Anyway, in the story, Al-Hysen also had a great interest in 'digging up ancestral graves'... to put it more politely, he was very interested in archaeology, and his desire to learn was rising instead of his desire to argue.
Fiona: That's right, we intellectuals all love archaeology, I can attest to that.
[Elhesen: "It would be a shame not to witness the power of these two great gods vying for attention."]
Paimon was puzzled by Elhesen's words: "Didn't you say you had no interest in gods?!"
[Elhaisen replied, "Indeed, no. To me, gods are merely another, higher form of being. You could even call them animals."]
To be fair, Alhesen's ideas are quite materialistic. He believes that the gods in Teyvat are real, so materialism does not deny the existence of gods.
However, similarly, the materialist Erhesen's attitude towards deities was more akin to that of academic research, and could not be described as faith or worship.
Nasita nodded, agreeing with Elhesen's idea, but...
“I am a plant,” Nasita said through the void.
Lin Qiu nodded: "Exactly, when working, we should address plants by their titles (plants)!"
Nasita nodded, clapping her little hands and saying, "That's a good joke."
"Hey? Explain it to me?" Kavi leaned closer.
“Let me explain,” Seno stepped forward.
Elheisen: "......"
The Grass God must have been corrupted by Lin Qiu!
However, Elhesen didn't try to stop him; he was used to it anyway, so he just continued reading.
The group in the story decided to go inside the ruins to take a look, but Rahman's men were physically weak. Even with Nasita's protection, they had been exhausted by the sand vortex and it seemed they couldn't go with them.
[Rahman: "Let them lie here. The Red King will protect his people. Now, I will enter the temple."]
Readers were also amazed, wondering if this was what a fanatic was like, with only miracles on their minds.
However, there are quite a few 'fanatics' in Teyvat, and they would lament that it's simply because they didn't realize they were one.
Their god is still alive, so they cannot empathize with the Red King's followers.
Upon entering the ruins, the group discovered that the plants within were unexpectedly teeming with life, almost completely filling the ruins.
This is a building in the desert, yet it has so many plants?
When communicating inside the ruins, Elhesen addressed Rahman as "Your Excellency," but he himself seemed somewhat dissatisfied with this title.
They're really nitpicking. They're not even satisfied with the way you address me, and they think Elhesen is being sarcastic.
What should I call you if not "Your Excellency"? Or how about "Colonel"?
[Elhesen: "I hope you notice something: this building belongs to the Crimson King civilization, but the power flowing within belongs to the Grass God."]
He wanted to remind Rahman that perhaps the relationship between the Red King and the Grass God wasn't so bad.
If the relationship between the two is really bad, then how come the ruins of the Red King are filled with the power of the Grass God?
However, Rahman did not appreciate Al-Hysen's reminder.
The reason is simple: he doesn't have the Eye of God, so he has difficulty sensing the flow of elemental power. In his view, he can't tell whether Elhesen is right or wrong.
The trust between the two parties could hardly be described as harmonious and without suspicion; it could even be called a 'betrayal of trust'.
Under these circumstances, Rahman would naturally not believe Elhesen's words unless he saw it with his own eyes; otherwise, no matter how eloquently Elhesen spoke, he would not believe him.
But in fact, Rahman was wavering, and the reason is quite simple.
The power of the Grass God permeates all of Sumeru, yet few plants still grow in the desert, but there are so many plants in these ruins.
Clearly, there are deeper secrets here, but we don't know what they are yet.
In order to figure out everything here, the group continued to go deeper and deeper, and the deeper they went, the more amazed they became. What kind of high technology is this?
[Rahman: "As expected of the Red King, this magnificent sight... I've never seen anything like it before."]
To be honest, let alone Rahman, even the readers haven't seen much of him. The Nata people think he's alright, and the dragon technology is quite impressive.
As they continued to venture deeper, they eventually arrived at a large tree.
Chapter 601 Forbidden Knowledge
In the illustration, the tree is a bright pinkish-purple, and the leaves are a deep blue, colors that instantly capture people's attention.
Sure enough, people are attracted to light. In the dim ruins, the sudden sight of such a bright tree immediately drew everyone's attention.
In front of the big tree stood a jackal statue, which looked like a tomb? Could this be the tomb of the Red King?
In the story, Al-Hysen went up to check and found a memorial book engraved on the grave.
The memorial book was written in ancient script, which even the people of the desert today cannot understand, let alone ordinary people. Fortunately, Elhesen was no ordinary person.
[Translated by Elhesen: "Here lie our loyal priests, Kassall."]
"His wisdom is a miracle among men, worthy of praise and song."
Now I understand, the one lying here is not the Red King, but the Red King's priest, Kasale.
Rahman exclaimed in surprise, "You can read the ancient Red King's script?"
Rahman was very surprised, because even he, a fanatical follower of the Red King, could not understand these words.
[Al-Hysen said calmly, "It's nothing. Every young person should learn at least twenty languages before graduation, shouldn't they?"]
"Really? Is that right?" the young man questioned.
