Chapter 1019 Returning Home
Chapter 1019 Going Home,
Doma City.
People were crowded under the holy tree, with pious faces facing the golden canopy. People used silent language to pray that only they could understand each other.
The huge spiritual energy formed a network.
Although they did not really establish face-to-face communication with the Insof Tree, the spiritual energy that brought tens of thousands of people together was also comparable to the existence of gods.
They sensed Him.
And they were becoming Him.
Dora, who led the crowd in prayer, suddenly opened her eyes and slowly stood up from the tangled roots.
Sakwi, who took over the position of chief, appointed her as the new high priest. She did not refuse, but made an appointment with Sakwi.
She will lead the believers in the forest to pray for a while until the fourteenth sunset.
”…The light elves have built a nest on the canopy. As long as you pray devoutly, the golden color wrapped around the canopy will not go out.”
The so-called light elves are the “fireflies” in the forest.
Although the Doma tribe has not figured out the principle yet, when these elves gather together, they will indeed bring visible prosperity to the sacred tree.
Looking at Dora who stood up, Sagui, who was leaning on a cane, walked to her side with trembling steps.
From a priest to a chief, he has experienced too much in the past few months, and the wrinkles on his face have become more and more vicissitudes.
”Is the time up?” The old man looked into the girl’s eyes, with a hint of reluctance in his voice.
She is the most talented temple maid among the young people of the Doma tribe, and the one he is most optimistic about inheriting his mantle.
He even thought that when his life came to an end, he would pass the position of chief to her, so that she could lead the tribe to continue to prosper in this forest.
What a pity…
Why did the ancestor take her away?
Looking at the old man with reluctance in his eyes, Dora nodded gently and said in a soft voice.
”The ancestor is calling me. The day of departure has come. I will say goodbye to you.”
Sagui sighed softly.
”When will you come back?”
Dora answered truthfully.
”Maybe, I won’t come back.”
The ancestor said that if you go to heaven, you must abide by the rules of heaven.
After leaving here, she is no longer a Doma person, or even a Gaia person.
Sagui nodded, but in the end, he didn’t say those words to keep her, but just wished her well.
”Have a good journey.”
Dora nodded and said with sincere gratitude.
”Thank you for your blessing… In addition, I have something to give you.”
As she said that, she reached into her arms, took out a thinly cut wooden stick and handed it to Sagui.
Sagui was stunned for a moment, but saw rows of tiny tadpoles engraved on the wooden stick.
”…What is this?” His face was full of confusion, and he looked up at Dora.
Dora said softly.
”This is our writing, the most precious knowledge that our pioneers didn’t have time to give us… Now I try to complete it, but it’s not vivid and perfect enough. As for the perfect work, it depends on you.” “In the future,
our history will be engraved on the stone slab with it.”
She believed that the old man would be able to understand it, just like she could understand the symbols written by the ancestor.
This is the ability given to them by psychic power.
What they have to do is to pass on what they have understood through psychic power to those tribesmen who do not master psychic power… until they finally find a way to awaken psychic power stably.
Sagui solemnly took the wooden stick from Dora’s hand and put it in his arms.
”I will use the rest of my life to do this, I promise you.”
Dora did not speak, but gave the old man a hug, and then turned around and left without looking back.
The prayer and sacrificial activities are coming to an end, and the next step is to elect a new chief priest.
The priests and temple maids crawling under the tree roots all looked at Sagui standing on the tree roots curiously, quietly waiting for him to speak.
Seeing that he was silent for a long time, an elder in the tribe walked up to him and asked in a low voice.
”Where did she go.”
Sagui answered slowly.
”Another world.”
”Another…another world?” The elder was stunned. That was beyond his understanding.
Sagui actually couldn’t imagine what kind of world it was, and could only try to understand it from the few words in the past.
”It is a world of infinite prosperity, where all good people will eventually go. She saved the forest, the ancestors took her away, and she ascended… We should bless her.”
Ascension…
This word appeared in the culture of the Doma people for the first time.
With countless good wishes, this word is destined to be passed down from generation to generation by the people living in this forest.
Not only the city of Doma celebrated her ascension, but the tribes in the forest also held a grand sacrificial ceremony for her.
From now on, there is a festival on the calendar of the forest people.
The day Dora left this land will be called the Ascension Festival by the people of this land…
And what a coincidence, on the day Dora left this world, the Qiu tribe, who had fled to the mountains, finally came out of the mountains under the leadership of Qiu Ling.
They were hungry and bruised, but fortunately they did not get lost or give up hope.
