Chapter 5 chapter Five

Yuan Zhenxia smiled: "If it's convenient..." It seems that Tong Tong tried his best to please Yuan Zhenxia. He patted Yuan Zhenxia on the shoulder very warmly and amiably: "What are you talking about? There really won't be any secrets between us!" While speaking, Tong Tong took out a radio communication device under the table.Yuan Zhenxia could tell at a glance that it was an extremely advanced communication device. Through the connection of artificial satellites, using this communication device, he could communicate directly with almost any corner of the world.

Yuan Zhenxia also knows that there are not many such cutting-edge scientific products, and the price is extremely high! (Naturally, there's no such thing as "high price" for Lerman.) Yuan Zhenxia also knew that the one in front of him was not the best.The best products are designed by two talented designers and manufactured by their own hands. The precision is extremely accurate. The communication between Antarctica and Alaska is almost the same as talking face to face. The names of those two talented designers are very interesting together... One of them is called Gobi and the other is called Desert.

Ordinary pressed the button of the recording device connected to the communication device, and heard the following dialogue: "There is a very outstanding person, according to information, it is very likely that he has joined the archaeological team as a team doctor..." "Yes, only one doctor came to report, and his name is Yuan Zhenxia!" "It's really him! Professor, no matter what his purpose is, his appearance must be beneficial to us. You have to treat him as your closest friend, and you don't have to hide anything from him except our existence... In fact, there is no need to hide anything from him... There is nothing that can hide from him, our existence, he...I think he has already expected...you do as I say──"

"yes……" "Dr. Yuan Zhenxia has experienced many legends. He will be of great help to our work. You must completely treat him as your own..." "yes……" "When necessary, we will contact the original doctor directly." "yes……" The dialogue was very short... Later, it was not a dialogue, but it was just giving orders on the one hand and receiving them on the other. Tong Tong pressed the stop button, and Yuan Zhenxia could fully understand the reason for his arrogance and condescension at this time.He smiled lightly: "I have a very special relationship with them. My current body was created for me by them..."

As soon as Yuan Zhenxia uttered these words, the ordinary little man jumped up abruptly, his eyes widened, as if the eyeballs would fall down.Seeing his reaction like this, Yuan Zhenxia knew that he had talked too much. It seems that although Professor Ordinary was selected to be the person in charge of this important archaeological operation, he knew very little about what the Leman Hospital did... He didn't even know that they had already successfully developed clones. What Yuan Zhenxia expected was soon proved.Tong Tong stared at him for a long while before panting and asked, "Doctor Yuan, what kind of joke is this... I don't understand..."

Yuan Zhenxia took advantage of the momentum and spread his hands: "It is indeed a bad joke!" After he knew that ordinary professors knew little about everything about Leman Hospital, he naturally wouldn't reveal anything more to him.In order to avoid ordinary professors asking questions out of curiosity, he first asked: "Okay, now, can you tell me, what is the purpose of this archaeological operation, and why do you make it so mysterious?" It seems that Tong Tong had no idea what Yuan Zhenxia said just now, "The body is made by them", so he didn't pursue it further.On the contrary, it was Yuan Zhenxia's problem that bothered him. He paced back and forth and kept pulling at his hair.

Of course, it's not that he refuses to tell Yuan Zhenxia, ​​but he doesn't know where to start! Yuan Zhenxia gently urged him after he had walked back and forth more than ten times and hadn't started yet: "Let's start from the beginning, anyway, there is plenty of time..." Tong Tong sat down, at first he didn't look at Yuan Zhenxia, ​​but just rolled his eyes.After a while, I glanced at Yuan Zhenxia: "That afternoon, I was in the office, and a man came to see me. He brought the monthly archaeological report that had just been published at that time. In the monthly report, there was a piece of my research articles..."

The title of the research article is: "Research on Some Fragments of Mysterious Life Once Existing", author: General Professor of the Department of Archeology, Cairo University, Egypt. The visitor was a tall Caucasian man with red hair.Very polite, but naturally, with a condescending "superior" spirit. The short professor, sitting behind a huge desk, has to raise his head to face visitors. The guest pointed to the article and explained his purpose directly: "Professor, I represent a foundation. We have extremely sufficient funds to support any of your activities, and we are very interested in the 'mysterious life' mentioned in your article. Willing to support you in further exploration..."

