Anthony entered the ship's main conference room and saw a dozen people already sitting on either side of the table. There is an ultra-thin LCD screen in front of each person, so attendees can view materials provided by others.

Anthony glanced at most of them, most of whom he knew, or rather named. To his surprise, there were four or five people he didn't recognize—two of the dark-skinned men were supposed to be of African descent, while the other two men and one woman appeared to be of Asian and Europa descent.

His face was silent, but he was secretly vigilant in his heart, silently remembering the faces of these strangers in his mind.

Anthony is a high-ranking figure in the Spirit King Sect, and the Spirit King Sect usually pays attention to collecting information and information from spiritual cultivators around the world, and he can consult these things. Therefore, most of the people here have seen their photos and materials in the secret database of the Spirit King Sect, even if they have not had a face-to-face encounter before.

Those who can enter this room today should be the top figures of the Spirit Venerable Sect, even if even a regional-level big man like William is not qualified to enter, you can see the high status of several people in the room.

The Spirit King Sect and the Spirit Venerable Sect have always had a mustard, and the opponent actually has so many deeply hidden masters, which makes Anthony a little shocked.

At the other end of the long table sat the convener of the conference, Cardinal Gilbert of the European Inquisition, nicknamed the Night Walker.

Gilbert didn't intend to introduce the attendees to Anthony, and he didn't even offer to take a seat, but just nodded lightly and said, "Grand Knight Anthony of the Fist of the Sky, may I ask what information you have brought for Cardinal Archbishop Kelin this time?"

For Cardinal Gilbert's coldness, Anthony didn't dare to care, after all, there was still a difference in the status of the two in the spiritual cultivation world. If the big guy is not in the mood to play with you and be approachable, he can only endure it.

He bowed slightly and said, "Dear Cardinal Gilbert, Cardinal Archbishop Kelin asked me to bring you and everyone here the coordinates of the summit island. And brought the topics and related materials formulated by our Spirit King Sect for this meeting, please understand in advance. Of course, if you have any information that you need me to convey, I am more than happy to help. ”

Anthony pulled out a delicate box from his bosom, and when he opened it, there was a USB flash drive. He put the USB flash drive on the conference table: "All the materials and information are in this, and there is a password on the box." ”

Gilbert's chin was raised, and he said in a cold tone, "Thank you, Grand Knight Anthony, for sending it personally." Okay, please rest for the Grand Knight, and we'll hand you the information we need to pass on after the meeting. ”

A white man in a suit standing behind Gilbert walked up to Anthony and made a guiding gesture: "Hello, Grand Knight Anthony, please come with me." ”

Anthony was originally a messenger, and after handing over the USB flash drive, there was nothing wrong with him, and besides, it was really uncomfortable for him to stay in this room where the Lingzun faction bosses gathered. He bowed slightly to say goodbye to Gilbert and followed the white man out of the conference room.

Gilbert turned his head to signal, and a white-collar beauty sitting behind him stood up. Plug the USB flash drive that Anthony had placed on the table into a computer, enter the password, and several files appear on the screen in front of everyone.

The first is a coordinate, which should be the location of the island where the meeting will be held. This does not need to be bothered by Gilbert and the others, and their own retinue will hand over the coordinates to the captain.

What interested them was that there was also an article on the analysis of spiritual fluctuations in the USB flash drive, to be precise, they were interested in the author of the article.

This is a long treatise entitled "The Chronicle of the Spirit." The author is a man named George Irving.

This person is well-known in secular society. He is a tenured professor at Stanford University, a leading expert in archaeology, and the third in line to the George family in the United States. Under these radiant auras, he actually has a more secret identity - an explorer in the spiritual cultivation world.

Although Professor Owen belonged to the Spirit King Sect in terms of his affiliation to the spiritual cultivation world, he never participated in the disputes in the spiritual cultivation world, and devoted himself to his own exploration and research. More like an independent scientist in the spiritual world.

