Under the Ice Wall
A fisherman on his way home found the seriously injured man and brought him back to the tribe.
Due to excessive blood loss, there was almost no color on his face, and his entire body was as cold as a corpse. Only the extremely weak breathing sound could prove that he was still alive.
So after he was placed on the bed, everyone who heard the news didn't hold out much hope and were ready to say their final goodbyes to him.
But what was unexpected was that after only ten minutes or so, the man woke up.
His eyelids trembled slightly, and after he opened his eyes, he looked around the room weakly. Amidst the surprised or puzzled gazes of everyone, and under all the caring and concerned inquiries about his well-being, his lips hummed.
“I got a divine visitation.”
When everyone heard this unfamiliar word, they couldn't understand it for a moment, and some even thought that something might have gone wrong with his brain after he hit his head against the wall.
But the man continued to talk clearly.
He first explained the word "God", saying that it was a being that was superior to humans and possessed infinite powers beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
The reason why the world exists and why we can see all things in the world, including the continent under our feet, the trees, the animals, and even every person in the tribe, are all created by gods and given life by gods.
Just by moving your fingers, blinking your eyes, or doing nothing, you can easily decide the fate of mankind.
And he was very lucky to be chosen by God by chance and thus received some revelations.
People digested what he said thoroughly and raised questions when appropriate.
If it is true as he said, God is such a noble and respectable being that he created human beings.
Then they should do something good for mankind and would not have ignored it when it was hit by the snow disaster before.
How could they just watch the homes that everyone depends on for survival being destroyed and do nothing? If it was really for the good of the tribe, they shouldn't let them suffer this?
The man's expression was pious, and his brows seemed more relaxed than before. "That snowstorm was sent by the gods to save us."
As he told the story, another story unfolded before everyone.
Nothing can be hidden from the gods. Earlier, the gods foresaw that the continent where the tribe lived was about to encounter a devastating disaster.
Tens of thousands of meters below the ground, there is a kind of underground fire that will never go out.
The underground fire was originally a source of fire. As time passed, it gradually swept into a sea of fire in the earth's crust, also affecting the environment above the ground.
That is why the tribe has always survived in relatively high temperatures.
For them, the temperature might seem suitable, but no one would have thought that there is a time bomb buried under their feet.
The underground fire is gathering more and more, and will soon be on the verge of erupting. By then, cracks will appear on the ground, and countless destructive flames will cover the entire land.
Moreover, this kind of underground fire is different from the fire that ordinary humans can create.
It is extremely difficult to extinguish with water, and can easily plunder the life of all creatures it encounters, reducing entire continents to ruins.
If this is allowed to happen, everything created by the gods will cease to exist.
The only solution is to completely change the climate here. When the temperature drops to a certain level, the spread and outbreak of the underground fire can be suppressed.
When the surface temperature drops suddenly, the underground fire will curl up further towards the center of the earth and form a certain balance, while preserving all the living things in this world.
The ruins and desolation stretching for millions of miles, or the world now covered in ice and snow, but still full of life.
If this statement is true, by comparison, it seems that the best effect has indeed been achieved at present.
After the man finished explaining the origin of ice and snow, he continued to tell everyone other news.
The reason why the ice wall condensed beyond common sense and grew at an extremely fast speed was because of the intervention of the gods.
That is actually a holy gate set up by the gods, with blessings on it. As long as you move through the space between the ice walls, you will be blessed with peace and tranquility in the days to come.
And for the sake of the tribe's living conditions, the gods also set up an island more than a hundred miles to the south for everyone to take a short rest and spend the winter.
Rising from the sea, they retain their previous climate environment.
During the coldest season of winter, you can go to the island to spend the winter to avoid more frost damage.
But since the continent beneath their feet is their home and they once relied on its resources for growth, the tribe still has to survive here for most of the year.
After talking for a long time, the man still showed no signs of fatigue, and was even more energetic than before.
Everyone looked at his condition and felt that his body was able to recover so quickly, and it was indeed due to some kind of help from the outside world.
But if they want to accept all these remarks, it would be a bit too unbelievable for them. After all, they only needed to care about their daily lives.
Now we have to try to understand such a huge amount of new knowledge, so it is normal to feel unbelievable.
Especially what the man said, there is an island in the south. The tribe once went to sea and went to very far places, but never found any islands or land.
