Chapter 240: The Ancient Country That Migrated Far Away

The layout and pattern of the cave were actually somewhat beyond my expectations.

How should I put it...

It was more refined than I thought! !

The entrance of the cave was an irregular oval, but the inside was square, reinforced by flat boulders from top to bottom, left to right, and even after countless years, there was no sign of collapse.

On the stone walls on both sides, rock paintings were neatly arranged. The lines of these rock paintings were very rough, and they should have been polished with stone knives or other crude tools. There were dim red marks in the grooves, which should have been filled with ochre as a pigment, which is what we often call hematite. This thing was once used as a pigment, but that was a very long time ago. After humans invented paint with tree sap and other things, it was basically eliminated.

This coincides with our recent inference that this place appeared much earlier than the time when Shi Kuang lived!

In the center of the cave, there is a well-built pedestrian passage, two or three meters wide, with white marble guardrails on both sides...

After we came in, we naturally walked on this pedestrian passage.

"It's like a corridor, more like... sightseeing?"

Zhang Xinya said: "Do you have this feeling?"

"Indeed."

Brother Yaozi nodded: "It's a very strange feeling. Walking on this luxurious corridor in the cave, you can observe the rock paintings on the stone walls on both sides. It's very similar to some modern tourist attractions or museums. In other words, how to say it elegantly, oh, yes, it's walking in the long river of history. In the process of going deeper step by step, you can see the splendor of this mysterious ancient civilization!"

I looked at Brother Yaozi a little strangely. He looked plain, but he spoke like a wild tour guide. It's really hard to describe that feeling.

However, their description is accurate.

This is indeed a bit like some of our current tourist attractions, or even museums...

"We stand on the shoulders of our predecessors and look into the future. Through the experience of countless people, we can see eternal life."

I savored the words that Lao Bai deciphered, and gradually smiled. That's right. It does record everything about this unknown civilization, but it is obvious that it is not for outsiders like us.

I was not in a hurry to observe these rock paintings, but chose to move on, trying to confirm some guesses in my heart.

Sure enough, the rock paintings in the cave are constantly changing!

At first, it was a rock painting that only existed in the primitive and ignorant period. The lines were crude and the patterns were very simple, just like elementary school students painting, using ochre as pigment to depict, but gradually, the colors of the murals began to become richer. I have seen mineral pigments such as azurite, chalk, lead powder and Hu powder. Even later, I found plant pigments such as anthocyanin and raw gardenia, and the pictures began to gradually become richer. They are no longer simple lines, and have reached the benchmark of murals.

What does this show?

This shows that the murals in the cave were not painted all at once. They spanned countless years and were completed by countless generations, recording the achievements of each generation!

This road is not long, only a few dozen meters. Soon we reached the end. At this time, the murals were extremely rich, directly forming reliefs, and the characters in the reliefs were lifelike, with typical mural features of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period!

The murals stopped here...

In other words, this unknown civilization, after a long time, perished in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period! !

"Hey, look at this!"

Lao Bai suddenly spoke up, pointing to one of the murals and said, "Have you noticed... that the person on the mural looks like Xiao Weizi!!"

Before that, I was just watching it in a hurry, without any detailed observation, let alone paying special attention to one of the murals. When Lao Bai said this, I immediately came up.

This is a mural of a figure. There is only one person in the whole picture. There are some murals like this, and they should all be people who have made outstanding contributions to this unknown civilization.

The man in the painting in front of me is wearing a purple robe, a high crown, and kneeling on a cushion. He looks really handsome and majestic. At first glance, he has nothing to do with me. His temperament is completely different from mine. The difference is like heaven and earth. The mud is me and the cloud is him.

Because of this huge difference in temperament, I will subconsciously ignore his face. In fact, if you observe carefully, it is not difficult to find that the man in the painting looks surprisingly similar to me, whether it is the facial features or the eyebrows, as if they were carved out of the same mold!

However, the other party is obviously middle-aged and much older than me!

"Tianguan!!"

Several of us said these two words almost in unison.

In the mercury sea, I was almost killed by a black pot. I was a huge victim. Undoubtedly, the one who put the black pot on me was the one in front of me.

"Things seem to be getting more and more interesting."

I stroked my chin and thought quietly.

Many things have gradually surfaced. This underground ruins can be divided into two parts.

One part was built by my ancestor and Shi Kuang.

The other part belongs to an unknown ancient civilization!

This civilization may have come here thousands of years ago. The cave we are in now is the place where this civilization records history. It may also be an entrance to their settlement. Everyone has to pass through this cave as soon as they go home to observe the wisdom of their ancestors and the history of the entire ethnic group. This is a kind of continuous patriotic spirit!

So why did the celestial official appear in the historical records of this unknown civilization? And it seems to have become a very important part, with a very high status.

