Chapter 5: The Golden People Under the Tree of Life

Instant is eternal.

In Yuan Chu's view, his eternal life is not so special.

With the return of Poincaré, everything in the material cycle will not completely die, even if the destruction of the universe is not the end, this is not a kind of eternity.

Unlike the static eternity, which is immutable, the process of moving towards eternity in the midst of change will emit a dazzling light.

It's what he's lost, and it's what he's longing to see.

"Luca, let's get started."

After 100 million years of growth, Luca has become larger than a single-celled fungus.

However, her two iconic "braids" are still conspicuous.

I saw that she stuffed a few fungi into her body, as if she was eating chewing gum, and "chewed" it.

After a while, the fungus in her body disappeared, and she spat out a golden spore ball.

And this is the prototype of intelligent life designed by Yuan Chu.

Although the ecological environment of the earth has improved at this time, there is still a huge difference between it and later generations.

It was difficult for humans to adapt to the primitive ecology at this time, so he simply redesigned a new species based on fungi.

Yuan Chu hung the golden spore ball on the tall fungal tree, and under the infiltration of nutrients, the spore ball started to grow mode.

In just the past week, the spore balls have swelled to the size of a tire.

Faintly visible through sunlight, a humanoid embryo was wriggling among the spores.

This new species was designed by Yuan Chu with reference to humans, and the fungus and humans are both eukaryotic organisms, which are on the same trunk from an evolutionary point of view, and with the assistance of Luca, it is relatively easy to implement.

The reality is that when the embryo finally matures after a year, the golden spore balls fall from the tree like ripe fruit.

With a crisp "click", the spore ball completely shattered in the collision with the ground.

A naked, humanoid creature covered in egg white-like slime immediately revealed.

This new species based on fungi is very similar to humans in terms of structure and appearance.

The only difference is that the metabolism is very fast, and the life expectancy is estimated to be only half that of humans.

However, Yuan Chu did not see this as a flaw, and he was satisfied with it.

A faster metabolism not only reduces lifespan, but also makes new species grow faster and have better physical fitness, which will be very helpful for survival and reproduction.

In order to help new species rapidly expand their populations, Yuan Chu even retained the characteristics of self-reproduction of microorganisms.

Just as he was admiring his masterpiece, the newborn child suddenly burst into tears.

He sat on the ground, clutching the shattered fragments of golden spores, crying no mention how sad it was.

At this moment, the child felt a little itchy in his neck, and he looked sideways at his shoulder while crying.

It turned out that Luca had come to the child's shoulder at some point, and she gently stroked the other's cheek with her flagella, as if to comfort him.

The boy surprisingly didn't cry anymore, and he seemed to feel the connection between himself and Luca.

At this time, Yuan Chu's voice also entered his mind through his consciousness.

"Since you're born of fungi, then call it Vongers.

I am your creator, welcome to this world. ”

Yuan Chu originally just wanted to express kindness, but he forgot that his consciousness was not something that anyone could carry, and eternity was a weight that ordinary life could not bear.

The next moment, golden blood poured out from Vongues's seven orifices, his amber eyes continued to expand, and his spirit began to dissipate.

Luca eagerly stroked Vongers's face with her flagella, not wanting him to fall asleep.

However, it is a pity that this fresh life has just begun, and it seems that it is about to come to an end.

At this critical moment, everything around suddenly comes to a standstill, no, it's static eternity.

In eternity, even death is not allowed.

After some rescue, Vongers's life was saved by Yuan Chu.

This incident made him understand how lethal his consciousness is to ordinary life.

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For the next period of time, the immortal von Gues lived and grew up under the fungal tree, drinking stream water when he was thirsty, and picking mushrooms around him to eat when he was hungry.

Thanks to his optimized digestive system, he has a very strong ability to digest mushroom fungi, even all kinds of deadly mushroom toxins.

And this is also crucial, after all, the earth's ecology at this time has been affected a lot by Yuan Chu, and all kinds of fungi are extremely prosperous.

It must be an organism that can resist fungi and feed on them to survive in such a plant-free environment.

Humans will see each other tomorrow when they eat enoki mushrooms, and this digestive ability is naturally impossible to adapt to the current environment.

Yuan Chu finally decided to leave human beings to natural evolution, and he believed that even if the future would change, it would still carry inherent inertia.

If the human ancestors really didn't appear in the future, it wouldn't be too late for him to intervene.

Just as he was planning in his heart, he saw Vongers kneeling under the fungal tree, kissing the roots with a reverent face.

Yuan Chu was a little helpless when he saw this, although he saved Vongers's life, but the other party still left some sequelae.

The traces of eternal consciousness cannot be erased, and the message he conveys will be imprinted in the mind of the target forever like a steel seal.

This was not Yuan Chu's original intention, but he was helpless at this point.

The only thing to be thankful for is that what he conveyed to Vongers before was not compulsory, and the impact on the other party was relatively limited.

Despite this accident, Yuan Chu's actions will not stop, and he still expects the earth to be full of life.

It didn't take long for the second batch of golden spore embryos above the canopy to mature.

With Vongers as a precedent, this time he didn't rush into these new species.

And under the high-speed metabolism, Vongers has matured at this time.

As the only adult individual in the group, he became the object of his kind, and naturally became the leader of the group.

Von Gues was not a natural leader, and in Yuan Chu's opinion, his methods were very immature.

However, there is no doubt that he has enough time to grow into a qualified leader in an environment where there is plenty of food and no pressure to survive.

As time went on, the neighborhood around the fungal tree became more and more lively.

Seeing that the new species had already taken shape, Yuan Chu asked Luca to stop producing golden spores and start producing other species.

In the days that followed, spore balls of various colors fell from the trees from time to time, giving birth to different kinds of creatures.

Everything that is incomprehensible will always be reduced to miracles.

In particular, Vongers was influenced by eternal consciousness and believed in the existence of a creator.

Witnessing all kinds of life blooming at the treetops, the most primitive totem worship quickly spread among the ethnic group.

The Sacred Tree, the World Tree, the Tree of Life, the Golden People under the Tree, and so on, the legends made up out of thin air were very popular for a while.

It's like a parent standing in a house who doesn't pay attention to what the kids are playing in the yard.

Yuan Chu didn't pay attention to these changes, and even if he knew, he would only laugh.

Since they are willing to create a sense of belonging with illusory beliefs, let them be.

However, just as Yuan Chu and Luka were constantly enriching their species, something unprecedented broke out in the village......