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At that moment, Kechisen came to call the professor, saying they had found the cave. They hurried past a pile of rubble mixed with gravel, broken columns, and remnants of ancient temples. Liu Xi was waiting in front of a half-buried cave, and they crouched as they entered.
Liu Xi mentioned that although he had been here with his father, he had never entered the cave himself. He feared being cursed by the Pharaoh, so he did not know where the burial chamber was. The professor and Yu Tian had no choice but to search for it themselves, but Liu Xi insisted on following them. He promised to keep an eye on the situation, as he understood there might be organized threats against him.
As they moved along the passage, they entered a large cavern. Sunlight streaming into the cave allowed them to see its scale: 9 meters long and 12 meters wide, formed by solid rock walls adorned with beautiful pictographs. In the center stood six colossal statues carved from stone, arranged in a semicircle.
The professor deduced that this might be a Royal Tomb. But where was the main burial chamber?
Early Egyptian architecture emphasized symmetry, so the door leading to the main burial chamber might be related to these six statues.
They decided to split up and search.
"I found it!" Kechisen shouted excitedly as he shone his flashlight along the ground and discovered faint markings on a stone.
Yu Tian pushed against a stone door with all his strength, revealing a staircase that descended before them.
Professor X approached, and the three of them went down together. After walking about 30 meters, they came across three burial chambers, inspecting each one. To their disappointment, all three chambers were empty; it was unclear whether they had always been like this or if they had been looted long ago.
They returned to the hall, determined to search again.
Suddenly, footsteps echoed from outside the cave.
"Hide quickly!"
The Professor shouted...
Arriving in the previous generation's Yu Tian felt strange. Why was his past like this? Yet he had to follow the commands of this body, unable to act on his own. He could only be a spectator; even changing a small object could potentially destroy the entire universe or alter civilization itself.
Yu Tian had just crawled into a ventilation shaft when seven or eight people rushed into the hole, some of whom he had seen at the hotel entrance.
One of them began assigning tasks in a hurried whisper.
Three or four people started tapping along the walls with thick wooden sticks, marking spots where they heard hollow sounds. Their inspection method was surprisingly simple and effective. Meanwhile, another three or four climbed up into the ventilation shaft, using torches to look around, clearly searching for Professor X and the others.
There was no doubt they had quietly followed Yu Tian and his group into the valley, waiting there but unable to contain themselves, which led to Liu Xi's fright and their swift entry.
One of the men was getting closer to Yu Tian.
"What should I do?"
He tightened his grip on the miniature ion gun. This was the self-defense weapon the Professor had just given him, rumored to be quite lethal against members of the Poison Dragon Organization.
Suddenly, a scream echoed from below. One man convulsed violently, terror evident in his eyes. His legs gave way, and he collapsed onto the ground.
The man approaching Yu Tian immediately turned and ran back, panic spreading among them.
Before long, another man fell as well. This time they couldn't hold it together; they cursed loudly and fled from the cave.
Once the chaotic footsteps faded away, everything returned to silence. What had happened to the Professor and the others?
Yu Tian thought to himself.
"Yu Tian." He heard the professor calling him.
The flashlight flickered back to life, and he dashed toward the professor. Kechisen pulled a dagger from the two corpses, wiped off the blood, and sheathed it again, retrieving their particle bombs.
He buried them in a pit.
Looking at the markings made by that group, the professor pondered that the tomb should be in the least conspicuous place.
"Maybe it's here!" Kechisen pointed to a door directly opposite the damaged statue.
Yu Tian walked over and pushed it hard. A dazzling golden corridor appeared before him.
Months later, countless treasures were extracted from the tomb. As a reward for Professor X, the government allowed him to bring back two well-preserved mummies from the tomb to his laboratory: Mummy Adam and Mummy Eve. One was male and the other female, which raised many questions about the existence of a female mummy.
Back in the laboratory, the professor immersed himself in his work, which progressed smoothly.
From the analyzed data, they discovered that Eve was an adult female baboon, so their focus shifted to Adam.
From the three-dimensional reconstruction of his entire body image, it was determined that this mummy was male and likely died around the age of 45 to 50. There was a spiral fracture on his left femur, and a hairline fracture on his left temple. Additionally, two ribs were broken, leading to internal bleeding that caused his untimely death; he might have fallen to his death.
The professor also found that this mummy still had internal organs intact, and its bone structure was well-preserved.
He decided to completely unwrap the burial cloth.
With the assistance of three other aides, he carefully cut open the shroud.
The calves and feet were exposed, along with the abdomen and chest, and the hands were revealed as well, leaving only the head still wrapped. The professor hesitated for a moment; the body was well-preserved, but what about the head?
If the face had already decayed or appeared grotesque, wouldn't that be too disappointing?
Then he unwrapped the shroud around the neck and continued upwards, uncovering the cloth from the chin. The outline of the jaw was striking, exuding strength and resilience.
Professor X's movements slowed. The lips were revealed, followed by the nose, cheekbones, and eyes. He suddenly peeled away the last few layers of linen, exposing the entire face.
