Chapter 4: The Gendayans
'What do these words mean?' I've heard of Atlantis, but I don't have the slightest impression of the other three civilizations mentioned in the article. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
The girl with two ponytails looked at the huge blue-black door in front of her, frowned slightly, and finally said the first words since she entered the mission and even her entered the academy.
Her voice is very good, as if the spring water is flowing through, and at the same time there is a faint sweet charm, like a mineral water brand with a sweet aftertaste.
"These are the four civilizations recorded in the Mayan culture before the 'present world', among which the full name of the Mesopotamian civilization should be 'Mesopotamian civilization', also known as the civilization of the two river basins. It mainly refers to the civilization that developed in the Mesopotamian plain between the 'Tigris' and 'Euphrates', and the most famous representative of this is the 'Sumerian civilization' born in the lower reaches of the two rivers, the first civilization to create 'cuneiform'. ”
Su Cheli looked at the blue-black door tightly while continuing to explain to everyone in a deep voice:
"Also, the group of people we met before are all Mayan people, and there happens to be prophecies in Mayan culture that the 'present world' we are currently living in is the fifth solar age, and the first four solar ages correspond to the four lines recorded on the door, as the Mayan chief said, these should be a kind of 'ritual' embodiment in Mayan culture."
When everyone heard this, they immediately focused their eyes on Su Cheli's body, and the girl with two ponytails also glanced at Su Cheli with an inexplicable meaning, and asked in a deep voice:
"How do you know that? I'm afraid that this knowledge is not something that ordinary people can memorize just by 'daily hobbies', right? ”
Su Cheli felt the skeptical gaze of everyone back, and responded: "My name is Su Cheli, and I am a student majoring in folklore at Kyoto University in Japan, so I have a certain understanding of folklore history and other aspects. ”
After speaking, Su Cheli turned his gaze to the double ponytail girl, the meaning in his eyes was self-evident, and the double ponytail girl saw this, and still said expressionlessly:
"Ye Xiaohan, squatting at home."
Six words, so short that it can almost be said to be simple, and Ye Xiaohan kept silent after saying this, it didn't seem like he was saying anything.
"Chen Hong, a senior at Xinyang High School in Henan."
"Wang Qiang, Hubei ......"
Seeing this, the other three also introduced themselves one after another, and in this way, after a brief self-introduction, the five finally had a 'preliminary' understanding of each other.
"So, now we are all 'teammates' on missions together, and I hope we can help each other."
The man with glasses lifted the glasses on the bridge of his nose and expressed his kindness to everyone with a friendly face, but everyone knew that there was no way to help each other, and it was a great blessing that everyone could not secretly stab each other in the absence of sufficient trust and understanding of each other.
It's like two people who don't know each other and encounter a hungry bear in the wild, and the difficulty of getting the two of them to fight the bear together is much more difficult than the difficulty of the two of them desperately trying to escape.
After all, if you choose to run desperately, you don't need to run faster than a bear, you just need to run faster than another person.
"Yes~, we are all grasshoppers on a rope, but we have to help each other~!"
"Yes, yes, that's right~!"
The man with the dyed hair said words that he didn't even believe in without disobedience, and even the female high school student seemed to suddenly forget what had just happened, and echoed the words of the man with the dyed hair with a kind face.
Su Cheli didn't have the time to play this kind of boring game that was superficially attached, after all, he and the others were still followed by a terrifying 'killing machine', and it had been about two minutes since everyone entered the 'Feather God Sacrifice Tower', which meant that in about two minutes, the terrible 'hunter' named Weah would enter the 'Feather God Sacrifice Tower' to start the 'hunting game'!
Therefore, Su Cheli ignored the 'sympathy' of the man with dyed hair and the man with glasses, and directly stepped forward to touch the huge blue-black door, and then kicked his legs, and his hands began to slowly exert force-
Squeak~!
The blue-black door was actually pushed open by Su Cheli without hindrance, and everyone was stunned when they saw this, even Su Cheli was slightly stunned, because he originally thought that this blue-black door would be the symbolic mechanism that the Mayan chief said, and it was a level that could not be directly pushed open.
As a result, the huge blue-black door was slowly pushed open without hindrance, and as the blue-black door was gradually pushed open, a somewhat dazzling light shone into the dim passage, making everyone's eyes squint slightly by this stimulation, and after the eyes adapted to the light, the scene behind the blue-black door also entered everyone's field of vision.
It was a large, open, temple-like hall, surrounded by lights that were much brighter than the passageway, so that when people entered, they felt the light a little harsh.