For a scholar, there is nothing more beautiful than these words!For a moment, the professor couldn't even believe the sudden luck that came to his door! Therefore, his first reaction was to look at the visitor like a fool.It wasn't until the words were repeated that he let out a cheer, jumped up on his chair like a monkey, and said, "Great! Great... If there are further discoveries, I think I can prove that My hypothesis..." The visitor was very polite: "There are a few references in the masterpiece, which seem to be unclear. Is there insufficient information, or is it intentional?"

Tong Tong was very embarrassed: "It was intentional... well, there are some... scum in the archaeological world, and their behavior is very unbearable. If the source of the information is announced in too much detail, some people will get it first. Especially some people, there are If you can find funds through the door, the action will be much faster..." The visitor's gaze was as sharp as a falcon's, and he focused on the ordinary professor: "Is the part you keep a secret enough to support your discovery? Can you discover what you call the 'mysterious life'?"

Tong Tong let out a long "huh", as if hesitating, not knowing how to answer.After a while, he said: "The possibility of finding that kind of 'mysterious life' is at most...not more than half. However, it is 90% sure to prove that such a 'mysterious life' existed." When Professor Ordinary told Yuan Zhenxia what happened, Yuan Zhenxia once asked: "What is 'mysterious life'?" He has asked similar questions more than once, such as: "What is the so-called 'mysterious life'?", "Is it a mysterious way of life?" and so on. But the ordinary professor did not answer. At this time, he said: "I will explain it in detail. It is an extremely important and amazing discovery of mine. If it is confirmed, it will be even more amazing. Maybe the entire way of life of human beings is different. There will be earth-shaking changes. Now, let me tell you what happened. The visitor... naturally asked the same question as you, and I will answer it in the narrative." Although Yuan Zhenxia knew that the so-called "mysterious life" must be the key to the whole matter.But Tong Tong didn't want to say it all at once, so he naturally had to wait patiently. What Yuan Zhenxia thought at this time was that ordinary professors may have found clues about the great mysteries of human life in ancient books. The doctors at Leman Hospital have devoted their entire lives to studying the mysteries of life, so they will naturally be interested in it ! Originally, the archaeological operation and Lerman Hospital could not be connected at all, but after understanding this point, they naturally had a very close relationship. Yuan Zhenxia made a gesture, please continue speaking. The visitor leaned forward with an excited expression: "Please introduce all the information you have obtained..." Ordinary professors are shrewd, so naturally he won't take out the information he has mastered based on a word from the visitor.He rubbed his hands and let out a dry laugh: "Your Excellency's proposal just now..." The visitor smiled, put his hand into his pocket, took out an envelope, handed it in the ordinary hand, and made a gesture for him to open it. Professor Ordinary opened the envelope and pulled out a cashier's check.When he stared at the number on the promissory note and found that there were seven "zeros" under the real number, his hands couldn't help shaking! Although he is a high-level intellectual, he can't help but be a bit high-spirited in his words and deeds, but before such a huge amount of money, he is no different from ordinary people. It took him a long time before he raised his head, and the visitor said: "Of course it's more than that. We can provide unlimited support for any needs that are conducive to the discovery of mysterious life..." The voice of the ordinary professor became very hoarse: "You are……" The visitor simply replied: "You don't need to ask too much, we are a group of worldwide doctors who are engaged in the research of life, so we are interested in your discoveries." Professor Ordinary took a deep breath and pointed to a large and ancient safe in the corner of the office: "All the original materials are here, you can read them freely..." The visitor immediately said: "I need your explanation while I am reading." Tong Tong said repeatedly: "Of course, of course! I will always be by your side, um, this promissory note..." The visitor waved his hand casually: "You can do whatever you want. In the future, organizing an archaeological team can also be done in your own name. You don't have to take care of us at all. Everything is up to you. Therefore, the promissory note can be deposited into your personal account!" Prof. Ordinary was flushed with excitement, and went to open the safe. Inside the safe, he took out another suitcase and opened it. Inside was the information he wrote the article "Some Fragments of the Existence of Mysterious Life". Tong Tong pointed to the information: "Look first, there is a problem, I will come back immediately after I deal with the