Chapter 64: A New Speculation
The West Country is located in the Iberian Peninsula in the southwest of the Old Road, at the junction of the Old Continent and Kunlun, bordering Portugal to the west, the Bay of Biscay to the north, the Franks and Andorra to the northeast, and Morocco across the Strait of Gibraltar to the south.
Originally a province of the Roman Empire, after the collapse of the Roman Empire, it was occupied by the Celts and Visigoths.
After the collapse of the Visigothic kingdom, the Moors invaded the area.
After hundreds of years of rebellion, the Westerners finally broke free from Moorish rule and became an independent state.
The West soon embarked on the path of colonial expansion, and it was also the world's first "empire on which the sun never sets!"
Lu Yuan came to the Western Kingdom mainly to find some clues about the three major civilizations of antiquity.
The Iberian Peninsula has been inhabited by humans since 800,000 years ago, and in some records, there were civilized countries in the West long ago.
From time to time, some vivid petroglyphs are found in the Pyrenees.
During this time, it was rumored that in the northern province of Santander, there were weapons made of crystal.
This rumor naturally made Lu Yuan very interested, and he wanted to see if the crystal weapon found in the West Kingdom was the same as the crystal weapon he found in the Pamir.
If their craftsmanship is similar, they may be able to provide themselves with more clues about ancient civilizations.
Xiguo is a big country, and Lu Yuan's current identity is also different, so if he wants to go to Xiguo, some necessary procedures still have to be done.
And he also had to inform some of his own itinerary, which made Lu Yuan feel very troublesome.
But there is no way, if he sneaks into the country, once he is discovered, there will be more trouble.
Originally, Lu Yuan was going to go to the West the next day, but due to various formalities, he was not able to leave until a week later.
This also has something to do with the Dongfang incident, because of the Dongfang incident, Lu Yuan is not popular with Westerners.
Hearing that Lu Yuan was going to enter the western country, there were even small-scale protests in the western country.
Fortunately, in the end, Xiguo agreed to Lu Yuan's entry.
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The province of Santander is located in the middle of the Cantablian Mountains in the West, where the earliest human activity was carried out in the West.
Although a large number of archaeologists travel to the Cantablian Mountains every year to investigate and search, much of the area remains mysterious.
After Lu Yuan arrived in Santander, he began to inquire around for news of crystal weapons.
After some inquiry, he only got some rumors that could not be confirmed, and whether the matter was true or not, there is nowhere to know.
Although Lu Yuan was a little disappointed in his heart, he didn't care too much, even if he didn't have a crystal weapon, he planned to explore the Cantablian Mountains well.
Legend has it that the Iberian Peninsula is the closest continent to Atlantis.
Even if you can't find a crystal weapon, it would be nice to find some records and relics of Atlantis.
Even if nothing is found in the end, it doesn't matter much, after all, the three major civilizations have disappeared for more than 10,000 years, and humans and animals on land are active frequently, so there must be very few things that can be left!
After some negotiation with the Westerners, Lu Yuan was finally allowed to enter the Cantablian Mountains alone.
However, Lu Yuan also signed an agreement, according to which Lu Yuan must report to the West if he finds something valuable during his stay in the West Kingdom.
The Westerners also agreed not to interfere with any of Lu Yuan's actions in the West, and if anything of archaeological research value was found, the two sides would conduct joint research, and could invite a third party of no more than five scholars to join the research team.
After reaching an agreement, Lu Yuan happily hit the road.
This time he didn't start off off the beaten track.
Instead, I went to see some of the cave petroglyphs that had been discovered.
These petroglyphs opened Lu Yuan's eyes, from which Lu Yuan learned about the production and living conditions of the Iberians 7,000-4,000 years ago.
There are many scenes of Iberian hunting, warfare and daily life in the petroglyphs.
Through these petroglyphs, it is as if one has returned to the primitive period.
It is no wonder that many Westerners consider their civilization history to be the oldest in the Old World, perhaps because of these petroglyphs.
Lu Yuan also made some discoveries in these petroglyphs.
He found that in some petroglyphs marked 7,000-6,000 years ago, weapons such as spears, bows and arrows have appeared.
Some petroglyphs depicting scenes of life even have swords suspected to be metal products.
On the contrary, some of the petroglyphs marked with 4,000-5,000 years of history are more rudimentary.
Could it be that the Iberians also experienced a regression of civilization 5,000 years ago?
With these doubts in mind, Lu Yuan continued to visit other rock paintings.
It took Lu Yuan a week to finish reading the rock paintings that had been discovered.
After reading these petroglyphs, he was already sure that the ancient Iberians had experienced a regression in civilization.
At this time, he remembered the common records of Zhuxia, Jews, Egyptians, poisoners, and ancient Greek mythology.
5,000 years ago, there was a great flood and a large number of alien humans around the world.
"How did the Great Flood occur all over the world at the same time?"
"After the sinking of the Mu Continent, its two colonial empires, the Naka Empire and the Kara Empire, still exist!"
"Could it be that 5,000 years ago there was a global war?"
The more Lu Yuan thought about it, the more he decided that this possibility was very high.
Because after the end of the interstellar war 12,000 years ago, although the three continents sank, the great witch of the Yu Dynasty was still there.
Even if the earth is no longer suitable for cultivation, it can still survive for a long time with the ability of the Great Witch.
In addition to this, the performance of the Naka Empire is also very strange.
According to the records left by the ancient poisoners, the Naka Empire is very similar to modern society, and it is also an empire of technological civilization.
Judging from the limited records, it is likely that their level of technology is above that of modern human civilization.
Could it be that 5,000 years ago, the Great Witches were at war with the Naka Empire.
Or are the aliens attacking again?
If it's the former, it's fine, no matter how tragic the war is, it's just a civil war for the earthlings.
If it is the second reason, then Lu Yuan's previous speculation will be overturned.
The invading aliens may not be in the solar system, but from outside the solar system.
If that's the case, perhaps the speculated Martians and Venusians are actually allies with the Earthlings.
The people of the three planets face the invasion of foreign civilizations together.
If this is really the case, will the aliens start a war for the third time?