Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

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"Hermit" Odis described the experiences of the elves in the Fourth Epoch in the tone of a storyteller.

The other members felt somewhat emotional upon hearing about the complete decline of a race.

"Justice" Audrey asked, "Are there still elves now?"

"As far as I know, there should be," Alger replied. "They live in the dangerous waters of the Forsaken Sea, living a very difficult life.

"However, I have also heard that they have discovered some relatively safe islands in the dangerous waters, but no one knows the specific situation."

This made everyone yearn for the sea, because of the existence of the Forsaken Sea, there are still many unknown sea areas on the sea. Although there are unknowns and dangers, there is also room for exploration and adventure.

The hall was quiet for a few seconds, and Odis broke the silence: "Miss Magician, I have something I want to talk to you about alone."

"Magician" Fors was slightly taken aback. Was it about publishing again?

She said: "Okay."

So, with the help of Mr. Fool, a separate communication space was established between "Hermit" and "Magician."

Odis said: "Miss Magician, we discussed the Abraham family issue last week. You should be able to contact members of this family, right?"

Fors was immediately alert: "You... what's the matter?"

She didn't deny it outright. First of all, she did trade information about the Abraham family last week. It was already a consensus among the other members that Miss "Magician" had a certain connection with this ancient family. It would be useless for her to deny it.

In addition, with Mr. Fool's protection, Fors believed that "Hermit" could not find herself in the real world and would not pose a great threat to herself, so she generously admitted it.

Moreover, she was curious about what "Hermit" wanted from the Abraham family members.

Odis went straight to the point: "I hope to purchase a Sealed Artifact with 'Travel' abilities from the Abraham family."

Klein, who was eavesdropping, thought to himself: No wonder "Hermit" said he was short of money. It turns out he was preparing to buy a Sequence 5 Sealed Artifact. This ability, this level, is not cheap!

Fors slightly relaxed her vigilance: "I can indeed contact members of this family, but I'm sorry, for some reasons, I can't help you inquire about such things at the moment."

Not long ago, she had just established a stable connection with Mr. Dorian Gray Abraham of the Abraham family. She was very clear that she was still under the observation of this ancient family member.

If she suddenly asked him to buy a Sealed Artifact at this time, Dorian would likely hide away and no longer contact her.

Odis was slightly taken aback after hearing this answer, and also realized that the timing of his proposal for this transaction was somewhat inappropriate.

He smiled helplessly: It seems that he can only take the "Mysterious Queen" route.

However, Odis did not end the conversation there, but said: "If you think the time is right, you can help me contact them and facilitate this transaction.

"Well, if the transaction is finally concluded, I will pay you a commission of 600 pounds."

600 pounds!

Fors took a deep breath, which was almost her current savings, but she still remained rational and said: "Okay, I will notify you then."

As soon as the private exchange ended, "Justice" Audrey, who had been waiting aside, said: "Mr. Hermit, I would like to initiate a transaction with you to continue understanding the previous issue of mystical symbols."

Odis nodded: "Okay, please state your question."

Audrey asked: "Mr. Hermit, what is the specific function of mystical symbols?"

"It will cost 1,000 pounds to explain this issue to you thoroughly," Odis quoted. "Are you sure you want to trade?"

"Sure!" Audrey breathed a slight sigh of relief, not expecting it to be only 1,000 pounds.

Odis nodded and then asked: "Do you need a private exchange?"

Audrey still chose: "Everyone listen together."

Fors sighed: "You are a generous lady."

"The Sun" Derrick said straightforwardly: "Miss Justice, if you want to know about the 'Land of the Forsaken Gods' or some ancient myths, you can feel free to ask me."

After "Hermit's" explanation of mystical symbols last time, the other members were very curious about "Hermit's" research and wanted to listen in.

Audrey liked this atmosphere very much. She smiled and said, "No problem."

However, she pondered for a moment and then said: "The amount of this transaction is too large. I suggest that if other members want to listen in, they need to pay something, such as the ancient myths that 'The Sun' just mentioned."

She really didn't care about this little money. Although assassinating the ambassador of the Intis Republic had emptied her savings, her weekly allowance was enough to complete the transaction.

But Audrey had just observed that Mr. "Hanged Man" and Mr. "Hermit" seemed to be a little disgusted with her generosity, which immediately made her realize that she had broken some rules of the extraordinary gathering.

Everyone could listen to the last transaction together, but if it was still like last time, it was likely to become a convention, and transactions of thousands of pounds could not be as casual as before.

So Audrey immediately changed her mind.

Hearing "Justice's" words, "Hanged Man" Alger was somewhat relieved and said: "Feel free to ask about things at sea."

