Chapter 201: Written Evidence of Ancient Nuclear War

"Compared to the Upper City, the Lower City's facilities were quite simple, with low eaves and irregular layouts. Archaeologists speculate it might have been a residential area for citizens, artisans, merchants, and other laborers."

"This city had a very clear construction plan; overall, the city layout was scientific and rational, already possessing some characteristics of modern cities."

"The entire city was rectangular, and the blocks in both the Upper and Lower Cities were divided into a grid pattern by vertical and horizontal streets."

"Among them, there were also wide avenues running east-west and north-south."

"Residential houses were mostly two-story buildings, with windows closed on the street-facing side to avoid dust and noise."

"And as the friends in the bullet chat guessed—almost every household had a bathroom, a toilet, and a connected underground drainage system."

"Most of these residential houses had a courtyard in the center, with rooms surrounding it."

"The impression it gives is that the city was clean and beautiful, and the residents lived a peaceful and comfortable life."

"That means that 4,500 years ago, this city had already reached a quite high level of civilization."

Hearing the specific explanation of this ancient city left many people dumbfounded.

It gave a whole new impression!

Every household could take a bath?

"Wait, that must be fake, right?"

"How is it possible? Every household could take a bath 4,500 years ago?"

"Holy crap, are you kidding me? I don't believe it!"

"No one's asking you to believe it; it's just what was uncovered through archaeological research of the ruins, and there are related artifacts to prove it. Jiang Zhe really said so."

"*Hiss*, holy crap, it's a bit hard to believe."

People originally thought he was just explaining randomly, but who would have thought that after his analysis, one couldn't help but take it seriously.

Hearing this, the Professor across from him frowned and quickly tapped on his keyboard to search for professional data, which ultimately confirmed what Jiang Zhe said.

This city, while maintaining the appearance of an ancient city-state, was a bit unscientific in that every household could take a bath.

Ancient times had bathhouses, also called Tang Yu; they appeared during the Pre-Qin period and gradually became popular in the Sui, Tang, and Song dynasties.

At this point, the Professor spoke: "Teacher Jiang, what you said is indeed true, but this small city does give off some signs of advanced technology. However, I suspect it's because the city was small and easy to manage. For a ruler of a state to let the people live in peace and contentment with such a small population is indeed achievable. Like modern-day wealthy Iceland, the population there is small, so everyone is rich, and every household can afford any high-tech gadget."

Hearing this, Jiang Zhe nodded silently. "Yes, according to my explanation, this Ancient Indian city is very similar to the periods in our country's ancient history when there were no wars. I can't say this ancient city was highly advanced; I can only say that based on these signs, one can discover that the person managing this city had a heart for the people—a benevolent ruler who let every household live a good life."

"Yes, Teacher Jiang is right."

After the explanation from the two professionals, the audience finally realized.

It wasn't that ancient times were excessively advanced, but that the city was small, the population was low, and it was well-managed.

Until the next moment, Jiang Zhe's expression suddenly turned serious.

"Later, Indian archaeologists excavated a large number of exquisite pottery, bronze statues, various seals, and copper plates from the site, and also discovered more than 2,000 artifacts with writing."

"As the research deepened—"

"Archaeologists also discovered many human skeletons during the excavation process."

"The arrangement of these skeletons directly contributed to one of the world's greatest unsolved mysteries!"

The public noticed the seriousness in his words; they quickly went online to search for the data, watching while listening to the lecture.

"Analyzing the poses of these skeletons, experts found that some were walking on the road at the time, some were resting at home, and some were cooking over a fire."

"But suddenly, while people were sitting at home, disaster struck from the sky. A sudden, unknown explosive catastrophe caused all 40,000+ people in the ancient civilized city to die, and the prosperous ancient civilization turned into ruins."

"Some say it was black lightning, some say it was a volcanic eruption, some say it was an alien spaceship exploding, and various other rumors, but none have been confirmed."

"Later, archaeologists found evidence that multiple violent explosions had occurred here."

"Within a 1,000-meter radius of the explosion center, all buildings were turned to powder."

"More human skeletons were found further from the center."

"In the center of the ruins, they found some scattered fragments, which were formed by the sintering of clay and other minerals."

"Later, subsequent experiments by the University of Rome and the Italian National Research Council proved that the explosion temperature at the ruins at that time was as high as a staggering 14,000—15,000°C."

That concludes the story.，Jiang Zhe tapped the table.，Emphasis on popular science："When the atomic bomb exploded in Hiroshima in 1945, the temperature at the center of the nuclear explosion reached over 6,000 degrees Celsius, which is enough to vaporize a person instantly."

