Lord God: Times have changed

Chapter 430 New World

Main task: quell the internal disputes in the mountains and seas

Reward: 100 attribute points, [-] skill points, [-] million points
Advanced main task: Solve the problem of climate anomalies in the mountains and seas
Reward: 120 attribute points, 300 skill points, [-] million points
Challenge task: Defeat the goddess, or any one of the three complete artifacts

Reward: 120 attribute points, 600 skill points, [-] million points
Time limit: three months
"Mountain Sea Realm?"

Zhou Ming muttered these three words, but for a while he couldn't be sure what kind of world this really belonged to.

However, he also has a guessing direction.

The world described in Shan Hai Jing!
But then again, the Book of Mountains and Seas, as an ancient book, records a bizarre, unimaginable, strange world full of gods and demons.

I don't know how many works rely on or refer to the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

Zhou Ming can think of seven or eight different works just because of the feature of "the world described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas".

Based on this alone, I am afraid that it is still impossible to determine which world this is.

The information about the subsequent challenge tasks is even more vague.

Goddess?

Among the heavens and worlds, the number of people code-named Tiannv cannot be counted.

Three artifacts?
This vocabulary, of course, is the most famous of the three artifacts in the Japanese mythology, that is, the Tiancongyun Sword, the Eight-foot Qiong Gouyu and the Eight-foot Mirror.

But these three artifacts, although they are the most famous under the term "three artifacts", but in many myths and legends, there are other combinations of artifacts, which will also be called "three artifacts".

For example, in Greek mythology, the artifacts created by the three Zeus brothers, the Cyclops and the Hundred-Handed Giants, that is, the lightning of Zeus, the invisible helmet of Hades, and the trident of Poseidon, combined together, are also known as It is called the Three Artifacts.

Let's get closer.

In The Legend of Sword and Fairy, the Fuxi Sword, Shennong Ding, and Nuwa Jade enshrined by the Shushan School are also called the Three Artifacts.

Therefore, these two nouns also cannot tell what world Zhou Ming is in.

Thinking of this, he directly closed the panel, ready to find the creatures in this world and inquire about information.

This time, the main god's teleportation was not so hellish, it simply teleported Zhou Ming to a mountain.

There was a small village at the foot of the mountain. Zhou Ming's mental power shrouded it. He listened to the conversations of all the people in the village, but he didn't get any useful information.

This is also normal. When ordinary people in the village chat with each other, that is to say, if the parents are short-sighted, no one will talk about national affairs or the structure of the entire world.

Speaking of which, this is an ancient-style world. There are not so many and such good information transmission technologies. People in ordinary small villages like this don’t even understand this world, or even what their country looks like. At most Know what's going on around your village.

However, Zhou Ming learned the location of the nearby city from their conversation.

Zhou Ming also found something very strange, that is, all the people in this village were women and children, not a single man.

Not even boys.

"Could it be that the war conscripted all the men?"

Zhou Ming thought of the main mission to explain what disputes were happening in the mountains and seas, so he guessed from this.

The ancient marriage system was not monogamous. On the one hand, it was because men had a higher power status in ancient times. On the other hand, it was also because the ratio of the number of men and women was very unbalanced in many cases, especially during wars.

Because during wars, men are often forcibly recruited and then die on the battlefield, leaving a large number of women in the country.

If we say that there are 1000 million people in the whole country, including 9000 million men and 8000 million women, if the monogamous system is still followed, it means that [-] million women will not be able to marry.

This is obviously not acceptable.

Therefore, during ancient wars, villages full of women like this are by no means common, but they cannot be said to be rare either.

Of course, there is another possibility.

"The country of daughters... or the country of women!"

Daughter Country, of course, comes from Journey to the West.

The Kingdom of Women comes from the Shan Hai Jing, which is recorded in the Overseas Western Classic and the Great Wilderness Western Classic.

As the name suggests, all the kingdoms are women.

If the area where Zhou Ming is currently located is the country of women, then it can be confirmed that this world is the world recorded in the Shan Hai Jing.

Zhou Ming escaped into the void, and appeared at the gate of a city in an instant.

