Chapter 486 - The Collapse of the Empire - Silver Snake Clan
Under night.
Feng Qi stepped onto land again and stepped on the beach.
Feeling the softness of the white sand under his feet, Feng Qi could not remember how many days he had spent swimming in the sea.
At this moment, I feel an inexplicable unreal feeling when I step on the beach with my feet. I feel that my feet are soft and unable to bear any force.
But after taking a few steps, the body quickly completed the adaptation.
The floating feedback feeling under my feet disappears.
Behind him, Xiaoyou and others also followed him ashore.
The armor-piercing body that had not landed for a long time was swaying, and it seemed a little difficult to control the balance of the body.
Thunder and Taihang also landed at this time.
Compared with armor-breaking, their status seems to be more relaxed.
Only Xiaoyou continued to hang in the air, unwilling to come down and move around at all.
Feng Qi then raised his head and looked towards the island.
There are no dense green plants on this island, and there are weird and rugged rocks as far as the eye can see. Countless firefly-like creatures have fallen on the rocks, lighting up the entire island.
As they moved forward, frightened fireflies flew into the air, burning and spreading rapidly like flames ignited on the grassland. Soon, fireflies were flying over the entire island, creating a spectacular scene.
Crossing the area where the rocks stood, and continuing to explore inside, Feng Qi saw many strange statues in his sight.
These statues are carved from rock.
It has stood here for an unknown number of years, and there are obvious signs of corrosion on the surface. Many statues have even been weathered, and their appearance cannot be seen clearly.
The statues have different shapes, but they generally have a silver mark that looks like a coiled snake imprinted on the chest.
Continuing to walk inside, he saw a dilapidated building.
Stepping into it, Feng Qi discovered that it seemed to be a temple used for sacrifice.
In front of the temple are many altars for sacrifices, and in front of each altar stands a jade statue.
Under the corrosion of time, the jade has become dim and even the body is mutilated.
There were many rubbles scattered in the temple. Feng Qi looked up and saw that the temple had collapsed and there was a huge hole. Through this hole, he could see the "brilliant Milky Way" hanging in the sky.
The temple is not big, so they walked around quickly.
Without staying too long, Feng Qi took Xiaoyou and others out of the temple and continued walking towards the island.
From the sights he saw along the way, he was basically certain that there had been racial civilization here.
Maybe it was a war, maybe a migration, or a natural disaster... In short, there should be no racial forces on this island now. Otherwise, there would be no life on the island, and many ancient ruins and statues would not be left untouched.
reason.
Time has almost erased all traces of the existence of racial forces on this island.
Continuing to walk inside, there are more and more dilapidated buildings along the way. From these collapsed buildings, we can vaguely see the prosperity that this racial force once had.
When Feng Qi arrived at the center of the island, the sight in front of him shocked him.
Countless metal debris can be seen scattered in every corner of the sight. Some of these metal debris have become rusty due to the corrosion of time, but the degree of civilization development here can still be seen.
At the end of the metal debris is a tall, square building.
A silvery-white soft halo of light spreads around the building, and the ancient formation has not dissipated, and is still running slowly and hard, absorbing the light of the stars.
Stepping forward, I looked down and could vaguely see the ancient spiritual patterns engraved in the metal debris under my feet. I could also see many metal hoses that looked like wires connecting the metal debris.
These ancient things reminded Feng Qi of robots.
With curiosity, Feng Qi stepped into the tall building at the end.
The first thing you see is jade pillars with a diameter of three meters arranged neatly inside, with a staircase winding downwards in the center.
When I came to the stairs, I lowered my head and looked down. My sight could not penetrate the deep black.
"Is there a trap down there that will refine us when we enter?" Taihang, who had been following silently, suddenly spoke up at this moment.
"Young man, that's your despicable behavior. Don't make everything so complicated."
At this moment, Lei Lei looked at the little milk dog Taihang with disdain, his eyes full of disdain.
Faced with Lei Lei's ridicule, Taihang nodded depressedly and did not reply.
Although he has joined the team, Taihang always considers him to be at the bottom of the team and never quarrels with anyone.
Especially when facing Feng Qi, Taihang's face could only be flattering.
"Boss, why don't you go down and take a look? There may be a miraculous item waiting for us to dig out." Xiaoyou analyzed with a serious expression.
"Forget about miraculous items, it would be nice to have a treasure."
Walking along the stairs to the bottom of the building, the murals carved on the walls attracted Feng Qi's attention.
In order to see clearly what the mural described, he walked very slowly.
The mural depicts a race of beings with a silver coiled snake mark carved on the left chest. They use the bright silver moon in the sky of their domain as a totem of faith. The silver coiled snake pattern imprinted on the chest is also modified from the pattern on the moon.
Just like when the ancients looked at the moon, they felt that the landforms on the moon looked like Wu Gang was cutting down osmanthus trees from a distance.
Some people think it is like a jade rabbit making medicine.
