Imperial Treasure
Chapter 402 - 272: Three Doubts_2

Chapter 402: Chapter 272: Three Doubts_2

For instance, this one was sealed inside the wall, and that strange plant had been propagated within his body. Does this imply

that the same is true for other Ancient City People? If it is the same, then why would the Black Iron Army do such a thing? Also,

the hanging corpses inside the city wall were clearly the work of the Black Iron Army.."

These three points of analysis made Ye Changan nod, "So that’s why I felt it was strange just now, only I couldn’t articulate it at the moment, but your analysis has clarified a lot."

"However, I’m just speculating, and I can’t think of the answers to these questions either," Xiao Yu

swung the dagger in her hand, narrowed her eyes, and suddenly looked towards Sui Yi, who had been silent until now.

"Sui Yi, what do you think?"

Sui Yi looked up, glanced at the two, and said, "First, the Prophet must have truly existed.

I don’t believe in the so-called talent of foreseeing the future, but it’s not impossible for someone to deduce the situation, scrutinize the celestial signs, and receive some revelations. If one’s logic and thinking are extraordinary, then predicting abilities are feasible; however,

there’s another possibility... that the Prophet was actually in cahoots with the Black Iron Army."

"Second, Mohammed could be a prospective prophet under the command of the Prophet, also possessing these abilities and training. Look at his corpse’s clothes - a black robe, with special patterns on the cuffs and collar,

ordinary people wouldn’t dress that way."

"Third, homicides boil down to passion crimes, vendettas, for treasure, or madness. Passion crimes are highly unlikely,

as none of the evidence fits, and are dismissed. Whereas a vendetta implies a grudge and strategical annihilation of a city, but it wouldn’t necessitate

cleaning up the city and taking the time to handle these corpses of the Loulan people in various ways. Although brutal,

it is very strenuous and time-consuming, and natural doesn’t fit the psychology of someone bearing a grudge.

Madness involves unconscious homicide, emotional killing, which wouldn’t be so orderly and strategically arranged. As for the demonic aspect, it is about sacrifice! Stemming from the pure ritualistic needs of some ancient organizations, willing to

slaughter and dispose of these corpses in various ways to satisfy their ritualistic needs, or it can also be described as a malevolent

curse. Given the cultural group of Loulan and the era back then, it isn’t strange that such organizations existed. The last one, for treasure."

Having said this, Sui Yi stopped talking.

Ye Changan and the others understood her meaning.

"So is it that the Black Iron Army massacred the city for the purpose of a sacrifice or to seize treasure?" Ye Changan’s eyes twinkled,

"It could also be for seizing treasure, and incidentally performing a sacrificial curse, their motives might not be singular," Xiao

Yu said calmly.

Many people after breaking into a residence may develop an instantaneous hatred or fear towards a stranger, resulting in brutal treatment of the body...

Human nature is unpredictable.

"If we want to know the truth, we need to go to the Royal City to see for ourselves and also check the whereabouts of the royal lineage mentioned by Mohammed,"

The three were all sensitive to the fact that Mohammed didn’t simply mention the royal lineage out of concern, but also with a sense of anticipation, as if he foresaw that the royal lineage might escape this calamity.

Though they knew the root of everything was in the Royal City, the three had no plans to go there right now.

Because...

"Let’s find some food,"

The three headed to the kitchen and were surprised to find that there were still many ingredients laid out on the cutting board,

However, bodies were also sealed within the wall on this side, as were those strange creatures. Once they understood this, the creatures weren’t hard to deal with—a single shot fired into the wall would kill them instantly!

"Hey, this dried meat is still good," Ye Changan used a clean spare knife to cut open the dust-covered dried meat ham, slicing out chunks of meat that still looked well preserved.

In desert areas, meat predominates the diet, and various cured meats are particularly popular. Even so, for it to be preserved so perfectly was something that unnerved all three of them...

A mysterious feeling.

"The city massacred, time dislocated..." Sui Yi frowned, she had actually never told the other two about the age of these artifacts she had detected through the Magnetic Sensation—over eighteen hundred years, which indeed matched the historical record of Loulan’s disappearance from public view during the Eastern Han Dynasty. But the nine thousand years and these undecayed bodies, as well as the perfect preservation of these buildings, still made her feel a profound mystical force had manipulated the years in this ancient city.

Time stood still? The flow of time slowed down?

The ideas that sprang up in Sui Yi’s mind were so astonishing that she herself could scarcely believe them, but once these thoughts emerged, she couldn’t suppress them anymore...

After checking that the food did not contain any toxic bacteria, Sui Yi and the others each took a considerable amount of food. Though she and Xiao Yu carried more, while Ye Changan only picked some special pastries.

The trio quickly left the house and did not check the other houses, as Gong Jiu and the others were waiting for their return.

They could always visit again with the main force later. After all, their equipment was limited, and without someone as learned as Professor Ye, the city posed many mysteries.

"Can we get out through the main door?"

"It seems possible. Here’s the bolt, Sui Yi, you lift the handle, and we’ll open it,"

The front part of it was quite simple, without any mechanisms, just a long bar made of a heavy iron-like special mineral laid across the back of the door.

"It’s so heavy; I wonder what material it is,"

"Could it be meteorite iron? It must weigh about a thousand kilograms,"

"Not necessarily,"

"Maybe the military should send a helicopter to carry this meteorite iron out..."

Ye Changan and the other laughed at Sui Yi’s suggestion, thinking it a plausible idea.

After all, the value of meteorite iron was incalculable, especially when it was a meteorite iron bar from the ancient city of Loulan.

Bang!

The bar was propped against the wall by Sui Yi and another, opening the door.

They were suddenly overlooking that long river.

Just by looking up, they could see the riverbank where they had been before...

The riverbank?

From here, an ordinary person might not see clearly, but Sui Yi’s vision was extraordinary, and with just one glance, her expression slightly changed.

Where are the people?

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