Chapter 36 - Map

(The various resource locations appearing in this section have nothing to do with reality and must not be connected with reality. This is especially true for those who want to prospect and make a fortune. Remember! Remember!)

A series of incomprehensible professional words are marked on the drawing. If it were in the past, Tianxiang would not be able to understand the meaning of this. But now it's different. After accepting all the information on Base No. 2, he already knows the various terms on this drawing clearly. Moreover, he also saw that the specific location on the drawing should be the ruined city where he is currently - Xi'an. The library and the ruins we passed before are all marked on it. The most important thing is that there is a small but obvious black mark on the map not far from the library. There is also a clear wording next to it that gives the hidden message.

coal.

This is the text listed next to the black mark on the map.

As if he understood Tianxiang's intention, Huang Manyun also took out a small piece of hard stone that was completely black and had a slight luster on the surface from the pocket on his waist and handed it over.

"Yes, this is indeed coal. A black stone buried underground that can burn." Tianxiang took the coal and looked at it carefully. In an instant, countless thoughts and questions suddenly surged in my mind.

Judging from the location and introduction marked on the map, this should be a small open-pit coal mine. It's not far from him, just a few miles away. The most important thing is that this coal seam is extremely shallow from the ground. In other words, you may only need to dig casually to get enough coal. Although its collection is not very large, it is quite abundant for its current population. As long as we can own this coal seam, it means that the entire ethnic group will no longer have to worry about fuel.

More importantly, many things that were previously impossible to manufacture may appear one after another with the help of coal. This is also the significance of this drawing.

However, Tianxiang still has many questions in his mind. Unexplainable questions.

Elsewhere on the drawing, there are also names of other things marked. Copper, tin, wires, underground sewers...it's all there. Although Tianxiang didn't know what purpose this drawing was used by the ancients, he was certain of one thing. That is: any hunter who is familiar with ancient civilization should understand the huge role of this blueprint. On the other hand, if you don't understand the meaning. Then for you, this piece of paper is just like other waste paper and has no practical significance.

The appearance of this drawing is really weird. Tianxiang simply didn't believe that Huang Manyun could understand it with the ability he had shown before. If this is really the case, there are only two possible explanations.

First: She understands the ancient civilization and can understand the drawings, but she is deliberately pretending to be stupid. I want to gain my trust through this. As for the conspiracy hidden underneath, I'm afraid only she herself knows.

Second: She couldn't understand the drawings at all. Therefore, I took it out casually. Send it to yourself.

But the problem is that there are problems with either of the two statements. If it is the first type, then for such a huge secret, I believe anyone would hide it, and there is absolutely no reason to tell it to others. But if it is the second type, it cannot explain what Huang Manyun said before. After all, people who can't read a map won't understand that there is coal here. Even if he knew it, he would never know what the use of this black stone was.

Is this woman who claims to be the leader of the Liuyun clan an enemy or a friend? And this group of female hunters who suddenly appeared and had just expressed their willingness to surrender to him, what exactly did they want to do here? What is their purpose?

"Can you understand this drawing?" Tianxiang smiled, looked at the woman in front of him kindly, and said casually in a soft tone. His right hand seemed to be placed casually, but it always kept a distance from the dagger at his feet.

"When a person's identity cannot be determined, the only way is to remain vigilant. Only in this way can you save your life at the most dangerous time. You can also give the enemy a fatal blow when they are most careless." This is a question mentioned in a book called "999 Questions on Fighting Knowledge". This is also a passage that Tianxiang deeply believes in.

Although this middle-aged woman looks quite kind, Tianxiang is not sure that she is his friend. Although, he had just shown kindness to her. She also showed corresponding loyalty and surrender to this.

"I don't understand!" Huang Manyun shook his head and gave Tianxiang a more reassuring and expected answer. But what he said next made him frown.

"However, I can understand the part about coal on the drawing. As for the other parts, I really can't understand it. I don't know what it says."

"How is this possible?" Tianxiang almost shouted. I can't understand the drawings, but I clearly know where the coal is marked on them. Who would believe this kind of thing? Such a statement is simply contradictory.

