The old house of the Lin family in Liuye Lane has been handed down to Lin Shuo, and it has experienced ups and downs for more than a hundred years. It is an old house.
A few years ago, Lin Hechun renovated it once, and recently took advantage of Lin Shuo's wedding, and tidied it up again.
The house is not big, a two-story building with brick and stone structure. It looks similar to the homestead of an ordinary country house on the outside. It doesn't stand out, but there is something inside.
The restaurant is on the first floor, and the tables, chairs and screens are all made of red sandalwood, and the cups used by everyone for drinking are all Jun porcelain fired with the craftsmanship of the Song Dynasty.
Everything here is antique and harmoniously matched, making people look familiar and pleasing to the eye, but the topic on the dinner table was suddenly brought to an unknown area by Miao Guangqi.
Nine Dragons, this is the biggest taboo of Liemen for thousands of years.
The secrecy of this topic is so deep that even the Jiulong family with the hunting gate is unknown to the world.
At present, two of the people sitting on the table are the Supreme Beings in the sect, and the others are also the core figures of the hunting gate. Even if these people talk about this topic, they must be extremely careful.
Cao Yusheng stopped Miao Guangqi's words with a wave of his hand, stood up by himself, closed the front and back doors of the restaurant, and drew the curtains.
These actions may not have any effect in reality, but after doing these, Cao Yusheng felt a lot more at ease.
The old schemer of Liemen sat back in his original seat, picked up the jug, and filled it for Qin Xiangyang.
Cao Yusheng knew what Miao Guangqi was about to say, because the two had discussed this topic in private before.
The ancients couldn't understand what kind of existence the Nine-Dragon Alien Beast was, but now, with the continuous accumulation of human knowledge, it has some clues.
At least, he is qualified to take a guess.
As for the result of the discussion between the two, Cao Yusheng kept it secret, and even Lin Shuo didn't tell it.
Because even Lin Shuo, in Cao Yusheng's opinion, didn't need to know these things.
This kind of thing that can't be handled at all, the less you know, the less you worry about it.
But now that Miao Guangqi wanted to speak, Cao Yusheng would not stop him.
Because of this matter, sooner or later, we still have to talk about it.
And in the final analysis, this is just a conjecture of Miao Guangqi, whether it is really the case remains to be verified.
I only heard Miao Guangqi say to Qin Xiangyang:
"The vast majority of all living things known so far, at the level of energy, stay at the level of biochemical energy.
Very few species, such as the Dover devil, have evolved some means of applying electromagnetic waves and the ability to directly convert oil into kinetic energy of the body, but this is still at the level of chemical energy after all.
The reason why the seven-color muntjac is so strong is because this species, according to the current information, should be the ultimate evolution of creatures under natural conditions. The biochemical energy has been utilized to the limit by it.
We humans are, in a sense, an exception.
Through the accumulation of knowledge and social cooperation, we can now initially use nuclear energy, that is, atomic energy.
In the big picture of energy utilization, human beings, as a whole, are of course stronger than other fierce beasts.
However, if we put aside social cooperation and only consider our individual human beings, then even Lin Shuo and I, including you, brother Qin, are still stuck at the limit of biochemical energy.
This is also the end point of all living things on earth under the condition of natural evolution.
To break through this end point, we need to develop civilization, establish a knowledge inheritance system, discover new forms of energy, and learn how to use them.
Kowloon, obviously should have passed the end of this natural evolution and reached a higher level.
The means of energy utilization they currently master is superior to that of human beings.
This kind of existence is completely incomprehensible until human beings really develop science and realize the level of energy utilization.
Therefore, no matter the ancestor of the Yun Family of Liemen or the nine ancestors of your Haike Alliance, they just regard them as nine extremely powerful beasts.
In fact, they are nine civilizations. "
When Miao Guangqi said these words, everyone present gasped except for Cao Yusheng and Lin Shuo.
A pin drop could be heard on the dining table, as if digesting Miao Guangqi's conjecture.
Miao Guangqi looked at his son-in-law Lin Shuo and said, "Lin Shuo, you don't seem surprised."
Lin Shuo smiled: "When I was drinking with Yang Tuo before, we talked about this matter. Yang Tuo said the same thing, I think it makes sense."
"But..." Anne said, "Are there other civilizations besides us humans on Earth?"
"Of course there are." Miao Guangqi pointed to Di Lan's stomach while talking, "For example, the King of Yama, this is an example.
As long as this species is given some more time, it is very likely that it will evolve civilization.
It's just that it was not very lucky. At this point in time on earth, our human civilization appeared one step earlier.
Therefore, it has nothing to hide under my microscope, and I finally killed it in the cradle. "
After Miao Guangqi finished speaking, he paused for a while, and continued: "In recent decades, many people have focused their attention on searching for other civilizations in the sky, hoping to find aliens.
Various conjectures emerged one after another, the most famous being the Fermi Paradox.
But in my opinion, we need to pay attention to the things in the sky, but we need to understand the things on the earth.
The oldest rock ever found on Earth, 4.3 billion years old.
The age of the earth is at least 4.6 billion years.