It seems that except for the land where they live, the world is completely covered by sea water, which makes them feel that humans only exist here.
The sea before my eyes seems to have no boundaries at all.
Facing everyone's questioning, the man simply smiled and shook his head: "The Holy Gate is about to close, and we must leave. Then you will understand that I am not lying."
The two ice walls that were originally facing each other from a distance were indeed showing a stronger tendency to close together. In addition, the temperature dropped sharply in just a few days. Even if we tried all the heating methods we could think of, there was no way to ensure that our bodies were always warm.
If we continue to live here, it won't be surprising if one day we find that all humans have died.
So they had to listen to the man's words and built several more boats based on the original small boats, which were enough for all the people in the tribe to go out to sea.
Half a month later, the tribe sailed away from the land in the wind and snow.
At that time, humans were unable to determine the direction on the sea without any landmarks, but the man always spoke in a firm tone and clearly guided everyone.
After sailing on the sea for two days, just when everyone was worried that they had been lost in the ocean, they finally saw the outline of a small island in the distance.
A small oasis appeared in the distance. The long-term climate change made everyone almost forget that the home where they once lived was so peaceful and harmonious.
This fact makes everything the man said earlier very credible.
So everyone in the tribe firmly believed that it was the gods who sent down the snowstorm that was once considered a disaster in order to save them and the land.
During their time on the island, their quality of life has improved significantly. Things that they could enjoy every day before now seem rare and precious.
So they felt even more grateful to the gods in their hearts, because it was because of the gods that they created this world, which allowed them to live their previous lives.
In the spring of the following year, when all things came back to life, they rowed their boat back to the ice and snow continent to start a new round of rest and recuperation.
The tribe was also given a new name: Bingmi Tribe.
As for the man who was injured at the ice wall at the beginning and received the mark of God, he became the first priest of the Bingxi tribe.
The first priest also found a special scepter in the wilderness with the guidance of the gods, claiming that this was the link that allowed humans to connect with the gods.
The new custom was thus continued.
But what no one knew was that after waking up, the priest buried one of the secrets deep in his heart and did not tell it out.
Besides the ability given to see the emotional colors of the tribe members, there is another thing.
"What is it?" Gao Wenwen listened with great interest. It turned out that so many incredible things had happened here, and he couldn't help but ask at this moment.
Meng Qi lowered his brows, a rare sense of melancholy in his voice: "The Bingxi people have actually been given new life."
Gao Wenwen tilted his head: "What do you mean by that?"
Why talk about being given life when you are already alive and well?
Meng Qi answered aloud: "In fact, when the climate changed, those people in the tribe froze to death on the same night."
Gods have the ability to reach the sky, but when they use it, they follow their own standards.
The ice and snow that He believed was strong enough to counter the underground fire did indeed curb the outbreak of the underground fire, but at the same time, it also brought a catastrophe to mankind.
In fact, everyone froze to death on the day the ice and snow fell because their bodies could not adapt.
The reason they were able to wake up again was because God gave them life again and slightly adjusted everyone's memory.
It made them forget the despair before death and believe that they had survived the disaster.
Shi Yan frowned, "So in a sense, are the current Bingxi people still considered descendants of that tribe?"
The life that originally existed in the body has already disappeared. Even if it is regenerated and reorganized, it will not be the same as before.
Perhaps the souls are recreated by the so-called gods, and the inside has long been replaced by another world.
"This statement is indeed possible, so is this what has been bothering you?" Xia Jialian raised her head and looked straight into Meng Qi's eyes.
It was not a coincidence, and her remarks to some extent confirmed their speculation.
Ding Can understood what he meant. "Perhaps even the land beneath our feet isn't real. After the previous disaster, the tribe was completely destroyed, and those souls were somehow extracted into the system before they dissipated."
The ancient tribe really existed, and was noticed by the system through some technology, which absorbed the souls of the former people and incorporated them into the system's copy.
Everything that followed was narrated by the system replacing the god, using this identity.
"I sometimes wonder whether I should really believe in God." Meng Qi has been influenced by his elders since he was a child, and a fixed mindset has already been formed in his heart.
But after she actually became a priestess and learned about the experiences of hundreds of years ago, she continued to doubt herself during this process.
Is everything around us real, or is it just a fabricated illusion?
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