Xia Yibing nodded, walked to the door to borrow some light, and carefully read the collected information.
When she came back, she frowned: "How strange, this is completely different from what I expected..."
"What do you envision?"
"I thought this language was a variant of ancient Sara," Xia Yibing said frankly. "I thought they were not very different... so it would be easy to decipher."
It's no wonder she made such a guess, as it was not only inspired by the similar grammar, but also related to the history of the Creepers.
They were originally humans.
They once mastered human language.
So if there is a language circulating among the Creepers, anyone would guess that this difficult-to-understand language evolved from the original human language.
Some of the grammar and even syllables of the two may be very similar. Just like the pronunciation of some words in many languages is close to that of foreign languages, the pronunciation of Chinese and Japanese is "impossible" to be close, and the pronunciation of "steamed bun (including dumplings)" in Korean is "mandu" - this is a "foreign language" and it is inevitable.
But the reality is not like this... According to Xia Yibing's understanding, "Worm language" and "Sara language" have nothing in common except the use of personal pronouns.
"This doesn't conform to the logic of language development." She was completely confused. "It shouldn't be like this..."
This might be the case if these monsters have always been completely isolated - that is, they have had no contact or communication with any outside civilization.
But no, the creepers were originally humans, and their current language, culture, and living habits must have been influenced by human society and civilization. How can this not matter?
"Let's not worry about that for now."
Hitzfeld frowned slightly.
"We have some vocabulary now, so we don't have to worry about permutations and combinations."
After all, this is not a formal language test, and you need to master the grammar of each part strictly.
Languages are like this. If the purpose is just to "communicate", it is enough to just know the meaning of the words. Even if the order of the words in a sentence makes no sense, a native speaker of the language can usually guess what it means.
"That's the truth, but I'm still a little unwilling to accept it..."
Xia Yibing curled her lips.
This greatly reduced her role.
Moreover, how well one masters this language is directly related to whether Hitzfeld can deceive those monsters... At the current progress, what if they misunderstand it?
She still didn't want the girl to take that risk, so she was determined to find out the logic of this language.
“So what is this book.”
Seeing that Hitzfeld was not going to continue this topic, Xia Yibing paused and asked about the iron-covered book very tactfully.
"Part of the truth."
Hitzfeld's tone sounded particularly mysterious.
"I know why Sarah only has one god now."
Chapter 69: The History of the Destroyed Gods
Following Hitzfeld's suggestion, Xia Yibing opened the book and immediately understood why she was able to bring it here.
This is a book made entirely of metal, and its text is of course engraved into it. This makes it different from ordinary paper or wooden books, and it can be preserved for hundreds of years without decaying or collapsing.
However, it was still severely damaged. Due to the lack of professional care, it was buried in a pile of dust, bones and cobwebs. Almost every metal page was covered with rust, and the smell made her frown.
Of course, if that was the case, those monsters would not allow Hitzfeld to take it out. With the level of caution those ugly monsters were treating them, they would not easily give anything that might be related to human civilization.
The reason Hitzfeld was able to do this was that...the characters engraved on the book were a variant of ancient Sarai.
Yes, it's still Ancient Sarai. Technically, it's Seran.
Ordinary humans cannot understand these characters, and the Creepers can't understand them either, but they have been fighting with Ongsayin for so many years, and have captured some captives along the way. They must have retained basic knowledge of human language and writing...so they at least know that these things "can't be understood by humans either."
This is enough.
In fact, this was indeed the case. Hitzfeld searched the abandoned library for a long time, and was covered in dust, but he only found a few iron-covered books to read.
The other books either broke into pieces when picked up, or had already been forcibly destroyed by the creepers, making it impossible for them to be preserved.
"They thought I couldn't understand it, so they took it from me to calm me down." Hitzfeld tilted his head. "They seemed to care about my feelings... This wasn't like how they treated ordinary prisoners."
Xia Yibing frowned.
It’s hard to say whether this is a good thing or not.
On the bright side, they value Hitzfell very much and at least will not rashly and forcefully convert her.
