Life has dealt a heavy hand to a weak demigod like me.

Before Abara could even smile with joy, the man continued, "It is precisely because I have not given up on you that I choose to let you sacrifice yourself for the Pure White God."

"Only in this way can your compatriots live better, right?"

At this time, by the campfire, dozens of people had light green light in their eyes, and at the same time, strands of saliva appeared at the corners of their mouths.

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Chapter 45: Charles, this word is really confusing

"I have always believed that the most essential difference between humans and animals is the ability to use tools."

"The origin of human civilization stems from the use of fire."

The masked man was suspended in the air, looking at Abara who was struggling in the pot, and spoke seriously to the people whose eyes were filled with hunger, possessiveness and animal desire.

"So, next time you eat people, at least cook them thoroughly."

"If we make it into soup like this, everyone can have some, right?"

In response to his words, no one spoke; their eyes and minds were all focused on the pot.

At this time, the person in the pot no longer screamed, and even stopped making any sound...

"This feels really wonderful." Hogot said as he looked around.

"It's really a wonderful feeling to walk on gold for the first time, but I'm more curious about how these plants can grow like this with such a small amount of soil." Peroz squatted down, cleaned the soil at the roots of the trees a little, and saw the roots that were completely rooted in the gold.

The Island of Jevers is also known as the Island of Gold. Except for some water and a thin layer of soil on top, the entire island is made of gold.

Even if the trees growing on it were cut down, the core inside would be made of gold.

"Stop...don't move..." Hogot said to Peroz while holding the camera.

"Professor Barton..." Peroz was a little helpless.

"Will you cooperate with me? This is the first photo ever taken of the Golden Island." Hogot said as he pressed the shutter.

"Finks, Perozzi, if I die here, remember to take my camera with you. Then you must tell the people at the newspaper that I took these photos."

Although he has had many legendary adventures and possesses outstanding professional knowledge, it's just that sometimes his pursuit of fame and fortune makes his colleagues feel helpless to complain.

"Don't mention the word death when you are exploring. This is what the high priest said in the Five Gods Era." Peroz said while keeping his composure and showing an elegant smile.

"I've read his book. He talks about some strange laws. When you think something bad might happen, it's bound to happen," he said as he took pictures. "But I've always felt that what he said is very unscientific."

"Superhumans themselves are unscientific products."

"No, no, no. I've always believed that the existence of extraordinary people can actually be explained by science. It's just that our current understanding of the world is not enough." Hogot pressed the shutter a few more times and said quickly.

"Then Doctor, you might consider living until people have sufficient knowledge of science and then tell me your discovery." Peroz said as he slowly stood up.

"If we can live to that time." He shrugged and threw the camera in his hand into the bag he was carrying.

"You two stop chatting and come over here and take a look."

Standing on the edge of a cliff, Finks shouted loudly to the two of them.

The two looked at each other, then quickly walked to the place Finks mentioned.

"This is the most likely 'key' to the island's secrets that we discovered during our first visit, but the cryptographers on board didn't recognize the words on it."

After hearing what Finks said, the two became interested.

As a man of considerable fame on the sea, Finks is not the kind of man to rely on luck for adventure.

The cryptographers or related experts on his ship may not be as good as some famous masters, but they are at the level of ordinary university lecturers or even associate professors.

These people are proficient in more than just one or two scripts. Even some ancient scripts that they are not very proficient in or are relatively niche will seem familiar to them.

But according to what Finks said on the ship, there was a problem that the cryptographers did not recognize or could not even record the text.

"There must be rules imposed by the demigod, so it cannot be recorded." Hogot said as he walked forward.

"Perhaps it's the characteristics of the text itself, such as the legendary "divine text." Peroz also made his own guess.

But when they reached the cliff, they looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.

"Zhu Xia language? This language is quite obscure..."

Zhuxia language is a kind of "secret code" that was often used as an encrypted text to convey important information between the Five Gods Churches before the Dark Ages.

The origin of this text is Charles Rocks.

Well, this is the Charles who is almost losing contact due to excessive whoring in the City of Eternal Night.

His original plan was to transform his missionary country into a country similar to the one in his memory.

Therefore, preparations were also made in terms of text.

However, before this plan could be implemented, he traveled through time again.

The original Zhuxia language was Chinese characters, but he was very busy at that time and wrote less than a thousand words in total.

After that, his teacher simply helped him complete it.

In addition, the secret codes of the church throughout the ages have been cracked and modified.

Apart from the fact that the current Zhuxia language looks square, Xiaer himself can hardly recognize a few characters - even if he can recognize them, the meanings expressed by those characters are probably far from the original meanings of the characters.

If Charles were to see the words on the wall, he would not feel the slightest bit of familiarity at all, and might even make him feel a little confused - what the hell is written on this?

"After the decline of the Five Gods Church, this Zhuxia language dictionary was lost. During the Dark Age and the Golden Age, some places still used this language as a code. But in the years that followed, it was gradually abandoned."

"After all, the Zhuxia script is not part of the same system as all existing languages, making it difficult to learn. Furthermore, although this language was endowed with power by the True God, that power was only wielded by the God of Nature. After the God of Nature disappeared, this script became just an ordinary script, so it gradually became lost."

The God of Nature refers to Charles' teacher, who was also responsible for compiling the various Xia languages ​​​​circulated in this world.

"If the White God is using these words to hide his secrets, then the role I can play in this matter is relatively small."

Hogot said while carefully observing the words on the cliff.

He has studied Mississippian, ancient Giant language, ancient Elvish language, and even runes, divine language, and Nia language.

But Zhuxia characters... He thought about it carefully. He had studied them for a period of time, but because of the age and incompleteness of the books, he knew less than fifty Zhuxia characters. Moreover, he was not sure whether these fifty characters were true or false and whether the meanings they represented were the same as what was said in the book.

