Ding!
Lu Zhou asked subconsciously.
…
"...What a stupid thing."
"Professor, I brought you your manuscript." There were footsteps at the door, and a young man with freckles on his face opened the door and walked in with a stack of paper in his arms.
The sound of steel colliding woke Lu Zhou out of his trance.
"Maybe the cockroaches we see today are actually the same species as the Martians billions of years ago! They even came from the same place!"
"Other ways? For example, controllable nuclear fusion?" General Reinhardt smiled faintly, "Don't forget, Mars was only a few hundred million years old at this time, and the entire solar system was still very young, but There is no large accumulation of deuterium and tritium elements in the oceans like the Earth does."
He spoke as if chanting an ancient English epic.
That was the sound of iron.
"Putting all that aside, let's make a hypothesis. If cancer cells know that if they continue to expand endlessly, they will one day die together with their hosts. Do you think it will consider proliferating in a relatively mild way?"
Taking a deep breath, Professor Vernal's voice was filled with excitement.
Unlike human civilization that has experienced countless Little Ice Ages in history, this group of bugs living in greenhouses have rarely experienced the baptism of natural disasters. Even if the crops fail in any year, they can still benefit from the lush forests and Underground world, get enough food.
"A large amount of mantle material was pumped to the surface, and the energy in the core was released. In fact, this is a very slow process, including the cooling of the core and the weakening of the magnetic field. For Mars, which only has a life of more than 20 years, As for humans, most people spend their entire lives not necessarily feeling that their environment has changed."
When he came back to his senses, he was already standing in front of a primitive house made of wood, stone and some white velvet. What woke him up was a strange-shaped furnace next to it. Looking up into the distance, you can still see the walls made of earth and wooden sticks, as well as the promising farmland from a little further away.
"However, due to habitability issues, the Martian civilization ultimately did not embark on this path, but chose to continue to demand. Normally, the bearing capacity of the Gaia planet was able to meet their needs, until... they finally did it A stupid thing."
Looking at the "pasture" surrounded by fences and the larvae as fat as buckets, Lu Zhou had a thoughtful expression on his face.
While he was talking, there were bursts of shrill buzzing from the place, and the tranquility and peace in the air was suddenly tainted with a touch of solemnity.
"This question is actually very interesting. Taking the earth as a reference, will the most fertile land definitely give birth to the most powerful civilization?"
As General Reinhard said, these bugs learned to walk upright, even learned to use tools, and developed the prototype of a farming civilization.
"I don't understand anything."
Looking at the "pasture" surrounded by fences and the larvae as fat as buckets, Lu Zhou had a thoughtful expression on his face.
At this moment, Lu Zhou finally understood where the rust all over the surface of Mars came from.
Just today!
Even to him, the way they walked seemed as funny as they could get.
Looking down at the flames soaring into the sky under his feet and the fight with blood and flesh splattering, Lu Zhou suddenly had the illusion that the person he was here at this moment was like a god.
"Take out the most expensive suit in your wardrobe and iron it, and wait until the afternoon report meeting begins."
"Go get ready, Dr. Gilbert!"
At this moment, Lu Zhou finally understood where the rust all over the surface of Mars came from.
"I'm glad you are attending my academic report."
Not far away, a circle of houses rose from the ground, and the outline of the city began to appear and spread rapidly.
Looking at the "pasture" surrounded by fences and the larvae as fat as buckets, Lu Zhou had a thoughtful expression on his face.
Already accustomed to the old professor's nervousness, Gilbert curled his lips and muttered submissively.
Lu Zhou asked subconsciously.
"Me?" General Reinhard smiled faintly and continued, "I didn't play any role. When they contacted me again and became fully aware of my existence, it was already a matter of the electronic age."
The entire lecture hall, both people and the air, boiled in an instant...
Looking at Lu Zhou, whose face was full of shock, and the neon lights and prosperity extinguished on the surface, General Reinhardt had a regretful expression on his face and said softly.
Pleased with the surprise on people's faces, he continued.
"Other ways? For example, controllable nuclear fusion?" General Reinhardt smiled faintly, "Don't forget, Mars was only a few hundred million years old at this time, and the entire solar system was still very young, but There is no large accumulation of deuterium and tritium elements in the oceans like the Earth does."
At this time, General Reinhard walked next to him and asked jokingly.
Compared to decades, a mere afternoon of waiting is nothing more than the blink of an eye.
…
"In contrast, those harsh and extreme environments are more likely to breed powerful and aggressive civilizations. You can remember this, you may not be able to use it one day."
He spoke as if chanting an ancient English epic.
"We...have passed tens of thousands of years?"
"As for the sowing plan, it's more interesting."
Lu Zhou: "Then what role did you play in it?"
"What is it like to be distracted for tens of thousands of years?"
As General Reinhard said, these bugs learned to walk upright, even learned to use tools, and developed the prototype of a farming civilization.
"But based on the fossil specimens we found in the Olympus Crater and various signs examined from other ruins, we have been able to preliminarily judge that they belong to the Insecta class, the order Blattata... just like the American cockroaches."
