Aztec Eternals

The boundless sand sea stretches into the distance, and brightly colored seabirds are circling and singing loudly. The desert is always sparsely populated, only vaguely green. However, behind the desolation lies the vitality hidden deep in the north, and the boundless land!

At this moment, Chihuaco stands on the sand dunes, gazing at the new mountains and seas to the north. That is the desolate mountain, and the desert sea. The memories of the past few months flooded my heart one after another, which made me very emotional.

In mid-December last year, the Kingdom fleet officially set sail from the port of Tulsas. They sailed along the coast to the northwest of the world full of unknowns and apprehensions. At that time, Meccat measured for the first time, it was 18 degrees of North Star.

At the end of December, the fleet arrived at the heart of the Nantekos tribe, a village on the edge of the Fire River Plain for supplies, and encountered an envoy from Fire River City to inquire. The recorded position is about 19 degrees North Star.

At the beginning of January this year, the fleet arrived at the mouth of the Leman River, the center of the North Terkos tribe, the prosperous city of Three Rivers. There, they were attacked by rival Tekos tribes, killing or wounding a dozen people. It is close to 21 degrees of North Star, and has traveled about 1,500 miles!

In late January, the fleet reached the mouth of the Pia River and encountered the first unknown tribe, the Totomei. The people replenished their supplies in the Yushan Village of the Totome people, and heard about the Mayo people in the farther north. As for the location of Yushan Village, it should be between 22-23 degrees North Star.

In February, the fleet came to the mouth of the Mayo River and encountered a powerful seaside tribe, the Jorem tribe of the Mayo people. Chihuaco follows the traditional customs and dances with the Kalan chief of the Yorem tribe, wearing a deer head. Afterwards, the two chatted happily, telling each other's origins, and reached a fair deal, even exchanging young warriors.

In the department of Jorem, the fleet knew for the first time that the island where the birds inhabited was just off the coast of the northwest. They heard of the Yaqui of the northern coast, of the Opata of the northern mountains, of the Kochimi of the western peninsula, of the Sri of the far northern desert, and of the desert people farther and farther away.

Everyone also saw the rich gold and copper mines of the Mayo people, and knew the existence of the tribal flint field, that is, the coal mine. And Yorem's position is 25-26 degrees from the North Star, close to three thousand miles from the mouth of the Talsas River where he departed.

In mid-February, the fleet arrived at the estuary of the Yaqui River and encountered the stronger Yaquiyome tribe. Yuemei not only produces copper and gold, but also has a large area of ​​open-pit coal mines with amazing reserves. Chihuaco got acquainted with the leader of the opponent's warriors, Shanying Weihuo, and went to the flint field in Yomebu, and exchanged some hard and good coal fairly.

The location of the Ministry of Yuemei is very critical, and it is the center of trade among the surrounding ministries. The fleet encountered the merchants of the Opata people in the mountains, carrying copper weapons for trade, and also confirmed the rumors of the Opata Copper Mountains. Everyone also met the Makuwi tribe who came to trade from the edge of the eastern wasteland. From the mouths of these people, they also heard that the powerful Tara tribes in the eastern wasteland were allied with the fierce Apache in the northern grassland.

The azimuth of Yuemeibu is about 27-28 degrees north star.

At the end of February, the fleet was in Guaima, and they knew exactly the bird island in the sea occupied by the Sri people, the huge and strange "Tah York" island.

In early March, the fleet arrived at the island of "Tah York" after a long journey. There are many seabirds on the island and the mountains are towering, so Chihuaco took the name "Mountain Bird Island". They went to the island to explore and dug some grayish-yellow guano stones, and soon there was a serious conflict with the hunting team of the Sri people!

After the brief conflict, there was a larger-scale fight. When the fleet landed on Mountain Bird Island, it was like stabbing the hornet's nest of various ministries in Sri Lanka.

Thousands of Sri fighters traveled day and night from all over the desert to guard "Tah York". They abandoned the island and landed, fought a sea battle with the Sri people, and lost more than ten or twenty people. The Sri people suffered at least a hundred casualties, and the chief of the Lobster tribe, Pikam, was captured.

That night, Chivaco and Pickham shook hands. The two swore by blood, and the blood blended to eliminate the hostility brought about by the fighting. From Pikam's mouth, Chivako knew that the mountain bird island is the sacred ancestral land of the Sri people, and it is the place where the spirit whales live, and outsiders are not allowed to invade. Around the mountain bird island, there are many islands with guano stones.

For the first time, the fleet knew that the sea area they were in was an extremely narrow bay. The long and narrow peninsula in the west is isolated from the rough sea. If you continue to sail northwest, you will reach the end of the bay, the edge of the northern continent!

As for the location of Yamaniao Island, it is about 29 degrees from the north star, and it has been more than four thousand miles since the original sailing.

