Chapter 53: A Sudden Catastrophe

In 2371 B.C., a murmuring creek and a new moon appeared, and a powerful sunspot phenomenon suddenly erupted. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 The violent solar winds that hit the Earth's atmosphere have caused terrible environmental changes at all latitudes, and in the case of the Iranian plateau, where Hadu has just arrived, the ionosphere has been hit by various high-energy electromagnetic waves, resulting in a weakened ability to absorb ultraviolet rays, in other words, the ultraviolet radiation on the ground has been greatly enhanced.

From Hado's own feelings, it is that the surroundings suddenly become a lot hotter, but this is just that Hadu's temperature tolerance is strong enough to have such a "little" feeling. In fact, temperatures have risen by at least 18 degrees Celsius across the Iranian plateau, which would not have been possible in previous years during this month. If it was just heat, it wasn't much of a problem, but it was mainly due to the troublesome thermal radiation caused by ultraviolet rays: when he passed near the Elamite civilization on the east bank of the Tigris, Hadu only felt some itching and dry skin, but he simply thought it was the hot weather, and when he reached the Daping area in the middle of the Karon River (near present-day Ahvaz), he felt that his subcutaneous tissues were about to burn, and wrapping himself in white silk could not stop this uncomfortable heat growth.

Strange environmental changes have also begun to attract Hadu's attention: the precipitation in the river was very abundant during the month, but it has not rained for several days, and the evaporation has increased sharply. In the humid and fertile plains of the lower Tigris, Hado saw a scorched grassland, and the carcasses of birds that had fallen everywhere due to lack of water and burns. Not only that, but this month is supposed to be the most abundant period of spring rain supply in the upper reaches of the Lianghe River Basin, but not only are there no rain clouds to be seen, but there is also no snowmelt on the mountain tops due to the increase in temperatures.

Towards noon, the temperature continued to rise. Hado also gradually felt that he could no longer go on in the scorching sun, and he had to find a place to rest from the light for a while—the area of his skin that had come into contact with the sun had begun to show some signs of burning, not only blackening but also blistering. Looking to the north, there is a group of mountains, and it should not be a problem to find a cave, even if there is none, you can just build one. Hadu didn't have to worry about the road under his feet being too hot, he was able to melt the materials and absorb too much heat from them.

The river is an important sowing month for the Elamites, and in order to receive the bountiful bounty of the heavens, they are holding a grand ritual to worship the heavens, and the music of plucked instruments can be heard in various city-states. But on the way to the peak, Hado keenly heard an exclamation from the village of Elamite in the distance, and then saw a pillar of smoke rise from the sky. The Elamite language spoken by the Elamite population was unheard of by Hadu, but it was a close area of the Akkadian people, and the Elamite inhabitants were mostly fluent in Akkadian. What Hadu heard, then, were the Akkadian words, "ana_sire (fire)" and "(asnan) grain."

Needless to say, the granary in the village must have caught fire because it was too hot, and it was really impermanent to pray for a good harvest to prevent problems with the existing food materials. Hadu didn't bother with the situation of the Elamites, he himself was too hot to stand: he could solve the problem of heat in macroscopic materials, but from something like ultraviolet light that could not be seen or touched (not to mention that there was no such thing as ultraviolet light in this era), he was completely out of line. It wasn't that Hadu didn't think that controlling the iron powder to form a blackout roof, and moving with Hadu's progress, would definitely be able to resist the daylight. It's just that this makes it easy to reveal his location: according to intelligence, there are also relatively strong predators in the Elam civilization, and if the other party discovers his ability, it may have a negative impact on his next trip.

Basically, it can be concluded that where there is the ability to plunder, there is a thriving civilization. Whether it is the Iger clan, which lasted for tens of thousands of years, or the once thriving Zikon clan, and the steppe tribe where Hadu is located, as well as ancient Egypt, Akkad, and possibly Cretans, basically as long as there are clans and tribes with predatory ability, they can gradually rise to become a prosperous civilization.

The more the wheel of history rolls, the more Hado feels that it is not easy to survive: many civilizations have begun to discover the mystery of predatory ability, and even have begun to secretly cultivate relevant ability talents. The last time he was in Scandinavia, he might not have survived if he hadn't been battle-hardened, physically strong, and multi-skilled—the feeling that suddenly he had lost his ability to plunder, and what immediately appeared in his mind was that he was dead.

For thousands of years, he has been aging, youthful, aging, and youthful, and if he did not have the ability to plunder, he would have been like a wisp of dry bones, and he might have been buried in the unknown foothills near the "Fa Lie", or he might have been buried in the wilderness when the "Mo-Ruq-Fa" attacked; Surviving the plague-ridden environment, he would never have been able to build the grasslands into the home he once longed for, and would never have realized the life he dreamed of.

Hadu was terrified when he thought about it.