Fors also immediately said: "I am willing to pay a chapter of 'Spiritual World Anecdotes'."

Klein behind the gray fog thought to himself: 'Spiritual World Anecdotes' has finally played its role in your hands.

He originally planned to manipulate "The World" to say that he was not interested in this transaction, and then eavesdrop with "The Fool", but after thinking about it slightly, it seemed unnecessary to be so "thrifty", so he manipulated "The World" and said: "I know a lot of mystical knowledge and can tell you some."

Audrey smiled and said: "Okay, the transaction is reached. Mr. Hermit, let's start the transaction."

The prices paid by the other four members were all things she was interested in.

Odis nodded and began to explain: "To explain the specific function of mystical symbols, we must first explain two questions: first, the essence of mystical symbols, and second, the formation process of mystical symbols.

"Let's talk about the second question first. I said before that the textual logic used by mystical symbols is completely different from the textual logic we use now.

"Let's do a thought experiment together. Go back to the Second Epoch, or in the First Epoch, enter an ancient human tribe. They live a difficult life and may become prey to extraordinary creatures at any time.

"In this kind of life where you may lose your life at any time, there is some key information that must be passed on to future generations in order to reduce the losses caused by repeated trial and error.

"Language is a good way, but it is easy to have ambiguity in the process of communication, so they have the need to record.

"The earliest writing must be like realistic paintings, and even the predecessor of writing may be simplified narrative paintings."

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With "Hermit's" description, everyone seemed to see a unique person in a primitive tribe, writing and drawing on the rock wall.

At this moment, Alger suddenly realized a problem: "Some realistic characters are easy to express, such as the 'wheat' we discussed at the last gathering. Just draw the shape of the wheat.

"But how to express some abstract meanings?"

"That era had the wisdom of that era," Odis smiled and said, "For example, in common mystical symbols, the symbol for 'light' is like this."

With the help of Mr. Fool, Odis materialized the symbol representing "light."

The upper part of that symbol was a circle, and the lower part was a symbol composed of five different strokes.

Klein noticed that the lower part of the symbol looked a bit like the Chinese character "光" [guāng, light].

"Let's look at the lower part first," Odis explained: "Doesn't this symbol look like a person kneeling on the ground with his arms open? And the circle above represents the sun.

"First of all, this represents people's attitude towards the sun. Well, here I am referring to the sun in the realistic sense.

"The sun in the sky has always provided us with free light and warmth, and has never asked for people's return, so people's attitude towards the sun is to kneel on the ground and praise it.

"This picture was drawn by the inventor of the text, and it became the 'light' in the abstract sense."

Alger, Audrey, and other members slowly nodded. For people who have never been exposed to image text, the things that "Hermit" just talked about are beyond their cognition, but they are reasonable.

Even Klein had a sense of déjà vu from listening to a "Chinese character explanation" program.

Odis continued: "Most of the common mystical symbols of mankind are formed in this way. Someone once described the scene after these symbols were formed: the sky changed drastically, ghosts cried in pain, and gods were furious.

"Humans can record everything between heaven and earth. Later generations can easily obtain the experience of their predecessors. Over time, even ghosts and gods will no longer have secrets.

"So this is regarded as a kind of blasphemy, a blasphemy in which humans have broken through their own limitations.

"Because language is spoken with the vocal cords and then listened to with the ears. Animals also have their own calls. This is the ability that the Creator has given us.

"But writing is different. It is completely a product created by ourselves!"

Fors felt empathy from ancient times, from the creativity of ancient humans, but she suddenly felt that this empathy seemed to have a break.

The Hermit’s subsequent description resolved Fors’s doubts: "But in the Second Epoch, humans achieved fusion in a very short period of time and had to abandon their original writing."

He looked at everyone’s confused expressions and explained with a smile: "Everyone can imagine that the hieroglyphs between one tribe and another are different, and the pronunciations are also different."

"For example, the text used by one tribe to describe 'grain' may be used by another tribe to describe 'foxtail grass,' and the pronunciation is of course different."

"Suddenly, after the human tribes began to merge on a large scale, they had to solve the problem of language barriers. The various tribes would not compromise; they could not allow their long-used text for 'grain' to be read as 'foxtail grass.'"

"So they could only compromise with each other, each taking a step back, bypassing the writing and reaching a unified view on pronunciation."

"Overall, it was about reaching a consensus on the pronunciation of 'grain,' regardless of what the character looked like."

"Gradually, phonetic writing formed and quickly took over the mainstream."

Klein thought to himself: Sounds like a lot of trouble. This is the consequence of not having the First Emperor!