Chapter Five Heritage

  At this moment, the thing held in the hands of the leader of the apes is emitting a deep golden light overall, with an elliptical structure, extremely smooth surface, and at the top, as if born naturally, there is a small hole, a dark chain passes through this hole, forming a loop not far away.

  Now at the other end of this dark chain, a cleverly designed buckle was split in two, causing the ring-shaped chain to appear broken, and it seemed that this was the result of the ape leader's sudden pull just now!

  Despite reminding himself countless times that such a thing was now fundamentally impossible, Chen Xuan pinched himself hard after taking over the object with a familiar pure color texture, and while feeling intense pain, he had to admit that he hadn't fainted.

  This is a lump of gold!

  He held the polished gold nugget in front of him, took a deep breath, and carefully examined it with a reverent attitude.

  Looking at the black chain tied to the gold bar, and the familiar button-like connection on it, Chen Xu couldn't help but take a deep breath, feeling that his worldview had undergone a drastic change in an instant, this ideological shift was even more intense than seeing a ghost.

  If it weren't for his good mental quality, he would have probably just fainted directly!

  If this piece of gold can be said to be naturally produced, then this unknown chain metal and the button-like structure that requires complex craftsmanship to manufacture, Chen Xu dares to guarantee with his head that unless it is supervised by the old heaven itself, nature cannot produce such a thing even if it is ghostly skilled.

  As soon as Chen Xu saw this thing, an idea emerged in his mind, that is, this thing must not be made by apes. Although its structure is simple, the technology it contains is not simple. To be honest, even China before the Qing Dynasty could not have produced this thing. This is a product of the Industrial Revolution!

  Looking at the oval-shaped gold ingot in his hand, Chen Xu's head was filled with a buzzing noise, and he couldn't help but feel deeply suspicious of the era he was living in and the place he was standing.

  The thing in his hand was obviously impossible for these apemen in front of him to have made.

  This is an item that far exceeds the concept of the Stone Age, conservatively estimated, even if these apes evolve for another million years, it would be difficult to come up with something like this.

  No industrial revolution, no great social division of labor, it's unthinkable!

  "Is this place not in the Stone Age? Or is this thing an alien's object?"

  A huge question mark appeared in Chen Xu's mind, and he beckoned to the leader who had presented the elliptical gold ingot, indicating that he should stand up and tell a story about the origin of this gold ingot!

  Chen Xu pointed at the gold block and issued a few short and long commands. The original leader, also known as No. 1 Ape Man, blinked his eyes and quickly understood that he was being asked to explain the origin of the gold block.

  Being able to understand Chen Xuan's meaning so quickly, apart from the fact that Chen Xuan had gradually understood the simple phonetic expressions of the apes and could basically use the ape language, was more due to the information about this gold block existing in Memory No. 1.

  The tradition of telling the origin of gold bars by the losers of the old generation to the leaders of the new generation has been passed down for many years and has become a custom.

  This tradition can be traced back to what year, Yuan Ren is also unknown.

  But his predecessor did just that, so at this time, Number One actually didn't need any hesitation!

  Slightly surprised at the speed of No. 1's comprehension, Chen Xudong calmed down and thought that his ape language was progressing rapidly, slightly excited, he waved his hand to let the other apes retreat, ordering them to rekindle the bonfire and prepare food for breakfast in preparation for the upcoming hunt.

  And he himself would stay alone with No. 1, letting No. 1 tell him stories about the gold bars.

  Chen Xu understood that some things were not better known to more people, and this rule was applicable not only in the original world but also in this Stone Age.

  However, soon after a string of confused chatter, Chen Xu found himself to be overly optimistic. Even though the phonetic symbols that made up the Ape language were only a few, and even though this primitive Ape language was not complex, it was clearly an impossible task to learn it within ten days.

  Perhaps in the original world, there were some geniuses who could quickly grasp this simple language, but Chen Xu was not one of them. In terms of language, Chen Xu's talent was far inferior to his talent in martial arts, and it could be said that six apertures were open, but one aperture was closed!

