318: Chapter 318: The Golden Plane from Seventeen Thousand Years Ago

At this moment, countless viewers began to wonder what possibility Jiang Zhe would present next.

Jiang Zhe continued to swipe his finger across the tablet, pulled up a set of high-definition images, and then handed the tablet to Xiao Yu.

"Xiao Yu, take a look at this."

Xiao Yu took the tablet and looked down at it.

The screen displayed a small, exquisite golden object.

It was estimated to be only a few centimeters long. The object was golden all over, but its shape was somewhat strange—resembling both a fish and a bird.

Xiao Yu scanned it carefully. It had a streamlined body, with fine, single-spiral patterns engraved on the wings extended on both sides, and a V-shaped tail. Its overall design was very classical!

She turned it over and over, examining it several times, and the more she looked, the more familiar it seemed.

"It looks like a small golden fish with wings, with single-spiral patterns on the wings and a V-shaped tail."

She really couldn't understand why her brother was showing her a small golden airplane.

"Brother, isn't this just a model of a small golden airplane?"

Jiang Zhe's lips curled slightly. "This is an artifact unearthed near Puma Punku. It dates back 17,000 years."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yu was suddenly creeped out. "Holy—crap!!!"

Inside the livestream, the viewers who were carefully observing the object were also shocked by the answer.

"A 17,000-year-old airplane model?"

"This design, this aerodynamic layout—it's clearly an airplane!"

"Are those spiral patterns engine blades? And is that tail a stabilizer?"

"What the hell, there were airplanes 17,000 years ago?"

"Is this fake?"

The viewers shook their heads repeatedly, unable to believe it.

In the faculty housing of the University of History in Kyoto.

Seeing the small golden object on the big screen, Professor Chen Runzhi examined it carefully. "I seem to have an impression of this, but I can't recall where I've seen it."

He rubbed his cheeks, trying hard to remember, but he just couldn't.

On the other side, in the principal's office at Gusu High School.

Old Wang spoke up with a look of astonishment: "Isn't this the Maya aircraft from the Central American region?"

Xiao Wang, Principal Fu, and Ren Xiaoyao all looked at him simultaneously.

Old Wang began to explain to the three of them: "In South America, in places like Colombia, Costa Rica, and Venezuela, many similar small golden objects have been unearthed, dating back about 1,000 years. Local archaeologists initially thought they were religious ornaments or decorations."

"But zoologists did not find any similar species among all known animals."

"So, the archaeologists asked aerospace engineering experts to analyze them, and the results were shocking."

He held up a finger with a serious expression. "The nose, cockpit, main wings, fuselage, vertical stabilizer, and horizontal stabilizer—this small object has it all. And its form and balance completely conform to the theories of aerospace engineering."

"Thus, this ornament came to be known as the ancient Maya golden airplane; in the archaeological community, this artifact is directly called the 'Golden Airplane'."

Principal Fu was somewhat stunned. Airplane and Maya—could these two words even be combined?

Weren't the Maya a civilization from one or two thousand years ago?

"Old Wang, how many years ago did the Maya aircraft date back to?"

"About 1,000 to 2,000 years ago."

"Then what is this one that Jiang Zhe is showing Xiao Yu?"

Old Wang took a deep breath. "That is the incredible part. What he is showing Xiao Yu is the golden airplane from Puma Punku, and the artifact dates back 17,000 years."

"As for why such a thing would appear 17,000 years ago, I have absolutely no idea."

After he finished speaking, the office fell into silence.

Soon, Ren Xiaoyao muttered to himself, "The Maya had their golden airplanes, and Puma Punku had its own golden airplanes. Separated by over ten thousand years, yet the designs are almost identical; this is getting mysterious!"

Xiao Wang said with a determined look: "This is definitely not a coincidence. Perhaps the Anunnaki visited more places; after all, they came to Earth for mining."

"If the guess is correct, then more undiscovered ancient artifacts will appear on Earth."

"Which means, more evidence of the Anunnaki's existence!"

The other three, upon hearing this, looked at each other and nodded gravely.

Now, the evidence Jiang Zhe is providing is increasing—archaeological artifacts, prehistoric ruins, the Great Flood, secrets of the underground world, and so on.

These messages are undoubtedly revealing to humanity that the world is not as calm as we imagine; undercurrents have long been surging in the shadows.

Just then, on the big screen.

Jiang Zhe sat elegantly on the sofa and continued speaking, unhurriedly:

"Xiao Yu, actually, there are other similar things."

"The Maya aircraft are from a few thousand years ago, while what I am showing you is the Puma Punku aircraft from 17,000 years ago."

He continued operating the tablet, finding scaled-up restoration images of the artifact that universities or institutions in China—such as Tongji University—as well as in the USA, Europe, and South America had created.

"People both abroad and domestically have restored it at a 1:1 scale and tested it in wind tunnels."

"As a result, it completely conforms to aerodynamics."

"Furthermore, zoologists at home and abroad have not found any similar animals in the natural world. There is one that is similar: the flying fish, the kind that lives in the tropics and can glide. But unfortunately, that winged fish does not match the golden airplane, nor does its structure."

"Besides, archaeologists do not believe this was a toy, medal, or ornament for ancient kings or nobles."

He looked at Xiao Yu's solemn expression, his gaze gradually deepening.

"Regardless of whether it is 17,000 years old or a few thousand years old, what does it mean once this appears?"

Xiao Yu's beautiful eyes widened, her breathing becoming rapid. "It directly means that thousands of years ago, or even 17,000 years ago, someone in Puma Punku had mastered aerodynamics, and perhaps even flight technology!"

Jiang Zhe nodded. "Correct. Based on this 17,000-year-old flying apparatus, and combining it with those H-shaped stones in Puma Punku—what does it look like when put together? Or rather, what does an airplane need to take off?"

Xiao Yu was stunned, and the answer blurted out: "A runway, it's an airplane runway!"

As she finished speaking, the viewers in the livestream were in an uproar again.

"A runway? Those H-stones are airplane runways?"

"So those H-stones on the ground in Puma Punku were actually airport runways?"

"An airport from 17,000 years ago?"

"Then those doors of various sizes—are they hangar doors?"

"Holy crap, this theory is also very novel!"

"..."

Jiang Zhe, however, waved his hand regretfully.

"Of course, Xiao Yu, all of this is just speculation; no one can give a true answer."

He pointed to the restoration images of those H-shaped stones on the tablet.

"These H-shaped stones are very likely parts of a super-giant object that later broke, causing them to be scattered all over the ground."

"As for how to assemble them, no one can give a 100% accurate answer. What we modern people see today is only a portion of the parts; in reality, no one knows the overall structure of the H-shaped stones."

He paused for a moment, his tone becoming resolute. "But I can be certain that it was definitely not a house or a city in its original form."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu couldn't help but nod silently. She stopped dwelling on it and continued to ask:

"Brother, why would it be scattered all over the ground? Could it have been a massive earthquake, a volcanic eruption, or some other natural disaster?"

As soon as this question was asked, Jiang Zhe looked at Xiao Yu meaningfully again, his lips curling once more.

That familiar curve made Xiao Yu slightly startled.

She knew that whenever her brother made this expression, the answer that followed would be terrifyingly profound.

"This involves the next archaeological discovery."