Chapter 61: Deadly Symmetry
Then we came to the location of the momosa, and only found a pair of footprints. We followed the footprints all the way onβ΅ and it didn't take long for us to find a pile of burnt marks.
"Look!" At this moment, Quiet suddenly exclaimed in fear.
"What's wrong?" I asked hurriedly.
Quietly trembling, he said, "What is this?" β
I immediately ran up and picked up the bushes and grass, and in the bushes and grasses, I threw a messy pile of garbage. I flipped those things out in the same way, and my mood sank suddenly.
The motor, the motor housing, and the gears, and a bloody garment.
These things are all ours, and even the clothes are Li Xueqin's.
"Why did they steal from us?" I asked.
"It's not our thing," he said. β
"Huh?" I looked at Quiet in wonder, "How are you so sure?" β
"When I came, I watched." Quietly said: "Our things are still in place, this is their things." β
Li Xueqin said: "How is it possible? That's a coincidence, isn't it? They also came ashore with a device like guΓ²? To be honest, I don't believe it. β
"But I really see that our things are still in place, and they can't have transported our things here so quickly," said Quietly. β
In fact, the idea of quiet is the same as mine, and I also think it is impossible.
But is it really a coincidence? I don't believe it at all.
"Look around." I said, "I'm sure I'll find some clues." β
We immediately searched around. It didn't take long for Li Xueqin to discover the clue.
On the sand next to it, there is something drawn with a simple outline. Looks like a jar or something.
I hurriedly asked Quiet to take a closer look.
After observing quietly for a moment, he hurriedly said: "Although the outline is very simple, many small details are protruding, I think this is likely to be the Warring States Square Pot." β
"Warring States square pot?" I wondered, "How are you so sure?" β
"There's an inscription on it." Quietly said: "It shows that this is the Warring States Square Pot." β
"That's weird." I wondered, "Why are they painting such a thing here?" β
"Could it be their purpose, to come to this thing?" Li Xueqin asked.
"I know, this Warring States square pot is a national treasure. How could it be on this desert island? More importantly, if they were really looking for this thing, why didn't they erase the traces after marking it? This is exposing their purpose, committing taboos, and a bit unreasonable. β
"I think." Quiet said, "Maybe they're prompting us of something." β
"What can you tell us?" I stared at the Warring States Square Pot for a long time, but I didn't see a reason: "Did you sue us and ask us to find this thing?" If you find them, they'll give us money? β
Quietly asked, "Do you know the origin of the Warring States Square Pot and the Warring States Yuan Teapot?" β
Li Xueqin said: "If you have anything to say, just say it, I don't read much, don't ask me." β
Quietly said: "The Warring States Square Pot and the Warring States Yuan Pot are actually a pair. It's just that for some reason, the Warring States Square Pot and the Warring States Round Pot rarely touch each other. Once they come together, there will be great calamities. It is rumored that this pair of national treasures actually controls China's atmospheric fortunes. Once two things come together, it will change the fortunes of China. β
I looked at the silence in disbelief.
Quiet continued: "It's true, there have been several times in history alone. Not to mention far away, just talking about modern times, the explosion of Prince Gong's Mansion accelerated the demise of the Ming Dynasty, that is, someone gathered two treasures together. Japan's invasion of China was also due to the fact that some Japanese gathered two national treasures together. These two things have always been regarded as hoodoos, and now there are people looking for the Warring States Square Pot, trying to bring the Warring States Square Pot and the Warring States Yuan Pot together, you say...... What the hell are they doing? β
Li Xueqin gasped: "It's not as mysterious as you said." What kind of bullshit does this have to do with the war of aggression against China? Wasn't the war of aggression against China for Japan's prosperity in Greater East Asia? β
Quietly said: "I said it all, it is to change the country's luck." For example, if you want to hit someone, there are a total of ten targets, and it happens that one of them has been unlucky and unlucky recently, so you choose to hit him. There is such a thing as luck, and it can't be explained clearly in a few words. β
I'm kind of a believer in the quiet words.
"Then according to what you say, the Warring States round pot is in the other party's hand?"
Quietly nodded: "That's right." β
"Grass." I said angrily, "What the hell are these grandsons doing? Maybe it's a foreigner making trouble. β
Quietly said that it is useless to say anything now, it is better to find them first and ask for clarification.
I said that with the three of us, and the two of you female patients, it would be difficult to find them.
