Vivien's presence caused a stir in this peaceful settlement.Geisel raised his blade and spread the word throughout the tribe, and seven warriors dressed like him gathered from all over the settlement, both men and women, all of whom had in common the strange patterns on their faces and the special daggers they wore at their waists.They gathered around Vivien and Hethana, and when the dagger sensed the resonance of magic and glowed red, the warriors, who were considered "sacred carriers", loudly announced the appearance of the goddess.The whole settlement woke up from the great shock and began to celebrate in great joy, men, women and children brought out of their yurts drinks that could only be enjoyed on festivals, strong men led by some old men to slaughter cattle in preparation for an all-night feast, and some women with strange headdresses took out from a special yurt earthenware jars depicting ancient patterns, and they distributed the spices stored in the jars evenly among everyone in the settlement.
Let them start the dinner with spices sprinkled on the meat, a luxury that can only be enjoyed at religious occasions.Cheerful and loud singing and slightly noisy but uplifting music resounded from all corners of the settlement, and even those who did not know the customs of these indigenous peoples could feel a sense of joy that permeated everyone's heart.Lily watched the exotic celebration scene in the open space by the river, and couldn't help but poke Vivien's arm: "Bat, this is all to welcome you?"
”Vivien wasn't as nervous as everyone thought, she was just a little uncomfortable with the awe and adoration that came from time to time around her, but other than that, she still maintained an indifferent attitude, and at the same time whispered to Lily: "Anyway, I really didn't expect them to make such a big fuss." ”After seeing Vivian's reaction, Hao Ren was a little curious: "You are quite calm, aren't you?"
”"It's not that I haven't been worshiped like this," Vivien's expression was a little helpless and a little self-deprecating, "Didn't I tell you, in ancient times, I was occasionally mistaken for a god, and even had the experience of being worshiped in a temple." ”Lily was curious about Vivien's experience: "So powerful?
That must be pretty cool, right?
”"Don't make a fuss, it's boring," Vivien sighed, "I can't communicate with them, they can sum up a quote for you just by sneezing."
If I hadn't been really hungry, I wouldn't have gone to the temple and sat like a fool for several years. ”Hao Ren was silent, and he listened quietly to Vivien and Lily gossiping about some old things that had been offered in the temple in the past, until his party was led by Geisel and several great warriors to a slightly peculiar looking yurt.This yurt house is not much more ornate than other houses, except for its larger size, it looks no different from ordinary houses.In front of the yurt stood an old man with a dark skin with a full face, who seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and when he saw Vivien, he immediately threw himself on the ground and bowed, and Hao Ren couldn't stop him."
This is the Elder, wise Gotarug," Geisel respectfully introduced the old man, "he is the leader of the tribe of Favonius. ”Hao Ren stepped forward to help the old man up, and half-forcefully stopped the other party's next red tape: "Okay, okay, your goddess knows how pious you are, but she wants to be quiet now—shall we go into the house?"
I have a lot of questions to ask. ”The old man Gotarug looked at Hao Ren in astonishment, as if he didn't understand what this person had to do with the goddess, Vivian nodded when he saw this: "What he said is equivalent to what I said." ”When she encounters something, she is used to letting Hao Ren negotiate, and the latter is more or less professional.The yurt was large enough for everyone to enter, but the warriors who were with Geisel remained respectfully at the door, and only Geisel, as the first warrior to meet the goddess, was given the opportunity to talk to the goddess with the elders - although no one asked them to do so, but neither the warriors nor the clan elders had their own strict rules, and Hao Ren and they were not easy to interfere with.The furnishings inside the yurt are very simple, and most of the furniture and utensils are made of wood or rattan weaving, some of which can be seen to be functional, and some of which can only be roughly judged to be containers and other things.In the middle of the yurt is a thick blanket with patterns, and on the blanket there is a wooden table of fine workmanship, which is the most delicate piece of furniture in the room.On the ground next to the blanket was a miniature obelisk made of metal, carved with rough patterns, and an orange glow emanating from its surface, with a soft temperature, apparently a heating device.Magic-powered heating equipment.Hao Ren and the others sat on the blanket like Gotarug - in fact, at first Gotarug and Geisel didn't dare to sit down so aggressively in front of the goddess, it was Vivien who made an angry appearance and made them have to act as usual before they dared to sit down.Lily's attention was quickly drawn to the metal utensils that emitted light and heat, and she poked her claws at the shell of the thing with her paws, "What is this?"
