Chapter Twenty-Four: The "Simple" Primitive Man
Hongjun was a little unbearable, and when he came to the outside of the cave, he found a branch with a diameter of about twenty centimeters, and found a few dry firewood and grass. I took them to the cave again, I remember that Patian's information mentioned that the ancients began to drill wood to make fire, so they poked a hole in the branch with their hands, and then began to rub with a thicker dry wood stick next to it, so that the sun completely set and did not make a spark, so I had to use the chaotic gas to ignite one end of the branch, and suddenly burst out of the flame half a meter high, only to hear the sound of chickens flying and dogs jumping next to me, those who had not seen Hongjun and a few people with fire left-behind women and children were frightened away from Hongjun, Hongjun reluctantly pointed at the leader and then at the frightened people, turned his head and continued to use the branches to light the firewood gathered into a pile, and soon, the temperature in the cave slowly rose. The crackling sound of the firewood echoed in the cave, as if this beautiful sound was a prelude to the beginning of the rise of civilization.
When Hongjun had done this, he stood up with the still burning branch and looked at the crowd that had slowly gathered. He came to the leader and handed the torch-like branch to the man, who looked back and forth between Hongjun and the burning branch, as if to consider whether the thing would burn itself. After thinking about it for a moment, I remembered the delicious food that I couldn't refuse when I roasted it over the fire during the day. So he reached out and took it.
Hongjun had left a small amount of chaotic qi on the torch, which was enough to keep the torch burning for more than a hundred years.
At this time, Hongjun realized that in the place where the crowd had gathered just now, there were a lot of graffiti carved on the stone wall with white unknown paint, and after careful inspection, he found that there were probably several layers.
The first layer at the top is a circle with several straight lines on the outside, which is supposed to represent the sun, and behind the sun is a vertical line, each with ten horizontal lines, which is supposed to be some way of calculating the date.
The second layer is much more complicated, starting with the shape of a person, and there are two diagonal lines on the right side of the person, which are connected to a vertical line and an ellipse, and behind the vertical line and the ellipse are the reduced pedestrian patterns, arranged one by one, and some of the pedestrian patterns are marked with a circle and a cross, some have no circles and only crosses, but there is only a circle without a cross, Hongjun pointed to the small pedestrian symbol marked with a circle at this time, and looked at the leader in puzzlement.
The leader turned to let everyone separate a way, and saw a little boy of seven or eight years old lying on the ground naked, his breathing was almost undetectable, and his face was pale, and Hongjun suddenly understood. The second layer of symbols is to record the population of the place, and the circle drawn on the human symbol means that the person is sick, if the circle is crossed again, it means that the person has died of illness, and if there is no circle, the person who is directly crossed should be killed due to hunting or accident.
Looking at the circles and crosses one by one, Hongjun didn't feel good in his heart, it seems that the survival of this primitive human being is really a very difficult thing.
Hongjun looked at the third layer again, where there was a large pattern, first a sun hanging high, and then on the right like the shape of a mountain, between the sun and the mountain there was an arrow pointing in a certain direction, next to the arrow was a vertical line and two horizontal lines, and below was a large ellipse, on which a dense short line was drawn, and in the middle of the upper part of the ellipse there was a particularly thick short line, and a triangle was drawn, as if to highlight the importance of this short line. On the outer layer of the ellipse, there are more than a dozen ellipses in a circle, and the outer circle does not seem to be finished, and only a small point is needed to connect the entire ellipse.
Hongjun didn't know the essentials for a while, and even if he asked the leader, he couldn't give him an answer, so he had to let Patian record the pattern and calculate it first.
After a while, Patian's voice said, "Master, according to my analysis, the top part of this pattern should be said to be at a certain point in time, in a direction between the sun and the mountain, and you can reach a certain position by walking for two days. Below should be a primitive countdown tool, with a fixed ellipse in the middle, which is used to calculate the period, which should be a year cycle based on the number of short lines. The outer layers of the ellipses that have been connected should indicate that several of these cycles have been completed, while the outermost circle indicates that the set date has not yet been reached. ”
"All things considered, the meaning should be: set off on a certain day of the year and walk in the direction marked by the arrow for two days, what will happen there, but the specific information is not possible to judge now."
