Chapter 18: Grace and Killing
"What do you think Shi Tao is?" This is the first question that Origin asks Yin Wanchou.
Yin Wanchou didn't answer, but the origin answered by himself.
"You've known him for hundreds of years, and you must have all kinds of questions in your heart, what ability can make people immortal, what ability can make people never hurt? Even if you gain the ability to mimic someone else's ability, you won't be able to parse their ability...... You must have wondered about this. ”
"You seem to be paying attention to me?" Yin Wanchou asked rhetorically.
"I care about every creature with abilities!" "Because in a sense, you are all my children," Origin said. I feel the birth of every alien species or alien person in this world. I'm happy every time a powerful and rare ability is born; Whenever a supernatural life falls, I get frustrated. ”
"Is that what it means to be an origin?" Yin Wanchou narrowed his eyes: "You want to say that you are the origin of all abilities?" ”
"It's not just me...... I used to have many companions, and we were the first supernatural creatures in the world. We have spread the power of supernatural powers to the earth, creating more and more supernatural creatures, and filling the whole world with incredible power. ”
"But at this time, the person you now call Shi Tao appeared, with terrifying power, killing all my companions, only I survived, relying on special abilities, I have survived until now."
"Why did he do that?" Yin Wanchou asked rhetorically.
"Because of hatred!" Origin said, "He hates all living beings who can die. ”
"The inevitable stages of life, birth, growth, aging, death...... Shi Tao does not die, and even the process of birth cannot be confirmed, let alone growth and aging...... And the ultimate goal of life, reproduction and continuation, has become indifferent in the eyes of an eternal monster like him. ”
"I don't know when it was born, it never changes, and it never dies...... Do you think such an existence can be regarded as life? ”
Yin Wanchou fell into deep thought.
"He himself is the opposite of life, and his existence is a mockery of the laws of nature, a desecration of all life. And he himself is full of jealousy and hatred for us, who are strangers in his eyes! ”
Hearing the words of the origin, Yin Wanchou shook his head: "I'm sorry, in the hundreds of years I've known him, I haven't seen the so-called jealousy and hatred!" ”
"You don't tell who's a potential murderer by the way you eat dinner!" Origin retorted: "It's just a dinner, and as long as it's fun, people, whether good or evil, will only focus on the food in front of them." For hundreds of years, or even thousands of years, for Shi Tao, it was just a time for dinner. He enjoys all the pleasures of being with humans, and puts his hatred behind him for a while. But this is only an occasional case. When he got tired of playing and remembered his original purpose, which was the end of humanity! ”
"Nonsense!" Yin Wanchou activated his ability and directly killed the incarnation of the origin. But then, the second, the third, the fourth...... One incarnation after another appeared in front of Yin Wanchou in different images
"Humans are creatures bound by preconceived notions!" Origin smiled: "Since you don't believe it, I'll let you see the evidence!" ”
After speaking, several origin incarnations worked at the same time, filling the surrounding changing scenes with illusions, leaving Yin Wanchou in an illusory background.
"Is this an illusion?!" Yin Wanchou was on guard.
"It's indeed an illusion, but the truth recorded in it, with your ability, should be enough to tell the difference!"
As he spoke, the surrounding environment changed, and primitive humans ran away wielding wooden sticks and stone tools, letting out heart-rending screams as they ran, as if they were running away from something terrible.
This is...... Yin Wanchou keenly noticed that these primitive people were slightly different from modern humans, their bodies were shorter and thicker, their torsos were thicker, their arms were thicker, their foreheads were tilted back, and their eyebrows were higher......
This is not the ancestor of modern humans, but ...... Neanderthal! A branch of humanity that has left a strong mark on the history of human evolution. According to modern research, Neanderthals' physique was stronger than Homo sapiens (i.e., modern man), and the brain capacity was not inferior, so all aspects should be superior. But for some reason, tens of thousands of years ago, this race, which was supposed to be superior, failed miserably in the competition with Homo sapiens and disappeared into the long river of evolutionary history.
The cause of the extinction of Neanderthals has been widely debated in the academic community, and no conclusive conclusion has been reached...... Seeing this scene now, Yin Wanchou suddenly had a terrible guess in his heart, could it be that he ......
Soon, his guess came true!
A lightning-fast figure suddenly rushed in, caught up with the last Neanderthals, and raised his hand into his chest!
Seeing this, the other Neanderthals hurriedly shouted and threw their weapons at him, but the stone spear and stone axe hit him as if it were itching, and the killer snorted coldly, and his body moved, like a swimming dragon, shuttling through the crowd, killing dozens of Neanderthals in the blink of an eye.
At this time, a large number of Neanderthals rushed in from the other direction, all of them carrying weapons, and some of them leading domesticated wild dogs. These guys had apparently come to the rescue of their comrades, and now when they saw the corpses everywhere, they were all furious, roaring and rushing towards the killer.
The killer sighed, suddenly stretched out a hand, and then, a surging force erupted, like a bomb exploding, and the terrifying force engulfed all the Neanderthals.
In an instant, hundreds of Neanderthals were wiped out, leaving only the killer standing in place.
Needless to say, the identity of this killer is Shi Tao!
And the origin released this image, obviously to tell Yin Wanchou that it was Shi Tao who exterminated the once glorious Neanderthals!
"See?" Origin put away the illusion: "When he gets tired of playing, humans are the next Neanderthals!" ”
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As soon as he recalled this scene, Yin Wanchou couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine. Origin used an image from tens of thousands of years ago to shake his long-standing perception of Shi Tao. And just when he was using the eyes of the past, Yin Wanchou also paid attention to the era of the extinction of Neanderthals, and it turned out that the origin did not deceive him, it was indeed Shi Tao who single-handedly caused the destruction of this branch of the human race!
But now, he saw the distant past, but found that Shi Tao had enlightened civilization for primitive humans, and he did not distinguish between races and branches. Going back further, even the Australopithecus, which had not yet walked upright, had received his blessings.
Grace and then destruction? Is this really pure hatred and jealousy?
Yin Wanchou faintly felt that the origin had told him a lot of truths, but the most critical part was covered up with lies. He decided to go back in time to find the original answer.