Chronicles of Primordial Wars

Shao Xuan sat on the refitted bus and looked at the rolling mountains outside the window. The summer solstice has just passed, and the mountains are full of vibrant green. After living in the city for a long time, seeing such a scenery, the mood is much better because of the poor career and the haze. Originally, Shao Xuan planned to call a few friends to go out to relax, but he didn't expect to meet Shi Qi, a fellow and old classmate who studied archaeology, and was dragged to go to archaeology together.

This trip is going to a relatively small mountain village. It is said that something from the Stone Age was discovered there. A group of people have already passed, and now this is the second group.

Shao Xuan listened to the old classmate from the skull of the primitive man to the stone tools to the rock frescoes, and took out a few pictures to explain in detail. People who do research are like this. I understand, but it's still very polite to listen.

On the paper were the rock paintings discovered by some archaeological researches. Shao Xuan looked at it and felt that his nephews and nieces who went to kindergarten were not as good at drawing.

Those drawings and lines are relatively simple, and it can be roughly seen that some people are hunting with tools, and there are also some paintings of various animals, and the rest are unknown.

"This is a painted sheep? But this sheep is too big." Shao Xuan pointed to a picture.

The picture shows a sheep with long huge curved horns, and there is a person next to him holding a bow and arrow, but the proportions don't look very normal, and the head of the person reaches the back of the sheep. The following pictures are the same. The proportion of the rabbit is similar to that of a lion. There is also the picture on the left of the horse riding a horse. The tail of the horse is too short.

Of course, not every picture has the same scale. The rock murals found in different provinces and cities have different styles in different periods. There are some scales that are close to reality in the back, and a group of people can be seen on the picture. Hunt with dogs.

Turning back further, there are several color prints, which can be seen more clearly.

"Oh, this picture is even more exaggerated, the antlers are too big, and this person, the person in the picture just now is on the back of the sheep, the person in this picture is only a little taller than the leg of the deer... and the right What's in the lower corner, an eight-legged crocodile?" Shao Xuan really couldn't appreciate the primitive style of painting.

"The primitive humans may not pay much attention to this aspect." Shi Qi explained.

"So you mean that primitive human beings did not paint with 'realism' in terms of proportions, but used exaggerated techniques?" Shao Xuan asked.

"It should be," Shi Qi scratched his head: "After all, humans in that period were not particular about aesthetics, and it may be purely symbolic. The human beings painted these paintings about hunting on the cave walls or rocks, maybe just let the hunting warriors take a look before the tribe hunts, there is a spectrum in their hearts, or there may be some rituals that we don't know. Especially those petroglyphs painted by 'witches'."

"Witch..." Shao Xuan's brain made up an image of an old god cudgel dressed in a very different way.

"Hey, what's your expression, let me tell you, the status of 'Wizard' in the human community at that time may not be low, on the contrary, it may be quite high."

"I know, god stick." Shao Xuan nodded.

Shi Qi waved his fingers and brought over a folder containing some scanned copies of pictures. He pointed to some pictures and words on it and said to Shao Xuan: "If totem consciousness expresses man's anthropomorphism of nature, It expresses its own collective unity, then the concept of witchcraft expresses the quasi-naturalization of people, and the profession of 'witcher' actually appeared as early as the Stone Age..."

Shi Qi was there talking to himself about the research progress of the "witch" profession from ancient times to the present.

Shao Xuan's brain hurts to hear professional vocabulary and even cite scriptures.

Shao Xuan doesn't know much about this aspect, nor is he interested. If it weren't for such a fellow and old classmate who studied archaeology, Shao Xuan would not know about it at all. He heard people say archaeology before and directly thought of those valuable things. Antiques, but Shi Qi's research direction is more antique than antiques, so ancient that not many people are interested. A few days ago, I listened to the radio discussing whether the 'Darwinian theory of species evolution' is correct, or the 'alien creation of species hypothesis' is correct? Shao Xuan also came across Ting Ting when he was idle and had nothing to do. He put it there after listening, and would not think about it any more.