The rolling sound of the tide hit everyone’s eardrums, and they finally saw the sea that the ancestors talked about!
”Sea!”
Qiu Ling rushed to the beach and was as excited as a child, shouting at the stunned tribesmen behind him.
”It’s the sea in the prophecy!”
The boundless blue shocked every pair of confused pupils, and the shock in people’s hearts did not need to be expressed in words.
At this moment, even the most hesitant people believed in the infinitely fertile land mentioned by the leader –
”We will build a foothold here to collect food! And salt! Prepare to cross a wider world! Believe me, as long as we continue to follow the prophecy, there will be more fertile land waiting for us ahead!”
Qiu Ling shouted energetically, calling some tribesmen to go to the nearby woods to cut wood, and calling another group of people to search for berries nearby.
He sat by the sea, thinking about how to get something edible from the sea.
The sun rose and set, and a day passed in the blink of an eye.
Although he didn’t get any fish from the sea, the clever Qiu Ling did not get nothing.
He successfully roasted a crab!
This was probably the first time that the “upright apes” on this planet tasted the delicacy called crab.
And this little guy with delicious meat is almost inexhaustible on this rich beach!
The curling smoke floated into the air, and the Qiu people built a bonfire next to the coastline.
This place is separated from the forest people’s territory by a whole range of mountains, and it is impossible for the people in the forest to see it.
They finally don’t have to worry about attracting pursuers because of the fire, and they can finally eat cooked food.
The people sitting around the bonfire to rest sang songs to celebrate the victory, and engraved the legend of their leader conquering the ocean on the stone slabs they took away from the Forbidden Forest Valley.
This journey will be longer than any of them imagined, and the epic that can be engraved on the stone slab will be longer than any of them imagined.
In the process, they will discover new characters, new words, new information recording carriers and communication tools.
Some people may fall behind, and stay in the villages built along the way voluntarily or by force.
But most people will follow their leader and continue to move forward, to find the legendary home at the end of the world…
…
After saying goodbye to her family, Dora returned to her tree hole to take some personal belongings and gifts from her tribesmen, and then went to the research ship parked outside Doma City.
When she arrived near the research ship, Ye Shi, wearing power armor, was dismantling the solar panels and drone charging piles that had been deployed outside the research ship.
”Do these things have to be dismantled too?” Dora walked to the side of the silver machine and leaned over and asked curiously.
”Of course.”
Ye Shi smiled and replied after lifting up the last packed storage box.
”Otherwise, after thousands of years, when your tribesmen dig these things out, it will be hard to explain how these things came from.”
Dora said puzzledly.
”Can’t we just tell them?”
Ye Shi shook his head.
”It’s not time yet, and…some things are not as simple as you think.”
In a sense, human civilization has paid the price for the rash third-type contact plan. The new alliance will probably pursue non-interference for a long time, allowing these natives to evolve naturally in their own way in their own homes.
As long as they don’t blow up their own homes, the alliance will probably not interfere in their internal affairs.
”Let those troublesome things be dealt with by the guys who like to make trouble for themselves. We are ready to set off.”
After moving the last box back to the research ship, Ye Shi stood at the door and waved at her.
The latter followed nervously and stepped into the interior of the research ship through the door.
The silver-white wall was like a work of art, and everything that came into her sight made her feel incredible and novel.
”You… usually live here?”
”How is it possible.” Ye Shi couldn’t help laughing, “This is called a research ship. Jiang Xuezhou should have explained it to you.”
Dora nodded blankly.
Another ancestor did tell her that this is a ship that can fly in the sky.
But what is a boat?
For the tribes in the forest, the farthest place they have been is the mountains in the east.
Although there are some wider rivers in the forest, they usually control the growth of plants to form bridges to cross the river, so let alone boats, there is no concept of bridges.
In a sense, although psychic power has given them a lot, it has also restricted them a lot.
It is difficult to say whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. We can only observe further before drawing a conclusion.
At this time, Jiang Xuezhou’s voice came from the communication channel, which scared Dora, who was looking left and right at the seat facing the research ship.
”Ye Shi! Are you ready? If you are ready, I will let the research ship take off.”
”It’s ok.”
Ye Shi made a gesture to the camera, and then motioned Dora to learn to fasten the seat belt like him.
”Is this… okay?”
The feeling of restraint against her body made Dora feel uncomfortable, but she still endured it honestly and did not unfasten the seat belt.
”Yes, that’s all.”
