Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 262
[Chapter 262 Mysterious Symbol]
When Nina was about to run to the second floor to say hello, Duncan appeared on the stairs.
He heard movement from downstairs.
“Mr. Duncan.” Morris came to the stairs and looked up at the “captain” who was looking down, “I found the symbol you showed me in a document about the ancient kingdom of Crete… …At least very similar.”
Duncan noticed the slight bloodshot eyes and slightly swollen eyelids in Morris’s eyes. It was obvious that the old scholar had spent a lot of time searching for these materials, but there was a gleam of excitement in his eyes , the state of mind is extremely exciting-this is the look that you will have when you are immersed in research and finally achieve something.
Duncan glanced at Nina, Alice and others downstairs, nodded slightly: “You look at the store.”
Then he looked at Morris: “Go upstairs and tell me.”
The old man stepped on the door with the big book in his arms The stairs, old wooden steps creaked, and he followed Duncan to the master bedroom on the second floor—this was his first time in this place.
Judging from the living standard of a subspace shadow, this bedroom is a bit plain, but considering Mr. Duncan’s special “hobby” of “playing mortals”, this plain room seems quite normal.
Morris carefully controlled his actions, satisfying his curiosity while not making any unnecessary prying eyes. Duncan pulled two chairs from the side and motioned for the old gentleman to put the big book on the desk by the window.
“Tell me about your discovery,” Duncan said after sitting down, “What does that symbol represent?”
“As for its meaning… I don’t have a clue yet, I just found the most likely source of it, Morris collected himself, opened the seemingly valuable document, and found a page with a bookmark inside, “Have you noticed this location? It appears here.”
Duncan frowned slightly. He saw that the page was a picture, a rather exquisite hand-painted illustration, which should be a part of a large building, which looked like the main entrance of a palace, and the one with the hexagonal The frame and the symbol of the broken cross structure appear in the relief above the main entrance and occupy the center of the whole picture.
As for the content of the relief… It seems to be just some patterns with no meaning.
As Morris said downstairs, this symbol is in a very inconspicuous place-it is just a small decorative part of an illustration, and it does not even take up a tenth of the proportion of the whole picture. One of them is not specifically marked.
It’s really hard for Morris to find this book from piles of documents, and find such a corner from this book.
“I have a vague impression. I should have seen it a long, long time ago. Thanks to the blessing of the God of Wisdom, this ‘impression’ is still effective today, allowing me to find this ‘gadget’ ’” Morris explained, “this illustration is a facsimile, the original manuscript of which appeared in a document on the study of the architectural remains of the kingdom of ancient Crete, which is not at present in Plante, but I believe some of my Friends in the academic world should be able to help…
“Of course, even if there is no original manuscript, the content recorded in this book is still very useful. The ruins are located on an unnamed desert island, and the island mysteriously disappeared in a thick fog around 223 in the Xincheng state calendar. It should be a product of the ancient kingdom of Crete, judging from the decorations and reliefs on the surface of the building, the entire facility should be some kind of large-scale building with both academic and religious significance…” Morris said while pointing to the adjacent
illustration One page of text description, among the slightly yellowed pages, you can see the annotations written by the old scholars in the early years.
“This kind of relief with strong and deep lines and a large number of rhombus elements in the pattern are ancient Crete. The architectural characteristics of the kingdom, they advocate the architectural style with thick lines and a sense of strength, the main part of the palace buildings are mostly in the shape of various cuboids or pyramids, this building perfectly fits these characteristics…”
While listening to old Mr. Morris’ interpretation, Duncan’s gaze slowly scanned the pictures and words, and his attention fell on the hexagonal pattern in the center of the main entrance relief in the picture, his brows were slightly frowned: ” There is no specific interpretation of this symbol.”
