The old things I repaired have become fine

Chapter 257 You gave me such an abstract secret and then just left it alone?
After taking out the contents of the rosewood scroll this time, Shen Le's equipment was much more complete than before.

——He can even operate in a glove box filled with nitrogen. Although in theory there should only be a gold foil roll inside the scroll, who knows what is inside the gold foil roll?

What if there are paper products or silk?

What if there is important information on this paper or silk product, and it starts to oxidize the moment it is opened?

All in all, it is better to be over-prepared than not to be prepared enough and then cry in shock when something unexpected happens.

So, although it was inconvenient to operate in the glove box, Shen Le still held the rubber hammer through the rubber gloves and tapped the scroll gently, once, twice, three times...

“It’s knocked out, it’s knocked out!”

The Alloy Boss was lying on the side, watching intently, almost staring his eyes into the glove box. Shen Le didn't even turn his head and directly scolded him:

"Don't make any noise!"

What came out was just one wooden wedge, and after knocking several wooden wedges, the rosewood scroll naturally split into two halves, revealing the bright golden color inside:
The good news is that the gold foil roll was only pressed at both ends and closed naturally, and was not deliberately formed into a barrel. From this, it can be roughly estimated that there is nothing hidden inside;
The same goes for bad news. Since there is nothing hidden inside, all the information can only rely on this piece of gold foil...

"I'm not very good at flattening tinsel, are you?"

Shen Le stared at the gold foil in embarrassment for a while, then turned to look at Alloy Boss. Alloy Boss chuckled, puffed out his chest and bulged his belly, almost hitting the glove box with his belly:

"Don't worry! Leave it to me!"

"Don't crumple it! Don't make any creases! - Don't hurt the lines! Just flatten it, flatten it!"

Shen Le nervously warned. Alloy Boss's eyebrows and eyes were all nonchalant, and he didn't see how he was doing anything, just standing there with his hands in his sleeves, glancing at the gold foil through the glove box.

Silently, the gold foil roll slowly unrolled and flattened. As expected, there were no bumps or creases, and the entire sheet of gold foil unfolded naturally like a flower blooming.

Shen Le held his breath and stared at the gold foil nervously for a long time, and finally saw it lying naturally on the flat surface of the bottom of the box:

"Alright! Look what's up there!"

Two pairs of eyes stared at the gold foil. Above their heads, a little silver light floated slowly over, and the small oil lamp rushed to join in the fun;
The lead pendant with the ink line poked its head out, and a brilliant light and shadow floated beside the silver light. The red veil floated up from the other direction without showing any weakness, and hung directly above Shen Le's head.

As for Pinocchio, he relied on the fact that he was the first and most favored child in the family. He swung the silk thread and climbed directly to the top of the glove box.

"It's no use crawling like this." Shen Le sighed helplessly, took out the gold foil, placed it flat on the workbench, and took the puppet off to prevent it from lying on his head and spying.

Without glass blocking the view, I could see everything clearly:
This spread-out piece of gold foil is about one foot long, six inches wide, and thick... it's needless to say how thick it is. If it were a little thicker, it wouldn't be able to be rolled up.

The lines on the gold foil are winding and flow slowly.

There are many symbols around the lines, some are circles, some are triangles, some are squares, and some are circles and squares with crosses...

"So this is a circuit diagram?"

Shen Le looked at it for a long time, but couldn't get the point, so he couldn't help but complain. Without waiting for the Alloy Boss to answer, the small oil lamp floating above his head answered:
[Impossible, the lines in the circuit diagram will not be arcs, nor will they float next to the symbols, they will connect the symbols! ]

...So, little oil lamp, when did you learn to read circuit diagrams?

Why do you want to learn to read circuit diagrams? Do you want to design a new circuit for your home?

Or, your next step is to design your own circuit boards or even chip circuits?

Shen Le waved at the balls of light above his head, trying to drive them away so as not to distort the light source and affect his observation of the engravings on the gold foil.

He turned the gold foil forward, backward, left and right, then took a piece of thin paper and spread it on the gold foil. He sharpened a pencil and lightly smeared it to print various stripes on it.

Finally, he lifted up the thin paper and stared blankly at the pattern in the center of the sea of lines and symbols:
"What is this? ... A lion? A dog? A bear? Or something else?"

To be honest, the craftsman who carved the gold foil has such a hard-to-describe skill that it is impossible to tell what he carved.

Shen Le reasonably suspected that if the person who made this painting wanted to hide this secret, this piece of gold foil might have been carved by him...

“Maybe it was me?”

Alloy Boss also came over to take a look. Shen Le looked down at the pattern on the paper, then turned his head to look at him:
"you……?"

