After listening to Zhang Zian's narration, Fina's first reaction was: What nonsense is he talking about? The sun rises and sets every day. How can it not set? Even if you want to lie, you have to follow the basic rules.
Zhang Zian saw that it didn't trust him from the bottom of its heart and felt very hurt. Why did no one believe him when he told the truth?
"It's true. I'm not the only one who discovered it. If you don't believe me, you can ask everyone!" He pointed to the sky and the earth, wishing he could swear an oath to prove his innocence.
However, even if he swore an oath, he probably wouldn't be able to win Fina's trust …
"I noticed it first," Old Time Tea testified for Zhang Zian.
Old Time Tea was standing on a collapsed wall, leisurely looking at the beautiful scenery nearby. When it heard Zhang Zian call for them to gather, it was about to jump down when it suddenly became alert. It found that something seemed wrong.
It had always been very vigilant. After looking around, it didn't find anything special. They were currently at the top of the hill. If any people or animals approached, they definitely wouldn't be able to escape its eyes.
Old Time Tea didn't just ignore it. Instead, it calmed itself down and focused its attention on the more subtle details, so that it could see the bigger picture.
When its gaze swept past the shadow under its feet, its whiskers trembled. It found a strange phenomenon that surprised it. When it jumped on the wall, it remembered very clearly that its shadow had fallen on the edge of the wall. For more than ten minutes, it had been standing in the same place and hadn't moved at all. The position of its shadow hadn't moved at all?
Old Time Tea was cautious. At first, it thought that it was seeing things, or there were some other reasons, such as it inadvertently moving its position. But when it carefully thought about its every move just now, it felt that it was unlikely, because it always stood and sat in a proper posture — standing like a pine tree, sitting like a bell. It would never stand and twist around for no reason.
So, it told its discovery to Famous and Vladimir and asked if they had noticed this abnormality.
Famous and Vladimir also found it hard to believe, but Old Time Tea looked serious. It didn't seem like it was joking.
Even though the sun had already set and the sunlight was many times weaker than it was at noon, it still couldn't be looked at directly.
They didn't know where Fina had run off to. Zhang Zian and the elfins couldn't leave it behind, so they couldn't leave for the time being.
Old Time Tea and the elfins stood firmly in a triangle position. They held their breath and stayed motionless, carefully observing their shadows.
Just like that, another ten minutes passed, and the three shadows from different angles did not change at all.
The three of them looked at each other. After a little discussion, they felt that this matter was unusual and quickly came to discuss it with Zhang Zian.
Zhang Zian was playing with his phone with his head down. He kept calling out Fina's name. He wanted to post something like, "If your boyfriend claims to be going to Siwa to pursue the glory of Alexander the Great, then you have to be careful." He felt that it would definitely attract the attention of many girls …
He listened to Old Time Tea and the others. At first, he thought it was incredible, but after listening carefully, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with their judgment. He also felt that the sun had not set for a long time today.
Just then, he saw Fina jump out of the spire and hurriedly told her about his discovery.
Fina didn't believe Zhang Zian, but the elfins all said the same thing, so it had to believe him.
Could this be … the oracle of God Amon?
It quickly glanced at the setting sun near the horizon. This was the highest point nearby, the best place to enjoy the sunrise and sunset. Was this the reason why the Oracle Palace was built here in ancient times?
Fei Na's heart was beating very fast, and waves of ecstasy surged into her heart.
God Amon had responded! He had really responded to its prayers!
So … could it really see her again in the flesh?
The elfins talked about this strange thing, but after a round of discussion, there was no conclusion.
"The oracle … it really is the oracle …" Fina murmured. "Alexander the Great must have seen such an oracle at that time …"
Zhang Zian coughed and said, "In my opinion, it has nothing to do with the oracle, right?"
Fina, who was secretly happy, felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over its head. It couldn't help but ask, "Why?"
Zhang Zian didn't notice the strangeness in its tone. He immediately expressed his opinion. "In my opinion, this is similar to a mirage. There's nothing to be surprised about."
