Gene Game

6 Linguistics

The Shenwei 4 Supercomputing Center is located in the Beixin District of Changzhou. The precise address has not been updated on the mobile phone navigation, and it was not easy to find. Fortunately, there are various barbecue Japanese and western restaurants nearby, and Liu Yi is very familiar with it. After coming out of "eight plus eight", he called Qin Shiwu again to determine the address and route.

"Yes," the detachment leader was absent-minded, mostly fighting on the battlefield. "You drive north along Tongjiang Road, and you see Jiutingzang turn right onto the Japanese street, turn left in front of Oak Bay French Teppanyaki, Indian Chef Turn right under the sign of "Fuji", after passing Fuk Kee Buffet, Zhen Zuo Ke Char-grilled and Bolong Beer Plaza, turn left and you can almost see it."

No one gave directions more detailed and precise than Qin Shiwu. Following his guidance, Liu Yi successfully found the Supercomputing Center. It was a ten-story high building, the outer wall was all lake-blue glass, and the shape was like a raised snickers. After he parked the car, he took out his business card to see who he wanted to deal with. The name printed on the business card is Sun Weisheng, the head of the Department of Linguistics, Jianye University, and the doctoral supervisor of the Faculty of Arts. Jianye University is one of only two 985 universities in Jiangnan Province. The title of this professor is not light. With 12 points of respect, Liu Yi knocked on the door of 509 15 minutes before the appointed time.

The one who answered the door was a sloppy old man with a crooked tie and a messy stubble. On his chest hung the attendance card that claimed to sell for 20,000 yuan, and his name was Sun Weisheng. Many scholars have this image. Liu Yi reported to his family after saluting, explaining his intentions.

"Right," Professor Sun let Liu Yi in. "Your Captain Qin told me this, and almost forgot."

Liu Yi spoke in diplomatic terms: "I'm very sorry for taking your time, and thank you for your cooperation with the police, I..."

"There is no need for greetings, we are all busy," the scholar seemed unwilling to waste even a moment, "take things out."

The attitude of dealing with it is quite rude, and Liu Yi is not disgusted with it. He hates the verbose and meaningless way of speaking. He closed his mouth, handed out the A4 paper full of square symbols, and briefly explained: "We found it at the scene of the murder case together, suspected to be a criminal..."

"There is no need to explain, Captain Qin said on the phone," the professor stopped him again, "but the ugly thing is first, although this building now gathers the world's linguistics authority, there are many cryptographies. Professor, but don’t expect to get the answer. The work of deciphering lost text is very difficult. For example, the deciphering of ancient Egyptian text lasted for more than a thousand years, until Napoleon’s army discovered it in Egypt in 1799. The famous Rosetta stele, the first light was revealed by deciphering. The only thing you brought is a piece of paper, which is too little for the study of a certain language, and there is no bilingual comparison, no meaning, no era Background. Taking a step back, it's hard to say whether or not the above is written in words. Although you Captain Qin has read books for a few years, sometimes misunderstandings happen and sometimes happen."

It seems that this professor has some friendship with Qin Shiwu. Seeing him not speaking, he probably felt that his tone was too blunt. Professor Sun Weisheng comforted: "Don't pay too much attention to what I just said. Since you captured it from a few gangsters, if it is for them to convey information, It must be complicated. If we can't find out why at this meeting, it won't work in other places. Don't worry, I will submit it to the conference."

After speaking, the arrogant scholar took the A4 paper and strode out the door, leaving Liu Yi in the office alone. From the beginning to the present, he neither greeted Liu Yi to sit down, nor asked for Liu Yi's contact information, and did not even leave a word on whether to wait for him to come back.

Of course, he didn't even pour Liu Yi a glass of water.

He had never experienced this before, and he couldn't help feeling a little at a loss. Professor Sun was telling the truth. It was estimated that they would not be able to decipher successfully for a while. After thinking twice, Liu Yi decided to wait for half an hour. If Sun Wei hadn't come back and screamed, he would leave a cell phone number and leave.