invoice..." The visitor nodded, without delay, he began to read the materials.The ordinary professor happily rushed to the bank to go through the formalities, which increased his private bank account by eight figures. About those data, later, between ordinary and guest, there is an important dialogue.During their dialogue, the source and nature of the data can be fully understood. Tong Tong took a deep breath at this point: "I'm telling the truth, I don't even hide the feeling that I received...the sudden amount of money at that time, don't laugh at me──" Yuan Zhenxia spread his hands: "I can't laugh, give it to me, I'm just as excited!" The ordinary professor took out a magazine from the drawer, with the words "Archaeological Monthly" on the cover, and he turned to one of the pages. Yuan Zhenxia has already seen the article "Some Fragments of Mysterious Life Existence". The ordinary professor handed the magazine to Yuan Zhenxia: "The article is not long, you should read it first." Yuan Zhenxia took it over, and the article was indeed not long, no more than 20,000 words, which is regarded as a long-term article in general academic and lengthy papers. Short and dapper.Of course, it is also because there are not too many materials, or because people generally do not want to quote too many materials. Yuan Zhenxia's reading speed is very fast. In less than an hour, he has read the entire article very carefully.But he stayed for a long while before slowly raising his head. At that moment, his thoughts were extremely chaotic and miscellaneous. He didn't know how many things he remembered, but he couldn't figure out a clue. The ordinary professor had a smug expression on his face: "Isn't it amazing?" Yuan Zhenxia took a long breath: "Yes, it's amazing! If you can really prove it!" Ordinary looked serious: "This is the task we are going to carry out. Now, you also know why you have to keep it a secret? Because things... are so horrifying!" Yuan Zhenxia smiled wryly, and closed the magazine: "But your article has already been published, and everyone knows about it!" The ordinary professor showed a look of disdain: "Many so-called authorities in the archaeological world have no imagination at all. How could they accept my conjectures? They didn't have time to sneer and say that I am an idiot. Fortunately, there are people who know the goods and fully support me. I We must unearth this buried mysterious life and make it public!" (Although the article of an ordinary professor has less than 20,000 words, it is naturally impossible to transcribe the full text. And the "mysterious life" is the protagonist of this story, so it must be explained. In the process of continuous dialogue and gradual exploration in the future, let In the end, everyone can understand how it is.) Yuan Zhenxia put his hand on the magazine and looked at the professor: "All your evidence comes from the inscriptions on a stone tablet that was discovered when and where?" The ordinary professor looked proud: "Yes, this stone tablet has been placed in a corner of the Cairo Museum. I don't know how long it has been, and no one has ever paid attention to it. Only I can give it a new life!" Although the words of ordinary professors are a bit exaggerated, they are not far from the truth. That stone tablet... To be precise, it should be said to be a stone pillar, a hexagonal pillar, one meter high and twenty centimeters on each side.Ordinary professors discovered its existence in the basement of the museum, behind many huge sarcophagi. This discovery is very valuable. The many huge sarcophagi placed in the cellar have long attracted widespread attention, and they are also one of the items that attract the most attention from visitors when the museum is regularly displayed. The sarcophagus comes from various pyramids and is the outer shell of a formal coffin. They are all made of very hard stones, and the handwork is not very delicate, but they are all genuine ancient objects. The general professor also has a considerable degree of research on these sarcophagi, and he is also a museum consultant.At that time, he directed the display of the sarcophagus, lifting many sarcophagi from the cellar with a light and practical crane, and transported them to the exhibition hall. At the end of this operation, he found the stone pillar in a corner behind a sarcophagus. When he saw the stone pillar for the first time, he didn't care at all.Because in the literature, there is no record of the hexagonal stone pillar being discovered, and the stone quality of the stone pillar is not eye-catching. It seems that it is just an ordinary thing. The professor just touched it out of curiosity. There are many things in the world that really happened by chance.At this time, if it wasn't for an ordinary professor who happened to have a small hammer, this stone pillar might have been placed in this corner for decades or hundreds of years before it was discovered that it contained a huge secret. The small hammer in the professor's hand was originally used to beat the sarcophagus and identify the quality of the stone.At that time, the professor couldn't distinguish the