Chapter Eighty-Eight: A Strange Village

Latin is an ancient language that was introduced to Florence around the first millennium BC and later adopted by the Roman Empire.

In Europe, aristocrats were born to learn Latin as a status symbol, and many of the great writers' writings were written in Latin.

The origin of the Latin language is rather mysterious.

Anyone familiar with linguistics knows that Latin is a complex and precise language, and there is still a tradition in Europe that contracts are signed with a copy of Latin in addition to the native language, precisely because of the precise structure of the language, which avoids ambiguity between the parties to the transaction.

Some scholars have pointed out that in the era of the first millennium B.C., Latin obviously surpassed the social productive forces at that time, for example, there are words in Latin that specifically describe man-made aircraft, and there are words that specifically describe water conservancy and kinetic energy machinery, these words were not used by the ancients at all, and it was completely impossible for them to build airplanes, so why make up a vocabulary to describe airplanes?

So Latin must have been foreign, from a much more advanced and complex civilization.

It's a pity that no one can verify the origin of Latin, so it has become a famous mystery in the history of human language.

As a veteran lover of occultism, Shen Rui naturally knows the mystery behind Latin, and he even knows a little Latin.

Don't look at Shen Rui's ignorance of mathematics, physics and chemistry, but he has a very high talent for languages since he was a child, and his English scores have always been top in school.

When he was in junior high school, Shen Rui once picked up a Latin version of the famous Faust, and he studied it on his own with great interest for a while, but later put it down due to lack of guidance and his own playfulness.

Two strange warriors speaking Latin passed through the wreckage of the ship.

Shen Rui finally saw clearly that they didn't know how to float on water, but had two large batfish under their feet, so they looked like they were standing on the sea and moving.

It was as if the batfish had been domesticated and were completely at the behest of the two warriors.

As for the two warriors, they were dressed in a completely ancient style, with simple coarse cloth shirts and shorts underneath, soft leather boots on their feet, metal ancient Roman bust on their bodies, and a spear about three meters long in their hands.

They are supposed to be a mix of Indian and East Asian ancestry, typically yellow with black hair and black eyes.

The two eccentric warriors would never have imagined that a human would infiltrate the continent, spin around and leave.

"Where the did you go? The two guys just now are similar to the ancients in the movie. Lao Pan scratched his scalp and wondered.

Shen Rui recalled the conversation between the two of them and said to himself: "Just now the two of them seemed to be talking about a woman with a high status and gossip about her. ”

Ye Wuxian was stunned and surprised: "It turns out that you also know Latin?" ”

Shen Rui said embarrassedly: "I only understand a little bit." ”

Ye Wuxian nodded, he knew that Shen Rui's language talent was good, but Shen Rui could even understand the ancient and obscure Latin, which really impressed Ye Wuxian.

After a pause, Ye Wuxian said in a low voice: "Just now the two of them were talking about a girl named His Royal Highness Xue'er, this girl lives in the city, she is the daughter of the sea god, she is sixteen years old this year, in addition to praising Xue'er for her beauty, they are also betting on who Xue'er will marry, it seems that for them, it is a very important thing for this girl named Xue'er to marry." ”

Shen Rui said in a deep voice: "No matter what, we have to hide it first, and avoid contact with them until we find out what this place is and where these people come from." ”

So, everyone moved down the supplies loaded on the Seahorse, and Hachi grabbed a big bag with one arm and easily transported it to the dense forest not far from the beach.

There is a hill that is only seventy or eighty meters high in the dense forest, and there is a natural cave at the bottom of the mountain, which can be used as a temporary foothold for Shen Rui and them.

In this strange place, there is only day and no night, Shen Rui and the others did not dare to make a fire, so they nibbled on some compressed biscuits and canned beef with spring water, slept with a sleeping bag, and got up to prepare for the investigation.

Hachi's ability in the jungle has long been proven in Penglai's party, and he can use his arms to grasp the branches of trees and move flexibly, faster than a monkey.

Xiaoba took Shen Rui to the top of the highest tree at the top of the hill with his arm, and Shen Rui looked around with a telescope to see that there was a fishing village about 20 kilometers away, which was the first place to explore on this trip.

Shen Rui returned to the cave to discuss with Lao Pan Yi, and decided to let Xiaoba go, and Shen Rui assisted through the spiritual link.

So Shen Rui manipulated Xiaoba to come to the sea, Xiaoba was fast, and after a while, he came to the outer waters of the fishing village and lay on a reef to check the situation of the fishing village.

The houses in this fishing village are made of wood, all of which are two or three storeys high, and there is a small square in the middle of the village, the road in the middle of the square stretches to the wharf, and behind the village is farmland and a fence made of the same wood, and the villagers seem to be quite wealthy.

The fishing nets drying in the square were woven with metal that Shen Rui had never seen before.

Shen Rui grew up by the sea, and he saw a lot of fishing nets, and every time he came back from the sea, the fisherwoman would take the shuttle to weave the fishing net to mend the damaged places, and the nets used in this fishing village seemed to never break, let alone need to be repaired.

As for the people living in this fishing village, they are very mixed blood, there are yellow-skinned Mongols, there are white Aryans, and there are blacks, the only thing they have in common is the language, they all speak Latin.

In a short time, a group of men came to the dock, all of them with conch of different sizes hanging around their necks, blowing into their mouths and making a buzzing sound.

After hearing this sound, a group of fish came running from the depths of the sea, including swordfish, dolphins, sharks, and most outrageously, an orca, which was eight meters long and beautiful in black and white.

The villagers carried nets and harpoons and other utensils on the backs of these fish, and the fish did not resist, and carried them to the sea, which surprised Shen Rui very much.

Fishermen spread out in the sea, dragging long nets.

Xiaoba was not far from the fishing village at the moment, and it would be terrible if he was discovered by these fishermen, so Shen Rui told Xiaoba to go back first.

Gradually, the fishing village disappeared from sight, and Xiaoba dived underwater, while Shen Rui was thinking about a series of strange things he had seen.

A large group of sucker fish approached and stared at Hachi curiously, probably never seen such a strong octopus.

Hachi's personality is like a child, and when he sees a fish coming to play with him, he immediately puffs up his thick arms to show his strength to this group of small fish.

Suddenly, something happened that no one expected, and the sucker fish that had been staring at Hachi with interest suddenly took a step back, and their yellow eyes became ferocious.

A sucker fish rushed to Hachi's body, and with the suction cup on his head, he stuck it on Hachi's body, and it was the second and third urgently...