Although it is only a different time and space, the Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is no worse than the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang that Chen Mo saw in his previous life.
"When the First Emperor came to the throne, he passed through Li Mountain and conquered the world. The world sent more than 700,000 people to the imperial court, passed through three springs, lowered copper into the coffin, and filled the palace with hundreds of officials, rare artifacts, and strange treasures. He ordered the craftsmen to make plans.
Crossbow arrows are used to pierce those who are close. Use mercury as the source of hundreds of rivers and seas to imbue the mechanism with astronomy at the top and geography at the bottom. Use mermaid paste as a candle to save those who are immortal for a long time." Standing at the tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
On a high hill outside, Chen Mo was murmuring words that no one could understand.
This is of course not a description of the Dragon Emperor's tomb, but the record of Qin Shihuang's tomb in "Historical Records" in his original world.
Although in Chen Mo's time, many people believed that the description and records of Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum in "Historical Records" contained many exaggerations and conjectures, the Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum was still more than 70 meters long after more than two thousand years of erosion.
The majestic high mound and the terracotta warriors and horses used for burial outside Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum are enough to prove to the world how spectacular and luxurious Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum was back then.
In particular, the mercury content in the soil that was detected near the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang seriously exceeded the standard, which also confirmed the record in "Historical Records" about Qin Shihuang using mercury to drain rivers and seas.
This is enough to make people believe that as the first unified emperor in Chinese history, Qin Shihuang, who conquered the six kingdoms, must have spent all his country's efforts to build his own mausoleum, and it was extremely luxurious.
In this world, although there are some differences between the Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, they are not far behind in terms of scale and luxury.
"I really didn't expect that the Tomb of the Dragon Emperor in this world would actually be in Ningxia." Chen Mo touched his eyebrows and looked at the entrance to the mausoleum hidden under the desert sands of the Gobi Desert, feeling a little weird.
Dragon Emperor, as the different time and space counterpart of Qin Shihuang, also managed to conquer the six kingdoms and unify the world, becoming the emperor.
But his tomb is not in his capital, but outside the Great Wall, which is really strange.
After all, in history, the Great Wall could almost be said to be the border of the Qin State, used to resist foreign invasion. In this world, the Great Wall has the same function. It can be said that the Great Wall was the border of the country ruled by the Dragon Emperor at that time.
But it is really weird that an emperor is not buried in his own country after his death, but is buried outside the border.
Chen Mo felt that there must be a hidden secret here, perhaps it had a lot to do with Ziyuan's curse on the Dragon Emperor. Otherwise, there would not be a story in the movie about the Dragon Emperor's terracotta warriors and horses becoming immortal once they cross the Great Wall.
Make a sound.
However, the Dragon Emperor's Tomb is not far from the Great Wall. If the Dragon Emperor can successfully resurrect and awaken his army, it will not be a troublesome matter to cross the Great Wall.
Touching his eyebrows, Chen Mo asked Jack on the side: "How long will it take for the archaeological team to open the tomb door?"
"They said it would take some time. Considering the protection of cultural relics, they did not dare to use explosives to blow open the tomb door, so they needed to crack the mechanism of the tomb door, so it took more time." Jack answered to Chen Mo, and he was also concerned.
Asked: "Do I need to urge them again?"
Chen Mo shook his head and was not in a hurry: "Let them take their time. The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is China's cultural treasure and an important historical monument anyway. It would not be good if it was damaged."
After saying that, Chen Mo turned around and walked down the hill towards the archaeological team camp not far from the Dragon Emperor's Tomb.
This archaeological team was initiated by Egypt, and together with cultural relics and archaeological experts from China, it took several months to find the exact location of the Dragon Emperor's tomb and excavate it.
However, the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum in Chen Moyuan's world is difficult to open, and the same goes for the Dragon Emperor's Tomb in this world. The heavy tomb door has long been sealed by mechanisms, and it will not be possible to open it overnight.
The Chinese side has recruited a group of native masters, hoping to use their technology to open the Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
The level of these local masters cannot be said to be bad, but they have nothing to do with the gold-touching captains in tomb-robbery novels who go to heaven and earth, know how to escape from strange gates, and hunt for dragons and gold.
They did have some skills. They led the archaeological team to the Dragon Emperor's tomb, and even tried to drill several holes to bypass the dragon-breaking stone in front of the tomb door and enter the cemetery.
However, the Dragon Emperor's tomb is full of structures, and the mausoleum is built on the mountain. The entire mausoleum is completely wrapped in rock formations. It is a mausoleum carved out of the rocks. There is no way to dig in, so these local masters have no choice but to make a choice.
Break the mechanism of the tomb door.
The group of people in the original movie O'Connor's Son were directly involved in the explosives, and it was obviously impossible for Chen Mo to do this.
That's why he is stuck here now, waiting for the archaeological team to crack the mechanism of the tomb door.
Anyway, he was not in a hurry, and it didn't matter if he let them take their time. After all, this was a very precious ancient tomb that had existed for thousands of years, and any damage to the cultural relics would be an immeasurable loss.
If he didn't want to get the Dragon Emperor's legion, Chen Mo wouldn't even let anyone excavate this ancient tomb.
After all, archeology and tomb robbing are different. Only if the ancient tombs are affected by natural disasters such as earthquakes and landslides, which destroy the stability of the ancient tombs, or if the ancient tombs are accidentally discovered during construction, will these ancient tombs be investigated.
Carry out protective or rescue excavations, otherwise these ancient tombs will always sleep underground without anyone disturbing them.
Tomb robbers are destructive. They don't care about the historical and cultural value of the ancient tombs. They directly and brutally dig up the tombs and steal the precious historical relics inside the tombs, causing great damage to the tombs.
Therefore, if it is an archaeological excavation, it is impossible to use such incredible things as explosives.
However, Chen Mo was willing to wait, but the people in the archaeological team were a little impatient.
They had discovered this tomb door before Chen Mo came to China and tried to open it.
However, Chen Modu came to China from Egypt, and also visited Japan in the meantime. Now he has come to the excavation site in person. More than a month has passed, and they still have not opened the tomb door.
This undoubtedly gave the archaeological experts in China and Egypt a special headache and a loss of face.
"Your Majesty, I'm really sorry! The mechanism of this tomb door is too difficult to crack. With our current ability, it is really difficult to crack the mechanism. Even if we can crack it, it will take a lot of time." The leader of the Egyptian archaeological team found
Chen Mo reported to him an unsatisfactory progress.
Chen Mo was not surprised at all by this. He just said to the team leader: "It doesn't matter. I'll go check out the tomb door with you in the afternoon and see if we can think of other solutions."
