Qin Xiaoyu crouched at the edge of the altar, her small hand gently tracing the patterns on the bronze surface. The winding lines looked chaotic, yet held an underlying order, almost like writing. Puzzled, she spoke up:
"Huh? Professor Li, everyone, come look. These patterns... they don't seem to be decorations. Aren't they writing?"
Professor Li Songlin was deciphering the sacrificial inscription. Hearing her words, he immediately turned and hurried over to Qin Xiaoyu, following her finger to study the patterns on the surface of the Bronze Altar.
He strode farther away and turned back to look at the entire altar.
"They really are writing... This isn't Ancient Lao Script. It's Primordial Script!"
Primordial Script was actually carved into the ancestral temple altar of the Ancient Lao People? Could their beliefs really be traced back to the Primordial Era?
"Primordial Script?"
Ying Wenjie came closer, following Professor Li's gaze toward the crisscrossing patterns.
Professor Li did not answer. He took a sketchbook and pencil from his pocket, narrowed his eyes, and copied the altar's patterns stroke by stroke.
He drew very slowly, pausing for a long time after every stroke to study it. The other professors did not dare disturb him and stood quietly nearby.
Ye Chendong walked over to Ying Wenjie and quietly asked what he was drawing. Ying Wenjie shook his head and said Professor Li had called it Primordial Script.
Ye Chendong's expression shifted slightly. Primordial Script was a writing system even older than Ancient Lao Script, and it was exceedingly rare among the artifacts excavated so far.
Professor Li was still drawing. The altar was so large that copying just one corner had already filled two whole pages. The lines twisted and curved, some resembling birds, others mountains, and others people.
Several groups of symbols appeared