Collection of Gods

Chapter 898 Unknown Skeleton
The towering trees that provided shade and shelter from the sun, the rampant snakes, ants, mosquitoes and insects, and the thick layer of rotten dead leaves made Tang Yuan, Dong Wenhui and the others all experience a real wilderness adventure.

"Turn east 15 degrees."

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"Deflect 30 degrees to the north."

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"The distance is very close, everyone hold on a little longer."

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Four hours have passed since entering the forest. The group has been constantly changing positions in the primeval forest, getting closer and closer to the longitude and latitude target where the treasure is located.

At this moment, Tang Yuan and others have already gone deep into the core area of ​​the primeval forest. In the past decades or even hundreds of years, this place has probably been sparsely populated, so that the speed of Tang Yuan and others' advancement has been slowing down. There are even some particularly complex environments that force Tang Yuan and others to take a detour.

"Dr. Tang!"

"A skeleton was found here!"

The sudden sound broke the silence in the primeval forest, startling many birds to flap their wings and fly high. It also cheered up Tang Yuan and Dong Wenhui who were walking in the center of the team.

Hearing the sound, the two looked at each other, and then took steps at the same time and walked towards the place where the bones were, while the others stopped and stood in place in a alert posture.

"Xiong Kai, let everyone rest here for a while."

Tang Yuan walked towards the place where the skeleton was and gave instructions to Xiong Kai.

"Ok."

Xiong Kai nodded, and then directed everyone to rest in batches to replenish water and energy. After four hours of high-intensity road-clearing work, this group of men with excellent physical fitness also felt a little tired.

If Dong Wenhui was originally a little skeptical about the mysterious treasure that Tang Yuan mentioned, then after he saw the skeleton, he was already 90% convinced in his heart, because the sudden appearance of such a skeleton in the middle of the dense forest on this deserted island where few people have ever been was not a normal phenomenon.

Tang Yuan and Dong Wenhui squatted in front of the skeleton, only to see it leaning against a sturdy tree. Its flesh and blood had long been eaten by the creatures in the dense forest, leaving only a few pieces of tattered cloth on its body. Apart from that, there was only a severely rusted scimitar left next to the skeleton.

Tang Yuan squatted in front of the skeleton and observed it for a while, then turned to look at Dong Wenhui and asked him, "Director Dong, you should be able to roughly analyze the time of his death through this skeleton, right?"

"That's for sure. Skeletons are very common in archaeological excavations. If we can't even do this, then we can just pack up and go home."

Dong Wenhui smiled and nodded, then stood up and shouted loudly to the back: "Master Zheng Rongzheng, please come over here, it's time to work!"

"Eh!"

"I'm coming!"

Soon, a response came from behind, and then an old man with half-white hair, holding a silver box in his hand, walked quickly towards Dong Wenhui.

"Master Zheng, a skeleton was found here. Can you show me what's going on?"

When the other party arrived, Dong Wenhui went straight to the point and gave instructions directly to the other party.

"Ok."

Zheng Rong nodded, then turned his gaze to the skeleton, with a hint of surprise in his eyes. He didn't expect to find something in this remote place.

Zheng Rong was thinking so in his heart, but his hands were moving quickly. After putting on gloves, mask, goggles and protective mask, he turned around and opened the silver box he was carrying. Then he took a finger joint from the skeleton in front of him and put it into the instrument loaded in the silver box.

"This is an instrument that can detect carbon 14. After the results come out, we can infer the year of his death based on the decay rate of carbon 14 in this skeleton." Dong Wenhui saw that Tang Yuan's eyes were a little curious, so he began to explain to Tang Yuan.

"I see……"

Tang Yuan nodded slightly, with a look of realization on his face.

In front, Zheng Rong entered the working state. After putting the finger bone into the carbon 14 detection instrument, he came back to the skeleton, constantly observing the skeleton in front of him and recording in the notebook.

"What is Master Zheng doing?"

Tang Yuan looked at it for a while, then turned to Dong Wenhui and asked again.

"Master Zheng is analyzing and estimating the age range of this skeleton."

Dong Wenhui replied.

"Just by looking at this, can we infer the age range of this skeleton?"

Tang Yuan sounded a little surprised.

"Yes."

Dong Wenhui smiled and said, "Mr. Tang, you don't know that human bones are actually very magical. To some extent, they are like the annual rings of trees. No matter how well we take care of ourselves in our daily lives, our bone age cannot be deceived."

"Our archaeological experts can make inferences based on the degree of tooth wear, epiphyseal healing time, suture healing time, pubic symphysis surface and other aspects. The final result is likely to have an error of no more than 2 years."

Hearing this, Tang Yuan couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect there is so much knowledge here. You guys are the best in terms of expertise!"

"That's for sure. Any archaeological team we pick out is of world-class standard. We are old acquaintances, and we must make you feel that you get great value for money!" Dong Wenhui responded with a smile.

The two of them were talking in low voices, while Zheng Rong was still working intently. In just ten minutes, he had filled up the blank piece of notebook paper.

"Director Dong, Director Tang, according to my deduction, the deceased should be between 33 and 35 years old, and most likely died of poisoning."

Soon, Zheng Rong gave his professional inference.

"Poisoned?"

Tang Yuan and Dong Wenhui looked at each other, but neither of them was too surprised. After all, there were too many highly poisonous snakes and insects in this primeval forest. It was reasonable if the other party died of poisoning.

"Yes."

Zheng Rong stretched out his finger and pointed at several places on the skeleton: "Look at these places, the bones are obviously black and blue. Because the body was not buried, there is no possibility that the trace elements in the soil have corroded the bones."

"How long will it take for the carbon 14 test to produce the results?"

Dong Wenhui asked Zheng Rong.

Zheng Rong looked down at the working equipment and replied to Dong Wenhui: "It will take another five minutes."

Five minutes passed in a flash during the chat.

After the instrument emitted three consecutive electronic sounds, it quickly stopped functioning, and the carbon 14 decay rate of the skeleton was revealed to Tang Yuan and the others...

(End of this chapter)