Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors
Chapter 136 - 131: Relics Unearthed! (Extra - for Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 136: Chapter 131: Relics Unearthed! (Extra Chapter for Monthly Tickets)

Soon, Wang Zongchang’s tomb site was cordoned off.

Various archaeological experts and personnel from relevant departments started arriving one after another, beginning the protective excavation of the tomb.

Not only that, there were even people who came carrying cameras, live streaming the excavation!

In fact, live streams of archaeological activities had happened before, with ancient sites like Sanxingdui being broadcast live during excavation, where audiences could even watch the entire process of unearthing bronze objects, jade artifacts, and ivory products through the camera lens.

But those previous live streams didn’t receive much attention.

The reason was simple, not enough interest.

On the one hand, it was due to insufficient promotion; on the other hand, because most people were not that interested in such archaeological activities.

But this time, the situation was different.

As soon as the live stream started, its popularity exploded!

Thanks to the previous hype led by Su Chengbai and those other attention-seeking clowns, the online interest in this matter had already reached a high level, and the opening of the live stream provided an outlet for this enthusiasm.

Countless viewers poured in instantly, all eager to see the first-hand experience of this archaeological activity!

"It’s starting, it’s starting!"

"A live stream for real? There actually is a tomb at this place?"

"Didn’t Li Weiyi and the others from Binhai City post about it? After finding this place they really discovered a tombstone reading ’Wang Zongchang’s Grave’! It proves that this is indeed where Wang Zongchang was buried!"

"The archaeological department is moving quickly, aren’t they? They’ve already started excavating?"

"Normal, because according to historical records, Wang Zongchang’s tomb is likely not like those larger tombs; the tomb might not have good sealing conditions inside, potentially the longer the delay, the greater the loss. So it’s better to excavate as soon as possible to protect the various burial articles inside."

"Yeah, and there’s another key point, this tomb will be a critical piece of evidence for ’Dark Sand’! Before ’Dark Sand’, even the historical academia hadn’t paid much attention to Wang Zongchang’s tomb, let alone knowing about his award of Jin objects. If this excavation goes smoothly, then it will prove ’Dark Sand’ truly can trace back human historical memory!"

"Although I’ve always felt this technology was too mystical, I’m still a bit excited to witness it with my own eyes..."

"Don’t get too excited too soon; there might not even be Jin objects in this tomb, even if Wang Zongchang really was awarded them, it doesn’t necessarily mean they were buried with him."

"Emperor’s awards, the descendants would definitely bury them."

"Even if they were buried, they could have already been discovered by tomb raiders, right? So they need to excavate quickly!"

The barrage in the live stream floated by in large swaths, showing that the audience seemed even more nervous and excited than the archaeologists on site.

The players were kept outside the police line in a friendly manner, some drove back home as they still had to continue playing the game and climbing the ranks at night, while others stayed on the spot, eager to witness the event first-hand.

And the archaeological personnel also started digging in full swing.

Fortunately, it wasn’t a large tomb, so the excavation went very smoothly, and soon a huge tomb pit was dug open.

Through the lens of the live broadcast, all of this was quickly presented in the viewers’ field of vision.

To everyone’s surprise, although the tombstone was made quite impressively, the tomb itself was quite humble.

There was no structure in the ancient tomb, just a not-too-large tomb pit, adding up to about only twenty square meters. Moreover, there wasn’t even a coffin in the tomb pit, only some bones left, and a few rotting straw mats.

This meant that the historical records were indeed correct.

Wang Zongchang was indeed buried wrapped in straw mats, with no exaggerations in the historical books.

But then, the archaeologists began to find more surprising discoveries in the tomb!

One by one, gold objects were unearthed!

The first thing that caught the eye was a long, slender golden object. The archaeologists carefully brushed off the soil on it, and its rough shape emerged on camera.

It was a golden hairpin!

Immediately afterward, more golden artifacts appeared, including gold rings, lotus-shaped gold earrings, anthropomorphic golden ear scoops, gold belt buckles, and so on.

Because they were made of gold, they were incredibly well-preserved, and even after brushing off the loose earth, one could still see various details clearly under the camera.

On the live comment feed, there were successive exclamations of amazement.

"Those are really gold artifacts! And there are so many!"

"What is this? A golden ear scoop? There’s even a little person carved on it? Is there such a thing?"

"The close-up view is so intricate! Which dynasty could have produced this?"

"It must have been crafted by the skilled artisans of the royal court!"

"So beautiful!"

"Hey, look at this! A hat made of gold!"

As the live comments expressed their astonishment, the archaeological team began to clean a newly unearthed relic.

It was a golden silk hair cover that looked like the official hat of the Great Sheng Dynasty, except it was entirely woven from gold threads, with fine patterns and beautifully embroidered designs.

The senior professor in charge of the excavation trembled with excitement, "National treasures, these are national treasures!

"The value of these artifacts definitely exceeds one hundred million, perhaps even more!

"There are at least six or seven items here that can be classified as national first-level cultural relics!

"This golden silk hair cover has never been found in previous archaeological endeavors. Such high-status burial goods, even in the Great Sheng Dynasty, were only available to a limited number of officials!

"And moreover, the list of these names matches exactly with the list of memory fragments in ’Dark Sand,’ not a hair out of place!

"This is real history!!"

The viewers in the live broadcast were just as moved as the professor.

This was what it meant to truly witness history!

Especially for the players, it was a matter of pride.

They had first seen the memory fragments of the emperor bestowing gifts upon Wang Zongchang in the game, and then, in real life, they saw the actual artifacts awarded. These items lay quietly in such a modest tomb, accompanying this hero for hundreds of years, waiting for today’s generation to uncover them, revealing the sealed history to the world!

Now, no one questioned ’Dark Sand’ as a game anymore.

Because the evidence was irrefutable!

Fake it?

With so many archaeology experts on-site and many of the artifacts being nationally classified first-level cultural relics, destined for at least provincial museums, who could fabricate such a thing amidst countless experts’ assessments and tests?

Moreover, there were skeletal remains and a number of other burial items, with plenty of technical methods available for verification.

The only explanation was that the ’Dark Sand’ officials indeed possessed the technology to trace human historical memory. Through the instance "Ennoblement Was Not My Intention," they traced a portion of key historical memories, thereby determining the specific content of the rewards and even locating the position of this tomb.

This could only be described as a miracle!

Soon, not only did the heat in the live broadcast room explode, but platforms such as Weibo, Tieba, Zhihu, and other online forums and social networks were all flooded with discussions about the excavation of Wang Zongchang’s tomb!

And the topic of discussion was shockingly consistent: We’ve actually seen real history!

A barrage of netizens turned their attention toward Su Chengbai’s Weibo.

Are you convinced?

This hammer blow has struck you right down to the core of the earth!

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