"What do you mean? With such a big cauldron, you can disappear if you don't see it?" Wei Dong asked in surprise.
"The Jiuding is an artifact passed down to the country. The ancients who believed in the gods and ghosts believed that whoever owns the Jiuding will be able to decide the world and become the ruler of the world to which the destiny belongs." The traces of Yu have created cauldrons from generation to generation. Therefore, these nine cauldrons became rare national treasures that the monarchs of all countries wanted to possess in the Warring States period when the world was in chaos.
"As for the whereabouts of the Jiuding, some say that the Zhou royal family was in financial distress at that time, and the debts were high. After the Jiuding was melted, the money was cast to repay the debt, and some said that the Zhou family's national strength was declining, and the King of Zhou was afraid of causing trouble, so he sank the Jiuding into the Sishui. Those who lied about Jiuding's disappearance to the outside world also triggered the famous historical event of Qin Shihuang's fishing trip in Sishui.
"But the most miraculous thing is the record in "Historical Records of Justice". It is said that King Zhao of Qin plundered nine dings from the Zhou royal family and returned to China. One of the dings suddenly flew into Sishui, and the other eight dings disappeared afterward. After that, Qin Shihuang sent thousands of people into the water to retrieve the cauldron, but in the end they found nothing. Since then, the Jiuding has disappeared from the world.
"Since ancient times, so many people have searched for the whereabouts of Jiuding for so many years, but they all ended in failure. There are only ten of us. If we want to find Jiuding out of thin air, unless God gives us a golden finger."
Everyone was silent for a while, only the sound of the crunching of the snow under their feet filled their ears.
"Goldfinger, we have it." Ke Xun suddenly laughed.
Everyone looked at him together
"I've always felt that only people like Yi Ran and Mr. Shao, who are truly talented, practical, and outstanding, can survive all the way in the painting." Ke Xun took a few steps forward, then turned around and looked at everyone. While walking backwards, he smiled in the hot white air he exhaled from his mouth and nose, "And an ordinary rookie like me is likely to get cold when entering the first painting.
"Then why am I still alive? Of course, I have body protection. But what about Dongzi? What about radishes? Everyone? Why are people who are obviously more capable than us dying in the painting, but we can survive
"It wasn't until today that I suddenly realized that we have always thought that we may be the most unlucky people in the world. This painting event did not choose anyone else, but chose us. Let us experience this terrible life and death situation. Who can be more than us? Bad luck? But what if we think about it from a different angle—
"Perhaps, we are actually the luckiest group of people in the crowd, so we can continue to survive in the world in the painting. If it is replaced by people who have no luck, maybe it is like the other people who have died in the painting. , was prematurely selected by the death rule and became the first and second experiment to verify the death conditions.
"It's like I met Yi Ran in the first painting I entered, why would I be separated from him when I was grouped by a cloth sash? Without him, I would have died the first night. So , it is my luck to meet Yi Ran.
"And, have you noticed? With so many paintings, in addition to the killing games that we can handle with our own ability, we are not the first to be selected for the death games caused by force majeure, just like the end. The painting "Restart", let me first ask, among us, who has the physique of sucking mosquitoes?"
Wu You, Fang Fei, Qin Ci and Wei Dong raised their hands.
"Look," Ke Xun spread his hands, "we stayed in the primeval forest for so long on the first day, why did no one get bitten by mosquitoes? Instead, Xiao Kai... became the first person to be bitten by mosquitoes, except for Tian Yang In addition to dying because of blood, the second person to be bitten by mosquitoes was He Tang, and those of us were still spared.
"-This shows what
"It shows that we are the very lucky ones! In addition to screening the real powerhouses, the behind-the-scenes power of the description painting is also screening for the darling of the hard-hearted and lucky - this is the golden finger that God gave us!
"So, with so many lucky people together, maybe we can really find the Jiuding made by Yu that has been lost for thousands of years!"
Ke Xun's remarks are like daigo, making everyone feel like an epiphany - yes! Fortunately or unfortunately, we have never tried to think in reverse.
Maybe everyone has been making a mistake all the time, that is, being blinded by negative energy and setbacks or suppressing optimism and positive thoughts, like good and evil, like black and white, yin and yang, many things are Two sides of one body, turning over the hand is joy, covering the hand is sad, but once we are blindfolded by the covering hand, we habitually close our eyes and bear the darkness obediently, but forget that as long as you try to open your eyes, what you can do at first glance What you see is a warm and powerful palm.