"The 'Tsar Bomba' hydrogen bomb detonated by Russia on Novaya Zemlya in 1961 reached temperatures of tens of millions of degrees Celsius at the center of the nuclear explosion, which even exceeds the sun's core temperature of about 15 million degrees Celsius."

"The highest temperature currently created by modern humans is 1 billion degrees."

"These signs indicate that the explosion in ancient India was higher than the one in Hiroshima's Little Boy but lower than the center temperature of Tsar Bomba."

As he finished speaking, the audience quickly flipped through e-books or physical books to check the source.

The source was easy to find, but the origin of the explosion was very hard to find!

"The data is indeed correct. So, how exactly was that city destroyed?"

"This sounds just like the Tianqi Explosion of our Ming Dynasty, doesn't it?"

"Not just your Ming Dynasty, it's also very similar to the Tunguska Event of our Russia!"

"These three events have been categorized among the top ten unsolved mysteries in the world, with almost no answers."

"What exactly caused the explosion in this death event Teacher Jiang is talking about today?"

"No one knows what caused it; there are many different opinions."

Hearing this, inside the dormitory building of Tsinghua University.

Zhou Qingqing immediately found several colorful books on Professor Zhuang's bookshelf and quickly looked up first-hand information. "I know this; I found those books."

She quickly posted a synchronized bullet chat according to what was recorded in the books.

"This event can be traced back to some mysterious descriptions in ancient Indian epics."

"The cause of the explosion you're concerned about is most notably described in the books mahabharata and ramayana."

"In the mahabharata, there is such a description: [A few deafening roars sounded in the sky, followed by a dazzling flash of lightning. A pillar of fire rose from the southern sky, splitting the sky in half with a fire brighter than the sun. The air burned fiercely, and the high temperature caused the water in the ponds to boil, with cooked fish and shrimp floating up from the bottom of the river. Everything on the ground—houses, streets, canals, and all life—was destroyed by this sudden heavenly fire, causing 300,000 soldiers to vanish in an instant, followed by a deathly silence all around]."

Before she could continue sending bullet chats, Jiang Zhe, as if sharing a telepathic connection, picked up her bullet chat, smiled slightly, and explained:

"Thank you to this female student from Tsinghua University; but what you're talking about is my livelihood. It's not nice to steal someone's job!"

Hearing this, Zhou Qingqing was momentarily stunned, her vulnerability seemingly hit on the spot.

"I... why did I suddenly feel something different for him? How strange!"

"Alright, let's get back to the topic. We'll continue the explanation from where this female student left off."

"Similar descriptions are mentioned in classical texts like the ramayana, where such weapons are described as being able to create devastating fire and light."

"What I'm about to say next are all descriptions from the original works—"

Hearing this, all the experts and the public listened even more intently.

After all, not everyone reads bullet chats, and some bullet chats are too long; it's far better to hear Jiang Zhe's personal analysis.

"[There is a terrifying weapon forbidden by the gods called 'Agneya', which is a 'smokeless missile'—this weapon: 'It spurts fire, but no smoke, and possesses infinite power.' In the instant after the missile is launched, a fierce wind rises, clouds and mist churn, and the sun seems to shake in the sky; it drops a large amount of dust and sand, the earth is instantly scorched and trembles continuously, elephants are charred by the high temperature, and other animals fall dead one after another. Flames roll, trees fall in rows like they've encountered a forest fire, and dense tongues of fire continuously fall from all directions like a heavy downpour, destroying thousands of chariots.]"

"[The bodies of the fallen were mutilated by the terrible heat, looking like charred tree trunks.]"

The audience felt their scalps tingle as they listened; this was clearly a scene of a terrifying man-made disaster.

Jiang Zhe cleared his throat and continued reciting another passage.

"The great work also describes: [Gurkha, riding his flying machine 'Vimana', threw a projectile at the three cities of the Vrishnis and the Andhakas. After the projection, a wisp of white smoke suddenly rose from the ground, with a brightness like ten thousand suns; this secret weapon called the 'Iron Thunderbolt' turned all enemies into ashes, bodies burned beyond recognition, hair and nails all fell out, and food was contaminated. The warriors jumped into streams to wash themselves and their equipment clean.]"

Relying on his powerful memory, Jiang Zhe read it out with great emotion.

Then, he suddenly asked a question:

"Please look closely, what do these word descriptions look like?"

"And could ancient people at that time really describe scenes that were never carried in their genetic fragments?"

"In plain terms: can a person really, without the aid of data, personally describe—in their own words and writing—scenes or even weapons from reality that they have never seen in reality?"

As Zhou Qingqing's partial bullet chat and Jiang Zhe's analysis concluded, the entire audience in the livestream became excited.