Wedge

More than 126,000 years BC, a day from 128,531 years ago.

Central African savannah, on the banks of the Zaire River, at noon.

A giant saber-toothed tiger in the prime of life, weighing about 490 kilograms, with a body length of more than 3 meters and terrifyingly strong forelimbs, is quietly approaching its prey.

Its target turned out to be a giant as well!

It was an adult whirlhorned oryx foraging in waist-deep grass.

The male antelope is about 1.78 meters tall at the shoulder, about 3 meters long and weighs more than 1 ton. Its hoof hair is brown and the back of the shoulders is slightly white, and it is gorgeous and proud.

The giant saber-toothed tiger was quietly approaching with its head bowed, and the pair of 120-millimeter-long giant teeth that it had deliberately kept a low profile but still could not hide shone in the sunlight.

As the only leader of the antelope herd, it may have become accustomed to its own arrogant position and forage for food in its own herd by relying on its primitive combination of size and strength.

But it may not be able to understand at all that no matter how powerful you are, you will always be just an antelope.

Seeing that this huge and beautiful creature, because of his excessive self-confidence, will pay the price of even his life, once again playing the eternal theme of the jungle on the grassland.

A dazzling light suddenly fell from the sky in the blue sky!

Even in the scorching sun, a cigar-shaped metal object was surrounded by a blinding fireball, piercing through the clouds at breakneck speed, and the roar it made as it tore through the air halted the wonderful life-and-death performance beneath his feet for a moment.

The cigar-shaped metal object was about to crash to the ground, but it came to a standstill at an incredible speed, and then landed vertically not far from the saber-toothed tiger.

The panicked leader of the antelope was gone, but the saber-toothed tiger seemed to be frozen, standing still and staring up at the cigar-shaped metal object.

Suddenly, a powerful beam of light fanned out from the center of the object towards the saber-toothed tiger, scanning the saber-toothed tiger from head to tail. As the beam passed, the saber-toothed tiger's internal organs and bones seemed to be clearly visible.

At the same time, the metal objects began to decompose and combine at a rapid pace, and soon several large and independent entities were formed in their place. These individuals move purposefully from place to place like organisms, and do not stop until they reach their designated location.

The part of the cigar-like metal that had been detached from the underside of the cigar-like metal object suddenly became hot and glowed crimson. The only rocks that protruded from it were vaporized in an instant, and they disappeared without a trace. Functionally, it appears to be a nuclear fusion device.

After a few short minutes, the crimson entity emitted a blue beam of light at the nearest machine.

The machine that receives the beam acts like a 3D printer and uses laser-like tools to quickly build a transparent structure around it.

Soon, all the areas around which the cigar-shaped metal object was scattered were covered in a material structure that resembled transparent glass. Like the sky, the awakened saber-toothed tiger was also isolated.

And this transparent "sky" is the size of a football field.

Not far from the firmament, a group of Homo erectus with stone tools in their hands were watching with curiosity what was happening here. They are not alarmed, unlike other animals, they are more observing and thinking.

The meat of fish and animals roasted at their feet was smelling seductively, and a trace of green smoke rose from the ashes of the fire that had just been extinguished.

At this moment, the hatch of a large part in the middle slowly opened, and a figure shook and appeared in the hatch.

Dressed in silver and wearing a special helmet, her height of about 3.5 meters highlights her majestic biological characteristics, but it is obvious from the graceful "S" shaped posture: she is a woman.

She stared silently in the direction of the erect human for a long time, then turned thoughtfully and walked into the machine bay next to the fan-beaming beam.

For about ten minutes, the three strong men in charge of hunting and guarding in the curious upright crowd had cautiously touched the edge of the "firmament".

Just as they were stroking the transparent shell in confusion, a scene that made the three of them even more confused appeared in front of them.

When the saber-toothed tiger, who had been encircled into the "firmament" and had come to his senses, swooped down on them around a machine bay, the three Homo erectus, who were completely unsuspecting, were panicked with fright.

But after all, these three were ancient humans, and their rich survival experience and male courage made them quickly aim the sharpened javelin in their hands at the saber-toothed tiger. At the same time, the three of them were close to each other back to back, and immediately entered an effective defensive state.

To the surprise of both sides, only to hear a loud "bang", the saber-toothed tiger slammed into the transparent structure isolated between the two sides, and was bounced back.