He sat down in the corner of the sofa and took out his phone. Time flies quickly. It didn't feel long before Sun Wei hurriedly pushed the door in. So fast? Liu Yi was surprised: "Is there a result?"

"No," Professor Sun shoved the paper back to him. "We kept a copy and released the video at the conference. The best people in the world saw it. Half of them are proficient in cuneiform, Mayan and Experts in ancient Egyptian sacred scripts can read those ancient words as easily as we read newspapers; the other half have been soaking in ruins and excavations in various places for many years, and any words unearthed cannot escape their eyes."

"What did they say?" Liu Yi perceives sensitively that Professor Sun's attitude is much more friendly.

"On this paper," the scholar became hesitant. "No one knows what it is. No one has even seen characters that have a slight origin with this symbol. To make it clearer, we can even... It’s not a word that can’t be said. Don’t doubt, although it only took 30 minutes, we have no idea what this is, we still know it.”

"Can't it be regarded as words?" Liu Yi scratched his head.

"At least it can't be regarded as human words," Professor Sun pointed to the first square symbol on the paper. "From the font, these are probably written with a brush, very similar to the official script. There are two elements that makeup all the symbols. To describe Chinese characters, one is horizontal and vertical, and the other is dot. Pay attention, if you take the average value, there are too many elements of a single symbol. Although the time is too short to have time to count it carefully, it is the simplest symbol It also consists of thirty-five elements."

"What does this mean?"

"Explain that if it is used as a text, the amount of information expressed by this type of text is too large. For example, the average strokes of Chinese characters are roughly ten strokes, and if you use elements such as radicals to calculate, the average drops to eight. Take this as According to the basis, in academia, Chinese characters are defined as eighth-level characters, while Chinese is a ninth-level language. Because our languages are different, they correspond to the same type of characters. The calculation method of English is slightly different, and it is an eighth-level language. The known human languages are generally between five and nine orders. Generally speaking, the higher the order, the higher the evolution of the language and the more developable it is."

"So speaking Mandarin is quite proud?"

"We have to thank our first emperor for this." The professor shook his head. "According to this evaluation standard, if the symbols on the paper are really words, they are at least forty or higher-for the human brain, it is too complicated. No, accurate In other words, it is simply incomprehensible. For example, how can we use this kind of words to express simple meanings such as'good' or'get out'?"

The QR code scanned two thousand years ago is really not so easy to deal with. After saying "please contact us after making any progress", Liu Yi got up and left. Professor Sun Weisheng apologized for all the way and sent him straight outside the glass curtain wall of the Supercomputing Center.

Even the real experts were helpless, and Liu Yi became more and more curious about the content on the paper. The mini cooper's carriage was too narrow for his 1.87 meters. He squeezed himself into the seat and fastened his seat belt. Before he could start the engine, someone banged on the window.

To collect money? This parking lot should be free. Liu Yi put down the car window and found that it was the young man who had seen him in "Eight Plus Eight" at noon, and the one who was staying next to the chirping old man.

"Hello," probably nervous, the young man was shaking slightly, "Professor, the professor asked me to invite you."

What kind of invitation is this? Anyhow, you have to report your family first. It is probably a little thing that has just graduated from school and has not been rubbed down by society. Liu Yi reached for the window button: "Didn't I say that I am not interested?"

The young man blushed: "Well, Professor Xu said, after showing you this, you will be willing to see him." After he finished speaking, before Liu Yi agreed, he stuffed a piece of paper in.

Although a little disgusted with the recklessness of the young man, Liu Yi took the paper. I just looked at him for a moment and was stunned. There was only one symbol on the paper, which was the same type as the one scanned from the thousand-year QR code. To insist on the difference is that the font has changed from the official script to imitating Song.

"Professor Xu knew that you would agree, so I let me show you the way," the young man asked happily, "Did you agree?"

Liu Yi nodded slowly: "Yes, get in the car."