Chapter 18: Piercing the Skull
Ling Ke saw through the car window that the lintel of this ancient building read: Xing'an County Cultural and Historical Memorial Hall. In front www.biquge.info of the door of the pavilion, there was an old lady standing in anticipation, her gray hair fluttering in the breeze, and next to her, there was a little girl, who was about the same age as herself, and was also looking in her direction, while habitually biting her white fingers.
Due to the distance, Ling Ke couldn't see her hands clearly, and the reason why the word Bai Nen was used to describe her fingers was because this girl was so beautiful, she was wearing a floral dress, and her fair face was swaying lightly like a flower heart. That's why I imagined that her fingers should be as delicate and white as soft wattles.
The magic of evolution, the appearance of the fruit that Lu Ge admires, compared with this little girl 5 million years later, I don't know how many ranks are worse.
The three of them walked towards the old lady together, and the old lady trotted up excitedly and held Ling Ke's little hand with her old hand tremblingly. He looked up and saw that the corners of her eyes were full of tears, and he trembled his lips and said:
"Kid, you're here!"
Ling Ke stared at the little girl with the corner of his eye, admiring, and verbally responded: "Grandma." ”
At this time, he felt even more deeply that he was by no means a child, because at the age of seven or eight human beings, it is impossible to have such strong feelings for the opposite sex. But at the same time, I am a little worried, could it be that I am the same as my father, I am born with a backbone, so I have become a little rascal?
Mrs. Tao's name is Yang Zilan, and like Professor Tao, she is an expert in ancient civilizations. This is the introduction that Director Ma gave to him before going to the exhibition hall by the hand. This seems to reinforce the solemnity of what follows.
A staff member turned on the lights in the exhibition hall, and the dark environment suddenly brightened. He led the people to a huge box of glasses, and said to the old lady:
"Professor Yang, this is the fragment of the fossil of the Northeast Australopithecus, most of which was lost during the Cultural Revolution, and only so many remained."
"Okay, thank you. Ling Ke, you come and take a look, these fossils are probably related to you. Yang Zilan grabbed Ling Ke's shoulders and gently led him closer to the fossil, and through the glass, he looked intently inside.
Ling Ke saw that on the black flannel cloth at the bottom of the box, there was a length of adult tibia about 50 centimeters long, which was obviously much thicker and longer than the same part of the modern human body. There is also a parietal skull, several teeth, and several long fossils that look like ribs.
According to DNA tests by German experts, the fossils were from the same individual. However, the academic community cannot agree with Professor Tao Hongyuan's argument that it is a fossil of ancient apes, because it completely destroys Darwin's theory of evolution and is tantamount to reshuffling the history of civilization evolution. The work clerk introduced fluently.
"If you lose a card, you should wash it." Yang Zilan muttered.
"Auntie, can I take a look at the two stones inside?" Ling Ke made a request to Ma Junxiu that he thought only the director could agree.
Ma Junxiu hesitated for a moment and glanced at Yang Zilan, who nodded and said, "I've been waiting for thirty years, just to let him take a look." Director, make an exception. ”
Ma Junxiu looked at the staff, raised his hand, and said, "Open it." ”
Ling Ke faced the open display box, pointed to the two kinds of stones, and asked, "Can I take it and look at it?" ”
Ma Junxiu nodded, and the staff next to him brought a pair of white gloves, took Ling Ke's little hand, put it on for him, and touched the extra part on the front of his fingers, and said with a smile: "It's a bit big." ”
Ling Ke carefully grabbed the two stones, and as soon as he looked at them, he exclaimed "ah".
"This is Rugo's flint!"
Ling Ke's words immediately caused the emotions of the people present, especially Yang Zilan, who leaned down, supported his hands with both hands, and said in a trembling voice: "Is it true?" Are you sure? ”
Ling Ke looked at her and nodded, because yesterday, I personally fiddled with these two flints, and used them to rub out the first spark of human beings, and I also regretted that after this stone was snatched by Lu Ge, it turned into a treasure and degenerated from turquoise into a worthless flint.
Ling Ke pondered, and suddenly, in his sight, a black hole appeared in the center of the skull, and he hurriedly stretched out his hand and pointed to ask, "Can I take a look at that parietal bone?" ”
"Yes." This time, Ma Junxiu's answer was very crisp, and she was very much looking forward to Ling Ke's next exploration.
She saw Ling Ke put the stone in its place, reached over with both hands, picked up the gray-white parietal bone, and stared at the black hole in the middle.
When everyone was expecting Ling Ke's reaction and waiting for him to say his judgment, they were stunned to see him turn to the right, spit out a string of inexplicable bytes from his mouth, as if he was talking to something.
"Ling Ke, whose skull is this?" Lu Ge didn't know when, after the synaesthesia of the two, he quietly appeared next to Ling Ke.
With a wry smile, Ling Ke gave Lu Ge a taste of the black hole on the parietal bone, and said, "Eighty percent is yours." What could drill a hole like that in your head? ”
"You get out of the way a little bit of consciousness, let me in, I'll touch it." Rugo looked at the hole worriedly and said that he didn't like his death very much.
Everyone looked at Ling Ke's inexplicable performance in amazement, and saw that he was in a trance, and did not bother, but just took a step back timidly and observed quietly. Only Yang Zilan showed a smile on her face, and she couldn't help but bow her head in relief.
"I'm sure it's my skull, and I am convinced of the whole shape and feel, as well as the big bump left by the fight with my opponent on the right side." Rugo took turns touching his real skull and the stone bone several times in succession, and came to a conclusion.
"I trust your judgment! Because no one knows your own head better than you. Ling Ke said to Lu Ge beside him, "It's really unfortunate, what caused such a heavy blow that opened your parietal bone?" ”
"Mutants!" Rugo said fiercely.
"Mutants? What is Mutant? Ling Ke asked in surprise.
Lu Ge was about to answer, but was interrupted by Ma Junxiu, "Ling Ke, who are you talking to, can you tell me what you saw?" She asked, glancing in the direction he was talking to, and asked.
Ling Ke was silent, looked at Yang Zilan, and came to her side. The latter leaned down and brought his ear close to his lips.
"Grandma, this matter is very important, I can only say it to you alone."
Yang Zilan nodded and said to Ma Junxiu: "Director Ma, do you think this is good, I still have a document left by Lao Tao before his death, which is also about the fossil of the ancient ape." Can you bring this kid into my house and let me study it with him alone? ”
Although Ma Junxiu was a little reluctant, he still suppressed his curiosity for the time being, and said, "Okay, Professor Yang, I'll let Xiao Zhang send you over." ”
Yang Zilan thanked her, and after saying goodbye to Ma Junchang, she came to a community on Huan'an Road with the little girl next to her and Ling Ke, sitting on Santana from the Cultural Affairs Bureau, which was a residence that the government took care of and specially placed for her.