Everyone was very nervous. This was because this was the Moon after all. If anything happened, even if it was just damage to their space suits, they might die here.
After arriving on the Moon, they had already used radar to search, but they didn't discover anything abnormal.
Zhou Wen didn't dare be careless as he kept Truth Listener on, but here, Truth Listener's ability seemed to be affected. It wasn't as useful as it was on Earth.
Everyone felt uneasy as they headed for the base.
With a Mythical Companion Beast as a mount, their speed was rather fast. The Great Might Vajra Bull quickly adapted to the gravitational environment here and ran no slower than when it was on Earth.
Shen Yuchi also summoned a Mythical Companion Beast. It was a giant rhinoceros. It was still more than enough for the others to sit on it.
Although they had already seen the photos, they were still shocked by the scene in front of them when they arrived at the base.
The base that was hundreds of meters long had been stepped into a pit by some creature. Most of the buildings had been flattened. Even if they weren't flattened, they had been stepped into the rock stratum.
There was no need to look. It was impossible for anyone to be alive inside.
However, there were no dimensional creatures around. After Shen Yuchi communicated with everyone, he planned on heading straight to the Primordial Crystal mine, which was where the tree stump had been dug.
When they arrived at the Primordial Crystal mine, they similarly didn't discover any dimensional creatures, nor did they see the astronauts who had previously been here.
There were quite a number of Primordial Crystal ores scattered on the ground. In the pit that had been dug out, there were also quite a number of Primordial Crystals that shimmered with a charming luster.
"It's gone!" an inspector named Wang Qiuyuan said as he stared at the mine.
Everyone knew what he was talking about. The huge pit from before was where the tree stump was. As its roots were widely distributed, a huge pit had been dug out.
However, there was only a huge pit left. The tree stump was gone.
Everyone felt a chill in their hearts. Without the flower petals and the tree stump, this trip was equivalent to a wasted one.
"What's that?" Zhou Wen saw something strange as he looked at a corner of the mine.
Everyone traced Zhou Wen's gaze and saw something in a huge hole in the mine.
However, their eyesight wasn't as strong as Zhou Wen's, so they couldn't see what it was.
"Zhou Wen, can you see what it is?" Shen Yuchi asked Zhou Wen.
"It looks like a person's back is facing us, but it doesn't look like a person," Zhou Wen said after organizing his words.
"What do you mean it's like a human but not like a human?" Wei Ge asked.
"I can't see his front, but his back looks like a human, and he's wearing ordinary human clothes. But this is the Moon. How can humans sit here in ordinary clothes? "Zhou Wen said.
Everyone used the telescope function of their helmets to take a closer look. Sure enough, they saw a figure sitting with his back facing the cave entrance. They could only see his back, and they couldn't be sure if it was a real person.
"Retreat. Let the Companion Beasts take a look first." Shen Yu also ordered his Companion Beasts to approach.
Everyone was a little nervous as they watched the rhinoceros slowly approach, but the figure there did not move.
The rhinoceros walked to the side of the figure, but the figure still did not move.
Shen Yuchi frowned slightly and did not let the rhinoceros attack. "Wang Qiuyuan, go over and take a look."
Wang Qiuyuan responded and carefully looked over.
"Director-General, it's a person. It's a dead person, but this place is a little strange …" Wang Qiuyuan said in surprise after circling around the person sitting there.
It was obvious that he was very surprised, as though he had discovered something unbelievable.
"What's strange?" Shen Yuchi immediately asked.
"Fire. There's fire here." Wang Qiuyuan's voice sounded from the communicator.
Everyone was alarmed when they heard that. Logically speaking, it was impossible to ignite flames on the Moon, but Wang Qiuyuan actually said that there was fire there. It was indeed very strange.
"Do you know that person? Is he an astronaut from before? "Shen Yuchi asked.
"I don't know him. He shouldn't be an astronaut from before. His looks are a little strange, and his clothes are very strange …" Wang Qiuyuan didn't seem to be able to accurately describe it.
"Monitor the surroundings. Report immediately if anything happens. We'll go over now." Shen Yuchi led everyone over.
Zhou Wen and company were very careful. There was actually a person sitting here without a space suit. This was very strange to begin with, giving them a very bad feeling.
Everyone carefully came to the cave and indeed, they saw a dead person. His flesh and blood had already shriveled, and his face and clothes were covered in dust. He looked like he had died for a long time.
He looked like someone from the East District, but his cheekbones were especially high and his eyes were deep. This was somewhat different from the people from the East District.
His hair was actually quite intact. Under the dust, it could be seen that his hair should be black.
The clothes on his body were very strange. They looked like a robe with long and wide sleeves. They didn't look like modern clothes.
These weren't too strange. The strangest thing was that there was a small white jar in front of the person's toes. It was at most twenty centimeters in diameter.
Inside the white jar, there was a small flame that looked like it had been ignited by a lighter.
Although the flame was very small, it was very magical. This was the Moon. There was no oxygen at all, but the small flame was burning steadily. This was very unusual.
Everyone looked at Shen Yuchi. He was the leader of this operation. Now that they had encountered such a strange matter, they naturally needed him to make a decision.
"Don't touch him. Let's explore the surroundings first and see if there are any other discoveries," Shen Yuchi said as he sized up the white jar.
"Director-General Shen, did you notice anything amiss?" Zhou Wen asked Shen Yuchi.
Shen Yuchi said, "Have you seen such a jar before?"
"No." Zhou Wen had already taken a careful look, but he couldn't tell what the jar was made of.
It looked a little like jade, but it wasn't that exquisite. Although it was said to be a ceramic product, it had a little more luster.
"If I'm not wrong, it should be bone pottery, a special type of pottery," Shen Yuchi said.
"Are bone pottery and bone porcelain the same thing?" Zhou Wen asked with a frown.
He had heard of bone porcelain. Due to the addition of bone powder, the porcelain produced could be thinner and harder, and it would also be more beautiful.
"They're not the same. Bone porcelain uses bone powder as the raw material, but bone pottery doesn't mean that the pottery used bone powder as the raw material. Instead, it's pottery made from the blood sacrifice of corpses. It's also called Blood Pottery or Corpse Pottery." Shen Yuchi continued with a solemn expression, "In the past, I saw an expert's collection. He collected bone pottery. According to him, bone pottery is usually used for sacrificial purposes in ancient times. Ordinary people don't have the chance to come into contact with such things."
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