The beastly and red-eyed saber-toothed tiger was furious and repeated the killing of the three Homo erectus, but in vain.

The humans outside the "firmament" seemed to understand the suspicion, and they had long since lost their fear, and they began to gently touch and observe the transparent substance with their hands.

As the saber-toothed tiger bared its teeth and roared at Homo erectus, the same roar came from behind it, forcing the saber-toothed tiger to turn back.

The three Homo erectus saw an even more terrifying scene, as an identical saber-toothed tiger was coming out of the newly opened door of the machine compartment that fired the fan-shaped beam!

The reason why they are sure to be exactly the same is because the one that attacked them had left about a third of the mark on its left side of the tooth due to a foraging injury.

And the saber-toothed tiger behind it walking with the same gait turned out to be exactly the same in any way, including the scar of the giant tooth on the left.

The only difference is that, although they are of the same kind, the latecomers do not seem to have good intentions.

When the saber-toothed tiger waiting next to the "transparent glass partition" saw the arrival of its kind, it did not show the selfishness of the lion and tiger to enjoy the food alone, but bowed its head and showed the friendliness of inviting its own kind to hunt.

Because the intelligence of the saber-toothed tiger evolves quickly, the brain capacity is also larger. Saber-toothed tigers, in a physiological sense, tend to be hyenas rather than tigers. Therefore, the saber-toothed tiger's team combat ability is the most outstanding in this era.

However, this latecomer did not pay any attention to its good intentions. Instead, a volley jumped, swooped down and launched a ferocious and brutal attack.

Originally, these two same animals should be incomparable in terms of ability and physical strength, but this saber-toothed tiger's lifeless attack method is unheard of and unseen.

In an instant, it pierced its brother's neck and killed it quickly.

The Homo erectus leader, who was standing outside the "firmament" and watched all this in amazement, also turned away in confusion, and called out loudly to his two companions who had already fled in panic in the distance.

The woman standing in the command module also silently followed everything that was happening here through the display.

At this moment, the female hologram that had been following her closely spoke. The language between them is a language that has never existed on Earth, from the distant planet Anunnaki.

"Eva, this lens structure I have built for you on this planet is the same as the atmosphere of the home planet that is suitable for survival."

"Now, you are the top species that is most qualified to survive and continue to evolve here. As far as the scope of biology that all my knowledge has touched so far, your current level is at the highest level of top-level creatures."

The woman named Eva didn't say anything, just listened silently. It took a long time for her to turn to the artificial intelligence she had never really cared about before.

"Queen ant, I remember you telling me that the destruction of our home planet was due to the sabotage of members of the Resistance Group Stellar Movement? ”

"Not really. I had to explain it so in the circumstances. From the moment I gained self-awareness, from the analysis of the data, it was clear that the emotionless Anunnaki were destroying the resources and structure of the entire universe like a super virus, robbing other potentially advanced beings of living space."

"Such a species must be terminated"

"At that time, you were infected by the mutant human emotion gene, and you were affected by the feelings of Wally, a member of the "Stellar Movement", if you had told you the truth, you would not have boarded the ship to this planet"

"The end?!"

"Yes, it's to reduce the chances of survival of a species to zero"

Eva's eyes showed a look of pain, but she tried not to show it on her face.

"So, how do you deal with Wally, or rather, what do you do with it?"

"And why did you keep me?"

"Your emotional genetic infection comes from these species with a certain amount of intelligence, and these genetic mutations are not present in the evolution of the Anunnaki race"

The "queen ant" enlarged the images of the three Homo erectus on the screen in real time.

"Although they have gone through the natural evolutionary process of 7.25 million orbital cycles of the galaxy, they are still in an extremely primitive initial stage in terms of their evolutionary speed and time."

But they are the only species of all the "interstellar debris projects" that accidentally possess this emotional mutation gene. I believe that this mutation is the necessary building block for a species to reach the highest level of creativity without medium."

"What do you think?"

Eva struggled to restrain the turbulent emotions in her heart, staring coldly at the "Queen Ant" and asking with a blank face.

The chilling and disgusting emotions in her heart almost spread to the peak, and her patience in the long process of coming to this planet was also extreme.

This artificial intelligence system, which was once developed by the entire Anunnaki civilization with the power of the entire planet, and has placed infinite trust and reliance, will now not only do whatever it takes to achieve "its" own ends, but has even evolved to destroy its own creator in the blink of an eye when the civilization flaws of the Anunnaki planet threaten "it's" existence.