stone quality of the stone pillar for a while, so he knocked on the top of the stone pillar lightly. He did this without any purpose at all, it was just a convenient movement.Unexpectedly, with a knock, a corner of the stone was knocked off with a "snap". At that time, Professor Ordinary was really taken aback... Although the stone pillar was inconspicuous, it might be a priceless treasure, but he destroyed it casually!He quickly looked around, but fortunately no one saw it. After such a thing happened, this stone pillar naturally attracted the attention of ordinary professors.He took a closer look and saw that the stone inside the knocked-off corner was very fine and dense, which was completely different from the outer layer. Although the matter is very strange, it can be seen at a glance that the outer layer of rough stone was covered by very delicate handwork! He is an archaeologist, so he naturally has a wealth of archaeological knowledge, and he also knows that there are many, many extremely valuable records or treasures, which were carefully preserved by the ancient people, and often have a very inconspicuous appearance.Is this stone pillar also a treasure that has been hidden for many years? Thinking of this, he couldn't help feeling hot all over, hugged the stone pillar with both hands, and shook it... Such a thick stone pillar is naturally very heavy, but at this time, he is in charge of carrying the heavier sarcophagus, so it is not difficult to get the stone pillar out. Professor Ordinary tried his best to control his emotions, calmly, and carried the stone pillar onto the car as if nothing had happened.Without anyone noticing, Shi Zhu arrived at his studio. He used a hammer to completely remove the hexagonal stone pillar and the rough surface about one centimeter thick on the outside.It seems that the stone pillar is still the original size, and the stone is very fine and dense. On the six planes, there are very delicate shallow engravings... four sides are engraved with figures, and two sides are engraved with dense words. Ordinary professors saw those characters in a very regular way, obviously a very advanced character. Human writing, starting from pictographs, no matter which type it is, has a fairly similar evolution and progress process. Even the general professor, the head of the archeology department, couldn’t recognize the characters on the stone pillars. Although he couldn’t read them, he could see that they were far more advanced than the ancient Egyptian characters, and also more advanced than the Babylonian cuneiform characters. . At this time, his heart was beating wildly... Just discovering a language that is quite advanced but never known to the world is already a major discovery in archaeology, and it is the archaeological achievement that every archaeologist dreams of ! If this kind of text can be translated, then the mysteries of history will reappear, and that will naturally be an earth-shattering discovery! Professor Ordinary described that at that time, due to extreme excitement, he felt severe pain in his chest one after another, and he had to take several deep breaths in succession to relieve the pain. After confirming that he couldn't understand the writing on the stone pillar, the names of several paleographers flashed in his mind, and he was going to dig out some of the writing and ask them for advice. Then, he went to examine the figures engraved on the four sides.On one side, obviously, the sun is carved on the stone pillar... the same way some ancient people described the sun, it can be said to be quite traditional.There are ten suns in total, ranging from big to small. The largest one has a diameter of 20 centimeters, and the smallest one is only as big as a ping-pong ball. The ordinary professor looked at it, and turned around quickly: ten suns, from big to small (or from small to large), what does that mean?Many legends about the sun flooded into his thoughts.The saying about multiple suns reminded him of a Chinese mythology in which a monarch named Hou Yi shot down eight suns with a bow and arrow in his hand, making the sky with nine suns originally become what it is today. That way, it's just a sun. And on this stone pillar, there are a total of ten suns, which obviously have nothing to do with that legend.On the opposite side to the ten suns, there are ten moons from big to small, which are also carved with traditional artistic techniques, so that people can tell that they are moons at a glance. The ordinary professor felt his tongue was dry, he knew that he must be facing a major and remarkable archaeological discovery, but he couldn't know what the mystery was!This kind of anxiety can really torture people to death... The shallow engravings on the other two sides, ordinary professors can recognize what it is at a glance (a three-year-old child can also tell what it is at a glance), but he has no way of knowing what message he wants to convey, I don’t know what does that mean. On one side, ten men are engraved, also in descending order; on the other side, ten women are engraved, and the situation is the same. From the time he knocked open