Chapter 407: Primitive Man
Click!
From the roulette wheel, there was a sound similar to that of a clockwork turning.
Lin Ye stared at the piece of iron intently.
As the sound spread, the iron sheet began to rotate, just like the pointer on a timepiece, and began to rotate with the dot as the center.
The speed was very slow at first, but then it became faster and faster, turning into a circular afterimage on the disc.
After a long time, the iron sheet finally stopped rotating.
Lin Ye glanced at the time number on the side of the time wheel.
6584542!
A seven-digit horrific number.
More than six million days, which means a time gap of 20,000 years.
Lin Ye seemed to have thought of something, and the next moment his mind changed and he returned to the other world.
The scene around me changed.
Light replaced darkness.
Lin Ye looked around. There were mountains and rivers. He was standing on the hillside at the moment.
It is more accurate to say that it is a flood than a river.
Looking far away, there was a vast ocean. From time to time, trees were washed away by the flood and floated past his eyes. Lin Ye looked around and found that he was not the only one around, there were other people.
But these people were all bare-chested, with only a small amount of tree bark covering their bodies.
primitive!
When seeing these people, the word "primitive people" popped up in Lin Ye's mind.
Did I go back to a different world 20,000 years ago, when humans were just beginning to originate and develop?
Twenty thousand years!
This time is reasonable. Take the history of the earth for example. Human beings have been around for tens of thousands of years, but the history of true civilization is only about ten thousand years.
Human beings are vulnerable at this time.
Faced with the ravages of natural disasters and floods, there are not many ways to deal with them, and the only choice is to flee their homes.
Lin Ye looked at these primitive people with fear and panic on their faces. Faced with the raging flood, they could only hide in this mountain. But looking at the extent of the flood and the rising level, it was obvious that it would not be long before this mountain would be flooded and these people would be swallowed up by the flood.
Kirikiri...
Someone in the crowd uttered notes that Lin Ye couldn't understand, while the other primitive people all looked at the person who was speaking, and from time to time they followed suit with some "jilijili" sounds.
They seemed to be discussing, but also seemed to be arguing.
After a while, the crowd stopped arguing, and the male primitive who had spoken suddenly leaped into the surging flood.
The flood quickly buried the primitive man, but a few seconds later, a head appeared in the flood ten meters away. When the other primitive men saw this scene, they shouted in surprise.
Although he couldn't understand the language, Lin Ye could tell from the expressions and actions of these primitive people.
The primitive man who jumped into the flood should have thought of a way to save his companions, which was to jump into the flood and float down with the flood. With Lin Ye's eyesight, he could see that there was a high mountain a few miles away in the direction of the flood.
Compared to this hilltop that could be submerged at any time, it would be absolutely safe on that high mountain.
Soon, many primitive people in the crowd also jumped into the flood, most of them were strong men, while some women and children remained on the hill.
But even among the strong men, only half of them emerged from the surging flood, and the rest were directly swallowed up by the flood.
Lin Ye looked at the only old people, children and women left on the hill, and seeing the despair in their eyes, Lin Ye wanted to help them, but as he waved his hand, he realized that he was just a consciousness, or to be more precise, he was just a spectator.
He was unable to affect any grass or tree here, and even when he jumped into the flood, there was not a single splash.
It's like someone watching the movie "Titanic" and constantly shouting to the passengers on the ship on the screen: "Don't get on the boat, don't get on the boat", but it's useless.
The flood continued to rise, and seeing these people about to be swallowed up by the flood, Lin Ye felt regretful but did not feel that the primitive people had done anything wrong.
At this time, humans did not have much of a sense of kinship and family. They gathered together only to be able to better find food and deal with wild animals. It was normal for them to leave in order to survive when they encountered danger.
The flood was only one meter away from the top of the mountain. These primitive people huddled together, and when the flood reached their feet, one of the old men suddenly pushed away the people around him and knelt down.
The old man knelt in the water, kowtowed continuously, and mumbled something. When the other primitive people saw his actions, they also knelt down.
The flood continued to rise, almost submerging the people's waists . Just when Lin Ye thought that these people might not be able to escape this disaster, the flood suddenly receded.
The crowd cheered, feeling the joy of being reborn after a disaster.
While Lin Ye was happy for these people, he was looking at the receding flood. He was very curious as to why the flood was receding.
