Chapter 878 - 839: The Ancient Loulan Book
At this moment, Miss Lili also came over,
She looked at the strange and convoluted characters in the book, feeling very difficult to distinguish, and said:
"Brother Zhao Rong, think of a way quickly to read out these characters..."
The beautiful Yu Lan thought with an open mind and said:
"Brother Zhao Rong, is there a translation machine that can turn these ancient Loulan characters into modern text for us to read..."
The beautiful Xuelian took a magnifying glass out of her pocket and enlarged the text in the book, saying:
"Brother Zhao Rong, Miss Lili, the beautiful Yu Lan, assistant, have you noticed that the characters of the ancient Loulan kingdom look very similar to the cuneiform of ancient Egypt..."
The assistant further discovered illustrations within the ancient book,
He pointed to a drawing that looked very much like a UFO and aliens and said to everyone:
"Brother Zhao Rong, Miss Lili, the beautiful Yu Lan, the beautiful Xuelian, have you noticed that the drawings in this book look very much like aliens and the UFOs they pilot...
Is it possible that aliens came from outer space and annihilated the bustling ancient Loulan kingdom..."
Just as everyone felt very powerless as to how to interpret the book’s text,
Zhao Rong pointed to a package falling from the sky and said:
"Miss Lili, the beautiful Yu Lan, the beautiful Xuelian, assistant, don’t worry because I have purchased an ancient text translation machine from the Paradise Shopping Cart..."
Upon hearing that Zhao Rong had brought back an ancient text translation machine from the Paradise Shopping Cart at the fastest speed,
They were all eager and said:
"Brother Zhao Rong, quickly take out this machine and translate the contents of this ancient Loulan book...
So that we can uncover the mystery of the disappearance of the ancient Loulan kingdom..."
Miss Lili stepped forward, opening the package while saying:
"Brother Zhao Rong, is the ancient text translation machine particularly like Wenquxing, a simple and portable learning tool?"
After the beautiful Yu Lan opened the package, she was surprised to see a makeup mirror inside,
She found it hard to understand and said:
"Brother Zhao Rong, didn’t you say you bought an ancient text translation machine from the Paradise Shopping Cart? Why is there a makeup mirror in front of us..."
The beautiful Xuelian also couldn’t understand, picked up the makeup mirror, groomed her eyebrows, then said to Zhao Rong:
"Brother Zhao Rong, how can this makeup mirror translate the text in the ancient Loulan book?"
The assistant was rather anxious and said:
"Brother Zhao Rong, if you cannot translate the text in this ancient Loulan book, we won’t be able to uncover the mystery of the disappearing ancient Loulan kingdom..."
However, just as everyone was anxious and skeptical about Zhao Rong’s purchase of this makeup mirror from Paradise Shopping Cart,
Zhao Rong immediately took the mirror and aimed it at the ancient Loulan book, smiling as he said:
"Miss Lili, the beautiful Yu Lan, the beautiful Xuelian, assistant, you don’t understand, what I bought from the Paradise Shopping Cart is not a makeup mirror but an ancient text translation machine, its scientific name is the translation makeup mirror..."
Upon hearing the term translation makeup mirror, Miss Lili bit her lips, unable to comprehend, and said:
"Brother Zhao Rong, can you not joke around?
How could a normal makeup mirror translate the ancient text in this book?
Moreover, these characters are neither hieroglyphs nor Arabic letters, nor English or Latin alphabets, and cannot be recognized at all..."
The beautiful Yu Lan took the makeup mirror, studied it carefully, then shook her head and sighed, saying:
"Brother Zhao Rong, this mirror is not any high-tech thing,
because its material is very simple,
and there is no high technology contained within,
how can you say it’s a makeup mirror capable of translating ancient text..."
Before the beautiful Yu Lan could finish speaking, Zhao Rong immediately aimed the mirror at the sunlight and then at the ancient Loulan book.
At the moment Zhao Rong aimed the mirror at the ancient Loulan book, a miraculous scene occurred.
The strange and convoluted characters in the ancient Loulan book instantly appeared in simplified Chinese characters in the mirror.
While Zhao Rong was pointing at the mirror, he said to the three beautiful ladies and the assistant in front:
"Miss Lili, the beautiful Yu Lan, the beautiful Xuelian, assistant, look closely, this mirror, when it shines on the ancient Loulan book, instantly converts those strange and convoluted characters into simplified Chinese...
Come over and see, you definitely recognize these characters now..."
When Miss Lili saw that the broken mirror in Brother Zhao Rong’s hand actually perfectly translated those strange characters in the ancient Loulan book,
She immediately admired Zhao Rong and said:
"Brother Zhao Rong, who could have thought you are truly brilliant, using a very ordinary mirror to magically translate these bizarre characters,
Now, I want to see what this ancient Loulan book really contains, and whether it reveals the secret of the destruction of Loulan city..."
The beautiful Yu Lan was already impatiently starting to read the simplified Chinese characters in the mirror.
She saw that the ancient Loulan book recorded,
more than 2000 years ago, Loulan city was a prosperous metropolis with abundant water and grass and a large population,
She couldn’t help but be extremely amazed, saying:
"How time has changed, who would have thought the previously bustling ancient Loulan city has turned into the current wasteland..."
The beautiful Xuelian was even flipping the ancient Loulan book to the last page,
Eager to know the answer, she said:
"Brother Zhao Rong, quickly use the translation makeup mirror to shine on the last page of the ancient Loulan book,
I am especially eager to know the answer, especially eager to discover the secret of the vanishing Loulan city..."
The assistant stepped forward, took out his phone from his pocket for live broadcasting, saying:
"Dear viewers, please follow my broadcast number, I am now live broadcasting the historical mystery, the eternal mystery, the vanishing secret of Loulan city..."
However, when Zhao Rong saw that the last page of the ancient Loulan book only had four words written,
He felt extremely surprised and said:
"Why does the last page of the ancient Loulan book only have these four words... ’Da Xiang Wu Xing’..."
Miss Lili immediately asked Brother Zhao Rong to explain the meaning of ’Da Xiang Wu Xing,’ she said:
"Brother Zhao Rong, what does ’Da Xiang Wu Xing’ mean?
Quickly explain it to us..."
The beautiful Yu Lan opened her phone and searched Baidu for the meaning of ’Da Xiang Wu Xing,’ while telling Miss Lili, she said:
"Sister Lili, the meaning of ’Da Xiang Wu Xing’ seems to be that particularly grand and magnificent things often appear shapeless, just like the idiom ’Great Wisdom Appears Foolish,’ where the smarter a person is, the more foolish they seem..."
The beautiful Xuelian then gave a very standard answer, she said:
"’Da Xiang Wu Xing’ is a Chinese idiom meaning deliberate quiescence; do not appear deliberate, do not overemphasize claims, encompass various attitudes. It’s cited from Chapter 41 of Laozi’s ’Tao Te Ching.’ "
When the assistant heard the beautiful Xuelian’s explanation,
He found it hard to understand, saying:
"Since the ancient Loulan book reveals the mystery of the disappearance of the ancient Loulan city,
and provides the answer ’Da Xiang Wu Xing,’
but, why is it that, relying on the literal meaning, we still cannot figure out the secret of the disappearance of Loulan city..."
Just then, Zhao Rong suddenly pointed to a group of corpse beetles crawling out from a tomb not far away,
He was extremely nervous and said:
"Not good, there are corpse beetles, everyone quickly find a place to hide..."