He squatted down, picked up a small stone, and drew two concentric arcs on the ground. "This is the surface of the earth and the atmosphere."
Then, he drew a triangle at one end of the inner arc. "This is the small mound that we are standing on."
"This is the sun." He drew a small circle at the other end of the outer arc. The circle didn't touch the arc.
He drew a dotted line from the small circle to connect to the triangle. "Logically speaking, the light emitted by the sun has been blocked by the ground. We can't see it, but …"
He drew another solid line, starting from the small circle, intersecting with the outer arc, and then changing direction to connect with the triangle.
"Abnormal atmospheric conditions will cause light to refract like this, so that the sun that has already sunk can still be seen by us. In our eyes, the sun seems to have never moved."
After he finished speaking, he threw down the small stone, feeling very proud.
Old Time Tea suddenly understood. It stroked its beard and said, "This is like looking at the fish in the water from the shore. The position that you see of the fish is not where the fish really is?"
"That's right. Grandpa Tea is really amazing." Zhang Zian admired Old Time Tea's ability to use what it had learned. It probably caught a lot of fish in the mountains when it was young.
Famous and Vladimir also understood his diagram and felt that it made sense. They were relieved that there was no need to worry about any changes in the world.
Only Fina's face became more and more ugly. It said, "This is just your guess. How do you know if there is an abnormality in the atmosphere?"
Zhang Zian was proud of himself. It was as if he had solved a primary school math problem. He said disapprovingly, "The extreme environment of the desert and the Gobi is easy to produce rare weather phenomena, such as super storms that can move sand dunes, torrential rain that lasts for three days and three nights, mysterious mirages, and so on. Otherwise, what other explanation can there be?"
Fina agreed with him in its heart. After all, it had lived in Egypt for a much longer time than he had. But the more it was so, the more angry it was.
It tentatively said, "Even if it is as you said, and it is an abnormality formed by the abnormality of the atmosphere, why did it not happen earlier or later? Why did it happen at this time?"
In fact, it still had something else to say. Why did it happen when it was praying to God Amon?
"Well …" Zhang Zian shrugged. "Maybe it is a coincidence, or maybe similar abnormalities often happen here, but not many people notice it. After all, there are not many tourists here, and no one will always stare at the sunset. The locals may even turn a blind eye to it."
The more he said, the more he felt that his guess was reasonable. In front of the elfins, he gained a sense of superiority in terms of intelligence and became even more smug.
The other elfins were secretly observing them. At this time, they were all silent because they could see that Fina had an unusual obsession with this abnormal phenomenon. Usually, Fina would not care about this so-called abnormality, but only Zhang Zian did not understand the atmosphere at the scene.
"I … don't believe in coincidences," Fina said stubbornly. "You often don't believe in coincidences, either. Why do you always talk about coincidences this time?"
"Because sometimes there are coincidences! I don't believe in coincidences between people. Who can predict things like the weather? Otherwise, what do you think is going on? "Zhang Zian smiled and crossed his arms in front of his chest. He was very confident in his reasoning ability.
Old Time Tea and Famous kept giving him looks, meaning to tell him not to fight. Even if he took a step back, he would not lose a piece of meat. However, he was talking nonsense and did not notice.
Fei Na was about to explode from his confident look. She suppressed her anger and maintained a calm expression. She said, "Maybe it's because of some other reasons that can't be explained by common sense. Look, we're standing in this holy land …"
Before it could finish, it was rudely interrupted by Zhang Zian.
"No, no, I know what you are going to say about the oracle, but I have emphasized it many times. Occam's Razor — the simpler the better. Instead of adding a mysterious factor to explain the problem, it is better to explain it from the existing factors." He waved his hand carelessly.
Fina finally could not take it anymore and screamed, "I will shave you first!"
Before it finished speaking, a few sharp claw shadows broke through the wind, flashing a cold light under the light of the setting sun.
Zhang Zian was scared out of his wits. Fortunately, his reaction was fast, and he was not standing very close to Fina. He instinctively tried to take half a step back and barely avoided the attack. Even so, his jeans were cut a few times, and he almost saw blood.
