Uchisai picked up Pan Yarum on her back, held up the "Firefly", and headed deep into the cave. The ground was rugged and rocky, making it extremely difficult to walk, but her speed was not affected at all, like a strong ape.
Li Liang reluctantly followed behind with the help of the night vision function integrated into his mask. Occasionally, he had to summon portals to pass through some difficult ravines.
Soon, the three of them caught up with the "Sadai" from before. Wuqisai's speed immediately slowed down, almost moving behind "Sadai".
Li Liang observed for a moment and found that the two Enino people were breathing the pink gas emitted by "Sadai".
"Sadai"...is actually an oxygen bottle?
Without monitoring equipment, he could not confirm his guess. However, Uqisai's expression was indeed much more relaxed than before, and Pan Yalum on his back also became energetic and kept saying something in Enino language.
Following the "oxygen bottle", the three of them walked in the dark underground cave for another hour, and finally reached the deepest point, a huge underground cavity.
The walls of the cave were covered with large and small holes, and "Sadai" curled up into one of them and disappeared.
The fishy smell here was so strong that Li Liang could vaguely smell it even if he was wearing a respirator.
Pan Yarum signaled Uqisai to put him down. Then, the old man staggered to the stone platform in the center of the ground and told the Enino people's beliefs in a low and hoarse voice, while Uqisai translated sentence by sentence in Elvish.
After listening to a few sentences, Li Liang was surprised to find that the myth in Pan Yalum's mouth was completely opposite to the version mastered by the advance army.
Bidige
"...So, the Great Mother Goddess and the God of Light opened up the world, and gave the breath of condensed divine power, 'Sao', as a gift to the billions of living beings they created with their own hands. Their most beloved daughter Pasu, with their own He created eight Eninos in his image and gave his name to the most beautiful one among them."
"The Great Mother Goddess was extremely happy, so she gave the names of the seven sacred animals to the remaining seven Enino people, so that they could work together under the leadership of 'Pasu' for generations to come."
In this version, all the Enino people were created by Pasu, and the Great Mother Goddess was not angry because Pasu created humans, but was "extremely happy".
Myths all have historical shadows, and Li Liang realized that the El Niño civilization must have encountered some kind of change.
"After that, Pasu left the world in accordance with the wishes of the Great Mother Goddess, and lit the magic lamps placed by the Great Mother Goddess in the night sky one by one."
"When the God of Light stepped down from the Throne of Light for the 333,330th time and looked down at her people, the Enino people had already occupied the entire world. They stole the power of rock and fire and slaughtered seven species at will. The sacred animal arrogantly claims to be the master of the world and even opens the door to another world.”
"The evil rock demon who broke in through that gate bewitched the greedy clan leader and continued to eat away at the magic lamp that Pasu lit with dark and terrifying power."
"The sky at night has long been dark, and the God of Light is furious and awakens the Great Mother Goddess."
"The Great Mother Goddess punished the Enino people and caused the cold winter to come. Only eight Enino people survived. The God of Light expelled them to a prison surrounded by water, saying, 'You deserve to die here. There's only salt water in it'."
"The El Niño had no choice but to call out Passu's name in her heart, so Pasu really returned from the night. When she saw that the El Niño she had created had fallen to this point, she wailed loudly."
Speaking of this, Pan Yalum shuddered all over and started to howl as if he was feeling the same. It was hard to calm down for a long time.
After she calmed down, Li Liang asked softly: "What next?"
"Pasu summoned eight Enino people, asked them to eat their bodies, and attached their gods to the person also named 'Pasu', and said to the Great Mother Goddess, 'I am willing to take their place for them. Bear the punishment, let them spit on my name, defile my soul, let them eat my flesh, my bones, my spirit, from generation to generation, from generation to generation."
The hazy light emitted by the "fireflies" illuminated Pan Yarum's face. Between the deep wrinkles, the two rows of tear-shaped tattoos became brighter and brighter, as if she was weeping blood because of Passu's sacrifice.
"In the end, the Great Mother Goddess used her magical power to make the prison surrounded by water grow plants, and brought in insects and fish, so that the Enino people could get food. However, the God of Light could not extinguish his anger and said, 'Your descendants should lose their They are like stupid stones, and they will be preyed upon by animals, but you feed them because you are sinners."
Listening to the translation coming from the earphones, Li Liang suddenly realized.
It turns out that in the belief of the Enino people, eating 'Pasu', abusing 'Pasu', and using 'Pasu' as a curse word are actually a way to obtain salvation. At the same time, in the hearts of the Enino people, Pasu They are both great gods, and there is no conflict between the two.
After half a year of field investigation, the advance army's understanding of the Enino people was indeed only a drop in the bucket, and some of the information was completely misdirected.
However, this cannot be blamed on Korak's incompetence.
When the "Treaty of Avalon" was signed, mankind's understanding of the various spiritual core mines won was limited to a few words circulated in the spiritual world. During the handover of "El Niño", the goblins were even more unwilling to provide any information, so the advance army could only Inferring conclusions from limited data will inevitably involve conjecture.
When he came back to his senses, he was a little confused again.
What I just talked about can be considered "genuine" myths at best. What is the so-called "Pasu's secret"?
At this time.
Pan Yarum suddenly raised his head, his voice trembling:
"After the Great Mother Goddess and the God of Light left, the loving and wise mother Pasu secretly summoned the other seven Enino people."
"She said, 'You should choose a strong and tenacious daughter from among my descendants, let her have intercourse with Sua Dai, and the children born will be blessed with Sua again, and let them call themselves the Secret Blood Clan, hiding in Sua Dai. In the lair.
When your sins are atonement, I will send you prophets. My prophets always come down from heaven in the woods disguised as evil spirits.
Let your descendants remember that when you encounter an evil spirit in the forest, teach it with a stick. If it becomes angry, you are not a prophet and you deceive it and pretend to obey it.
If it is not angry, it will drive children and old people close to it. If it treats children and old people well, it is my prophet. You will listen to its words meekly and let the Secret Blood clan come out of hiding. Follow the driving of the prophet and be the one who opens the way. 'The Pioneer'. "
"'You shall guard my secrets and follow my ways from generation to generation.'"
"This is Passu's secret."
After translating the last sentence, Wuqisai lowered his head and murmured: "Each generation of clan leaders will follow Pasu's guidance and dictate this secret to their successors before they die. However, the evil spirits that appear every time are not prophet."
A series of sentences flashed through Li Liang's mind, "Stealing the power of rocks and flames", "Master of the world", "Gateway to another world", "The evil spirit that extinguishes the night magic lamp", "The secret blood clan hiding in the lair", "Pretending to be..." "Prophets of evil spirits" "sticks, children and old people" "pioneers who open the way"...
He finally understood what kind of god Pasu was. He was clearly a far-sighted ancient leader. The second half of the myth was clearly a history of blood and tears for the Enino people to resist the invasion.
next moment.
Rapid and heavy footsteps sounded, as if countless ferocious beasts were rushing along the holes in the cave wall.
For a moment, Li Liang looked up.
In the restless darkness, pairs of golden eyes appeared.
Secret Blood Clan.