Seeing her “uncomfortable” look, Ye Shi wanted to help her, but thinking of a jealous person still floating in the sky, he could only pretend not to see it silently.
Just bear with it.
It will be fine in a while.
A soft electronic prompt sound came from the communication channel, and light blue text scrolled and flashed on the holographic display.
It seems that Jiang Xuezhou was really bored during the time when he was in seclusion, and even made this kind of passenger takeoff reminder.
Ye Shi rested his head on the safety seat and took a deep breath.
Finally –
going home!
[The spacecraft enters the takeoff preparation stage, please take your seats and keep your seat belts closed -]
[5…]
[4…]
[3…2…1 -]
[Engine start. ]
At the same time as the electronic prompt sound fell, a huge thrust came from under the seat, pushing the research ship towards the sky.
The violent shaking scared Dora, but seeing Ye Shiyi’s calm face with his eyes closed, she soon calmed down.
The spaceship had been running for a while and was close to the edge of the cloud.
At this time, Ye Shi, who was leaning on the safety seat, opened his eyes.
”Actually, this research ship didn’t shake like this before… By the way, are you curious about what the forest you used to live in looked like?”
Dora nodded hurriedly.
”I want to see.”
Ye Shi stretched out his index finger and gently drew it in the air. The light blue holographic screen quickly projected the image below the research ship in the center of the screen.
Watching the emerald green forest shrink into a curved surface, the sun that had already set over the mountain was “pulled” back to the edge of the horizon. Dora opened her eyes in surprise and disbelief. The shocked expression could no longer be described in words.
Ye Shi did not disturb her, but let her watch the forest getting smaller and smaller, and finally the edge was blurred by the thick atmosphere.
The two of them were silent all the way.
The research ship with the anti-gravity device turned on accelerated close to the edge of the atmosphere, and jumped into the deep universe like a dragonfly jumping out of the water, and slowly approached the Orion missile cruiser hovering in the synchronous orbit.
Looking at the towering steel fortress, Dora’s eyes widened and she exclaimed.
”Heavenly Palace!”
”Another Heavenly Palace… Speaking of which, this Heavenly Palace has some origins with yours.” Ye Shi said with a smile, and his thoughts could not help but drift back to two hundred years ago.
Who would have thought that the Orion and the Gemini, which perished together two centuries ago, would eventually meet in this way.
Passing through the broken hull, the Gemini successfully landed inside the Orion.
Seeing Ye Shi unfasten his seat belt, Dora followed his steps and removed it, then ran to open the door impatiently, but was stopped by Ye Shi just as she reached the door.
”Don’t get excited, put on this ‘space suit’.” As he spoke, Ye Shi threw an extravehicular space suit into her hands.
Then he told her how to put it on and how to check the integrity of the equipment with voice. After
finally completing the final preparations, he evacuated the air in the cabin and then opened the hatch of the research ship.
Seeing Ye Shi standing at the door, Jiang Xuezhou, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, could no longer control his longing and rushed over with tears in his eyes.
”Ye Shi!”
Ye Shi grimaced in pain when his chin was hit by the round space helmet, but he still held back and patted her back.
”Sorry to have kept you waiting.”
Dora, who was standing next to the research ship, stared blankly at the ancestor who was hugging each other, and then moved her eyes to the robot with a round belly beside him.
The robot raised its arm and took the initiative to greet her.
”Hello.”
It was just a simple greeting, but it made Dora freeze in place, and even a frightened expression appeared on her face.
Noticing her reaction, Jiang Xuezhou jumped off Ye Shi’s shoulder and coughed lightly.
”It’s called Little Koala… It’s the child of an engineer on this starship.”
”Little… Koala?”
Dora stared at Little Koala blankly, and it took a long time to squeeze out a stuttering human language from her mouth, “Why… I can’t feel your soul.”
”Well… why?” Little Koala didn’t seem to care about this question, and touched his non-existent chin with his not very flexible mechanical hand, “Maybe it’s because I’m not a human.”
”It seems that psychic energy is only useful for organic bodies…” Jiang Xuezhou touched his chin and nodded thoughtfully, “It’s interesting… I wonder if bionic people have that kind of thing.”
”Bionic people?” Dora tilted her head, showing a confused expression.
To be honest, she didn’t even understand what “robot” or even “machine” was, she just thought it was some powerful spell.
Looking at Dora who looked confused, Jiang Xuezhou introduced generously.
”A robot that is basically the same as a human. Not only is it highly simulated in appearance, it can even think like a human… Don’t worry, I will teach you the meanings of some technical terms. Hey, tell me what you think first. How do you feel about coming to the sky for the first time? Is it the same as you imagined?”