”Gotarug didn't expect the other party to ask these "common sense" questions, but he still replied respectfully: "This is the phlogiston lamp, a thing that has been passed down from ancient precious knowledge. ”"Ancient times......
Hao Ren nodded slightly, "How much do you still remember about the inheritance of the ancient period?"
”He began to ask the old man questions about the calendar, legends, beliefs, and customs, all of which came to his mind along the way.Since he had already had many experiences of communicating with other civilizations, Hao Ren knew what he should ask, so he quickly grasped the current situation of these remnants living in the "underground world".There are only two phases in their history, the Sun Dynasty of Antiquity and the Emerald Age, which continues after that to this day.The Sun Dynasty is considered to be the era when ancient civilizations flourished and goddesses were with everyone, while the Emerald Age was the state when mortals returned from higher civilizations to primitive civilizations.The megalithic city of Dorassil, a symbol of the Sun Dynasty, is a symbol of the Sun Dynasty, and its technological traces are enough to imagine the brilliant magical skills of humans in those days - but now, the technology of this world has degraded to the point where it can only make gadgets like phlogiston lamps.Hao Ren first carefully inquired about the other party's chronological method, converted the calendar of this world and the earth, and found that the "year" of this underground world was about two years on the earth and a few days more, and then asked about the specific end year of the Sun Dynasty.Gotarug took out a set of carefully guarded leather scrolls from an old rattan chest, which may have been hand-copied over and over again for countless generations, and it was quite thick and had a strong smell of spices: the people of this world believed that spices had different sacred effects, just as the spices that Geisel lit in the stone ruins could talk to the ancestors, and the spices scattered in the scrolls could also pacify and protect knowledge.Gotarug carefully found the records of the Sun Dynasty in the scrolls, and he pointed to the hieroglyphs and said: "The last ray of sunlight fell on the earth five thousand and six hundred years ago, because the age of the sun was over, and the goddess closed the heavenly vault and commanded the giants of the earth to stretch out their hands to the sky, and the giants' arms became pillars of eternity, supporting the sky and the earth of the next age." ”Hao Ren then asked, "What about the stone city?"
Could it be that Dorasier was built before the vault closed?
”He didn't believe that a man-made stone city could withstand the vibrations of the firstborn's tentacles as they grew: especially since the tentacles were creating a new layer of earth's crust, a tremor that would be enough to destroy any trace of humanity.Sure enough, Gotarug shook his head: "The Sun Dynasty is the end of the old world, and when the heavenly dome closes, everything in the old dynasty is swallowed up by the earth.God guided the chosen remnants to the high ground and waited for the reshaping of heaven and earth for a hundred years.Then the world stabilized, and the remnants of the Sun Dynasty built the last city on the land, which was the royal city of Dorashir.The city was not used, it was only left on the earth as evidence of the existence of the Sun Dynasty, the people built it, and discarded it by order of the goddess, and the old era ended and we welcomed the Emerald Age in the fertile land. ”"That is to say, it was more than a hundred years after the closing of the Sky Dome that the Sun Dynasty officially ended, and that city became the only remaining city ruin on the surface, and it was still a ruin that had never been used," Hao Ren frowned, "You built it just to abandon it, and such a large-scale thing is just a souvenir......
What's the point?
”Gotarug pressed his hand to his chest: "The goddess told us to do this, that's the meaning." ”(To be continued.) )