Just as they were talking, the two of them had arrived at a cave.
"Smart, no wonder observers think so highly of you."
The larvae seemed to realize that this person was not their mother, and they began to feel uneasy and made babbling calls.
While he was talking, in the shadows, a long-legged spider with fangs on its face, about one meter tall, roared and approached menacingly.
Lu Zhou: "..."
When Lu Zhou saw the giant insect next to the cave, he almost retched.
Looking at the slowly moving biomes on the horizon, General Reinhard said in a calm voice with a hint of approval.
"However, there are still variables."
Lu Zhou speculated that the reason why such a comfortable temperature can be maintained here is mostly due to the thickness of the atmosphere and the type of soil. The thick atmosphere acts like a quilt, trapping most of the heat radiating from the sun.
Lu Zhou curled his lips and said nothing.
The pair of tentacles, about two meters long and covered with downy hair, were shaking up and down, as if they were hesitating about something.
However, Xiaoqiang didn't seem to hear it. He shook the tentacles above his head and climbed to the side of the stone wall with small steps.
"What is he doing?"
This is the first time in his life that he has seen a cockroach as high as his knees.
"Come with me."
"hunting?"
After staring at his back, Lu Zhou hesitated for two seconds, thinking that he was just idle anyway, so he stood up and followed General Reinhardt down the mountain.
However, after seeing General Reinhardt walking inside as if nothing had happened, he finally gritted his teeth, overcame the discomfort in his heart, and followed.
Before going in, Lu Zhou was still a little hesitant. After all, he really didn't want to be in the same space as such a big insect, even though he knew that what he was seeing was just an ancient memory.
Hearing the teasing in the voice, Lu Zhou gave him a speechless expression.
"What did you bring me here for?"
Obviously they don't know that they are in danger...
…
In fact, there is nothing difficult to guess.
"Being able to kill adult Martian spiders is equivalent to a supreme honor for these Martians. Because under normal circumstances, those Martian spiders usually hunt giant insects more than two meters high, and those monsters are These Martians are almost impossible to contend with."
"That's what it is, but don't you want to know what's going on here?"
The light in the cave is very dark, which can be described as being invisible.
It was General Reinhardt who also waved to Lu Zhou, made a "Follow me" gesture, and then led him towards the cave.
One cockroach and two people just walked in the cave, advancing about one or two hundred meters.
General Reinhardt smiled faintly and did not answer the question immediately. Instead, he stood up from the ground and patted his pants to see that there was no dirt.
For example, about what happened billions of years ago.
And almost at the same time, the prostrate Xiao Qiang in front of him, with trembling wings, suddenly moved.
"This is normal. There are natural differences in aesthetics between mammals and arthropods. They are beautiful with their multiple legs, slender tentacles, and complex textures, while the focus of mammals cannot be reflected in their bodies at all... About aesthetics I I don’t want to discuss too much with you, your civilization is still too young, and it might be more appropriate for us to discuss these things again when you have a little more experience.”
The temperature nearby is very comfortable, and you don't feel cold at all. It even feels like a spring afternoon, making people want to lie under the shade of a tree and take a lazy nap.
"Yes, in the early days of civilization, or before they formed civilization, these cockroaches mainly fed on the larvae of a reptile creature in the cave. This creature is also very special, and the larvae also have the ability to reproduce. In the future, You see these cockroaches were smart enough to domesticate them into livestock as a source of protein."
"For me, decades are just a matter of opening and closing my eyes."
"clever."
At this time, a familiar voice came to my ears.
The little one let out an "excited" roar, cut off the spider's fangs, tied it to the top of his head with a pair of forelimbs, and then quickly rushed into the nest behind the cave.
"What's going on here?"
Inside the nest, fat larvae were crawling on the carpet-like pile of velvet, looking curiously at the entrance of the nest.
"Do you feel disgusting?"
"Time is irreversible. This is a law written into truth."
"it's me."
While the two were talking, Xiaoqiang had already approached the stone tablet and tapped the strange lines of text with his tentacles curiously.
"Curiosity is the beginning of everything. You can't imagine what kind of turmoil stirred up in my heart when I found this ugly little guy stopping in front of this stone monument."
"Like an aphid to an ant?"
Looking in the direction of General Reinhardt, Xiaoqiang, who was collecting the white fluff from local materials and tying the larvae in, suddenly stopped what he was doing.
While he was talking, the little one not far away seemed to have finally made up his mind and began to explore the inside of the cave.
Obviously not only did he not expect it, but the spider seemed not to expect that the "little guy" in front of him was so ferocious. He was caught off guard and rolled to the side.
