Chapter 8: The Wedge (8)
Luo Xiaonan, Luo Xiaonan, this name is really ugly. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Luo Xiaonan chattered in his mouth, picked up the archaeological shovel that he threw on the ground in a fit of anger, and pouted at the mentor who was meditating on the cat's waist over there, looking at the white clouds in the sky, when will this field excavation end? According to the idea of the mentor Uncle Luo, the area of tens of thousands of square meters here should be excavated, and the fatal thing is to rely on the two of them, one is an old man, and the other is a recruit who is out in the wild for the first time. The uncle's ambition was not affected by the bad weather in the slightest, and in fact, the uncle's mood was never affected by the weather. When the uncle once determines a direction or theory, there are no factors that can affect him. Uncle used his life's achievements to prove that paranoia is more effective in science, and he often thinks so. This is a problem, Luo Xiaonan is not like this, the uncle just asked him to become like this. In terms of the archaeology of alien civilizations, if the uncle thinks that he is the second authority in the world, then no one dares to say that he is the first. Luo Huzhi's name has become a benchmark in this field in itself. Luo Xiaonan is called Uncle Mentor, which is not wrong, because he is really his father's brother and half-brother. Luo Xiaonan's application direction was also chosen by the uncle, and his father did not agree with Luo Xiaonan's own choice, but completely followed the uncle's advice, although the uncle's suggestion was a few words to his father on the phone. How many times has Luo Xiaonan complained to his classmates about the badness of this major, but there is no way. Dad's reason seems to be very sufficient, uncle's career needs someone to inherit it. So why not a student of the uncle? Luo Xiaonan didn't get this answer, and it took many years to read it. From the beginning of learning to being the uncle's assistant, he continued to find and sort out the uncle's achievements and various materials, until now he has followed the uncle to the field.
When I first came out, I was very excited. It's much better than being in the office every day, in front of the computer. Although it is the Gobi Desert, the scenery is still there, and at sunrise and sunset, it can really arouse Luo Xiaonan's imagination and make her want to sing and write poems. Of course, in the end, she just remembered a sentence, the sun sets over the long river. This kind of leisure and elegance did not last long, and the mood was quickly ruined by working in an area with strong wind and sand every day. What makes people feel bad is that there is no excavation that has been found, digging on the left every day, digging on the right, but not finding it. Luo Xiaonan really couldn't see what cultural relics related to the archaeology of alien civilizations could be excavated in this area. Could it be that Uncle has watched too much on the Discovery Channel? No, he was originally a consultant on the Discovery Channel, so he still needs to watch such programs on that channel.
There was no result, and the uncle said that someone would come to join their team, and there was none. The two of them dug without any gain. In addition to being an assistant to the uncle, Luo Xiaonan also has to take care of the uncle's daily life, to put it bluntly, he wants to call this old man to eat and drink three meals a day every day. Emotionally, this is not a problem, before Luo Xiaonan followed the uncle to study, although he was rarely seen, the uncle often paid attention to Luo Xiaonan's growth. This may be because the uncle has never been married and has no children in his life. Uncle is very confused in his own life and often forgets a lot of things, which needs someone to take care of him. After Luo Xiaonan prepared the lunch simply, he called the uncle back to the tent. The uncle sat on the folding chair, clapped his hands and was about to act directly. Luo Xiaonan told him to wash his hands, but the uncle didn't listen, but mentioned another problem.
The uncle said that the direction of the excavation should be adjusted, and I am afraid that there will not be much gain if I continue to persist here. Luo Xiaonan pursed his lips and said that I don't think there is much gain, but there will be no gain at all. It's long overdue to change places, I'm tired of being here. The uncle didn't notice his emotions, but remembered something, he put down the bread in his hand and went to the information cabinet to look for it. Luo Xiaonan asked him what he was looking for, and he asked what he liked to say in his dreams before coming here. Luo Xiaonan was worried in his heart, Uncle is a person who basically talks in his sleep every night, which sentence is he referring to? Uncle said that sentence is about a dozen words, what a sentence with four fingers. It's really nonsensical, beyond Zhou Xingxing's language. Luo Xiaonan carefully searched for the uncle's dream words in his mind, but he didn't say it with no results, and he ruined the good mood at lunch. A bad mood can ruin an entire day, let alone an afternoon. Luo Xiaonan had a hunch that the afternoon might not be good, so she sorted out the garbage at lunch and began to wait for the uncle to give the order to shift the position. The uncle was still babbling about the question, and he was babbling around the small tent as he went. When Luo Xiaonan came out of the tent to see the weather, the uncle came out of the tent, looking as excited as a child, he said I remembered, that sentence is, four points to the sky, not far away.
