Chapter 922: Worm Man (3)
A trace of sadness flashed in the eyes of the old mantis man: "Your Excellency is really a friendly existence, please take a break, we have buried our clansmen, and immediately offer the most delicious food." β
The old mantis man immediately arranged it, and he selected four mantis girls who should be the most "beautiful" in the village to serve Song Zheng and asked him to rest in the village square - no way, the star mutant insect was too large, and there was not a single house in the whole village that could accommodate him.
Song Zheng looked at these "beautiful" mantis girls, and he really couldn't tell what was the difference between them and other mantis people.
Three miles outside the village, there is a cemetery, very simple but with a large number of tombs, and it is obvious that death is very common here.
The elderly mantis led all the clansmen to collect the corpses, and more than 30 of their villages died in this battle, which can be described as a heavy loss.
Everyone carried the corpses of their relatives, led by the old mantis man, step by step to the cemetery, after leaving the village, the old mantis man knocked on the two stone slabs in his hand, and let out a desolate and sad song.
Song Zheng listened closely, the song resembled a sacrificial text, and Song Zheng captured some useful messages from it: this mantis village believed in an ancient god called "Mandu Tian", who held the authority of life and death. The old praying mantis was praying to this god, asking Mandu Heaven to take in the souls of the people so that they would not wander aimlessly in the sky, and at the same time hoped that the gods could bless their village and have many children in the coming year, so as to supplement the problem of insufficient population in the village.
And what surprised Song Zheng the most was that as the old mantis man's vast singing ended, he really sensed that the souls of those mantis people who were wandering around seemed to have received some kind of summoning and drifted away in one direction!
But the old mantis man's prayer for an heir did not appear.
Song Zheng secretly interrogated the Ancestor Sword: "Senior, the lineage of the ancient gods of Ugo has indeed been wiped out by Heavenly Court?"
Ancestor Sword was very sure: "It has already been wiped out, and now in this situation, either this person has been reborn under the Mandu Heavenly Crown, or there is some evil god who has taken advantage of the emptiness of the belief in the Ugo Star Domain to steal the divine power of Mandu Heaven and play with faith." β
Song Zheng thought about it in his heart, and was more inclined to be resurrected by Mandutian.
Receiving souls, but not giving them a giftβis in line with the behavior of an ancient god who has just been resurrected, lacks divine power, and strives to save but does not reward.
Moreover, Song Zheng faintly felt that there seemed to be some existence on the Divine Mountain, who was secretly doing things to help these ancient gods resurrect - their purpose was unknown.
It didn't take long for the praying mantis people to bury their relatives and return to the village quickly, and they couldn't let the distinguished guests wait.
The old praying mantis man came to Song Zheng and said humbly: "My lord, it's getting dark, and the storm is coming soon, let's quickly dodge." β
Song Zheng read the memory of the previous mantis man, but focused on history and language, and when he heard the old mantis man say this, he "recalled" for a while, and only then did he find some common sense from that memory, and his face couldn't help but change: "Okay." β
The living environment in this world is extremely harsh, and day and night are two completely different states.
When darkness comes, the whole world will be enveloped in a boundless special storm, among which there will be a terrible red evil lightning, a catastrophic thunder, a violent wind that will sweep everything, and a dust that will flood the heavens and the earth......
At night all living beings understand the need to hide.
The insects of the wilderness often fight to the death for a cave where they can hide, and for the insects, they have been taught by a god to build houses before ancient times.
The houses in this world are not simple, and when you enter them, you will find that the houses that do not seem to be strong are made of a special moss mixed with several kinds of stone powder to bond the stones, and this special adhesive has an obvious "immunity" effect on the storm, and everything in the storm will not destroy this kind of house.
The low wall outside the village was also built in this way, which played a huge role in protecting the village from the storm. Now that the wall is badly damaged, there is little confidence in whether it will be able to withstand the storm of this night.
And there was not a single house in the entire village that could accommodate this "adult", and the old mantis man looked at Song Zheng with an inquiring look, wondering how he spent the night during his long journey.
Song Zheng laughed, then shrank his whole body, and drilled a huge cave in the ground, and in a very short time, he drilled to a depth of dozens of zhang, which was enough to withstand the storm.
The old mantis man suddenly realized and praised again and again, the strength of this adult is really unfathomable. It was the first time he had seen such a fresh and refined insect man drilled into the ground.