If we look at the abstract patterns on the gold foil with a more tolerant attitude, or if we look at the patterns on traditional Chinese paintings with a more open, tolerant, and relaxed attitude, we can see that they are actually a bit like…

That round, curly-haired head, that short, fat body, and that short, curly, chrysanthemum-like tail, the features are captured quite accurately!
"Have you ever revealed your true form to the owner of this painting?"

"oops……"

The Alloy Boss was unusually shy. He lowered his head and rubbed the floor with his toes - leaving a small dent on the concrete - and replied uncomfortably, "There are always times when you are young and ignorant!"

Shen Le half raised his chin and looked at him teasingly. The Alloy Boss moved left and right, and Shen Le could almost feel the crazy shaking of his tail from the air flow in the room:
"I was still a kid at that time... I was trying to grab some food, but was beaten up by the big monster and chased out. I was in pain and hungry, and I happened to run into that guy..."

The young nobleman, surrounded by his followers, went hunting in the mountains.

At that time, he was curled up in the grass, and just in time he heard a whoosh. He turned his head and saw a shiny object flying past him...

He subconsciously pounced on it. Crunch, crunch, and bit off an arrowhead. He looked around, sniffed, and found another shiny object...

I watched, smelled, and followed along the way, and finally had a meal that was only half full. If I didn't find those shiny things quickly, they would be picked up by others;

If you try to find it quickly, you might get hit. Even though it's just a scratch, or sometimes not even a scratch, it still hurts a little...

He dodged, lurked, and took detours like a puppy following bait, and finally came to a meadow.

While everyone around him was paying attention elsewhere, he spotted a particularly delicious food and jumped up——

"Hey! What are you doing!"

When the young man turned around, he saw a small, strange beast lying on his sword, chewing happily.

The sword inlaid with gold and jade, including the scabbard and the blade, had been chewed off in half...

"And then? He didn't hit you?"

Shen Le asked curiously. If it were him, he would probably attack with all his strength:

What is it that can chew even steel?
If this bites into a person, can the person still survive? Even if it doesn't bite into a vital part, a bite on the arm can break the arm directly!
"Ah, no..." Alloy Boss shook his head nostalgically. A faint smile appeared in the corners of his eyes, a little bit of joy, a little bit of regret:

"He said that it was a strange beast and it was unlucky to kill it. He fed me the whole sword and asked the guards for a few steel knives and fed them to me as well. Oh, and he also fed me a copper hammer, but it didn't taste good..."

That was the most filling meal he had had since leaving his parents. After finishing, he burped and simply jumped into the boy's arms:
It's up to you!

Food and shelter included!

He stayed with the boy for four years, from when he was fourteen to eighteen, and grew from a small, palm-sized beast to the size of an adult dog.

It was not until the boy left his father and set off for Beijing that he was taken to the suburbs and released into the wilderness:

The capital city was not a place he could go to. There were many strange people and practitioners in the capital city, and a young man could not protect such a strange beast...

"So he always remembers your original form." Shen Le couldn't help laughing:

"Is the pattern on this gold foil a representation of you as an adult, or as a child?"

"how could I know!!!"

The Alloy Boss was a little angry. He reached out to grab the gold foil, but Shen Le quickly took the gold foil and dodged to the side, saying seriously:
"Let's get down to business. What do you think the pattern on this gold foil could be? Could it be a map?"

"Well……"

The Alloy Boss's expression also turned serious. He stood there, concentrating slightly - Shen Le suspected that he might be sensing the lines on the gold foil and forming a composition in his mind - and then nodded:
"I think it looks like a map. Look, this triangle is a mountain, this line is water, and this square could be a city or a village..."

The big circle in the middle and the area inside the circle may be the image of a young version of Alloy Boss, which is the destination marked on the map.

As for what the thing in this big circle is, and whether the painter left it specially for Alloy Master, only God knows...

Perhaps this is the secret and benefit that the artist left to his friends. The problem is that your map is too abstract!
"So, where is this place up there?"

Shen Le asked sincerely. According to the modern standard map, he might not be able to find the exact location. If the map is a little smaller, a dot on it may be several square kilometers.

But according to this ancient abstract map, he would definitely not be able to find the place!

——Speaking of the ancient treasure maps that allowed people to free themselves, how did those martial artists find their way to their destinations with the maps?
This is as incredible as catching a wanted criminal based on ancient abstract paintings and graphics!
The Alloy Boss shook his head decisively:

"Don't ask me, I don't know!"

...So, you gave me this possibly abstract map, told me "there's a secret here," and left it at that?

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