Chapter 203 The Words of This World
Many people know that the earliest writing was hieroglyphics.
However, few people know that the places where characters first appeared were mostly in areas used for sacrifices in each region.
A scholar once said that the history of the development of human civilization is a history of continuous conquest of nature.
The idea of conquering nature seems to be imprinted in human genes. Even in an era when productivity was underdeveloped, people could not change it directly, so they began to learn to understand and predict it.
However, due to the limitations of cultural level, people were unable to give reasonable explanations for some natural phenomena and would attribute these things to supernatural forces, and thus God was created.
For example, weather changes affect crop yields. They believe that these are all caused by an invisible hand manipulating the situation, which results in those inexplicable phenomena.
As for how to predict, it is through "talking to God", that is - divination.
Therefore, in every tribe, sacrifice and divination are very important things.
Even if you don't eat, you still have to offer the best food to the gods in order to obtain "god's guidance" and pray for the gods to bless you.
In this process, words gradually emerged.
For example, China's oracle bone script got its name because it was carved on bones or tortoise shells. It was originally used for divination and recorded important local events.
The animal world is no exception.
The current Beastial Age is roughly equivalent to the Paleolithic Age on Earth. In fact, it is not yet the time for the appearance of writing, but it is not ruled out that it will appear earlier due to some special reasons.
Seeing Si Ye's reaction, Xia Tian thought that something very similar to the words she wrote had appeared in this world. As for whether it was already written or just some symbols, she had no idea.
She explained, "This isn't just for divination. Where I live, everyone uses it, and they use it as a tool for recording and communication."
This was beyond Si Ye's comprehension. He frankly admitted, "I don't know any of this."
In the beast world, these characters are only accessible to the high priest, and there must be a priest in the Great Beast City. In ordinary tribes, there are only witch doctors.
The process and results of the priest's ritual are kept completely confidential. Even the city lord cannot participate or interfere. Therefore, there are probably no more than ten people in the entire Beast World Continent who know these symbols.
Now, Xia Tian wrote it out easily, which made Si Ye look at her with a higher opinion.
Could it be that... Xia Xia is actually a priest of some beast city?
She said that everyone uses that part of her body, so how could that be possible unless it’s not in this world…
Unlike Si Ye's associations, the interstellar people have deeper feelings for these words.
Thousands of years have passed since the interstellar explosion, but the sense of identity and belonging to human civilization has not disappeared. Instead, it has become stronger and stronger with the passage of time.
So, as soon as Xia Tian wrote those three words, someone in the live broadcast room instantly recognized them. These were the characters of ancient China on Earth!
[I cried, Xia Xia can write Chinese characters! ! ! ]
[Oh my god, anyone who can write this kind of words must be an S-level protected character. Can anyone tell me why she would do a live broadcast?!]
[I suddenly remembered the fear of being dominated by my graduation thesis, which was written in ancient Chinese characters.]
[I suddenly had a guess, could Xia Xia be...]
(End of this chapter)
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