Chapter 407: Heavenly Ring
Before the data transmission was completed, Yang Xiaoqian and Yu Qian left the conference room, and they had already listened to what they should have listened to, and there was no need to participate in the discussion of the old questions, so after the two of them left the building where the confidential conference room was located, they flew straight into the air to ensure that no one else would hear the top secret recorded in the tablet.
Under normal circumstances, it would take at least a few years for linguists and experienced translators to master the language used by Tan Brown, because it is a completely unfamiliar language system, and to master it requires not only overcoming difficulties such as syllables, words, grammar, and sentence structure, but also solving a difficult problem: the huge difference in worldview.
There are too many things in this world that do not exist in another world, and vice versa, and the two sides have very different understandings of the same thing, which leads to very different languages to describe things. For example, in the subhuman language used by Tan Brown, the words "light" and "warmth" are synonyms, both of which are derivative words of the words "sun" and "fire", and the auxiliary roots used are derived from a synonym that often appears in various words, judging by the laws recognized by etymological experts, this synonym is likely to refer to "runes".
Why is this happening? According to linguists' speculation, it is likely that in another world, the lamps that emit light for illumination do not use electricity or kerosene, but use runes to provide energy. In that world, the sun and flames were the first to appear, and both could cause warmth or burning sensations, so when a device that used runic energy to glow and heat appeared, it was called a "lamp", while the sun was called a "sky lantern" and the moon was called a "cold lamp".
Of course, "lamp", "sky lantern" and "cold lamp" are only corresponding words after the translation of Yaren into Chinese, and the connection between them cannot be understood simply from the literal meaning.
There is such a difficult obstacle, linguists naturally cannot decipher and master the Asian language in just two or three months, fortunately, they also have the help of a "genius linguist" - no need to ask, the genius linguist hidden behind the scenes is the artificial intelligence disguised as a translation machine in the zero one base - so he successfully overcame various difficulties and basically mastered the Asian language system, the reason why it is said to be a basic mastery is because it seems that Tan Brown is also an "illiterate" with an extremely limited vocabulary, even if it is zero one, he can't make something out of nothing, Translate the vocabulary content that Tan Brown did not grasp.
After all, subhuman languages are not English, they are not as easy to construct as English words, and even if you have a small number of root etymologies, it is difficult to create the right new vocabulary.
After the linguists deciphered the Asian language, the special team immediately summoned senior interpreters and a psychological research team to try to communicate with Tan Brown and the four-legged Asian commander.
The four-legged commander codenamed "Cockscomb" was also extremely cooperative under the threat of death, answering questions at a speed that could almost catch up with a rapid-fire machine gun.
It's a pity that neither of them has been able to give much effective information, because their race seems to be in a corner of the other world, and their living space is compressed by various powerful magical beasts, and they can only hide in the cracks to survive.
The four-legged people relied on their strong reproductive ability and digestion ability to continue their race, while the tribesmen of Tan Brown relied on the gifts of their ancestors to hide in Tibet and survive.
The so-called gifts from ancestors are all kinds of rune utensils, and the rune silver ring on Tan Brown's ankle when he came to this world is one of them, if it weren't for this silver ring, he would have been buried in the mouth of the beast.
From Tan's description, he seems to be a member of a human tribe whose system still seems to be between primitive commune and slavery, and has not yet transitioned to feudalism, neither farming nor nomadic livestock, but wandering between dangerous and safe areas, and the tribe's food supply comes from gathering and hunting.
The elderly, children, and frail women gather wild fruits and plants, while young and able-bodied women venture into the territory of powerful monsters, collect the carcasses of monsters, or set traps to hunt animals and low-strength monsters.
Sometimes, if you are lucky, you will encounter a large, non-poisonous and edible beast that is seriously injured and the whole tribe will have a feast, and the leftover meat and offal will be sprinkled with plant powder that acts as a seasoning, and placed on a stone slab to be dried into jerky when the sky lantern or the sun appears.
When a member of the clan dies of illness or injury, others do not leave their corpses, but if they cannot bring them back, they cut off their arms and legs, remove the meat and make jerky, and leave the bones for the relatives of the deceased. When the tribe is short of food, the elderly who cannot afford to produce will give up their lives and give their corpses to their people to eat.
The primitive tribes continued from generation to generation until their luck ran out.
In the process of another tribal migration, a bloodthirsty three-headed monster broke into the tribe, and the three-headed monster more terrible than the monster slaughtered Tan Brown's people, and the dark blue flames that spewed out burned all the clansmen into ashes, only Tan Brown escaped as an outpost to find the way.
In the process of escaping for his life, Tan Brown attracted a group of demonic beasts, and unfortunately ran onto the cliff, and finally could only jump into the spatial crack on the cliff in desperation.
This is everything Tan Brown knows, and after repeated inquiries by the special team, Tan Brown finally recalled another important information under the temptation of food.
There is a legend among the Tan Brown tribe that in the direction of the sky lantern rising, across the vast and dangerous ocean, you can find the incomparably powerful Tianhuan tribe.
Legend has it that the clansmen of the Tianhuan tribe can fly to the sky, move mountains and seas, and even easily kill monsters ten people tall.
Legend has it that the people of the Tianhuan tribe have the softest and thickest animal skins to cover their bodies, and they all have endless dried meat and wild fruits.
Legend has it that the people of the Tianhuan tribe were able to live in comfortable and warm stone houses, and each room had a light to ward off the darkness at night.
Legend has it that the people of the Tianhuan tribe did not have to work and hunt when they were old and weak, and they could get food every day until they ran out of life.
After the translator successfully made Tan Brown understand the meaning of the word "heaven", Tan Brown decided that the Tianhuan tribe was heaven, and of course, the isolation room where he was imprisoned was also heaven, because he would not be in danger in the isolation room, he would be warm and comfortable, and he could eat unimaginably delicious food every day.
A hundred times better than jerky.
This is Tan Brown's exact words, because he can only count to a hundred at most.