For a moment, Ella had the urge to rush forward. But her foot took half a step forward and then retracted. The muscles on her face twitched violently, and just before tears were about to fall, she used all her strength to turn her face to the side, and then stumbled towards the depths of the cave.
——According to Hunter Mistertin, there are souls of Tepui priests floating on this island. They are sacrifices to this soul, and these snakes are controlled by Tepui priests.
Ella knew she couldn't deal with the giant snake on her own. However, most giant snakes will strangle their prey before eating. It will take some time for it to hang Amy, so finding out the "soul" of the Tepui priest before that is the only way to save Amy.
For Amy, she is not afraid of any soul!
She used all her strength to run forward at an unprecedented speed. She fell down several times because she was too panicked. But she got up again and again, wiped away her tears in a hurry, gritted her teeth and rushed forward.
She finally came to the end of the cave. The huge stone wall and the star map on the stone wall were displayed in front of her eyes, as well as the unfamiliar words engraved next to the star map.
"Damn it, is there no way out? Where is that pretending Tepui priest!" Ella threw the candlestick to the ground in despair, and the wax was extinguished in a flash. However, the star map on the stone wall and the text on both sides emitted fluorescence, which was particularly conspicuous in the darkness.
Ella slapped herself.
There was no point in being so violent as she just dropped the candlestick. She had to calm down, otherwise she wouldn't be able to save Amy.
She still vaguely remembered that the pirate mentioned the "Star Map" when he reported to her that Hestein was trapped. Does the star map in the cave refer to the one in front of you?
She took a few deep breaths to calm herself down, and then began to look at the stone wall carefully.
Once she calmed down, those unfamiliar words immediately took on meaning in her eyes - they were the lost words of the Tepui civilization. Ella had seen some unearthed ancient books of the Tepui civilization in the Royal Library, and had convened scholars in the territory to study and interpret these texts.
Now, relying on her own knowledge, she read out this ancient text word by word:
"In the sixty-sixth year of Mostut III, the enemy prophet came; in the ninth year of Silames II, all wisdom turned to dust; in the same year, at 23:17 on the vernal equinox, we landed on this island. This time Successful escape will definitely be the cause of the defeat of Antichrist in the future. Therefore, the stars in the sky on that day are painted here. According to the prophecy, two thousand years later, someone will reappear the cause and effect of this day. We respect him as the king and serve under his command. , work together to drive out the Antichrist.”
Ella tried hard to use historical knowledge to understand the meaning behind this string of words: the sixty-sixth year of Mostut III, which was more than 2,300 years ago. That year, Moses, the leader of the Semites, led a group of Semites to escape from the slavery of Tepui. After successfully escaping, this group of Semites continued to harass the Tepui civilization. After three hundred years, in the ninth year of Silames II, they invaded the capital of Tepui and destroyed the Tepui civilization. But then the Semites were divided again, and the Tepui region was occupied by the Empire of the Seven Hills. It was not until 850 years later that a powerful magician who claimed to be the Son of God unified the Semites under the command of the Tianfang Empire.
What Ella didn’t know was that in order to decipher this text, Mistertin started from interpreting the Tepui language, then collected and consulted Tepui documents, and finally compiled the chronology of the Tepui kings more than 2,000 years ago, and further It took thirty years to calculate the exact year of the Tepui kings.
It took Ella less than a minute.
The Tepui people have outstanding achievements in astrology. They believe that the stars can predict the misfortunes and blessings of the world. To recreate the cause and effect of that day, does it mean that someone needs to restore the astrology of the day when the Tepui priests arrived in Antilia?
There are 21,600 scales on the astrolabe, which means that the placement of the planets needs to be accurate to minutes of arc.
Ella tapped her foot anxiously. Damn it! How can there be time now to calculate the star map slowly and accurately? Amy will be hanged and eaten by Baslik at any time!
——No, maybe there is still a chance, but not necessarily.
A glimmer of hope hit Ella's heart, and she remembered that Hestein had just played with this star map not long ago. Before that, Amy had seen Bjorn and a group of pirates gathering together to carefully calculate the position of the planet.
Ella began to carefully observe the star map in front of her - the sun was in Pisces and had not moved for a long time, which was natural. Because the text on both sides has already stated that that day is the vernal equinox, and the sun is in Pisces at the vernal equinox every year. This is common knowledge at the entry level of astrology. Then there are the positions of the five planets, which have traces of slight movement.
This should be the answer Hestein left. When the pirates were making calculations, Ella took a glance and confirmed that they had considerable attainments in astrology - after all, they were all navigators who made their living on the sea and often used the stars to determine their orientation.
But where did they go wrong?
The time was the vernal equinox in the ninth year of Silames II, more than two thousand years ago.
Two thousand years ago.
Ella repeated the number.
Suddenly, she realized something, and with trembling hands, she resolutely moved the position of the sun from Pisces to Aries!
In fact, the sun does not remain stationary forever. Its position at the vernal equinox moves westward by a certain arc every year. Although the offset is often ignored because of its small offset, the current star map was two thousand years ago, so the offset of the sun must not be ignored!
Ella has already calculated the specific offset value, which is 50.2 arc seconds per year!
There are only 21,600 divisions on the astrolabe, which only go to minutes of arc. The unit measured by Ella is arc seconds, which means that a circle is divided into 1,296,000 equal parts! The accuracy is more than adequate.
The ninth year of Silames II. Ella calculated the specific time of year from now, and then moved the sphere representing the sun to the accurate scale.
The continent in the middle of the star map seems to be for people to click on. Ella moved her hand up, but before pressing it, she hesitated - she only calculated the position of the sun, and the positions of other stars were all the results of Hestein's calculations. Is it really good to believe in Hestein's results without reservation? Or should we check the positions of these stars again?
"Amy, she has no time! Hestein, if you can really calculate the positions of all other planets correctly, I will reluctantly consider setting up a tombstone for you after killing you!"
Ella mustered up her courage and patted the continent in the middle of the astrolabe hard.
Time seemed to suddenly stop, and all other sounds disappeared. Only Ella's heartbeat seemed particularly clear. The air was horribly heavy. After a while, the sound of water flow sounded again, and sea water continued to pour into the cave. The fluorescence of the star map also disappeared, and the cave became pitch black.
The sound of spitting messages came from all directions, echoing repeatedly in the cave, and seemed to number in the thousands.
"Hestein... Believing you is the biggest mistake I have ever made in my life."
Ella lost all her strength, her body slowly slid down the stone wall, and finally collapsed on the ground. She couldn't see anything. The sound of spitting out messages was getting closer and closer to her.
at this time--
"Icy."
The ancient Tepui language suddenly sounded in the cave.
