There are many languages in Yang Yu’s original world. Characters are the carriers of languages. Different characters can be divided into different categories based on their different origins, structures, etc.
Although the texts are different, they all need time to settle.
This period of time can last for hundreds or thousands of years and requires the efforts of countless people.
In the same region, when the old civilization disappears and a new civilization emerges, the languages and writings of the two civilizations are likely to be very different.
Even if a civilization continues to survive, their language and writing will continue to be refined over a long period of time, causing the words they initially spoke and the words they used to be very different from those spoken and used by their descendants.
Yang Yu didn’t know how long the ancient civilization had been gone, but judging from the "Chronicles of the Elves", it was at least tens of thousands of years.
Tens of thousands of years are enough to change a lot of things.
In Yang Yu’s original world, the king who lived more than two thousand years ago would never have imagined that the land under his feet would no longer need to serve a monarch in the future.
Over the tens of thousands of years in this world, there may have been movements to exclude old culture and promote new culture. The old characters may have been regarded as a symbol of suffering and backwardness and were gradually replaced by the new characters.
During the tens of thousands of years in this world, there may have been situations where civilizations split and created their own characters. The old characters were gradually broken down into symbols that each faction considered easier to remember in order to distinguish the original civilization.
No one can tell what will happen in tens of thousands of years.
The final result is the present. The present, where magic is taken for granted and written culture is completely cut off from the old days.
Yang Yu realized that if he wanted to communicate with this man from ancient times, he would need to use a relatively primitive but frequently used method.
The rough man did not put He Meng down, but kept playing with him as if he had got some new toy, tentatively stimulating He Meng with magic power.
He Meng grew countless spikes like a thorn ball, and then suddenly swelled up like a balloon and flew in the air.
The stern face of the rugged man relaxed slightly because of He Meng's funny look.
Taking this opportunity, Yang Yu plucked up the courage to walk towards the rough man. He didn't know the rough man's temper, so he could only hope that his character was not too bad.
Noticing Yang Yu coming, the burly man stopped using magic to stimulate He Meng, allowing He Meng to return to his original appearance and look at Yang Yu without saying a word.
Despite the language barrier, Yang Yu did not show any hostility and won a lot of favor from the rough man.
Yang Yu did not flatter excessively, but simply handed the ancient book page with the translation to the rough man.
Seeing the words on the page, the burly man snatched the page from Yang Yu's hand without saying a word, and his eyes quickly swept across the old page, examining it carefully.
"#*@￥%&*@￥?"
Some words that no one could understand came out of the rough man's mouth.
After saying that, the burly man seemed to suddenly realize something, tapped his head, sighed with a wry smile, turned his head to the side, and fell into deep thought.
Taking this opportunity, Yang Yu took out a sketchbook and a paintbrush.
Noticing Yang Yu's movements, the burly man turned around, and Yang Yu unabashedly tapped the sketchbook with his paintbrush and smiled.
The burly man realized what Yang Yu was trying to do, but didn't say anything. He just looked at the pages again, trying to see something from them.
In ancient times, before humans invented writing, most humans used painting to record what they saw and heard more accurately and pass it on to the next generation to avoid too many errors in word of mouth.
Some scholars believe that the spark of civilization emerged only after humans developed the skill of painting.
Words are actually a kind of painting.
But compared to the majestic huge paintings, they are simpler, but they can show complexity through combination and arouse imagination.
To record a magnificent epic, a mural may take years or even decades to complete, but a simple "painting" like text only requires a few stone tablets and can be completed in a few months or even days.
This change in efficiency makes it possible for culture to be passed on.
Even if the form of language changes, as long as humans still know how to inject meaning into specific symbol paintings to form words, they will definitely develop new civilizations.
Different civilizations only need to return their "word paintings" to their original simplicity and express the meaning contained in the "word paintings" in more detailed paintings, so that they can communicate with each other.
If Yang Yu could use painting to complete initial communication with this ancient person in front of him, and let him learn the language from scratch like a child, he would definitely be able to hear many interesting ancient stories from his mouth.
This may be time-consuming, but it is worth it for Yang Yu to do it.
In fact, Yang Yu didn't have to teach him himself. As long as he explained the "truth" to the man, he could hand it over to some "educators" and take his time.
The only problem is that using figurative paintings to communicate may cause certain ambiguities, and things that are too complicated are difficult to explain with paintings.
Yang Yu can only paint in a way that he thinks is more intuitive.
Yang Yu first planned to show the purpose of their coming here. Only by showing that they had no intention of harming this man and eliminating his concerns could they continue the conversation.
Considering the man's patience, Yang Yu started writing quickly: the first picture was [Blood Earl] leading his men to ravage the city; the second picture was Yang Yu and his men receiving orders from the emperor of the Rose Empire; the third picture was Yang Yu and his men seeking help from the Slime King; the fourth picture was Yang Yu and his men's action route. In this picture, Yang Yu marked all the previous action nodes.
Yang Yu drew a total of eleven pictures, which progressed step by step and went straight to the present when they met.
After a quick check and making sure there was nothing wrong, Yang Yu handed the sketchbook in his hand to the burly man not far away.
The burly man grabbed He Meng with one hand and the sketchbook with the other, flipping through the book with magic.
When turning to the second page, the man paused for a moment, his eyes fixed on the emperor who was kneeling before Yang Yu and the others, wearing a crown and holding a scepter.
After a long pause, the man flipped through the sketchbook again, one, two, three pictures, one by one.
Finally, the man closed the sketchbook and handed it back to Yang Yu, and immediately fell into deep thought.
He should be able to understand it, right? After taking back the album, Yang Yu quickly turned to a new sheet of paper, thinking about how to draw next to express his meaning clearly.
At this moment, the burly man released his magic power to He Meng again, and a tiny bead flew out of He Meng's body uncontrollably.
Yang Yu wanted to say something, but it would be useless to say anything in this situation. He could only watch the man operate quietly.
The man just rubbed the extremely hard dragon ball into powder with a light rub, and sprinkled it on He Meng's body very casually, allowing He Meng to absorb it completely.
Then the man put the poor little guy on the ground.
Before Yang Yu could confirm what sound came out of the system, the man simply bowed to Yang Yu and a pair of dragon wings spread out behind him.
The dragon wings flapped, creating a whirlwind. The man flew into the sky in the blink of an eye, tearing a crack in space and disappearing from the sight of Yang Yu and the others.
(End of this chapter)