Chapter 003

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Tomorrow Morning

At Zomaftec Headquarters Building.

Ros and her team come to the building early in the morning.

They already feel so excited about that discovery, the prehistoric wall painting from China.

They can't wait to meet the team from China, to see more of the discoveries that they found, and hope they are willing to show it to them.

Ros and her team enter the meeting room and no one is there.

"Hem, I guess we are quite earlier," Ros said.

After waiting around 1 hour, finally they can see a bunch of people come to the meeting room.

The tall and bald businessman is definitely Mr. Brandt, and they can see him walking in the most front of the group, talking with a Chinese man, well maybe he is the Archeologist from China. And on the other side of Mr. Brandt, there is a man with a white lab coat, Ros didn't meet him yesterday, so she doesn't recognize him now. But he is Dr. Matthew Hilbrew the Head Scientist of Zomaftec. And the rest around six or seven other Chinese men behind them, maybe they just the crew from China.

"Ow good morning Ms. Ros. You already come, what a diligent." Mr. Brandt said when he opened the meeting room door.

"Here the people that we already waiting for, already come. It will be excited, isn't it?" Mr. Brandt said.

And without the need for a guide, all of them introduce themself to each other and exchanged name cards. Just a formality when they first time meet a 'business' partner.

The team leader from China is the main Archeologist that also the one that found the cave painting. His name is Prof. Lee Chang Wi.

"Ros are you only... three of you?" Brandt asked, confused looking at the team from Ros.

Yes, from the beginning, Ros only brings two fellow archeologists with her. That, of course, makes Brandt the 'Event Holder' confused.

Ros smiles because their expression of confusion is so funny.

"No Mr. Brandt, my plan is I am going to hire local workers there. Well, I already contact some of them actually, so I will meet them later in Alaska." Ros explained.

"As I know, there are plenty of Scientific Expeditions that happened in Alaska in this previous decade. That is why there is plenty of hired-able workers there. At least, they are locals so hopefully, they know the trick on how to handle the cold situation there. That is my consideration." Ros explained again.

"Ow, quite clever thinking, Ms. Ros. I am impressed." Brandt praised.

"OK, shall we sta...."

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK... The meeting door suddenly knocked.

"Sorry to interrupt Sir. But here there is a man that clarified he is part of Ms. Ros's team." Mr. Brandt's assistant who knocked on the door said while opening the meeting door.

"Em Ros, is he?"

"Yes Mr. Brandt, he is the one that I said yesterday," Ros said, happy to see the person who come.

"OK then, come on in, it is a pleasure to meet you, sir. Please join inside, sit there beside Ms. Ros I guess." Mr. Brandt said welcoming that man that just come.

"The pleasure and honor are mine, sir." Said the man who look quite handsome, athletic, and undeniably look expert in combat.

 That man comes entered and walks to the chair beside Ros. Ros is very happy, she can't hide her smile from ear to ear.

That man is Gerald McMany, the one that Ros met yesterday at the cabin in the wood.

"I knew you will come," Ros whispered.

"Do not over-exited mam, I am here just for humanity's calling," Gerald whispered back.

Well, whatever Gerald's reason, the reality is now he is there and will join the expedition, Ros is very happy with that.

"OK, shall we begin then?" Mr. Brandt said.

After that, the lights in the meeting room got dimmed, and the windows curtain again lowered like yesterday. Lee Chang Wi and the team proudly present what they discovered a few days ago in China.

(Picture above is just for rough imagination. Your own imagination may be more correct to describe the situation.)

Etc... The two pictures above are just examples of many similar pictures that they discovered.

"Oh My God..." one of Ros's assistants unintentionally said. It is just a reflective word that will be said because they see something magnificent.

Lee Chang Wi becomes more proud to see how amazed everyone in the room is seeing that picture projected on the wall all around the meeting room.

"Amazing, isn't it?" said Lee Chang Wi proud.

"Where did you find this Professor? In Konglun Mountain area?" Ros asked.

"Yes, you're right. Finally, after the water there kind of dries out, the cave entrance opens, so we can explore inside. And that is what we found." Lee Chang Wi explained.

