280: primitive civilization

"Host, after System's scan and detection, the civilization on this planet is still in a primitive stage of living off the land. People live in tribes and have not yet developed into a feudal dynastic era."

System's answer surprised Lin Yang: "Is it that backward?"

"Yes, Host, these are some images System has captured. Please watch."

System directly showed him some video footage.

The footage appeared to be of a tribe, numbering about several thousand, making it a large tribe. The people in the tribe were dressed exactly like the primitive people depicted in domestic TV dramas.

Animal furs were casually made into coats to cover their bodies, though men only had clothes around their waists, obviously for ease of hunting and to save fabric for women, the elderly, and children.

Their way of life was also very backward, with ceramic pots cooking food over open fires.

There was almost no difference from what was shown in TV dramas.

Although he knew that civilizations at various stages existed in the universe, witnessing this primitive tribal society, which only existed in textbooks on Blue Star, still filled Lin Yang with astonishment.

Besides this, Lin Yang also noticed that all the people in this tribe, without exception, looked distressed, even the children.

Everyone was very quiet. Except for infants still in swaddling clothes, even toddlers who looked to be only two or three years old had no light in their eyes, and everyone's expression was strangely heavy.

This made Lin Yang feel very strange.

Although life in the primitive stage was relatively difficult, it wasn't to the extent that even three-year-old children would show such heavy expressions.

How to describe this feeling? If he had to put it into words, it was probably a state of having lost hope in life, with only numbness in their eyes.

For adults, this was understandable, but for even three-year-old children to be in such a numb state, Lin Yang found it a bit odd.

Suddenly, one of the images made Lin Yang's eyes narrow: "System, this image, can you zoom in a bit?"

He pointed to a stone wall, on which there was a blurry carving that looked familiar to him.

"Host, are you referring to that stone wall?"

"Yes, zoom in on that carving."

"Alright, Host, the camera has been zoomed in for you, and ultra-clear mode has been enabled."

As System's camera zoomed in, after clearly seeing the carving on the mural, Lin Yang's pupils instantly contracted, and he couldn't help but say, "This carving, is it a spaceship?"

The mural on the stone wall was actually the shape of a spaceship, which greatly surprised Lin Yang.

"Yes, Host, it indeed looks like a spaceship mural," System also confirmed.

"It seems other technological civilizations have landed here before."

Although somewhat surprised that a spaceship mural would appear on this primitive planet, Lin Yang quickly grasped the key point.

The universe is vast, and there are numerous technological civilizations, all of which explore unknown planets. Therefore, it was not surprising that spaceships from other technological civilizations had visited here.

He just didn't know why that civilization didn't teach these primitive tribes life skills.

"Could it be that they didn't want to disturb a group's self-evolution process?"

Then Lin Yang thought of this possibility.

Some advanced civilizations offer assistance to backward civilizations, teaching some technologies to accelerate their progress towards technological civilization.

But there are also some civilizations that believe in letting nature take its course and do not easily interfere with the development of lower-level civilizations.

Thinking of this, he suddenly recalled the strange rumors and records on Blue Star.

On Blue Star, there are also some peculiar mural patterns that current science cannot explain.

Especially in some ancient countries in Africa, there are still some people who maintain a tribal way of life, and within their tribes, there are many ancient mysterious legends and strange drawings.

Some people speculated whether those strange patterns were left by Aliens after they landed, but this claim had no evidence to support it, so everyone gradually treated it as a joke.

However, judging by the mural of this tribe, perhaps those things on Blue Star that current science cannot explain truly might have been recorded by the people of that time after advanced Alien technological civilizations landed.

"It seems that after returning to Blue Star, it's very necessary to explore those strange legends. Based on the patterns and records, we might be able to find out which civilizations have visited Blue Star," Lin Yang said.

Previously, it was believed that Aliens had never appeared on Blue Star, but now it seemed that might not be the case.

Perhaps Blue Star's coordinates and location had already been exposed.

This was not good news.

"Host, we can now land directly outside this tribe. There's a large open area outside this tribe that's suitable for parking a spaceship. Would you like to land, or find another place?" System suddenly asked.

"Land directly? Isn't that a bit much?" Lin Yang hesitated.

"Host, it's fine. Since Alien spaceships have landed here before, and these natives have seen them, they should be relatively receptive."

System explained:

"Furthermore, the situation here is very similar to the primitive society of your home planet. You can collect some materials to take back, which would also be valuable historical research data."

"Of course, the most crucial thing is that it's safe enough here. Currently, Apocalypse is severely damaged, and for a complete repair, we can only rely on Lin Mu."

"You and Cang Miao haven't received professional knowledge and skills training and cannot undertake the repair work. However, for Lin Mu to repair the spaceship alone, it's estimated to take nearly two months for the initial repair. During the repair process, Apocalypse needs to be in an absolutely static state, with all internal equipment and functions turned off. In this situation, you and Cang Miao will encounter some problems in your daily lives. Although this tribe is a bit backward, it can still provide some basic assistance."

System strongly recommended directly crash-landing and staying outside this tribe.

"This... alright then, let's make an emergency landing in the open area outside this tribe." Lin Yang said no more.

The next moment, Apocalypse directly proceeded to make an emergency landing in the open area outside this tribe.

And this huge commotion instantly startled everyone in the tribe.

Everyone looked up at the slowly descending Apocalypse, and deep panic and unease were visible in everyone's eyes.

Especially the children's eyes, which showed even more fear, as if they had seen some great terror approaching.

Lin Yang was a bit puzzled.

The reactions of these tribal people, besides panic, showed almost no other emotion.

There was no shock that should have been present upon seeing a spaceship; instead, there was only intense fear.

This was a bit off.

"Did the Alien civilization that arrived in spaceships before do something terrifying to them?" Lin Yang couldn't help but wonder to himself.

Because the behavior of the people in this tribe was truly abnormal.

Logically speaking, in such a backward primitive stage, even if they had seen a flying spaceship before, they should still be shocked and curious upon seeing one.

However, there was no sign of shock on the faces of anyone in the entire tribe, big or small.

Curiosity was even less to be expected; Lin Yang couldn't read that emotion from their eyes at all.

Their reaction made Lin Yang feel that perhaps an Alien civilization had done something horrific to them, causing them to involuntarily feel fear upon seeing a spaceship.

Just as Lin Yang was lost in thought, he suddenly heard a trembling voice from within the tribe:

"God, didn't we just offer our sacrifices? Why have you returned again? It's not the agreed-upon day yet, and our tribe's sacrifices haven't grown up."

These words made Lin Yang freeze for a moment.

God?

Sacrifices?

Grown up?

What was all this about?

...I'm too embarrassed to say, there was another unexpected incident at home today, which caused a delay. I will absolutely, absolutely, absolutely make it up tomorrow!