"Card--"
At the entrance of the cave, Yuan Quan was wearing a jacket and monitoring headphones. She was sitting in a chair. There were more than ten light screens in front of her, one of which showed the scene just taken.
Because it is a "mock documentary", the picture shows Hans's "perspective". It should be completely dark, but at this moment, there are a few rays of light leaking from the loose leaves.
When the assistant director arrived, Yuan Quan adjusted his glasses and said casually: "Did you see it? There is light leakage. Inform the props team that the pile of leaves is too small and add more."
"Right away," the assistant director hurried back to the altar.
At this moment, the cave at the bottom of the "Eternal Cemetery" is as bright as day. The crew of "Hans" has set up countless lighting equipment and set up a temporary scene in front of the altar. People from various departments are coming and going, and the originally dark and gloomy sacrificial place is... The place turned into a noisy shooting scene.
On the high altar, Li Liang also sat on a chair.
Early this morning, he brought back the "Secret Blood Clan" from the Sadai lair deep in the cave, and then informed the fleet outside the Spiritual Gate that the temple scientific research team and the "Hans" crew could come in to work.
Soon, the scientific expedition team arrived at the Eternal Cemetery and went all the way deep into the Sadai lair, looking for clues among the star-studded branch caves to verify one of his guesses. The crew of "Hans" was shooting scenes in the vast jungle. In the evening, Enter here to film the most important plot of "El Nino".
Until now, when it was close to eight o'clock in the evening, there was still no news from the scientific expedition team. He could only continue to watch the filming of "Hans". Without any surprise, Ruby Lord stood next to him and set up the machine to record the documentary.
At this time, he suddenly noticed a spiritual fluctuation. He turned around and saw Cain standing in the corner near the shooting scene, summoning the ugly "magic bunker" out again.
Several girls from the makeup team were holding their costumes and making a fuss.
After a while, Cain took the girls into the "bunker" and obviously changed clothes.
Li Liang wondered: "Will there be a scene with Cain later?"
Ruby nodded: "Yes, General Cain will make his official debut next."
"What's the plot?"
"After a while, Colonel Sanders will lead a team of ground troops to attack the cave. He happens to rescue the five Hans and tells them that the Enino people have gone to war with humans. However, because of the kindness of the Twin Gods, our army is unwilling to kill. , causing the situation to reach a stalemate, for which General Cain had to come here personally to take charge of the overall situation."
Li Liang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He didn't know that he could be so "kind".
"Then what?"
"Hans stood up and volunteered to negotiate with the Enino Clan Council. As a result, he learned that the Prophet of Revenge and Qiu had saved the clan leader and forged a deep friendship. So the leader agreed to a truce, accepted humans, and put a piece of the puzzle together "I quietly handed it over to Hans," Ruby smiled awkwardly, "Well, you know, the halo of the protagonist."
"Then when will I officially debut?" Li Liang asked curiously.
"I heard that it was in Chico. From the plot arrangement, the protagonists are getting closer to you step by step through their experiences in the four spiritual core mines. From hostility to respect, they gradually understand your greatness and at the same time show respect to everyone. Audience shows…”
"Okay, okay, I got it," Li Liang really couldn't bear to hear such a disgusting compliment, and quickly interrupted the "affectionate" Ruby.
"a——"
Yuan Quan's voice came from far away, and the cave instantly became quiet.
The filming continued, and the protagonists, who were buried tightly by leaves in the stone trough, began to scream "Uh-huh" again.
Li Liang withdrew his gaze, stood up and walked to the edge of the other side of the altar.
Across the altar, it was still pitch dark.
Tens of thousands of "deformed warriors" from the entire Mystic Blood Clan are quietly crawling in the darkness, their golden eyes extending all the way to the depths of the cave.
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Two hours later, Cain got her wish and played herself. She didn't have many lines. The only difficulty was that Yuan Quan wanted her to perform a complex character of "coldness with a little kindness, indifference with a little warmth."
At first she said that it was just her true nature and she could do whatever she wanted. However, when filming started, she was so nervous that her expression became stiff and she completely forgot three or four lines in total.
It was the first time that Li Liang saw Cain in such a clumsy and embarrassed state. He was so happy that he didn't want to leave when he received the news from the scientific expedition team.
But business was more important, and he asked Ruby Rhodes to take pictures of the entire process before setting off quietly.
Returning to the deepest part of the cave again, what appeared in front of him was a brightly lit temporary workstation.
Korak and a group of advance army commanders are here, plus researchers and marines who are constantly going back and forth between various branch caves, the excitement is no less lively than the filming scene at the entrance of the cave.
"How about it?"
