The world enters the age of myth

"Hold together to keep warm?" Lu Yiming frowned, suddenly having a strange premonition. He recalled the refuge of the Nanfeng he had encountered. When it was dark, the Nanfeng and the Unkai teamed up, but they became scapegoats. Half of the people on the ship died directly in the disaster...

The final result was annexation.

Now that we have met an ancient civilization, do we still want to stick together?

He couldn't help but feel a little weird.

But if you think about it carefully, it is also a reasonable choice. It's better to have a group of scapegoats than none at all. It is naturally best to be able to share information. If this is not possible, there will be no loss if we go separate ways when disaster strikes.

Anyway, with the current combat effectiveness of the Unkai, it will definitely not be the opponent's cannon fodder.

In this way, after discussion at the meeting, the super shelter formed by three large ships slightly changed its direction and slowly sailed towards the floating island.

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In the southwest, a thousand kilometers away, there is a small island of 4 square kilometers floating.

4 square kilometers sounds huge, but in actual use, it still seems a bit stretched.

"Your Majesty, the weather has been good in the past six months. The second season's grain is about to mature, and the collection and storage is going smoothly... If the speed is faster, we can still plant the third season."

"A total of twenty cellars have been dug on the west side of Qianlong Island. Each cellar stores eight thousand stones of grain. Currently, twelve cellars are full, and they will be fully stored in another half month."

Granaries are a vital part of a country, and people's hearts determine everything. For ancient civilizations without refrigeration facilities, food security is the first priority.

Fortunately, the climate in Yanghe has always been good during the day, with suitable temperatures, smooth weather, and sufficient sunlight. It is possible to have three seasons of growth in a year. The only trouble is storage.

The locals call their civilization the "Da Jin Empire", and they call the island where they live "Qianlong Island".

They first dug cylindrical cellars from the ground down. The walls and bottom of the cellar were rammed solid. Then they used firewood to burn the walls to make them difficult for water to penetrate. Then they laid a house with a mixture of black and gray at the bottom of the cellar. Layer of braised earth fragments.

Finally, a layer of asphalt-like slime is applied to the lower half of the cellar wall, about 1 meter high. The cellar wall is paved with a layer of wooden boards about 2 to 3 centimeters thick and lined with straw mats and rice bran. In this dry storage environment, storing a year's worth of rations is not a big problem.

In the center of the 400-hectare floating island, there is a small palace made of wood and bluestone. The princes and nobles of the "Great Jin Empire" live in this small palace.

Although the population of the Jin civilization was small, it was well-equipped. There were probably more than 200 princes and nobles, 600 scholar-bureaucrats, and the remaining more than 10,000 people, all soldiers and civilians. These people fought when they were supposed to be fighting and farmed when they were not.

There are even highly skilled craftsmen who are thinking about and inventing more tools all day long.

So, this strange ancient civilization actually had the will to develop technology, but it was limited by resource constraints and population size, so it just had this will.

The old emperor, wearing a yellow robe, was sitting on the dragon throne, with a calm and authoritative look on his face.

After one of the ministers reported on the food situation, he raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the giant steel bird we observed a few days ago does not seem to be harassing us anymore."

"Have you found out what it is?" the old emperor asked

Even though the reconnaissance plane was located high in the sky and made no sound, the people of Jin Civilization still observed it and were worried about it.

The minister hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "We guess that it is not a creature in the Yang River, but... a creation of scientific and technological civilization."

"What?" As soon as these words were said, the rest of the people in the room started to commotion.

"how you said that?!"

The plane is flying at an altitude of 30,000 meters. With the methods of Jin civilization, it is impossible to clearly observe it. Only some capable people with sensitive perception can faintly detect it.

The minister uttered two words: "divination."

After hearing this term, the voices in the room stopped one after another.

Believing in the results of divination seems to be a matter of course for this civilization.

The emperor stroked his gray beard and looked serious: "A... technological civilization?"

They have never encountered technological civilization, but have heard some legends in the news about other civilizations...

The number of technological civilizations is too small.

Very rare.

But technological civilization is unique and abnormal.

For example, the incandescent lamps on the ceiling in their room were traded from another civilization and cost a lot of money.

In Yanghe, food is a very good commodity for trade, and what their civilization is best at is farming, which can produce excess food.

Next are various technological products. It is human nature to yearn for a better life. Technology products are bound to gain premium rights during transactions.

These incandescent lamps are actually second-hand or even third-hand goods. The light they emit is yellow and dark, but they are more practical than candles anyway.

There is also the generator that comes with the incandescent lamp. Naturally, it was bought from other civilizations at a large price. It can be used as long as it burns oil, vegetable oil is enough.

The wires are so-so that you can make them yourself. Anyway, the only ones lighting lanterns on the ground were some princes and nobles.

