Hearing Kirton ask like this, Lu Hua blinked blankly and said, "The author of this book? Didn't we already know that - called Mars? Bart: Ah. ”

Kirton said, "I mean, this Mars? What kind of person is Bart? Think about it, if he had the same abilities as the great prophet Nostradamus—such a strange man, there could not be no record of him in history, right? Why is Nostradamus a household name, and this Mars from the same country as him, or even with the same abilities? Bart is completely unknown? ”

"By the way, it's really weird to talk about it." Sean frowned, "This Mars? Why does Barthes's prophetic poem hide the year in the 'page number', but at the same time subtly hint at the time and place of the event in the verse? Is there any special significance to this attempt to cover up? Moreover, why does the content of each of his poems have to be expressed in some obscure way? There are some that can be written clearly - if he doesn't want people to understand them at all, why write these poems? ”

"Well, actually, I felt that way when I was translating." Lu Hua said, "I think the author seems to be in a very hesitant and contradictory situation when he writes these verses - he wants to show the content of his prophecy in the poem, but for some reason he has to choose a subtle, obscure way of expression." Seems...... He has a mood that wants to be known, but also fears to be known - why is that? ”

Lancy said, "What is he afraid of being known by?" Is the end of the world coming? But that doesn't make sense - 2012 is a long way from the era he lived in, and he has no reason to worry about it. Moreover, that 'doomsday prophecy' is probably the most straightforward of the poems he has ever written—it doesn't look like he's afraid of being known. ”

"Perhaps," said Kirton, "perhaps, there is an even greater secret hidden in this book of poems...... It's about how this author learned the secrets of these 'heavenly machines'. That's why he gives a warning and a reminder at the beginning of the book – 'Forbidden for human reading'! ”

Sean's fingers gestured in the air: "I see." The next step is to find out the relevant information about this author - maybe after solving the mystery of this author's identity and his insight into the secrets of the heavens, we can make a correct judgment about the 'doomsday prophecy' he wrote! ”

Lu Hua felt that his brain was like a rusty gear that couldn't be turned at this moment, and he asked in distress, "But, how do we go about finding this Mars?" What about Bart's profile? Do you look for them in the library, book by book? You know, finding the information of someone who is not famous at all is more difficult than looking for a needle in a haystack! ”

Kirton looked at him with wide eyes and said in amazement, "Lu Hua, why do I feel like you are still living in the Stone Age sometimes?" Enter that name into the search bar on your computer and look for it! Why not use the free resources of the Internet? ”

"Ah, yes, you can look it up on the Internet and try it." Lu Hua looked a little excited after getting the hint, but he kept calm and said, "But if it's too isolated people, you may not be able to find relevant information on the Internet." ”

"Anyway, let's try it first!" Sean walked over to his desk and opened his laptop.

Lu Hua reconfirmed the name on the cover of the poetry book and typed "Mars. Barthes". A prompt pops up on the page:

Sorry, I didn't find anything related to "Mars. Barthes".

Sean thought for a moment and said, "Type 'Mars' again?" Bart's transliteration. ”

Lu Hua quickly typed these words into the search bar, and this time several related web pages popped up. The four of them put their heads together and looked closely, and found that the pages featured a certain person named "Mars" and a certain person named "Bart", and that these people were football stars and fiction characters...... There's even the ridiculous "Mars Fitness Tea". Several people patiently looked through more than ten pages, and finally confirmed that there could not be the "Mars?" they were looking for. Bart".

Lu Hua closed the computer webpage in disappointment and sighed: "I'll just say, this person is too cold, and there is no relevant introduction to him on the Internet." ”

Lan Xi said unacceptably: "Impossible, such a strange person, is there no record of him in history?" ”

Lu Hua said: "Maybe there is. But our method of looking up on the Internet based on a name is obviously not working. Because the search page will only show the most famous people who appear under this name. People who are too remote and unknown cannot be found in this way - alas, there are some obscure historical books in the library - but the problem is that we have to look for them one by one, page by page, and we are afraid that we will not find them if we find the Year of the Ox! ”

Kirton lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "If we had narrowed down what we were searching in the library, it might not have been so difficult." ”

Lu Hua asked, "How do you narrow down the scope of your search?" ”

"If only we could know about this Mars? What era is Bart from, can't you just look at books or materials from that era? It should be a lot easier that way. ”

"But the problem is that there is no publication information or time on this book of poems, and we can't know about this Mars at all? What era does Bart live in? Lu Hua said.

Kirton pondered for a moment, grinning at the corners of his lips, "I think he must have been from the European Middle Ages—and at least he lived around 1500 AD." ”

The three of them looked at Kirton in surprise. Sean asked, "How do you know so well?" ”

Kirton pointed to the old book of poetry in Lu Hua's hand and said, "It's calculated according to it." ”

"What? No way? Lu Hua's face changed in surprise, "You can guess from the yellowing of the paper in this book just by looking at which year it was produced?" You wouldn't have studied archaeology yet, would you? ”

Kirton waved a finger lightly and smiled, "Who said I speculated through paper?" He stretched out his hand and took the poetry book in Lu Hua's hand, turned the first page, pointed to the "Cinq" below and said, "I calculated it based on this - Lu Hua, when you got this book that day, you told us that this 'Cinq' means 'five' in French, right?" ”

Lu Hua lifted the frame of his glasses and nodded, "Yes." ”

"Let's do a simple logical reasoning." "Imagine that the book we found is the fifth in a collection of poems, and this book covers a whole century from 1913 to 2012." We can deduce, then, that the first four books should be more or less the same – each book predicts a century, which is clearly carefully orchestrated by the author. If we extrapolate it in this way, we can know that this author will not be after 1512 at the very least. Otherwise, would this collection of books still be called a 'collection of prophetic poems'? ”

"Ahh Kirton, you're so smart! Sean exclaimed, "So we only have to look for Mars in the books of the fifteenth century (or introduction to the fifteenth century)?" That's it, Bart! ”

"I said I still have to go to the library to solve the problem!" Lu Hua stood up from the leather chair, "What are you waiting for, let's go!" ”