Superbase Evolution

Chapter 623: Xuanniao Gives Birth to Shang
Lin Shen thought that Fatty might be a mutated Xuanniao. The Xuanniao Temple here could be dedicated to its ancestor.

However, whether Fatty is a mutated black bird remains to be discussed.

After all, the Xuanniao obtained by the Xuanniao base are all black, and Xuan itself also means black. It is still unclear whether the white bird of Fatty is a mutant Xuanniao.

Lin Shen and his companions were quite puzzled to see the Xuanniao Temple here. After all, compared with the great gods enshrined in the three previous temples, the status of Xuanniao was indeed far inferior.

This made Lin Shen think of something. If he wanted to find Hulu Mountain, he must have the Xuanniao to lead the way. This meant that the Xuanniao had some special relationship with Hulu Mountain. And there was actually a Xuanniao Temple where the Hulu Mountain cave led to. This made Lin Shen feel that things were not that simple.

Fatty crawled out of the backpack, stood on Lin Shen’s shoulder, and stretched his head to look inside.

"The Xuanniao in mythology has a bad reputation," said Ouyang Yudu.

"Why...isn't it...good..." Wei Wufu asked, obviously not knowing the myth of the Xuanniao.

"Have you heard of the myth about the Xuanniao giving birth to the Shang Dynasty?" Ouyang Yudu asked.

"No." Wei Wufu shook his head.

"It is said that in ancient times, the black bird was a messenger from heaven. Three women were bathing in a river when a black bird flew over with an egg in its beak. The egg fell into the river. One of the three women took the egg, swallowed it, and became pregnant. She gave birth to the famous ancestor of the Shang tribe. This is the story of how the black bird gave birth to the Shang people."

Ouyang Yudu paused and said, "From the perspective of mythology, this is a legend of a son of God descending from heaven. But if we interpret it from the perspective of human nature, this may be a crime. We all know that in reality, no matter what kind of egg it is, it is impossible for a person to get pregnant, so there are only two possibilities. One possibility is that the woman got pregnant before marriage, maybe because she was violated, or maybe the man was unwilling to take responsibility, so he could only find such an excuse to give birth to the child. The second possibility is that the egg brought by the black bird is a parasite, and the woman swallowed the egg and was parasitized, which is even more terrifying. No matter which possibility it is, the woman is unfortunate and has endured pain that she should not have endured."

"So that's how it is." Lin Shen found Ouyang Yudu's interpretation quite interesting.

Fatty seemed to want to go in. Lin Shen patted its head and then walked towards the Xuanniao Temple, wanting to see what was enshrined in the temple.

Like the previous temples, the buildings in the Xuanniao Temple have been basically destroyed, and only the main hall is still relatively intact.

The three of them pushed open the main hall door, and just like before, they saw a human-shaped statue hanging from the beam of the temple.

Lin Shen originally thought that the hanging object should be a black bird statue, but he didn't expect that the hanging object was a human-like statue.

What is even more puzzling is that the statue is actually an old man, not the heroine in Xuanniao Shengshang.

"No...that's not a statue...it's a corpse...a human corpse..." Ouyang Yuyang looked at it for a while and suddenly said with a gloomy face.

Lin Shen and Wei Wufu then took a closer look and saw the problem. Although the corpse looked like a statue, there were obvious signs of dried skin.

A normal person's body would be dried up by the wind and would be just skin and bones, but this corpse was still plump as if it were a living person. If it weren't for the weathered skin, it would be hard to imagine that this was a real corpse.

This was also the reason why Lin Shen and the others didn't realize it was a dead body at first.

"In other temples, there are statues of gods hanging, so why is there a human corpse hanging here?" Lin Shen stared at the corpse, trying to judge his identity from his clothes.

Fortunately, his clothes were relatively intact, but the style looked rather special, not a modern popular style, and should be a more ancient robe. Lin Shen didn't know much about ancient clothing, so he couldn't tell what dynasty it belonged to.

After Ouyang Yudu carefully examined it for a while, he said thoughtfully, "Although I can't tell which dynasty the clothes are from, I can be sure that they are not modern in style and craftsmanship. They should be relatively ancient."

"That's strange." Lin Shen couldn't help but frown.

If Hulu Mountain fell here more than two hundred years ago, it would be impossible for particularly ancient people to come here through Hulu Mountain.

But there is another human corpse here, so there are only two possibilities.

Either Hulu Mountain has been here for a long time, so the ancients were able to reach here through Hulu Mountain. Or this corpse is not a human at all, it just looks like one.

"It's better to look at it and see if there is anything on his body." Lin Shen put on the shell and carefully searched the pockets of the corpse's clothes.

Fatty was looking at everything in the Xuanniao Palace with curiosity, his eyes occasionally falling on the corpse, but he did not take any further action.

Lin Shen rummaged for a while and actually found something. It was a jade plaque that was thick at the top and narrow at the bottom, about one foot long.

Lin Shen took the jade tablet and looked at it, and found that there were words engraved on both sides of the tablet. However, the words looked familiar to him, but he couldn't recognize what they were.

"Ouyang, look at what these words are." Lin Shen handed the jade plate to Ouyang Yudu.

Ouyang Yudu took it and looked at it, then said seriously, "This should be a type of writing in the development stage of hieroglyphics. Although it is very different from the writing we use now, it is indeed the writing of human beings. It seems that this is indeed a human being, and an ancient human at that."

Lin Shen rummaged through the corpse again, trying to see if he could find anything else useful.

As a result, there was nothing in this man's pocket except this jade pendant.

"As we are all human beings, we should bury him in peace." Lin Shen lifted up the corpse and took him down from the rope hanging around his neck.

As soon as the body left the rope, it suddenly caught fire, as if white phosphorus met the air, and the whole body was burning.

Lin Shen quickly threw the body away. The body burned madly on the ground and soon turned into a ball of ashes.

"What's going on?" Lin Shen stared at the ash on the ground in a daze, not knowing what was going on and why the corpse suddenly caught fire.

"There's something in there." Ouyang Yudu had sharp eyes and saw something. He picked up a wooden stick and dug in the ashes a few times, and something was pulled out.

After a closer look, it turned out to be a piece of silk-like product. The strange thing was that this piece of silk, which was slightly larger than a palm, was not damaged at all in the burning just now.

(End of this chapter)