Chapter 415 Era
As the steps continued to deepen, the stone steps gradually slowed down, and finally transitioned directly to flat ground.
Li Qian and the others approached slowly and soon discovered that there were also guards from the Investigation Bureau here.
However, it was obvious that they should have received Teacher Liang's order and did not stop the three of them.
Li Qian and the others stepped closer and slowly approached the cordon. Seeing this, several guards from the Investigation Bureau made way for them to enter.
Bai Bingbing pointed to a bronze door at the end of her sight and explained the situation, "According to Teacher Liang's judgment, this underground palace, including the entire Luoying City, should be relics of the Fourth Age."
"Fourth Era?" Li Qian heard this and chewed on the words. He subconsciously looked at Bai Bingbing, his face full of confusion.
This was the first time he had heard of this word, so he immediately put on an attitude of listening, waiting for Bai Bingbing to continue to answer questions.
"This is how archaeologists divide extraordinary civilizations in dimensional planes. There are five eras in total. The era we are in now is the fifth era." Bai Bingbing said in a serious tone: "The old calendar, the new calendar, which is the federal calendar, All known history of our time is divided into this era.”
"Before our era, there was the Fourth Era." Bai Bingbing led Li Qian and Irina forward, "Before, in the temples outside, you should have seen those human statues with one horn."
Li Qian nodded after hearing this.
He did see statues of human beings born with one horn.
Bai Bingbing kept talking and continued: "The images of those sculptures are the humans of the Fourth Era. After deciphering some of the data left over from this era, we learned their identities - Rong people."
"The Rong people were the masters of the last era, and they also followed the route of the beast-controlling civilization. In fact, within the entire dimensional plane, according to the records that have been deciphered so far, no matter which era, the beast-controlling civilization should be followed ”
After thinking about it, she added, "Of course, this is not 100% absolute, but this is the current archaeological situation. It is unknown whether there will be new discoveries in the future."
Hearing this, Li Qian roughly understood something. He spoke and asked confirmingly: "In other words, we have only unearthed four epochs so far?"
"It can be roughly said that!" Bai Bingbing nodded, "Currently, relatively complete archaeological operations have only unearthed four relatively complete eras, namely the first, second, third, and fourth eras."
"The extraordinary civilization in the dimensional plane, even if our era is included, is it only five eras?" Li Qian continued to ask, and he heard a lot of uncertainty in Bai Bingbing's words.
"More than that!" Bai Bingbing said two words without hesitation, "It must be more than that. In fact, archaeologists have discovered relics from before the First Era."
"However, that period seems to have been given a collective name. I don't know what it is specifically called." Bai Bingbing smiled bitterly: "According to Teacher Liang, that period is a bit far away for me now. It's hard to understand it." No sense."
"Civilization before the First Era..." Li Qian couldn't help but muttered to himself after hearing this.
"Yes, it is very difficult to archaeologically study that period. According to the information occasionally revealed by Teacher Liang, so far we have only discovered a scaled claw from that period."
Bai Bingbing continued without reservation: "There are two main reasons why archeology is difficult. One is that after too long, most of the relics have been lost in the torrent of history. Even if there are some remnants, they are dilapidated. It’s unbearable; the second thing is the location. The older the ruins are, the deeper the dimensional plane they are buried in.”
"As far as I know, the current exploration limit of our human beast masters is probably the sixth level of the dimensional plane. The deeper dimensional planes are too dangerous, and we humans are not sure of entering them."
"I see..." Li Qian nodded slightly after hearing Bai Bingbing's explanation. This knowledge also added a lot to his knowledge.
During the conversation, the three of them had arrived at the bronze gate, and Li Qian looked up.
This bronze door is not very high, only about twenty meters, but it exudes the atmosphere of vicissitudes and timelessness.
The bronze door was ajar, with a crack open enough to allow two or three people to enter and exit.
Obviously, the archaeological team had been exploring it for some time.
Bai Bingbing pointed to the bronze door and explained, "The internal structure of this bronze door has been damaged to a certain extent. It can only be opened to this extent. If it continues to be pushed, the entire door may collapse."
"Yeah!" Li Qian nodded.
He had to admire that these archaeologists were indeed very careful in their observations.
The three of them didn't waste any more time and stepped forward to enter the bronze door... But at this moment, four figures walked out of the bronze door and just passed by them. "Hello, Teacher Huang!" Bai Bingbing saw the four people walking out of the bronze door and immediately said hello.
"Hello, Teacher Huang!" Li Qian followed suit and said hello.
Irina nodded and said nothing more.
A gentle-looking boy with glasses in the oncoming team of four saw Bai Bingbing and immediately came over enthusiastically, "Bingbing, why did you come in alone? Where is Teacher Liang?"
"My teacher is up there." Bai Bingbing pointed to the ground above her head and responded casually.
Seeing that Bai Bingbing was just talking casually and not paying attention to him, the boy with glasses turned his attention to Li Qian and Irina, "Who are they?"
"My friend, with Teacher Liang's permission, I came down here to have a look." Bai Bingbing continued to be perfunctory, and after that, she was about to step into the bronze door.
The boy with glasses fell at the back of the four-person team. He frowned and reminded in a pretentious manner: "Bingbing, this is an important archaeological site. No one can come in casually."
"Tell this to my teacher." Bai Bingbing walked straight in without looking back.
Her last words made the boy with glasses feel embarrassed.
Ask Teacher Liang, are you kidding me? Teacher Liang is the captain of this joint archaeological team. Let alone two people, there are eight or ten people. If she wants to bring them in, no one will say anything.
"Classmate, who are you?" Seeing that Bai Bingbing had already entered the bronze door, the boy with glasses took a step sideways and blocked the way of Li Qian and Irina who were one step behind.
"Bingbing's friend." Li Qian said lightly, and then walked in.
Irina chuckled and introduced herself, "Irina, the deputy guardian of Feihe City. This classmate, do you have any advice?"
Now, although she is not the deputy governor of Feihe City, her application has been submitted and it is only a matter of time before it is approved.
When the boy with glasses heard this, he was stunned for a moment. He never thought that this heroic girl from the Gaochang ethnic group was actually a deputy guardian envoy.
He didn't have the guts to go find the deputy governor, and certainly didn't have the ability.
So I had to walk away in despair.
"Liu Qingyuan, what are you doing?" Just as the three of them stepped into the bronze door, Teacher Huang's majestic voice came from behind.
"Teacher, I'll be right over!" Liu Qingyuan, the boy with glasses, immediately ran over.
Li Qian scratched his head, feeling a little baffled.
He asked: "Classmate Bai Bingbing, this Liu Qingyuan doesn't seem to be very friendly to me?"
Next to her, Irina told the truth directly, "I guess I see you as a competitor."
"What competitor?" Li Qian was a little confused and asked subconsciously.
"Here!" Irina curled her lips and pointed at Bai Bingbing who was walking in front.
"Uh..." Li Qian suddenly understood, and then fell into speechlessness.
What's the matter!
Bai Bingbing's face looked a little ugly, and she said lightly, "Don't worry about boring people."
After that, he focused his attention on the interior of the palace.
(End of chapter)