As soon as Stern said this, Donnie gave him a look of disbelief. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Professor Info and Anne were unmoved, just wanted to continue listening to his analysis that followed.

"I'm just making an analogy, because I did find the answer in these bones. But I think Professor Morrill knows better than I do, right? ”

Stern threw the question to the professor, and everyone turned their attention to the professor.

The professor pondered for a moment, and then understood what Stern was referring to.

"You mean these cultists already knew how to crack Stonehenge before they died?"

"Isn't it? They were Brahmans hundreds of years ago, and they legitimately wanted to go to this temple of reincarnation for sacrifices, how could they have stumbled upon this Stonehenge built by their own ancestors and then inexplicably trapped here like us? That means they must know this ancient road well! ”

"That's right, listening to your analysis, I also suspect that they should have known about this ancient path before they died, and followed the normal path to Stonehenge, but what happened after they came to Stonehenge? This always requires a plausible explanation, so what do you think these bones tell you about what happened? ”

The professor was very interested in Stern's analysis, a perspective that was fresh for someone like him who was serious and focused on physical archaeology.

Stern flipped Anne's notebook to the page with the Sanskrit translation of the stone lion statue, and said little by little

"Actually, we're pretty close! When you told me, Professor, that these disciples were in a state of cross-legged meditation at the moment before they died, I suddenly understood, how could ordinary people be so willing to die in the same place? First of all, they will definitely do everything they can to get out of here as we do now, even if they are trapped and die here, there are only three possibilities, the first is to starve to death here, if they starve to death here, then they will definitely kill each other for things and water, then the scene must be chaos.

The second is to have a nervous breakdown and die, because they can't think of a way to solve it, and eventually they have a nervous breakdown and die on the spot.

The third is that they already know a solution but can't do it because of the rules or other reasons, so they can only choose to meditate and ask their god to come down like this. Obviously the first two are unlikely, and only the third is the most in line with what these bones tell me. ”

"And what are their rules?" Donnie was dumbfounded as Stern spoke

The professor suddenly recited the Sanskrit lines

"When Shiva receives the bountiful bounty of the earth, the holy river will allow noble brahmins and devout followers to enter the holy city

Travel through the dark forest to be put to the test of the Dryad

Walk into the altar where Shiva was born and forget about the prosperity of the world

The wise man is born out of asceticism or meditation to create or destroy

He will wait for God to come

Guide the path of reincarnation

The gods can give light

The gods can spread darkness - this Sanskrit verse turns out to be a rule laid down by the Brahmins! The 'Tree God' in 'Through the Dark Forest and the Test of the Tree God' is the giant banyan tree we passed by! So after passing the test of the 'tree god', we entered the sign of the ancient road, which is the Linga stone statue in Stonehenge! And the Linga statue is a symbol of Lord Shiva, if they are believers in the Shiva faction, even if they know that the Linga stone statue is the key to the ancient path, but because of their faith, they may be swayed by this rule. ”

"Yes, that's right, so the next step they do according to this rule is - ascetic or meditative creation or destruction. Eventually, they chose to meditate. ”

For the first time, Anne saw a man who had performed reverse thinking so well, and this man was standing in front of her at this moment, and while admiring his thinking, she also began to take a great interest in this Brahmin "rule" that she had written down herself.

"Sergeant, according to you, these Brahmins died of 'meditation', what about 'asceticism'? And what about 'creation or destruction'? Why don't they have a choice? ”

Stern shrugged his shoulders and said, "I think you or the professor can explain this question better than I do, after all, I don't understand the meaning behind these Sanskrit words, and I only remember it because you showed it to me." ”

"To put it simply, 'austerity' is to torture oneself incessantly, which was a mystical practice of some folk sects in ancient India. If you put it in this Sanskrit rule, it probably means exhausting all your strength to find a way in Stonehenge, and this path Downey has tried, and only one of the geometric multiple paths is the road to the ancient road. So it's almost impossible to get out on this road. As for 'creating or destroying'......"