But when she thought about how much they valued her...even if Hitzfeld mastered their language, could she easily dissuade them with just her words?
Not very realistic.
Secretly making up his mind to conserve his energy, Xia Yibing estimated that he would have to rely on force to solve the problem in the end.
She started reading.
The characters are heavily rusted, which makes reading difficult. Many sentences are covered with brown-black rust, which is difficult to remove, and forcible scraping may damage the book board.
Fortunately, both of them have a good sense of language, and they are very familiar with ancient Sarai. They can roughly guess the blocked words from the exposed edges of some letters and the overall direction of the entire paragraph, which does not particularly affect reading.
[It has been almost ten years since the great and only God, (the destroyed) came to Icarolin. I always remember the favor she bestowed on us, and I always remember to recite her name, not slacking off, every day.]
"Narrative." After reading the first paragraph, Xia Yibing concluded that the book was "a narrative of observations."
"That's right." Hitzfeld nodded beside him, "And it was most likely written by a man."
There are indeed no rules or laws that prohibit women from having handwriting similar to men, but it must be admitted that this era has not completely escaped from the darkness of feudalism, and some of its customs can still be described as very conservative.
This includes but is not limited to women's clothing, words and deeds, and walking posture. Real ladies from noble families are not allowed to walk with big strides like men, and they are not allowed to write in a style similar to that of men. They must practice beautiful cursive calligraphy from a young age.
Considering that the book was carved much earlier than today, these conservative customs were probably even stricter, so it is unlikely that the strong carvings were made by a woman.
"Not only is he a man, he's also an older man." Xia Yibing took over her words and said slowly.
After turning two pages, she could easily see the author's engraving intervals - probably he had to take a break after each paragraph, and the engraving marks were particularly light at the end of each paragraph.
This kind of weakness cannot appear in a young man, it should be an old man.
Xia Yibing continued to flip through the pages, immersing herself in the era the author described from his perspective, and the expression on her face gradually began to change dramatically.
According to the author, that was the best of times... All humans received God's gift from their bloodlines. They became stronger and less susceptible to disease, and every healthy person could live to be over ninety years old.
They also have advanced technology. They have been using electricity for a long time, and even trains are powered by electricity. Various innovations have made society full of vigor and vitality. Everyone is rich and happy, and the entire civilization is unprecedentedly united.
The author calls this period the "Age of the Kingdom of the Sun," meaning "the light of God's grace spreads all over the earth, and wherever the sun shines is the territory of the Kingdom of God."
Just reading the description gave her a sense of grandeur. Xia Yibing couldn't help but get goosebumps and flipped to the front to look for the date.
She wanted to see if there was any date description so that she could compare it with the history she knew to see which dynasty it belonged to.
"There's no date," Hitzfeld reminded her. "There's none in the entire book... but it should still be Serran, and it won't be too long before 1800."
“……”Xia Yibing frowned and said nothing.
"Did you notice?" Hitzfeld's lips curled up slightly. "None of the descriptions mentioned the existence of other gods."
"This is very strange..." Xia Yibing put her left thumb horizontally to her mouth and bit the flesh gently, her voice a little unclear: "It's like it came out of nowhere... It's cut off from our existing records."
There was no such history in the records she knew, and she always believed that there were many other gods besides the Sun King at that time.
But those descriptions of technology are consistent with speculation - just like Sarah excavated a series of technologies including small batteries from ancient ruins, and these technologies were far more advanced than what they had tinkered with themselves. Many court scholars and professional professors believed that there had been a dynasty civilization in ancient times that was much more advanced than the current Sarah.
Is this civilization Seran?
How do we explain that the end of the Seran Dynasty was turned into that state by the gray fog evil?
Judging from the alternation of the two dynasties, the inheritance was not cut off. If the dynasty that mastered these advanced technologies was Serran, then "Poplar Wood" could definitely inherit it from "Saint Oak".
However, it was not the case. The history of the last generation of the Serlan Dynasty was as poor as a history of starting from scratch. Xia Yibing simply could not compare such a dynasty with the "Kingdom of the Sun God" described in the book.
