Chapter 1246 Universe and Eon (2/2)
Li Du repeated, ”Probably?”
Tang Chaoyang said, ”The second word you wrote, I saw it just now for the first time, but there is a connection between these Olmec patterns. I thought of the connection between them and guessed it might be this word.”
”Combined, they mean the universe! Do you know what the universe is? You know what I'm talking about?” Tang Chaoyang asked again.
Li Du pointed to the top of his head and said, ”Of course I do. That's what we live in. Hmm, how do we put it, the universe, the Galaxy? It is the whole world.”
Tang Chaoyang immediately shook his head. ”The so-called yu, boundless space; the so-called universe, the ancient and modern time! The universe is time and space! Unity of time and space! Unity of all energies!”
Li Du looked at him. The way Tang Chaoyang looked and spoke now reminded him of Liu Shanyang.
Tang Chaoyang seemed oblivious to Li Du's expression. ”Where did you see those two words? Can you tell me? Really, brother Li, they are very important to me!”
Li Du said, ”They are not ordinary texts, are they? So are they Olmec deities? But what is an Olmec tattoo?”
He thought that this thing was probably a divine mystery, but guessed Tang Chaoyang wouldn't tell him outright.
Hearing his question, Tang Chaoyang immediately said, ”I should first introduce you to the Olmec civilization. Do you know anything about it?”
Li Du shook his head.
”Do you know the four great civilizations?” Tang Chaoyang continued.
”Of course. Ancient Babylon, ancient Egypt, ancient India, and ancient China,” said Li Du.
”Olmec civilization existed long before them all. It started at least eight thousand years ago and is considered the mother culture of the ancient Central American civilizations.
Listening to Tang Chaoyang's explanation, Li Du said in surprise, ”Was it so ancient?”
Tang Chaoyang nodded. ”Yes. Most researchers generally think that this civilization was born in 3000 BC, but in fact, it had existed at least 3000 years earlier than that.”
Li Du wanted to open his mouth in reply, but Tang Chaoyang interrupted him. ”You don't have to wonder how I know, I just do. The two words you saw appeared in the first three thousand years of the Olmec era. After that period, they disappeared.”
Listening to the words of Tang Chaoyang, Li Du hesitated and said, ”From what you say, this seems to involve the unsolved mystery of the world?”
Tang Chaoyang shook his head. ”Not the world's unsolved mystery, because the number of people in the world who know about this riddle is very low, almost zero, so it could only be an unsolved mystery for a few people. Anyway, tell me, where did you see it?”
Li Du knew he could not say more, so he lied. ”I once went to an auction and found something in a warehouse. Something interesting. It had some unknown words written on papyrus and there was a sculpture of something like a bug... ”
He paused, showing a puzzled expression. ”These two words were on the sculpture. I remember them after all this time because they were so odd. You might not believe what I am about to say.”
”Say it,” said Tang Chaoyang.
”When I saw the statue, I felt as if I had traveled through time and space. No, I should say through time, since space had not changed, only time. Strange to say, but I saw myself over the years, from young!” said Li Du.
Tang Chaoyang's facial expression becomes extremely serious. ”Cosmic saint, god, this thing really exists! Can you tell me where the statue is? I can give you a satisfactory reward!”