When he said this, Jiang Xuezhou’s eyes were full of interest, and he looked closer as if he had discovered some interesting specimens.
Dora smiled shyly, cast her eyes to the porthole on the side, and after a moment, she said what she was thinking.
”To be honest… it’s incredible.”
”For example?”
”For example… it’s so dark.”
Retracting her gaze from the deep and dark space, Dora looked back at the ancestor wearing a round helmet and thick clothes, and said embarrassedly, “I thought the stars in the sky would be brighter… do you usually live here?”
”Of course not, we live on another star five light years away,” Ye Shi interrupted with a smile, and explained patiently, “As for the darkness… that’s because we are too close to this star, and the light of other stars can’t be seen. It will be fine when we are farther away.”
Dora nodded blankly and cast her eyes on the emerald green planet.
It turned out that she had always lived on a star, and the star she lived on was just one of the thousands of galaxies in the sky.
”What does five light years mean?”
”It means that light needs five years to travel… ah, by the way, this year refers to the Earth year, not the year here.” Ye Shi suddenly remembered that the revolution period here is different from that of the Earth, so he added a sentence at the end.
”So that’s how it is…”
Dora was silent for a long time, and suddenly she sighed softly, “I didn’t expect that the forest we live in is so small, and we didn’t even realize that the ground under our feet is spherical… I always thought it was flat.”
Jiang Xuezhou joked.
”It’s normal that you can’t figure it out. If nothing unexpected happens, you will have to wait for hundreds of years or even one or two thousand years to figure it out.”
Dora didn’t say anything, but just stared at the emerald green planet, half of her heart was happy to know the truth, and half was worried.
Those problems that she couldn’t understand and figure out were all solved when she stepped into the starry sky.
However, what made her sad was that her people would have to walk in this maze for a long time…
Not only her people, but also those Qiu people who left the forest.
She remembered that the boy’s name was Qiu Ling, and he vowed to measure the ground under his feet with his feet. She didn’t know where he had walked.
If the world is a ball, then doesn’t the so-called “edge of the world” exist at all?
He has been doing something that is destined to be fruitless from the beginning, and he will probably keep going on this path until the end of his life.
This is too pitiful…
Looking at Dora who has been silent, Ye Shi casually expressed his concern.
”What are you thinking about?”
Dora was silent for a while and looked at the two ancestors, and said with a hint of confusion.
”I’m thinking… why can’t we tell them all this. Including that the world is big, we live on the stars, and the ground is round…”
Ye Shi and Jiang Xuezhou looked at each other.
The latter showed a subtle expression on his face, stretched out his hand to scratch his helmet, and said after a moment.
”Do you feel that you have been kept in the dark?”
Dora said quickly.
”I haven’t thought about it, I just think… maybe we can join you. Although we are still ignorant and weak for the time being, we can learn from you, and sooner or later we will be able to help you.”
Jiang Xuezhou said patiently.
”In fact, we have considered the problem you mentioned, but it’s too early to talk about it now.”
Dora asked blankly.
”Why?”
”If I want to say why, how should I say it…” Jiang Xuezhou had a headache and looked at Ye Shi for help.
Seeing that Jiang Xuezhou couldn’t make it up, Ye Shi thought for a while, looked into Dora’s eyes and answered.
”Because… the universe is darker than you think. You just happened to see the beam of light that caught your eye, so you misunderstood that the whole universe is bright, but it’s not.”
”If I say that our world is not as beautiful as you think, we also have problems that make us anxious, and I can be sure that you will not be able to solve these problems, just like you will not be able to digest the technology we give you… Are you sure it’s really a good thing to bring your people to join us completely?”
Dora was speechless for a while.
This is indeed beyond her knowledge.
And she was dazed to find that the reality seemed to be exactly like this. She hadn’t even arrived at the world of the First Ancestor yet, and she felt disappointed just after standing in the sky.
Letting the First Ancestor come might not necessarily be a good thing.
In this regard, the First Ancestor saw much further than her.
”…You actually have the potential to give birth to your own civilization, and even inspire us to solve the problems that both of us have. But if you plan to skip these steps and become us directly… I think this may not be a good thing for both of us.”
Looking at Dora who seemed to have figured it out, Ye Shi continued.
”You can go to our world with this question, and when you get to the wasteland, you will naturally understand what I mean.”
”In addition, when that time comes, someone will discuss with you the issue of how the two worlds should get along…”
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(End of this chapter)