It sounds like it's a bit of a mouthful, probably from the uncle in that ancient book. Speaking of which, the uncle is engaged in the archaeology of extraterrestrial civilizations, but he has never studied the moon and more distant objects, but based on the earth and studied the things of the earth. In the words of the uncle, the things on the earth alone are enough for human beings to study for a long time. Uncle believes that in the early years of the earth, this planet belonged to alien humans many times higher than our civilization. He was constantly trying to prove it, and the evidence was what he had unearthed over the years from the ancient texts for inspiration. The meaning of this sentence seems simple, that is, when four fingers point to the sky, the distance will no longer be far away. But what does this tell the story? The uncle muttered these words, regained his composure and returned to the tent, and when he was about to enter the tent, the uncle raised his left hand and pointed to the sky with four fingers. What a cute old man, Luo Xiaonan looked at the uncle's back and sighed in his heart. Four fingers? Wait, Luo Xiaonan thought, this action is so awkward, if a person wants to point to something, he can complete it with one finger of his index finger, and the other four fingers are all held. She tried to point to the sky with four fingers, and found that this action was not a simple point to the sky, but maybe it was some kind of ritual action, maybe it was just a gesture, like the sign language used by special forces.
It is no wonder that Chu Ci was spread in the southern region of the country for a long time in ancient times, and at that time uncivilized ethnic groups abounded, and the content of Chu Ci was varied, such as this sentence. Just guessing what half a sentence can be, not to mention that it may not be right. She returned to the tent and found the uncle pondering. The uncle didn't look at her, and directly asked Luo Xiaonan what he thought of this sentence. Luo Xiaonan said his thoughts, and after listening to it, the uncle patted his thigh and said Xiaonan, your idea is very important. I'll just say, you have the potential to do this, you have to believe in yourself. Where is this, Luo Xiaonan couldn't cry or laugh. The uncle stood up, gestured with the four fingers of his left hand, and pointed to the sky. Luo Xiaonan began to sort out the daily excavation records, looking at it, she began to see the words on it clearly, why is the light in the tent so dim? Look at the watch, it's only a little more than two o'clock in the afternoon, is it a dark cloud coming to rain heavily? Pull it down, the year-round precipitation here is not enough for a centimeter, where does the heavy rain come from? In addition to her tent, the uncle had already stood outside. The sky was darkening because there was a big gap in the sun. The uncle said that there was a solar eclipse, and they didn't pay attention to the recent news, so naturally they didn't receive the notice. Luo Xiaonan looked at the gradually changing sun and asked the uncle, will the sun really burn out in the end, and eventually the center will collapse and become a white dwarf? Uncle said this was still a speculation. Luo Xiaonan then asked, what will we humans do when the time comes? Uncle said that the existence of our human beings is more like an interstitial advertisement for the earth. There were no humans for a long time, then there were humans again, and then there were humans again. Everything has its plausibility to this universe.
Such a serious problem, in the uncle's calm tone, became an understatement. Luo Xiaonanxin said that this is a kind of rational height. The sun has only a narrow bright edge left. The uncle had already begun to continue thinking about the problem of his fingers, he climbed to the top of the Gobi Desert, raised his left hand to the sun, and gestured. Luo Xiaonan just climbed up behind her, and the uncle told her to go down again. Simply pick up the tools and get ready for transfer. Luo Xiaonan asked by the way, where to go. The uncle pointed to a location due west, and Luo Xiaonan noticed that that the place had already been out of the excavation area they had identified at the beginning.
didn't wait for the total solar eclipse to end, and the uncle and Luo Xiaonan began to hit the road. Those things were sent by helicopter, and there were quite a few of them. At first, I didn't think about the campsite to be transferred, so I didn't have to worry about the amount of luggage at all. Now that it's time to transfer, the uncle and Luo Xiaonan can only pick up the most useful things and take them, and leave the other things in place. Originally, it was going to send information about their transfer location to the rear base, but the equipment did not have a signal, probably because the eclipse affected the transmission of the signal. The uncle said that he couldn't wait too long, or the place would disappear by then. Luo Xiaonan had no choice but to leave a note in the tent, stating the approximate location they were going to, and set off.