“…Unfortunately, this document is only a general introduction, and does not involve a detailed interpretation of the details of the ruins,” Morris shook his head, “But again Unavoidable situation – the ancient kingdom of Crete has been around for thousands of years, and there are very few relics left by it, most of which are seriously damaged, coupled with the loss or “pollution” of various materials, it can be analyzed by later generations The knowledge is fragmented, and it should be difficult for us to find an article that specifically studies a certain pattern on a certain gate in the Old Kingdom…” “
Academic or religious facilities, the emblem at the entrance…” Duncan thoughtfully Rubbing his chin, “A group of ‘ascetics’ ten thousand years later, why do they carry a talisman from the ancient kingdom of Crete?”
He turned his head and looked at Morris: “Do you think it is possible to exist Is it the ‘Cretan legacy’ that has been passed down for 10,000 years?” “
…Someone said that serious scholars should not blindly deny any possibility, even if its probability is very small, but from my personal point of view, I think this It’s really impossible.”
Morris said cautiously while thinking.
“A group similar to ascetics, the number of people may be very small, and their activities are extremely secretive. They have experienced the chaos after the collapse of the ancient kingdom, the age of disputes, and the wars of the old city-states. They have been passed down for a full 10,000 years. It has not been discovered since ancient times… If this possibility is true, I am more willing to believe that they are a secret religious group that was only established in modern times. A certain symbol of the period was used as his own mark—the possibility is even higher.”
Duncan listened to the old man’s thoughts, hummed noncommittally, and glanced at the written materials again.
In the materials, there are some passages that obviously quoted the records in the original manuscripts, describing the few words left by the group of explorers more than a thousand years ago:
“…It stands in the center of the island. The main building and the surrounding outbuildings almost occupy the entire island. It seems that the island was specially built for this building… “…The main material of the building seems to
be Stone, but tougher than stone, pale in color, the soldier tried to carve out one of the wall bricks with an ice pick, and it took a lot of effort to succeed… When the ice pick hit the wall brick, there was an exaggerated flame, and the broken part of the wall brick had a silver gray color. texture.
“There are a few small islands near the island, all of which are desolate, with sparse plants and few bugs… There are no buildings left, maybe there used to be, but the scale is too small and has been swallowed by time…
” … On the evening of the third day, the small boat patrolled the island and found that a collapse point above the water surface had been submerged at some point, but there was no sign of high tide… The nearby sea area began to fog up, and the pastor had something bad A hunch, after praying to Bartok the god of death and seeking enlightenment, he advises us to stay away from this island immediately. Duncan
looked directly at the end of this quotation, and saw that the author of the document recorded this:
“On the seventh day after the expedition team withdrew, the fog dissipated, and another team arrived near the sea area. islands. “
Duncan couldn’t help feeling a little regretful.
“It’s just been swallowed up by the thick fog…” He sighed softly, “It sounds like the result of the collapse of the border. “
“It looks very similar—but back then there was no mature technology of the Holy Emblem Beacon, and there were not enough accurate observation methods. Several abnormal phenomena, including the collapse of the border and the phenomenon of ‘fog swallowing’, were easily confused. “
“Fog-eating phenomenon…” Duncan recalled a little, and then found the corresponding knowledge in his mind-he has been supplementing this knowledge through books during this time, “If it is really the fog-eating phenomenon, then this island still has It may briefly reappear in the world in a similar thick fog in the future, but it seems that there are no records of this aspect handed down.
“It is true, but it is also possible that relevant information has been lost. ” “
Duncan hummed, and his fingers brushed the illustration involuntarily, brushing the small broken cross mark on it.
“This picture…shouldn’t there be a possibility for the copyer to ‘play freely’?” He suddenly asked worriedly.
“I don’t think so,” Morris replied immediately. “This is a very rigorous document. The creators of the illustrations and the editors of the original documents are all academic authorities with rigorous names. When leaving these materials, they would rather Leave the ambiguous places intact to future generations, and will not make any “supplementary adjustments” without evidence, or in other words, even if they make adjustments, they will definitely specify the corresponding in the remarks. The situation.”
“Is it true…”
Duncan muttered softly in thought.
(end of this chapter)
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