His awakened spiritual abilities were relatively out of the way, and those mature exercises in the spiritual cultivation world had almost no effect on his cultivation. But his sense of spirit and smell became more and more acute as he grew older, and it seemed to be his innate talent.

Relying on this talent and the family's abundant financial resources, Owen began to search for places in all corners of the world from a young age to find strange spirits. After years of persistent efforts, he really discovered several ancient relics left over from the ancient spiritual cultivation world.

From these monuments, Owen found several treasures left by ancient spirit cultivators, which greatly increased the strength of the Spirit King Sect for a while. And in secular society, these discoveries also established his position in the archaeological community by the way.

It looks like Professor Owen is going to publish some of his new discoveries today. However, despite their curiosity, everyone still closed the paper window, planning to wait for the meeting to end for a while and then go back to read it slowly-good guys, there are more than 100,000 words to read, if you read it now, don't hold a meeting.

At this time, the white man who had sent Anthony out walked in and said to Gilbert, "Dear Cardinal, Professor Owen would like to make a video call with you. ”

"Oh, take it in. Because of Owen's long-standing principle of neutrality, these bigwigs of the Spirit Venerable Sect also have a good impression of him. Of course, the purpose of the Spirit Venerable Sect was to get some useful information from him, so that he could also find the spiritual cultivation treasures left over from ancient times.

Soon, the satellite data link was connected, and a white man wearing a white shirt inside and a gray casual suit outside appeared on everyone's screen.

I saw that he had a short beard on his chin, was tall, thin, and barely saw any fat on his cheeks. He is about fifty years old, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses on the high bridge of his nose, and a golden glasses chain around his neck, which sets off the elegant temperament of the whole person.

Gilbert greeted politely, "The Spirit will bless you, my dear Professor Owen. ”

Owen also bowed his head politely: "Thank you for the time you have given me, Your Excellency Cardinal Gilbert, and distinguished guests from all over the world. I'm George. Irving. ”

Everyone nodded and smiled. After a short greeting, Owen straightened his face and said with a little seriousness: "I'm honored that you can give me valuable time, and the original plan was to explain my paper to you after you arrive at your destination." But something happened that made it necessary for me to publish the paper ahead of schedule. Cardinal Kelling has also agreed that I should communicate with you earlier so that you will have time to fully discuss them in the coming days. ”

A smile appeared on Gilbert's face, and he teased, "Dear Professor Owen, what is it that makes you, a great professor who has no quarrel with the world, feel the urgency of time?"

Owen didn't follow Gilbert's joke and continued to say with a serious face: "Maybe it's serious, maybe... Anyway, let me start making a statement for you. ”

Gilbert raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation, and everyone also straightened their postures and put on a deaf look.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I believe you have seen the paper that Anthony brought, which has a detailed description and argumentation of my theory, a total of 150,000 words. In order not to waste too much time, I would like to give a brief overview of the core ideas of the paper. If you still have any questions after listening, you can read my paper in detail at a convenient time. ”

"For a long time, our view in the spiritual world has been that there are human beings first, and then some of them have stimulated their spiritual abilities due to various coincidences, and thus go to the realm of spiritual cultivation. Of course, the human beings I am referring to here are not primitive people, but modern people who have begun to use tools and have social organizations. ”

So we have always believed that the history of human spirituality is basically equivalent to the history of the emergence of modern human beings, that is, about three million years. ”

A PowerPoint was transmitted to the screen, and Teacher Owen began to talk eloquently:

"However, after many years of research, I can now say with certainty that neither the era of modern man nor the age of the earliest existence of spiritual cultivators on this earth is by no means only a few million years old as modern scientific research has done. On the contrary, there is evidence that human society existed in the Cretaceous era, which was more than 200 million years ago. ”

Everyone was a little surprised but calm, although this view is very different from the history of human development that everyone knows, but so what? Whether human beings have existed for millions or 200 million years, can they have any particularly important influence on the present?

