Vivian's appearance caused a stir in the peaceful settlement.
Gezer raised his holy blade and spread the news throughout the tribe. Seven warriors dressed like him gathered from all over the settlement. There were men and women among them. What they had in common was the strange patterns on their faces and the special daggers they wore on their waists. They gathered around Vivian and Hessiana. When the daggers sensed the magic resonance and glowed red, the warriors, who were regarded as sacred carriers, loudly announced the appearance of the goddess.
After the entire settlement woke up from the huge shock, they began to celebrate. Men, women, old and young brought out the drinks that could only be enjoyed during the festival from their yurts. The strong men were led by some elders to slaughter the livestock, ready to start the night feast. Some women with strange headgear took out pottery jars with ancient patterns from a special yurt. They distributed the spices stored in the jars to everyone in the settlement, so that they could sprinkle the spices on the meat at the beginning of the feast. The spices were a luxury that could only be enjoyed during religious festivals. Cheerful and loud singing and slightly noisy but uplifting music rang from every corner of the settlement. Even if one did not understand the customs of these indigenous tribes, one could still feel the joy that permeated everyone's heart. Lily watched the exotic celebration from the open space by the river. She could not help but poke Vivian's arm. "Battie, is this to welcome you?"
Vivian was not as nervous as everyone thought she would be. She was just a little uncomfortable with the looks of awe and worship from time to time, but other than that, she still maintained a calm attitude. At the same time, she whispered to Lily, "I really didn't expect them to make such a big deal out of it."
Seeing Vivian's reaction, Hao Ren was a little curious. "You are quite calm, aren't you?"
"It's not like I've never been worshiped like this before." Vivian looked a little helpless and self-deprecating. "Didn't I tell you that in ancient times, I was occasionally mistaken for a god and even worshiped in the temple?"
Lily was curious about Vivian's experience. "That's amazing! That must feel good, right? "
"Stop fooling around. It's boring." Vivian sighed. "It's impossible to communicate with them. Even if you sneeze, they'll come up with a whole book of quotes for you. If it weren't for the fact that I was starving, I wouldn't have gone to the temple and sat there like an idiot for several years. "
Hao Ren did not say a word. He listened quietly as Vivian and Lily chatted about their time in the temple until they were led by Gezer and a few big warriors to a slightly unusual linoleum.
This yurt was not much more gorgeous than other houses. Apart from its larger size, it looked no different from an ordinary house. A dark-skinned old man with wrinkles all over his face stood in front of the yurt. He seemed to have been waiting for a long time. When he saw Vivian, he immediately prostrated himself before her. Hao Ren could not stop him.
"This is the elder, the wise Gotarug," Gezer introduced the old man respectfully. "He is the leader of the West Wind tribe."
Hao Ren stepped forward and helped the old man up. He forcibly stopped the old man from going through the formalities. "All right, all right. Your goddess knows how devout you are, but she just wants to be quiet for a while. Can we go into the yurt? I have a lot of questions to ask. "
The old man Gotarug looked at Hao Ren in amazement. He did not seem to understand what this person had to do with the goddess. Vivian nodded. "What he says is equivalent to what I say."
Vivian was used to letting Hao Ren handle the negotiations. The latter was more professional.
The yurt was large enough to accommodate everyone. But the warriors who came with Gezer still stood at the door respectfully. Only Gezer, as the first warrior to meet the goddess, was given the opportunity to talk to the goddess together with the elder. Although no one asked them to do so, the warriors and the tribal elder had their own set of strict rules, and Hao Ren and the others could not interfere.
The furnishings in the yurt were very simple. Most of the furniture in the yurt was made of wood or rattan. Some of them were clearly functional, while others were roughly containers. In the middle of the yurt was a thick carpet with a pattern on the ground. On the carpet was a finely crafted wooden table. This was the most exquisite piece of furniture in the room. On the ground next to the blanket was an object made of metal that looked like a mini obelisk. The object was carved with some rough patterns, and a layer of orange light emitted from its surface, bringing with it a gentle temperature. It was obviously a heating device.
It was a magic-powered heating device.
Hao Ren and the others sat on the carpet like Gotarug. At first, Gotarug and Gezer did not dare to sit down in front of the goddess. It was Vivian who pretended to be angry and forced them to sit down. Lily's attention was quickly attracted by the metal object that emitted light and heat. She curiously poked the shell of the object with her claws and asked, "What is this?"
Gotarug did not expect Hao Ren to ask these 'common sense' questions, but he still replied respectfully, "This is a phlogistic lamp, an object of precious ancient knowledge."
"Ancient?" Hao Ren nodded slightly. "How much do you remember about the ancient heritage?"
He began to ask the old man about the calendar, legends, beliefs, and local customs. These were all questions that he had thought of along the way. Since Hao Ren had many experiences in communicating with other civilizations, he knew what to ask. So he quickly got a general grasp of the current situation of the survivors in the underground world.
There were only two periods in their history. One was the Sun Dynasty in the ancient times, and the other was the Jade Era, which had lasted until now. The Sun Dynasty was considered to be the era when the ancient civilization flourished and the goddess was with everyone, while the Jade Age was when the mortals reverted from advanced civilization to primitive civilization. The megalithic city of Dorasil on the prairie was the symbol of the Sun Dynasty. The technological traces left behind in the city were enough to imagine how brilliant the magic skills of the humans in that era were. But now, the technology in this world had deteriorated to the point where they could only make gadgets like the phlogistic lamp.
Hao Ren first carefully asked the old man about the way of counting the years. After converting the calendars in this world and on Earth, he found that a year in this underground world was about a few days longer than two years on Earth. Then he asked about the specific date of the end of the Sun Dynasty.
Gotarug took out a set of carefully protected leather scrolls from an old rattan box. The scrolls were handwritten over and over again for generations. They were quite thick and had a strong smell of spices. People in this world believed that different spices had different sacred functions. Just as the spices that Gezer lit in the stone ruins could communicate with the ancestors, the spices scattered in the scrolls could also comfort and protect knowledge.
Gotarug carefully found the records about the Sun Dynasty in the scrolls. He pointed to the hieroglyphs and said, "The last ray of sunlight fell on the earth 5,600 years ago. Because the era of the sun was over, the goddess closed the sky and ordered the underground giants to reach their hands into the sky. The arms of the giants became the Pillar of Eternity, supporting the sky and the earth of the next era."
Hao Ren then asked, "What about the stone city? Was Dorasil built before the sky closed? "
He did not believe that an artificial stone city could withstand the vibration of the growth of the First Born's tentacles, especially when those tentacles were creating a new layer of the earth's crust. The vibration was enough to destroy any trace of human beings.
Sure enough, Gotarug shook his head. "The Sun Dynasty was the end of the old world. The sky closed, and everything of the old dynasty was swallowed up by the earth. God guided the chosen survivors to the highlands and waited for the reconstruction of the world. This process lasted for a hundred years. Then the world stabilized, and the survivors of the Sun Dynasty built the last city on the earth, which was the royal city of Dorasil. The city was not used. It was only left on the earth as evidence of the existence of the Sun Dynasty. People built it and abandoned it at the command of the goddess. The old era ended, and we ushered in the Year of Jade on the fertile land. "
"That is to say, the Sun Dynasty officially ended more than a hundred years after the sky closed. The city became the only remains of the city on the surface, and it was an unused ruin." Hao Ren frowned. "You built it just to abandon it. Such a large-scale thing is just a souvenir. What's the point?"
Gotarug put his hand on his chest. "The goddess asked us to do this. This is the point."
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