In the mercury sea, the strong man angrily scolded that the celestial official was a liar.

What kind of secret is there in this? !

"It seems that we really need to study this cave carefully. The information contained may be very large."

I looked around and whispered: "Why does the stone tablet at the entrance of the cave say that through the experience of countless people, we can see eternal life? Could it be that eternal life is the ultimate pursuit of this unknown civilization?!"

This almost immediately reminded me of the thing that saved my master, which is also our ultimate goal. We must study what happened here thoroughly before the things we are looking for can surface! !

The cave of dozens of meters, countless rock paintings, murals, and reliefs, record the thousands of years of history of this unknown civilization. It is a huge project to figure it out.

However, I am not in a hurry. I have to eat one bite at a time. We just vaguely know that there is something here that can save my master, and then we plunged into such a completely unknown ancient ruins. I am still confused now. This is not a good sign. Delaying a little more time and analyzing the direction will have too many benefits. Sharpening the knife does not delay chopping wood, that's what I mean!

So I went back and read the contents recorded in the cave from the beginning.

These earliest rock paintings are actually the most difficult to decipher, because they are too simple and too rough, but they may express many meanings.

The first rock painting is a lot of wavy lines, and above the wavy lines, there is something similar to a circle, but it is irregular, just like the person who drew the rock painting has a very serious Parkinson's disease, his hands are shaking all the time, and he can't complete a proper circle even with all his strength.

The second rock painting is not much different from the first one, but there are suddenly many red dots in that circle, in a jet-like shape...

I can understand the third rock painting, which is all simplified drawings of people, with a circle on top, representing the head, and five lines below, representing the torso and limbs. Among them, there are four people gathered together, and the surroundings are all painted red. This should represent a large group of people. There is also an independent person, who is painted particularly large, as if he is their leader. This should be a large group of people gathered together and having a meeting...

...

I was dumbfounded after reading it. Who can understand this? So I pulled Lao Bai over and said, "You are simple, come and see."

Lao Bai really lived up to everyone's expectations. He just glanced at it and said with a smile: "Are you idiots? This painting is so clear and clear. It should record a disaster and a great migration of an ancient country!!"

Lao Bai pointed to the first rock painting and said that this should be the homeland of this unknown civilization. The countless wavy lines represent water, endless water, and the irregular circle looks very much like a map...

Well, forgive my blindness, I really can't see how it looks like a map.

Lao Bai was very sure and said directly that this first rock painting was saying that their ancestral land was actually on a small island isolated overseas.

As for the second painting, it is about a huge disaster. If nothing unexpected happens, it should be a volcanic eruption!

Those jet-like red dots are the erupted magma.

Just like the destruction of the ancient city of Pompeii, the homeland of this unknown civilization was also destroyed by the eruption of a volcano...

As for the third picture, the meaning is very simple. Their sage told them to go to the east.

The big man in the painting is their sage.

This way of highlighting the status of the leader is endless in ancient paintings. Look at some portraits of emperors. He is the biggest in the whole picture. Others can't wait to fight with the ants on the ground. I believe that if the paper is big enough, those unscrupulous painters who flatter the emperor will want to paint the emperor's buttocks into a sun.

"You are right, all you said is right, okay?"

Zhang Xinya said: "But please tell me how you can tell from this painting that they are going to the east."

Lao Bai pointed to the leader in the painting and said, look, his right hand is so long, it is almost as long as two left hands, which is clearly pointing to the direction, north up, south down, west left, east right, the right hand is long, doesn't it point to the east?

Zhang Xinya glanced at him, and sighed with almost despair, you are a living god!

The most interesting thing is that what Lao Bai said is particularly smooth, and it makes me think a lot! !

"If you say so, I can probably guess where these people come from!"

I looked at the rock painting in front of me and sighed: "They are indeed not Chinese."

The reason is very simple.

The text on the stone tablet at the entrance of the cave is the earliest cuneiform script, or in other words, it is the prototype of cuneiform script.

Cuneiform script is the patent of the Sumerians.

Where are the Sumerians?

In the Mesopotamian plain!

Of course, this does not mean that they are Sumerians themselves, but their homeland must be not far from the Sumerians, so that they can be influenced and have such texts!

There are four ancient civilizations in the world, and each ancient civilization has a far-reaching influence. China has influenced the entire East Asia, and this unknown civilization obviously belongs to another ancient civilization system-the ancient Babylonian civilization system!

And their homeland is located in the sea. What sea is the ancient Babylonian kingdom next to?

The Mediterranean Sea!!

They should come from the Mediterranean Sea 6,000 years ago. A disaster forced them to migrate. In the end, only a small number of people came to China and came here!!

"Keep reading!"

I urged Lao Bai, and my tone became urgent: "The key is behind, and you must decipher it carefully!!"