Li Zhen noticed her small movements and said with a smile, "Take it easy." When I first learned about it, I was just like you. Even though he knew that even that Ancient Star Monarch couldn't wake it up, he still subconsciously didn't want to use his ability anymore. ”

"But you say...... Even the ancient gods were afraid of it—" Bai Xiaodang forced himself to be calm, but he always felt that something was drilling under his feet. At this moment, being down-to-earth can no longer bring her a sense of stability, but it makes her feel that there is a faint cool air drilling into her mind from the soles of her feet.

"Yes. The old gods, and we, should all be afraid of it. Yet to it, we are insignificant. Li Zhen smiled, pressed Bai Xiaodang on the stool, thought about it, and said, "Actually, it's not a bad thing." ”

"I ...... I want to know a little more. Bai Xiaodang finally settled down a little. The panic is followed by an unquenchable curiosity. This curiosity made her hold Li Zhen's hand tightly, as if she had made up her mind that if the other party did not satisfy her, she would never let go.

Li Zhen glanced at Zeus, then looked at Bai Xiaodang and smiled: "Of course you can." Maybe it won't be long before I need you to put together the written material for me—on the day when everyone knows the truth. ”

"Actually, you've already known enough. If you can calm down and straighten out your thoughts, then the answer is in your head. Li Zhen withdrew his hand lightly and said in a low voice, "We can call it Gaia - I don't care how to explain it from the perspective of human science, because the definition of life is diverse. In fact, it has been thought for a long time – a British meteorologist decades ago suggested that the Earth and the entire biosphere may constitute a single consciousness – and of course the Gaia in his theory is not the same as the Gaia we know now, but it is the closest to the truth. ”

"But for the planet beneath our feet. We, the Old Gods, the species, and all the other creatures and plants, are probably all things that disgust it—you think, how would you feel if you had a bunch of inconspicuous little things living on the surface of your body, and these little things pierced you with sharp awls and sucked your blood? ”

“…… It's like a mosquito. Bai Xiaodang muttered, "Then we ...... Digging for minerals, extracting oil, like a mosquito sucking its blood? ”

Li Zhen smiled and shook his head: "No, the current human beings are just bacteria to it. To be at the level of mosquitoes—that's something that only the old gods can do. ”

"Luckily, it's been sleeping all the time – you can think of it as a baby. A baby who can live for tens of billions of years and is now only more than forty billion years old. Li Zhen continued, even making a joke. Babies are snooze. ”

"Snooze babies are occasionally woken up – by the fluctuations of the universe. I said it. The Old Gods were born more than 40 billion years ago, but then suffered a heavy blow - that is, because the fluctuations caused by a collision woke Gaia. The baby woke up and found a mosquito on his body and patted it with his hand. But it didn't shoot to death, only wounded it. The baby soon fell asleep again. And the mosquito continued to survive. ”

Bai Xiaodang realized that Li Zhen was explaining what he said at the summit that day, because of "some reason". The Old Gods suffered extremely serious injuries three hundred million years after their birth.

Then Gaia continued to sleep. It wasn't until 530 million years ago that the old gods created the species. Speaking of which, Li Zhen looked at Zeus. The civilizations then declared war on the Old Gods - I think it was because they knew about Gaia's existence. ”

"Yes." Zeus said in a deep voice, "It created us, told us that we are more powerful than it is—right under our feet." And it created us just as we created humanity. It didn't know how to get rid of this great threat once and for all, so it wanted more wisdom to think about it together. ”

"Wait a minute......" Bai Xiaodang interrupted Zeus. For what...... Is it a threat? You said that we we, or you are the equivalent of bacteria in it, and the old god is nothing more than a mosquito. Mosquitoes can not suck blood, do not sting it, as for bacteria...... It doesn't care about our existence, does it? After all, we're so small to it. ”

"Small?" Zeus laughed, "The individual is indeed small to it. But you should know how all the life in the realm of the Elder Dao came into being in this world today - the first wound of the Old Gods, the flesh that fell from the body formed the first life, and then those lives flourished to form the later biosphere. Humans, life, and the plants around you also include. ”

Li Zhen took Zeus's words: "If a person and a tree are equivalent to small bacteria that are invisible to the naked eye, then what is this biosphere all over the earth's surface?" ”

Bai Xiaodang opened his mouth as if he had just woken up from a dream: "Yes...... Ringworm and crusts. ”

"Yes." Li Zhen nodded, "We have become some kind of disease, something that shouldn't exist. We may not be of any importance to Gaia, but no one knows for sure if it will wipe it again as easily as it once it is woken up. ”