the surface of the stone pillar and saw the graphics and text on the stone pillar, until nearly a year later, all the thoughts of the ordinary professor were occupied by the graphics and text on the stone pillar. He has made hundreds (or even thousands) of assumptions about those graphics, and of course he cannot list them all. What he thinks about the most is: the sun, the moon, men, women, all ten in descending order, what exactly do they symbolize? (Through these graphics, I must want to express a message...) (But what message was that?) In the early days, because the proportions and characteristics of the men and women carved on the stone pillars were very in line with the real human body, they looked very modern, which was different from the ancient people's way of depicting the human body. Therefore, the first impression of the general professor is that he immediately thought of it: a few years ago, the American Voyager spacecraft was expected to lose contact with the earth after flying past Jupiter, and would continue to sail forward, fly out of the solar system, and fly to an impossible place. The outer space of the universe has become a wandering speck of dust in the universe. American space scientists all believe that among the billions of stars in the infinite universe, there must be advanced creatures.The spaceship is likely to be discovered by some aliens, so it is necessary to introduce the earthlings to them. So, on the spaceship, there is an alloy plate.On the board, a nude figure of a man and a woman is engraved, and the position of the earth in the solar system is also introduced. The graphics on the alloy plate have been announced before, and those who have seen it are deeply impressed.The nude figures of men and women carved on the stone pillars by who knows what year and month are actually very similar to those carved by modern people, so the ordinary professor suddenly remembered that incident. However, why are there as many as ten human figures, and they are from big to small; also, what do the sun and the moon mean?He has no conclusions. After some time, he also learned that in ancient Chinese philosophy, the sun represents yang, the moon represents yin, men represent yang, and women represent yin. The four-sided figure, two sides symbolize yang, and two sides symbolize yin. Professor Ordinary was really excited for a while, and spent a lot of time researching the principle of Yin and Yang in ancient Chinese philosophy, which cancels and grows each other, but it still doesn't get the point. He naturally knew that the most direct way to figure out what the messages from those graphics were, was to find the answer from those words... engraved on the same stone pillar, the text must be a detailed explanation of those graphics. for. Therefore, he dug out the writing on the stone pillar and handed it over to all the ancient writing experts in the world, hoping that some of them could solve it, but all the answers disappointed him. There is only one reply letter, which is a bit interesting in comparison. When ordinary professors sent letters to ancient writing experts all over the world, they had no hope for the professor who gave him a glimmer of hope in the reply.The professor was teaching at an unknown university in the Far East, and his reply was as follows: "Ordinary professor, I have no idea about the photo of the strange text you sent, so I can't give you any help. However, by chance, I met a gentleman who had many strange experiences, and he had some opinions, which are worthy of reference, so I will pass them on to you..." When Professor Ordinary described this in detail, Yuan Zhenxia reacted very excitedly. Yuan Zhenxia said "ah": "That gentleman! His opinion is so worthy of attention!" The ordinary professor looked directly at him: "Do you know that gentleman? He is as brilliant as you?" Yuan Zhenxia raised his head and laughed: "Me? He is much more brilliant than me. What did he say? Tell me!" Yuan Zhenxia didn't urge him all the time, and let the general professor speak slowly.But as soon as he knew that the gentleman had had something to do with the whole thing, and had expressed his opinion, he was anxious to know what the gentleman had said. The letter from the Far East said: "The gentleman who had many strange experiences said that this kind of writing seems to be very advanced, and it is not necessary to find it in ancient writings. This may transcend the times, or it may be from another planet. Characters of advanced creatures. He himself has come into contact with a kind of writing, which comes from another earth beyond the unfathomable universe... It may be the writing on the earth hundreds of millions of years later. This is his opinion, and it can be used as a reference... " At the end of this letter, it is inevitable that all replies are the same: "Please send more information, and tell us where this strange writing was found." The ordinary professor is very selfish, and of course he refuses to disclose any further information.In fact, after discovering the stone pillar, he also carefully checked the archives of the museum, wanting to know