The nose was straight, with long and large ears; the eyes were closed, and the hair was slightly curled, presenting a serene expression as if in deep sleep.
It was astonishing that the Ancient Egyptians had invented such an exceptional method of embalming.
After radiographic examination, Adam's internal organs were found to be in their normal positions.
Even more incredible was that his subcutaneous tissue still possessed the ability to inhibit bacterial growth. In the tissue culture laboratory, Professor X showed them a complete white blood cell under a super-microscope; it seemed as if everything was in a dormant state.
"Since the cells are so well-preserved, I took some and placed them on agar to see if they would grow..." Professor X said as he pulled out a dish with a layer of light brown film covering most of its surface.
Adam's eyes fixed on the professor as he whispered softly, "There is still life here!"
Yu Tian was stunned; after all, this was an ancient corpse from 7,000 years ago!
A few days later, Yu Tian was notified to attend a meeting in the dean's office. The meeting included key members from various departments of the medical school, and the professor was also present.
After a few days apart, he looked quite haggard, yet he could not hide the excitement within him.
The professor informed everyone that over the past few days, they had cleared the clots from the mummy's blood vessels and unexpectedly discovered that after injecting a substance that could not be penetrated by X-rays into the arteries, the Inferior Vena Cava was visible, extending all the way to the Heart.
The professor displayed image after image, and everyone gasped in astonishment as they saw that the capillaries in both lungs were remarkably well-preserved.
The professor continued, "Since the vascular system is intact, with the lungs, heart, and brain all well-supplied, and cellular activity still showing signs of life, we may be able to restore his blood circulation."
A murmur of whispers erupted around the table.
Suddenly, everyone began to voice their opinions loudly, causing chaos in the room.
A doctor from Psychiatry said, "I find it hard to say whether a person can maintain normalcy after suddenly transcending 7,000 years. We should respect the cycle of life and death..."
A doctor from Cardiac Surgery believed it was worth a try; perhaps this was an opportunity to redefine life itself.
However, a doctor from Orthopedic Department Head shouted frantically, "Absurd! Absurd!"
The discussion lasted for three hours until the dean called for a vote. Eleven votes in favor and seven against decided to adopt Professor X's proposal.
To avoid interference from the media, everything was conducted in secrecy.
Finally, the weekend for the surgery arrived.
The observation tower was filled with spectators. Adam lay on the operating table, having already been fully disinfected by the nurses. His body was connected to numerous tubes measuring pulse, blood pressure, cardiac activity, brain waves, and more; the temperature displayed on the screen was 5 degrees Celsius.
The surgery had begun. Doctor X picked up the scalpel and made a long vertical incision along the sternum, starting from the upper chest down to the abdomen. Two long polyethylene tubes were inserted into the blood vessels, and several active catheters were also placed inside the Heart's output chamber.
Two technicians were leaning over, adjusting the heart-lung machine.
A highly oxygenated solution flowed into the groin's blood vessels, and after a few minutes, it returned through the plastic tubes connected to the Heart.
Once this solution was flowing smoothly, Professor X ordered a switch to oxygenated blood.
A stream of red solution shot into the transparent plastic tube, injected into the femoral vein.
Three minutes later, the tube leading from the Heart showed a pink hue, which gradually turned bright red.
Then they began warming the mummy, raising its temperature to 10, 20, 25, and then 30 degrees Celsius. Ten minutes passed, but the electrocardiogram remained a flat line.
As the body temperature reached 32 degrees Celsius, all lines remained straight.
Doctor X's face showed disappointment.
"Look! It's moving! The electrocardiogram is moving!" A slightly irregular line appeared on the screen. Now at 33 degrees Celsius, three small peaks appeared in succession.
"What? Could this mummy's Heart really start beating?" Many couldn't help but think to themselves.
Suddenly, the electrocardiogram line jumped, forming a strange pattern.
The professor picked up a defibrillator and placed it on the Heart to terminate ventricular fibrillation. The electrocardiogram returned to a straight line. The temperature rose by another degree, and a complete heartbeat appeared on the monitor, followed by another. Soon after, the brainwave monitor's needle began to move as well.
The professor lifted his head and exclaimed excitedly, "Everyone look! There might be a living person lying here!"
The crowd erupted in cheers, as the heart of the mummy, which had remained motionless in the ancient tomb for seventy centuries, began to beat once more.
In the following days, a battle between life and death unfolded in the Galaxy Advanced Care Unit C221. Only medical personnel directly involved in the current care were allowed inside, and Yu Tian could only review the patient's medical records:
On Wednesday, the patient began to bleed profusely.
On Thursday, the bleeding had stopped, and the patient was still alive.
On Friday, the patient exhibited voluntary movements! The heartbeat was stronger than before.
On Saturday, the patient removed the oxygen tube and began to breathe on their own.
By Sunday, the patient had regained consciousness! They opened their eyes and looked at the actions of the doctors and nurses in the room.
A week later, Professor X showed Yu Tian two full-body scans... Adam's fractures had already healed...
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