"I suddenly have infinite motivation now." Wu You waved his arm.
"I'm also very confident." Gu Qingqing was not so shy to say such encouraging words for the first time.
"I feel like throwing a snowball into the sky can smash a plane down." Wei Dong clenched his fists and raised his arms to show his muscles, but unfortunately only the soft and fluffy sleeves of the down jacket were displayed.
"But it can't be denied, it's still a very unfortunate thing to be sucked into the painting," Captain Ke has always been eloquent. No matter how lucky we are, this kind of luck still can’t resist the power behind the painting, but don’t forget, if there are two forces in the game behind the scenes, at least one of them is on our side. Since we are allowed to find the bones , and found the "Shan Hai Jing Tu", I think we will definitely allow us to find the Jiuding."
"No matter what," Shao Ling said, "everyone go back and have a good rest tonight, and we will continue to work harder tomorrow. I feel that we are already at the door of the decryption door, and we are just one last threshold. Crossing over is the truth. "
"Oh! Do it!" Ke Xunwei Dongwu You cheered.
After the snow danced a few turns in the air, it rolled in all directions in an instant.
The next morning, the entrants gathered again in the living room of Ke Xun's house.
The clue chain summarized by Shao Ling was printed out in ten copies and pinched in everyone's hands. The corresponding clue behind "The Burning Rhinoceros at Sea" was changed to "The Nine Dings Lost in Qin Dynasty".
"In addition to the clue chain in hand, what we now know is: I, Mu, Ke Xun, the rope pattern on the three people's bones is presumed to be 'Diwei', and the other people's bones are the Yu version on the Jiuding. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas"," Shao Ling wanted to sit upright in Ke Xun's lazy sofa, but he couldn't get up, so he had to paralyze on the sofa with a special Ke Xun-style uncle, "and we need to solve the problem urgently. Yes: where is Jiuding.
"If the legend that one of the nine dings flew into Sishui is true, then it would be very difficult for us to find the Jiuding. There are 30 large and small tributaries in Sishui, and there are five first-class tributaries with a drainage area of more than 100 square kilometers. Among them, carpet search, not to mention how much financial resources will be spent, it is difficult for us to meet the demand in terms of manpower.
"What's more, Qin Shi Huang's fishing trip is considered to have used the national power. We only have ten people. If we are properly engaged in fishing the tripod, I am afraid that all we do is useless. We have no manpower and no time.
"So if you want to find the cauldron, you may have to try your luck, as Ke Xun said. But even if you try your luck, it has to be within a certain range. This range is that we must first delineate the possible location of the cauldron as small as possible. area, and we need to be at least 50 percent confident that they will sink in Surabaya.”
"Actually, I thought about it last night," Ke Xun said, "The Jiuding is a real object that has been proven by historical facts, but what about the Earth Dimension? According to common sense, this thing cannot exist, but since this whole thing This is not in line with common sense, so let’s say that the earth dimension also exists for the time being, then where to find it? The ancients believed that the earth is square, but the reality is that the earth is round. Where do we go to find the four corners of the earth? And if the Earth Dimension is impossible to find, or does not need to be found, then is it impossible for Jiuding to find it, and it is also not necessary to find it?"
This remark made everyone stunned. Indeed, some of yesterday's inferences can explain Jiuding but cannot explain the earth dimension. If the earth dimension is not established, then the Jiuding, which is also a bone sign, should not be established.
"I would like to know why thirteen people are necessary," Zhu Haowen said. "If the origin of the event is "Shan Hai Jing Tu", it would be fine if only nine people were included in the painting? Why should there be four more people representing the Earth Dimension? People enter the painting? Does this mean that the earth dimension is an indispensable thing, and can it play a certain role if it is matched with the Jiuding?"
"This idea has a spectrum." Ke Xun nodded.
"As we said before, the role of the earth dimension was mentioned in Liezi Tangwen," Mu Yiran said, "The Gonggong clan and Zhuanxu were fighting for the emperor, and they were angry and touched the mountain of incomprehension. Tianzhu Zhe, earth dimension Absolutely. Therefore, the sky leans to the northwest, and the sun, moon, and stars are there. The earth is dissatisfied with the things, so hundreds of rivers and rivers return.
"From this description, it can be known that if one or two of the earth dimensions are broken, the earth will collapse, indicating that the function of the earth dimension is to keep the earth stable.
