Afternoon, 15 May 2009.

World A, an antique shop in Nanjing.

"Godfather, where did you get this ring? It's not an antique at all, it won't be more than twenty years old at most. The shopkeeper Mu Haogu said with a chuckle, looking confident.

This Boss Mu is one of the backbones of the [Holy Dao Society], with a background in archaeology, and is now an expert in the antique industry, as well as a super-first-class master of fakes. Many of the "antique cheats" of the [Holy Dao Society] are from his subordinates.

Su Ze smiled and said casually: "Hehe, it doesn't matter if it's not an antique, it's only more than 500 yuan anyway." ”

Mu Haogu took the magnifying glass and looked at it carefully, and said in his mouth: "Well, it's only more than 500? Then you are picking up a big bargain! Look at this workmanship, it is quite exquisite, the silver finger ring has 5 layers, and the middle layer is still hollowed, and look at the grinding marks, all of them are hand-polished." The most valuable thing is this citrine, which is not only of great quality, but also has a polished reflective surface of up to ...... More than 400 pcs. If it's on the market, you can't get it without 5,000. ”

Mu Haogu put down the ring, shook his head and said, "However, I really can't think of anyone who is so boring......"

"Well, what do you mean?"

"Well, it's just ...... It's a knife to kill chickens, and pearls are secretly cast!" Mu Haogu had a crying and laughing expression on his face, and explained: "In fact, the material of this ring is not worth a few dollars, the quality of silver is very poor, and the purity will not exceed eighty percent." Although the quality of that citrine is quite good, such a small amount is not worth a few dollars. What is valuable is its craftsmanship. ”

Mu Haogu spread his hands and said helplessly: "Its craftsmanship is so good, I don't know much about foreign countries, but in China, people who can have this craftsmanship can count it clearly with two hands." It stands to reason that this kind of craftsmanship must at least be used for high-end jewelry, and can be used for such low-grade goods, which is simply incomprehensible...... Where did you get it?"

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"Hehehe, this thing was bought in the thrift market when I bought it in Yunnan some time ago, I just saw that it was well made, and I bought it for fun. God knows where it came from......" Su Ze snorted and asked again, "So, what are these words on the ring?"

"I don't know, I've never seen it, not even anything like it. ”

Mu Haogu shook his head and said, "It looks like a kind of hieroglyph, but this thing is too complicated, even more complicated than Mayan script. You see, the simplest character has more than 50 strokes, and the most complex has at least 200 strokes. As long as the people with normal IQ do not use a script that is so complex. My opinion is that this is not a natural form of writing at all, but something that some idle guy has come to play in a small circle. This kind of thing is just look at it, it's not valuable. ”

Su Ze pretended not to care and asked, "Hehe, what if someone really uses this kind of script? Westerners also think it's very complicated when they look at our Chinese characters." ”

Although Chinese characters are more complex than Western alphabets, the maximum number of stroke books is only about 30 strokes, and on average it is only a dozen strokes. As long as you are not an idiot to learn Chinese characters, generally speaking, it only takes 4 to 6 years, at most ten years, and you can read and write fluently. ”

Mu Haogu said disappreciatively: "But this kind of writing is obviously several times more complex than Chinese characters, even if its amount of writing is about the same as that of Chinese characters." I estimate that if you want to learn this kind of writing well, you won't even think about it in thirty or forty years. If you don't specialize in writing, who would spend most of your life learning a language. So, even if there is such a text, there are only two ways to go, one is to simplify, and the other is to die. ”

"Oh, I see. Lao Mu, then thank you this time, I invite you out to be corrupt tonight, and I will cook. Su Ze smiled and sent out an invitation.

"Okay! You teach your ancestors to cook, even if you don't invite me, I'll come to eat. Hahaha......"

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"Lord, this is probably a badger variant. Where did you find this animal? Is there any more detailed information?"

"Although now it seems that this is a new species of fish, it should be the eel. But until I saw the real thing, I couldn't be sure if it was real or not, based on just a few photos. This is not to suspect you, because the current counterfeiting technology is too developed. Last time, those Japanese students forged 'plowshare newts' to deceive a lot of old birds. ”

"Landlord, I'm from the Chinese Institute of Entomology, and your insects are very interesting. Can you leave me an address? I'll come and see ......."

What are you kidding? Su Xue scolded in his heart while browsing the web.

After he came back from the "Cave World", he took photos of several animals and plants obtained inside, used fake ID cards to surf the Internet in several Internet cafes in Nanjing, and then used proxy servers to post questions on several biology professional BBS. Of course, vests are definitely indispensable, and each post uses a different vest.

When he returned home and turned on his computer to surf the Internet, he found that there were a large number of replies to those posts, and even a few BBS pinned his posts to the top.

The professionals inside were very interested in these new species, but most of them said that they had to see the real thing to be sure, and asked Su Ze to send the specimens over, and even a few anxious professional institutions asked to visit them.

Su Ze's post was only to confirm whether these creatures were new breeds, to support his conjectures, and of course it was impossible to agree to these requests. Otherwise, how could he play so many tricks.

"It seems that that place is probably not the earth, so what are the natives there?" Su Xue looked at those replies, and couldn't help but hesitate a little in his heart.

He was worried that the natives over there were too strong and could not be even. Because from the level of craftsmanship and writing of that ring, it can be seen that the indigenous people there are definitely not very primitive. If there is the current level of science and technology on the earth, or a more sci-fi force, then Su Xue will not be able to play.

"******, if you don't go into the tiger's den, you will get a tiger! Cultivating truth is originally going against the sky, and cultivating a bird truth without taking some risks. If you don't confirm it, wouldn't you be sorry for this adventure! If it's too fierce over there, Lao Tzu will hand over the passage to the government!"

Su Ze is also a strong-willed person, and after thinking about it again, he finally made up his mind to break through. Of course, he also prepared for the worst, and the big deal was that the more than 100 catties would be explained inside.

But now that it has been confirmed that there are "people" over there, and the level of civilization is not low. Su Xue would not be stupid enough to go over so unprepared and play the third type of contact with the natives.

So Su Ze began to prepare the equipment for the second exploration again, and this time he was ready to play big.

Su Xue began to plan his expedition equipment list: "Well, first of all, weapons! Just these knives are not very safe, you must have a few guns. But where do you get guns? Well, it looks like you'll have to go to Yunnan......"

Just do it, and the next day, Su Ze left Changzhou in the name of going to Yunnan to buy goods. Because [East Kitchen Residence] often has to buy all kinds of specialty ingredients in Yunnan, so Manager Xiao Zhang didn't take it seriously, anyway, this guy has always been the shopkeeper, and there is no difference between being at home and not being at home.