Owen went on to explain that, according to his research theory, the number of humans in that era was extremely scarce. Among them are some spiritual cultivators with great supernatural powers. At that time, the entire human society existed around these few spiritual cultivators. The supernatural powers of these ancient cultivators are unimaginable to modern people. Not only are they able to turn their hands into clouds and rain their hands, they can even create species.

Owen's theory is that it is under the rule of these great supernatural cultivators that all kinds of creatures on the earth have become vibrant, diverse, and colorful in just a few tens of thousands of years. And not, as secular science says, all of this is the result of evolution by natural selection.

Because the theory of evolution cannot explain why the earth suddenly exploded with so many species during that period.

Owen told the audience that his years of research had concluded that the reason why organisms in that period were generally much larger than modern organisms was not because of the abundance of food and high oxygen content as the secular scientific community said—that he had used his family's vast wealth to create an enclosed area modeled after the Mesozoic environment, where hundreds of species of organisms were raised. After more than 10 generations of breeding, there is not the slightest tendency to become larger.

Owen also pointed out that there are many aspects of the theory of biological evolution that are accepted by modern science that cannot be justified. For example, today, when the gravitational pull of the earth has not changed compared to the Mesozoic era, according to evolutionary theory, large organisms have been shown to be not conducive to survival. Because their ability to run and hunt decreases inversely in proportion to their body weight, many of the gigantic creatures have become rare species on Earth.

But in ancient times, behemoths that were much larger than the current size of living things were firmly at the top of the food chain.

If the large animals of that period were slow and unresponsive, they would not have been able to catch much more nimble food than they were.

He also used birds as an example: Modern science has shown that when birds have evolved to a certain size, they can only discard the ability to fly – such as ostriches.

The Pterodactyl of the Cretaceous period, after its wings were extended, could reach more than ten meters long, and its body shape was almost equal to that of today's medium-sized commercial aircraft. By today's standards, it is impossible for such a giant creature to be able to fly.

"So," Owen pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose and said, "I think the reason why these huge creatures existed in the Jurassic and Cretaceous eras, and at the same time could maintain superior attack power, was because of the need for war. ”

After saying this, he finally succeeded in attracting the attention of the people in the conference room. The crowd exchanged complicated glances with each other, and began to listen really earnestly to Owen about his thesis.

Although the spiritual cultivators here belong to a maverick group in the human world, they themselves did not jump out of the cracks in the stones. Everyone spent their childhood, adolescence and youth in a secular society, was educated in modern science, and almost all of them had the experience of visiting paleontological exhibitions in their adolescence. The paleontological skeletons on display in those galleries also left a deep impression on their young minds.

You need to look up to see the Tyrannosaurus rex in its entirety, and you can feel the fierce mammoth and saber-toothed tiger just by looking at the fossil restored model... These beasts were specially bred by humans, so who can control these fierce beasts?

A few people shook their heads secretly in their hearts, and said in their hearts: Fortunately, these theories are only made public in this conference room, otherwise Owen would not have to be a tenured professor at Stanford University, but would have been a lifelong patient in a mental hospital.

One of the spiritual cultivators couldn't help but question Owen's point: "Dear Professor Owen, I'm sorry to interrupt you. You think that ancient creatures like the Tyrannosaurus Rex and the Saber-toothed Tiger were the war behemoths of the Soul Cultivators at that time. Is it possible to conclude that there was a strong need for war in the spiritual realm at that time? I wonder why they were still keen on war, given the scarcity of spiritual cultivators in the Mesozoic Era? What are they fighting for?"

"This gentleman's question is very good," Owen felt more and more like he was lecturing in a university classroom, "and my inference after research is that these behemoths are not used in the civil war in the spiritual realm. On the contrary, because the number of human beings in that era was extremely small, there was no need and need to compete for resources. The reason why these fierce beasts are cultivated that are very suitable for battle is that they are aimed at some kind of existence from beyond the earth. ”

"In order to make it easier for everyone to understand, I call this mysterious existence from outside the heavens... Demon Realm!"

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