Chapter 312: The Civil War

Zhou Island is mainly divided into two parts: North Island and South Sea.

Beizhou is where the Zhouzhou people live. They gather, fish, hunt, use leather and wood, make simple medicinal herbs, and established villages very early.

The people of Zhouzhou once developed rapidly, and their number reached 150,000 at its peak. There were docks all over the capes and beaches of Beizhou, and roads extending in all directions connected every village.

They were ambitious to conquer the ocean and leave the mark of the north on every island.

The sea began to become the hunting ground and road for the Zhouzhou people. Their ships headed towards the depths of the southern sea to explore the limits of this world.

However, during a change of era, the people of Zhouzhou suffered a devastating blow.

The New Era has led to a surge in the number of an animal called the cane toad. The cane toad was originally an inconspicuous small animal that usually hides in shallow seas and hunts insects for food. It is extremely poisonous.

As the number of cane toads increases, they begin to come ashore to look for food.

The toxins they carried caused the deaths of a large number of livestock raised by people in Zhouzhou, and people who came into contact with them also became poisoned and died one after another.

The people of Zhouzhou had to recall their members at sea and make every effort to eliminate the toads in Beizhou.

Cane toads have strong reproductive capacity and like to hide in the sea, so they are difficult to completely eradicate.

This war between the Zhouzhou people and the toads lasted for a long time until the next era, when an animal called weaverbird grew stronger and began to hunt toads, finally curbing the harm caused by the toads.

After this poison disaster, the people of Zhouzhou were severely damaged.

Toad poisoning has directly or indirectly caused the deaths of more than 30,000 people, most of whom are elderly people in Zhouzhou.

The successive deaths of the elderly caused a serious gap in the knowledge inheritance of the people of Zhouzhou. The society lost the hub and buffer connecting the new and old groups and became extremely unstable.

In order to compete for resources, conflicts and fights frequently broke out among people from different regions, and civilization even entered a brief period of regression.

At the same time, the mermaids in the deep sea of ​​the south are growing rapidly.

Unlike the Zhouzhou people who developed civilization early on, the mermaids have maintained a beast-like life for thousands of years. Their enlightenment came from eating the corpses of Zhouzhou people and utilizing shipwrecks on the seabed.

The Zhouzhou people have the custom of burying the dead at sea. The dead will be put into a small boat by the living and let it float into the sea. They believe that the dead will return to the north in another way through the flow of the ocean.

These bodies buried at sea become food for fish.

The poisonous toad disaster caused tens of thousands of Zhouzhou people's corpses to float into the sea, which made the mermaids gradually gain wisdom through eating and observing.

In the past, when the mermaids encountered the Zhouzhou people, they would flee and hide, fearing to be stabbed by their hooks and spears. But after eating many corpses, they became bolder - the Zhouzhou people are not strong now.

Long ago, Zhouzhou people were very interested in mermaids because these underwater creatures had human-like appearances. They were curious and respectful of Zhouzhou people's ships and would exchange pearls for Zhouzhou people's livestock and fruits.

During its heyday, the people of Zhouzhou would present food to the mermaids and teach them how to weave with ropes or rattan, showing them the aura of a king who ruled the world.

At that time, the mermaids were also convinced. They would always take the initiative to greet the ships of the Zhouzhou people and guide them into safe waters.

But now the people of Zhouzhou are weak and lack everything. They no longer have the high spirits they once had.

The people of Zhouzhou hunt mermaids, lock them with ropes and hooks, and let them go to the sea to look for pearls and corals.

The strong mermaids became underwater collectors of the Zhouzhou people, the weak mermaids were used to feed livestock, and the mermaid corpses became bait to lure out more mermaids.

The anger that had been suppressed for many years finally erupted at some point.

The mermaids began to fight back frantically, sinking ships, destroying docks, dragging Zhouzhou people underwater and drowning them. They raised a large number of cane toads and dumped these poisonous creatures into Zhouzhou people's villages and settlements.