"Yes."
"These words were carved when I first came to this planet... or rather this universe, to commemorate something."
Reinhard smiled faintly and said teasingly, "Why, didn't you come up with this name?"
Before entering the dormant cabin, he learned that General Reinhardt's existence was a memory.
The weird-colored fluff looked so tingling that Lu Zhou subconsciously took a step back.
Different from the jagged rocks next to it, the flat rock mass is like a stone tablet, firmly embedded in the stone wall.
It also completely changed the future of a planet...
Following in the footsteps of General Reinhardt, Lu Zhou said casually.
At this moment, the Xiaoqiang standing in front of the stone monument would not realize that just because he took one more look at the stone monument in front of him, he completely changed the fate of a tribe.
"This is..." There was a hint of disbelief in his eyes. Lu Zhou's pupils shrank slightly and he whispered, "The text of Jialan Empire?"
"Yes."
The two insects got into close combat and fought together. With the advantage of its small size, the little strong one was lucky enough to hang on the spider's belly, and actually chewed off half of the spider's face.
"You'll find out soon enough."
"I think... it's better if we don't call them Martians."
"There is almost no concept of Antarctica and North Pole here. Creatures at any latitude can feel the most comfortable state equally. It is like a paradise, and if no accidents occur, it will remain so."
Thousands of tons of succulent animals roamed in the lush grasslands and endless dense forests. The rich products were not only beyond their ability to control, but also far beyond their imagination.
"Anyway, there is no hope for you to wake up in a few decades. Don't you want to find something to kill your time?"
Not only that, there are also lines of strange marks on the stone tablet that is as smooth as a mirror.
He originally thought that this kind of creature would just hide in the gutter, eating rotten food, and had no offensive ability at all. However, he did not expect that the cockroach on Mars in front of him actually had such a ferocious hunting ability!
After flapping subconsciously for a while, the spider curled up into a ball and lay on the ground motionless.
After saying that, he turned around and walked down the mountain, regardless of whether Lu Zhou followed him.
If you don't think about other things...
A blue beam of light slowly appeared next to Lu Zhou, and a blue humanoid creature walking upright walked out of the light and sat next to him.
"Oh, so this is a memory?"
The sun in the sky is very small, only a little bigger than your thumb. The light is not particularly dazzling, but it is bright enough.
Everything in front of you is full of the feeling of a primitive forest, making people wonder if they have returned hundreds of millions of years ago.
"...Don't tell me that I traveled to Mars billions of years ago."
This hunting method of shooting oneself out like a cannonball really shocked Lu Zhou.
Feeling sick to his stomach at the name Martian, Lu Zhou said with an ugly expression.
General Reinhard nodded.
The winner has been decided.
Although it doesn't understand what these marks mean to itself, it always feels that there is some kind of fascinating attraction in those symbols.
Since he can remember his own name and perfectly assume the identity of "Reinhardt" and communicate normally, it is obvious that new things can be written into this memory.
At this time, the Xiaoqiang walking in front suddenly seemed to have a premonition of danger, and the wings attached to its back made a dangerous buzzing sound.
Indeed.
The wings on his carapace suddenly made a loud bang, and then the pillow cockroach shot forward like a bullet.
"In your culture, the concept closest to the prehistoric ecological appearance of Mars is probably the 'Gaia hypothesis' proposed by your scholars. The entire planet is almost like a complete life. Since it completed its initial ecosystem When evolution begins, it is in an almost perpetual equilibrium."
Looking at the fertile and black land dozens of meters away, as well as the lush grassland and giant trees dozens of meters high in the distance, Lu Zhou, who was sitting on the edge of the cliff, looked up at the sky and couldn't help but squint his eyes. .
And this attraction, very magically, does not come from the instinct of eating...
Trapped by the inexplicable attraction, it couldn't bear to leave just like that. It stared at the stone tablet for a long time, and rubbed its forelimbs on the ground, seeming to imitate the symbols on the stone tablet. strokes.
"Then what caused-"
Hearing these words, a look of interest appeared in Lu Zhou's eyes.
"Actually, it doesn't matter. The name is just a symbol. Even if you call me Jialan, wouldn't I be the same as lifeless? What's more, the little guys in front of you will soon learn to walk upright, make tools, and even develop... A civilization that is several times more prosperous than your current earth... Look, he seems to have discovered a treasure."
"Yes."
However, they were in a state of plenty, but eventually died of hunger.
"hunting."
On a cliff towering into the clouds.
Judging from its movements, the little guy seemed to want to move the thing away. However, after several attempts, he finally gave up on this unrealistic idea.