Ye Suling lowered her head, took a closer look at it, and suddenly shouted in surprise: "It's weird? Why is there a gap this time? Now it looks like a large piece of stone normally placed on the ground."
After saying that, she rolled up her sleeves, hugged Fang Shi tightly, and tried to pick it up with both arms.
But because the weight of the stone itself was so heavy, even if Ye Suling tried her best, she could only lift it a few centimeters, and she was already sweating profusely.
"I can lift it up. Although I can only lift it a little bit with my strength, this is enough to show that the square stone and the ground are two separate things and are not directly connected." At this point, Ye Suling felt a little confused.
He asked Zhang Ke strangely, "Did I make a mistake before? I shouldn't have. I observed it very carefully at the time. The square stones fit perfectly with the ground, just like bamboo shoots growing out of the ground."
"That's because only a small part of the square stones you observed before entered this room." Zhang Ke stopped talking and started to explain in simple terms:
"In fact, there should be another floor below our circular corridor. The floor and walls of that floor should be empty, except for six huge ashlar stones evenly placed in fixed locations. And we
On the floor of this floor, there are six square holes that are exactly the same size as the square stones and are extremely interlocking, corresponding to each one."
"When the mechanism between the two floors is activated due to some opportunity, the floor of our floor will start to shake, and the holes will be rotated to the position corresponding to the square stone, and the gate on the ground will be opened in an instant, allowing
The ashlar below passes through the holes and pushes out of the ground little by little, into our field of vision. Since this process is very fast, you cannot notice the moment when holes appear on the ground without careful observation."
"However, after the top of the ashlar stone is inserted into the hole, it does not pass through the whole piece immediately. Instead, it stops rotating first, and the entire ashlar stone passes through the hole bit by bit through the continuous tremors, rising and sinking of the floor.
, I think the reason for this design is because no matter how smooth the square stones and holes are, with the production level and industrial technology of that era, there will still be rough parts that need to be broken in, and it cannot be done overnight."
"So after the ashlar stone is embedded in the hole, the floor trembles up and down in place, so that the ashlar stone gradually fits into the hole, constantly adjusts the position between the two, and then floats up little by little, it will be safer and will not
It's stuck halfway." Zhang Ke gestured with his hands:
"During this process, what we observed were incomplete ashlar, only the part of it that was exposed on the ground, so naturally we found that there was no gap between it and the surface, and it almost seemed to grow out of it. Only the part like now
In this way, when the entire ashlar stone is completely exposed and placed on this floor, the valve below will be closed, and the gap with the ground will naturally appear."
"So that's it..." After Zhang Ke explained the principle clearly, Ye Suling felt that the previous phenomenon was not difficult to understand. However, before the mystery of the structure of the ruins was solved, it was really difficult for normal people to think about it.
Zhang Ke finally found the truth because he was inspired by the falling coins and his own careful thinking.
"But why do you want to make such a design? It always feels superfluous." Zhang Ke complained to himself:
"After all, the only function of the mechanism and operation process designed with great effort is to make the square stones hidden downstairs float up to our floor. And in fact, there should be an easier way to do this, then
Isn't it more efficient to let our circular corridor sink directly in the horizontal direction, open the six hole gates at the same time, swallow the square stones below, and then slowly adjust it?"
"Maybe it's a hardware problem?" Ye Suling guessed, "If you go by the fastest solution, it means that after the six holes are opened, they must accurately accommodate six square stones at the same time.
Error. Otherwise, it will not only be easy to get stuck, but also make it difficult for the floor to descend normally, or push other square stones to their original positions, causing a series of chain reactions."
"Well, your guess makes sense. You are worthy of being an archaeological expert." Zhang Ke boasted, "If you think about it this way, it makes sense, because the current progress is to swallow one square stone at a time and ensure that it enters the hole steadily through tremors.
Then, proceed with the subsequent steps. At the same time, the rest of the ground on this floor must be raised to prevent them from rubbing against other square stones... It does make sense."
"It's just a little bit of supplementary speculation based on your discovery." Ye Suling lowered her head and said with some embarrassment, "I haven't been involved in the excavation of cultural relics for many years. Most of the inventory in the past is still there.
I gave it to the professor—but I don’t know what it’s like downstairs on the floor that we can’t see.”
"The height gap between us and downstairs is probably very small. Judging from the time, it is about two to three times the height of the square stone. Even a slightly taller adult would find it difficult to straighten his back there - because
That floor itself is not for people to stay, but is used to place the square stone mechanism." Zhang Ke held his chin and said, "Of course, this is also my purely nonsense guess."
"Now I roughly understand the mechanism structure that caused the ruins to tremble, but I still have a question." Ye Suling said, "Just seeing the building structure clearly, how can it make you think of the theme [Reincarnation of Destiny]."
"Haha, I'm actually not entirely sure myself. I just speculated based on some clues." Zhang Ke scratched his head in embarrassment, "First of all, as I just said, the practicality of this mechanism is almost zero. After all, sending
A few square stones are not meaningful from an objective point of view - so we can only look for them from the symbolic and religious meanings."
"Well, I agree. This is the main altar of the Qingtian Sect, and the underground area is strictly forbidden to outsiders. Therefore, many of the settings and structures here may not only be practical, but may have metaphors for the teachings, or
It’s a reenactment of some belief allusions.” Ye Suling nodded in agreement.
"Yes, I carefully observed the position of the six square stones, their distribution in the entire circular corridor, and the ups and downs of their appearance, along with the rotation of the entire earth, before I made a bold guess." Zhang Ke said, "
Chapter completed!