The city gate is guarded by heavy soldiers, and every soldier is a heroic woman in battle armor.

The passers-by at the gate of the city are naturally all women.

The sudden appearance of a man like Zhou Ming at the gate of the city naturally attracted the attention of passers-by.

Looking up, there are three large characters engraved on the city gate.

women's country.

In the stories of Shan Hai Jing, there are various strange countries, but these countries are generally relatively small. A city or even a village with thousands of people can call itself a country.

Because of this, the name of the country will be directly written on their city.

The same situation is also reflected in Journey to the West.

The four masters and apprentices traveled westward all the way, passing through many small countries, many of which are just a city.

For example, in the country of Nabhichu, this is the case.

Since it is a country of women, it is basically certain that this world of mountains and seas is the world of Shan Hai Jing.

Zhou Ming walked towards the city slowly, and at the same time released his spiritual power to detect the information in the city.

Unexpectedly, when he reached the city gate, soldiers on both sides stopped him suddenly and asked, "Which country are you from?"

Zhou Ming was taken aback.

Immediately realized a problem.

If this is the world of Shan Hai Jing, then it means that there are many strange countries in this world, and the people of each country look strange and have their own characteristics.

This is calculated, but it is a country of women, whose appearance is the same as that of the human race.

But all are women.

That is to say, a man like Zhou Ming is not only not available in Women's Country, even in the entire mountain and sea world.

Of course, if there are normal human races in this world, then naturally this problem will not exist.

However, judging from the attitude of these guarding soldiers, there should be no normal human race.

Otherwise, there would never be such a question.

Because of this, Zhou Ming couldn't answer this ordinary question.

From this, we can see the importance of intelligence. If Zhou Ming understood the world, he could change his appearance before coming here, and there would not be so many problems.

Seeing that Zhou Ming couldn't answer, the eyes of those soldiers gradually became sharper.

Zhou Ming was in a bad mood, so he immediately released his skills, superimposing fantasy and spiritual power, instantly covering everyone near the entire city gate, weaving memories.

And he himself escaped directly into the void, hiding in the cracks in space.

After a short while, everyone at the gate of the city moved as usual, and the two groups of soldiers returned to the positions they were standing just now, with normal expressions on their faces.

In their memory, Zhou Ming did not appear from the beginning to the end, so naturally there was nothing abnormal.

Zhou Ming walked in the void, looking at the scenery in the city through a layer of space, and soon found a dignified and solemn palace, which must be the palace where the lord of the women's country lived.

He entered it, turned around a few times, found the location of the Library Pavilion, and began to search.

Then, he gave up.

Because, illiterate.

He can still understand the language circulated in this world, but the text is really different, so he really can't understand it.

But it doesn't matter, because during this period, his spiritual power also enveloped the whole city, constantly collecting various information, and roughly pieced together the general appearance of this world.

This world, as Zhou Ming guessed, is the world of Shan Hai Jing, where there are many kingdoms, each with its own uniqueness.

At the same time, in this world, there are also many strange creatures, some strong and some weak.

However, there are still four kingdoms in this world that do not exist in the Shan Hai Jing.

Qinglong Kingdom.

White Tiger Country.

Suzaku Country.

Xuanwu Kingdom.

These four countries are the four strongest countries in this world. They are located in the east, west, north, south, and four directions of the entire world. In the middle of the land of the four countries, there are many strange small countries.

Qinglong Kingdom is located in the east, but it does not live on the ground, but on the top of the [-]-meter-high building. Because it is too high, it is very inconvenient to go up and down, so it gradually loses connection with the whole world.

Although there are legends of the Qinglong Kingdom in the world, many people may not be able to meet a person from the Qinglong Kingdom in their lifetime.

The White Tiger Kingdom is located in the west, and its people are brave and good at fighting.

Suzaku Kingdom is located in the south, where the weather is hot and dry, which is most suitable for them.

To the north is a mysterious sea. In the sea, the Xuanwu Kingdom is located on an island.

The era of peace lasted for thousands of years. There may be friction in the middle, but it usually subsides quickly.

