Archaeology is archaeology, why dig me up?

Chapter 1 Why did you dig me out?

In Ningzhou City, deep in the mountains, it was drizzling.

An archaeological team is carefully examining a suspected Shang and Zhou dynasty tomb that was destroyed by a mudslide dozens of meters underground.

"Professor Zhou, look! Isn't that a person?"

The archaeological team consisted of six people, led by Professor Zhou, a top archaeology professor from the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.

The six people cautiously approached, shining their flashlights on the ancient corpse sitting cross-legged in front of them.

The surroundings were so quiet you could hear the six people's heartbeats...

"My God, Professor, this ancient corpse is almost perfectly preserved."

"There wasn't a speck of dust on him."

"With sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, and long hair tied up in a crown, this outfit is definitely from the Shang and Zhou dynasties."

"Don't touch him yet."

Professor Zhou's heart raced. He adjusted his reading glasses and then carefully examined every inch of the ancient corpse's skin and clothing with a flashlight.

The more I looked, the more shocked and excited I became.

"Haha, look at this cloud-patterned gauze, look at this bronze plate."

"These are artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, three thousand years ago."

"This ancient corpse is absolutely the most perfect work of art I have unearthed in my decades of experience."

"His appearance is enough to cause a sensation around the world."

"Look around again. Based on my experience, this is not an ordinary ancient tomb. It's as if he trapped himself here."

"If this mudslide hadn't washed away the mountain, this ancient corpse would probably never have seen the light of day again."

"What? He trapped himself in here?"

"My God, how did he do that?"

"We used excavators to dig for half a month before we found this entrance."

The young archaeologists were shocked.

"Professor Zhou, I suddenly have a bold idea."

Do you think this person might still be alive?

"Look at him, there isn't a single trace of decay on his body, it's so unscientific."

"I brought a portable heart rate monitor, or maybe I should..."

"Nonsense."

Upon hearing this, Professor Zhou quickly interrupted.

"The reason why this ancient corpse is so well preserved must be due to the layout and environment here."

"The detector emits radiation. What if it damages the cultural relics?"

Just then, an archaeologist who was carefully examining the ancient corpse suddenly noticed that the corpse's fingertips twitched extremely slightly.

"Professor Zhou... he moved, he moved..."

The team member was so frightened that he fell to the ground and almost suffocated.

"What?"

"Xiao Liu, check his heart rate immediately."

Realizing what had happened, Xiao Liu quickly took out a portable heart rate monitor and carefully placed the probe on the ancient corpse's wrist. The moment he touched the ancient corpse's wrist, Xiao Liu's heart skipped a beat.

"It actually has a temperature?"

The instrument screen lit up, the numbers jumped, and eventually stopped at about sixty times per minute.

"Is your heart rate normal?" Xiao Liu's voice was trembling.

"How is this possible? He lived more than three thousand years ago, how could he still be alive?"

These words exploded in the hearts of the six people like a bomb.

If the slight twitching of the ancient corpse's fingers that I saw before was a hallucination, how do I explain the fact that my heart rate is normal now?

The fact that the ancient corpse, which is over three thousand years old, still has a heartbeat is beyond everyone's comprehension.

Just then, the ancient corpse's finger twitched again, this time more clearly than before, and all six of them could see it clearly.

Professor Zhou's heart skipped a beat as he stared intently at the ancient corpse.

Suddenly, it was noticed that the ancient corpse's tightly closed eyes seemed to be trembling slightly, as if they were about to open.

"Back off quickly."

The six men took several steps back, shining their flashlights on the ancient corpse's face. As time ticked by, their heartbeats quickened.

Finally, after a slight tremor, those eyes opened completely.

In the eyes of the ancient corpse, Professor Zhou and his group of six saw a depth as vast as the stars and the sea, and a cold indifference as deep as a thousand-year-old, unyielding pool.

His gaze swept over the six people in front of him, Gu Lingchen's face blank: "Why did you dig me out?"

"Ah~"

"A ghost! A zombie! Run!"

Seeing that Gu Lingchen not only opened his eyes and stood up, but could even speak, the six archaeological team members turned and ran.

But they had only run a few steps when an invisible force instantly bound the six of them, rendering them unable to move at all.

"mortal?"

"Without any spiritual roots or cultivation."

"What era is this? Who's the emperor?"

Gu Lingchen's voice was cold and soft, but it was loud enough to reach the ears of all six people.

"Don't kill us, don't kill us!"

"It's 2026 now, there are no emperors anymore."

"2026?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Lingchen frowned slightly, closed his eyes, and spread his divine sense. Only then did he discover that tall buildings stood outside, brightly lit.

"It turns out I've been asleep for over three thousand years."

"You can leave now."

Gu Lingchen waved his hand, and the restraints on the six people disappeared. Once they could move again, the six of them ran towards the cave entrance.

"Professor Zhou, it's a zombie outbreak, it's a zombie outbreak!"

"Shut up, I'm not blind."

"In our line of work, encountering this kind of thing is inevitable."

"Contact the Cultural Relics Bureau immediately, and then contact the Public Security Bureau to have them send special police officers over immediately."

"This body is of great research value to us, and we must not let him escape."

"We've been researching human longevity for decades, and this might be the breakthrough."

"Yes, Professor Zhou."

After stretching his stiff body, Gu Lingchen discovered that the spiritual energy in the world was now scarce.

With his arms outstretched, Gu Lingchen stood in the void inside the cave, feeling the awakening of every cell in his body.

After checking his current cultivation level, Gu Lingchen discovered that even after sleeping for three thousand years, he was still only at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

Three thousand years ago, Gu Lingchen was an unparalleled genius, just one step away from becoming an immortal.

However, on the day of the tribulation, the location of the tribulation was leaked, and more than ten tribulation-stage experts launched a sneak attack.

Gu Lingchen not only failed to transcend the tribulation and was seriously injured, but his cultivation level also plummeted.

His beloved was also tragically killed while protecting him through his tribulation.

Disheartened, Gu Lingchen found a propitious place and trapped himself inside, preparing to fall into eternal sleep.

"Qianxue? Could it be that she too has been reincarnated into this era?"

Gu Lingchen's expression suddenly changed. Just now, his divine sense had detected a familiar aura in another city.

Su Qianxue was the Daoist partner who died for Gu Lingchen back then.

Just then, the roar of a helicopter sounded overhead.

Dozens of special police officers and experts from the cultural relics bureau have arrived at the scene one after another.

A middle-aged man in a suit hurriedly approached Professor Zhou and his entourage, who were still shaken, and asked, "Professor Zhou, is what you said on the phone true?"

"Is there really a living, talking ancient Shang-Zhou dynasty corpse?"

"I even invited Zhang Tianshi from Longhu Mountain."

"Chief, it's true, it's really true."

"I can vouch for my honor; we have indeed encountered a zombie outbreak."