On the contrary, Shao Xuan knew that this young man was very interested in ancient human beings. When he was in middle school, he often discussed with people several ancient human remains that were excavated but mysteriously disappeared in modern history.

"You don't know what you're talking about. Let's talk about something simple. Here!" Shi Qi pointed at a picture with his finger, pointing to a place on the picture: "'Wu' is mentioned in inscriptions and inscriptions, but Is such that."

Shao Xuan looked at the place where Shi Qi pointed, it was a symbol that looked like two 'g' characters crisscrossed.

"This duplex symbol has appeared on the heads of some ancient pottery and clam carvings unearthed. Speaking of which, witches are also involved in hunting, prayer, rescue, etc. From a certain point of view, 'witches' can They are scientists at that time. But these are all speculations. Even some records in ancient times may not be true. After all, people at that time like to exaggerate. Isn't there a saying, 'History never has the truth', and archaeology is nothing but It is to excavate some corners and corners, as for the real situation, who knows."

"The cave discovered this time is also related to 'Wizard'. It is the last few pictures you saw, the first group of petroglyphs handed back from the past, and the duplex symbol was also found in the cave, so it is speculated that it may be It is the cave dwelling of a certain 'witch'. Last month, there was a short-term earthquake in the place where the village is located, and probably because of this, the cave was exposed, and no one has heard of it before."

Having said that, Shi Qi closed the folder and looked around carefully. Seeing that the tutor and other senior brothers were not paying attention, he lowered his voice and said to Shao Xuan mysteriously: "I heard that the one who discovered the hole was the first. It was a child, and, according to the news from a junior apprentice over there, the child who found the cave saw a strange watermelon-sized worm crawling out of the stone of his courtyard wall. The child was fat, so he followed the worm, and finally The worm disappeared in the cave, and the child went back and told the adults, so that the cave was discovered."

"A bug the size of a watermelon?" Shao Xuan thought it was absurd. Anyone who heard this for the first time would think it was too fake. "That kid lied?"

Shi Qi shook his head, "What's even more strange is that, according to the first group of people who passed by, there are fossils of ancient creatures in the stones used to build the courtyard wall." After saying this, Shi Qi paused and rubbed his arms. Goosebumps, and continued: "The child who discovered the cave pointed to the big watermelon worm in the stone, and there are fossils of ancient creatures, but it is not complete, only a incomplete part, but, according to the speculation of professionals , If that creature is still alive, it may indeed be the size of a watermelon, and it looks not far from the description of the child."

"...It sounds very mysterious, but, only the child saw it, didn't others see bugs crawling out of their walls?" Shao Xuan was a little interested.

Shi Qi shook his head, "I don't know, I'll ask again after we've passed, it's almost there anyway."

When the group arrived at their destination, it was already eleven o'clock in the afternoon. Shao Xuan followed Shi Qi and the others to have a simple lunch before returning to the bus.

Shi Qi and the others couldn't wait, they didn't take a break after eating, and they were ready to start work.

Things to pay attention to here Shi Qi has already told Shao Xuan that what things should not be touched, where not to go, and who to look for when something happens, Shao Xuan has a clue in his heart.

"I'll tell you when it's finished today. Go for a walk by yourself. This place has a beautiful scenery, green mountains, blue sky and clear water. After staying in a smoggy city for a long time, come out to wash your lungs."

Saying that, Shi Qi took the tools and followed his mentor away. Shao Xuan couldn't follow him over there, and he didn't have much interest in following him.

There was only Shao Xuan left in the car, and it was quite quiet as soon as the doors and windows were closed. Shao Xuan hadn't slept well in the past few days. He went to listen to Shi Qi's story on the way, and now he felt sleepy when he was still.

When he woke up again, it was already past two o'clock in the afternoon. Shao Xuan was about to go out for a walk when he saw Shi Qi in work clothes coming over. He got into the car and took a document. After taking it, he had to rush over there to continue the construction.

