Chapter 38 Chapter 37 Mayan Code

Said the King of Pain: "All we have at our disposal is a bundle of rope and a few tents." Keith said, "Rope, we can use it to hang ourselves, and the tent can be used as a shroud." The warden said: "Now is not the time to joke, think of a way, how to get out of this ghost place." Linfeng, Yihe, and the King of Pain all tried, but the ice wall was impossible to climb, so the three had no choice but to give up.Hawthorne and Dr. Sloppy lowered their heads and thought about something, but everyone dared not speak out for fear of disturbing them.Dora looked at the ice hole above, and said to herself, unless we can fly out.Hawthorne raised his head abruptly, as if he had got some inspiration from Dora's words, Dr. Sloppy said, "I have figured out a way."

Hawthorne said to Dr. Sloppy, "Let's both write down the answer and see if it's the same." Dr. Sloppy said, "Good!" Hawthorne and Dr. Sloppy took out two highlighters and wrote on the ground respectively. The warden went to see and found that they wrote the same answer: hot air balloon! The hot air balloons they make are made of these things: ropes, tents, flammable ice. Hawthorne and Dr. Sloppy disassembled several large tents. General Rogge took out a Swiss Army knife, the screwdriver on it was removed and could be used as a sewing needle, and then disassembled the waterproof backpack, pulled out the thread, and sewed several large tents Together, this tent for arctic exploration is well insulated and perfect for a hot air balloon.For needlework, Dora was not even as skilled as Iga and Linfeng, which made her very depressed, so she had to carry combustible ice.The crowd piled combustible ice on a big rock under the ice cave to block the small ice caves full of holes, so that the ice cave became a chimney.After igniting the combustible ice, the heat rises and gradually inflates the large balloon made of tents, and the inflated balloon is squeezed into the ice hole.Hawthorne and Dr. Sloppy have already calculated the volume of the balloon. If the balloon is too big, it will block the ice hole and increase the friction. If it is too small, the balloon will not be able to receive more hot air and will not be able to rise.

In the case of the same volume, spherical hot air balloons carry more weight than other shapes of hot air balloons, so they also make the hot air balloons as round as possible. This simple hot air balloon does not need to consider wind direction, air flow, speed, and measuring instruments. , it only needs the lifting force to be able to take everyone out of the ice cave. The temperature inside the sphere gradually increased, and the balloon rose slowly. Everyone weaved ropes into a net and tied them together with the balloon. Although the combustible ice in the ice cave continued to burn, enough heat could be released, but Hawthorne, Linfeng , Dora, Warden, Dr. Sloppy, General Rogge, Iga, King of Pain, Geese, Luligao, Baal Jr., Nanook, and a group of twelve people all got into the netted hanging basket, Everyone found a new problem—overweight, the hot air balloon was overwhelmed and difficult to lift.

"We've got to get rid of the diamonds and crystals," Hawthorne said. "God, we managed to find these," Keith said. The King of Pain said, "Must it be done?" The warden nodded, and everyone threw the backpacks containing diamonds and crystals into the pool one after another. The warden looked at Geese, and Geese spread his hands helplessly, finally took out a few more sapphires from his pocket, and threw them reluctantly. into the water.Guice said regretfully: "It was a waste of time to come. My villa, my sports car, and my wives and concubines are all gone."

After lightening the load, the hot air balloon finally lifted up, but it just wobbled off the ground. The buoyancy of the hot air was still not enough to carry everyone, and everyone became anxious. The warden said solemnly: " It seems that someone needs to jump down!" Lu Ligao asked, "What do you mean?" The warden said: "It's too heavy, the balloon can't fly, and one person must be reduced." Everyone kept silent. The end of staying in this ice cave is death, and no one wants to do that.The warden proposed drawing lots, and everyone had no choice but to accept it. In order to escape from the ice cave, only one person could be sacrificed.The warden took out twelve matches, broke one of them, and held it in his hand, only the head of the match was exposed.

The warden said loudly: "Whoever draws the short match will jump down." Lu Ligao said, "What if you don't dance?" The warden said: "Then, everyone will throw him down." Dr. Sloppy smoked one first, and the others started to do it one after another. Everyone felt helpless, and no one would have thought that their life and death would depend on this little match.Linfeng said that he wanted to draw two matches, and the warden asked him why he did so. Linfeng said that he was willing to draw lots for Dora, and if one of the two matches was short, he would jump off the balloon.

