ALL NOVEL Chapter 978 Judgment
"——Legend has it that this place is Troy!" After spending more than ten minutes reading all the information, Liang En finally found the crucial sentence at the end of the article.
"Yes, there used to be such a legend." Nelson nodded slightly and said. "It's just that at that time, everyone thought that ancient epics were just people's imagination, so no one paid attention to this before."
"But since you discovered several legendary and important ancient cities, such as Mycenae, the Minotaur, and the very possible existence of Atlantis, everyone has begun to pay attention to that history."
"But now if we pay attention to this history, then Troy is a core that cannot be bypassed at all, so many people are trying to find ancient Troy."
"Obviously, the Thule Society has obviously noticed this and completed the positioning work for the core before others, and is preparing to launch large-scale excavation operations to survive the crisis it faces."
"So that's it." Liang En nodded and continued to observe the information in his hand, hoping to see some flaws in the information.
After all, in his memory, the ruins of Troy do exist and are indeed located near the Dardanelles, so he hopes to find out whether the Thule Association has really found the correct target now.
After briefly checking the information on hand, Liang En roughly determined why the Thule Association chose this area, and believed that this place was because of Troy.
Because according to the description in Homer's epic poem, Troy was built on a mountain, surrounded by two springs, one hot spring and one ordinary spring.
The area chosen by the Thule Association just met all the requirements: this place does have two springs, hot springs and ordinary springs, and it is also surrounded by a flat hill above which is suitable for building buildings.
However, after carefully reading the map, Liang En felt that the Thule Association's judgment may not be accurate, because just by observing the situation on the map, he discovered some places that were not suitable.
For example, this place is a full three hours away from the coast, but Homer's epic poem clearly states that the heroes can travel between the anchored ship and the besieged city several times a day.
In other words, if this place is really the legendary Troy, then unless those people are space warriors, it is simply impossible to run back and forth several times a day and still maintain sufficient combat effectiveness.
In addition, the local hills are very small. Let alone the majestic palace with 62 houses in the epic, it is probably not enough to build a residence for ordinary people who had a little money at that time.
Not to mention the huge city that was opened by the Greeks to get into the wooden horse. No one in their right mind would build a city in such a rugged place full of hills.
As for the most important clue: the two springs are different from what they imagined. Although they have not been able to conduct on-site inspections, they can basically confirm that there are far more springs in this place by contacting some people.
One of the clues came from the Golden Dawn. A relative of one of their members had visited this place and determined that there were at least more than 20 springs in that place.
Another clue comes from their covert intelligence clues, which say that this place is called "Kok Geos", which means "40 Eyes" in the local language, probably referring to the number of springs.
"That means those members of the Thule Association are looking in the wrong place, right?" After listening to Liang En's detailed analysis, President Charles asked at the scene.
"Yes, after all, the core of this kind of archaeological work is based on Homer's epic. If there are certain differences, it can be understood. After all, this is an epic and not a history book. But it would be abnormal if they are not consistent."
Liang En categorically expressed his views to the Golden Dawn members present. At least in this regard, he was a professional, so he was naturally very confident in his own judgment.
"But there must be people in the Thule Association who can see these things that I can easily see." After finishing his preliminary judgment, Liang En frowned.
"So it is obviously abnormal for the other party to choose this possibly wrong place to carry out excavation work. I can't figure out why they would do this."
After Liang En's question was raised, the meeting fell into silence. Everyone was thinking about the various situations raised by Liang En, until President Charles put forward his own opinions a few minutes later.
"It's possible that they made an important mistake, which is not uncommon." The president said after considering it. "You know basically no one is guaranteeing a harvest every time they dig."
"If we simply limit the matter to this aspect, their current situation is indeed a bit strange. As Liang En said before, this problem is too obvious. It is difficult for me to imagine that the president of the Thule Association would approve such an action. .”
As two organizations that have been fighting openly and covertly for decades, there will be no problem with some basic judgments about the other party. At least in President Nelson's view, he will never mobilize troops like he is doing now when there is such a big problem.
"In other words, the other party may be hiding something else." Another senior member of Golden Dawn said seriously at this time. "It's just that we still don't understand what the other party is hiding behind the scenes."
"There are several possibilities." Liang En said with a slight frown. "According to my inference, they have two possibilities now. One possibility is that they have indeed found the wrong one, and the other possibility is that they are setting a trap."
"Are you saying this is setting up a trap?" After hearing what Liang En said, President Charles showed a curious expression, because this coincided with his own thoughts.
"Yes, you must know that the other party may have discovered us after obtaining the official excavation permit. This means that the Thule Association is indeed stronger than us in Turkey." Liang En nodded to stabilize his mind and continued.
"So I have a guess that the other party is actually causing this situation deliberately. The main purpose is to lure us out and then use our strength to complete the search work."
"After all, they have some connections in Turkey that we are not sure about, so it is very likely that they made this gesture to let us enter Turkey to search, and then they grabbed our excavation results behind."
"At the same time, they know what they need most right now, and they also know what we will do if we want to disrupt their operations. In this case, they are very likely to take risks that can turn a disadvantage into an advantage."
After Liang En finished speaking, the conference room fell into silence again. Everyone was considering the possibility of what he said. Then everyone present gathered together in twos and threes to discuss.
Everyone quickly reached an agreement in this regard. Considering the previous actions of the Thule Association, everyone agreed that the possibility raised by Liang En was not only possible, but also very large.
"It seems that the next action will be a bit troublesome." At the end of the meeting, President Charles made a summary of the meeting. "So let's figure out what happened and then decide what to do next."