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"People should live somewhere without a roof over their heads!"
That very night, Bai Qianyi is sent back to the primordial wilderness, where civilizations have overlapped.
It's a world where right and wrong don't matter, people live from dawn to dusk, and the gap between rich and poor is enormous.
Bai, rudely awakened when his butt got scorched, Qianyi, actually being roasted over a fire: What the hell!
And the first thing Bai Qianyi, the sacrifice, does from the start is post: [Help! How do I survive in the hands of these primitive people?]
An AI that has mysteriously appeared in his mind answers in Dora's electronic voice: ["1. Please remain calm; 2..."]
Bai Qianyi: ..."Please provide a logical analysis."
AI: [First, let's analyze the cause: Why do the primitive people want to burn you to death? Second: ...]
Bai Qianyi: ...
*One of the protagonists: A guardian of dragons, a once-powerful deity who has lost his divine rank.
The primitive people at the foot of the mountain have come to make another sacrifice.
Lu Wu, who protects these mountains and rivers, is at his wit's end. How can he explain to these people, who don't understand human speech and are still uncivilized, that he really doesn't eat people alive?
*Important supporting character: A short-lived primitive man who hopes to live longer through Nuo rituals.
Where people face hardship, Nuo rituals are there.
The primitive people die young, with an average lifespan of 18.
A custom passed down from their ancestors requires them to offer sacrifices every year to the deity on the mountain who can summon the wind and rain.
One day, the chieftain finds a person who could change the fate of their pure-blooded human race: the protagonist of this book.
And then he turns around and sacrifices him...
*The Iron-Faced People of Guixu City, the origin of the ancient Shu civilization at the Sanxingdui Ruins.
From the mountaintop where Lu Wu lives, one can look down on the city-state of the Iron-Faced People.
They have peculiar looks, with identical square faces, thick brows, slanted eyes, large ears, wide mouths, and flat-topped braided hair.
Their everyday hobby is making money, from the gold of the land of pyramids to the ivory of Tianzhu.
There's nothing they can't get their hands on, if you can imagine it!
[World timeline: A primitive boy with lots of inner monologue x a deity who loves a good spectacle, Fangxiang Shi]
[Modern timeline: A former hospital resident who failed to land a security guard job x a history professor with a fortune in private assets]
Warnings: Working-class characters. Updates may not be daily.
Alternate history, with inspirations that shouldn't be taken too seriously. Current inspirations include the Sanxingdui civilization, the Classic of Mountains and Seas, intangible cultural heritage, and Chinese grotesque aesthetics.
Theme: Wherever you go, you'll find old friends.