"And the Jiuding, engraved with all the phenomena of the Kyushu, can't be estimated in weight. The ancients believed that they had supernatural power and witchcraft blessings. , is the land of the world.
"Earth dimension and Jiuding are both related to the earth. The earth dimension is to maintain the stability of the earth. Jiuding and Dingding are probably used to control the land."
"That's right!" Ke Xun's eyes lit up, "This is consistent with the clue of 'Breaking the Earth' that the power of darkness is about to break through the ground and come out into the real world - maybe this Jiuding was used by the witch to suppress this What about an artifact of power! What do you think?"
Everyone nodded again and again, Wei Dong said: "This is connected! It may be like this: the power of darkness was originally controlled by these nine cauldrons, but during the Qin Dynasty, these nine cauldrons suddenly disappeared and were restrained by the earth. The power below is just around the corner and wants to rush to the world, this time—this time—”
Having said this, Wei Dong suddenly widened his eyes in horror and looked at the people in front of him: "At this time... the force of Jiuding is needed to suppress that power again, but Jiuding has disappeared, so... So there are people who entered the painting, The skeleton of the person in the painting is the pattern of mountains and seas on the Jiuding... So... So, those of us are actually... actually... The cauldron? We—we are the ones that disappeared—the Jiuding?”
In the past few days, everyone has been deciphering the clues and reasoning, and has been repeatedly shocked by the new inferences and cognition. The inference gave a stupefied mind blank for a while.
It wasn't until a long time later that Mu Yiran said: "This kind of argument is also possible, but I have another speculation. Why did the Jiuding disappear, this is impossible to know, since it is assumed that the function of the Jiuding is to suppress evil, then the original The person who blesses the cauldron with divine power or witch power must be a witch.
"If that dark force really wanted to break through the barrier and invade the human world while the Jiuding disappeared, maybe the mountain and sea patterns and Jomon patterns on the bones were specially selected by Wu, and then they were imprinted on the bones with Wu's power to replace the function of the cauldron. to quell that power.
"So, maybe everyone is not the body of the cauldron and the earth dimension, but just inherited a seal similar to the seal, which can play the role of the cauldron and the earth dimension."
"...Brother-in-law feels much better after saying this..." Luo Meng patted her chest hard and let out a long sigh.
"Of course, these are all speculations for the time being," Mu Yiran said, "and, if the bone seal is effective, what is the reason why groups of people who have entered the painting have continued to enter the painting for thousands of years? So, we are still Try your best to find out the whereabouts of Jiuding."
"But then, what does the world of Shanhaijing have to do with that dark force?" Zhu Haowen said suddenly.
"On this question, I feel that based on our current clues, it is difficult to clarify," Shao Ling said, "There is a saying that the images in the "Shan Hai Jing Tu" are actually related to witchcraft.
"For example, in "Overseas Southern Classics", the people of the Republic of China, the Kingdom of Long-armed, and the Kingdom of Jiaoshan, the people of the Kingdom of Yumen in the picture are wearing feather clothes, and the people of Jiaoshan are legs crossed. A gesture of extending the arms is exaggerated.
"The original version of "Shan Hai Jing Tu" engraved on Jiuding disappeared in Qin Dynasty, or some rubbings may have been passed down for some years, but in the process of passing down, it is easy for future generations to misinterpret its meaning or misread it. Its pictures, and then slowly there are many images of gods and ghosts in the text version of "Shan Hai Jing".
"But it is very likely that the characters in the Kingdom of Feather, the Kingdom of Jiaoshan, and the Kingdom of Long Arms were just ordinary people or witches from the beginning, and the images engraved on the tripod were actually ordinary people or witches doing witchcraft activities. It looks like they are wearing special costumes, dancing witch dances, and gesturing the movements of doing things. These exaggerated images and movements have been passed down for hundreds of years, and they have gradually gone out of shape, and have been passed down into people of a certain country who look like ghosts.
"So, maybe there is such a possibility - the world of "Shan Hai Jing Tu" may not exist, all its images are symbols of witchcraft, with supernatural power, what really exists is that hidden Under the dark power under the earth, the real role of "Shan Hai Jing Tu" may be to suppress evil and seal, and this entire event of entering the painting is likely to be the opportunity set up by the dark power to break through the bondage.
"I think the picture frame is the barrier that separates the black and white worlds. The world inside the painting may be what the dark power shows us, the appearance of that world."