Chapter 81: Numbers
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As soon as Captain Zhang said this, everyone looked at him.
Khitan?
"Don't talk nonsense, although I haven't seen Khitan script, I also know that the Khitan script is created with reference to Chinese characters, and this symbol doesn't look like it at all. Lao Niu looked at Captain Zhang with some doubts.
Captain Zhang did not answer directly, but lay down, carefully observed the symbol for a moment, and said affirmatively: "This is the Khitan script, the ancient Khitan script." ”
Li Xun asked, "What does this mean?"
Captain Zhang said, "It's not interesting. This is a number symbol that represents six in the number. ”
"Six?"
"What does six mean?"
“……”
Suddenly, there was a lot of discussion, and they were all a little confused.
Expert Xu seemed to suddenly have an understanding, and hurriedly said: "Is this a reminder, go up, or count six steps down?"
As soon as the brains of this expert were opened, it was immediately impressive.
It's just a word to wake up the dreamer.
Without anyone to command, everyone hurriedly took this 'six' as the central point, counting six steps up and six steps down. Then I started groping and searching for the steps. There is a search along the sixth step and along the cave wall and the top of the cave.
But after a while, he returned disappointed and found nothing.
At this time, Xiaobao opened his mind again: "Could it be a multiple of six? Up or down, count two sixes, or three sixes, or six six thirty-six?"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone also felt that it made sense.
Hurriedly divided into two groups, one to count up, one to count down.
Even Li Xun joined the search queue, found the node of the multiple of six, and sniffed with his nose to see if there was a special smell.
However, I counted to a multiples of six, but I still found nothing.
Lao Xu sighed: "Forget it, I misunderstood." The meaning of this six may not represent the number of steps, right? It should be written by the ancients to play, right? Or, just like today's building materials companies like to number materials, this is the sixth step?"
Captain Zhang shook his head: "No, it makes sense." It must be meaningful, and it's not just about numbering. Because this is a convex and concave number on the steps. This is what it means to be the most important. You may not understand the customs of the ancient Khitan, this form of carving, that is, it represents a very important meaning. This six, should be a very important signal. ”
"Then what do you mean by that?" asked Lao Xu.
Captain Zhang froze for a moment, and said, "I don't know." ”
Lao Xu sighed: "Alas, it's better to go straight down from that water hole, it's a big deal to send a small submarine." Suffering from this bird's sin, he didn't even meet the shadow of the snake, so he let the rat bite it first, and then lost himself in the ground. ”
The morale of the crowd began to be a little low.
Human beings are born with a natural fear of caves and a fear of darkness, and now they are trapped in this underground and can't get out, and they don't dare to walk around.
Li Xun pursed his lips: "No matter what, you have to seize that glimmer of hope." The road in front is forked, two holes, one left and one right, and you are allowed to choose which one to choose. If you stop here, you will never be able to get out, and if you keep walking, there is a great chance. ”
It's also the same reason, it's impossible to stand here and discuss it, and go out by yourself, right?
"Let's guess boxing. I win and go to the left, you win and go to the right. Lao Xu had fun and continued to play guessing boxing.
Li Xun nodded.
After a move, Lao Xu smiled again: "Can't you win me once?" haha...... Ah, oops. ”
When he smiled, the wound on the crotch of his pants hurt, and he screamed in pain.
But no one laughed at him, the eldest brother didn't laugh at the second brother, except for Li Xun, everyone had bite marks on their bodies. glanced at Lao Xu, and there were not a few people who had their crotch in their mouths.
This time, it was Captain Zhang who led the way, and after Li Xundian, a large group of people chose the unfamiliar cave on the left and walked in.
After walking for about ten minutes, Captain Zhang suddenly exclaimed: "There are words again!"
Everyone hurriedly surrounded them, and sure enough, a raised stone block appeared on a stone step, a concave symbol. It is the same type of character as the symbol just now, but the shape is different.
Lao Xu asked, "What does this mean?"
Captain Zhang said: "It's still a number, it's still an ancient Khitan script, which represents the number eight." ”
"Eight?"
"Oh, my. ”
"Are these ancients sick, making them so brain-burning? ”
"What does eight mean?"
"Why don't you follow the multiple of eight and look for it according to the stone steps?"
“……”
Again, the crowd was divided into two groups, with the symbol eight as the central point, and spread out to both ends, according to verses eight, sixteen, and twenty-four......
All the way to finding the tenfold of eight, which is verse 80.
The result was still like 'six', and nothing was found.
But at this time, everyone did not dare to be careless.
Li Xun suddenly said: "There are so many caves here, isn't there a number on the stone steps of each section of the cave?"
Lao Xu nodded: "There is this possibility." ”
Li Xundao: "Keep moving forward." By the way, from this point of eight to the center, we go forward, and there should be a fork in the road ahead. Start counting from this section and count before you reach the fork in the road to see how many stone stairs there are. ”
Everyone promised, and began to walk forward slowly, counting 1234 from this section with the symbol eight, and counting when stepping on a stone staircase.
After walking for about twenty minutes, someone in front of me exclaimed, "Fork in the road!"
From the perspective of everyone, there are still two forks in the road. One left and one right.
At this time, Li Xun suddenly opened his mouth and said in a deep voice: "Eight hundred stone stairs!"
Xiao Bao flew out and landed on Li Xun's shoulder, and his voice became very low: "If the symbol eight is on the stone steps in the center of the entire cave, then there are a total of two eight hundred stone stairs in a section of the cave. It adds up to 1,600 stone staircases. If we assume success, we will encounter a fork in the road for every 1,600 stone stairs. ”
Xu Qianyun also said: "This hypothesis is very likely, a stone staircase is about 30 centimeters wide. If there are 1,600 stone stairs in a section of the cave, then the total length is 480 meters. In ancient times, this was the length of a mile. ”
Li Xun guessed with Lao Xu again, and waved his hand after finishing: "Continue to walk the hole on the left, and count the steps from the first section of the hole." If our assumption is correct, then by verse 800, there will be a number. ”
Captain Zhang still took the lead, holding a strong flashlight in his hand to shine on the stone steps under his feet, counting and watching as he walked.
At this time, Lao Xu suddenly said: "We started to go down, this is the step down." ”
Kindness?
Everyone was stunned, and their expressions suddenly became extremely rich.
"Alas, I've had enough. ”
"What the hell is going on in this cave. ”
"When we came, it was all the way down. Then, when you go back the way you came, even if you go wrong, you are indeed going all the way up. Why did you get here, and start all the way down again? Not only are there forks in the road in all directions, but it's also up and down, is this a three-dimensional maze?"
"Old Niu, didn't you say that this is a karst landform? Didn't you say that it was washed out by a flood?
The old cow said embarrassedly: "But this is really a karst landform, what am I lying to you, I don't know what happened to it......"
Li Xun interrupted: "Go down, go down, there is no other choice." Keep walking, and stop arguing about these meaningless things. ”
The crowd continued sullenly and began to walk as they counted the steps.
When he reached more than 700 steps, Captain Zhang, who was walking in front of him to open the way, suddenly exclaimed: "Numbers, sure enough, there are numbers." This number is the eight hundred and one stone staircase. The whole cave actually has 1,600 stone stairs. ”
Li Xun rushed forward and hurriedly asked, "How much is this?"