Hongjun didn't speak, just looked to the left again, there was no layering, only a pattern that looked like a map near the middle. Hongjun only understood that the winding lines below should be the coastline, and in other places only some fruit symbols can be understood, and he is puzzled by various other symbols, it seems that there are a few places marked with crosses, which should represent danger.
After reading this, Hongjun turned to look at the crowd, most of them moved the dry leaves around the burning fire, and lay there and began to sleep, but all the eyes were secretly observing the people who brought them this warm fire, Hongjun was amused, and saw that there were two of the strongest people at the entrance of the cave holding stones and sticks and sitting on the ground, as if they were standing guard or on guard, and the leader saw that Hongjun had finished reading the patterns on the stone wall, so he pulled Hongjun to the outside, Climb up the hill and then turn back to the south side of the hill. There was a tall tree nearly two meters in diameter, and slender stones had been hewn into the trunk. The leader pointed upwards at Hongjun and began to climb up.
Hongjun watched as the leader climbed neatly to a height of about five or six meters, where the branches were clearly trimmed, and a platform two meters long and wide was placed at a fork, with branches crossed at the bottom, and many leaves filling the gaps, and on the surface there were several pieces of animal fur spliced and sewn together, and spread on the mat made of leaves and branches. And above the platform were two fur-wrapped stones and a whole plush skin. Hongjun jumped to the top and stood on the platform, but he felt that the platform seemed to be a little soft, so he immediately understood that this was a well-made bed.
At this time, the moonlight was already hanging high in the eastern sky, and the full moon shining on the earth did not seem too dark, and it was the first time that Hongjun stood on a high place and looked down on the continent world at night. Standing on this nondescript bed, watching the figure of the forest in the dark, the chirping of insects and birds nearby, the rustle of leaves, and the occasional howl of beasts in the distance, constitute a vibrant picture of life.
Hongjun was sighing, but saw that the leader was bowing to himself for a while, and then handed the spear-like weapon it was holding during the day to his hands, Hongjun now knew that the weapon in front of him was the sharpest weapon in this tribe. I don't know why he gave it to himself. Seeing that Hongjun didn't move, the leader pointed at himself, then pointed to the cave that was basically level with the platform, and lowered his head and pushed the weapon towards him.
Hongjun did not know what he meant, so he took the weapon first, and the leader bowed down again and climbed down from the platform and returned to the cave. Hongjun looked at the weapon in his hand and the cave not far away, is this to control the wind here? Be the first guard of this guard? But the chief's respectful look doesn't look like it.
At this time, according to Hongjun's arrangement, Feng Li Xi was treating the sick child, and at the same time quietly checking everyone's physical condition, one was to build a model for Patian, and at the same time, he was also taking the opportunity to partially strengthen them. Hongjun hung the weapon aside and began to observe the continent he had just come into contact with.
After a while, a figure appeared under the tree, climbing to the platform where Hongjun was sitting, Hongjun did not turn around, thinking that the leader had returned. When the man climbed onto the platform, the man pulled up the quilt made of whole leather and lay down.
Hongjun turned around and saw a teenage woman who had just taken a bath lying on the bed, looking at herself timidly, her body was not an inch, her weak body was a little white and tender under the moonlight, her hair was not yet dry and scattered on her chest, and her appearance was a little ordinary but relatively white. Seeing that Hongjun didn't move, the man patted the empty space next to her again, as if beckoning Hongjun to lie there.
"This... This... Hongjun was speechless, shocked and didn't know what to do, and at this time Patian's voice came.
"Master, this seems to be the one who arranged for you to sleep, and this person seems to be the best in this group. It seems that this primitive man is really bright and simple, warm and hospitable. Patian's tone seemed to be teasing.