Chapter 239 Communication
The King's Campus of Royal Holy Crown University, in the northern suburbs of Tivian.
In the afternoon, in the spacious school library, students sitting in seats scattered around were reading books attentively. Everyone remained basically quiet as usual, unlike other places in the school where everyone was discussing the police and the sudden disappearance of students.
In a corner near the window of the library, Dorothy was sitting in a familiar position. Beside her were piles of various books, and in front of her was an open book. The words on the books were all handwritten, and clear handwriting appeared out of thin air in the empty space. This was the "Hangzhou Zhi".
"Dear 'bachelor', please forgive me for interrupting you. I still have a question to ask you today. This time I need to ask you about a ritual. Its main body seems to be a wooden box with a large brass horn on it. The box has a drawer with a black round plate with holes inside. It looks like this..."
Words and conversations appeared on the pages of Wenhai Hangzhi, and behind the words appeared a simple sketch, outlining the appearance of a ritual with a few simple strokes.
Dorothy looked at the pattern in the "Wenhai Hangzhi" and quickly knew what it depicted. She immediately picked up her pen and wrote down her response in the book.
"Hello, Mr. Capac. The machine you described is called a phonograph, which is a machine that can play recorded sounds. The black disc with holes you mentioned is called a record, which is the medium for recording sounds. With the phonograph, you can play the sounds recorded on the record."
After Dorothy finished copying her diary, she watched her handwriting slowly seep into the paper. After a period of patient waiting, some sentences appeared on the pages of the diary. Compared with the handwriting of the previous year, these words were slightly crooked, as if the person was a little excited when writing.
"A machine that can play recorded sounds? The country across the sea is really smart to have discovered such a machine. Dear scholar, can you teach me how this magical 'phonograph' works?"
Looking at the words that appeared on the "Wenhai Hangzhi" in front of her, Dorothy smiled slightly, then picked up the pen and began to continue writing on the book.
"First, you need to install the record correctly..."
After that, Dorothy patiently wrote down the method of using the phonograph on the "Wenhai Navigation Notes", and slowly answered the questions one by one that appeared in the navigation note. After a while, the young tribal man at the other end of the navigation note seemed to have finally managed to make the phonograph next to him work.
"Really! Your Excellency, what you said is true! This phonograph can really play the recorded sounds! What a wonderful sound! This is really amazing!"
The corresponding handwriting on the navigation log had become very sloppy. Just by looking at the handwriting, Dorothy could imagine the excited scene of the tribal youths in front of the music in the distance.
'This guy named Kapak is really a curious young man. I never thought that this voyage would actually go to the continent across the sea. Fortunately, it was such a guy who got the contact information.'
Dorothy thought so in her heart. When she communicated with Capac as Aka that day, Dorothy told the other party that there were people who held similar documents as him. Not long after that, Dorothy contacted Capac under another identity.
In order to find out the other party's specific situation, Dorothy used the pseudonym "Bachelor" this time, and sent a message to Capac as a person who was also favored by Akan, and the other party quickly replied in surprise.
Under Dorothy's deception, Capac quickly believed her identity. Suddenly, Capac seemed to have found a long-lost companion and started chatting with Dorothy very enthusiastically.
After all, it was easier and more convenient to communicate with Aka, a powerful spirit whose true identity was unknown, and a scholar who had the same experience as himself.
During the communication, Capac would often ask Dorothy about the usage of some industrial products. Capac had collected a large number of industrial products, but not all of them came with self-explanatory instructions like medicines. Dorothy would often explain to Capac the usage of these things, just like she did just now.
Of course, while explaining, Dorothy was also constantly asking about Capak's own situation in a roundabout way. After several exchanges, Dorothy had a general idea of the other party's situation.
First, Dorothy learned the other party's name was Capac, and that he was on the continent on the other side of the sea. He claimed that invaders from Pritt had crossed the sea from the east to occupy their land. Based on the location on the map, Dorothy determined that it was the Subcontinent located west of the main continent.
In the subsequent communication, Dorothy determined that Capac was an indigenous person of the Mystical Continent and a tribal youth. Like many other indigenous people, he hated the invaders, but he did not reject the invaders' things and was interested in the invaders' advanced products. So Dorothy often explained to Capac the origin of these products, and in exchange he would also explain some of the situation in the Mystical Continent to Dorothy.
For example, Dorothy knew that there were many indigenous tribes in the continent of Abyss. The tribe of Kapak was called the Tupa tribe. They were loyal to the same king a long time ago but later split up. For example, there were many wild spirits in the continent of Abyss that were not found in the main continent. For example, there were conflicts between colonists, etc.
Every time Dorothy explained to Capak, she would get some information about the continent, and this time, Dorothy hoped to have a deeper understanding of the mysticism or religion of these tribes.
"Capac, I want to ask you, is there any mainstream belief or worship in your place? I mean not the worship of wilderness spirits, but the worship of gods, just like the worship of the Three Holy Ones by the colonists."
Dorothy wrote down the words on the navigation log, and after watching the words on the book slowly disappear, she quietly waited for the other party's reply.
After a while, Capac's handwriting appeared on the paper again.
"Dear scholar, you may not know that in our culture, there is no difference between God and spirits. Everything is spirit, and everything is God. Although spirits are strong or weak, except for evil spirits, we all show respect to them.
“We worship the spirits of the wilderness, the spirits of our ancestors… These spirits are all around us, and many of them are able to communicate directly with the shamans and even manifest themselves, which is very different from the concept of invading gods.
"If we were to say, among all the spirits we worship, there is one that is closest to the God of Light mentioned by the invaders, there is only one.
"In our land, each tribe believes in different spirits, but no matter which tribe it is, they all offer the highest worship to one existence, that is, the 'Great Soul'.
“He is the place where all souls in this world are born and where they finally return. He is the ancestor of souls and also the end of souls.”
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