He felt that his life was becoming more and more confused, and he was more and more unsure of what the future holds. He just hung his breath and didn't die, he just tried to prolong his life as much as possible, and he didn't know why—he thought about it, but he couldn't think of any results. It is indeed described in the ancient Egyptian scriptures that after death, the soul of a person will return to "Amun", and after staying in heaven for thirty-three days, he will ascend to Sirius with the soul of Pharaoh. But what should a person do before he dies is not recorded in these scriptures, and Hado has not found any research or description of it. As for the research results of the Egger clan, there is no discussion of the "end" of plundering ability, and what is more frustrating is that they have not even thoroughly studied where the lower limit of plundering ability is, and it is even more difficult and powerless to figure out the upper limit.

In this way, Hadu can only move forward aimlessly, in the past, he was comfortable and carefree, but now he feels that he is behind the times and the progress of the tribe, which makes him at a loss.

The fire in Elam's village was still burning, and Hado's footsteps were not stopping. After a few more steps, he came to a natural protruding rock, melted down the rock in front of him at a height of one and a half people, and walked in.

As the clock ticked down at night, the grassland had finally calmed down after a hot day, but this was the time when the natural disaster really came.

Fire, the fire of the prairie fire, came from the forests of the upper Tigris. In the stream, the broad-leaved forest begins to change leaves on a large scale, and new young leaves have not yet grown, and the dead leaves that have just fallen have not yet been decomposed. The intense ultraviolet rays dried the broad-leaved forest that had just overwintered, making the trunks of the trees that were already lacking water even drier; the water in the dead leaves was also transpired out, and in fact there was a dark fire in the afternoon, but at this time only the sun did not wind, and the dead leaves that had accumulated a lot of heat did not have enough oxygen, so they were not completely ignited; at night, due to the convection effect, the strong wind blew in the leaves without leaves, and suddenly blew the dead leaves with high enough temperature to the surface of the leaf pile, and immediately caused a whole forest fire。 Next to the forest were bushes, largely half-dead in the sun, which were soon ignited and burned to the parched grasslands.

In the middle of the night, Hadu was awakened by the roar coming from outside the cave, and when he came to the cave, he saw that it was the end of the moonrise, and he heard the sound, which came from the village of Elam. He turned over and stood on the boulder, looked at it for a moment, and then turned and ran—the fire had set fire to all the plants in the Tigris River basin, and the entire basin of about 3,375 billion square feet was on fire, and the Karen River basin, where Hadu was located, was about to be hit by seedlings. Hadu wasn't worried about the flames causing him any trouble, after all, he had all sorts of ways to resist the flames - the key was air. Even if he was a thousand paces away, he could see that after the village of Elan was besieged by flames, even if the inhabitants were not burned by the fire, they looked like they wanted to scream but couldn't make a sound. Hadu knew that they must not be able to breathe to have such a terrifying look.

However, Hadu could not continue to the sea, and the flames on the grassland were being blown by the wind to spread louder and louder, so Hadu could only run to the upper reaches of the Karen River. Walking towards the hinterland of the Iranian plateau, it was a road that Hadu had never walked before, but for some reason, he suddenly felt a sense of relief. In the past, he would think of ways to avoid the mountains, but now he can feel the beauty of the mountains.

and cool.

The flames behind him really forced Hadu out of a speed that he hadn't used for a long time, and in just one breath, he ran 160 steps per breath. He ran all the way to the mountains, over the jungle, and so on all the way to the Caspian Sea, day and night.

It seems that there is no way to continue this trip to Northeast Asia.

Hadu remembered at this time, in the direction of Central Asia, there was another clan branch of the Egger clan. He thought about it, so it was better to turn to that side first, and then he entered the consciousness space and looked at the road map given to him by the black-robed wizard, determined his position and the direction of his next step, and walked in the direction of Central Asia. Like North Africa, Central Asia is a vast expanse of desert, but with one downside: at least it won't catch fire.

In the 24th century BC, only a small number of barbarians could be found in Central Asia near oases, and most of them were nomadic in search of water sources for movement. Most of the nomadic peoples here have not established their own civilization, and even on the banks of the Syr Darya and Amu Darya Rivers, only patrilineal clans of a group nature exist, and have not yet entered the stage of civilization establishment.

Hado has never understood one thing: why does the Egger clan continue to send out tribes but not build their own civilization? If this question were to be asked of Hadu, he would probably only say that there was no such idea, and that the people of the "Shin'ne-Nu" were too scattered and that it was not a good time to establish civilization. However, the Egger clan did not have such a problem, they had been living together for a long time, in fact, as long as they occupied a good place (such as the banks of the Nile), they could establish their own city-state, and avoid all kinds of dangers that they might encounter when exploring outside.

Hadu guessed that this was probably because of the existence of the Zikern clan, and he suddenly had a feeling: this time Prisseffer asked him to "find the roots", and it was very likely that he was just letting him be a thug and help the Iger clan deal with the Zikern clan on the European continent. Hado didn't mean to be dissatisfied, after all, he still got the predatory ability research record he wanted, and it did help him strengthen his understanding of predatory ability.

