Let $ a_1 , a_2 , \cdots , a_k $ be numbers such that $ a_i \in \{ 0,1,2,3 \} ( i= 1, 2, \cdots ,k) $. Let $ z = ( x_k , x_{k-1} , \cdots , x_1 )_4 $ be a base 4 expansion of $ z \in \{ 0, 1, 2, \cdots , 4^k -1 \} $. Define $ A $ as follows: \[ A = \{ z | p(z)=z, z=0, 1, \cdots ,4^k-1 \}\] where \[ p(z) = \sum_{i=1}^{k} a_i x_i 4^{i-1} . \] Prove that the number of elements in $ X $ is a power of 2.