Linfeng took two, and slowly spread her hands, Dora was so anxious that she was about to cry, when she saw that the two matches in Linfeng's hand were long, she couldn't hide her inner excitement, and jumped happily Get up, Hawthorne's luck is also good, Dora hugged Grandpa's neck. Everyone showed the matches they had drawn one after another. Everyone was lucky that no one got the half of the match. The warden muttered: "Damn!" Everyone looked at the warden, the remaining half of the match was in his palm. The warden threw away the matches angrily and said, "It doesn't count, draw lots again."

Nanook said, "Why doesn't it count?" The warden took out a revolver and said angrily, "That's all!" The warden raised his gun and said viciously: "Being a gentleman is far more suitable for me than being a devil. Now, your life and death are in my hands. Whoever I want to die must die. Don't move unless You guys are faster than bullets, now, we play a more exciting game, of course I will try to be as fair as possible, so that everyone can get out of here." The warden put a bullet in the revolver, rotated the magazine, and then slammed it shut.His muzzle swept across the crowd, and everyone was terrified. This kind of wheel gambling, one person will definitely be shot.Iga's eyes were full of anger, and the warden pulled the trigger on Iga, but the bullet didn't come out. He turned the magazine again and pointed the gun at Nanook. Nanook raised his hands and asked: "I have a question, do you shoot counterclockwise or clockwise?"

The warden replied: "You have too many questions." The warden pulled the trigger continuously, and the bullets shot out. Nanook was shot in the abdomen, and his body fell limply. The warden kicked Nanook off the hot air balloon with one kick. The load lightened, and the balloon finally rose slowly. stand up. Although the ice cave is not straight and has some sloping places, it is still unimpeded by the inertia of rising.The hot air balloon ascended smoothly to the position where they hung their expedition equipment. Because some huge ice mushrooms were overgrown on the cave wall above, the hot air balloon could not continue to rise. They had to abandon the hot air balloon and fix themselves on the safety wedges of the ice wall first. , After disassembling the hot air balloon, relying on those climbing tools, after several hours of difficult climbing, I finally got out of the ice cave.

At the entrance of the cave, six sled dogs piled up in the shape of a pyramid. They leaned against each other and piled up in a pile to keep warm. Seeing everyone climbing up from the ice cave, the sled dogs woke up one after another and shook off the snow on their bodies. Everyone was exhausted, rested for a while, and returned along the original road.They traveled through the forgotten village and rebuilt the ice bridge. The ice and snow forest was still quiet and peaceful. After several days of hard work, they finally returned to Captain Gut's icebreaker.Captain Gut was so drunk that everyone didn't bother to wake him up. They rushed into the dining room and fell asleep exhausted after drinking and eating.