She was lying, that had to be it.

Although his mind was filled with complicated questions and anger after being deceived, there was still no change visible on Tianxiang's face. He still wore his inherent kind smile and continued this unclear conversation in an orderly manner. However, his right hand had already taken out the dagger from the sheath at his feet, and was gently whittling it on a piece of wood as if to pass the time.

"Oh? How could this happen? How interesting!" Tianxiang looked at the woman in front of him in surprise, and stopped moving his hands. He was so pretentious that he knew very well that after hearing those words, the only way to show such an expression was to be absolutely reasonable and not look artificial at all.

"It's true." Huang Manyun quickly explained: "I can't understand any of the words on this paper. Even the word "coal" and its location were told to me by others."

"Oh?" This answer was obviously beyond Tianxiang's expectation.

"A few months ago, a young man was spotted by a sentinel while passing through the territory of our tribe. A fight broke out. As you know, we women have always been discriminated against by men. Therefore, we will never let anyone go. A man. What's more, he was a lone male hunter. Therefore, the three sentries on guard wanted to kill him at that time."

"What happened next?" Tianxiang asked calmly.

"He is very strong and very smart." The matriarch smiled bitterly and shook her head: "The three sentries were no match for him, but after a while, he had already captured one of them. He also held her hostage and demanded We let him cross the border."

"You agreed?"

"Under the circumstances, I had no other choice. I could only agree to his request." Huang Manyun said sternly: "But this man is quite trustworthy. He immediately let our people go as soon as he left the territory. Moreover, he also Gave me this picture."

"So, was he the one who told you the exact location of the coal on the drawing?"

"Yes."

"What about other things? Didn't he say a word about other things?"

"No! He only told me that there are not many things nearby that can be used as fuel. If you want to survive the winter safely, the only way is to follow his instructions and find this kind of black stone that can burn. At the same time, he He also said that there aren't any other hunting groups around here. We women will be safe."

Tianxiang didn't speak, and the expression on his face gradually became serious. The dagger he had been playing with in his hand had been put away, and the previous mentality of constantly trying to figure out the opponent was no longer there. The thing Huang Manyun mentioned was really weird, so weird that he found it a bit unbelievable.

But one thing is for sure: what this woman said should be true. Tianxiang had been carefully observing her facial expressions when she spoke, and did not notice any slight emotional fluctuations in them. For a person who has just escaped from hunger and cold, it is extremely difficult to lie smoothly without being noticed.

When a person lies, two completely different bioelectric waves appear in the brain at the same time. A kind of original intention that controls oneself, that is, honesty. The other kind is a reverse lie. When a liar speaks, the reverse wave occupies the central part of the brain, controls all parts of the body, and participates in the lying process. Although the forward wave is extremely weak, it always exists. After all, that is the only standard by which the liar himself judges things. Therefore, although the reverse wave controls the nerve center, the forward wave will still collide and conflict with it in its own way. Rapid heartbeat, sweating, redness and heat on the surface of muscles, involuntary trembling of hands and feet, etc. all fall into this category. Of course, in serious cases, there will be situations where the words before and after the sentence do not match the sentence, and it is impossible to explain oneself.

Ancient humans already had too much practical experience in detecting lies. There is something called a "lie detector", which is made based on this principle. And it was by observing these small aspects that Tianxiang finally concluded that the woman in front of him was not lying.

So, how to explain this detailed map and everything Huang Manyun said? Thinking of this, Tianxiang couldn't help but carefully look at the map in his hand again.

This is indeed an engineering drawing. On the lower right side of it, there are the words "Xi'an Exploration and Design Institute System". This should be a proper name for an ancient cartographic institution. However, these were not enough to attract Tianxiang's attention. Right now, he was staring intently at the locations marked with various black dots on the map.

Like the clear word "coal", all black dots have a text next to them that represents their meaning. Moreover, all of them are mineral resources.

According to Huang Manyun, the young man threw this precious drawing to her quite casually. If an ordinary hunter made such a move, Tianxiang would completely understand. Because this is normal. In their opinion, there is no difference between a precise drawing and an ordinary white paper. Throwing it away is as easy as throwing away a stone.