Li Liang got into the experimental shed in the center of the workstation.
"An hour ago, the expedition team discovered a ruins at a depth of 37 kilometers in Branch No. 57," Colak pointed to the perspective view of the underground shown on the light screen. "There is also a tunnel on the other side of the ruins, which goes through the underground. Across the strait, it connects to the volcano group where the Sadai was first discovered.”
"continue."
"The ruins and tunnels were excavated manually and reinforced with multi-layered metal structures. The technology is very advanced, but the history is too long, and everything in the ruins is basically rotten. We found some stone slabs with words and images engraved on them, and ...This thing," Colak looked at the sterile room with a solemn expression.
Across the glass, four researchers were carefully cleaning an egg-shaped object that was rusted to dark brown.
"What is this?" Li Liang asked.
"Father God," a professor from the Temple Academy of Sciences came forward, "After scanning, we believe that this is part of a large-scale genetic engineering equipment. Based on isotope decay measurements, its history can be traced back to at least 20,000 years ago, proving that At that time, the Enino people did master gene editing technology, which enabled some people to overcome reproductive isolation and have offspring with the 'Sadai'."
really.
Li Liang finally confirmed that his guess was correct.
In ancient times, the Enino people should have also had a developed civilization, but they were invaded when the Spiritual Gate was opened. The invaders were called "rock demons". They seemed to be inorganic creatures and were extremely powerful.
After a brutal one-sided war, the Enino people were nearly extinct.
At the last moment, the leader named "Pasu" made a humiliating decision - to destroy all the achievements of civilization on his own, and to prove to the invaders in some way that all the advanced knowledge mastered by the Enino people would be eradicated from now on. The Nino civilization will retreat step by step, and there will no longer be a possibility of resistance.
Judging from the myth told by Pan Yarum, the invaders may be divided into two factions. The Great Mother Goddess is the incarnation of the moderate faction, allowing the Enino people to linger on the island, while the God of Light represents the "extinction faction". The phrase " Your descendants should be lost, like those stupid stones." Perhaps it was the "Exterminationists" who carried out some kind of genetic tampering on the surviving Enino people.
In mythology, "willingness to be eaten" foreshadows Passu's ending - a tragic suicide in exchange for a glimmer of life for civilization.
Before going to his death brazenly, Passu may have deceived the invaders by some means and created a special group of Enino people, the "Secret Blood Clan". The purpose was not to avenge these "super soldiers", but to Quietly dormant, waiting for the "prophet".
As for what a 'prophet' is, in the second half of the myth, Pasu said, "When your sins are atonement, I will send a prophet down. My prophet always disguises himself as an evil spirit and descends from heaven into the woods to cause your Future generations remember that when you encounter an evil spirit in the woods, teach it with a stick. If it becomes angry, you are not a prophet, so you will deceive it and pretend to obey it. If it is not angry, drive children and old people to approach it. If it treats you kindly, Children and old people are my prophets.”
Obviously, Pasu foresees that other civilizations will occupy their homeland in the future and plunder the spirits in the universe. The latecomers are likely to be "mercier" than the first invaders and are willing to treat the Enino people equally.
Since civilization will inevitably regress, Passu can only tell future generations in the simplest way how to identify such a civilization, that is, be tolerant in the face of resistance and show special kindness to children and the elderly.
Recalling the huge cognitive gap between different life forms, Li Liang suddenly understood that Passu left such a way of identification, perhaps hoping that one day a certain carbon-based civilization would occupy El Niño.
Only people of the same kind will regard uncivilized savages as equal intelligent beings.
With so much thought... Pasu even thought of the "bargaining chips" for future generations, "telling the Mystic Blood Clan to come out of hiding, obey the prophet's drive, and be the vanguard to open the way."
For the invaders, everything in this universe is given and asked for. The only "value" the Enino people can bring out is a group of warriors who are not afraid of death.
Li Liang sighed silently and told the people present about the myth told by Pan Yalum and his own speculation.
There are still many discrepancies and contradictions between the two. After all, after 20,000 years of vicissitudes, the historical truth has long been obliterated, leaving only specious religious stories. It is also difficult to explain why the existence of the Mystic Blood Clan has not been discovered given the strength of the goblins.
However, various signs also indicate that his guess is not entirely conjecture.
After listening to his story, everyone fell silent.
"...I am willing to bear the punishment for them, let them spurn my name, pollute my soul, let them eat my flesh, my bones, my gods, this will happen from generation to generation."
"...It is my prophet. You must listen to its words meekly and ask the Secret Blood clan to come out of hiding. Follow the prophet's driving and be the pioneer to open the way."
Pasu, how heroic.