When he woke up, Captain Gut was studying the crystal skulls they had found. Hawthorne walked over sleepily. Captain Gut greeted him while observing the crystal skulls with a magnifying glass, "I thought a group of polar bears broke in. Why is your hair turning white... This is really a rare treasure." Hawthorne briefly recounted the process of discovering the Crystal Skull. Captain Gut said: "We will each have a crystal skull." The warden came over and said: "Go back to the polar training camp first, and then divide the spoils." After finishing speaking, he put the crystal skull into the canvas bag on the table, and one of the crystal skulls accidentally rolled down and fell onto the ground. In a goldfish bowl by the table.The warden wanted to pick it up from the water, but Hawthorne yelled to stay still, everyone was awakened, and Dr. Sloppy also came over to look at it.The crystal skull immersed in the fish tank reflects the colors of the rainbow. The multi-angled nature of the crystal makes the colors change endlessly, which is simply too beautiful to behold.After a while, a strange line of characters appeared indistinctly in the water, and a few small goldfish swam around the characters. Captain Gut asked, "Are these Mayan scripts?" Hawthorne said: "Yes, the Mayan characters engraved on the crystal skull will only appear under the refraction of light when it encounters water." Dr. Sloppy said: "Natural crystals have the function of storing information. These words should be the mysterious information hidden by the ancient Mayans for thousands of years. If the legend is true, these Mayan words can reveal the secrets of the past and future of human beings and help Human beings have solved the mystery of life in the universe." Hawthorne said: "In legend, the Crystal Skull can speak, and these words should be what they want to say to us." The warden said: "Can you decipher these Mayan characters?" Both Hawthorne and Dr. Sloppy shook their heads... No one can fully understand the mysterious Maya script. The Maya created hieroglyphs before and after BC, but the first stone tablet unearthed that recorded the date was found in Tikal in 292 AD. In the middle of the 5th century, Mayan writing spread to the entire Maya region.However, the miraculous Mayan civilization seemed to disappear overnight. Linguists, mathematicians, astronomers, and archaeologists from all over the world have conducted long-term research on the more than 800 hieroglyphs used by the Mayans, but only about a quarter of them have been interpreted.If the invention and use of writing is the true measure of civilization, then the Mayans are the most civilized and intelligent nation on the American continent.Existing Mayan hieroglyphs are often carved on stone tablets, walls of temples and tombs, carved on jade and shells. The total amount is quite large. More than 2,500 were found on the steps of a pyramid at the Copan ruins. This is the world's largest One of the masterpieces of inscription: hieroglyphic stairway, the steps of the pyramid are covered with eccentric and exquisite hieroglyphics.Although there are still 2 million people speaking Mayan around the world, people still cannot read the entire Mayan script. Captain Gut said: "I do know a man who can decipher Mayan writing." Hawthorne said, "Where is he?" Captain Gut said: "The mental hospital." "What?" asked the warden. Captain Gut said: "His name is Elio, and he suffers from a strange multiple personality disorder." Dora said, "Why is it so strange?" Captain Gut said: "There are 17 people living in Elio's body, with 17 different personalities at the same time, and can even speak in 17 different languages. His behavior is as if many completely different people are all concentrated in him. The seventeen characters that often appear on Elio are male and female, black and white, adults and children, ranging in age from 6 to hundreds of years old, as if the 17 characters live in his body Tenants are average, each with their own personality, name, quirk, and even handwriting." Hawthorne said: "This Elio is either a terrific genius or a terrific idiot." Captain Gut said: "I used to be a doctor. One day, I suddenly received a letter with the address of the sender Elio." Hawthorne said, "What was written in the letter?" A trace of terror flashed across Captain Gut's face, and he repeated the contents of the letter tremblingly: "My name is Juan, a Mayan culture researcher, and I live in Elio's body!" In the Amazon jungle, a small boat was slowly driving in the swamp. Seven big butterflies were tied to the rope at the bow of the boat. Girl, they are Hawthorne, Linfeng and Dora. At this moment, the morning light pierced through the forest, and the butterfly dragged the boat forward. This kind of butterfly is called the big bird wing butterfly. It is the largest butterfly in the world. Its belly is as big as a pot, its wings are half a meter long, and its whole body is purple blue. Dragging two clean white flash belts. Linfeng said: "Butterflies don't know how to get tired." "Perhaps they will lead us to a garden," said Dora. Hawthorne said: "This butterfly is basically extinct, and even the specimens are worth $30,000 each." Suddenly, there were several strange roars in the woods, and five butterflies landed on the ground with arrows, flapping their wings feebly in the muddy swamp.Many native Indians appeared on the treetops. They were small and looked like dwarves. They held bows and spears. To the old man and the girl. Hawthorne, Linfeng and Dora hurriedly lay down on the hull of the boat, and all the arrows hit the boat. Dora said, "Grandpa, are they men or monkeys?" Hawthorne looked at the arrows piercing the hull and said, "The arrows are made of iron. Whatever they are, they are certainly not monkeys." Linfeng asked: "Are there any strange races other than normal humans in this world?" Hawthorne said: "Of course, in addition to the black, white, and yellow people, there are two-toed people, green people, tupi people, people with tails, dwarf races." At this time, a dwarf with a white beard appeared on the bank with a cane in his left hand and a big frog in his right hand. It seemed that he should be the leader.He let go of the big frog. After the frog jumped into the swamp, many small holes suddenly opened on the water surface. Some toads crawled out of the holes, and then more toads floated to the surface. The bigger it was, it exploded in the end, and the highly toxic liquid filled with the smell was splashed. Hawthorne yelled: "Oops, this is a self-destructing frog!" More and more toads gradually surrounded Hawthorne, Linfeng and Dora.The dwarves also climbed to the higher treetops, their swords and bows were on the verge of shooting. As long as the leader gave an order, the three of Hawthorne would be shot into hedgehogs. Dora said: "Grandpa, it seems that we have to show them something." Dora opened a box with a crystal ball in it, and pulled out a colorful diamond-shaped crystal from the crystal ball, like a rainbow sword. The dwarves gathered more and more noisily, and Dora stood at the bow of the boat, swiping the Rainbow Sword in the air...