have not had time to use instruments to test, we can see that the date of the completion of this temple is at least 8000 years ago, or even tens of thousands of years ago. "

"Tens of thousands of years... my God." Hans said with emotion.

Located in Turkey, the Temple of Artemis in the center of Selcuk was built on July 356, 7 BC, exactly 21 years ago.

There are a total of 126 stone pillars, each 18 meters high, and the entire temple is 125 meters long and 50 meters wide, which can be listed as one of the "miracles of the ancient world" on this scale.

It is said that the people at that time spent a full 120 years building that temple.

Thinking of Hans here, he turned his head and looked to the right.

Just by observing with the naked eye, it can be seen that the scale of the temple next to them is larger than the one in Turkey.

With the level of science and technology more than 2000 years ago, it would take 120 years to build a temple, one of the "world wonders". How did humans build this temple ten thousand years ago?

How many years did it take to build?

Hans' scalp was numb, and he felt that there were too many mysteries in human history, and some things couldn't be explained at all.

After George finished speaking, Crawford took the initiative to take over the conversation and said:

"There are no statues of gods inside the temple, but the stone pillars are engraved with symbols such as antlers, moons, bows and arrows, which is enough to indicate the identity of the god enshrined here, Artemis, one of the twelve main gods of Olympus."

"Professor Sears will be very happy if you bring this information back home!" Aisha echoed.

"En." Everyone nodded.

The professor Sears mentioned by the five students was none other than Quell Sears, a professor of history at Oxford University and a leading archaeologist.

In fact, seven years ago, Sears led the previous students to discover the ruins of the city, Göbekli, which was also built ten thousand years ago.

And in the ruins, Lilith, the living corpse pierced by the spear of fear, and Ares, the god of war who became a giant skeleton, were found, and a white giant who was hostile to humans was also encountered.

After that, Sears and the students at that time were all modified by Umbrella, and the Göbekli Ruins were also transformed into Umbrella's research center.

However, even if the memory is modified, Sears is still the leading professor, and the students have successfully graduated and entered the society, forgetting the thrilling past.

The five George and Crawford studied at Oxford University in 2004 and were completely unaware of the existence of Göbekli.

After enrolling, the same interests made the five of them become close friends, and from the moment of enrolling, they set "finding the first Temple of Artemis" as their goal.

With the teaching and guidance of Sears, the search of unofficial history, myths and other materials without sleep and food, and the funds provided by the rich Crawford, after three years of unremitting efforts, they really found the secret hidden in the deep forest. temple.

"Okay." At this moment, George stood up: "Everyone has worked hard these days, let's rest for two hours first, and it won't be too late to continue our research after recovering our energy.

(looks at Tom) Trouble about the vigilance, Tom. "

"No problem!" Tom still patted his chest and replied loudly.

The other three also had no opinion.

After four days of trekking in the woods with no roads, they needed a good rest, to be honest.

Next.

Tom, who was still very energetic, took care of the camp, and the other four used the filtered lake water to wash up briefly, and then went to the tent to take a rest.

The scorching sun continued to slant to the west, the sun gradually became less dazzling, and the weather was no longer as hot as in the morning.

Seeing this, Tom, who acts as a "human alarm clock", wakes up his companions to get up and work by patting the tent.

The spirited George and Crawford left the tent, prepared all kinds of instruments needed, and went to the temple to continue their unfinished research.

Tom went into the tent to sleep soundly. It seemed that he wanted to sleep through the night.

Of course, when the other four were working, they would not forget to take a look at the situation of the camp to make sure that sleeping Tom would not be in danger.

Even when they came to a seemingly safe area, they did not let down their vigilance.

time flies.

The sunset in the evening reflects the surface of the lake, making this small lake in the forest the most beautiful moment of the day.

But George and the others only admired it for a moment, and then devoted themselves to the research, and took another look at the situation of the camp by the way.

When the sun had completely set and the natural light was not enough to provide a good view, the four of them left the temple and returned to the camp here.

They received a lot of goods today, and they felt that if they continued at this pace, they would be able to collect all the required information in two days, and then they could leave the forest and return to the city to enjoy the convenience brought by modern civilization.

The next four people put away their instruments and tools and began to prepare dinner.

When the sky was completely dark and entered the night, they turned on the erected lighting equipment and re-lit the bonfire in the center of the camp.

This environment, this atmosphere, let them can't help but imagine that if they bring enough ingredients and barbecue grills, they can have a wild barbecue by the lake.

But conditions do not allow.

Just as the instant meal enough for six people was ready, Tom also woke up naturally, walked out of the tent smelling the smell of food, and came to join the dinner team by the campfire.

The meal in many places was prepared for Tom. After all, Tom did the most physical labor, and he was also responsible for the vigilance work in the first half of the night.

After the meal, everyone sat around the bonfire and talked about the future, imagining what kind of bright moment they would have after they announced this amazing discovery.

