Wisdom born of exchange and coexistence. Now, through the young people's hands, that wisdom was being passed on across time and space-in tapestries, in dance steps, and in the rainforest." Winter snow at West Lake fell on the vine tapestry, yet could not blanket the rainforest's vitality. In the distance, Leifeng Pagoda stood in the snow like a silent witness. Muhammad knew that the Young Heritage Vanguard Team's journey would continue-their next stop might be the Maya ruins in the Americas, or perhaps the Alps in Europe. But wherever they went, the moral principles of A Deadly Secret and the warmth of patterns from around the world would flourish endlessly like the vines of the Congo rainforest, forever illuminating the path of humanity's cultural inheritance and writing a new cultural chapter belonging to all humankind that would never end. A new chapter of A Deadly Secret: the awakening of astronomical patterns at the Maya ruins. Just after the spring equinox, the Young Heritage Vanguard Team's flight landed on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula-the Maya Ruins Protection Agency had invited them once again, hoping they could further revitalize the Maya Astronomical Calendar Pattern and Sacrificial Totem Pattern. Although the team had previously developed a "calendar treasure hunt," as their understanding of global patterns deepened, the agency hoped they could uncover the profound wisdom of "human dialogue with nature and the cosmos" within Maya patterns, allowing the younger generation not only to decipher the "code of time," but also to understand the Maya people's reverence for and exploration of the stars. With Soka, Karen, Marco, Lucio, Kam, and the other youngsters, Muhammad entered the ancient city of Chichén Itzá once again. Standing before the Pyramid of Kukulcán, the Maya scholar Carlos pointed to a Venus Pattern relief on its western side and said, "This pattern records Venus's orbital period. The Maya used it to calculate the 'Venus calendar' to guide farming and sacrificial rites. But most children today only know the rumors about the Maya 'end of the world.' They don't understand that these patterns are the ancients' 'diaries' of their exploration of the cosmos." Kam stroked the rainforest vine tapestry he carried with him, recalling his experience finding water in the Congo using the "vine spiral pattern." "Perhaps we could turn astronomical patterns into a 'classroom under the stars'? Just as we used rainforest patterns to find water, we could let everyone understand the Maya view of the cosmos through observation." Carlos's eyes lit up at the suggestion, and the Maya Astronomical Pattern Awakening Plan officially began through a fusion of experiences across civilizations: 1. Cosmic resonance between martial arts and astronomy: letting patterns "connect heaven and earth." Lin Xiaowu gazed at the Stepped Pattern of the Pyramid of Kukulcán-the angle of each step precisely matched the sun's projected path at the spring and autumn equinoxes, and the "serpent shadow" formed by midday sunlight passing through the gaps between the steps overlapped exactly with the Feathered Serpent Totem Pattern at the pyramid's base. Combining this with the internal cultivation method of the "Heart-Clearing Art" from A Deadly Secret, he designed the Starlit Breath-Regulating Steps: using the pyramid's steps as a reference, the youngsters had to walk along the paths of the "Venus calendar" patterns, adjusting their breathing according to the "Heart-Clearing Art" every three steps and sensing the changes in sunlight and shadow. Carlos explained from the side, "The Maya believed that 'humans are a microcosm of the universe.' Every step of this footwork imitates Venus's path around the sun, bringing the body into sync with the rhythms of the cosmos." Karen, meanwhile, combined Great Zimbabwe's "Boulder Fist" with the Maya "sun pattern" to devise the Solar Energy Fist. He used lime to draw an enormous sun pattern in the plaza, with the "Golden Heart" at its center and the "Flame Pattern" around its edge: when throwing a punch, one had to channel force from the "Flame Pattern" toward the "Golden Heart," symbolizing "absorbing solar energy,"
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