Chapter 25: Prehistoric Ruins

After a short period of soberness, An An fell into a state of "Alzheimer's" again.

Ji Xiu, who wanted to quibble, also saved trouble.

After An An returned to his room to sleep, Ji Xiu came to the study and began to look through the Internet information, especially information related to prehistoric civilization.

Since Han Yun's death was related to the collapsed prehistoric ruins, he wanted to know what secrets were inside that ruin, and whether he could form an expedition team and go in to take a look.

But he didn't even know where the prehistoric ruins that Han Yun was exploring were.

If you want to explore this ruin, you have to help the Saints Group with special permissions, and You Hong can't be contacted now, so he can only wait for the end of his mission to discuss the matter.

After several hours of review, Ji Xiu had a general understanding of the prehistoric ruins in the Yujing civilization.

The first discovery of prehistoric ruins dates back to more than 500 years ago, when there was no Yu Jing country, only a small fishing village by the sea, specifically located on the coast of Starlight City to the west.

At that time, human beings used the most primitive way to fish and hunt for a living, and the technology tree had not yet been lit.

Until one day, a hunter who went out hunting found a tunnel hidden under a boulder in the jungle, and the hunter who thought there was prey in the cave entered the pit with curiosity, and found a magnificent underground palace there, and obtained information left over from prehistoric civilizations.

He is the first generation of the high priest of the Yu Shock God in the history of the Yu Shock Kingdom.

Under his leadership, the once small fishing village gradually expanded.

In the long years of development, the country of Yu Jing continued to discover new prehistoric relics, and through the interpretation of the materials left by these prehistoric civilizations, the development of the country of Yu Jing has exploded.

Four prehistoric technologies were used to build the five major cities of today.

These prehistoric relics are also regarded as the most important wealth by the people of Yujing country.

Exploring the ruins and interpreting the materials left behind by prehistoric civilization are the most important tasks in the eyes of scholars of Yu Jingguo.

Among the top-level institutions under the management of the Yu Shock Church, the Institute of Prehistoric Relics is a privileged institution alongside the Saints Group, and even has the power to mobilize military forces to help explore the ruins.

In the long years of development, the territory of Yu Jingguo has continued to expand, and the number of excavated prehistoric relics is also increasing.

However, there are only a few prehistoric relics that can be truly deciphered, and most of them are difficult for scholars to even translate and interpret the text.

There is no doubt that every prehistoric relic is a national treasure-level resource, and every major breakthrough in exploring the ruins can contribute greatly to the scientific and technological development of Yu Jingguo.

Seeing this, doubts appeared in Ji Xiu's heart.

According to the source, the starting point for human beings to enter civilized society was the discovery of prehistoric civilization sites by the first hunters.

There's a problem here.

Suppose that the scientific and technological drawings and materials of the modern civilization of the earth were brought to primitive people, they would not be able to comprehend the knowledge and create scientific and technological products, because there was an insurmountable knowledge gap in between.

So how did the first hunter who discovered prehistoric ruins understand this part of knowledge and gradually establish a technologically advanced Yujing country?

Is it indoctrination?

Thinking of this, a new conjecture appeared in Ji Xiu's mind.

Is there a possibility that the so-called prehistoric ruins are actually materials left by former earthlings?

He did not travel through another world, but came to the future world after the fault line of civilization.

For example, the destruction of human civilization on the earth by some unknown force led to the near extinction of human beings, and civilization completely fell to the bottom, and only a very small number of people escaped the catastrophe, but they also lost the memory of civilization and entered the most primitive state of development.

Their descendants are the group of fishermen before the birth of Yu Jingguo.

Therefore, the Yujing country, which inherited the prehistoric civilization, that is, the earth civilization, has many scientific and technological systems that are very similar to the earth's technology.

Including mobile phones, computers, and a series of technological products.

As for why there is such a conjecture, the main reason is ...... I've read too many novels.

With curiosity, Ji Xiu began to search for pictures taken in prehistoric ruins, trying to find familiar earth characters.

Whether it is Chinese, English, or other scripts, as long as he can see the earth script, it can prove that his guess is not wrong.

After some searching, Ji Xiu found a photo with a prehistoric civilization using words.

The photograph was taken in a prehistoric ruin, and in the face of it is a mysterious mural, painted with unknown pigments, and the colors are bright, and even after a long period of time, they still retain their original colors.

The mural is so wide and tall that it occupies almost the entire wall of the cave, and it depicts a high-tech overlook of the city, while the edges of the mural depict a variety of strange scenes, including primeval forests lined with mountain peaks, cloud-shrouded marshes, starry night skies, and a rough black ocean at the top.

The left and right sides of the mural are marked with a large number of characters, which look like a distorted symbol, neither letters nor Chinese characters, but more like a kind of cipher, which cannot be understood.

There are also a large number of scholarly annotations underneath the photo, but the meaning of the mural has not yet been deciphered.

The words on the mural also made Ji Xiu realize that his conjecture might be wrong, this is not any kind of writing on the earth at all, so the prehistoric ruins are most likely not the civilization memories left by the earthlings.

So he did travel to another world, not to a future world where civilization was faulty.

Looking at the materials left behind by the prehistoric civilization, Ji Xiu made a decision in his heart, he wanted to try to apply to explore the ruins that Han Yun had been to find the truth about Han Yun's death.

And maybe find the secret of your own crossing.

But before that, he had to survive the assassination that would come more than ten days later.