And just as Hadu was heading to Central Asia, a real catastrophe was spreading among the steppe tribes.

Do you remember the "Ku-Su-Sjal'lo" that caused trouble for Hadu when he plundered the power of the border bear in Hadu? For a long time, Hadu didn't bother to care about what "Sjal'lo" was doing, but that didn't mean that the other party wasn't doing anything. It is true that "Sjal'lo" is loyal to Hadu, after all, he cannot jump out of the limitations of his predatory ability, however, he can not be loyal to the tribe.

These are two very different things, in fact, from the beginning, the parent branch of "Sjal'lo" wanted to seize control of "Ka-Sin-Ki", but it was suppressed and unable to do so. After Hadu unified the grassland, the "Sjal'lo" branch also took the lead in entering the pro-guard group because of the divine note character, and firmly controlled the new leader system established at that time.

The proposal to expand and relocate the tribe was put forward by the descendant of "Sjal'lo", "Lim-Mio-Sjal'lo", who adhered to the idea of his father and ancestors to gain control of the tribe as much as possible, so it was a good idea to divide the tribe: it would not only solve the troubles caused by overpopulation and gain the favor of Hado, but also be able to dominate these outflow tribesmen and get enough say.

It's just that, like their ancestor "Ku-Su-Sjal'lo", this suggestion is completely self-defeating: the "Shin'ne-Nu" people, who have not established a civilization, are very vulnerable after breaking away from the tribe, after all, there is no one like Hadu who can solve the problem, which actually makes the emigrants encounter greater difficulties, and hates the "Sjal'lo" tribe.

If you can't make a plan, then you will have another plan.

While Hadu was paradling around in a large discus, the "Sjal'lo" clan began a new round of action. After thousands of years of layout, they were finally able to limit and divide the clan structure within the clan: they urged those ordinary clansmen who did not have a divine voice to go out of the camp at will to find a suitable world for themselves, and then warned the craftsmen and guards with the divine voice to stay in the tribe. This has led to a large loss of ordinary clansmen in various settlements, and the only ones left are the aristocratic clansmen of the Divine Sound Inheritance.

It must be said that this plan was still very successful, and all the high-end talents gathered in the tribe directly led to the introduction of new vocabulary and logic for the study of runes by Hado, which was able to trigger a new round of enthusiasm. It can be said that at this time, the "Shin'ne-Nu" already had all the foundations to build a civilization, and this is what the "Sjal'lo" clan really wants to do.

In this way, the careerists of the "Sjal'lo" clan are not all bad, although their ideas are more radical: to select the composition of the clan, to change the structure of the clan, and to reset the distribution of power within the clan. But it has to be said that they are indeed in the guide "Shin'ne-Nu" progress. In fact, at a very early age, the "Sjal'lo" began to perceive that the tribe was standing still, and had long been dissatisfied with the tribe's situation, but they themselves could not greatly improve the character system at that time.

It's just that "Sjal'lo" made a big mistake: the problem of loyalty pointing to the problem. Hadu did not agree to the establishment of civilization, of course, "Sjal'lo" thinks that after the establishment of civilization, Had's easy-going temperament will definitely not object. However, they did not take into account the problem of predatory ability: if the steppe civilization was established, it would inevitably be necessary to elect a leader to lead the civilization, but the tribe had long been in the "pan-leadership (Hadu did not recognize his own chieftaincy)-new leader system", in fact, it was not advisable (and impossible) for any single clan to be the leader, and they had no way to usurp Hadu to control the civilization, not even acting as a substitute.

In a word: the people are loyal to Hadu and cannot replace Hadu.

If the "Sjal'lo" were to vote for the new leader, there would be no suspense that all the new leaders would vote against the "Sjal'lo" proposal, and even the "Sjal'lo" clan would not be able to vote in favor. This will make the process of building civilization come to an abrupt halt, but history is constantly advancing, and the tribes that cannot carry the needs of civilization construction can only fall behind the vast sentient beings for no reason in the long river of history.

And this is not only "Sjal'lo", but also Hadu never thought of it.

On the contrary, it is possible that those who have fled to live outside on their own have been able to establish their own civilizations, and as far as is known, some of them have assimilated into the lives of the Semites, Indians, and Anglos, and the descendants of these tribes have not shown loyalty to the steppe tribes.

And among steppe tribes, another problem is coming to the fore: genetic diversity.

For thousands of years, the "Shin'ne-Nu" did not recruit any new people from other tribes, and thousands of years later, since the birth objects were all clansmen, various homologous genetic problems had emerged. It's just that because Hadu has plundered the "sick" state of the people, these genetic diseases are still notorious, at least not now.

The "Sjal'lo" plan continues, and basically the end of the steppe tribes is near.