"If it's Zhuxia, then give up. After all, Zhuxia is not only difficult to learn, but most importantly, there are many versions of it. In the church at that time, apart from the text experts who specialized in transmitting intelligence, few people were proficient in multiple versions of Zhuxia."

A few people were a little discouraged. They didn't expect that after entering the island, they would be stumped by the issue of writing.

"Actually, there's no need to be so pessimistic... If we can't parse the text, we can start with the pictures."

"In fact, most adventurers look for clues by following the map. We can do the same." After hesitating for a moment, Hogot said seriously.

This method is indeed quite common, but in the world of expedition archaeology, common methods mean danger.

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Chapter 46: The Tomb? The Missing Proverbs

"Finks, apart from this wall, have you found any other clues?" Looking at the two silent people, Hogot continued to ask.

"Damn it, you bastard, are you really not afraid of death?" Finks originally thought that as a cryptographer, Hogot had been able to live for so long, and he must be very cautious and careful in doing things.

But now it seems...

He was wrong, and terribly wrong.

"Since Professor Barton has said so, Uncle Finks, please tell us all your findings."

Finks stared at the two of them for a long time, then he waved his hand, slowly turned around, and continued walking towards the side of the jungle with his men.

Along the way, some dried bloodstains could be seen here and there, but there were no corpses or bones.

If Finks hadn't mentioned the situation here before, this would probably be a nice scenic spot for many people.

Because they needed to guard against possible enemies, that is, the "people" guarding the island, they advanced slowly.

It was almost dusk when they arrived at a cave under the guidance of Finks.

When they approached the cave, Finks first waved his hand to signal them to be quiet, then he walked over alone, observed carefully for a long time before nodding to everyone.

"This place was the residence of a cannibal who was here before."

"I killed the original owner of this place, then set up a simple camp here and stayed for two days."

"But besides those masters, this place has other masters."

"This appears to be a tomb. Of course, it's not the tomb of the White God, but the tomb of his followers."

"Inside the cave are some murals and some artifacts that are very old. My ship's decryption expert met with an accident before I discovered this place."

"You might find something."

Although this island is the "Island of Resurrection" chosen by the Pure White God for himself, it is not just his tomb.

Before his death, he had many devout believers.

After his death, these believers were the first to guard this place. As they gradually grew old and died, this place gradually became known to outsiders due to some accidents. Then, groups after groups of people, some seeking to change the world, some seeking money, set foot here and stayed here forever.

The entrance of the cave seems a bit hidden because it is covered by vines and water.

When you walk in, you will see a very narrow path. About forty meters ahead, the surrounding environment suddenly becomes bright and open.

Finks walked in first and took some dry branches to light a bonfire.

He glanced around and said, "It seems that no one has been here since I left."

His words were ignored by Hogot and Peroz.

At this time, all their attention was focused on the murals inside the cave.

"One man stood in front of the army, and the armies of different countries couldn't help but lay down their weapons... This should be talking about the efforts made by the Pure White God to stop the war." Peroz said while looking at a mural.

In the eyes of those who have been here, the Pure White God is a demon, a god of extreme evil, but in the history of the outside world, the Pure White God is not only a hero who ended the "Black Fire Age", but also has done many great things.

"The mural here shows the scene of his preaching. I have seen a similar painting in Willisk." The mural in front of Hogot showed a man sitting on a chair, and below him were countless people listening to his teachings very seriously.

"Here...here is the record of the Pure White God being injured." Peroz took a few steps forward and said with some excitement.

In front of her, a monster with fangs and a ferocious face stabbed a fork into the chest of the Pure White God.

Behind this mural, there is a description of the Pure White God escaping and then coming here.

However, the mural ended abruptly here, which gave Hogot and Peroz a strange feeling.

"It shouldn't be like this..." Hogot looked at all the murals here again with a strange expression.

If this was painted by a believer of the Pure White God, then it should not end at the place of escape. The Pure White God's final motto should be behind the mural.

The purpose of the murals was to promote the Pure White God, but Hogot and Peroz felt it was a bit strange that they laid the groundwork but did not give a final conclusion.

"Finks, you said this is a tomb? I think this should be a meeting hall or something like that."

In addition to the murals, Hogot and Peroz also found some relatively primitive-looking stone benches and tables around.

"The White God's principles include opposing extravagance and debauchery and urging a return to the most primitive nature. He is described in 'What I Saw, What I Heard.'"

"There are a few words on it."

[As a deity, his residence is not overly luxuriously decorated. It can even be said that it is not a house, but simply a masterpiece of nature's magic.]

[Walking there, guided by the rock, we can see the great radiance in Him.]

"Generally speaking, historians believe that the White God resides in a cave, and his followers also have similar habits."

Finks scratched his hair and pointed at the empty space above him. "I'm not an expert, so how can I know if this place is for living or burial?"

"But maybe it was a place for people to live in before, but now it definitely has the function of burying people."

"I reached the top of the cave earlier and looked around. There were several human bones hanging there."

"These bones were definitely not left behind by the people currently guarding the island."

They eat people...but they never leave any bones, and they are such complete bones.

"Let's go up and take a look." Taking out his mountaineering pick and looking around, Peroz quickly identified a route to climb up.

"Little Perozzi, honestly, you should buy some Horcruxes that are suitable for various scenarios instead of just using whatever you can find. This is not only troublesome but also likely to cause some damage here."

"If you just want to go up and take a look, I do have a nice Horcrux here."

As he spoke, Hogot took out a palm-sized blanket from his bag.

"Ganfor's flying magic carpet. This is what I got during my expedition to Marzina. Although it's a bit slow and doesn't have many protective features, most people think it's just a toy."