when the stone pillar was discovered by whom and where. But no matter how much he searched, there was no result, as if it had been in the cellar since the building of the museum. This made ordinary people both surprised and delighted... The surprise is that the source of the stone pillar cannot be traced, which naturally creates certain difficulties for the research work; the joy is that since no one has ever known the existence of this stone pillar, then, He took it as his own, and no one will pursue it! It took him a long time to understand those words through his own efforts.But the unfamiliar characters are just a bunch of strange symbols, completely impossible to start with, naturally futile and useless. He once conducted a carbon-14 radioactive test on the stone pillar, but that didn't make much sense. Any stone on the earth has a history of tens to hundreds of millions of years. What he knocked out was rough and loose limestone, which was carved into thin slices and carefully attached to the outside of the stone pillar... The ordinary professor had assumed that it was pasted with some kind of adhesive. (It is conceivable that ordinary professors have a wide range of ideas for linking ancient stone pillars to polymer adhesives that only appeared in this century.) If so, then the adhesive can be tested for carbon fourteen to determine its age.But this idea is not valid, because each piece of stone is inlaid with very fine handwork. A year has passed, and the general professor not only can't solve the mystery of the graphics and characters on the stone pillar, he can't even determine when the stone pillar was, it really makes him almost crazy! He began to suspect that it was some kind of prank, perhaps a colleague in the university who had malicious intentions towards him deliberately made such a stone pillar, making him think that he had obtained a rare treasure, but it turned out that he was insane and got nothing. Several times, he raised the sledgehammer, almost hitting it down, smashing the stone pillar into pieces.Once, the sledgehammer was really knocked down, but it was stopped abruptly before it hit the stone pillar. His condition is getting worse and worse, he mutters to himself all day long, and he seems to be no different from the madman in the madhouse.The university also gave him several serious warnings.He didn't have many friends in the first place, so many people were planning to take the position of head of his department. It wasn't until the appearance of one person that everything changed. Professor Ordinary looked very excited when he talked about this person. And his tone was full of gratitude, saying again and again: "It was he who rescued me from the mud, otherwise, I must have sunk in the mud!" The ordinary professor was in a desperate situation, and the man who suddenly found him was tall and thin, with pale complexion and an indifferent expression, and there was an indescribable gloomyness in his eyes.It seems that he not only sees through the world, but also sees through things other than life. The ordinary professor didn't intend to meet him at first, and had ordered his assistant to stop him... In order to avoid the secret being leaked, he only used a freshman as his assistant.But someone came to the assistant and said: "Tell the professor, I may have the information he has tried his best to obtain in the past year." There is no need for an assistant to tell you, as I also heard it from behind the door.Because although the voice of the visitor was not high, it was quite sharp, with a power that penetrated the body. After hearing this, ordinary people moved in their hearts and opened the door.He is small, and he has to raise his face so that he can look at each other with the visitor. When he met the gloomy gaze of the visitor, he couldn't help but feel a chill! The visitor still said in that sharp, cold voice: "My name is Gent, and I am a psychic." Yuan Zhenxia, ​​who has never made a big fuss or exaggerated his actions, when the ordinary professor narrated this point, he let out another "ah"!Moreover, Huo Ran stood up, waved his hand quickly, and signaled the professor to stop for a while.Because his thoughts are very messy, he needs to sort them out before accepting new developments. Gent, the psychic! Not long ago, Yuan Zhenxia met him and discussed human life with him and some other outstanding people (not ordinary people), and the scope of the discussion was extremely wide.Gent also asked everyone, what does "happy" mean?Another very strange term was proposed: "the secret recipe of happiness".At that time, everyone expressed their opinions, and there was no conclusion. Why did Gent have a relationship with ordinary professors? Professor General discovered the so-called "mysterious life". Leman Hospital is an expert in the study of life, and Gent, a psychic, has a research understanding of life that goes beyond the short physical life and touches the human soul.Although in this regard, he has not yet been able to specifically summarize any systematic theory, but that is always another layer of research! Everything is related to the mystery of life!