The expert stared intently at the fiber in Professor Xie’s hand, examining it several times, and even reached out to touch it repeatedly. In the end, he seemed a bit uncertain as he said, "This fiber has been stored in the coffin for hundreds of years, how can it still look brand new? Don’t you find it strange?"

Su Qingqing smiled and said, "What’s so strange about that? Even thousand-year-old corpses in the Xin Zhuihan Tomb can be perfectly preserved. What about silk? As long as the stone coffin is well-sealed, a few hundred years is nothing."

The expert did not refute Su Qingqing’s words, but his eyes remained fixed on that piece of fiber.

No one else spoke, and everyone’s eyes fell on the piece of fiber in Professor Xie’s hand. Initially, no one noticed anything unusual, but upon the expert’s mention, everyone began to sense something wrong.

"This fiber doesn’t seem to be made of silk or cotton and linen."

Professor Xie felt the material of the fiber with his hand and immediately noticed something unusual about it, making his expression turn somewhat grave.

Huo Sining noticed that the two-meter square brocade had some decorative patterns on it. Despite weathering the dust and wind for hundreds of years, the brocade still appeared as fresh as new.

What was more astonishing was that no one could tell what material this fiber was made of. Although it seemed like ordinary white satin at first glance, under the light, it shimmered slightly, reflecting a spectrum of colors. The colors were neither bright nor gaudy but gave off a very comfortable feel.

"I’ve seen many burial textiles in my archaeological work, but I’ve never seen a complete brocade like this before."

"Textiles are very difficult to preserve because most ancient fibers are organic materials and are prone to chemical changes even in sealed conditions."

"Typically, when exposed to air after a coffin is opened, regular textiles oxidize and turn into fragments in a short time or into ashes if left longer, with few able to be preserved intact."

"Moreover, the material of this brocade isn’t documented in the research materials, and I have never seen the patterns on it before. This satin is truly extraordinary!"

Professor Xie looked at the fiber in his hand, his brow involuntarily furrowing.

Huo Sining took pictures of each pattern and detail of this brocade with her camera. The entire fiber shone brightly, and even under the lens, it appeared warm and moist, exuding a natural luster.

Looking at the fiber, Huo Sining didn’t know what came over her, as if her body acted on its own. In a daze, she reached out and touched the fiber directly.

Unbeknownst to her, Huo Sining wasn’t wearing gloves when she touched the fiber, feeling an extremely soft and moist, skin-friendly texture, a familiar feeling that instantly rose in her heart.

This fiber... she had seen it before!

"Huo girl!" Noticing that Huo Sining reached out and touched it without gloves, Professor Xie’s expression changed slightly. He hurriedly moved the fiber aside, glanced at Huo Sining with a bit of displeasure, and said sternly, "Put on gloves. Touching with bare hands is against the rules!"

Huo Sining came to her senses, a bit embarrassed as she glanced at Professor Xie, nodded, and picked up the gloves to put them on, but her eyes remained fixed on the fiber, filled with confusion.

Indeed, she had seen this fiber before, more than once.

In the east wing room of her old home where her grandmother lived, there stood a screen embroidered with the sea and a crying Jiaoren. At the time, Huo Sining didn’t think much of it, only finding the screen peculiar, as if at a glance, one’s mind would be drawn in by the embroidery on it.

Now, recalling that moment, she remembered touching the satin on that screen, and its texture and luster were exactly the same as the brocade Professor Xie had just extracted from the stone coffin!

Another time was when Madam Yan handed her the "Classic of Mountains and Seas," in the box containing it, there was a segment of satin packing a Cold Light Source Bead.

At that time, Huo Sining was solely focused on the peculiar script in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" and the bead that glowed on its own at night, without noticing anything strange about the satin.

Moreover, since she had seen the same satin in her grandmother’s room, she assumed it was just ordinary fabric and didn’t pay it any further mind.

Now, seeing the brocade in the stone coffin, Huo Sining felt something wasn’t right.

Why was the satin in her grandmother’s room made of the same material as the brocade in the stone coffin? And why did Madam Yan have a similar piece in the box with the "Classic of Mountains and Seas"? What could be the connection between the three?

With a head full of questions, Huo Sining thought that perhaps only one person could provide her with the answers, and that was Liang Ruining, who was currently in her Space, severely injured and barely alive.

This suspicion made Huo Sining feel a bit anxious; she couldn’t wait to resolve all the matters within the ancient tomb and return to the city to have her father unravel all these mysteries for her.

Since the material of the brocade was unknown, Professor Xie deemed it of significant research value and sealed it in a specialized airtight box.

Next was the cleaning of items inside the stone coffin. There were many items interred along with the body; given that this ancient tomb was underwater and hadn’t been touched by tomb robbers previously, everything inside the stone coffin was well-preserved.

Previously, Professor Xie was extremely angry about tomb robbers breaking into the ancient tomb, holding in much anger. Now, seeing the artifacts inside the stone coffin, his emotions turned to excitement.

In many of the ancient tombs he had worked on, items were almost completely looted by robbers before excavation. Even untouched tombs had little left inside, and the burial pits were like sieves. Yet this was the first time Professor Xie witnessed so many burial goods in a stone coffin.

"Exhibit No.1, Gold-threaded brocade quilt..."

"Exhibit No.2, Black gauze winged golden crown..."

"Exhibit No.3, Pearl shirt jade box..."

"..."

Just as he was reciting these, Professor Xie lifted the Gold-threaded brocade quilt, finally revealing the true form of the tomb’s owner, appearing as a complete skeleton before everyone’s eyes.

Seeing the situation inside, everyone was momentarily stunned.

Originally, everyone speculated that more burial items would be hidden under the Gold-threaded brocade quilt, but when it was lifted, they discovered the result was entirely different from their expectations.