Vivian's appearance caused a commotion in this peaceful settlement.
Geisel held up the Holy Blade to spread the news to the tribe. Seven warriors with the same costumes as him gathered from all over the settlement. These warriors were both male and female. What they all had in common was the peculiar pattern on their faces and the special short knife worn around their waists. . They surrounded Vivienne and Hessiana, and when the short knife sensed the magic resonance and glowed red, these warriors who were regarded as "sacred carriers" loudly announced the fact that the goddess had appeared.
After the whole settlement woke up from the huge shock, a grand celebration began. Men, women, old and young children moved out of their yurts the drinks that could only be enjoyed during festivals. The strong men, led by some old men, slaughtered livestock and prepared An all-night feast began, and some women with weird headdresses took out pottery jars depicting ancient patterns from a special yurt, and they evenly distributed the spices stored in the jars to everyone in the settlement, letting them Spices are sprinkled on the meat at the beginning of the dinner - a luxury enjoyed only at religious feasts. Cheerful singing and slightly noisy but uplifting music sounded from every corner of the settlement. Being in it, even if you don’t know the customs of these indigenous peoples, you can feel the joy that permeates everyone’s heart . Lily watched this exotic celebration scene in the open space by the river, and couldn't help poking Vivian's arm: "Bat, this is all to welcome you?"
Vivienne was not as nervous as everyone imagined, she was just a little uncomfortable with the sights of awe and admiration cast around her from time to time, but other than that, she still maintained a calm attitude, and at the same time whispered to Lily: "Say something I really didn't expect them to make such a big fuss."
After seeing Vivian's reaction, Hao Ren was a little curious: "Are you calm?"
"It's not that I have never been enshrined like this before." Vivienne's expression was a little helpless and self-deprecating, "Didn't I tell you that in ancient times, I was occasionally mistaken for a god, and I was even enshrined in a temple. There are also."
Lily was very curious about Vivienne's experience: "Are you so powerful? That must be very cool, right?"
"Don't make trouble, it's boring." Vivienne sighed, "It's impossible to communicate with them. They can sum up a quotation for you even if you sneeze. If it wasn't for being so hungry back then, I wouldn't have If you don’t go to the temple, you’ll sit like a fool for years.”
Hao Ren didn't say a word, he just listened quietly to Vivian and Lily chatting about some old things that were enshrined in the temple, until his group was led by Geisel and several warriors to In front of a yurt that looks a little special.
This yurt is not much more gorgeous 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 dark skin all over his face. He seemed to have been waiting for a long time. After seeing Vivienne, he immediately bowed down with all his body, and Hao Ren couldn't stop him even if he was standing beside him.
"This is the elder, the wise Gottarug," Geisel introduced the old man respectfully, "he is the leader of the Westwind tribe."
Hao Ren stepped forward to help the old man up, and half forcefully prevented the other party from following the red tape: "Okay, okay, your goddess knows how pious you are, but she just wants to stay quietly for a while—let's go into the house Okay? I have a lot of questions I want to ask."
The old man Gottarug looked at Hao Ren in astonishment, as if he didn't understand what this man had to do with the goddess. Seeing this, Vivian nodded: "What he said is equivalent to what I said."
When encountering matters, she was used to letting Hao Ren negotiate, and the latter was somewhat more professional.
The inside of the yurt is big enough to accommodate everyone. But the soldiers who accompanied Geisel remained at the gate respectfully and stood guard. Only Geisel was the first warrior to meet the goddess. I got the chance to talk to the goddess with the elders—although no one asked them to do so, but both the warriors and the tribal elders had their own strict rules, and Hao Ren and the others couldn't interfere.
The furnishing inside the yurt is very simple, surrounded by mostly wooden or rattan furniture and utensils, some of which can be seen to function, and some can only be roughly judged to be containers and the like. On the ground in the middle of the yurt is a layer of thick blanket with patterns, and on the blanket is a finely crafted wooden table, which is the most exquisite furniture in the room. On the ground next to the blanket was a metal object that looked like a miniature obelisk, with some rough patterns carved on it. A layer of orange light emanates from its surface, carrying a soft temperature. Obviously a heating device.
A heating device powered by magic.
Hao Ren and the others sat on the floor on the blanket like Gottarug—actually Gottarug and Geisel didn’t dare to sit down in front of the goddess at first, it was Vivian’s angry look that made them have to They dared to sit down as usual. Lily's attention was quickly attracted by the metal appliance emitting light and heat, and she poked the shell of the thing curiously with her paw: "What is this?"
Gottarug didn't expect the other party to ask these "common sense" questions, but he still replied respectfully: "This is a phlogiston lamp, a thing passed down from ancient precious knowledge."
"Ancient times..." Hao Ren nodded slightly, "How much do you still remember about the inheritance of ancient times?"
He began to ask the old man questions about the calendar, legends, beliefs, and customs. These various questions were all he thought of on the road. Hao Ren knew what he should ask because he had already communicated with different civilizations many times, so he quickly grasped the current situation of these survivors living in the "underground world".
There are only two stages in their historical period, namely the Sun Dynasty in the ancient times and the Emerald Years that have continued since then. The Sun Dynasty is considered to be the era when the ancient civilization was extremely prosperous and the goddess was with everyone, while the Emerald Year is the state when ordinary people return from advanced civilization to primitive civilization. The megalithic city "Dorasil" on the prairie is the symbol of the Sun Dynasty, and the technological traces left by it are enough to make people imagine how brilliant magic skills humans had in that era—but now, the world's Technology has degenerated to the point where only gadgets like phlogiston lamps can be made.
Hao Ren first inquired carefully about the method of the other party's calendar, converted the calendars of this world and the earth, and found that the "year" of this underground world is about two years and a few days more than two years on the earth, and then asked about the details of the Sun Dynasty. end years.
Gottarug took out a set of well-protected leather scrolls from an old rattan box. This scroll may have been hand-copied by countless generations and passed down to this day. It is quite thick and has a strong smell of spices. : People in this world believe that all kinds of spices have different sacred functions, just like the spices lit by Geisel in the stone ruins can communicate with ancestors, and the spices sprinkled in the scrolls can also appease and protect knowledge.
Gottarug carefully found the records about the Sun Dynasty in the scroll. He pointed to the hieroglyphs and said: "The last ray of sunlight fell on the earth 5,600 years ago, because the age of the sun was over, and the goddess closed Sky, order the giants underground to reach out to the sky, and the arms of the giants will become pillars of eternity, supporting the sky and the earth of the next era."
Hao Ren followed up and asked, "What about the stone city? Could it be that Dorasil was built before the sky closed?"
He did not believe that a man-made city of stone could withstand the shock of the growing tentacles of the Firstborn: especially as those tentacles were making a new crust, and the shock would definitely be strong enough to destroy any trace of humanity.
Sure enough, Gottarug shook his head: "The Sun Dynasty is the end of the old world. When the sky closes, everything in the old dynasty is swallowed up by the earth. God guides the chosen remnants to the highlands, waiting for the remodeling of heaven and earth." , This process lasted 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 Doraziel. This city was not used, it was only used as the Evidence of what once existed was left on the earth, people built it, and abandoned it under the order of the goddess, and the old era ended in this way, and we greeted the Emerald Year in the fertile land."
"That is to say, the Sun Dynasty officially ended more than a hundred years after the sky closed, and that city became the only city relic left on the surface, and it was never used," Hao Ren frowned, " You built it just to throw it away, and something of that size is just a souvenir... what's the point?"
Gottaroog put his hands on his chest: "The goddess told us to do this, and this is the meaning." (To be continued~^~)