Too far.
There is a whole world in between.
"Remember the fairy tale in the crystal sea?" A girl's voice came from the side.
Xia Yibing immediately thought of 'Prince Poca'.
And his father 'Ferenqi'.
Ferenci once lived in the kingdom of the Sun King. Because he coveted the beauty of the goddess, he had evil thoughts and wanted to make wings to get closer to the sun.
He was burned to death for this, and Prince Poca was expelled from the kingdom of God and became a mortal from then on.
"You mean this 'Kingdom of the Sun' is not the kind of 'country' we understand..."
Xia Yibing muttered to herself, and suddenly an idea flashed in her head.
It is not the country and land in the conventional sense.
Yet, various legends and records have been left behind, as if it really existed.
It's not like they haven't encountered places like this before, right?
“The Secret Realm of the Lord God!” She uttered the words almost syllable by syllable, “The Kingdom of the Sun God is the Secret Realm of the Lord God!!!”
Yes, only the God's Secret Realm has this kind of power, which can make it exist and hide its traces in the real world.
"It's not just that." Hitzfeld shook his head slightly.
"I drew your attention to the One God, the One! Do you know what the One means?"
"It means that in the author's cognition, there have been no other gods since ancient times..."
Xia Yibing said blankly.
She had to be at a loss.
Because if the real history is like this, then what she learned about the sects that existed at the end of the Seran Dynasty and the gods they worshipped were all lies.
Why would they lie?
If the Sun King was the only "one god" left since ancient times, then what they believed in at that time...
What is this…
Chapter 70: Warning of Reasoning
Hitzfeld could fully understand Xia Yibing's feelings at this moment, and she herself felt her scalp tingling when she made a similar inference.
She still roughly remembered the original words of the annual ring.
[It's not that anyone wants to abandon those beliefs. We don't exclude people from believing in other gods...but only those who believe in the sun goddess and those who have no faith can survive.]
"Have you ever considered that the gray fog might not have come suddenly?" She woke the woman up from her confusion and said to her in a negotiating tone: "What I mean is... Seran was not completely unaware of the existence of the gray fog at that time."
"You suspect someone is colluding with the forces behind the gray fog." Xia Yibing's face darkened.
"If this record is true, then all the gods behind the sect at that time may have been replaced long ago." Hitzfeld said softly, "The names of the various gods that the believers worshipped from the bottom of their hearts may have been wrong from the beginning."
This is a very, very, very outrageous guess.
For example, at that time there was a sect that believed in the God of the Ocean. The leader of the sect told the believers, "Our god is called 'Einstein'. You must remember to recite the name of God when you pray in the future."
The believers did as they were told. This kind of chanting might have been safe and sound at first, but after the gray fog descended, some kind of mysterious passage was opened. Only then did people discover to their surprise that 'Einstein' might not be the Lord of the Ocean at all.
But an evil god.
The person who told them the name of the evil god and started the faith in the Lord of the Ocean was problematic.
Crazy, crazy...
Xia Yibing opened her mouth slightly and was stunned by the conspiracy behind this speculation.
She could guess roughly what the other party was trying to do: their real goal was probably to divert the faith belonging to the Sun King, or even to forcibly cut off this line of cognition!
This was not her wild imagination, but - think boldly, why was the Mechanical Yang Cult created?
The myth of the Sun King has been passed down from ancient times to the present day. Although there are many versions, some of which may be exaggerated or fabricated stories, its inheritance has remained unchanged. There must have been no shortage of churches or temples dedicated to the goddess during the Seran period.
Therefore, the Sun King had no shortage of followers from the beginning. She should have the most followers among all the gods. According to Hitzfeld's description... believing in the Sun King can avoid disasters, Seran is unlikely to have much unrest due to the gray fog, and there is no need to create a mechanical sun.
There is already a sword powerful enough to cut through evil, why melt it down and make a new one?
That could only be because there was something wrong with the original sword.
It may be broken...not clean...or not sharp...can't kill anyone...