The professor thought for a moment and then continued, "I only know that in Brahmanism Shiva is the god in charge of destruction, and some religious texts portray Shiva as a god with both the functions of recreation and destruction. The Linga statue is just a figurative worship of Shiva, and I've studied this Linga statue as well, and I really can't find any special hints about it. ”

Stern thought that the professor could start to solve the secret of the Linga stone statue from a religious aspect, but he didn't expect that the clue would be broken when he got here. So he gathered his thoughts again. Continuing the analysis along the professor's train of thought: "So these Brahmins also know that 'asceticism' is unlikely, and that there is 'creation or destruction'. As for 'creation or destruction', would it be something to change the Linga statue? ”

"That's right! Isn't it because our compass failed because it was destroyed by the magnetic field of this Linga statue? Then I only need to destroy this Linga stone statue according to the apparent meaning of destruction, and I can get out of Stonehenge with the compass again! Isn't this a rule that these Brahmans who believe in Shiva are not willing to break! ”

Just when Stern was rejoicing in his discovery, the professor, who had been listening carefully to his analysis, asked coldly: "Sergeant Stern, do you think that destroying the stone statue can remove its magnetic field?" ”

"Why not, isn't it difficult? It's not just a stone. ”

After saying that, Stern walked up to the stone platform to see if the stone statue could be pushed, and found that it was tightly connected to the stone platform, and it could not be pushed at all, let alone destroyed.

At this time, Anne, who had been silent, spoke: "Theoretically, it is possible, and the magnetic field will weaken and disappear when heated to Curie temperature, but we don't know the nature of this magnet, and we don't know what temperature it needs to reach to disappear, so I think it's better not to act rashly first." ”

"Then it's easier! We brought fuel with us, and there were a lot of dead branches and leaves nearby. Why not just give it a try? Now that we've found a simpler and clearer way, do we still have to sit here and slowly study 'creation or destruction'? I'll go collect fuel first. With that, Stern immediately moved to collect the flammable dead leaves.

The professor actually disagreed with Stern's idea of destroying the Linga statue. On the one hand, the Linga stone statue is considered an ancient relic of great archaeological value, and on the other hand, if the compass is reused to get out of Stonehenge, as he said, then the expedition is likely to be terminated.

"Sergeant, if we don't have to wait any longer, maybe we will soon be able to come up with something better and better, after all, this Linga stone statue still has immeasurable archaeological value! You can't just destroy it! ”

"Professor, I heard you right! At the beginning, you said that the method of cracking was in my hands, and now we have finally come up with a method that we can try. Do you want to continue to sit here like these bones and 'meditate'? Or are you just trying to find a way to the temple of reincarnation? If so, I don't have that much time to go crazy with you! ”

"No, no, no, you misunderstood me, shouldn't you think about Kansa's idea? After all, Linga worship is also the native belief of the Khmer people! ”

As soon as these words came out, Stern also suddenly remembered that Kansa had come, he had not been in their cultural circle, and since entering Stonehenge, he had hardly asked Kansa what he thought of these religious relics established by their ancestors. He didn't really want to offend their beliefs, because there was a saying that the locals did not follow the customs.

So Stern stopped what he was doing and communicated with Kansa, who had been sitting not far from the stone platform without opening his mouth, to find out what he thought of the stone statue of the Linga.

Kansa told Stern that although there were Linga statues in their village, they only worshipped Buddha statues, and there were no taboos other than not being disrespectful to Buddha.

After listening to what Kansa said, Stern was relieved to continue collecting dead branches and leaves, and Kansa and Donnie joined in, and soon half-human-tall dead wood branches were piled up around the Linga statue.

Although the professor disagrees with Stern's approach, he has no good reason to stop Stern at the moment, and can only hope that the secret of the ancient path can be unlocked as soon as possible. Anne actually wanted to help, but as an archaeologist, she couldn't bear to destroy the antiquities, although she knew that burning would not necessarily cause damage to the Linga stone statue, so she could only accompany the professor to continue to think about ways to unlock the ancient path......

"Sergeant, do you want to wait any longer? I'm starting to look at Stonehenge a little bit of an eyebrow! ”