"Not good, run!"
My face changed, and I immediately grabbed Qu Xiangyun's hand, running towards the depths without looking back.
Xavier was initially confused by my tension, but then she seemed to remember something, calling out to everyone to follow me quickly.
On the way, Qu Xiangyun asked me, puzzled, "Dear, what happened? Why are you so nervous?"
As I pulled Qu Xiangyun deeper, I turned and explained, "Since the sounds are coming from these insects, and we are now surrounded by countless sounds, it means there are thousands upon thousands of them nearby. The savage entered here yesterday, and we saw he was already parasitized. This means these insects actively seek out humans to parasitize! If we don't run, we're finished!"
As if to confirm my words, or perhaps because our accelerated movement agitated the insects, countless buzzing sounds came from behind us.
I felt death chasing us. In my frantic escape, I accidentally glanced back, and the scene instantly sent a chill down my spine.
Behind us, shadows formed by masses of insects were swarming towards us, and in the darkness, countless footsteps could be heard.
Could these insects be controlling corpses to chase us?
As we fled, Xavier drew her gun and fired into the darkness behind us.
The gunshot seemed to agitate the swarm, but there were too many insects behind us, and they were too small. The bullets passed through the swarm without causing any harm.
Seeing that her gunfire was ineffective, Xavier produced a spray from somewhere and stopped to spray a line on the ground.
At this critical juncture, was this troublesome woman not running but stopping to invite death?
I thought to myself, as the swarm approached. Xavier, however, calmly fired a shot at the line on the ground.
Then, flames erupted, completely separating us from the swarm.
"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and run, this fire won't last long!"
Xavier turned and saw us standing still, urging us on.
After running for some time, a bright light ahead led us to a colossal square.
The square was vast, and the most striking feature was the several massive stone pillars supporting its perimeter.
We looked up, and the ceiling supported by the pillars seemed to depict some patterns, while the pillars themselves were covered in peculiar symbols. The Kuai Shu Pavilion.
Professor Guf seemed extremely interested in the symbols on these pillars. He carefully put on gloves and gently traced the patterns.
"I didn't expect to find such treasures here. We definitely came to the right place. Look, these pillars depict how this temple was built."
Professor Guf excitedly explained the stories depicted on the pillars, pointing to a man wearing a grass crown.
"This man should be Xi, the Son of God, spoken of by the Jiuli people. He is the child of a god and a human, a figure mentioned in many Jiuli texts."
Hearing Professor Guf's words, countless questions flooded my mind.
Jiuli people?
Could the savages on this island be the Jiuli people Professor Guf spoke of?
Looking at the temple, the Jiuli people must have once had a brilliant civilization. But why are the savages on the island living a primitive life now?
And how does Professor Guf know their origin, and seem to have read many of their texts?
Looking at the excited Professor Guf, I couldn't help but ask him.
Professor Guf, being very excited, subconsciously replied, "Lu Ziye, you are thinking correctly. The savages on this island are descendants of the Jiuli people. But you don't know that the Jiuli people were not confined to this island. They are considered one of humanity's ancestors, with their bloodline spread across the globe. We have also discovered Jiuli ruins elsewhere..."
So, the history of the Jiuli people is even longer than I imagined!
For a moment, I was speechless, feeling that a history that was once distant was now so close to me.
Every discovery we made here could potentially rewrite the history of human origins!
Thinking of this, I also recalled the unusual plants and animals on the island.
Many of them were like flora and fauna mentioned in books as extinct.
Was there a strange connection between all of this and the Jiuli people on the island?
And what was the connection between all of this and the objectives of Xavier and her group?
Just as I was about to press further, Qu Xiangyun tugged my hand and shook her head at me.
I understood that if I continued to question, I might touch upon matters that could not be disclosed to me, so I suppressed my doubts.
Meanwhile, Professor Guf, after speaking to me, took out some equipment from his backpack, seemingly intending to record all the symbols.
With the immediate crisis averted, Xavier told us all to rest here for a while.
I took a few gulps of water from my bottle, but my excitement was uncontrollable.
Jiuli people?
When Professor Guf spoke of their history, the term sounded very familiar.
Now, as I calmed down, it suddenly occurred to me that in the history of China, who was it that fought against Xuanyuan but the Jiuli chieftain Chi You!
Could this Jiuli tribe be the one formed by the Jiuli people who migrated to China at that time?!
At this thought, my mind wandered further.
The recorded history of humanity is only a little over a thousand years, and earlier events have largely become myths and legends, impossible to verify.
I had initially thought that the legendary battle between Emperor Xuanyuan and Chi You was merely a myth created by immortals. However, after stepping into this temple, my conviction wavered.
If nothing else, judging by the square we were currently in, its age could not be less than two thousand years!
And the era when the Jiuli people were active was undoubtedly even more ancient than this temple!
I felt a lost history slowly unfolding before me, a history that might engulf me, or perhaps allow me to unravel the secrets of this desolate island...