But Farussen is not a young person, and she agrees, saying that this is indeed a basic requirement of the epistemological school.
Not bad, not bad. I never thought that I, a remnant of the old era, could find such an ambitious young person in the new era.
In the past, intellectualists wouldn't graduate unless they learned twenty languages, but modern intellectualists don't have such an extreme requirement anymore.
The other scholars of Sumeru were utterly drenched in sweat upon seeing this.
Senior Erhesen, please stop. If you keep going, you'll only raise the academic bar even higher. Our academic qualifications are already worthless; they can't withstand your academic slapstick.
However, many scholars, after thinking about it, felt relieved.
Why let it go? Because what El-Hysen said was 'every young person before graduation'.
To be honest, people like Al-Hysen and Tinari who graduate in their teens or early twenties are absolutely geniuses among geniuses.
Rosalyn and Lisa were young when they graduated, because they were both exceptionally talented.
Even Setare is a genius that only appears once in a century in the desert.
Ordinary people like them are likely no longer young when they graduate.
We were already not young when we graduated, so we didn't need to learn so many languages. That makes sense; the epistemological approach to language and logic wasn't a waste of time.
Unlike the roundabout scholars of Sumeru, Paimon spoke frankly and directly.
Paimon: "He's joking, right?"
Unfortunately, he wasn't joking; he likely knew more than twenty languages.
But it doesn't matter; whether Al-Hysen was joking or not, the people in the story didn't really care.
Because none of them were scholars, they were all uneducated men, and they didn't care at all about the graduation requirements for scholars.
[Sino: "Something's still not right... The elemental energy here is too concentrated."]
"What is the taste of life trying to tell us?"
This makes everyone curious about what the taste of life is like. Just imagining it... the taste of photinia?
This probably isn't it, but it's hard to imagine what it would taste like. However, since this is the Red King's Tomb, it might taste like chicken wings.
Readers didn't have time to think about what it tasted like, because what happened next made everyone's eyes widen.
[System voice: "parses..."]
The jackal statue seems to be speaking! And it's speaking in a mechanical voice! Has the technology of the Red King's era already reached this level?
Everyone came with the mindset of archaeology, but after the exam, they found that they were the 'ancient' ones.
However, upon further examination of the annotations written by Lin Qiu, it was revealed that the one who had spoken earlier was not the jackal statue, but the void terminal that Elhesen was carrying, a function he had modified himself.
I breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, I didn't turn into an 'ancient person'.
[Analysis complete. Elhesen states the conclusion: "It seems there is hidden information remaining on this skeleton."]
I understand, dig up his grave!
"Coincidentally, there are instruments left behind by the Crimson King civilization in the tomb. I will project the information onto those devices."
Disappointing, turns out we didn't need to dig up the grave.
Wait a minute? What did you just say? An instrument left behind by the Red King civilization? Projecting it out?
After all that, it turns out the Red King civilization's technology is still quite exaggerated!
Rahman crossed his arms and scoffed, "Doesn't sharing knowledge violate your principles?"
This statement is purely a satire of the Cult of the Church, because the Cult of the Church treats knowledge as a resource, and sharing it at will is illegal.
[Al-Hysen: "It's against the rules. But given your presence, I hope you receive this information directly."]
"You'll understand after you read this."
Kavi was somewhat surprised that Elhesen wasn't angry.
This doesn't make sense, does it? Isn't he known for his bad temper? How come he's so patient now? Is he only bad-tempered towards me?
Before he could even complain, Kavi discovered that the following content was actually a series of illustrations.
My attention was completely drawn to the illustrations, and I lost all thought of complaining.
The opening scene features a black screen with white text.
Civilization was born from knowledge.
The illustration features a sun, pyramids, eyes, and quicksand, clearly dating back to the Red King's era.
However, the same knowledge can also destroy civilization.
The black substance, like tears, flowed from the eyes before the sun, into the pyramids, and seeped into the earth.
Disaster struck without warning; it was knowledge from another world!
The illustration is very intuitive; it's clear that this black, flowing-like substance represents knowledge that doesn't belong to this world.
And now, it is permeating the world.
Since the Red King brought "forbidden knowledge" to this world, it has spread like a plague.
The 'black water' continued to seep downwards, and the scene shifted to above the city, where the desert people clutched their heads in agony.
My mind is filled with insane ramblings.
The image shows the back of a person, and black scales begin to grow on his back.
Grayish-black scales covered the spine.
So crazy, it truly deserves the name Crazy Thursday.
The Sumeru Man's eyes widened. Wasn't this the Demon Scale Disease? Could this be the origin of the Demon Scale Disease?
What exactly is this 'black water'? Why did the Red King bring it here?
The answer is here: Lin Qiu asked Abe to draw more illustrations than the original.
The people in the illustration seem to have been disturbed by an external god, and their sanity has dropped to zero.
They howled, they wept, they prayed to the gods; their civilization and their gods collapsed at that moment.
Until a touch of green appeared.
Chapter 602 The Desert Forgot Everything
It has to be said that the story of Sumeru really has a Cthulhu feel to it.
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