After chatting for a long time, George and Tom agreed that he would be the one to watch after midnight, and then he was the first to wash and rest, followed by Crawford and Hans.

In the end, there were only Tom and Elsa who were still sitting by the campfire.

Aisha looked up at the bright moon in the night sky, and she couldn't help but sigh with Tom: "Tom, what would you do if... something unexpected happened?"

"Sudden situation?" Tom, who was vigilant around him, was taken aback for a moment, but soon smiled, and made a gesture of showing his biceps:

"Of course it's to protect everyone!"

"..." Aisha had nothing to say.

At this moment, the crescent-like bright moon came to the center of the night sky, and the two found that the lake in front of them was actually emitting light!

It wasn't the moonlight reflecting off the lake, but the entire lake was emitting a faint white light.

"Haha~"

When the two of them saw this incredible scene, they also faintly heard laughter from the east of the camp.

Chapter 183 Mythical Creatures

human laughter?

How could there be anyone else here besides them?

Hearing the vague laughter, Tom stood up abruptly, left the campfire and came to the edge of the camp, vigilantly observing the dense forest to the east of the camp.

Seeing Tom leave, Aisha was left alone by the campfire.

The lake emitting a faint white light makes the scenery here more beautiful, but Elsa is not in the mood to appreciate it, but makes her feel scared, so she also gets up and goes to the edge of the camp, standing beside Tom and looking towards the dense forest.

The two remained silent and listened carefully.

"Chirp~chirp~." But only the chirping of insects was heard, as if... just had an auditory hallucination?

"Haha~."

But not long after, faint laughter came from the depths of the dense forest, which meant that the two of them did not have auditory hallucinations at all, but that there were really "people" there.

"Tom...what should I do?" Aisha asked tremblingly.

"Go and get George and the others to get up." Tom, who had been staring at the dense forest, said in a deep voice.

"Yeah." Aisha nodded and turned back to the camp to wake everyone up.

Although Tom's brain is one-sided, it doesn't mean he's stupid.

The self-luminous lake and the laughter in the forest all represent that this area is not normal. Tom is very confident in himself, but he will not be a hero to check the source of the laughter.

Less than 1 minutes.

"My God? This lake actually glows?"

Tom heard Hans sigh from behind.

Soon, George, Hans, Crawford and Aisha had just gathered around Tom, and just heard the frolic coming from the dense forest.

And the frolic was getting closer to the camp they were in.

Hearing such movements, the sleepiness of the three of George disappeared without a trace, and the atmosphere became much more dignified.

"Everyone." As the leader, George immediately said to everyone:

"Get ready, I, Tom and Crawford will go to the forest to check, Hans and Aisha, you two stay in the camp, if necessary..."

"Wait!" Before George finished speaking, Hans raised his hand and interjected, "I don't think this is appropriate."

George was not annoyed by Hans' interruption, and asked patiently, "Do you have any good suggestions, Hans."

Hearing this, everyone looked at Hans.

"It's not a suggestion, it's just my viewing experience." Hans explained with a serious face: "You know I like watching movies, especially horror movies.

As for the horror and vulgar films shot by Lao Mei, the protagonists are usually composed of five to six college students, you see..."

As Hans spoke, he glanced at everyone, then pointed to the glowing lake surface, and then pointed to the dense forest where the laughter came from:

"We are five college students, and we encountered a weird natural phenomenon, is it similar to the plot of a horror and vulgar movie?

You must know that the main reason for the tragic death of the protagonist group members in horror movies is to act separately!

There are many people together and great strength, if we are separated, isn't it waiting to be broken one by one?We are not professional special forces, and the quality of individual soldiers is not as good as that of ordinary soldiers, so we must not act separately. "

After Hans's voice fell, everyone nodded with deep sense of reason.

"You're right, we really should stay together, so do you have any other suggestions?" George asked again.

Hearing the question, Hans thought for a moment and said: "Crawford has a satellite phone, and our positioning system has not failed, which means that we will not lose contact with the outside world, and we also have weapons for self-protection.

It's late at night, it's very unwise to flee in a hurry in the forest, but it's even more impossible to go deep into the forest to investigate...

So we should first ask for help from the outside world, then rely on the favorable terrain and light provided by the camp to defend, and wait for the laughing thing to show up. "

"Good!" George agreed with Hans' proposal, and said to Crawford:

"Crawford, you should contact your father first and let him know the situation we have encountered. If your father negotiates, I think the Bulgarian side will send someone to rescue as soon as possible."

"No problem." Crawford trotted back to the tent.

"Tom, come with me to get the gun." George said, and turned to the tent where their instruments and equipment were kept.

"Okay!" Tom quickly followed.

Next.

Crawford used a satellite phone to talk to her father in London, telling them about the discovery of the first Artemis Temple and the weird situation they encountered, so that her father could use his influence to contact the Bulgarian government.

While Crawford was in contact with his father, George and Tom also took out the three pistols they brought and less than a hundred loose bullets.