Chapter 1090: Chapter 41: The Survival Status of the Sea People Tribe
In order to arm the Sea People and have them carry the line, this idea cannot be said to be wrong, the problem is what exactly do the Sea People need to carry?
Godzilla?
The origins of the Sea People are completely different in Eastern and Western mythology.
According to Eastern mythology, the so-called Sea People are a primitive tribe from ancient times who worshipped Wuzhiqi, were expelled from Jiuzhou, and forced into the East Sea. They later gradually adapted to life under the sea and lost contact with land people.
In Western mythology, the Sea People are called Deep Divers, a certain Ancient God sealed in the deep sea whose blood polluted the seawater, causing mutations in marine life and thus creating humanoid monsters.
The authenticity of Western mythology is still under examination. After all, in their cultural tradition, not to mention monsters living in the sea, even if you have the wrong skin color, you’re not considered human.
Stricter ones believe that apart from worshipping their own lord, nothing else is considered human and all deserve to die.
Eastern legends are also somewhat unreliable, after all, in everyone’s general understanding, Wuzhiqi was just a water monkey casually suppressed by Dayu, does anyone actually worship this creature?
But in any case, there is no reproductive isolation between Sea People and land people.
There are historical records of Sea People intermarrying with coastal fishermen, establishing families and having children, which Eastern people see as proof that the two sides can communicate. But Westerners see this as indescribable horror.
Foreigners are particularly sensitive, they react to pretty girls raising black cats, burly men wearing sheepskin jackets with strange hairstyles, and fishermen with webbed hands.
Be that as it may, the cultural level of Sea People tribes is indeed primitive, still maintaining the savage traditions of killing and plundering, even the Shallow Water Tribe that interacted with land civilization is no better.
Someone like Liu Pangxie who goes ashore for study is indeed considered a rare young talent for miles around.
Not only in the sea, but the situation among those primitive tribes in the deep mountains and forests on land is similar.
Therefore, the country’s development and construction is a long and arduous journey.
There are no female workers in the mecha assembly workshop because a batch of Sea People has been recruited here.
A dozen buzz-cut youths emitting a fishy smell are rolling around laughing and joking on the floor, chasing and playfully scuffling; besides looking human, they differ little from monkeys.
This is what Assistant Director Hou mentioned as the elite troops recruited from the Sea People Tribe.
Director Hou introduced Master Cai to Wang Yunxiao. Master Cai is in his fifties or sixties, said to have been a notable craftsman from the Mohist school, later self-taught Western engineering technology, now the most skilled eighth-level machinist in the Navy Equipment Department.
The old man has a big temper and does not show much kindness even to Assistant Director Hou, and is even more contemptuous of young Wang Yunxiao. But upon hearing that Wang Yunxiao was the young hero who brought back the Heavenly Armor, his attitude softened a bit.
But only relatively softened.
“What disgraceful old thing, let it hang in Lanton Museum forever, why bring it back?”
Master Cai’s words are dismissive, yet his gaze towards the remnants of the Heavenly Armor is filled with an indescribable mix of emotions.
It’s the end of an era, but also the beginning of another.
“Weapons are created solely for war. If they are seized without firing a shot or swinging a blade, it’s not just the soldiers’ shame but also the craftsmen’s shame.”
“That nonsense about winning without a fight is just scholars’ prattle. Too much reading has muddled your brain, thinking Foreigners can reason with you. They understand nothing of reasoning, only this!”
Master Cai picked up a solid hammer and clanged it loudly against the nearby Copper Gong.
The laughing Sea People youths yelped and got up from the floor, forming a neat lineup.
“Armor up!”
Master Cai roared, and the group of youths turned and ran.
“You actually fought in battles yourself. In a while, after they wear the armor, you can give your assessment.”
Master Cai turned to Wang Yunxiao and said, “Whether the armor is practical is something you frontline fighters can understand. The theories taught in classrooms can only provide a rough direction, but they aren’t reliable.”
Wang Yunxiao curiously asked: “What are we fighting against in the Deep Sea region? Other Sea People Tribes?”
“There are Sea People, but the real threat is the Sea Serpent Clan; many Deep Sea Sea People tribes are subservient to the Sea Serpent Clan.”
Master Cai explained to Wang Yunxiao in detail.
The so-called Sea Serpent Clan, as the name suggests, is a species of giant serpentine creatures living in the deep sea, mainly distributed in South Asia and the South Pacific region.
To put it simply, it is the Naga that Garuda eats as snacks daily in Indian mythology.
Later, it was mistakenly translated into the Dragon Clan domestically.
The footprint of the Sea Serpent Clan is spread across the world, recorded in various countries’ myths, such as Hydra, Yormgad, Xiangliu, Yamata… generally speaking, the more heads, the more formidable.
It is said that the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy fleet, after colonizing India, drove Sea Serpent Clan as their vanguard to enhance the fleet’s combat power. There are witness records from decades ago during those two wars.
This species is formidable mainly because they dominate the sea, but they aren’t as arrogant on land. Due to their huge size, once ashore and losing the buoyancy of seawater, their bodies become exceptionally heavy and difficult to move.
They are easily targeted and bombarded.
Many were destroyed after crawling ashore in the South, their bodies sliced and sun-dried by local villagers, said to taste delicious when cooked, invigorating and blood-enriching, nourishing and strengthening.
On land, they pose no threat, but in the sea, it’s different.
They have formed a unique symbiotic relationship with Deep Sea Sea People tribes.
The Sea People regard them as deities, offering enemy corpses and even their own tribespeople as sacrifices to worship them.
As these sea snakes enjoyed the offerings, they were gradually tamed, becoming war weapons of the Sea People tribes, following the Sea People to hunt everywhere.
Who’s serving whom isn’t clear; in any case, there’s no morality involved, with constant internal battles and rampant exploitation in shallow sea regions, viewing the Shallow Water Tribe as livestock, repeatedly attacking and plundering.
Talk to them about territorial boundaries, they completely don’t understand; they’re like ancient nomadic peoples without the concept.
To deal with such unchecked and irrational barbarians, only using pure violent force to inflict pain will make them remember.
But unlike nomadic peoples on land, the sea doesn’t lack food sources. Furthermore, those Sea People tribes are particularly fertile, reproducing rapidly, so even if the elder generation is beaten, the youngsters won’t remember the lesson.