"Hey! What are you doing? A gentleman uses his mouth, not his fists! "
He glared at Old Time Tea and hid behind Old Time Tea.
"Your Majesty, please calm down! I also think that it is too far-fetched to use coincidence as an explanation. You must know that there are no absolutes in this world. There are still many things in this world that cannot be completely explained by science. "
Old Time Tea quickly helped him.
Vladimir also advised, "All questions of the nature of thinking, all questions of the cat people's internal debate, can only be solved by the method of discussion, criticism, persuasion, and education. It cannot be solved by force or oppression."
"The truth is out there!" Famous quoted a classic sentence from the X-Files, indicating that the truth had not been determined.
"Meow!" Xinghai was also very sympathetic.
Fina's anger had not subsided. It glared at him fiercely, swung its tail, and turned to leave. "I will go back first!"
It left as soon as it said it would. Soon, it walked down the hill towards the direction of the small town and disappeared into the date palm.
"This is so strange!"
After confirming that Fina had left, Zhang Zian finally put the heart in his throat back into his stomach. He rolled up his sleeves and shouted angrily, "I will not lower myself to its level! Otherwise … Haha! "
He looked down at the new holes on his jeans and comforted himself, "Tsk, a few more holes, and it looks quite damp! Right, who made it angry again? "
The rest of the elfins were speechless and did not know what to say.
"Quack!" Richard landed on his shoulder and said sympathetically, "No wonder you are still single after living for so many years. This is the rhythm of being a loner for life!"
"What? What do you mean? "Zhang Zian was stunned.
Richard sighed. "Don't tell me you still don't understand? Don't try to reason with all female creatures. They will drag your IQ down to their level, and then use their own unreasonable ways to defeat you! "
Zhang Zian carefully thought about this sentence and nodded with deep feelings. "That seems to be the case …"
"So, men should f * ck other men and let the female creatures go to hell!" Richard firmly waved its wings and went along with the flow.
"Well, that makes sense … No!"
Zhang Zian finally reacted. He had almost been tricked by Richard again!
He remembered that he had not settled the score with it from before. He was about to grab its claws and beat it up, but it was already prepared and flew away.
"Quack! Strong young man, run towards the sunset! In this foundational town, he would welcome a fated encounter! But be sure to take protective measures! "Richard flapped its wings and flew high, circling around the steeple of the ruins.
Zhang Zian picked up the small stone that he had just thrown away from the ground. He held it in his hand and hesitated whether or not he should throw it down. He was not afraid that it would cause any harm, but he was worried that if he hit the steeple that was about to fall, it would smash the more than 2,000 years old antique …
Although he did not think that gods really existed in the conventional sense, as Fina said, they were standing on a piece of sacred land. It was better to be safe than sorry …
What if he was punished by the gods and left alone for the rest of his life?
"Quack?"
Richard had just circled around the steeple two or three times when it suddenly felt the urge to pee.
In order to reduce the burden of flying, birds, including parrots, were basically rectal and could excrete at any time.
When Richard was at home, it would try its best to hold it in, but in the wild, it did not care. It drew a bright arc in the air, and a pool of urine fell among the ruins.
Zhang Zian and the other elfins quickly dodged to the side, or else they would be drenched in bird urine.
"Quack! Cool! "
Before it could finish its sentence, its vision suddenly went black. It was caught off guard and bumped into the spire. It was so dizzy that it fell down like a stone.
Fortunately, it flapped its wings to slow down, so it did not fall too badly. Even so, it almost fainted from the fall, and it fell right on top of its own urine. Its feathers were covered with its own urine mud.
Zhang Zian and the others were amused and sympathetic to the b * tch bird that had brought this upon itself. Then, their vision also went black.
He and the elfins looked to the west at the same time.
The sun, which had been hovering on the horizon for a long time, almost set in the blink of an eye. The light quickly turned from bright to dark, and Richard's night blindness was acting up.
He and the elfins looked at each other.
It couldn't be? Richard had just urinated and defecated on the sacred land, and it was immediately retribution?
Was this a coincidence or … the punishment of the gods?
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