The blue-black stone walls are painted with murals depicting all kinds of strange things, and if you look closely, you can see that there are not only short figures with three eyes, but also depictions of monsters, rituals, and even abstract things. Moreover, because the stone walls are blue and black, the murals are mainly colorful and the materials are very 'heavy', which makes them look particularly permeable under the bright lights around them.
The blue-black stone pillars connect the ground to the zenith, and the pillars are also carved with their own intricate ornaments, and the connected zenith is like a sundial, engraved with a disc-shaped pattern like an hour watch. There are a total of eight convex triangles around the disk, which seem to symbolize 'time' or other meanings, and in the center of the disc is a pattern in the shape of a human face with a sticking out tongue, exactly the same as the center of the pattern that Su Cheli had seen on those Mayans before!
At the end of this temple-like space is a 'three-way intersection' that forks in the road, with a total of three blue-black passages standing quietly at the end of the line of sight.
At this moment, it seemed that Su Che's move to push open the door triggered the pre-set mechanism, and a mechanical sound came-
Karakala~!
The bright lights that were originally hanging around were instantly extinguished, and the disc-shaped lines on the zenith suddenly became 'bright', and in an instant, they became 'torn apart', and they split apart like tangrams, revealing the white moonlight that reached the sky at the top of it.
The soft and elegant moonlight sprinkled down, because it was not like being shaded by trees in the forest, so this time the moonlight appeared bright and bright, directly through the half-cracked ceiling on the blue-black ground spread a bright white lattice.
Everyone was shocked when the mechanism was first activated, thinking that it had touched some terrible trap, but after waiting quietly for a while, they realized that it was a false alarm, and they breathed a sigh of relief.
However, Su Cheli looked at the original blue-black rock wall floor that had turned into a 'black and white palace grid' due to the lights going out around him and the zenith moonlight, and his delicate brows furrowed involuntarily, as if he had thought of something, and lowered his head in deep thought.
"Let's go~! That Weah may be catching up~! ”
Seeing that there was no trap triggered, the man with glasses hurriedly urged.
The dyed man and the high school girl also felt that it made sense when they heard this, and just when they wanted to step towards the 'fork in the road' at the end of the space that looked like a temple, Su Cheli hurriedly said to stop:
"Don't move anyone~!"
The dyed man and the high school girl were suddenly taken aback, hurriedly stopped their steps, and then looked at Su Cheli with puzzled and somewhat angry eyes. Especially the man with dyed hair, he almost made a fool of himself after being startled by Su Cheli, and his stomach was suddenly full of anger, especially after seeing Su Cheli's handsome face that was not much more handsome than himself, and thinking of Su Cheli's dazzling identity as a 'Kyoto University student', the surging anger was suddenly added with a heavy layer of fuel.
"What the is your name, you explain to Lao Tzu why it's called, otherwise Lao Tzu wants you to look good."
The dyed man said angrily as he clenched the machete in his hand, and he naturally chose this kind of weapon that often appears in street fights in Hong Kong films.
Seeing this, Su Cheli pursed the corners of his mouth, and held the handle of the Tai knife that was diagonally behind him without moving, he didn't mind giving the dyed man in front of him a memorable lesson, but-
After thinking about it again, Su Cheli still did not choose to use force directly, but explained:
"I told you not to move because I found a hidden trap."
The reason why Su Cheli didn't choose to do it immediately was because it was not suitable for internal friction now, after all, there was a terrible 'Weah' behind him, and to deal with him, he had to gather at least the strength of everyone, and it was very likely that he would kill more than one or two people if he formed a fight, so it was really not suitable for internal friction and reduced vitality at present.
At least for now, the goal of the five trainees is the same - to complete the task, so after more familiarity and understanding of each other, they may try to carry out some low-difficulty cooperation to deepen trust, and the time before they are chased by 'Weah' is to leave time for themselves and others to run in and become familiar and generate trust.
When the dyed man heard this, he held the machete in his hand and pointed at Su Cheli and asked, "Really?" You didn't lie to me? ”
Su Cheli's face was slightly cold, and he didn't take care of the dyed man, but explained to the other three by himself:
"Remember the jargon carved on the door? The first sentence at the beginning is 'the civilization of Gendaya fell to the earth under the light', and the meaning of this sentence is that the "light source" is the "source of evil" that destroys the "Gendaya civilization". And if you look at the murals on the rock walls around this temple, the human figures depicted on them are obviously much smaller than the monsters, objects, and environments on the same fresco. Obviously, the human figures on these murals are all 'dwarf-shaped', and coincidentally, I've heard a little about the 'Gendaya civilization'—"
"The 'Gendaya Civilization' is the first solar age in the Mayan records, and I remember that the instructor in charge of teaching at that time once said that according to the records of the Mayan ruins, the Gendaya people are only one meter tall and have three eyes, and they look like dwarfs!"