The old mantis man waved his hand: "Go back, if the house is not strong enough, live in someone else's house first." β
The sun was already setting in the west, and under the eastern sky, large purple-black dark clouds were rapidly converging.
Soon all the mantis people disappeared, they were obviously used to this kind of evasion, and before they could dodge, they still had the strength to hide the corpses of those insects and beasts that Song Zheng had killed.
After less than a cup of tea, the sun's rays completely disappeared below the horizon, and the heavy purple-black dark clouds rushed in, as if thousands of troops and horses, and soon occupied the entire sky, and then the wind that made people's bodies and souls tremble at the same time sounded, followed by evil lightning and magic thunder together, roaring and shaking the heavens and the earth, and the fierce wind brought terrible sand and dust, which instantly swept this piece of heaven and earth......
Song Zheng was lying in the cave, and there was still a small amount of strong wind blowing in with all kinds of destructive powers. In the starworm's sight, he saw the power of thunder and lightning and the wind spread out like burning sparks.
He easily figured out that these violent powers, like the special power in the Ugo Domain, were related to a unique substance on the planet in the entire Star Domain.
In this way, it seems that there should be such a terrible storm on all the planets in this star field.
He also remembered that the so-called "ancient gods taught" method of building houses, which god in the lineage of the ancient gods of Ugo could be?
The mantis man he devoured was just an ordinary warrior in the village. According to his memory, the key to the construction of the house, the adhesive, was called the "holy medicine" in the Crimson world, and was one of the many "holy medicines" in this world.
And it is obviously the most widely circulated holy medicine in the whole world.
But even so, in every village, only the patriarch has this recipe, which is passed on to the next patriarch by the previous patriarch before he is about to die.
If the old patriarch dies in battle and has no time to pass on the recipe, the village can go to the neighboring village to get the recipe.
If you are surrounded by enemies...... Then wait for perdition.
"Holy medicine?" Song Zheng chewed on the deep meaning contained in the name, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
In the sea of stars, the bronze mirror in his hand still has no response, and in the Crimson World, from the current point of view, the civilization level of the entire world is extremely low, and if you want to find clues to the Shinto Palace from it, the hope is also very slim.
But the so-called "holy medicine" aroused Song Zheng's interest.
The hard night was over, and at dawn the purple-black clouds had cleared, and the sun was shining all over the land again. The old mantis man came out worried, and unsurprisingly, three houses that were not strong enough did not withstand the storm, and the eleven mantis people inside died, which was undoubtedly worse for the village.
After the old mantis man met with Song Zheng, he informed him of the arrangements for the new day: feasting, then preparing holy medicine, and repairing the wall first.
All the work has to be completed in one day, and the task is very heavy, so it requires the dedication of everyone in the clan, and I ask for his forgiveness for neglecting the adult today.
Song Zheng shook his head: "Old man, I am willing to help you." β
The old praying mantis was overjoyed: "How can this be, you are our great benefactor, how can you let you work." β
Song Zheng smiled: "I'm just a wanderer, it's not that I can't endure hardships. Don't be polite, old people, let's hurry up and try to finish the work before dark. β
The old mantis people also knew that time was pressing, and they were no longer polite to Song Zheng, so they immediately passed down an order, and in the village, more than a dozen strong mantis people dragged out the insects and beasts that Song Zheng killed yesterday, and prepared to start eating.
Song Zheng knew from that memory that the food on this planet was similar to a sacrificial activity, and the magic was that every mantis person would get a powerful bonus after the meal, but the effect was limited to the day of the meal.
The old mantis man also began to prepare, he hung almost all his "ornaments" on his body, and the rest of the mantis people got angry and set up a stone pot, but there was no water, but directly put the blood of insects and beasts into it.
The old praying mantis man danced a strange dance, which, in Song Zheng's view, was similar to the Yubu of the Hongwu world. At the same time, the old praying mantis sang a kind of vast song similar to yesterday's when he buried his people.
All the mantis people knelt around him.
Halfway through this ancient song and dance, Song Zheng suddenly sensed that above the void, an ancient and mysterious force had descended, relatively speaking, it was not particularly powerful, but there was no doubt that it was the power of the gods!
Song Zheng was slightly surprised, this power is not the same as the power that took away the soul when he buried the clansmen yesterday, could it be that there is more than one resurrected ancient god in the lineage of the ancient gods of Ugo?
Is this to perfect a lineage of ancient gods?
On the sacred mountain, what do those beings who control all this behind the scenes want to do?