The eight bases plus the cave defense line are all the current settlements of the Ye Qiong tribe outside the Dinglong Mountains.
However, in winter, there is still a place across the canyon where a new base is being prepared.
The place where those rare red soils were discovered was blocked by the waters in the canyon in summer, so the project had to be shelved.
Now the canyon serves as a natural barrier on the west side of the Dinglong Mountains. After spring, while ensuring the safe development of the tribe, it is actually a restriction if considered in the long run!
Therefore, with the subsequent development of the tribe, a bridge will definitely be built in this area of the canyon.
This scale is very large, and it requires some high-strength raw materials and high technical support.
Within the Dinglong Mountains, there are the wooden house base and the giant sword base, plus the small base where the ruins were discovered.
These two and a half bases are where the Ye Qiong tribe and the Naning tribe meet. Ye Qiong has no plans to develop too many bases in the Dinglong Mountains.
But if those humanoid Haina and sea beasts behind them break through the Na Ning tribe's defense line at the dike base, then the tribe will have to face two choices.
Either continue to increase troops into the Dinglong Mountains, or block the water channels to isolate the inside and outside of the Dinglong Mountains again.
However, with the comprehensive strength shown by the Na Ning tribe at this stage, it will be very difficult for the humanoid Haina and sea beasts to break through the defense of the dam base in a short period of time.
Another point is that Ye Qiong always feels...
The Naning tribe seems to have another trump card, that is, even if the dike base is lost, they can still deal with it.
The condition for triggering this trump card is whether those dam bases have been breached...
After fighting with the Scarlet Flame Leopard Tribe for so many years, the Na Ning Tribe still retains considerable strength. It is enough to see that in addition to the ancient forest apes, this tribe should have other forces hidden in the dense forest area. , the base that Ye Qiong last came into contact with was just the tip of the iceberg of the Na Ning tribe.
The bottom of the cliff!
Inside the big cave...
Ronling has led the team inside, but it will take you some time to join Ye Qiong.
Deep inside the cave, in the cave space on the far right side of the fork in the road, Ye Qiong has entered the tribe with a team of thirty people and arrived at the central area.
Now in front of Ye Qiong and the soldiers is the tower!
Unlike the densely built building areas behind them, in the central area of the tribal ruins in front of them, apart from the tower in the middle, there were only stone slabs on the ground.
The entire plane is like a large square. If you go up from below, you need to step on three steps.
With Ye Qiong's slight jump, the soldiers followed suit and walked onto the stone square.
The middle tower, from the current perspective, looks like a pagoda in a temple, giving people a very solemn feeling.
After thirty people stepped onto the stone square, they began to walk towards the tower.
Everyone's eyes were on the tower, and the tower that was already close in front of them seemed to be alive, as if it was watching and sizing up these humans on the stone square.
Ye Qiong is now walking at the front of the team, but secretly, there is always an uneasy feeling in his heart. The closer to the tower, the stronger this feeling becomes.
This uneasiness...
The feeling given to Ye Qiong did not seem to be a crisis, but the feeling that many things were at stake.
The team arrived at the tower gate.
The height of the entire tower is about thirty meters according to visual inspection, and facing Ye Qiong and the others below is a closed door.
The gray-brown door is made of a material that cannot be seen for the time being. It is coated with a layer of paint, which seems to absorb the light source. When the light source produced by the burning torch shines on it, there is no sign of reflection.
The gate is a double door with a height of three meters and a width of about two meters.
For humans, this gate is quite high.
Ye Qiong was not in a hurry and took the soldiers in directly. Instead, he asked a few soldiers to tie several wooden barrel grease lamps to the pillars at the gate.
In such a dark underground world, the first thing to ensure is the light source.
So on the way here, Ye Qiong also asked two soldiers to deliberately hang several wooden barrel grease lamps on the walls of several stone buildings.
The team of thirty people divided into two waves. One wave was holding a grease lamp at the gate, and the other wave followed Ye Qiong and began to wander around the tower.
Around this tower, there were many patterns carved on the two-meter-high wall next to the ground. Ye Qiong took the soldiers for a walk and saw no hieroglyphics.
The patterns carved on the walls are very abstract, much like the murals inside the ancient Egyptian pyramids.
It must have recorded something, but translating the recorded things through those abstract stick figures also requires time to study.
Those murals carved by the ancients are intangible wealth to future generations, and they are also full of mystery, as if they are another magical world.
Ye Qiong looked at the murals around the tower and couldn't help but think of the mural in the waterfall cave where the ancestors of the Na Ning tribe faced off against the centuries-old madman king.
The murals below the tower are all simple drawings and some mysterious symbols that are simply incomprehensible.
After Ye Qiong took the soldiers for a walk, he returned to the gate again. He could only study the murals on the surrounding walls slowly, and he couldn't be impatient about this.
"Go in now?" Ye Tianling looked at Ye Qiong who was wandering back and asked.
In the past two days, Ye Tianling has actually taken the soldiers to walk around the area around the tower several times. No one can understand the murals above. From the initial curiosity, now he has no interest.
After all, for Ye Tianling and the soldiers, those murals have no practical significance. Studying them is better than hunting a few more monsters in the wild, so that the tribesmen can live a more secure life during the winter.
How people lived in ancient times has something to do with them. These warriors have no time to imagine and think about why the winter in Snow Star is getting longer and longer...
"Well, come in!" Ye Qiong nodded, reached his right hand behind his back, and pulled out the short bone crystal stick hanging on the side of the quiver.
Entering the tower, if you don't have something to do, you won't feel safe.
After Ye Tianling and the soldiers heard this, their eyes lit up and they tightened the weapons they held in their hands.
There are no handrails on the gate, but there are some patterns on it. However, unlike the peripheral murals, the patterns on the gate should have no practical significance and are just for decoration.
