Chapter 16: The Change of Eras
"This period, I call it the Second Age......" Shi Tao slowly recounts the mysteries of the earth that human beings, even supernatural civilizations have never heard of.
"After hundreds of millions of years of development, the Second Age was soon filled with the footsteps of living beings, and it was a thriving and lively world, although their intelligence was still very low compared to the current human race, but it was much better than the once bare world. And it was during this era that I learned to eat...... I have a mouth and a sense of taste, but because I don't need any energy, I never think about putting anything else in my mouth, chewing it and tasting it...... Seeing the creatures of this era, constantly preying on other species, I also tried it, it tasted good, and life was more fun! ”
"But the Second Age doesn't last forever......" Shi Tao sighed: "One day, I noticed that an unusually bright star appeared in the sky......"
"At first, I didn't think anything was wrong...... But then I found that the star seemed to be brighter and bigger every day, until one day its light overshadowed the stars in the sky, and even brighter than the sun, making the night as bright as day. ”
"Endless life is like that, and I seem to be a lot slower than the average creature...... By the time I realized something was wrong, the star was already close at hand, and it triggered a series of activities on Earth, from tidal anomalies to magnetic field disturbances, geological shifts, and a large number of lives were lost...... But this was only the beginning, until the star filled the whole sky, I realized that the stars in the sky were as big as the earth under my feet...... No, even bigger! ”
"A planet has crashed into Earth?" Yin Wanchou looked surprised: "The earth has ever suffered such a disaster?" ”
"And then?" Others were also attracted by Shi Tao's story: "How did the earth escape? ”
Shi Tao smiled: "I broke it!" ”
"Hit ...... Smash? "Everyone showed expressions of disbelief, a planet bigger than the Earth, just shattered?
"Yes......" Shi Tao smiled: "The two largest pieces of them are floating in space, rotating around the earth and becoming satellites. You've all seen the big one...... Now you call it the moon. The other small fragments were scattered as cosmic garbage in the sky, and a considerable part of them became terrible meteor showers and landed on the earth. ”
"This world has once again experienced a catastrophe, and the second era is over."
"Moon...... Moon?! The humans were surprised: "What about the little one?" How can we not see it? Only the origin snorted coldly and didn't say anything.
"I'll mention it in a moment......" Shi Tao raised his head: "All in all, the moon you can see every night is actually a terrifying natural disaster that almost destroyed this world...... But that's all in the past...... Because of the meteor shower, the whole world fell into a dead silence, and it was not until the earth cooled down again that I held out hope and looked for signs of life in the world again. ”
"It's a pity that all the creatures of the first two eras, even the single-celled species, were wiped out under that peerless catastrophe...... But to my surprise, I found a lot of tiny creatures that were completely different from the ones I had seen before, and most of them were located near the craters, and I guess they were the species on the planet I had shattered......"
"Obviously, the cooled earth is very suitable for these little life to multiply, and they begin to evolve, becoming stronger and bigger from generation to generation. The Third Age, the beginning of the ......"
"In this era, I discovered an interesting phenomenon, which is that the truth of evolution is actually natural selection...... Species will randomly mutate in the process of reproduction from generation to generation, and those who mutate more conducive to survival in the current environment will survive, and vice versa. ”
"After noticing this, I suddenly realized, if I could, could I control the direction of biological evolution?" Shi Tao's face showed an interested smile: "So, I began to kill some creatures in a planned way, and protect some creatures in a planned way, so that they can evolve in the direction I wanted...... And the direction I hope for the most is wisdom! ”
"As a lonely and lonely person, what I want to see most is an existence that is smart enough to communicate with me on an equal footing. Therefore, all the efforts I have made are trying to make this world evolve into an intelligent species. ”
"But unfortunately, before the formation of civilization, too high intelligence was just a burden for living beings, and my attempts were very difficult, but after repeated failures, I finally succeeded. Since the birth of this planet, the first intelligent races have appeared, but they are not born on land, but in the oceans......"
"It's a creature about three meters long, similar to a big fish, but it has ten tentacles of different thicknesses and lengths around its mouth, which can help them with all kinds of complex tasks. Thanks to these tentacles, they have developed civilizations, the first real civilization in this world, the undersea civilization! ”
"I'll call them wise fish...... The birth of civilization allowed this race to multiply rapidly, and soon occupied the world's oceans, and they even created tools that could break away from the sea and extend their tentacles to the land......"
"And at this time, I also feel unprecedented happiness, these smart fish can really communicate with me without barriers. Like you, these guys worship me as a god, and although they think I look weird, my strength and eternal longevity still make them respect me. As for me, I will use my power as much as possible to meet all their needs and help them transform the world......"
"Using parents as a metaphor, this can be regarded as a kind of doting...... Shi Tao smiled bitterly and shook his head: "But unfortunately, this kind of doting has helped them develop rapidly, and at the same time harmed their ......"
"Because I blindly pursue quick success, desperately hoping for an intelligent race to emerge in the world, but ignore the diversity of species. The species of the Third Age were nowhere near as abundant as those of the Second Age. In addition, I blindly satisfied the wishes of Zhiyu and wantonly transformed the world, and soon, it ushered in evil consequences......"
"The loss of species represents the loss of organic matter, the resources are quickly exhausted, and the environment begins to deteriorate. And the war broke out between the wise fish in order to compete for resources. Military science and technology developed rapidly in the midst of warfare, and weapons of mass destruction soon appeared. Eventually, in the midst of the world's nuclear explosions, the Third Age also died out......"