When the time came to noon, Ji Xiu left the apartment and went to the vegetable market.

The vegetable market near the pier is mostly a variety of seafood, but the price is not cheap.

This is related to the higher risk factor of going out to sea.

According to the information found on the Internet, there are four main types of dangers encountered by fishermen when going to sea, namely bad weather, sea beast attacks, alien predation, and demonic fog.

Inclement weather refers to sudden changes in extreme weather such as strong winds, waves, storms, etc., which can easily cause a ship to sink out of control.

The second is the sea beast attack, there are a large number of huge sea beasts in the oceans of this world, generally several times larger than the largest species on the earth, the blue whale, with terrifying power, which can easily smash fishing boats.

If you are unfortunate enough to be attacked by sea beasts, the shipwreck and death are the most likely outcomes.

Alien plundering refers to the alien life that lives on the islands in the open sea, and they often plunder passing fishing boats, causing casualties, and even extort the lives of fishermen in exchange for spiritual mineral resources.

The last demon fog is a very rare phenomenon, according to the information on the Internet, fishing boats occasionally encounter demon fog during the voyage, the boat will lose direction after entering the fog, the pointer compass will be invalid, and the fisherman's mental state will be eroded by some mysterious force during this period, and there will be negative states such as loss, madness, vomiting, fainting, etc., and even instant death when the situation is serious.

The high risk of going to sea has led to an increase in the price of fish.

And that's just the price of the wet market at the wharf, if the fish is shipped to three inland cities, plus the freight price, it will even be half or even twice as expensive.

Entering the wet market, the ground is damp and watery, the air is filled with a salty smell, and the stalls are filled with a wide variety of seafood, mainly fish, shellfish, crustaceans, and molluscs.

Ji Xiu, the sea fish here, has never been seen on the earth, and they look strange.

Every time before making a purchase, Ji Xiu will use his mobile phone to check the information to understand whether it is delicious before deciding whether to buy it.

Many fishmongers seem to know Li Tan, and they will even take the initiative to greet him when they see him passing by, and Ji Xiu will also nod politely in response, although he doesn't know him at all.

When he got home, Ji Xiu put some of the ingredients in the refrigerator and began to make lunch.

One hour later, he came to An An's room, knocked on the door and asked:

"Sister An, eat."

Seeing that there was no movement in the house, Ji Xiu had no choice but to press down the doorknob and decided to invite this "God of War" out for dinner.

Not surprisingly, An An in the house was lying on the bed at this time, wrapped in his quilt, tilting his head and sleeping soundly.

Coming to the bedside, Ji Xiu approached and shouted:

"Sister An, eat!"

This time, An An finally reacted, opened his sleepy eyes and glanced at him, and then nodded violently:

"Hungry, eat."

With that, An An lifted the quilt, stood up, followed the fragrance to the living room, and sat down at the dining table.

Glancing at the three dishes on the table, An An lowered his head and sniffed lightly, a trace of solemnity appeared in his confused eyes, :

"It seems like a challenge."

As he spoke, An An picked up his chopsticks, picked up a steaming fish fillet and stuffed it into his mouth, and frowned slightly as he chewed:

"Hiss~ It's really a challenge."

Seeing this scene, Ji Xiu was puzzled in his heart, his cooking skills were not top-notch, but they were not bad enough to be questioned.

Before the crossing, his parents left early, and living alone made him learn how to make meals very early, although he had the money to hire a home-based nanny, he did not like to live with others, and enjoyed living alone, making food was one of the few pleasures in his life.

After all, there is no financial pressure, and many things that seem to be tedious in the eyes of ordinary people are very meaningful in his opinion.

Making good food is one of them.

With doubts, Ji Xiu came to sit down opposite An An, picked up a piece of fish fillet and stuffed it into his mouth.

The moment he bit down and chewed, an indescribable smell rushed straight to the Tianling Gai.

This smell weaves a post-apocalyptic scene full of nuclear pollution in Ji Xiu's mind, he walked in the abandoned steel factory, he has been hungry and thirsty for several days, he found the only source of water, a pool of reddish rusty water, instinctively driven to bow his head and take a wild drink, the smell of dirt mixed with rust instantly filled his mouth and nasal cavity.

The smell cannot be described in words, only the scene in the mind can be barely described.

He immediately got up and ran to the sink, and spat out the fish in his mouth:

"Damn, it's not for people."

The disgusting taste of the fish made Ji Xiu feel puzzled, he checked the information before buying it, this fish was delicious, how could this be such a result.

With doubts, he immediately took out his mobile phone and checked the information.

Soon, Ji Xiu found the answer.

The ingredient he uses, the "stinging fish", has a reddish inner piece of meat, which is not poisonous, but has an extremely disgusting taste and must be removed before cooking.

After understanding the reason, Ji Xiu wiped the crystal from the corner of his mouth and prepared to pour the food.

When he turned his head to look at the dining table, he was surprised to find that An An was still eating the steamed fish fillet made of the bowl of spiny hoop fish just now, and while stuffing the fish meat into her mouth and chewing it, her expression was painful, as if she was aware of his gaze, and turned her head to him and sighed decadently:

"I've never eaten such a bad fillet in my life."

"Why do you eat it if it's unpalatable?" Ji Xiu was stunned.

Hearing this, An An, who was eating, suddenly stopped his chopsticks, fell into deep thought, and nodded suddenly after a few seconds:

"yes, it's so unpalatable, why do I keep eating it?"

Ji Xiu: ......