"—that's what we used to think." Zeus took Li Zhen's words, "We were created and told the mission. For the first 10,000,000 years, we faithfully fulfilled this mission, working with the Old Gods to find a way to remove that threat—yet in vain we had built a glorious civilization. ”

"In the second 10 million years, we realized that there seemed to be no way we could solve this problem. Because thinking is not what our race is good at, we are even better at sabotage. And so we began to doubt and fear. We fear not only Gaia, but our Creator. It seems to us that it has a terrifying power second only to Gaia, and it has even been noticed and badly damaged by Gaia. ”

"We were afraid that it would grow stronger and stronger, so strong that one day it would wake up Gaia and cause a second catastrophe – what I called the foreseen catastrophe 'the day after that.'" So we decided to eliminate the hidden danger before it happened. Almost at the same time, it also decided to destroy us—it intended to reclaim us, the intelligent creatures. Try again. ”

And so the war broke out. What started as a low-intensity war escalated into a war of extermination. The result of the war was a lose-lose situation for both sides - it did not destroy us, but it was inflicted a heavy loss on us. We failed to eradicate it, and there was less than one survivor in a hundred. So we made a pact that it would dismember itself and scatter it across the world so as not to grow too powerful and wake up Gaia. And we, continue its work. ”

"So...... You first created a dinosaur civilization? Bai Xiaodang asked with wide eyes.

"It's not about creation, it's just a little guidance." Zeus replied, "At that time, they already had their own civilization. During that time, we got along very well. We create a safe environment for them, and they give their all their wisdom. The dinosaur civilization has evolved beyond your imagination - even faster than you. That's when it was then. We see hope. We've found certain ways – at least three. ”

"One of them, humans now want it too."

"Interstellar immigrants." Li Zhen whispered, "You can try to migrate some people to another planet - not every planet has life." ”

"Yes. At the time, it was also one of the most promising methods. Zeus narrowed his eyes slightly. But the face is not good-looking. It seems to be caught up in some kind of unpleasant memory. "You call it Olympus, but it was a huge laboratory at the time. Two experiments are being carried out here at the same time - the first is interstellar migration, and the second is the creation of independent space. ”

"For the dinosaur people of the time. Interstellar migration is not very difficult. They have already built an outpost on Mars and even formed a small city that can be self-sufficient for a short period of time. In fact, in a hundred years, they will be able to develop a starship civilization - all people, step on a giant starship, or immigrate to other planets, or embark on a journey with no end - in another hundred years. ”

"Hmm...... It seems that the latter, a little safer. Bai Xiaodang commented—her mood had gradually calmed down, and then she was attracted by the true story told by the two people, "because I think maybe another planet will come alive." ”

Li Zhen and Zeus glanced at her at the same time. Zeus smiled slightly: "Indeed, this is a normal thought - but not a rational one. Either way, moving to another planet is easier and more achievable. But just like you, a lot of people succumb to the great fear that comes from under their feet – they don't have the courage to go through the kind of risk you call it again. So we made the wrong decision - after building an outpost city on Mars, we decided to abandon that plan and build an immensely large starship instead. ”

"So we delayed for a hundred years." Zeus sighed softly, "In the past hundred years, the space technique has stopped at this huge laboratory, while the starship technique has developed rapidly. Pooling the power of an entire civilization, we built the hull of that huge ship and had it moored in lunar orbit. ”

"The first collision was more than three billion years ago – a long time for life. So at that time, we thought that there would be enough time for us to realize our plans. Zeus said in a deep voice, as if he had remembered the past, "but while we were still rejoicing in the great ship, a second shock struck. ”

"Before this shock, we were still lucky - thinking that maybe Gaia would wake up again and not care about our existence. However, luck did not allow us to escape the fate of destruction...... It waved its hand again. ”

"We are only one step away from the dinosaur civilization. However, a wave of Gaia's hand completely erased the existence of that civilization. Zeus sighed, "Even after that mass extinction, the civilization of the species was almost ceased—only a very small part survived with its tenacious vitality." ”

"Indeed...... It's a pity. Bai Xiaodang sighed in a low voice, "But at least you can have a third chance." ”

"Third chance?" Zeus smiled with a complicated expression, "Human, you don't know what that mass extinction means for a civilization. In your heart we are brutal, bloodthirsty, and want to destroy everything. But if you look back at humanity – in the age of human ignorance, would it have been just as brutal and bloodthirsty if it had been so powerful? Yes. The species you see today can no longer be called a civilization - they are merely individuals with minds and bodies. They are nothing but destruction and vague memories of the 'last day'. ”