Until recently, for unknown reasons, the weather was abnormal, and a severe drought swept across the whole world, and it lasted for a long time, and it does not seem to stop until now.

The inland swamps and rivers are gradually drying up, and the flowers, plants and trees are all yellow and dead.

Although the women's country is all women, the leaders of several generations are quite wise, so the national power is rising steadily. Although it is not as good as the four major countries, it can be said to be one of the strongest countries under the four major countries.

With a strong background and accumulated food, there is no need to worry about it in a short period of time.

But those small countries are miserable.

In particular, some countries whose civilizations are relatively low and still rely on hunting and gathering fruits to feed their citizens will be even more catastrophic.

The weather in the south was already hot and dry. Drought came and the temperature rose further. Suzaku Nation was short of food, so it launched a foreign war and annexed several small countries, and even set its sights on White Tiger Nation.

The White Tiger Kingdom united with many western countries to form the "Baiyuan Alliance" to resist the invasion of the Suzaku Kingdom.

The Women's Country is located in the west. Because of its strong national strength, it has become an important pillar of the White Plains Alliance, and is now responsible for the logistics of the White Plains Alliance.

This is the current situation in this world.

"The Women's Country is an important part of the White Plains Alliance. Facing the invasion of the Suzaku Kingdom, the people of the Women's Country naturally support the White Plains Alliance. The information I got is all from their conversations with each other.

During such conversations, they may naturally favor the White Plains Alliance, thus forming one-sided information about Suzaku Kingdom..."

Zhou Ming didn't fully believe the information he had summarized, because the source of the information was not too reliable.

Suzaku Kingdom annexed several countries because of food shortage?

Is it annexation, not sure!

The climate in this world is abnormal, and the weather is extremely arid. Even the Suzaku Kingdom, one of the four great nations, is short of food, so the other small countries that are also in the south must face an even worse environment.

Suzaku Kingdom annexed them, and although they got the land, they would also get more food pressure.

Therefore, it is also possible that these many small countries directly surrendered to Suzaku Kingdom in order to survive.

Different positions have different views on a matter.

So Zhou Ming didn't fully believe this information.

But at the same time, he is also very concerned about it.

After all, the requirement of the main task is to let him comment on the internal disputes in the entire mountain and sea world.

If it is said that the Suzaku Kingdom started the war because of the lack of food.

On the contrary, it is simple. With Zhou Ming's method, there will be a heavy rain to alleviate the drought, plant seeds, and then use Qingdimuhuanggong to stimulate them, and a large amount of food can be easily produced.

Regarding this point, Zhou Ming is very confident that he can do it.

Because this mountain and sea boundary is said to be one boundary, but in fact the map is not too big.

The whole world is probably a little bigger than Zhou Ming's cave world.

In such a big world, if Zhou Ming tried his best, he could even rain heavily on the whole world, let alone a mere south.

However, if Suzaku Kingdom launched the war, it was not because of food, or it was just one of the reasons.

The real reason is because of the ambitions of the top management of Suzaku Kingdom.

If Zhou Ming wanted to quell the war, he had no choice but to go to Suzaku Kingdom to fight those guys.

The most troublesome thing is... both...

"However... These two methods should not be the normal process of completing the main task..."

Zhou Ming thought.

According to past experience, the main missions are very simple for reincarnations.

However, the two methods that Zhou Ming thought of seemed to be beyond the reach of normal reincarnators.

Call the wind and shake the rain?Eliminate drought directly?
Although the effect is good, this skill is not standard for reincarnators. Reincarnation without this skill may not be able to do this at all.

"There is still too little information."

Zhou Ming shook his head, "It would be great if I could remember what kind of world this is... I always feel that the situation in such a world is a little familiar. It seems that I have indeed seen information about this world."

Inside the memory palace.

Numerous books were flipped through, and one message after another appeared in Zhou Ming's mind.

After a while...

"found it!"

A book of information emerged from the palace, and as the pages of the book were opened, all the information also appeared.

The world of mountains and seas, the goddess, the three artifacts, the four kingdoms...

"So that's it, it's actually this world!"

There was a hint of clarity in Zhou Ming's eyes.

(End of this chapter)