A flash of inspiration
But there was no time to dwell on it now, because the bus we were on had already reached its destination. After we got out of the car in order, a solemn, calm and restrained high-rise building standing in the southeast was like a giant lion that was dominant.
This building sits in the north and faces south, symmetrical from east to west, with the overall architectural style of three doors and four columns, and the gate style of the bronze tripod is its magnificent and unique significant representative. This majestic and outstanding perfect structure exquisitely embodies and expands the traditional aesthetic elements of classical Chinese architecture, and is the harmonious unity of strength and beauty, which can be called a classic work in the past dynasties. Although the praise of the building itself can be heard endlessly, it is particularly superior in terms of its majestic majesty that overlooks the world, enough to make the onlookers gasp, so that everyone seems to be half short at its feet.
If I just come here to see and admire, then I will definitely enjoy it. But today is different from usual, I am about to tell the truth to the director of the hall of the Department of Security Affairs, to tell the truth, I really want to bury this big secret in my heart forever, I really want to live in this world carefree, I don't want to step into this building, but the cold reality is cruelly and mercilessly besieging the fragile me, I have no choice but to step into this majestic building that goes straight to the sky with my companions.
The building is so quiet that it seems that a thin needle can be easily heard. We went to the information desk on the side of the lobby and asked for a detailed inquiry about the office location of the Director of the Security Affairs Agency, and then took the elevator directly to the office of the Director of the Security Affairs Agency on the 20th floor, and then went to the reception room of the Security Affairs Department under the guidance of the Secretary of the Director to wait for the Director's visit.
Unexpectedly, only a few minutes later, Raymond, the director of the Department of Security Affairs, hurried to the reception room where we were. As soon as I entered the door, he seemed a little surprised to find that there were several other companions around me, but he immediately regained his usual expression.
He seemed to have anticipated that I would definitely visit, but it was just a matter of time or time, so he didn't say anything at all, and just got to the point. "What are you going to give me?"
I honestly took out the three curly rolls of paper from the small tin box and handed them over.
He took it, carefully unfolded it, and carefully looked at the small scrolls of paper. It took a long time for him to turn his gaze from the small scroll of paper to mine.
"You've handed it over too late, and there's already been a tragic accident."
"yes, I really didn't expect anyone to shoot in a non-factional block just to get these characters."
He interrupted me with a wave of his hand. Then he asked, "How did you get these three little scrolls?" ”
"I ······ It was given to me by an old fortune teller when I was a child. I suddenly felt that my lie was not telling me well, so I quickly changed the subject, "Oh, by the way, a good friend of mine has a new perspective on these little notes. Then I turned my attention to Doug.
Doug didn't expect me to turn to him so quickly, and he was a little nervous, "Hmm······ That is true. I think these characters are very similar to the writing symbols left over from the ancient Deansi people. The reason for this idea is that this ancient, but now decayed and extinct people, is the only family that likes to list characters in a grid. Whether it is the record of important events or some records of daily life, they are keen to arrange these things in a neat grid, and it is especially worth mentioning that in their characters can often witness the shadow of the red tape of Chinese character writing, which shows that they are very appreciative and awe of the ancient oriental civilization. As if that weren't enough, they also spared no effort to mix and match some special symbols and number symbols, which made people feel a new and strange and mysterious charm, which is also their ingenious skill in using characters. In fact, the ultimate reason why they do this is to use and play with intricate symbols to show their unrivaled profound wisdom. ”
Raymond listened with his chin on his hand, but there was no expression on his face.
"So I think we can start researching the Nine Scripts of the Deangsi people to see if we can decipher these ancient characters."
As soon as Doug finished speaking, Raymond jumped to his feet, freed himself from the restraints of his chair, and stood up, but did not take up the conversation again, but hurriedly shook off the phrase "Wait a minute", and disappeared from the reception room with the small note in his hand.
It didn't matter if he left, we didn't see him again for four hours. The secretary prepared drinks and snacks for us, reassured us not to worry, and then served us a lunch of six dishes and one soup, the meal was really good, and we were bored eating and tasting and killing time. In fact, now we are neither afraid nor willing to go, because we all want to know why these characters can cause such an uproar, and what their mysterious meaning and function are.
Time passed slowly like an old ox dragging a plow, hour after hour, and when we all felt that waiting was hopeless, Raymond finally showed his head. He was obviously too hungry to do anything, ignoring no one, and first devoured the food brought by the secretary. When the storm was over, he wiped his mouth and hiccuped for a long time before returning to work.
Raymond's eyes returned to a sharp and alert state, and he stared at Doug, "You said you would solve this mystery?!" ”
"I ...... I'll try! There's an 80 percent chance I'll be able to decipher the characters on these three little slips of paper. ”
"Then you can try it!" Raymond handed Doug three character stickers that had been copied onto a piece of A4 paper.