Our current entire earth ecosystem, traced back to its source, is the explosion of life in the Cambrian period 530 million years ago.
The most basic life that appeared at that time, through cruel natural selection, survival of the fittest, became our biome today.
The Cambrian period is also the limit of biological fossil archeology at present, and there will be no more in the future.
However, from the birth of the earth to the Cambrian explosion, during the more than four billion years, is there really nothing
Based on the objective existence of "Nine Dragons", I have two conjectures about the origin of Nine Dragons.
First: Kowloon is a prehistoric civilization, and this prehistory is the prehistory of mankind.
After the explosion of life in the Cambrian period, until the emergence of us humans, in the long period of more than 500 million years, countless species have stood at the top of the biological chain.
The current fossil research can only reveal the tip of the iceberg in the evolution process of organisms, and many mysteries have not yet been solved.
And those species that stand at the top of the biological chain may have developed civilizations, and their energy utilization capabilities have exceeded the current stage of our human beings.
It's just that under the erosion of the years, the traces of these civilizations have been erased, or there are obvious traces, but we humans still cannot understand.
Second: Kowloon is still a prehistoric civilization, but this prehistory is the prehistory of the current earth creatures.
Before the outbreak of the Cambrian period, there may have been several births of life on the earth, and the result of these several life evolutions is the current "Nine Dragons".
All in all, Kowloon is a prehistoric civilization. Although they are the same as us, they are the result of the evolution of life on earth in the space latitude, but the time latitude is very far behind us.
If it's the former one, that's okay, because they are all the result of the Cambrian explosion. Everyone has the same ancestry and genes, so they should barely be able to communicate.
If it's the latter, it's troublesome, and it's no different from aliens. "
"If your conjecture, Teacher, is true, then why did these civilizations end up in the form of 'Nine Dragons'?" Anne asked again, "What is their state like this? Is the civilization still developing or has it been destroyed? Is Kowloon just nine ruins?"
"Well, that's even harder to say." Miao Guangqi shook his head, "I said that the origin of Nine Dragons is itself a conjecture, and it's not certain whether it is so.
If you think about it further, it will be even more unpredictable, there are too many possibilities.
But in any case, from my understanding, the current form of civilization in Kowloon is convergent as a whole, not diffuse.
They currently exchange very little matter and energy with the outside world, and their impact on the earth's environment is relatively small.
So, there are two possibilities.
The first is what Nianqiu said. This is the state of the tomb of civilization. Civilization has been destroyed or moved. The current Nine Dragons on the earth are only nine ruins.
The other is the extreme defense state of civilization, which can also be understood as a latent state.
Under some kind of pressure, they have to give up the expansion of civilization, at least, on the earth to give up the expansion of civilization, and converge within the body of Kowloon.
They may be waiting to die, or they may be waiting for an opportunity to fight back. "
After all, Jiang is still old and hot. Lin Shuo had never heard Miao Guangqi's words from Yang Tuo before.
Obviously, Miao Guangqi wanted to know more about Kowloon than Yang Tuo.
But it's no wonder, after all, Yang Tuo was a temporary topic on the wine table at that time, and the content of the topic had already exceeded his professional scope.
Yang Tuo just made a bold assumption as a scientist, and did not study it in depth.
Miao Guangqi had been thinking about this problem for a long time.
And when Miao Guangqi brought the topic here, Lin Shuo naturally thought of "Earth Bodhisattva".
He has a very strong feeling that there should be a connection between "Nine Dragons" and "Earth Bodhisattva".
As for the connection, Miao Guangqi didn't go on, and Lin Shuo didn't ask.
Because the conjecture has been deduced to this point, it can no longer continue.
There are too many possibilities, and the current information is seriously insufficient, which will greatly interfere with the direction of future actions.
If you want to understand these things, you will definitely need on-the-spot surveys, and maybe you have to "hunt" a Kowloon-level thing.
And these are obviously not things that Lin Shuo will deal with in the near future. After all, there is still a big deal in Borneo.
The topic of Kowloon came to an end here, and Lin Shuo looked at Qin Xiangyang who was sitting beside him.
The general leader of the Haike League hadn't spoken much just now, and now he looked even more confused, obviously not understanding very well.
It's no wonder that the old man is more than seventy years old, even though he looks like a dragon and a tiger.
Ask him to look at the sea chart to observe the stars, set a route, or kill some strange beasts on the sea. This old man is a good hand, and his ability will not be much worse than that of Miao Guangqi today.
But at the age of eight, he went to sea with the leader of the previous generation, and his cultural level was barely able to read and write.
Ability is acquired through word of mouth. What Miao Guangqi said just now is obviously beyond his field of expertise.
"So this Nine Dragons..." Qin Xiangyang cleared his throat and asked in a deep voice, "It's really powerful?"
"Yeah!" Lin Shuo nodded vigorously, "It's very powerful."
"Okay, I understand." Qin Xiangyang said, "I'll call those boys when I turn around, and stay away."
"Yes, that's what it means."
Lin Shuo didn't care too much, as long as the effect is achieved.
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