The memory is too long, and Donnie only has the impression of the lake in his mind. It is really difficult for him to explain the meaning of the formula word for word.
This guy himself has no brains.
"How about we think about it more carefully."
Victor clarified his thoughts, brought the idea of "lake" into the whole stanza, and tried to figure it out again: "The first sentence: 'Gurgling sound, spitting out white snow.' It is very likely that there are peaks near the lake, and the altitude is high.
It's high, and there's snow on the top of the mountain. If it can make a sound, maybe it's an extinct volcano, as the policeman said."
"So, we can rule out Dandelion's Emerald Lake." Henry felt that this speculation made sense, and they continued to read the next sentence.
"The ripples that overflowed the years and buried it."
"This sentence can obviously be brought into the answer to the lake, and it also includes the last two sentences, the two upside-down worlds, the birds above the head and the white clouds under the feet..."
"Yes!"
"The penultimate sentence, 'I can hear the rustling and walking softly at the bottom...' Does this mean that the relics are hidden at the bottom of the lake?"
"Only the bottom can hide things..."
As they discussed, their ideas gradually became clear.
However, the last sentence is difficult to explain.
It means "Where it is, there is gray fog...".
Is there fog at the bottom of the lake?
Victor looked at Henry, then at the confused Donnie, and finally at Father Sang who was on crutches.
"Ahem..." The old man coughed twice, "The answer is very close. Maybe when you actually get there, you will naturally understand the meaning of this last sentence."
You are right, then you should use the inferences drawn so far to find lakes on the map that meet these points.
As mentioned before, there are a lot of lakes in Mysura Prefecture, let alone the entire eastern region. You must carefully judge based on the state map.
But this is a waste of time. Henry raised a new question, that is, even if they find the correct address, the relics are likely to be hidden at the bottom of the lake. With the current equipment, how can they dive down?
"We need some diving equipment, and I don't know if we can find a seller in Dandelion." Henry asked Victor.
Victor didn't know where to get such a thing. After all, the people living in this land to be developed were more concerned about the harvest of the fields and the production of milk from the pastures. Not many people would dive into the bottom of the lake to fish out the sunken ship.
He asked the cowboys hired from Black Gold Town, and after learning about Victor's needs, one of them gave a suggestion.
"Go to the alley to find a black marketeer. I happen to know a guy."
After obtaining favorable information, Victor and his party followed the cowboy non-stop and discovered a hidden shop in the intricate alleys of Dandelion.
It is hidden in the deepest part of the market, blocked by many layers of fish and meat vendors stalls. After getting around it, you have to move a frame of fruit. There is a secret passage there, leading to the dilapidated wooden door of the shop.
The boss inside is a tall but thin middle-aged man with black hair. He is settling accounts. When he sees a customer coming in, a smile instantly appears on his face.
Henry walked to the counter and communicated with the boss, while Victor's attention was attracted by the mess in the store.
He touched something that looked like a doll on the shelf. There was a clockwork stuck in its back, exposing quite a few gears.
The doll's hands are holding an unsharpened pencil. After turning the clockwork, the doll will put the pencil in its mouth and use the razor in its mouth to sharpen the pencil.
A bit interesting.
Victor continued to play with other small machines, but then Henry turned around and said to him: "Victor, come here!"
Putting down the doll, Victor walked to the counter and got a reply from the boss.
"Sorry, you are late. I have several sets of diving equipment in my store, but they have already been bought at a huge price."
After hearing what the other party said, Victor's first reaction was that he was shocked that diving suits could really be bought in Dandelion.
But after the brief surprise, Victor's eyes immediately narrowed. He looked at Henry, who was just as doubtful as he was.
"What a coincidence! How many sets of diving equipment do you have? Are they all sold?"
"Not much, of course it can't be much. Sir, the demand for this kind of thing is not as high as that wind-up pencil sharpening toy you just played with... only three sets."
That's it...
Victor put his face in front of the boss, staring at him, causing him to duck back in surprise.
Snap!
He took out a large-denomination note of 2 faraka and slapped it on the counter table.
"Can you describe the person who bought your equipment?"
Seeing the other party asking for customer information, the shop owner did not sign any confidentiality agreement. He happily picked up the money, complimented Victor, and said cheerfully: "Just an ordinary man, wearing a pair of clothes that are all gray."
He wore sunglasses, had stubble on his chin, and spoke in a lowered voice. He never took off his glasses when he was shopping, and I couldn’t see his entire face clearly..."
"Did he say what he needed the equipment for?" Henry asked preemptively.
The shop owner thought it was funny. He glanced at Henry and said, "Of course it's diving, what else can you do?"
"No!" Victor expressed Henry's meaning again, "What my friend wants to ask is, where did he go diving with these sets of equipment?"
"I don't know. I have no reason to ask the other party these things, right?" The shop owner answered naturally.
Victor and Henry looked at each other, then they called the cowboy who led the way and left the store together.
After meeting the waiting people outside the market, Victor expressed his speculation.
"The buyer is likely to be Augusta National."
Father Sang couldn't help but frowned when he heard Victor finish talking about what happened in the shop: "If...ahem...if it is really Augusta, can it be...ahem...can it be confirmed and the other party also knows it?
Learned the formula and solved the riddle of the formula?"
"What an unpredictable man..." Victor sighed, feeling impatient inside.
Father Sang hummed and replied: "Don't forget, the other party is a seer."
After being reminded by the old man, Victor suddenly raised his head and said clearly: "That's right! That guy is a 'listener'. Maybe he had heard from the death of some people before when he led the army to kill the Valentines.
The message of the formula."
"But how did the other party solve the secret puzzle?" Henry was still confused.
"Ahem... Who knows, maybe the other party is smarter than you two little fools..." The old priest did not forget to ridicule the two of them at this time.
But at this moment, Donnie beside the horse suddenly let out an exclamation, and then there was a sudden burst of chaos on the road. Several flames shot up into the sky and disappeared in an instant, leaving a few scattered ashes on both sides of the road. p>
A passing private carriage overturned, women held their heads and screamed, and workers ran away and called the police.
Victor quickly ran to the road and watched this shocking scene.
Of course he knows what is happening in BC.
Immediately afterwards, chaos also broke out on another street, and screams broke out one after another. Then there was a third place across the park, a fourth place near the factory, and people suddenly died of spontaneous combustion in every corner of Dandelion. The distances between these self-immolation sites vary, but the circled area is much larger than that of the gambling boat.
Victor was very surprised.
"When did Augusta set up so many sacrifice formations in Dandelion!?"