Section 549

It calmed the emotions of the water friends.

Lu Yu lowered his voice and said with a wry smile:

"Brothers, don't argue for now. Our most important problem now is not the problem of cannibals..."

In order to settle this dispute as soon as possible.

After taking a deep breath, he continued:

"The rumored cannibals do exist. There is nothing to argue about. I bet you that these people are most likely the descendants of cannibals..."

"However, this cannibal is not that cannibal, let alone what is depicted in science fiction movies. The so-called cannibals are just a group of ancient Indians in Latin America."

"Historically, people's knowledge of cannibals first came from hearsay."

"In English, there is only one letter difference between Cannibal and Caribbean. These two words, translated into Chinese, actually mean cannibal and Caribbean."

"This farce originated from the great navigator Columbus. Once, when Columbus was listening to the indigenous people telling how the Caribbean people ate their captives, he misheard a sound and heard r instead of n, so cannibals became Became Cannibal. It is said that the Caribbean people will capture living men, but this has never been confirmed..."

"In most cases, lies are spread from rumor to false, and then the rumors get more and more mysterious."

Although the accuracy of many descriptions of cannibals so far is highly questionable.

Even for a long time, indigenous people and white Europeans suspected each other of being cannibals.

the reason is simple.

It sounds a bit funny.

The whites considered the natives to be uneducated savages.

And the natives think so.

White people capture their brothers and send them to Europe solely to satisfy the Europeans.

but no matter.

There are many confirmed examples showing that cannibalism is no accident.

Cannibals do exist.

Archaeological evidence shows that cannibalism was once very common.

Morgan, the world-famous expert on ancient history, once made relevant arguments in his "Ancient Society".

From the living conditions of the few primitive tribes left around the world in modern times, we can understand the living conditions of the ancient ancestors of modern civilized people.

Many primitive tribes have the custom of cannibalism.

Therefore, the ancestors of civilized people should also have the custom of cannibalism.

But Lu Yu was not sure which cannibal tribe the indigenous people living on this island were descended from.

After all, we haven’t had in-depth contact yet.

However, what the audience said does make sense.

At least, you can’t completely deny it until you know the truth.

Because in fact, most primitive tribes have more or less "customs"!

If we argue from this perspective.

Said they were cannibals.

It’s not an exaggeration.

Immediately afterwards.

Lu Yu continued:

"In the summer of 1998, Professor Marra, a molecular biologist in the Department of Pathology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, conducted the world's first scientific experiment to test the phenomenon of cannibalism."

"The object of the examination is a fossilized human feces from 1150 years ago."

"He hoped to find a special human myoglobin protein in it. If this protein is present in the experimental feces, it proves that this person. Later results showed that the owner of this feces 12 to 36 hours before excretion !”

"More than a thousand years ago, it was not that far away from now. The place where this piece of feces was extracted was a stone house inhabited by ancient American Indians. Finally, after research, experts found that the Grand Canyon area where this place is located was once a thousand years ago. There was a severe drought many years ago. The ancient Indians had no choice but to exchange crops for food.”

"In addition to famine, war, religion, hatred, and even need are the real culprits."

Of course, not all of the same kind referred to here are members of the same tribe.

In most cases.

Their target is still the enemy who invaded the tribe!

From the perspective of a cannibal, "people" as food always have some symbolic value and magic.

Food has meaning.

Cannibalism allows them to achieve a certain degree of self-improvement.

In other words, eating is definitely not just for survival. Eating anywhere is a cultural transformation. It integrates individuals into society and turns the weak into strong.

It gives people recognition. Just like other fortune-tellings that happened in history.

When eating transcends its physical meaning, it becomes a ritual.

In the seventeenth century, a French Dominican witnessed with his own eyes that after killing their enemies, most Caribbean people would eat their corpses to show their achievements and strength.

"In numerous research documents, people have mentioned that in addition to nourishing the body, the purpose of cannibals also has motivations such as self-transformation, display of power, or ritualizing the relationship between eating and being eaten. In other words, with As with other foods, cannibals often want to share the benefits of their food."

"They will regard their enemies as prey and eat them. Their purpose is to "capture souls" to compensate for the lost warriors."

"A few years ago, a popular science program reported that the Flower Tribe in New Guinea also eats the dead of their own tribe to preserve something called Nu. They believe that this is an important liquid that cannot be regenerated in nature. Even for tribes that are keen on cannibalism, cannibalism is not something that can be decided rashly."

"The part of the victim that will be eaten is usually carefully selected, sometimes limited to a very small part, usually the human heart. This process is accompanied by a grand ceremony. In the eyes of the Flower People, eating the meat of prisoners of war can gain the power of the dead. As a supplement, the captors will also wear the skin of the dead and hang the bones of the dead around their necks as decorations, just like what we see now."

Not only that.

In the eyes of many tribes, it is the food of God.

Cannibalism is a form of communication between people and gods.

It is also part of symbolic rule.

After Lu Yu talked about it in a haphazard way, he completely dispelled the audience's doubts.

At the same time.

He also turned his attention back to the firewood pile.

Want to figure it out.

Why did this primitive tribe start such a blazing fire?

Is it?

Or is it offering?

Or?

Just thinking about it.

In sight.

A group of people suddenly walked out of a palm house.

These guys.

Carrying a stretcher-like wooden frame in their hands.

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What are these people doing?

Seeing this scene, Lu Yu's eyebrows were tangled again.

There were even more doubts in his heart.

Is it really as he guessed, this group of primitive natives are holding some kind of mysterious ceremony?

The corpse on the wooden stretcher was frighteningly thin.

The messy white hair had fallen off and there was little left.

It was just skin and bones.

The wrinkled and festering skin was covered with all kinds of strange colored spells.

But even so, it could not completely cover up the large patches of corpse spots.

It seems that this corpse should have been left to dry for a long time after death.

Otherwise.

It couldn't be like this.

At this time.

Several burly men had already carried the stretcher with the corpse and walked to the bonfire.

Soon, after putting on a very pious look, they knelt on one knee and chanted something.

They kept saying spells that were completely incomprehensible.

At the same time, the tribesmen kneeling around all joined in.

The voices became louder and louder, echoing throughout the valley.

It seemed that they were worshiping the corpse.

Who was this person?

Why was there such a big show?

Could he be a heavyweight ruler in the tribe?

Or was this just their unique way of paying tribute, and it had nothing to do with the identity of the deceased?

Lu Yu said nothing.

He hid behind the rock and continued to look down.