Hearing David say that they had translated some of the contents on the ancient parchment, Chen Yuan couldn't help but ask eagerly and curiously, "What was written?" ”

David shrugged his shoulders and replied helplessly: "Many of those ancient Tibetan texts can no longer verify their meaning. Only a few fragments were translated. The approximate meanings are: "

"Their ancient and powerful ancestors came from a distant place on a big ship flying in the sky to fight the demons here."

"The battle went on for many years, and the next paragraph was untranslated, and there were many words that could not be understood. But in short, the ancestors finally defeated the demons. And in a place, the sacred Shambhala was established, in which there were ancestors or something that could not be translated, and there was the power to defeat demons. ”

"Shambhala!" Chen Yuan asked, "So Shambhala really exists?" Or is it from here that the legend of Shambhala comes from? ”

But Qin Cheng shook his head and said, "No." According to our research. The legend of Shambhala has been around since the 7th century of the park. At that time, Songtsen Gampo ordered people to create the Tibetan language of today, and the word Shambhala first appeared in Buddhist scriptures at that time. Much earlier than the map and parchment. ”

David also said: "Yes! It is precisely because of this that the legend of Shambhala is once again confirmed. Because the age of this parchment is much older. By detection, it was about 5,000 years old. ”

Chen Yuan asked suspiciously: "Aren't parchment and metal plates the same age?" ”

David shook his head and said, "No! Upon inspection, the British at the time discovered that parchment, maps, and metal plates were not anything of an era. One of them is older than the other! ”

Chen Yuan nodded suspiciously, and continued to ask, "Deputy City Lord David, is there anything else said on the parchment?" ”

David nodded and continued: "On the parchment, it is also said that later the ancestors established a powerful kingdom in this land. The pronunciation of the name of the kingdom cannot be verified. However, we suspect that it may be the Zhangzhung civilization that was later discovered by archaeology. They have been guarding Shambhala for generations, and they are very wealthy and have a strong army. At the entrance to Shambhala, they built a huge temple to worship the sages and also to protect Shambhala's safety. And this temple is called 'Pagbala'! ”

Qin Cheng couldn't help but exclaim: "Is that the Pabala temple that Fuma said in his mouth?" ”

"It should be!" David nodded solemnly and with some reverie: "I'm afraid that in his later years, when he went to Tibet several times to find Pagbala to no avail, he insisted on setting out again, just because he found this parchment and map." ”

Chen Yuan asked, "Then what happened later?" The owner of the parchment found Pagbala and Shambhala? ”

"Yes!" David said: "The parchment also says that after an unknown number of years, the kingdom fell and the inheritance was severed. The reason for this is also untranslatable. I only know what happened to the earth, the cattle and sheep disappeared. The owner of the parchment, curious about the legends of his ancestors, set out to find the temple of Pagbalah and Shambhala with the help of a map left from ancient times. The process could not be translated, as many of the place names did not correspond to today's names. I only know that it is to the west. There was a sense of distancing in his tone.

After much difficulty, the owner of the parchment finally found the lost capital of the kingdom and found a clue to Pagbalha. And that metal tablet was found in the temple of Pagbalha. ”

But the owner of the parchment did not find an entrance to Shambhala. It is said that only the descendants of the ancestors who can understand the words on the metal tablets can find the entrance to Shambhala and enter Shambhala to join the ancestors to gain divine powers. ”

"That's all for the parchment translation," David said. ”

Chen Yuan asked, "What about the metal plate?" ”

David said: "Most of the three words on the metal plate cannot be translated. But we found that these three scripts are similar to ancient Tibetan, one is similar to ancient German, and one is similar to ancient Maya. But it's much older. Out of all these words, we have only one word that can be translated......"

David paused before saying, "That's Atlantis!" ”

"Atlantis!" Chen Yuan and Qin Cheng expressed surprise at the same time. Even Qin Shouyi and Qin Mushan couldn't help but be moved.

At this point, David nodded and said, "Yes." The reason why we were able to translate this text. It is because the word 'Atlantis' first appeared in Plato's dialogues. At that time, the word was translated Atlantis. Although it is slightly different, depending on the position of the word on the metal plate, we can also make a bold guess that the word on the metal plate may mean 'Atlanteans'. ”

Chen Yuan asked, "So the people who founded Shambhala are actually Atlanteans?" ”

"No!" David denied: "We think the person who founded this Shambhala is more likely to be from another continent." That is, a writer similar to the ancient Tibetan script. ”

He explained: "Because the Atlantean text on the metal plate is not the first place. The first script is more similar to the ancient Tibetan language. ”

He said: "I'm sure you've heard a rumor that's been widely circulated. It is said that in this world back then, there were actually three other continents. But all three continents later sank to the bottom of the sea. They are Atlantis, the continent of Mu, and the continent of Remria. After the sinking of the three continents, the people on the three continents migrated to the present-day Bavarian Plateau, the Central American Plateau and the Tibetan Plateau. ”

"Sure enough!" Qin Cheng couldn't help but say. Not long ago, he had just told Chen Yuan about this.

Chen Yuan also nodded, and then asked, "So where are the parchment and metal blocks now?" ”

"Lost!" David said regretfully.

"Lost again!" Chen Yuan was speechless.

David explains, "These were actually lost with the map. ”

"Didn't the British leave any rubbings at the beginning?" Chen Yuan said incredulously: "Such an important thing, and so old, shouldn't it be safer to leave a copy first when you get it?" ”

David said: "In fact, the British left a copy, and it was kept separately from the original. But unfortunately, the copy was also burned on the day the original was stolen. Although it was discovered in time by the night guards at the time, when it was rescued, it had burned to the point that only some corners remained. More than three-quarters of the area is broken. Especially the map, the important information is almost gone! ”

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