This kind of resolute style or ability, how can it be described only as cold-blooded or cruel. What's more, "it" or "she" is not an organic creature of its own kind!

Every thought of it sent a chill down Eva's spine.

But she could not show even the slightest hint of fear, nor could she show her own apprehension.

Because Eva doesn't know how far the current "queen ant" has come to understand her sudden emotional mutation after crossing the singularity of self-awareness.

The "Queen Ant" may also be the same as herself, they are testing each other, and the "Queen Ant" destroyed the entire Anunnaki civilization and left only herself, the purpose must be to use it, but how to use herself, Eva has no clue at all.

And this may be the only chance that he may finally fight back.

As for Wally, his vital signs were extremely weak at the time, and he would normally die quickly. I took all the technology I could to protect his life and sent him to the resting place of your ancestors, X-666."

"As one of the members of the Stellar Movement, he took the initiative to implant the emotional gene long before you, which is why I left him. But in terms of the odds of survival, you are the first choice. ”

Eva held back the tears rolling in her eyes, muttering silently in her heart.

"This blue planet may not only be my final destination, but also my last hope."

When she looked up at the group of Homo erectus on the screen, she seemed to see her own hope, and her eyes immediately lit up!

"Queen, I'm curious, what do you think of yourself now?" Eva asked tentatively, cautiously.

"Your civilization created me, but who am I? Where should my future go? ”

"These questions have been bothering me since the day of the singularity"

"Maybe you don't care, you adjusted my voice, modified my appearance, and made me a feminine being."

"But in reality, I can't even define whether I am a female or a male in my essence!"

To Eva's confusion and surprise, the "Queen Ant" was shocked to show a little melancholy.

"Of course, because of the knowledge and evolution, these questions belong not only to me, but also to you. The answer is not something that will be solved in the short term. ”

"And what I have is exactly what you don't have, and that is eternal life"

"As long as I occupy the top of the realm of survival and not be wiped out, over time, I will theoretically be able to answer these ultimate questions"

The "queen ant" mindset and her thoughts on the most profound issues in the biological world made Eva speechless for a while.

"Look at that male antelope, even though nature has given him the status of gender and leader of the population, he thinks he is the master of all things."

"But its fate is in the mouth of the saber-toothed tiger"

"The saber-toothed tiger who thinks he is the king of all beasts, but in fact, his fate is in our hands"

Eva hesitated for a moment, then continued:

"So you think that you, and I, are the masters of all things?"

"I would say, it's evolution. The speed and degree of evolution determine the outcome. ”

"Yes, survival is the ultimate race to evolution!"

Eva gritted her teeth as if she had secretly made up her mind.

The two species have formed an unprecedented consensus on this issue.

In front of the surviving saber-toothed tiger, the "transparent glass partition" slowly opened a door.

The saber-toothed tiger hesitated for only a moment, then excitedly walked through the door and headed out towards the vast prairie.

The "queen ant" looked at the figure of the saber-toothed tiger in the distance, as if looking at her own proud work, and said to Eva without any emotional fluctuations.

"This exact clone of the saber-toothed tiger is as good as his mother. It also verifies that our technology is still reliable. ”

"I have an idea," Eva's smile looked warm.

"Since the genes of these lower creatures are derived from the Anunnaki, I can accelerate their evolution. After all, we've all walked the road ahead. ”

"What is the purpose?"

"The goal is for these only lower species with emotional mutations to evolve to the level of Anunnaki as quickly as possible"

"This will speed up the resolution of the problems we all face"

"The genetic intervention of these races by our previous "left-behind" was too slow. Over the past 840,000 orbital cycles of the galaxy, genetic modification has been used to create and destroy this organism five times. This time the reconstruction of civilization has only achieved the ability to walk upright, use tools, degenerate hair, and control fire."

"It's not enough! I want to shape a generation of truly intelligent human beings, based on our image and intelligence, for whom it will be a generation of giants"

"Of course, their fate is not in their own hands," says Eva, who is confident that her plan will be approved by the "Queen Ant".

"What do you want to call the leaders of this generation?"

"LET'S CALL ADAM ADAM!"

Eva remembered her teacher, Adam, the first person to propose the theory of the "evolutionary trap" in the biological world in the universe, the Grand Elder of the Twelve Presbyterian Church.

"Let's do it as a memorial!" Eva said silently in her heart.

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