However, before getting out of the car, Shi Qi took out an egg-sized stone from his pocket and threw it at Shao Xuan: "I picked it up in the cave and brought it over after seeing that others didn't care much, it shouldn't be an important thing, 'antique' can't Here, this stone is in that hole anyway, and it looks pretty smooth, maybe who threw it there, so I can leave you a souvenir."

This stone is near the entrance of the cave, and it is still some distance from the core of the cave. The stone is obviously different from other excavated items, and there is no mark, so the first group of people who came here will focus on those Stone Age " On the antiques" and rock paintings, no one cared about this stone near the entrance of the cave. Shi Qi looked at it for fun and picked it up and put it in his pocket.

Taking the thrown stone, Shao Xuan took a closer look in his hand. It felt no different from other stones. It was dark green and egg-shaped. The surface was smooth, as if it had been deliberately polished. I mean, even if it's not an "antique", it's good to play with it as a decoration.

Shao Xuan didn't care. After playing with it for a while, he always felt that the stone was not hot. After shaking hands for ten minutes, it was still cold. After thinking about it, Shao Xuan took out a lighter and burned it with fire. It stands to reason that the place where the stone touches the flame should be hot to the hand, but the fact is that it is still as cool as before after being burned.

Glancing around, Shao Xuan took a fruit knife on the table, put a piece of paper on it, and planned to use the knife to scrape a little bit of debris from the stone and take it to the archaeological vehicle for help to check it. However, Shao Xuan scratched at the stone with the knife, but there was no trace on the stone, and no trace could be drilled with the tip of the knife.

The fire doesn't get hot, the knife doesn't hurt...it's a strange stone.

Shao Xuan got out of the car with the stone, intending to let Shi Qi take a closer look later.

The place where the car was parked was very close to the village, but the road ahead was not easy to walk.

Some of the villagers in the village went to work, while others went to the newly discovered cave to watch the fun. Therefore, Shao Xuan only saw three or two people walking around when he entered the village.

There is a two-meter-high stone-earth wall around the village. I heard that it was built decades ago to prevent wild animals. The stones come from the mountains, but in recent years, I have not seen any large wild animals around, and no one cares about them anymore. stone wall.

At a glance, you can see large blocks of stones on the stone earth wall, which are old and have a sense of desolation.

Shao Xuan was playing with stones in his hands and stared at them. Hearing that the stones on these stone walls were found to contain paleontological fossils, Shao Xuan remembered the "watermelon-sized bug" incident mentioned by Shi Qi.

Just as he was about to look away, Shao Xuan suddenly found a snake-like thing on the stone wall, still squirming. Shao Xuan almost jumped up in shock at the terrifying coldness. But when Shao Xuan blinked and looked again, he found that there was nothing, the stone and earth wall was still the broken stone and earth wall that had been weathered by wind, sun and rain.

hallucinations?

Shao Xuan looked at the rest of the stone-earth wall, and then his eyes fell on a gap in the stone-earth wall. There was a large stone there, which was left after the stone-earth wall collapsed. The smaller one was lost by the villagers. Picked it up and built my own wall, and left the big ones here. At this moment, Shao Xuan saw a small turquoise seedling emerging from the stone. The small seedling quickly pulled its leaves and grew taller, and at the same time, several vines also spread out around. The gap that was originally more than three meters long was blocked by those vines and branches and leaves in the blink of an eye, and there seemed to be a fragrance that belonged to plants in the nose.

Shao Xuan took a few steps back, took a deep breath, and when he looked at it again, he found that the vines and branches had disappeared, the stone and earth wall remained, and there was that big bare rock on the ground.

Sensing that there was some movement in his hand, Shao Xuan looked down at the hand holding the stone.

The stone that was not burnt by fire and could not be scratched by a knife, weathered into sand in an instant, and fell from Shao Xuan's fingers.

When the last grain of sand fell, Shao Xuan's vision was dark.