Chapter 1219: Pilgrims
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Zhang Zian was not surprised to et Peter Lee. After all, they had an appointnt with the Bedouin tribe today, and Siwa was the only way to go to the Bedouin tribe. It was also their final stop.
Following behind the land cruiser were several other cars. They were identical and apparently belonged to mbers of the Cosmological Information Society.
“It’s fine. I have to wait for the other mbers of the expedition team. They will still need a little while to get here.” Zhang Zian shook his head, refusing.
He did not have a good impression of the mbers of the Cosmological Information Society. They had not done anything bad or out of the ordinary. The thing he took issue with was that they thought very differently from ordinary people. In fact, from their outer appearances, they looked more friendly than the common man. Perhaps that was the expression of those who had firm belief in their hearts.
If they t while going about their daily affairs, Zhang Zian would probably not pay them too much attention and laugh them off. In any case, they probably had nothing they needed from one another. However, when it ca to entering the desert, suddenly, the personalities of one’s teammates were very important.
“Are all of you going in?” he asked, counting the number of cars.
“No, there are doctors in our ranks. We had a physical examination yesterday and are leaving a few people behind—rely those with poor physical fitness. The rest of them will enter the desert together,” Peter Lee said as he stuck his head out. He blew a whistle towards the cars behind them. “Co, let use this opportunity to introduce everyone.”
Six people erged from the back of the car, five n and one woman. They were all from different countries with different skin colors. As Peter Lee had said, these six people were in their pri, both physically and ntally.
Zhang Zian had seen them before, but he didn’t know their nas.
“I am a consul. I used to be in politics. Hello, comrade.” A middle-aged man with a diterranean hairstyle introduced himself. The first words he uttered were those of a high-level official. They carried the weight of one who was in power.
Zhang Zian was shocked and thought that this person was a forr diplomat. Why didn’t he say his na?
The other five people also spoke in the sa format. They claid to be priests, colonels, poets, and scholars. The only woman on the team claid to be a detective.
The female detective had a temperant similar to Sun Xiaong, but she was about ten years older. She was most likely the doctor that Peter Lee had ntioned. Yet she claid to be a detective. Perhaps she was responsible for searching the human body?
The other people also had characteristics similar to their self-proclaid identities. For example, the colonel’s eyes and movents indicated that he was a forr soldier, and the poet had curly hair that is sowhat romantic. The scholar wore thick glasses and looked sowhat like Wei Kang. Finally, the priest was a solemn man and had an awe-inspiring look.
The strange thing was that they did not introduce themselves by their nas.
The more he heard, the more Zhang Zian got confused. He was just about to ask about this, but he saw Pi quietly gesturing to him not to do so.
He had been with Pi for a long ti, and Pi often asked him questions about the novel, so he was familiar with the gesture he was seeing. He saw Pi spread his hands out like a book, and its mouth parted to form a square. Pi seed to be sending him so type of ssage.
Wait a minute! Consul, priest, colonel, poet, scholar, and detective. Was this peculiar combination...
It suddenly beca clear to Zhang Zian. He imdiately knew their intentions.
After the six introduced themselves, Peter Lee smiled quietly while observing Zhang Zian.
Zhang Zian turned and looked at Peter Lee. He said quietly, “So, you must be a saint.”
“Haha! Brother, you guessed it!” Peter laughed. Everyone else also smiled.
Consul, priest, colonel, poet, scholar, detective, and saint. Wasn’t this the combination of the pilgrimage team in the science fiction novel Hyperion? That was quite sothing!
Just like the pilgrimage team in Hyperion that had gone through hardships to form the core shape of the pyramid, Peter Lee and his team used the sa professions as their code nas. It indicated that they had a similar purpose—to find the pyramid deep within the desert. The hope was that through their journey, they would also be able to discover the great secrets of the inverse entropy field.
Zhang Zian had a copy of this novel in his house. He had shown it to Pi before. He himself had seen it a long ti ago, but if Pi had not reminded him, he may not have associated Peter Lee and his team with this science fiction novel.
He searched his mory for more information, although he had already forgotten many of the details of the novel. He only rembered that the story was set at the day before the prophecy. A team of seven, each with different statuses, identities, and experiences, got together to uncover the secrets of Zhong Guangyin.
What impressed him the most was Zhong Guangyin.
Zhong Guangyin was like a pyramid and was surrounded by inverse entropy. In the realm of ti, it flowed backward instead of forward.
In the prophecy, when the saga was over, a great sorrower would erge from the tomb. They ca from the other side of ti. Their sole purpose was to declare the end of mankind.
To be honest, the narrative of this novel was sowhat difficult to understand. Its style was typical of a hardcover book: highly suitable for inducing sleep. However, it would not work as well with online literature. At the ti, when he was reading the book, he had to force himself to finish it. The curiosity he had for Zhong Guangyin kept him reading till the end. However, when the pilgrims finally reached the valley where Zhong Guangyin was, the novel ended abruptly. He was furious.
He could not be bothered thereafter to read the sequels. He regretted buying a full set and wasting his money.
However, when he gave this set of books to Pi, it was originally intended to let Pi slowly pass ti. However, Pi loved the novel very much and soon finished it. Pi even finished the sequels. It made Zhang Zian wonder how Pi derived so much pleasure from reading this novel.
In addition to being obscure, the novel gave Zhang Zian the feeling that Zhong Guangyin as a concept was highly unscientific. If, as described in the novel, it connected the past and the future, then what advancents in technology must the world have had to create such a thing?
Was this therefore not a hallmark of a fantasy novel?
It was just... If he was to read this novel again now, he may not make such a statent.
He glanced at the sea of stars. Things that were less scientific than Zhong Guangyin were right there in front of him. To add on the strange sunsets of yesterday evening and the experience of retribution after Richard’s pee...
So if one did not see it, could one simply ignore it?
He was unable to ascertain if Zhong Guangyin truly existed. Even if it did, he was sure that if a pyramid could be found in the depths of the desert, it should rely be just an ordinary pyramid. There could be no such thing as pure universe energy and mysterious things. Peter Lee would be grossly disappointed.
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