Anne's attention was withdrawn from the notebook, and she replied to the person next to her with flickering words: "Oh... Well, the professor and I found some Sanskrit texts that I couldn't quite understand. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Anne looked around unnaturally, and then at the professor who was doing research on the other side of the wall.

"I don't know if I should tell you about this, but this event was organized by the professor, and only he knows a lot about this ruin."

Stern also knew that when the professor approached him half a month ago and hired him to be the guide of the expedition, he told him that this was an expedition organized by the professor himself, and he did not say what the expedition was at that time. It had been more than three years since Stern fled from the battlefields of South Vietnam to Cambodia, where he had been hiding in Phnom Penh and making a living by doing some scalping business. I never thought that anyone would find him as a guide, probably from some of his business associates. After all, his identity as a special soldier is sometimes difficult to hide, but this time he felt a little incredible, because the place they came to was too remote, and it didn't look like a place that could be visited by ordinary expeditions.

"I think being your guide for this expedition is enough to surprise me, especially in such a remote area of primeval forest. I don't know what you scholars are thinking, but those who dare to go to such a primitive and remote place are either explorers or border arms dealers, and it is certainly not a fair expedition anyway. But as part of this expedition, I have an obligation to know if the destination of this expedition is a huge treasure trove or a secret arms trading site, eh? ”

Stern asks Anne in an American humorous way, hoping that Anne will answer his questions, but not too bluntly, since they are not very familiar with each other.

Anne looked at Stern on the other side, and said with some displeasure: "Sergeant, although our investigation is not very formal, it is definitely not what you said, I just think that the time is not yet ripe, or even if I say it, you may not be able to understand." This is a special expedition to archaeology, and most of it is a plan developed by Professor Morrill. ”

"Besides, we are still in the early stages of research about the Angkor Dynasty, which was founded by the ancient Khmer people. Mouau's discovery is only a hundred years old, and our study of the history of this dynasty has only begun in the past few years. If you're going to let me tell you what the professor is looking at, I can't really say. But what I can be sure of is that the professor is only interested in the historical civilization of the Khmer people, not in treasures! ”

Stern looked at Anne's serious expression, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Okay, I got it." I just want you to tell me about what is written in Sanskrit on that tablet and what you know, that's all. ”

"Okay, then I'll tell you everything I know—the professor is looking for a temple built by the former Angkor king of the Angkor dynasty in the ninth century."

Anne then continued, regardless of whether Stern understood what she was saying or not: "When Professor Morrill went to Mount Kulen half a year ago to do a archaeological project on the age of the relics, he unearthed a remnant tablet in a river, which vaguely pointed out that to the east of the temple of Preah Vihear there was a place called Devarajasa Sansa Sābhara, which was the place of reincarnation of kings and brahmins. He felt that this was a significant archaeological discovery and immediately reported to the agency that provided the project to find the place and conduct archaeological research. At that time, there were frequent uprisings and turmoil in various parts of Cambodia, and the agency was worried about the impact, so it only replied that there was insufficient evidence and did not approve it. However, the professor has not given up the study of this inscription, and has been looking for relevant materials and began to plan this expedition. Just half a month ago he told me that everything was ready, until a few days ago we got together and set off and came to this place. ”

Devarajas, Sansangha, Sālo Bula... What kind of place is it? Stern listened quietly, but he didn't understand the meaning of the words.

"I don't know very well, but according to Sanskrit, it probably means the reincarnation city of the king of the gods. And the Sanskrit inscriptions we found on the stone statues today seem to prove that we are in the right place. So saying, Anne showed him the notes and annotated them under a passage in Sanskrit:

Seven waterfalls descend from the sky to form a sacred river that flows endlessly

The holy river was intercepted by the almighty Shiva and became a sacred lake for the Brahmins to bathe in the afterlife

The devout believers erected tall walls, built magnificent temples, and built towering altars

Cultivate succulent melons and fruits, raise spiritual animals, and please the gods who have come again

The kings of the world embark on the road to death

Through the choice of the lotus, through the endless darkness, through the unquenchable karmic fire

Accept Shiva's test and reach the temple of rebirth

The gods go through endless reincarnation to receive the dance of Shiva prepared for them by the Brahmins

When Shiva receives the bountiful bounty of the earth, the holy river will allow noble brahmins and devout believers 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 the coming of God to guide the path of reincarnation

The gods can give light, and the gods can spread darkness

Mortals who step into the land of the gods will be cursed by the omnipotent Shiva

The demons devoured his flesh, and the Naga sucked his blood, and the Asura cut off his head

Will he eventually see the destruction of Brahman?

Stern struggled to read, but he had always been a straightforward person: "What do these words mean?" Why is it engraved on the stone statue? ”

I don't know what these words mean, but the following notes are the basic meaning of my translation, Sanskrit is the written text of Sanskrit, the language used by the Brahmins during the Khmer Empire to remember events and communicate with the 'gods', which may be related to the fact that their religion was influenced by ancient India at that time was Brahmanism, because Sanskrit was used by Brahmanism in ancient India to worship gods and record religious ancient texts. Therefore, this script is also only used by the Brahmins in India, and the average Khmer people still only use their Khmer script. ”

"Then why is there a question mark after the last sentence?" Stern noticed that there was not a single punctuation mark in the entire Sanskrit translation, except for the last sentence.

"That question mark is a question I had during the translation process, and according to the meaning of this sentence, it should be a Sanskrit curse warning of what will happen to those who try to enter here."

But this question mark is because I don't quite understand what kind of circumstances would have seen the destruction of the Brahman, because the Sanskrit tablets of the temple have never recorded such a curse. So this also proves the importance of this place to the Brahmins who built this place. ”

Stern suddenly remembered something when he heard the curse, and his face suddenly darkened with the firelight: "So you are actually worried about this curse today?" Like the curse of Tutankhamun's tomb? ”