满篇无意义的文字中,出现了“hope you are(希望你们)”“trying to catch me(正在努力抓我)”“or the gas chamber(或者毒气室)”这样的组合。
不熟悉事件背景的人,很容易把这些碎片当成垃圾信息忽略掉。但奥兰恰克知道,在340密码发布两周前,有个自称十二宫的人依照与警方的约定,在电视节目AM San Francisco直播期间给它的主持人打了电话,还用虚弱的语气说起:
I'm sick...I don't want to go to the gas chamber.
我病了……我不想去毒气室。
这个瞬间,科学家开始相信思路没错。
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