The races on the island looked up at the full moon, thinking it was a coiled silver snake, and regarded it as the totem of the race.
It can be seen that this race has a very ancient history.
He has rarely encountered racial forces that still regard totems as their origins after traveling for so many years.
According to the description of the mural, after the emergence of totem belief, several nearby tribes that were attacking each other gradually gave up their disputes and merged together.
At this point, the Silver Snake Clan was born.
The Silver Snake tribe described in the mural does not practice any martial arts, nor does it have any advanced civilization technology. This race is like a primitive tribe, making a living by hunting wild beasts in the oldest way.
Continuing to go down, the content on the mural changed.
It can be found that the Silver Snake tribe on the mural began to grow, and they learned to plant spiritual plants and breed beasts in the field.
The advancement of civilization has increased the number of ways to obtain food. After meeting basic needs, the population of the Silver Snake tribe began to grow explosively.
In the mural that continues downward, the first crisis appeared in the development of the Silver Snake Clan.
The invasion from foreigners comes.
The foreigners on the murals were depicted in distorted and ferocious appearances. They mercilessly slaughtered members of the Silver Snake Tribe and took away a large amount of resources accumulated by the Silver Snake Tribe.
After this battle, the Silver Snake clan suffered heavy losses.
But it was this battle that gave the Silver Snake Clan a strong sense of crisis.
After the population was greatly reduced, the Silver Snake tribe began to study how to become stronger.
During this period, the first pioneer priest of the Silver Snake Tribe was born.
It was it that developed the first cultivation method of the Silver Snake Clan, which can absorb the moonlight swayed by the "Moon Snake God" and incorporate it into the body with the spiritual energy to nourish the body.
This crude technique is the origin of the rise of the Silver Snake Clan.
Since then, the Silver Snake Clan has embarked on a rapid growth journey.
The original social model of men hunting and women planting, breeding, and raising offspring was abandoned, and the social system became more clearly divided.
In the Silver Snake Tribe at this time, the high priest had supreme power and was regarded as the Silver Snake God's agent in the world, as well as the Silver Snake God's most loyal messenger and servant.
At that time, both men and women of the Silver Snake Tribe would receive blessings from members of the sacrificial group at the age of 10, and then decide on their future positions within the tribe.
At this stage, the Silver Snake tribe has extremely strong racial cohesion, and their combat power has grown explosively.
The progress of civilization has also given rise to many new ideas within the clan.
Some people began to doubt the existence of the Silver Snake God.
The Silver Snake Clan thus fell into a stage of intra-clan strife and ushered in the second crisis of destruction.
The civil war lasted for a long time, the murals were covered with corpses, and countless lives were lost in the civil war with different ideas.
In the end, the faction that believed in the Silver Snake God won the final victory.
The development of the Silver Snake Tribe has finally ushered in a period of peace, and the pace of civilization growth continues.
The content of subsequent murals recorded the growth of the Silver Snake Tribe.
The utilization and development of resources, the research and expansion of cultivation methods, and the reform of social structure... This race is developing rapidly, with a population of 500,000.
The third crisis came from the increase in demand for resources as the population grew. The Silver Snake tribe stepped out of their territory for the first time and began to expand.
During this period, the Silver Snake clan had its moments of glory, but was also beaten back to the clan's territory several times.
In the most tragic incident, almost all of the Silver Snake clan's sacrificial corps were killed in battle, and the order within the clan was on the verge of collapse.
But the resilient Silver Snake tribe once again overcame this difficulty.
During this period, the growth of the race was accompanied by the increase in access to resources, showing a leap forward development.
During this period, many scholars were born in the Silver Snake Clan.
They began to study the principles of how the world works, to explore the origin of life, and the future direction of racial development.
At this time, the Silver Snake Tribe Priesthood no longer has supreme power.
The first clan king was born in the clan.
The sacrificial group is more like a symbol of the old order, but it is still respected by all members of the Silver Snake clan. It is one of the institutions responsible for the clan king to maintain stability within the clan.
The development of the race has reached this stage, and it has entered the realm of successfully entering civilization.
The Silver Snake tribe is ushering in a time when hundreds of flowers are blooming.
There are more than 200 occupations in the clan, and the division of labor of each occupation is clearly depicted on the murals.
During this period, the Silver Snake Tribe also officially took the step of conquest and growth.
In order to obtain more resources and territory, the construction of the Silver Snake Clan's combat power has become the first task of the tribe's development. All members of the Silver Snake Clan are proud to join the intra-tribe war unit and expand territory for the race.
The mural cannot tell the passage of time, but Feng Qi can feel how many years it has taken the Silver Snake Clan to reach this point.
The rapid rise of the Silver Snake Tribe also ushered in a turning point in the following mural content.
With the establishment of the Silver Snake Empire and the large-scale expansion of its territory, this force has always been developing rapidly.
But a new crisis also emerged.
