Chapter 2382: Chapter 2285: Su Sha Duan Yi

Inside the box lay a piece of vibrant, colorful clothing. At the sight of this garment, Zhou Shitao couldn’t help but exclaim:

"Su Sha Duan Yi?!

Originally busy in various corners of the Auricle Chamber, everyone including Xie Daoyuan and Huo Sining, shuddered at the mention of the term from Zhou Shitao and immediately looked towards him.

The so-called Su Sha Duan Yi has been legendary in the archaeological world. It is a national first-class cultural relic unearthed in the early 1970s at Tomb No. 1 of Mawangdui Han Tombs in Xiang Province.

This relic is legendary because the Han Dynasty garment is extremely special.

The garment is 128 centimeters long, with sleeves reaching 1.9 meters, composed of an upper and lower part, made of plain silk and fringed with a geometric pattern silk brocade.

Such a large garment, due to its extremely fine silk threads, covering an area of ​​about 2.6 square meters, weighs only 49 grams, less than an ounce, making it the lightest single-layer silk robe in the world.

Furthermore, the garment features Western Han printed textiles, which are as thin as a cicada’s wings and light as smoke. In both color and quality, it represents the highest level of early Western Han silk-rearing, silk reeling, and manufacturing techniques.

Silk is the earliest type of fabric that appeared in ancient Huaxia silks, a square holed plain weave formed by interlacing single warp and weft threads, sparse in density, and its surface filled with holes, making it light and thin, described by ancients as "light as empty silk, existing as if not."

The top-grade silk material is known for its even silk fineness. The ancient aristocratic families, especially the noble family offspring, loved draping a light and transparent Meditation Robe over bright silk gowns, making the silk robe patterns vague, not only enhancing the garment’s layering but also highlighting the silk robe’s beauty and nobility.

With a light and flowing texture, when a woman wears a silk garment, standing against the wind, walking gently, she appears to be flying, showcasing extreme feminine grace.

Because the Su Sha Duan Yi is so light and thin, it is one of the most difficult items to preserve, especially silk fabrics from one or two thousand years ago, which, once exposed to air, would directly turn to ashes before there’s a chance to preserve them.

Hence, out of all the Thousand-Year Ancient Tombs excavated in Huaxia Country, the only preserved silk garment is the Su Sha Duan Yi from Mawangdui.

This indicates the significant status of Su Sha Duan Yi in archaeological history.

Now suddenly hearing Zhou Shitao call out this term, everyone was first stunned, followed by sheer delight.

If, if the wooden box indeed contained the Su Sha Duan Yi they were familiar with, even if it was an artifact from over 1700 years ago from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, even if everything else in the tomb was destroyed, this single artifact alone would make their archaeological trip immensely worthwhile!

Therefore, everyone put down the objects they were busy with and clustered around Zhou Shitao.

Director He and the two other archaeologists responsible for spraying the protective reagent were even more tense, watching the situation over there with a mix of anxiety and anticipation.

However, before the joy could last long, Zhou Shitao already noticed something was amiss, uttering a puzzled sound, then furrowing his brows in confusion:

"Wait... this clothing is a bit odd... seems like it’s not made of Su Sha material..."

Shi Qingyun and Xie Daoyuan also sensed the peculiarity: "This garment... is not silk..."

Not only is it not silk, but after being exposed to oxygen for such a long time, the garment seemed unchanged, its colors still vibrant, showing no signs of oxidation or damage.

Zhou Shitao’s expression became extremely grave, clearly realizing that any artifact unearthed in this tomb might have the potential to rewrite the history of Huaxia Country, so there could be no room for negligence or mistakes.

He turned to Director He and said: "Spray some protection reagent first, carefully spray it!"

Director He nodded, and the two staff members received the instruction, immediately stepping forward to spray a considerable amount of silica aerosol onto the garment in the box.

The silica spray contained a water solvent, and as the mist landed on the garment, tiny beads of water formed and were not absorbed, much like water droplets on a lotus leaf.

Moreover, under the lighting, the garment subtly refracted brilliant colors, but upon closer inspection, it was merely a plain silver piece of clothing.

"What material is this clothing made of, why doesn’t even a water-based solvent absorb? So strange!"

Everyone found this incredibly astonishing, realizing that despite the timeline of the Jin Dynasty, or even now, it’s rare to find a garment that doesn’t absorb water.

"Nowadays using nanotechnology, people can make water-repellent clothing by spraying a layer of nano-material on the surface, making it neither absorb water nor stains. But this is a Jin Dynasty item, could it be someone back then already studied nanotechnology?"

Seeing this strange scene from the monitors outside, Su Qingqing couldn’t help but mutter, though softly, her voice distinctly transmitted through the walkie-talkie into the ears of those in the Auricle Chamber.

The corner of Huo Sining’s mouth twitched, speechless at Su Qingqing’s thoughtless words.

But as always, not only Huo Sining, even Xie Daoyuan was already used to it.

Xie Daoyuan considered his disciple Su Qingqing to have decent intuition and intelligence, even though her fundamentals were inconsistent and she wasn’t keen on delving deep, she was still somewhat competent.

Of course, these judgments were made before he met Huo Sining. After encountering such a promising talent, and seeing a series of comparisons, Xie Daoyuan had thoroughly given up on Su Qingqing.

Comparisons can be fearsome, with precious jade before her, Su Qingqing as an ordinary person surely paled in comparison.

Fortunately, Xie Daoyuan was broad-minded, never intending to have Su Qingqing carry on his legacy, thus he treated her with a calm heart.

Over there, seeing the anti-oxidation spray seemed ineffective, Zhou Shitao hesitated, exchanging a glance with Shi Qingyun, and finally decided to put on gloves and attempt to pick up the garment.

However, as he stretched out his hand, Zhou Shitao’s heart hung with fear, worried that his grasp might cause the seventeen-hundred-year-old garment to crumble.

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