Quietly, let's make some weapons. The other side certainly has no weapons.
Right. I immediately nodded: "I made two wooden arrowheads, but I left them by the fire. Let's do a few more. β
Li Xueqin suddenly patted me on the shoulder: "What you said, isn't this it?" β
I immediately turned my head, and Li Xueqin was showing me an arrow made of wood with a frightened expression.
I was taken aback: "You...... Where did you get that? β
Li Xueqin said: "It's in the grass." β
I was taken aback and quickly took a closer look.
Unexpectedly, when I saw it like this, I was suddenly surprised. Unexpectedly, the surrounding environment was exactly the same as the place we stayed in before, and it can be said that it is not bad at all.
Could this be the same place we used to be?
Impossible, absolutely impossible. I shook my head, the place where we had come ashore before was on the south side. But now we are clearly in the north, how could it be the place where we stayed before?
But why is the environment, and even the details, exactly the same as where we stayed before? What's going on here?
Li Xueqin was also a little scared, and said: "Have you noticed that the environment here is exactly the same as the place we stayed in before." β
I took a deep breath and said to Li Xueqin, "Don't panic yet. I think there's something strange about this. Have you ever felt that the south and back sides of the island are actually symmetrical? When we came here before, we found that from south to north, it gradually increased, and the trees gradually flourished from south to north. When you go to the middle, from north to south, the terrain is gradually decreasing, and the number is also from north to south, gradually becoming sparse. β
Quietly and dullly nodded: "I also feel that this island is actually an oval." And it is also a regular oval, with the possibility of zΓ i symmetry. β
Li Xueqin smiled dumbly: "Then don't sue me, in order to seek symmetry, this island has also found a symmetrical object for us." There are three other people on the island who are always symmetrical with us? β
I scratched my scalp, yes, it's not scientific.
If that's the case, we'll never meet them unless we get to the middle of the island.
As soon as the idea came out, I decided to give it a try. Although the idea is indeed terrifying.
Because what does it mean? On behalf of me, I subconsciously accept that there are three more guys on the island who are exactly the same as the three of us.
Thinking back to the previous events, the place overgrown with herbs does seem to be in the middle. If I collect some, then the other party will definitely collect some as well. That's why I feel that herbs have become very few.
There are also various previous indications that the other party is indeed three people.
There is also a force on the island that we don't know about, which replicates us all over again.
Replicants? I find this idea ridiculous.
Unexpectedly, Quiet agreed with my approach and said that it was necessary to give it a try, otherwise we would have to wander around the island forever.
I looked at Li Xueqin.
Li Xueqin looked worried, and said Don't look at me, I have no ideaβ€ I will go wherever you go."
After thinking about it, I finally made up my mind to try my luck in the center of the island, in case I did run into those three "bad guys" who copied them.
Just as I was about to act, Quiet suddenly stopped me and said, "Wait, I suddenly feel that there is a third team on the island." β
"How?" I was taken aback.
"There is a pattern of the Warring States Square Pot here, but this pattern is not left by us. Out of the principle of symmetry, if there is a pattern of the Warring States square pot here, then we must also have the pattern of the Warring States square pot over there. β
"So, this Warring States square pot was not painted by the three people who were symmetrical to us, but probably by the third team on the island. Maybe the three people who are symmetrical with us are also having a headache for this pattern at this time. β
I nodded, and it was.
"It's not easy to tell?" Li Xueqin said: "Let's just go over it?" β
"yes, that's a good idea." I said, "Well, what if we run into three people in the middle of the ground who are symmetrical to us?" β
"Stupid, won't walk through an asymmetrical point?" Li Xueqin said.
"So what do you think is asymmetrical?"
No matter where we walk from, we will always meet each other at the point of symmetry.
But this thought, it's wrong again, if no matter what point we walk by, we will run into each other, why didn't we meet each other when we came?
In this case, the rule of symmetry is asymmetrical again.
The more I thought about it, the more chaotic it became, and finally I gritted my teeth and said, "Damn, I can't care so much, if we really run into them, let's do it with them." If you can't do it, you can run to the center. In order to maintain symmetry, the other party will definitely become one with us. β
"Two into one?" Li Xueqin was taken aback.
"It's just a metaphor." I said, "Anyway, if we have to be symmetrical, we will never meet each other except in the center, like a mirror." β