Did these people’s prayers work?
Or is it just that the flood has passed its peak and started to recede at this time?
Before Lin Ye got the result, he returned to the roulette wheel and the pointer started turning again.
6581542!
The number of days was reduced by three thousand, which means almost ten years had passed.
Lin Ye returned to the other world.
Two groups of people appeared in front of him, one group had only about ten people, and the other group had hundreds of people.
They were still dressed as primitive people, and Lin Ye recognized the primitive man who was leading the group of ten or so people. He was the one who had jumped into the flood ten years ago, because there was a crescent-shaped scar on his forehead.
From the positions and expressions of the two groups, it can be seen that both sides are in a state of hostility and are having a heated conversation.
Unfortunately, Lin Ye still couldn't understand the conversation between the two parties.
A few minutes later, the man with the crescent mark left with a dozen people, and the rest of the people knelt down again, praying something. As these people knelt down, Lin Ye noticed that many people fell to the ground behind them.
Illness!
Looking at the faces of those who fell to the ground, Lin Ye knew that they were sick.
In primitive times, being plagued by illness meant the end of one's life.
As these people knelt down to pray, a beam of light fell from the sky and landed on those who were lying on the ground suffering from illness. Their complexions gradually improved as the light entered their bodies.
Lin Ye just took a look and followed the small group of people who were leaving.
The team didn't get far. They stopped after walking only two hills because five or six people also fell to the ground.
Obviously, these people were also infected by the disease.
The leader pursed his lips as he looked at his companion lying on the ground, and finally made a cruel decision.
He abandoned these people where they were and left with his other six companions.
Unfortunately, even so, they could not hold on. Three days later, two of their companions died when they were chased by wild beasts.
Seven days later, two more companions were infected with the disease.
A month later, the remaining two had a conflict with the leader and chose to leave.
On the top of a mountain, Lin Ye looked at the primitive man with a crescent face, who was sitting alone on a huge rock, standing quietly, silently.
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The roulette wheel needle turned again, and this time, another ten years passed.
In Lin Ye’s picture, it was still this primitive man, but the difference was that this primitive man had a companion by his side.
It is not correct to say companion, but having a child.
Three children, about six or seven years old, followed the primitive man, but the primitive man’s wife was not seen.
In ten years, the primitive man's skin became darker, but his body became more muscular. He was already able to hunt alone. Lin Ye saw with his own eyes that the primitive man killed a wild boar with one punch.
It is hard to imagine that a primitive man could have such power.
The primitive man had great strength and speed, so his children would not starve. However, not starving did not mean that they would not get sick. Half a year later, his eldest son Daodao fell ill.
Chatter.
This is the name Lin Ye gave to the primitive man’s eldest son, because the most common syllable in this child’s speech is “chatter”.
diarrhea!
Lin Ye saw Daodao's symptoms. In modern society, diarrhea is not a big problem, but the key point is that this is a primitive society, and any disease can easily take a life.
Lin Ye watched the primitive people take care of the child until he fell asleep. Then, under the moonlight, the primitive people sat beside the campfire one by one, just like the scene Lin Ye saw last time, silent and not saying a word.
After a long time, when the moon was about to set, the primitive man used wood to put out the bonfire in front of him, returned to the children, and lay down.
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A cliff!
Lin Ye just looked at the primitive man standing there and sighed slightly in his heart.
Half a month had passed since that night, and he saw that the three children of the primitive people had died one by one from the infectious disease.
We also saw primitive people carrying their sick children to tribes where people gathered, but those tribes did not take them in and were unwilling to treat their children.
Although he didn't understand the language, after observing the lives of the primitive people for so many days, Lin Ye also saw the reasons why these tribes refused.
Primitive people, without faith.
The people in these tribes all have their own beliefs.
When they encounter natural disasters or illnesses, they will kneel down and pray.
Although Lin Ye didn't know where the power of their prayers came from or which god it was, it was indeed effective.
The primitive man looked at the cliff below. Just a quarter of an hour ago, he threw the last child who had died of illness off the cliff, and then turned and walked into the jungle.
Lin Ye was once again pulled back by the Wheel of Time.
This time, three years passed.
When Lin Ye saw the primitive man again, he was shocked by his behavior.
On the top of the mountain, in the sea of clouds, primitive people were actually practicing boxing, and they were doing it quite well.