  After a painful struggle, Ape No. 1 finally made Chen Xuan, this mysterious leader, temporarily understand the general meaning with great difficulty and repeated gestures.

  Combining what he had heard over the past ten days, some common phrases and the crude drawings made by Number One, Chen Xuan managed to understand everything that Number One knew after a period of probing. He also gained more understanding of the Ape language, which could be considered as accidentally achieving something, temporarily entering the door.

  According to No. 1, in this Stone Age, there were many primitive tribes, and only the leader of one tribe could possess this elliptical gold ingot, which was like a token, symbolizing the leader's glory, and it is unknown when it started to be passed down.

  A leader without such a token is not recognized as a leader. In the vast forest, there are several simple trading stations where only leaders with tokens can enter and trade with each other; otherwise, they will be attacked by unknown terrifying creatures!

  It can be said that this gold block seems to be a sign of identity, and apart from this, the No. 1 Ape Man does not know if it has any other practical uses.

  Perhaps due to the language barrier, or perhaps because the apes' minds were too simple, a lot of information was lost in transmission. From No. 1's mouth, Chen Xuan didn't get much, and there was even less information about the gold block. As for the metal chain on the gold block, there wasn't any relevant message at all.

  The only gain is that Chen Xu learned about the structure of the entire primitive society from No. 1, and had his own intuitive impression of the whole society, unlike before when it was all black, obviously, primitives were not acting alone, but constantly in a state of unity and division.

  As for this golden block, it has a function of mutual fusion. When two blocks overlap, they will merge completely. In the Stone Age, after one tribe defeated another, the first thing to be merged was the golden block, and the second was the population.

  But for some reason, even with the simple brain of a primitive man, they all understood the importance of gold blocks in this world. Therefore, the first priority is to ensure the safety of the gold block. As a result, there are few opportunities to merge the opponent's tribe gold block in such a war.

  In most cases, these gold blocks were secretly sent out as the core of tribal continuation.

  It's clear that the branch of the tribe Chen Xu belonged to after crossing over was one of those that were defeated and escaped. Fortunately, they still retained their gold blocks; otherwise, these events would probably have become a complete legend, and there would be no way to know about them. At least Chen Xu would have found it very difficult to learn the truth so quickly.

  Yan Jian saw that there was nothing more to say, so Chen Xu stopped pressuring him. Using his imperfect knowledge of the ape-man language and supplementing with hand gestures, he told Number One to return first.

  Although he couldn't fully understand Chen Xu's words, Yiren No. 1 didn't dare ask more questions either.

  Furthermore, their language originally only had a few simple words and couldn't form a system, so gestures took up a large part of it. Therefore, Number One basically understood what Chen Xu said!

  Number One stood up and walked towards the bonfire in the cave according to Chen Xu's command.

  Soon, a shout came from there, and it was clear that the No. 1's change in attitude was quite fast, and with this skill, he had changed his identity back, from a leader to an ordinary tribesman.

  "How interesting! As I've heard from later generations, the leaders of the original tribes didn't have much power, only responsibilities, because they hadn't developed those rigid concepts. I wasn't quite believing it at first, but looking at today's events, it seems to be true indeed. Hmm, this saves me a step in collecting my thoughts."

  "However, I'm afraid if it weren't for me preserving this spark, they wouldn't be so fearful of me!"

  Shaking his head, Chen Xu shifted his gaze back from the direction where the apes were gathering, looking at the newly born sunlight outside the cave, and couldn't help but clench the gold ingot in his hand, as well as the lock chain buckle on it, and muttered to himself "If that certain expert's theory is correct, I should be on Earth right now."

  "According to the theory of spatial folding, plus the species and environment at this moment, it should be the Paleolithic era, but I don't know if it's early, middle or late?"

  "So this piece of gold and the unknown chain cannot be made by apes, according to No. 1's statement, this gold should not be the only one, which also ruled out the reason for the space-time wrinkle, in this way, there is only one explanation left, the legendary aliens have already visited our great earth at this time!"