After that Lee Chang Wi and his team let everyone in that room observe the picture, he give them some time because that is the first time they see it.

After some time, of course, the discussion must begin.

"So what do you think? It is in Alaska, right? The clue from the painting said that. On the top of a mountain." Lee Chang Wi said.

"Em, Yes in Alaska Mr. Lee but I believe it is not on the top of a mountain," Ros said her opinion.

"Our ancestors in their time, I believe don't want to bet their lives to climb up to the super cold mountain. It is our habit now to try to conquer the high mountain for pride because now living is much easier. Not at their time, super cold, predator, and else that can harm their lives. So I don't think it will be on the top of the mountain."

"So their picture that like a horizontal zigzag like this, it is not a mountain. I believe it is or it was a forest. Our ancestors at that time again were not chopped a tree, it waste so much time and energy, and their tools were still 'blunt' stones. Yes, they sharpened it by hitting them, but still not sharp enough for chopping trees right?"

"So in fact, as I know, they still put respect to trees also, and the forest for furthermore. Again it is in our era who destroyed the forest for profit, but in their time, they respect the forest. That is why what they drew here is the top of the forest that they saw. How dense is the forest, and what type of tree is in the forest? I think it is more approachable to give us a more precise clue." Ros said. So it is no doubt why she becomes one of the top Archeologists in the world at a young age.

"Ah, you are correct Ms. Ros. I forgot already that becoming an archeologist must not forget about anthropology knowledge in terms of deciphering the ancient language. Thank you very much Ms. Ros already remembering me." Lee Chang Wi said.

"Never mind Mr. Lee. I also may be wrong, so please correct me if I am wrong." Ros said.

"So... how do you interpret all this clue, Ms. Ros?" Asked Mr. Brandt that proud of the cleverness of his side.

"Well first, I need to show all of you my recent study right," Ros said operating her laptop also to project some pictures of cave paintings or another source that she has.

After pressing the 'enter' button on her laptop, now the projector shows Ms. Ros's data on the wall that is not 'been filled' yet. So they now can compare all of that.

"See, from my data, I also get a rough clue that there is something in Alaska. But my data is not as clear as Mr. Lee's data." Ros said to try to rise up a little bit team China's morale after the 'lose' in deciphering.

"But Alaska is wide isn't it? So I need more clues. Just here, and here, and here," Ros said while pointing to every new picture from team China, "Now I think I get a more precise prediction."

"Look here, every this similar symbol. I guess it tries to tell us that 'it is in the top north'. And this picture, kind of tells us it is in a remote or secluded area. And this picture, it says it is cloudy, or foggy, and very thick cloud."

"And if we try to compare it with the timeline, based on the last discovery, our ancestors predicted entry to American land just 15.000 years ago from the Bering Strait. At that time Bering Strait was still land, connected."

"And if I tried to search the record of ancient astronomy. Approximately 20.000 years ago, the solar flare happened for around 50 years. It is very hot at that time, and make the Bering Strait area, or the most northern area of Alaska which is usually very cold and covered with thick cold fog become let's say 'opened'." Ros explained, she is like 'on fire' right now.

"So I guess there was something that happened back then when the solar flare era on up north part of Alaska," Ros said, "And based on my analysis the possible spots will be there in the area that I circled with red."

"But after today we all see the discoveries from team China. I guess the spot will be here." Ros said while zooming on one possible spot that she thinks is the most correct one.

"Hem. Interesting... Well, you know what Ms. Ros. That area viewed a few years ago was still covered with thick fog, undetectable by satellite. But look at that now, it is a live satellite image, right? I guess because all this time we always struggled with global warming so that area kind of 'opened'." Lee Chang Wi said.

"What? It means you often spying our territories of the US through satellite Mr. Lee?" Mr. Brandt asked for a little joke intention.

"What's wrong, your people also doing the same to our country, right?"

But I guess it is enough for both of them to do a little political satire. Because after that they more seriously discuss the spot, the preparation, the time, and everything that needs to be prepared.

So their expedition is now no longer become a maybe,

But now become a must.








































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