Chapter 4 What does not change is change
The earth, which has undergone great changes, has changed very differently.
There seems to be no sign of the existence of human civilization that has been destroyed.
The black cloud was the product of the devouring of the purple and blue qi. After hundreds of years of floating, they finally landed on the ground in groups. Large and small potholes were melted in the ground.
And these black pits have become the last habitat of human beings.
It has been 300 years since the Nanbo hit the Earth.
From space, the planet turns blue again. It seems that everything is back to the way it used to be, and nothing has changed.
But will it really be the same?
After the end of the world, humanity returned to the Stone Age.
At first, everyone thought about rebuilding the old civilization from the ruins. But the destruction is only a moment, but the establishment takes thousands of years.
Difficulties are greater than ideas, and time wears away the blood.
And that's when the earth began to change.
Fierce beasts began to wreak havoc, and poisonous insects, snakes and rats were rampant. Plants have also become strange and bloodthirsty.
When humans gather in a certain number, it will cause a tide of beasts. And the crop plants have mutated, and it is no longer possible to distinguish who wants to eat whom.
In this grim living environment, human beings have no food and no clothing. Fighting for survival every day, knowledge is lost, and the inheritance is finally broken.
The surviving human beings can only be passed on by word of mouth, constructing the outline of the civilization of the past. In my spare time, I sigh and reminisce about the moment when I dominated thousands of creatures.
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In a vast forest. Under a towering tree, there is a wild boar of about 300 kilograms, trying to arch the land in front of you. There were already a lot of clods of dirt around it. If you look down from the high school, you will see that there seem to be some rhizomes of plants in the land.
Suddenly, the boar stopped, and it seemed to have discovered something. After waiting for a while, there was no movement, and then continued to arch its food.
Li Qi secretly breathed a sigh of relief and waved his hand not far away.
There were seven or eight dark-skinned humans there. Armed with wooden sticks and stone spears, they were quietly surrounding the wild boar.
After only a few steps each, the group stopped. No way, the boar began to lose its arch again.
"Now these brutes are getting more and more alert! Today, if large animals are not caught, the tribe will not have enough meat. "This is the last thing Li Qi wants to see.
The elderly are fine, but children and pregnant women are not! Children are the tomorrow of the tribe, and if tomorrow cannot be guaranteed, the end is unimaginable.
"I want to take a few more steps, then it will become a complete encirclement."
Li Qi thought to herself, but there was no way. The wild boar does not move, and no one dares to move.
As time passed, the air around me became tense. Li Qi kept breaking out in a cold sweat. The people who were in a stalemate with the wild boar slowly became short of breath.
Li Qi suddenly realized: "If this stalemate continues, there will be no harm but no benefit." If you don't attack again, the wild boar will find out sooner or later. Now you have to take the risk! ”
Now the beasts on the earth, once they find the traces of humans, will quickly flee. This makes it very difficult for humans to hunt them down.
Once an animal runs, there is nothing to do with humans.
Hold your palms up and extend three fingers. Fingers from one to the bottom, Li Qi silently counted in his heart.
3
2
1
Everyone obeyed Li Qi's command and attacked together. The boar was frightened and immediately fled. Everyone ran after them, and lost their traces in just a short time. In the deep forest full of dangers, no one dared to continue to chase deeply, so they had to give up.
Animals are not so dangerous now, but plants are very strange and vicious.
Looking at everyone's depressed faces, Li Qi couldn't help but sigh in her heart. But his face did not show it at all,
smiled and encouraged, "It's okay, it's still early today, there will be a chance." "As the leader of the hunter squad, Li Qi must be held on!
Returning together, they turned out the roots of the plants that the boar had not yet arched out of the ground.
Talking is better than nothing, and it can be regarded as a gain.
It's too early to say, but there's not much time left for them. This trip is too far from the place of residence.
The danger comes not only from plants, but also from animals.
A single beast will run away when it encounters a human, no matter how ferocious. And when a large group of wild beasts encounter humans, they become particularly ferocious. To be desperate is to kill humanity.
At night, the beasts are dispatched, and no one dares to stay in the wild. Only a dark pit will make people feel safe.
Hunting pairs are the backbone of the tribe. Lose them, and the Horde will soon be annexed. It's not that I'm afraid of death, but I'm helpless. Li Qi beckoned everyone to go home!
The hunting squad had little to gain. I collected some fruit along the way, and on the way back, I picked up a baby goat that had been strangled by the plant. The goats are only 40 kilograms in size, but this also makes the hunting team very ecstatic.
In the afterglow of the setting sun, the hunting team dragged a long shadow and finally returned to the pit where they lived.
It was a vast plain dotted with more than a dozen dark potholes. The potholes were terrible black and looked lifeless. But it is these potholes that are the last home of mankind.
Wild beasts and plants never dare to go near the pits, and of course there are no animal tides. Humans barely survive because of the potholes.
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At night, Li Qi walked flat on the edge of the pit, and the starlight in the night sky was distant and ancient.
The old people said that the shining star was like the sun. He didn't have the energy to think about whether that was true.
The truth doesn't matter, unless the truth can be eaten.