As soon as the Zhouzhou people's ships entered the southern waters, they would be attacked by mermaids, resulting in the shipwreck or being attacked by some deep-sea monsters.

The hatred between the two ethnic groups is deepening.

At this moment, the old man in the straw raincoat and hat finally took action.

This god who rules the world sends out his apostles.

The apostle announced the oracle of peaceful co-governance between the two races, and also put an end to the protracted Civil War.

After another two eras, the hatred was gradually diluted by time, and the Zhouzhou people and the mermaids began to cooperate.

They traded with each other, and fruits, grains, and livestock from the north were transported by ships to the south on the sea, and exchanged for oysters, fish, sea vegetables, pearls, and corals from the sea.

The mermaids learned simple hand-weaving and leather processing from the Zhouzhou people, and the Zhouzhou people learned from the mermaids how to identify the sea directions and how to avoid dangerous waters.

The land provides livestock, fruits, vegetables and herbs that are not available in the sea, while the sea provides large quantities of fish and various minerals that are lacking on the ground.

The sea and land tribes entered a honeymoon period, and the [Red Coral Mirage] was the witness and creation of this period.

The existence of red coral and mirage allows the Zhouzhou people and the mermaids to see each other across the sea. The mirror formed by the refraction of the mirage makes each other's world clearly visible, which makes transactions and exchanges smoother and faster.

The northern land and the southern ocean are connected in a way that has never been seen before.

Later, the god Straw Hat and Old Man became a subordinate god of the dragon clan and fixed the Nine Wheat Pillars under the sea of ​​Zhou Island.

Dragons of various shapes and forms began to appear in this world.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Their mere existence and appearance has brought a series of changes and opportunities to the world. The existence of dragons has also made the Zhouzhou people and the Jiao people more cautious and have sought mutual support.

This is also the most peaceful and stable time on the island.

In the sixth era, the gods and dragons suddenly left the Nine Grain Pillar, which was then destroyed and the fire of faith in the entire world was quickly extinguished.

The fall of the gods came without warning, but the drastic changes in the world have quietly arrived.

In the 7th Era, the entire world entered an extremely cold era. The northern land was covered and submerged by heavy snow, icicles grew on the capes, and the sea surface in the offshore area turned into thick ice. A large number of land animals died in the cold, and trees continued to wither and collapse.

The ocean became the biggest food source for the Zhouzhou people. They broke through the ice to catch fish and asked the mermaids for help.

At this time, the mermaids' long-suppressed resentment and ambition to conquer the land were no longer hidden. They rejected the Zhouzhou people's request, blocked the coastline, and prohibited the Zhouzhou people from entering the sea.

As trees became fewer and fewer, fuel for burning fires for heating quickly ran out, and the people of Zhouzhou desperately searched for food and firewood.

But the reserves on land were already a drop in the bucket, and eventually, the Zhouzhou people completely died out in this long and cold era.

A new era has arrived, the ice has melted, and the land and ocean have become warm and moist again.

The mermaids celebrated with each other. They had finally ended the humiliation of the past, completely wiped out the Zhouzhou people, and became the only civilized masters of the world.

However, the temperature continues to rise.

In the 8th era, the entire island of Chau was plunged into extreme heat.

Red and green algae floated on the sea surface. These algae spread throughout the waters, causing a large number of fish in the sea to die or become sick. The mermaids were poisoned and infected after eating these fish.

Without the medical treatment provided by the Zhou people, the mermaids are unable to heal themselves and their numbers continue to decrease.

While the mermaids were weakened, a ferocious small mermaid was born in the sea.

They have strong survival abilities and can eat seaweed and various poisonous fish. Even if only half of their body is left, they can still swim in the water for a long time.

The mermaids began to hunt weak mermaids in groups because the mermaids' fat was delicious and could provide a lot of strength.

In this hot and bright era, mermaids either died or escaped.

They ultimately failed to survive this difficult period, became prey to deep-sea monsters, and retreated into their basic animal instincts of survival and reproduction.

The once prosperous northern and southern civilizations came to an end in the world records.

(End of this chapter)