5.3
Chapter V: The Call of the Gods
Section III: A Name from Ancient Legends
Leaving camp, Watanabe Haruto replayed the recorded dino call on BabelMind:
âWaâjeâŠWaâŠjetâŠâ
Valentina perked up.
âIt does sound like âWadjetâ or something close. Do they only chant it after seeing or sensing something?â
Chen Ruolan, walking ahead, glanced back.
ââWadjetââŠthat rings a bell. In Ancient Egyptian mythology, there was a serpent guardian goddess named Wadjet. Could it be just a coincidence in pronunciation?â
Valentina clapped her hands in excitement.
âYes! Wadjet was the deity of the Nile Delta, symbolizing fertility and the power of snakes.ââThis planet is teeming with serpent-like vinesâŠâ Watanabe Haruto mused.
Chen Ruolanâs brows knitted in thought.
âMaybe these dinos call this place âWadjet,â like itâs their homeland or some sort of deity. Even if itâs just a primal cry, âWadjetâ might make a suitable name for this planetâmysterious, and it fits what weâve seen.ââI like it,â Valentina agreed with a small smile.
As they pressed on, they debated whether âWadjetâ implied a genuine divine force or a collective will of the planetâs flora. Watanabe, grounding his view in evolutionary theory, argued that high COâ and low oxygen let the plants dominate, leaving animals as a minority. Valentina worried there might be deeper âspiritualâ forces at workâperhaps the Mother Tree demanded living sacrifices. Chen Ruolan wasnât keen on the notion of âgods,â but she intended to shield the dinos from further enslavement.
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