How to hunt for more food to fill your stomach. It's what he thinks about every day!
Every pit in this plain was inhabited by humans who formed tribes. There are more than a dozen large and small potholes.
Conflicts often arise between tribes over food.
Li Qi's Red Tiger tribe has about 230 men, women and children. In addition to the hunting squad led by him, there were two other hunting squads.
This month, two other pairs need to protect the women's gathering brigade. At the same time, it also helps with collection and transportation. The heavy responsibility of hunting fell on Li Qi's hunting team.
This is the real condition of the human race as it exists. I'm afraid hundreds of years ago. No one can imagine.
"As a race that dominates this planet, there will be such a moment of embarrassment one day. They hid in the dark holes and survived. And there is no place for them to stand outside the pothole! ”
Time flies, and it has been 380 years since the day Nanbo hit the earth.
On the earth now, there is inexplicable energy in the air. These energies nourish every living being.
Speed, strength, health, are all increasing.
Although humans have great benefits, they are still not as good as other living creatures.
But for mankind, the darkest time has passed. Although most of the human beings still live in the pits, they choose it themselves.
Even if they live in a pit, they no longer have to fight each other for meagre food.
Survival is no longer the only theme, and life is gradually revealing its graceful posture.
Most people live in pits, so where are the few humans gone?
They all live in the source station!
At a time when human beings are dying because of the drastic changes in the environment, life and death are at stake. The white buildings are like spring shoots. People call it "Origin Station!" ”
Humans curiously enter it and discover its secrets.
Obtain the permission of the origin server, clear the game, and you can get glory points. Glory Points can be exchanged for anything in the origin station.
There is only what you can't think of, and there is nothing that can't be redeemed.
Food, weapons, daily necessities, all at once.
It was also found that as long as the plants were within a kilometer of the origin station, the plants were back to normal. Back to hundreds of years ago, humans and animals were harmless. And the animals didn't dare to invade at all.
But each of these origin stations can only have one.
Over time, people slowly find out. When you don't have enough glory points, you lose the right to use it!
At this time, a saying emerged among humans.
"These origin stations were set up by aliens who destroyed Earth's civilization. They may have built these bases with some nefarious purpose. Like enslavement! ”
Most people believed this and left the source station, returning to the swarthy pit.
The other part of the population chooses to stay at the origin server.
Those who leave are called desolates, while those who remain are called soul-losers.
Time goes on. The Soul Loser has discovered that many items can be exchanged for Glory Points. Some even exchanged a large amount of glory points.
But the items are all from the desolate.
The desolate people need weapons, food, and household items. Souls need a lot of Glory Points. So the Soul Lost and the Desolate Man began to trade!
At first, everyone traded frequently, which was fair and just. But then some of the soul-dead became greedy. This emotion continued to brew, affecting more soul-losers.
Originally, the life philosophy of the soulless and the desolate was different.
At first, they could get along peacefully, but then huge interests were laid out in front of them. Deception and oppression began to occur. Hostile and conflict continue to accumulate, after countless skirmishes and frictions. Finally, the Soul Lost and the Desolate Man fought a great battle.
The Soulless are more and better armed, but the Desolate are more numerous, and in the end, both sides lose.
This is born from the same root, so why not be in a hurry to fry each other. Ignorant humans always like to hurt each other.
Such a situation was something that the Nine Stars on the Nanbo never expected.
"A creature that only takes a few thousand years to stand on the top of this planet. How can it be so ignorant and belligerent! For the sake of their own interests, they will fight against their own kind. It's unreasonable and ruthless! This is truly a selfish species. ”
Although they were disappointed, the Nine Star people couldn't stay out of it.
Whether it's out of guilt or for their own purposes. Nine Star people are equipped with intelligent housekeepers for each "origin station". Let the housekeeper teach them to think rationally about their own behavior, and not to do such foolish behavior again.
The Nine Star people also used the excellent genes of human beings to create tens of millions of babies. When these IVFs grow up, they can get enough points to activate their own origin station.
And although these people are also soul-dead people in the eyes of the desolate. But unlike the protozons, they are organic.
The long state of war between the Lost and the Desolate has finally come to an end. But the native race of the desolate and the soulless has always held great hatred. On the contrary, the Organism and the Desolate can live in peace. Because of the demand for the Desolate and the Machined Race to resume trading!
The earth is already a new earth, and mankind has ushered in a new era!
Lin Yibo, who was buried deep underground, of course, didn't know it. His body was sucked dry, and his consciousness and memories were sealed.
When he awoke, he felt like he was floating in endless darkness. It seems like a thousand years have passed, and it seems like it is just an instant.
He reminisced and sighed in the sealing bead. Lin Yibo only felt that time seemed to have stopped, and he could be left to recall, think, and regret.
It has been more than 480 years since the day the disaster struck.
Cracks began to appear on the surface of the Five-Star Sealing Orb. It is buried deep underground, unable to access any flesh energy. In a dozen years, it will turn into crystal powder.
Lin Yibo has been feeling very strange recently. Sometimes I lose my sense when I think about it.
Is this kind of day and night life coming to an end?
Lin Yibo thought about this and fell asleep deeply, not knowing when he would wake up next time.