"Mr. Zhang, we've been waiting for you for a long ti, you've finally arrived!" A golden-haired foreigner greeted Zhang nglong in fluent English. He was quite young, looking to be in his thirties, a different kind of presence compared to the group of old antiques surrounding him.
Zhang nglong casually glanced at him.
Na: Montgory Dole
Race: Human
Status: President of the World Ancient Civilization Research Association
Potential Index: 9
Gift: Languages, Ancient Languages
Skill: Mastery in Languages, Mastery in Archaeology
Evaluation: Barely qualifies as a high-quality human male
"Hilarious," Zhang nglong laughed out loud, the Super God Academy's ability to evaluate was as pointed and cheeky as ever.
However, this Montgory truly had sothing notable. The study of ancient civilizations relied on the accumulation of knowledge; generally, those with so renown were quite advanced in age, and many archaeologists were still excavating at the front lines well into their seventies or eighties.
That such a young man could beco the President of the World Ancient Civilization Research Association showed that Montgory was indeed skilled and knowledgeable.
"Mr. Zhang, this is Mr. Montgory Dole, the President of the World Ancient Civilization Research Association," Director Zhu introduced.
"What kind of organization is this? It's not sothing you can just buy your way into, right?" Zhang nglong muttered under his breath.
"Mr. Zhang, the Ancient Civilization Research Association is currently the most authoritative archaeological institution in the world. They were established in the early 19th century and have a history of over 200 years. In this ti, they've discovered a large number of ancient human relics."
"As for Montgory, the ancient civilization known as Skoda was discovered and excavated under his leadership in the past few years. His linguistic capabilities are extrely strong; he's even deciphered the languages of 8 ancient civilizations, which is very helpful for humankind's study of ancient information."
"No wonder he beca President at such a young age," Zhang nglong nodded to himself.
Unearthing ancient civilizations isn't that impressive; if you're lucky enough to dig one up, that's enough.
But that alone is not sufficient; you also have to make your findings speak. Otherwise, these items are no different than antiques and lose their significance for research. Understanding these ancient scripts, that's what truly matters to humanity.
"Nice to et you, Mr. Montgory," Zhang nglong said, shaking his hand perfunctorily.
"Mr. Zhang, I once found an ancient European civilization with many similarities to this city. I spent five years studying its culture and language and have gained a deep understanding of these civilizations."
"Oh? Then Mr. Montgory, you are quite impressive!"
"I wouldn't dare claim to be impressive in front of Mr. Zhang," Montgory stated humbly, but his face showed not the slightest embarrassnt, "I've heard that this civilization was left by your ancestors. I believe you must be very familiar with this ancient city, and I hope to gain a better understanding of this civilization through you and also to verify my past research findings."
Montgory's words sounded polite and respectful, but within his words, he had already taken for granted that Zhang nglong was very knowledgeable about this civilization.
If you say this thing was made by your ancestors, then you must certainly understand its internal structure, culture, and script very well.
But if you cannot articulate these things, wouldn't that suggest that all the talk about a 5000-year lineage is nothing but empty boasts, just a crown Huaxia people have forcefully placed upon themselves? Wouldn't that be utterly disgraceful?
But in reality, even if this thing was indeed created by your ancestors, detection data has shown that this city has been buried for thousands of years. Not to ntion Zhang nglong, even if his ancestors were alive, they might not rember the information about this city.
And after five years of research, nglong had not mastered all the information about the buildings and ancient artifacts, but he was confident that he understood much more than Zhang nglong.
...
"This place is what's called the slums," Zhang nglong said as he walked along, introducing based on the information in his mind, "At the height of the city's prosperity, it was ho to a population of over 200,000, with about seven or eight thousand houses built for ordinary residents.
"Here is the breeding ground, where my ancestors tad a total of 12 types of wild beasts that could be utilized."
"Oh, and over here, this is a large plantation mainly used for growing fruits and vegetables."
...
After thousands of years of changes, many things have beco completely unrecognizable from their original state, especially these breeding and planting areas, which, from the outside, are just several empty plots of land.
But based on the annotations at the edges and those ancient characters, nglong could confirm that everything Zhang nglong introduced was true!
Isn't that a bit too preposterous? This city has been sealed underground for thousands of years, even if this city really belongs to your family, could it be that you've been passing down a design blueprint generation after generation?
Zhang nglong's introduction srized the archaeologists, so of whom had even forgotten that their main purpose today was to find a way to make Zhang nglong look foolish. Instead, they beca deeply engrossed in those stories and descriptions.
"Actually, you can notice, civilizations like those of ancient Egypt and Babylon, many of their architectural styles actually have so similarities with this city."
"Indeed," the experts nodded, finding traces of this city on those buildings, and even the Pyramids, known as a wonder of the human world, were designed with reference to the central palace here.
"In fact, those civilizations were established by slaves and subordinate tribes that split off from our city."
Zhang nglong made a shocking statent.
"Mr. Zhang, you can't speak recklessly like that. We respect the ancient Huaxia civilization, but to say that those civilizations are evolutions of Huaxia's slaves and affiliates seems sowhat inappropriate, doesn't it?"
"I'm simply telling the truth," Zhang nglong said calmly, "including your country's Skoda civilization, which was also established by a slave family of ours."
nglong's face changed instantly.
The Skoda civilization was discovered in their country and was one of nglong's proudest achievents, even claiming that the nglong civilization was the cradle of all European civilization, with a history that could be traced back to 3000 years ago!
But now Zhang nglong was telling him that their civilization was also a slave civilization? They were descendants of slaves? Who could accept that?
"Mr. Zhang, that doesn't quite match what you said before," nglong said, "You ntioned that your slave families would all have a gold Clan Emblem as a symbol, but we have not found any trace of this totem in our Skoda civilization."
"Yes, this I can attest to!"
"We have all visited that site, and there wasn't any gold mark!"
nglong smiled at Zhang nglong as if to say that his lie had been exposed, curious to see how Zhang would wriggle out of it.
But Zhang nglong just sneered, "There is one thing you all may not know: not all slaves are worthy to beco slaves of our Zhang Family, nor are they all entitled to use our Family emblem."
"In this city, slaves were also stratified, being a slave of our Zhang Family and having the honor to use the Clan Emblem ant a status higher than that of the outside upper class."
Zhang nglong continued, "So in other words, the people who established your civilization were just a group of Low-level slaves from this city, unworthy of using our Clan Emblem, not even worthy of worshipping it!"
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