The four soldiers took a few steps forward and came to the gate. They placed their palms neatly on the gate and began to push in...
"Chuck...cluck..."
"Creak... squeak..."
The door immediately erupted with a trembling and friction sound, and there seemed to be some kind of bearing inside the door.
Behind Ye Qiong, an archer holding a long bow had already aimed his arrow at the gap in the open door.
If something comes out later, no matter what it is, the soldiers will loosen the bow string without hesitation and shoot a few arrows first.
All fear comes from insufficient firepower...
Although the warriors now have little firepower, the burst of power from their longbows and arrows is still no problem against ordinary monsters.
As for whether some other species will emerge from the gate, no one knows yet.
From the cracks where the door has been opened, there are no signs of living things inside.
"Giggle..."
Under the push of the four warriors, the gap in the middle of the door gradually widened.
It was already dark inside, and the penetrating power of the torch light source was indeed limited.
Ye Qiong and all the remaining warriors remained standing until the door was fully opened.
"Hiss...hiss..."
There was a strange smell in the air.
Ye Qiong stuffed the bone crystal longbow into his waist and waved his hand at a soldier beside him.
A lamp arrow, after being lit, was thrown directly into the gate.
At such a small distance, there was no need for a longbow. The soldier threw the light arrows directly with his hands.
As a bright light flashed in the sky, the scene inside the gate finally appeared in the eyes of Ye Qiong and all the soldiers.
"Pfft..." Ye Tianling frowned slightly, straightened his nose and continued: "The smell is quite strong!"
The arrows thrown by the soldier earlier had completely burned inside the gate.
At the same time, the scene inside the gate gradually became clearer...
There are quite a few things that come into view...
But they are not living things, but stacked shelves!
Very neat rows of wooden shelves!
Seeing that there were no living creatures inside, the soldiers temporarily put away their long bows.
Ye Tianling continued to rub his nose and turned his head to look at Ye Qiong.
With Ye Qiong's chin tapping, Ye Tianling immediately held up the torch, took four soldiers, and walked directly in from the gate.
As the fire source increased, the inside of the gate became much brighter, and Ye Qiong followed behind and walked into the gate.
This tower, in terms of construction technology alone, has exceeded the level of the Ye Qiong tribe at this stage, and is even more powerful than the Na Ning tribe.
Entering through the gate is the first floor of the tower, and the height of the first floor also surprised Ye Qiong, about five meters.
If this height is used for living, it can be built into two floors.
After walking in, what I immediately felt was a feeling of emptiness. The wooden frames on the ground were not high, about two meters high, and there was a space of about three meters upwards without anything.
What Ye Qiong is more curious about now is what is on the wooden frame. What is it?
The distance between the wooden frames is about 1.5 meters, and the view behind is blocked. It is not yet possible to see how big the area on the first floor facing the door is.
However, from the outside, the building area of the entire tower is about one thousand square meters, which is also the limit of the first floor, and it gets smaller as you go up.
After Ye Tianling came in, he led several soldiers inside.
It's not to see what's there, but to continue to eliminate dangers. Naturally, Ye Qiong doesn't need to worry about this. In this regard, Ye Tianling has a lot of experience. After all, many years ago, when the tribe had not settled down, they were migrating. In the process, if they encountered any areas that needed to be explored, Ye Tianling led the team to explore them.
Ye Qiong has already reached the first wooden frame...
Looking at the things on the wooden shelf, there was not much reaction.
It wasn't weapons, supplies or equipment. There were piles of wood placed on the first row of wooden shelves.
When the distance was further away, Ye Qiong thought that the pile of bamboo slips on it was a bit excited. If something could be recorded on it, it would be very helpful for him to sort out the ins and outs of this tribe's ruins.
"Hey..."
There is no dust on the wooden frame. The entire tower seems to have been in a sealed state. The air can circulate, but the dust with small molecules is isolated from the outside.
The humidity inside the cave is not low, and there is little dust in the air.
Ye Qiong came to the first wooden frame and waved the torch in his hand in front of the wood.
above……
There are words!
Looking at the small words on the wood, Ye Qiong knew that this trip was not in vain!
When Ye Qiong squinted his eyes and took a closer look, he discovered another surprise.
That is, these pieces of wood that appear as columns are not a whole!
But piece by piece...
From a distance, it looks like small wooden piles with a diameter of about ten centimeters, much like a pile of firewood used for cooking.
But if you look carefully after you leave, you can see that there is a very thin gap every centimeter or so!
The gaps indicate that this small wooden pile is made up of pieces of wood!
And there are words on the bevels of these wood chips, like numbers!
When Ye Qiong stretched out his right hand and lifted up the top piece of wood on a wooden stake, its cross section appeared in front of Ye Qiong's eyes.
Word……
Neat text...
Densely packed text!
On this small round piece of wood with a diameter of about ten centimeters and a thickness of one centimeter, under the light of the fire in Ye Qiong's hand, nearly a hundred small characters appeared under Ye Qiong's nose!
Familiar feeling...
But I can’t quite understand it…
On top of the wood pieces are square words!
Writing evolved from hieroglyphs.
The words are completely different from those pictures on the outside of the tower.
Ye Qiong is very sure that the words on these small pieces of wood record information. They are no longer images, but evolved words. The images outside the tower may also be a kind of words, but they belong to the earliest generation. That way, you can deduce what it means based on its appearance.
However, it is difficult to deduce the original meaning of the words on the wood chips through pictograms. The simple ones may be deduced, but the complicated ones are as if they have been encrypted. If there is no external reference , which is difficult to decipher.
The first generation of hieroglyphs was based on drawing wood on wood and stone on stone. Therefore, the writing of many civilizations in this period is really similar.
But after time, it will evolve!