It's like this on the Gobi Desert, it looks very close, but it walks far away. Stepping on stones of the size of his feet, the uncle's mood was very high, and he really convinced his old man. Luo Xiaonan gasped and asked the uncle, how could he be sure that he was in that place. Uncle said that this was because of his mysterious sixth sense, and many times it was the sixth sense that prompted him to achieve great achievements, oh my God, Luo Xiaonan couldn't believe it, this was an explanation given by a titan in the field of alien civilization archaeology, which was too unreliable. After sighing in her heart, she took a few steps to follow.
The Gobi Desert in the west also sets three or four hours later than other places. When the hour hand of Luo Xiaonan's watch pointed to nine, he arrived at the place where the uncle's sixth sense was determined. Nothing out of the ordinary. Luo Xiaonan looked at his watch and felt that something was wrong. Usually it was already dark at this time, why was it still bright at nine o'clock. When I opened the old-fashioned alarm clock in my backpack, I found that it was the watch that had been moving faster for more than an hour. It seems that the timing calibration of this network signal transmission is also unreliable, probably because of the solar eclipse. Human beings are really weak, and a simple solar eclipse in nature, one round and one missing, can profoundly affect human beings.
Simply put the materials he carried, and the uncle beckoned Luo Xiaonan to start working. Exploratory excavations began near an arc-shaped Gobi landform eroded by wind. In fact, the uncle just watched with his hands behind his back, and Luo Xiaonan followed the uncle's guidance, climbed up and down and began to beat and dig. The location of the instructions given by the uncle is not on a continuous route, it is often a hammer in the east and a stick in the west, this old man must have gone crazy, and he has to believe in any sixth sense, it is not that the solar eclipse has affected his thinking. Luo Xiaonan was digging and thinking to herself in her heart, almost laughing, she thought, if this is the case, the uncle is almost the same as a precision equipment. Knocking everywhere, all I hear is the sound of swishing, it's boring. Luo Xiaonan was so weak that he had to answer the uncle's questions, and the answer was two words, no. I don't know how many times she said no, but after she didn't say it, she lifted the geological hammer again. It was smashed down as if it were a struggle, and the hammer sank into the slag of stones. Then the sound of swishing came from nowhere, Luo Xiaonan didn't know why he reacted so quickly, and he didn't know why he suddenly jumped down. In short, it can't be explained, and it's too late anyway, she jumped from a high place to the uncle's side. The two of them tilted their heads and looked diagonally upward.
At the place where Luo Xiaonan jumped down, large and small stones and stone slag fell into a slowly expanding hole. After ten minutes, the entrance to the cave was no longer wide. It's about an oblique downward one, and the uncle discussed with Luo Xiaonan to go in and have a look. At first, the uncle had to go in by himself. Luo Xiaonan objected, she asked the uncle to answer outside, tied the rope and climbed to the high place of the Gobi. Sort out the lighting equipment and cameras overhead, try to communicate with the uncle, and everything is fine. Luo Xiaonan dragged the rope down the slope. Slowly sliding, she observed the hole. The color of these stones is very strange and looks disorganized, but after looking at it for a long time, it feels like it is deliberately set up. The hole is not very deep, and the rope is still very long, so Luo Xiaonan is in the end. She told her uncle about her situation, and after receiving instructions from him to pay attention to safety, she untied the rope. The hole looks like a small mouth and a big belly. There are many long strips of small arms on the inside. Luo Xiaonan picked up one with gloves and saw that it was actually hollow. Is this a tube? She picked up a dozen of different thicknesses in a row, and found that most of them were hollow, and only one that was slightly thicker was solid.
She was the only one here, Luo Xiaonan didn't stay long, she carefully used the camera to shoot every angle in the entire cave, and then packed more than a dozen of these tubes in a sealed bag, and climbed along the rope to the entrance of the cave. When she was about to reach the ground, she notified her uncle through a communication device. The uncle did not reply. Didn't the eclipse pass, she talked to her uncle ten minutes ago, no problem. Back on the ground, I didn't find the uncle from above. The uncle was standing in the place, and when he looked into the distance, Luo Xiaonan still didn't find the uncle. She called several times, but there was none. Coming down from a high place, she found the footprints of her uncle on the ground. In fact, there are only two footprints in this place, either Luo Xiaonan's or the uncle's. She followed the uncle's footprints forward, and the uncle climbed all the way over another piece of the next high, and the footprints disappeared.
The uncle's footprints are gone, but in the Gobi depression not far away, there are three circular potholes with a diameter of more than one meter, arranged in an equilateral triangle. The distance between the uncle's footprints and the triangle formed by the pit is about ten meters, what does this mean?