The next day, a convoy drove into the East City highway entrance, headed for Northern Mongolia.

In the leading car, Qi Yun was idly chatting with a man in his fifties.

"There are quite a few tombs over in Northern Mongolia, ones from the Liao, Jin, and Yuan dynasties have all been excavated, and there's even a rumor that Genghis Khan's tomb is over there."

"Genghis Khan!?" Qi Yun smacked his lips.

Historians once predicted that the scale of that tomb could be on par with Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum. What if we really unearthed Genghis Khan's coffin?

Thinking about it, it's not impossible. After all, the marked areas on the map are anything but simple, like Loulan Ancient City, Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro, the Mayan Ancient City—none of these are obscure places.

So even if we did unearth Genghis Khan's tomb, it wouldn't be all that shocking.

Thinking of this, Qi Yun swallowed his saliva, his mind racing with possibilities.

Although the discovery of Loulan Ancient City hasn't been exposed yet, the province is already considering rewarding him. If he were to find Genghis Khan's tomb, what kind of credit would that be? Wouldn't he have to go to the capital to receive commendation?

"Well... Director Hua, if we really find Genghis Khan's tomb, can our current team enter the chamber?"

"Hahaha." Director Hua pointed at Qi Yun, "You really dare to dream, huh."

"But even if we find Genghis Khan's tomb, we can't just excavate it on our own."

"Our team has approval from the Provincial Cultural Heritage Authority, but that's only for ordinary tomb excavations. For something as significant as Genghis Khan's tomb, we'd have to report it to the National Cultural Heritage Administration first. We don't have the authority to touch it."

Director Hua is a department head at the Provincial Cultural Heritage Authority and is a good friend of Wei Xueming, even somewhat of a mentor to him. That's why he's brought the team to help Qi Yun, and when it comes to archaeology, he's definitely an expert.

Qi Yun was taken aback to hear this, thinking it's best not to get involved with Genghis Khan for now.

"If we don't enter the chamber, how do we determine whose tomb it is?"

"Archaeology isn't what it was a decade ago. We've integrated some high-tech equipment. The first step is to secure and protect the area, then directly use remote sensing equipment to scan the terrain, determine the tomb structure and burial area. With this basic information, we can roughly estimate the tomb's significance..."

Director Hua explained in elaborate detail to Qi Yun.

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Meanwhile, in Northern Mongolia, in a low-lying area deep within the grasslands.

A group of fair-skinned, blue-eyed foreigners squatted as they adjusted their equipment.

The blond man leading them held a cigarette in his mouth and slid his fingers across a tablet. The screen displayed a satellite map with marked red dots.

In clumsy Chinese, he turned to a few hired tomb raiders beside him and said, "This is the place. You guys hurry up; there are three more areas after this."

A youth in his twenties spat disdainfully and grumbled, "What exactly are you looking for? We've dug up plenty of good stuff over the days, and you won't let us keep anything—just keep pushing us to dig."

The blond man didn't answer, giving the youth only a cold glance.

Immediately, several burly men stood up beside him, glaring at the youth with the same unfriendly expression, as if one word from the leader could see him buried alive.

The youth was unperturbed, stubbornly holding his ground, "What, you think you can dig without me if you kill me?"

As the tension was about to escalate, another tomb raider with a goatee pulled the youth aside, chastising him under his breath, "You looking to die? Why challenge them? Take the money and work, stop the nonsense!" He shot meaningful glances at the youth, watching the blond man out of the corner of his eye.

These foreigners were ruthless and had weapons with them from who knows where. If things turned ugly, it wouldn't end well.

The youth quieted down, but still gave the dirt mound a harsh kick, scattering clumps of soil everywhere.

The goateed man quickly turned to the blond man, plastering a smile on his face, "Boss, don't mind him. The kid's young and clueless. We're getting to work." He yelled at the youth and another man, "What are you standing around for? Get the gear!"

The two men hurriedly retrieved a Luoyang Shovel, a metal detector, and a small hydraulic soil extractor from the back of the off-road vehicle.

The goateed man personally grabbed the Luoyang Shovel, stabbing it into the ground and stepping on the pedal, pushing down hard. The shovel's blade cut through a layer of loose black soil, mixed with grass roots and gravel, and went over a meter deep.

When he pulled it out, it brought up only more loose black soil mixed with roots and stones.

The goateed man moved half a step aside, inserted the shovel again, this time bringing up light yellow soil, finer but still loose.

"Bring the rod!"

The goateed man called out, and the youth immediately brought two connecting rods. The goateed man added another shovel rod section and dug for the third time.

This time, he still brought up yellow soil, but the goateed man remained calm, continuing to attach rods to the Luoyang Shovel, eventually reaching four or five sections. Suddenly, his wrist jolted as the shovel head seemed to hit something hard, unable to go deeper.

His eyes lit up as he slowly pulled out the shovel. This time, the shovel's tip was covered in something different—blue-gray soil clumped like bricks, hard to break with bare hands.

"Found it!" The goateed man picked up a clump and smiled, "Compacted soil mixed with lime, and the layer's at least half a meter thick. Now this is real covering soil—there's definitely something beneath."

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