This is Mars more than three billion years ago. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Standing messy in the wind, looking at the endless wilderness, Jiang Chen was a little confused for a while.

At this moment, the ball of light floating next to him continued to speak.

"See those rooms?"

After sorting out the messy thoughts in his head, Jiang Chen reluctantly nodded.

"See. ”

"It was originally full of works of art, priceless antiques that chronicled tens of thousands of years of our civilization. When the end came, we tried everything we could to leave something in this cold universe, but as you can see, nothing is eternal in the face of time. ”

As if remembering something, the ball of light was silent for a long time and did not speak again.

"What should I call you?" Jiang Chen asked tentatively.

"We don't have to communicate with each other, if you speak your language, you can call us Gaian civilization. The ball of light said.

Gaia?

In Greek mythology, the mother of the gods ruled over the earth, the most respected of all gods, the first primordial god born in chaos, and worshipped as one of the primordial forces of nature that created life.

As for why he picked out this word from the earth's civilization to name his civilization, perhaps only he knows......

"Okay, Gaia? I'll call you Gaia. Jiang Chen turned his face sideways, looked at the ball of light and asked, "Then Gaia, what are you going to do to me?"

However, Gaia did not answer his question, but spoke softly.

"Shhhhh ”

Just as its words fell, Jiang Chen suddenly noticed that about fifty meters in front of him, two strange-shaped monsters appeared.

It was called a monster because he had never seen such an ugly insect.

A calf-sized one, with a carapace on its back, its belly swaying with countless long feet, its tail swinging like a chain, whistling in the air with a stinging sound. The sharp front teeth were like two pairs of sickles, and the hundreds of steel teeth in the mouth were like needles, roaring with a sharp and bloodthirsty roar.

The other is the size of a tiger or leopard, with two pairs of antenna-like antennae dangling above its head, shaped like a large ant, but with a pair of stronger forefeet than the ant, and the front half of the body has left the ground to stand up. Two spears, made of unknown things, pointed at the centipede-like beast in the distance.

Suddenly, the grass next to it moved.

The soil was arched open, and five "ants" lying in ambush suddenly came out and threw their short spears at the centipede. Able to weigh thirty times its own weight, the short hairs were like cannonballs, nailed through the centipede's armor, and green blood spilled all over the earth.

The prey struggled to wagging its chain-like tail in an attempt to escape from the "ants", but this struggle was in vain under the "ants' moderate attack".

In a dusty fight.

As the prey lost its strength due to blood loss, the strong arthropods stepped forward, restrained the prey, and scraped open its soft belly with sharp ore......

Witnessing this scene, Jiang Chen pondered for a moment and asked.

"That's Gaia...... Guys?"

"Yes," the ball of light shook up and down, "the hunters with spears are Gaia. And the beast, armed to the teeth, is one of the most dangerous creatures on the planet, with a bite force about five times that of a dead claw. ”

"You still know Deathclaw?"

"I said, I've seen your memories...... Please don't be nervous, it's just you and me standing here. And I, in itself, am just a memory. Seeing the jealousy in Jiang Chen's eyes, the ball of light said softly.

"Because of gravity, environment, and other reasons, the mammals on this planet are very weak, they are short in stature, and their bones are fragile, and we can't even get interested in hunting. This planet was once a world of arthropods. All resources, such as groundwater, minerals, and energy, are buried underground, which can only be reached by those who are good at digging. ”

Jiang Chen glanced at the ball of light in surprise.

He was not surprised that the Mars it depicted more than three billion years ago turned out to be an insect world, but that the Amos guy actually guessed all this with his imagination.

"We learned to use tools and eventually got to the top of the food chain. Even the most dangerous and bloodthirsty devil bugs have fallen under our spears. ”

"And our civilization began on this day. ”

"We dug our own Great Wall underground, fortified our caves with granite, made armor out of the hard shells of our prey, and tied our limbs and sharp stones to spears. The pups of the devil bug are the most delicious food, and we build our own ranches underground, cultivate mushrooms and other fungi, and develop our own civilization......"

The sun and moon change overhead, and the grass and trees under your feet are prosperous and withered.

Jiang Chen watched as the mountains were filled in, the plains were dug out of the ravines, and Gaia, who was wearing steel armor, drilled out of the ground and charged towards another group of Gaia. The devil worm was ridden under their feet, and there were other species he had never seen before, which were also clad in iron armor and trampled on the enemy's position as war beasts.

The two teams collided, green blood flying in the air.

"Iron Age. The ball of light whispered, "Our keen sense of smell for minerals helped us find iron ore. When a prophet realized the technology of iron smelting, our civilization made an incredible transition from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, the most barbaric of times. ”

The fighting gradually stopped, and when the last Gaia pulled his spear from his kind, he held aloft the blood-stained banner he had picked up from the ground, shook the tentacles above his head, and planted his spear and banner in the land.

"We don't have vocal cords, but on the other hand, our brains are abnormally developed. We communicate with our tentacles, although more often than not, with spears in our hands. ”

"All tribes revolve around females, and a tribe usually has only one female. Our antennae are antennas, our nerve signals can be directly converted into electromagnetic waves, and we stand on an invisible web from birth, a web that opens with the mother worm as the core. For our kind of people who stand on different 'signal bands', our choice is usually war. Snatch each other's cubs and livestock, kill each other's mothers, and occupy their nests. ”

"And then day after day repeat the same fusion, repeat the same division......"

The sun and moon continued to change, and the place where the spear and flag were planted has been replaced by a stone tablet. The battlefield, which was strewn with corpses, was also covered by a series of criss-crossing tunnels, and low buildings and walls were built.

"Although we live underground, we are limited by tradition and faith, and almost all of our wars are fought on the surface. ”

"Even in the most difficult times, we don't want to live on the surface and have no interest in the sky, but the monument is an exception, and we are keen to build tall monuments on the ground to commemorate the victories that took place here. But that's about it, we never stay on the surface for too long. ”

In a sense, it was this tradition, or belief in the earth, that constrained our exploration of extragalaxies in later years. But if we were asked if we regretted our choice, our answer would be no, we never regretted it......"