Chapter 155

There is no doubt that before the advent of the steam age, it was quite boring to rely on sails and oars to sail in the endless sea. It was so boring that the captain needed to toss the sailors constantly to ensure that they would not start fighting, fighting or even rebellion because of excess energy.

Of course, none of this has anything to do with Zhang Cheng. He handed over the management right to team leader Eric early. He hid in the captain's room and studied the ancient words and mysterious symbols on the Dragon horn with Celine baratheon.

It has to be said that abducting "little Lori" may be the most correct decision he has made since he came to this world.

Because Celine baratheon not only kept all the books left by the tangorian family firmly in her mind, but also knew a little about the higher valerian language and writing.

You should know that at present, except for a few poems and books, there are still a small number of higher valerian languages. No one can fully interpret this ancient language and text, so it is precious to provide even a trace of exploration direction.

After two weeks of research and interpretation, Zhang Cheng finally figured out the meaning of most of the higher valerian characters. In fact, the translation is just a sentence, or a eulogy.

"Great cronada, you are the original dragon and the mother of all dragons. We offer sacrifices to you in exchange for the power to bind your offspring..."

Zhang Cheng whispered this just cracked sentence, and he didn't know if there was any mistake. A very strange expression appeared on his face.

According to the literal meaning, the varelians seem to have discovered this dragon called cronada before discovering the dragon egg, and all the dragons in the whole ice and fire world seem to be the descendants of this dragon.

Obviously, this information is a little different from his previous information that the varelians found a large number of dragon eggs in the volcano. To be exact, there are no books or legends about the so-called "mother of dragons".

In order to make sure that there was no problem with grammar or translation, Zhang Cheng turned and asked the girl sitting in the chair, "Celine, have you ever read the name cronada in the tangaryan family's collection?"

"Woo... It seems not." the little guy frowned and hesitated for a moment, quickly shook his head.

Since the creepy dead skin on half of her face completely disappeared, her character began to gradually change from introverted and quiet to lively and cheerful. Especially recently, she has been outdoors for a long time, and her originally pale skin color also shows a healthy wheat color. Now she is lying on the hammock to find out the meaning represented by many mysterious symbols on the horn.

But between these symbols themselves, they are far older than the higher varelian characters, and the slow progress is maddening.

As we all know, written language has always been the symbol of mankind's transition from barbarism to civilization. In this process, some civilizations retained the original hieroglyphics, such as the Chinese square characters, while others slowly evolved into letters that are easier to learn and understand, such as the Phoenician letters, the ancestors of all European languages.

Unfortunately, the symbols with different shapes on the surface of the "dragon bonder" are similar to the original hieroglyphics, but the varelians later developed letters.

This means that there is no connection between the two, and it is impossible to infer the meaning of oracle bone inscriptions bit by bit through some ancient books, stone tablets, etc.

Zhang Cheng sometimes even felt that these symbols were not invented by the Valerians, but belonged to a more mysterious magical civilization.

The reason is very simple. What the varelians have created far exceeds the average value of civilization in other regions of the song of ice and fire by tens of times or even hundreds of times. It is like that a country mastering the scientific and technological level of the 21st century suddenly appeared on the earth before BC. Strictly speaking, it is impossible to appear.

Unless

Unless the valerian civilization was not an original civilization from the beginning, all the technology and magic they mastered came from another civilization.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Just as he was lost in thought, the door outside the captain's room was suddenly knocked.

"Sir, the lookout just found that there are many islands ahead. If not, it should be the destination. Now I need you to confirm which island we are going to land on." Eric's slightly excited voice came through the crack of the door.

"Oh? Really?" Zhang Cheng immediately opened the door of the captain's room.

"Yes! Through the telescope, we can already see traces of stone people's activities on some of the islands. We'd better be careful when landing, or we'll be in trouble if we are infected with gray scale disease." Eric explained while making way for the channel and made an invitation gesture.

"Don't worry, I have a way to deal with gray scale disease. In addition, let the soldiers prepare for battle. Clean up the stone people on the island immediately after landing. I don't want these irrational guys to destroy at the critical moment." after that, Zhang Cheng picked up the chart, stepped out of the cabin, stood at the top of the deck and looked into the distance.

By constantly comparing with the chart, he quickly locked the target from countless reefs and islands, and ordered without looking back: "have you noticed the island with half a tall tower on the starboard side? Lean directly over!"

"As you wish!" Eric bowed slightly and began to shout to the sailors to adjust their course.

In less than an hour, the warship named "Enlightenment" dropped its anchor, docked in the Bay near the island, followed by the crew to put down five or six small boats and board the beach in an orderly manner.

Before they had a firm foothold, a dozen stone people covered with gray dead skin suddenly rushed out and jumped at the nearest person.

"Be careful! The Lancer is ready!"

The soldiers who had been prepared quickly lined up, holding a shield in one hand and a spear more than four meters in the other hand, forming a strong defense line.

Shi Min, who rushed to the front, had no doubt completely lost his mind. He didn't care about the glittering spear tip, bumped into it, and let the spear run through his body.

The rest was not much better. There was no trace of human nature in their eyes. They followed them one after another and were pierced by a long gun like moths to the fire.

Their blood splashed everywhere with terrible infectivity, so that the soldiers in the first row had to retreat and frantically scrub their blood stained shields and weapons with sea water. They didn't want to be infected with gray scale disease and were also abandoned on a deserted island.

After killing all the stone people, Eric commanded the sailors to gather the bodies and burn them. Then he found a good place easy to defend and difficult to attack, built a temporary camp, and transported some supplies from the ship.