"I don't agree that they are the heirs of a civilization. Because they don't have civilization at all. They are forsaken beings, though the One Lord created you to use your wisdom to continue our unfinished business and reinvigorate civilizations...... However, the last master has lost hope after all. That's why there is repression—I don't succumb to the power of the Yellow Emperor or the spear of Longinus, I just succumb to despair. I will be the only witness of the previous era, and I will also be the last one. ”

Bai Xiaodang didn't know what to say for a while. It was a long time before she forced a smile: "But humanity has come to this day at least—"

But before she could finish her sentence, she was interrupted again by Zeus. It seems that the memories of the past have made his temper irritable, and he is no longer the gentle and quiet person, but slowly turning into a volcano that wants to erupt angrily: "Today? No, human, you're too optimistic. ”

"I don't deny that you have the same intelligence as the dinosaur civilization, but you are more unfortunate than the dinosaur civilization. There is so little time left for you, and the peak has already occurred three times—perhaps tomorrow. Maybe next year. An even stronger spike will come, and Gaia will wake up for the third time – and you can't even land on Mars right now – with your chemical-fueled propulsion. ”

"The last great extinction completely destroyed the system of civilizations, and you did not get enough guidance, so you were torn apart. Passionate about internal struggles. Neither the Great Lord nor I can exert enough influence—the influence of one great civilization over another—all your wisdom and energy have been wasted. Zeus harshly criticized the group represented by Bai Xiaodang. Then he sighed again. "But we're not a creative race......"

Li Zhen smiled slightly bitterly. People did waste a lot of energy and time—he could understand Zeus's regret and anger. Because even after he learned everything from the memories of the old gods, he had the same emotions. He was even more cautious and conservative than his former civilizations - he tried to submit to the Old Gods.

In Murmansk, he reached an agreement with Ying Long.

The Old God tried to resurrect - and the impact of increasing intensity awakened it. It wants to be resurrected. It thinks it's waited long enough, and now there is no force in this world that can hinder it like the civilizations of the past. Li Zhen knew how powerful it was, so he felt invincible despair for the first time in the face of this kind of force.

He had been fighting for the "gods" for seventy years—he intended to accompany those around him through his life, and then hand over this world to the one closest to the source.

Li Zhenzhi said what the "gods" wanted to do. It is afraid—Gaia is its "god" as well. Gaia's two awakenings made it realize that the planet would eventually become a place of extinction, and that it had the same instinct to keep afloat.

It was this instinct that led it to experiment and create civilizations. But for it, this attempt was wrong. So after sleeping for hundreds of millions of years, it decided to survive in a different way. It intended to devour the "bacteria" on the surface of this massive life, which were part of it in the first place.

Then it tried to fight to the death when the third powerful impact came—perhaps it would be completely wiped out, perhaps it would gain greater force—just as the first shock had given it birth in this world—and then flee the place of death.

Humans smaller than reptiles can't stop the Old Gods. But human beings, who are smaller than reptiles, have become extremely aggressive and destructive in their long internal struggles.

The 50 million tons of TNT-equivalent nuclear bomb "Taigu Xingjun" is the most terrible weapon ever made by mankind, but it is by no means the limit of what human beings can achieve. If they wanted to, even the devastated world could build a hundred hydrogen bombs with a capacity of 100 million tons of TNT in a month - perhaps not enough to destroy the Old Gods, but dropping them on some of the most vulnerable parts of the Earth's plate would be enough to wake up Gaia.

All together - this is the craziest deterrence. Even "gods" do not doubt the tragic determination of a civilization when it is driven to the brink of extinction.

Seventy years was only a snap of a finger for the Old Gods - so it compromised for the time being. It gave Li Zhen seventy years to spend his life with the people around him.

However......

Li Zhen suddenly found out that he had a child.

"God" knows about it, but God doesn't care.

Because after all, it cannot fully understand what kind of unique existence human beings are.

Perhaps it also thinks that it is a good choice to let some people survive on the Martian base that Li Zhen said...... However, human beings are not "gods" after all.

Since the birth of the first self-aware beings on this planet, it has become a Colosseum, where the beasts try to break through an immensely strong wall, but fail again and again, they realize that only the ultimate survivors may have enough strength to escape.

As a result, the beasts began to bite each other, trying to satisfy their appetites with each other's flesh and blood.

Now, in this bloody battlefield, a strange guy has appeared. It grows on its own in the wilderness and is not very strong. However, it has the most painful memories and lessons of the losers, as well as the most murderous eyes and the most persistent desires-

Live for yourself or for others. (To be continued......)