When Song Siyuan said this, there was a strange color in her eyes: "In the story I just told, the sailors were not gods, and the indigenous people were not stupid. It was just that the time when the sailors appeared was too coincidental, and they taught these indigenous people too many things. , they worshiped sailors as gods, which is in line with the ancient logic of how they viewed outsiders."
"Having said so much, what exactly do you want to tell us?" Yue Guanchao asked.
Song Siyuan looked at everyone: "South America is indeed very far away from here, but the ancients had the same view of unknown outsiders. If sailors were hunting among the islands, these indigenous people would never regard them as gods, but as gods. They see it as another group of invaders, and the sailors must have helped these natives a lot to be regarded as gods."
She said this and paused: "The same goes for the Guifang people. The Guifang people entered Shennongjia as outsiders. When they first entered Shennongjia, when they met the giants, they must not have resorted to violence, but gained With the help of the giants, they even provided great help to the survival of the race, so much so that the people on the ghost side began to worship them as gods."
"A group that possesses a power that is close to that of a god. Only after being helped by giants will they regard giants as gods. They have statues for them in various places, and they are even enshrined as true gods."
When Song Siyuan said this, everyone already understood what was going on. Xu Xiake's eyes lit up: "Then you mean, it is the giant who caused the current situation, and it is the giant who is affecting everything in Shennongjia, but why should the giant help Guifang?" people?"
Xu Xiake was puzzled by this question, and everyone else was also very curious. The giant size had a huge advantage over the Guifang people. It was impossible to be afraid of the Guifang people and instead help them. There must be some reason.
"It's because ghosts and giants are in the same situation." Song Siyuan thought for a moment and said carefully.
She continued to explain: "At that time, there were probably not many people in the giant tribe. The Guifang people hid in Shennongjia in the late Shang Dynasty because they were chased and driven away by outside merchants. The two groups were small in number and both faced the same dilemma. , it’s normal for giants to help ghost people settle down here.”
"They were able to dredge the river back then, probably because they had kind thoughts. It was not that Yu subdued the giants at all, but that the giants happened to be discovered by Yu, and they were willingly driven by Yu to dredge the river. From this point of view Look, although the Giant Kingdom is huge, it is not a vicious group. If the climate had not changed drastically, they might not have become extinct."
Yue Guanchao asked again: "Then, why did the Guifang people also degenerate? Don't the giants no longer want to help them? Aren't these things brought by the twelve soul-catching bones and fish pendants?"
This is indeed a problem. The Onikata people are probably alienated now, which is why they are in a snow-white state. If all these are the giant's arms, then the Onikata people and the giants may have conflicted.
Seeing that everyone was confused, Song Siyuan continued to explain: "It's true that the twelve soul-catching bones and the fish pendant created a strange space, but don't forget that the giant was once the owner of Shennongjia. There must be some secret here that was stolen by the giant. Under control, even if the giant dies, it will still have an effect on this area, but it is likely that something happened to the Onifa tribe that caused the Onifa people to be affected by these things."
When she mentioned this, she murmured and guessed: "If all the living creatures in Shennongjia have degenerated and mutated indiscriminately, it at least means that the Guifang people have also been affected. Probably, it is the giant who is using the twelve soul-catching bones and fish pendants. Exerting influence on Shennongjia...what does this mean!"
"This shows that the people on the ghost side have lost control of these things."
Tan Yanqiu's face became serious.
Song Siyuan's eyes lit up: "Yes, the Guifang people have lost control of these things, so the appearance of Axi is questionable. We won't know the specific situation until we enter that place."
"Shenji Ridge has arrived!"
When they heard Gui Fangzong's voice, they stopped their discussion, opened the curtain, and saw Shenji Ridge in front of them.
Yue Guanchao got off the carriage and picked up the map. The landform of Shenji Ridge was completely different from other places. The Ghost Whispering Forest was a canyon and mountainous area, while the Alien Beast Land was a plain and hilly area. In either case, it was covered with vegetation, rich and green and boundless.
It cannot be said that there is no vegetation in Shenji Ridge. At least 90% of it is bare land. It can be seen that countless low hills rise one after another. Most of the peaks are not tall. They are considered high if they are more than a hundred meters, and more are tens of meters. The high mounds, if there are those towering peaks, must be steep and narrow, like solitary bamboo shoots and pillars, standing on the loess platform, showing a layered state that has been chopped with knives and axes.
The surfaces of all the mountain peaks are bare, and they are all stone hills that have been severely eroded by the wind and soil. The soil on the mountains shows orange, red, and gray-black colors, as if the sky is covered with maple leaves and yellow flowers.
As we transition from the Strange Beast Land to the Shenji Ridge, we can see that the vegetation is getting sparser and sparse, like a gradually fading green silk blanket. Only some greenery can be seen at the bottom of the hills, spreading like veins along the mountain valleys, forming Gulches like the texture of leaves.
Song Siyuan got off the carriage and looked at the situation in front of her. Countless loess terraces were spread out in front of her, with red and orange overlapping, and red and yellow colors. The mountains were connected to each other like undulating shells, and there were even tall solitary pillars dotted among them, like the guardian angels on the terraces. , against the backdrop of the boundless sky, it seemed as if we had suddenly arrived in the northwest territory, with dry hot wind blowing over the mountains and raising countless dust.
Between the green veins, you can clearly see some huge divine chickens crowing and flapping!
"It's strange. How can such a desolate land appear in this green mountainous area? If you say it's a nearby desert with little water and trees, and the land is so bald, I can still understand it. Shennongjia is completely covered with forests. Is it still possible? It can lead to soil erosion.”
Yue Guanchao narrowed his eyes, doubtful about the landform in front of him, but he couldn't explain why.
"This is Danxia landform!"
Song Siyuan continued to explain: "This Danxia landform was formed due to the geological subsidence of rock formations hundreds of millions of years ago. These red rock formations that were originally underground were continuously arched and folded during geological movements, forming deep valleys and hills. After years of soil degradation and water erosion, the red cliffs, red cliffs, stone walls, stone peaks, stone pillars, stone alleys, caves and other landforms we see have been continuously shaped.
"only!"
She changed the subject: "These Danxia landforms are mainly distributed in the four southwestern provinces. I didn't expect to see this kind of landforms on the borders of the four provinces."
"So, is this normal?"
Xu Xiake always felt that it was too strange. How could there be soil erosion in a place where there was no shortage of vegetation and rivers? It was like seeing a desert in the forest. Thinking about it, he only felt horrified.