After Doug took the copied sticker and the pen and paper from his secretary, he began to concentrate on his work. The scene was silent, and several of us were nervous, all eagerly hoping that he would make a breakthrough. But what surprised us was that Raymond actually sat in a chair and picked his teeth leisurely, none of us thought that behind Raymond's pretended relaxed appearance was a very anxious heart, but he did not even reveal the slightest anxiety. It seems that as the head of a hall, he must have the style of sitting firmly on Mount Tai, strategizing, and being able to afford to put it down in order to be truly conscientious!
In fact, only a very small number of people know about this important case involving characters was placed in a conspicuous position on Raymond's desk as early as a year ago, after nearly a year of hard tracking and careful investigation by the deciphering team, some character symbols that are beneficial to cracking the case have been intercepted, and there are many characters whose decryption speed has also made a qualitative leap. Originally, Raymond's idea was that after obtaining these three small notes, it would definitely be of great help to crack the case, and it would be possible to complete it, but what he never expected was that after he handed over these three characters to the technical staff of the secret team, after repeated research and analysis by the technicians, and after analysis and argumentation at all levels, there was still an intermittent accumulation of some words, and even more confusing than the previous results.
Although Raymond has faxed the copies of these three characters to the department in the fox hunting team of the Public Security Department that is responsible for deciphering special characters, and entrusted them to assist in the investigation, but after all, it is far from quenching his thirst, and his sense of racing against time prompted him to think of the boy Doug who is sitting in the reception room now, Doug didn't say that he has an 80% hope of being able to decipher the characters, maybe he can give it a try, just take it as a multi-pronged approach, and become a dead horse doctor! He has made up his mind, and now he can only wait for good news, hoping for a good outcome.
The reception room was silent, and only the rustle of hard writing was heard. In just a few moments, Doug had filled a dozen sheets of A4 paper. On the white A4 paper, some of them drew square tables, some drew round tables, some were just some concise and bright numbers, while some were complicated and cumbersome words, and even more, there were several villains with different movements lying on the paper. Alan and Bennet helped put the finished paper in place so that Doug could compare it at any time.
Two hours passed quickly, and while we were all still unfinished, Doug suddenly dropped the ballpoint pen he was holding, and he lay on his back in his chair, one foot fluttering back and forth unconsciously, and his eyes were wide open, staring intently at the spotlight on the ceiling. Several of us knew what his gesture meant------ and we were using our brains and thinking hard. We've had the privilege of seeing Doug's contemplative posture before, and although he doesn't do it very often, we all remember it vividly. As long as he is in this state of thinking, his consciousness and his senses are at odds with each other. Although we see that his big bulging eyes are always staring at the spotlight, and we think that he must feel the pain and pain in his eyes, but in fact he does not even have the slightest sensory perception, which may be a little problem of the wise man who is too focused when thinking about the problem.
Suddenly, Doug sat up straight again, leaned forward, looked at Raymond eagerly, and said, "This method of deciphering abstract logical thinking is certainly wrong. I used a variety of four-dimensional latest deciphering methods such as skip reading, follow-up, up and down, left and right, left and right oblique hanging, cross mutual sensitivity, punching and shrinking the tail, etc., all failed, but I have to say that in the process of decryption, I found that six out of ten times this anagram appeared in the head or up and down and left and right rotation of the character change difference mark, this kind of hidden mystery signs all point to an extremely rare spell, and I only a long time ago in a book called "Extreme Secrets" I have seen a few words about this spell in old books. Although the book was dilapidated, and some of the chapters were damaged or missing, the pages on which the spell was recorded were still there, and I had the advantage of reading books that I could vaguely remember the composition and ratio of the potions needed to perform it. But ······"
Doug stopped talking abruptly and stared at Raymond, who stared at him as well, and the two of them looked at each other like that. None of us had expected Doug to stop halfway through his words, so we all pricked up our ears, eager to hear what was going on. And I was even more anxious, and although I still sat in my chair, my toes were standing on my tiptoes because of anxiety. In less than a stick of incense, Doug finally opened his mouth again, and at this time he had already brought out a little bit of a state in his chest, "The potion required for this spell contains a series of strong oxidants such as hydrochloric acid, selenic acid (H2SeO4),* and nitrosyl chloride, which can be imagined as corrosive. I'm 90 percent confident that I've configured this potion to decipher these three characters, but there's still 10 percent uncertainty. Once this potion is used to dissolve the small paper scrolls, there is no turning grass to eat. If you succeed, you're done, but if you don't, you're completely ruining those three characters, and there's no hope of surviving them. ”