But the problem is that the owner of this drawing can actually point out the location of the coal without any mistakes. And he can also tell a woman like Huang Manyun who doesn't understand words in simple and plain language. To do this, you must know everything about the ancients. Although such hunters are quite rare, after Ye Zhanfeng and Liu Rui appeared one after another, Tianxiang felt that this was quite normal. After all, there are many relics left by the ancients, and there should be many people who can gain knowledge from them.

Although, many hunters turn a blind eye to this.

However, any hunter who is familiar with ancient civilization will never give up such a drawing easily. They knew exactly what it meant.

Obviously, the actions of the mysterious young man mentioned by Huang Manyun are not logical at all.

Tianxiang shook his head mockingly. Things have developed to this point, and the original judgment standards must also be changed. To explain this, there are only two answers.

1. His judgment was wrong and Huang Manyun was still lying. She was making up a fictional story that she could believe. A story that never happened.

2. What Huang Manyun said is true, that mysterious young man does exist. Although, his behavior is neither logical nor acceptable.

But the problem is, Huang Manyun did not lie. Tianxiang is absolutely certain about this. Although my own thinking energy cannot penetrate his brain and detect its contents. However, it can capture every tiny movement of nerve endings in its body. Combined with the dynamics of his expression when speaking, and his reasonable behavior before and after being rescued. Tianxiang finally gave up his doubts about the woman in front of him.

Now that all the answers have been overturned one by one, you have to find what you want among the only options left.

All the crux of the problem converged on that mysterious young man.

However, this person appeared almost out of thin air and had no practical significance at all. At present, the extent of my understanding of him is still only through the stories told by others. Based on these alone, it is impossible to make any judgment on his behavior.

Although, such behavior is extremely weird.

On the surface, this man seems to sympathize with women and wants to give them some substantial help. Therefore, he gave Huang Manyun this picture. But looking at it on the other hand, it doesn't seem to make sense at all. If he really wanted to help the women of the Liuyun tribe, he should tell them all the resource points on the drawing. This doesn't take much time at all. Tianxiang believes that as long as he gives himself ten minutes, he can make anyone in the tribe understand and find the mineral resources on the map.

Although, they don't know what these things are used for.

Discovery and utilization are fundamentally two completely different concepts of understanding.

It seems that if you want to truly understand the key to the problem, the only way is to find this mysterious young man.

Where on earth should I find this person? In this vast world, trying to find a person without a fixed residence is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Since I have no clue, let's not worry about it for the time being!" After thinking hard for a long time without any results, Tianxiang finally decided to put this matter aside for now and try his best to solve all the current problems before talking about it.

The drawings Huang Manyun took out were undoubtedly a treasure. But if you want to successfully mine that small coal seam, now is not the time. The dripping water outside has turned into ice, and the wet ground has turned into frozen soil. It's so hard that you can't even chew it with your teeth. Not to mention the lack of tools, so we could only rely on a few pitiful steel bars to pry hard. It is conceivable that under such circumstances, even if a coal seam is discovered, there may not be much usable stuff dug out.

Therefore, we had to get coal from the ground first, and we had to wait patiently until spring. Moreover, compared with mining, there are other more important and urgent things that need to be solved.

The women of the Liuyun tribe have already settled down. But according to Huang Manyun, these people are just part of their ethnic group. The rest should still be in the original camp. If you can recruit all these remaining women, your tribe will grow. More importantly, the addition of these women will play a vital role in the stability of the entire ethnic group.

Men need women, especially when they have a full stomach, their need for women becomes even more intense. In a dark world where women are almost eaten up by men, this independent group of women becomes even more precious. Tianxiang believes that the Liuyun clan after being annexed and controlled will definitely become a powerful trump card in his hand.

Recruiting them is easy, just show absolute care and concern. Coupled with sufficient food and clothing, this kind of treatment is difficult for even the most picky person to resist. After all, there are probably not many hunting groups who want to successfully accomplish this.

Those women who have joined their own tribe are the best examples.