As he spoke, Su Cheli pointed to the murals depicting depicting dwarfs on the walls around him, and continued to everyone:
"So, the dwarves depicted in the mural are 'Gendayans'! And this space is a space that symbolizes the 'Gendaya civilization'! Therefore, the moonlight that falls from the zenith is the 'source of disaster' that represents the destruction of the 'Gendaya civilization' -- 'the Gendaya civilization fell to the land under the light'! ”
"Therefore, we must not step on those places where the moonlight is shrouded, which should represent the jargon of 'the fall of the earth', and if any of us step on it, then it will lead to terrible consequences! And these institutions should be what the Mayan chieftains called 'symbolic organs' - they all have symbolic meanings, so the act of passing them is itself part of the 'ritual'. Therefore, it is a symbolic ceremony! ”
After saying this long paragraph, Su Cheli turned his head and looked coldly at the man with dyed hair, and said in a mocking tone:
"That's why I told you all to stay still, and if you step on those 'light grids' and cause the 'earth to fall', everyone will die because of your stupidity."
The dyed man's face suddenly turned red when he heard this, and he retorted in an unkind tone: "How can you be sure that what you said is true? What if all this is just a matter of thinking too much about you? ”
Su Cheli laughed out loud: "Do you think that mechanism that was triggered when we opened the door was just to cast some moonlight so that we could look a little 'emotional' when we passed through this room?" Or do you think the Mayans made this mechanism just to show off their ingenuity? ”
The man with dyed hair was furious, picked up the machete and wanted to coerce Su Cheli, but Su Cheli saw this and gently held the knife on his back, at this time, the high school girl seemed to suddenly open her mind, and persuaded the two:
"Don't argue, Senior Su is right, all the signs before can be in line with the logic of his remarks, so let's move forward according to what he said, don't delay any longer. I'm afraid that 'Weah' is about to leave, so let's hurry up and get through here. ”
It seems that after being intimidated by 'Weah', at least the high school girl no longer talks nonsense like a mistake, and she seems to have a good impression of Su Cheli, and I don't know if it's because of Su Cheli's good appearance, or because of his outstanding reasoning, he even called the 'senior' on his own.
Of course, Su Cheli probably won't have any thoughts about high school girls, so she is destined to be just wishful thinking.
"Cut~!"
The man with dyed hair saw that there were steps under him, and that 'Weah' had indeed put a lot of pressure on him, so he didn't pester Su Cheli anymore, but turned around and walked towards the three-way intersection at the end of the temple after disdainfully 'cutting'.
Su Che narrowed his eyes slightly, he didn't want to have internal friction because he was going to try to 'save' this temporary team, so he forced himself to explain slowly, but the performance of the dyed man behind him was too disappointing - irritable, self-righteous, and liked to express himself.
Even if such a teammate is given to Su Cheli for nothing, Su Cheli will not dare to be with him, let alone work together with him to deal with 'Weah'. Therefore, he simply didn't care about the face of the dyed man in the back, if the high school girl didn't come out to persuade him just now, he would definitely give the dyed man a 'good look'.
"It seems that since the group fight won't work, you have to rely on the 'mechanism' to design the 'Veah'......"
"Otherwise, there is no chance of winning at all."
Su Che secretly turned this thought in his centrifugation, and followed the dyed man in front of him and began to walk towards the 'black and white palace grid' reflected by the falling moonlight, while the others behind him also followed closely when they saw this.
Ye Xiaohan's gaze stayed on Su Cheli for a short moment, then he looked away again, carefully observing the surroundings, and followed the team on the black grid in the 'Black and White Palace Grid'.
Because only part of the zenith is 'cracked', there is not much moonlight scattered, so there are not many white grids, and they can't even be connected into pieces, so as long as everyone pays careful attention, they should not be able to step on the white grids.
"It seems that this level should be considered passed....."
Just when Su Cheli was walking steadily on the black grid, and his heart was also turning with such thoughts-
Kala~!
A sound came, and Su Cheli turned his head to look in the direction where the voice came from-
The man with glasses seemed to be 'stunned', and his right foot was firmly on the .......
Moonlight on the white grid!