Subsequently, the fleet found a large island that also has struvite, "Snake Island", a hundred miles west of Yamaniao Island. After collecting some samples of struvite, they headed for the final goal.

Today, in mid-March, the fleet finally landed at the end of the bay, on the edge of the Sand Sea! This is the end of the kingdom's first voyage, and the beginning of the boundless northern continent!

This is 31-32 degrees of the North Star, and it is five thousand miles away from the Tulsas estuary where we set sail!

From here to the northeast, there is the Apache Alliance on the safari grassland; to the north, there are the desert people who occupy the sand sea; to the northwest, there are the Kumeya people who occupy the salt lake. And behind these tribes, there is an endless vast land, and there are countless northern tribes like river sand!

"Traveling five thousand miles without seeing the end of the world is a vast world, a boundless world! What a blind god!!."

After a long time, Chivako woke up from the long memory, and couldn't help crying in a low voice.

Sailing for thousands of miles, the dangerous waves, mountains and deserts, and tribal turmoil along the way were all recorded in the book of the priest of Mecate and deeply imprinted in his mind, which will be indelible in this life!

At this moment, he looked at the vast desert and hills in the north, and pure curiosity appeared in his eyes, just like an innocent child. At this moment, under the boundless sea and sky, he forgot everything he carried on his body. He just suddenly had a question in his heart, which he had never thought of before.

"So, how big is this world?"

The old militia had no answers. He wants to know the answer, but he doesn't really want to find it. His heart is very small, it can't hold such a vast world, it only holds a small home. His heart is big, and he has enough tenacity to endure the difficulties of exploring and searching in the vast world.

After thinking for a moment, Chivako finally put away all his thoughts. At this moment, after completing His Majesty's mission, a strong desire to go home has surfaced in his heart. And the longing for his daughter and his family was like a raging tide, completely submerging him!

"Well, dig some sand here and bring it back to His Majesty! You also keep some for yourselves, it's just a thought."

Chivaco gave a few words in a deep voice. Everyone took some sand and put it in a cotton bag with them.

The Sri people had already left, leaving only two tribal scouts to observe the actions of the big boat tribe. When they saw this scene, they were a little puzzled and a little laughing.

"These tribes sitting in big boats, haven't they seen sand? This endless sea of ​​sand will last for a whole month! And sand is the most abundant thing in the world."

"Hush! They dug the sand, and they seem to be leaving."

"Let's go? Where are you going?"

"It seems to be in the southwest. On the other side of the bay, that is the territory of the Kochimi people, and it has nothing to do with us Kangkak people."

"Oh, let's go! Then let's go too!"

"No! They didn't take the deer. We have to take the deer away. It will eat for days!"

"Huh? They didn't take the deer?! What a stupid tribe! We must hurry, the desert people may come back!"

"good!"

Soon, the two Siri scouts were carrying the wild deer, standing on the sand dunes, staring blankly at the big boat that was going away quickly without stopping.

Standing in the stern of the boat, Chivaco, wearing a worn-out eagle-feather crown, looked north. The boundless sea of ​​thousands of miles of sand gradually drifts away behind him; the vast northern continent is still surrounded by unknown thick fog. It's just that the entire kingdom's fleet has reached the limit of exploration, and there is no more energy to explore the unknown in the north.

Along the way, the exploration fleet was attacked several times, and with the losses along the way, the crew actually suffered heavy casualties! When they went out to sea, there were more than a hundred warriors and sailors of the Kingdom, but at this moment, almost 30% of them were lost.

The vacancies of many sailors were filled by the tribal people recruited along the way. The casualties of the warriors of the kingdom cannot be replenished. And the decrease in the morale of the fleet, even the pious faith and the divinely inspired king's order, can no longer be maintained! .

"It's time to go home! After walking so far, it's enough to explain to His Majesty. And there are still five thousand miles to go home!"

Looking into the distance for a moment, Chihuaco, the old militiaman, turned around. He looked at the vast southern sea and sky, and shouted to everyone.

"Praise the Lord God! May He bless us as we cross the waves!"

"Praise the Lord God! Let us cross the waves!"

The sailors and warriors shouted in unison, cheering loudly, looking yearning and excited.

"The ancestors will also bless us, return to the hometown of the kingdom!"

"Blessed by the ancestors, return to my hometown!"

"Let's go, let's go home!"

"go home!!"

Fierce shouts spread in the northern sea and sky, with a burning will. The mighty long wind, coming from the mountains in the north, even carried away the shouts in the wind. This long wind goes all the way to the south, blowing across the desolate desert, passing through the steep mountains; it climbs the undulating plateau, along the living river, continues to swing eastward

Finally, it stopped by the river more than 6,000 miles away, and came to the battlefield of cruel fighting. And the real flame, in a dangerous mountain city-state, was burning blazingly, turning the entire sky red!

Maomao sorts it out, there will be a map of the entire first exploration at the end of the chapter.