In the following years, the Silver Snake Empire became very bloated, and it even took several years for the clan king to convey orders to the frontiers.
Under the pace of expansion, the seeds of racial collapse have been planted.
Honkai's first crisis came from the threat from external forces.
At this time, the Silver Snake clan was very strong, but there were still stronger racial forces outside.
These forces have innate suppression on the Silver Snake Clan. They have excellent bloodline potential. They have obtained the ticket to become a strong person from the moment they were born. The Silver Snake Clan's heritage has been completely crushed.
Encountering these truly powerful clans, the Silver Snake clan has been defeated repeatedly.
A large amount of resources are allocated to the front line, but the front line can no longer support the rear through war, and the development of the Silver Snake clan has entered a vicious cycle.
In order to solve this problem, scholars of the Silver Snake Tribe began to study how to speed up the construction and development of the race's combat power when the bloodline potential is weak.
Many schools were born during this period.
The genre with the most high hopes is called "War Machine".
Scholars of this school are committed to the research and development of war engineering weapons, and solve the decline of the front line by creating powerful war machines, so that war machines can replace soldiers to fight against those powerful racial forces.
During the years when the Silver Snake Empire continued to shrink its defense lines, the war faction also grew stronger due to the tilt of resources within the clan.
Finally, foreigners invaded the capital island of the Silver Snake Tribe, and the crisis of genocide came.
That day, endless seawater came from all directions, submerging a large area of the Silver Snake Clan's territory, and many traces of the Silver Snake Clan's civilization sank to the bottom of the sea.
The end of the great flood is coming.
On the day depicted on the mural, the Silver Snake Tribe's last hope, the war corps, was dispatched.
Countless war machines and puppets fight against foreign enemies.
Even though the patterns on the mural were very abstract, Feng Qi could still see how brutal the battle was.
Countless machine wreckage fell from the sky, and the sky turned red like fire.
At the end of this battle, the war machine built by the Silver Snake Clan using the entire clan's heritage was almost completely destroyed, but the Silver Snake Clan also won the final victory in this way.
It's just that the Silver Snake clan paid an irreparable and heavy price in this battle.
The Silver Snake Empire, which was already on the verge of disintegration, could no longer maintain its operations and collapsed.
The territory of Silver Snake is still there, but it is divided into different forces.
Although the former royal capital is still there, it no longer has absolute control over all the forces of the Silver Snake Clan.
As a result, the Silver Snake Tribe split into multiple racial forces.
Since then, each race has developed different civilizational characteristics over time.
Some races are still following the path of cultivation and growth. Their physical characteristics are different from those of the previous Silver Snakes, depending on the techniques they practice.
The description on the mural made Feng Qi suddenly think of a passage that an old fan once said when introducing domain races.
He said that there are actually many seemingly unrelated races that may have the same racial origin.
For example, after the collapse of the same race, the remaining tribesmen dispersed and migrated to different environments, and later practiced different methods of growth. This would lead to changes in the appearance of the race as it grew.
Especially the difference in practice methods.
The essence of cultivation is to nourish the body and allow one's life form to evolve.
Stretch this length to one hundred thousand years, or even one million years.
Two different cultivation methods will inevitably give birth to two races that look completely different.
After all, the two races are no longer connected, and there is no longer any interbreeding and reproduction, so it is an inevitable trend to become strangers.
Cultivation methods, living environment, racial culture... are all factors that change a race.
The Silver Snake tribe on the mural is experiencing racial divisions and changes.
During this period, some forces migrated due to the invasion of foreign enemies, and some forces collapsed due to internal conflicts.
The huge Silver Snake Empire has completely become a thing of the past.
The Silver Snake clan, which has moved towards different growth systems, has different racial names due to division and change.
Silver Star Clan, Silver Snake Clan, Yinteng Clan...Silver Moon Clan.
When he saw the familiar silver moon pattern, Feng Qi couldn't help but froze.
Below this pattern, there is also a brief introduction to the Silver Moon Clan.
The Silver Moon tribe described in the mural is the last glory of the Silver Snake Empire and the orthodox successor force of the War Machine School.
They have mastered the plans to create war puppets, war engineering machines, etc., and are the last forces to leave the Silver Serpent Empire.
At the end of the mural, the remaining members of the sacrificial troupe are still guarding the dilapidated royal capital. They use spiritual patterns to carve the murals in memory of the past glory.
Everything started with the sacrificial group, and finally it was the sacrificial group that wrote the final chapter of the Silver Snake Empire.
At the end of the scene, the priests gathered around a huge semi-finished war machine. They stood on an island submerged by the sea, looking at the silver moon in the distance and performing their final prayers.
The eyes of the priests were full of expectations, but also full of regrets.
This last mural is full of visual shock, giving Feng Qi the feeling of a group of twilight old men, standing lonely under the starry sky.
Even though they can no longer walk, they still wish the separated wanderers to move towards a better future with the inheritance of the former Silver Snake Empire.