Ordinary people still mainly use oil lamps.

The gray-haired veteran raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, as far as I know, technological civilization is either very powerful or... extremely weak."

"But this time, judging from the iron birds flying in the sky, we may have encountered a very powerful one."

The old minister said with a sad face, "I don't know if it is a blessing or a curse to encounter an extremely rare technological civilization."

If you encounter a hundred ancient civilizations, you may not necessarily encounter technological civilization. As a result, they have encountered them now, so that many ministers feel at a loss.

They are no longer the civilization that just entered Yanghe. In these years, they have learned many new things, and their ideas have changed a lot.

The leader of the minister added: "Fortunately, most technological civilizations do not sacrifice to evil gods. They will not rashly start wars and rob the population like other civilizations."

Another civil servant retorted: "That's not necessarily the case. There are still a small number of technological civilizations that also offer sacrifices to evil gods. It is difficult for us to withstand their firepower... A true technological civilization has artillery with powerful firepower."

The Jin civilization had seen "large artillery" in other ancient civilizations. This kind of artillery can hit targets dozens of kilometers away, and its power is astonishing.

Even a city wall made of square bricks a few meters thick can be easily defeated.

In the hands of technological civilization, there must be such large artillery.

For a while, the issue of force was discussed, and the discussion in the hall stopped.

What should we do if we really encounter a technological civilization that is difficult to defeat, and the other party insists on robbing the population and their "Qianlong Island"? If the opponent really has large artillery and fires from dozens of kilometers away, it will be invincible.

"Ahem!" The old emperor coughed heavily several times, "Don't panic. Let's do some divination first. Whether the emergence of technological civilization is bad or good can be determined through divination."

Jin Civilization owns a 4-square-kilometer floating island, 15 large sailing ships, and more than 60 small fishing boats. It is considered a relatively powerful force. They have lived on the Yang River for nine years and have come into contact with many people. Different civilizations know a lot of information.

Disaster after disaster has been passed through unscathed.

The disaster was overcome not because of luck, but... they had their own trump card!

Under the emperor's conscription, an old man who was good at divination was called into the palace.

After hearing the emperor's request, the seventy-year-old man took out a turtle shell, murmured to himself, and threw it into the sky.

With a "snap", the turtle shell fell to the ground and fell into pieces.

The old man looked at these turtle shells for a long time, talking plausibly, as if he was calculating something.

After a long time, he raised his hand and said: "Your Majesty, divination is not omnipotent. The result of this calculation is...unpredictable!"

The secret cannot be leaked, and it is already quite good to be able to calculate such a small amount of information.

"Is the bad luck unpredictable..." The old emperor sitting on the dragon throne breathed a sigh of relief.

This situation has happened many times. It is precisely because of the predictability of divination that the Jin Empire has been able to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages and survive until now.

Usually, if the outcome is "unpredictable", you can think that the other party is a civilization that is reasonable and pays attention to interests, not the kind of crazy civilization that kills a thousand enemies even if it loses eight hundred to itself.

Otherwise, the result of the divination will definitely be disastrous.

Facing this result, the other courtiers in the hall also had a clear idea in their minds and started talking one after another.

The emperor sighed, "Since the fate is unpredictable, let's follow the usual practice...sacrifice in the ancestral hall!"

Worship your ancestors in the ancestral hall!

"Dang Dang Dang!" After this decision was issued, a loud bell rang from the palace door.

After this huge news spread, all the Jin civilians put down their work and knelt down in darkness in the small square in the center of the floating island.

This civilization actually only has a total of more than 13,200 people, which is not much different from the number estimated by Yunhai experts.

Due to the influence of history and culture, Jin people never believe in ghosts and gods, they only believe in their ancestors!

Even if the result of the calculation is "unpredictable", there is nothing wrong with asking for the protection of the ancestors.

"The auspicious time has come!" There is no longer a position of eunuch, it is just shouted by the corresponding etiquette officer.

The old emperor took a deep breath. The wrinkles on his face were like ravines. He knew that he would be enshrined in this place after his death... To be honest, he looked very old, but his actual age was not as old as he looked. big.

But what can be done?

For the humans of the Jin civilization, the way to use power is...to burn their own lifespan!

Due to the outbreak of disaster in this world, they have mastered a special secret technique. The longer they burn, the stronger they gain. Almost everyone practices this esoteric art to one degree or another.

As a crowd of people watched in silence, the old emperor took one foot forward and entered the ancestral hall.

From a distance, I smelled a smell of decay.

This is a very high-standard four-entry ancestral hall, consisting of the ancestral gate, the second gate, the Xiangtang, and the back hall. The ultimate secret of Jin civilization is hidden inside!