Looking at Lu Zhou, whose face was full of shock, and the neon lights and prosperity extinguished on the surface, General Reinhardt had a regretful expression on his face and said softly.
He could hear the teasing in the tone, but Lu Zhou had no time to care about it at the moment.
"As for time... Needless to say, a civilization that has had a long time may be developed, but the reason for its development must not be because of the long time. Many things that seem inevitable cannot be simply equal. . And I only learned about these things after I arrived at the center of the galaxy."
There are also the strangely structured hematite veins and silicate sedimentary rock layers...
"I am here to announce to you an important discovery—"
"Putting all that aside, let's make a hypothesis. If cancer cells know that if they continue to expand endlessly, they will one day die together with their hosts. Do you think it will consider proliferating in a relatively mild way?"
"A large amount of mantle material was pumped to the surface, and the energy in the core was released. In fact, this is a very slow process, including the cooling of the core and the weakening of the magnetic field. For Mars, which only has a life of more than 20 years, As for humans, most people spend their entire lives not necessarily feeling that their environment has changed."
"There are many reasons and even a lot of coincidences."
"We...have passed tens of thousands of years?"
In just a few minutes, the ground beneath our feet has changed.
"Do you feel like an omnipotent god?"
General Reinhardt shrugged.
"There are many reasons and even a lot of coincidences."
Earth.
"Did you teach them this?"
The sound of steel colliding woke Lu Zhou out of his trance.
He could hear the teasing in the tone, but Lu Zhou had no time to care about it at the moment.
"You can understand it as fast forwarding. After all, I can't really let you stay in my memory for tens of thousands of years."
"There are many reasons and even a lot of coincidences."
"It is not that the Martian civilization has not invented controllable nuclear fusion technology, but for their situation, this is not the cheapest option. In contrast, as arthropods, they are more attractive to explore downwards. After all, Burrowing is almost their survival instinct."
sweat!
Carloads of steel products were transported from the factory, loaded onto the train, and drove off into the distance with the roar of the whistle.
"However, even in the underground world, there was no place for them. At that time, Mars was like a dying old man, only one death certificate away from death."
Unlike human civilization that has experienced countless Little Ice Ages in history, this group of bugs living in greenhouses have rarely experienced the baptism of natural disasters. Even if the crops fail in any year, they can still benefit from the lush forests and Underground world, get enough food.
…
Lu Zhou asked subconsciously.
"Very well, it's all here."
"Yes..." Looking at everything happening on the planet below him, Lu Zhou was silent for a while and then said, "There's just one thing I don't quite understand."
Scared to death!
Waiting quietly for the clock on the wall to reach the right time, Professor Vernal approached the microphone and cleared his throat.
"What is it like to be distracted for tens of thousands of years?"
Compared to decades, a mere afternoon of waiting is nothing more than the blink of an eye.
Relying on his authoritative position in the field of Martian archeology, he has been to Mars several times in the past thirty years to investigate the remains of the Gate of Hell, and at the same time, he also investigated some newly unearthed clues to Martian civilization.
Although development has not changed the ugly image of those Martians in his eyes, he has not seen any signs of decline until now.
While he was talking, there were bursts of shrill buzzing from the place, and the tranquility and peace in the air was suddenly tainted with a touch of solemnity.
Lu Zhou thought he had been sleeping for tens of thousands of years!
The fight between the two groups finally ended in the victory of the invaders. The Martians, who were obviously slightly larger, divided the prisoners into two waves. One wave killed them, while the other wave tied the carapace and head with white velvet rope. The joint of the parts.
In Lu Zhou's view, the initial resources of these Martians can be described as a perfect start.
Seemingly approving of Lu Zhou's intuition, Reinhardt nodded and said, "That's right, so it is fundamentally impossible to expect civilization to restrain itself and achieve common prosperity with nature. Just like human beings. Just as hope will expand, so will the needs of civilization. Only expansion toward more distant worlds is the only way for civilization to survive, just like the first fish jumping onto land."
His research will change history!
General Reinhardt shrugged.
"When the core temperature finally fell below a certain critical value and the weakened magnetic field could no longer resist the high-energy rays from the universe, it was already too late. They watched in despair as the atmosphere was blown away, and thousands of compatriots were Dying from cancer, cities turned into ghost towns, and they were forced to retreat with everyone from the surface to the underworld.”
"... I finally succeeded and became a cockroach in your eyes."
Lu Zhou: "Then what role did you play in it?"
“…”
The victors set up a fire in the center of the village, lit the flames, danced to please the gods, enjoyed the plundered supplies, slaughtered the enemy's livestock, and even feasted on the captives...
"A large amount of mantle material was pumped to the surface, and the energy in the core was released. In fact, this is a very slow process, including the cooling of the core and the weakening of the magnetic field. For Mars, which only has a life of more than 20 years, As for humans, most people spend their entire lives not necessarily feeling that their environment has changed."
The moment the words fell, people's faces showed expressions of surprise, and voices of discussion spread everywhere.
"I don't understand anything."
"Yes, Professor."
In Lu Zhou's view, the initial resources of these Martians can be described as a perfect start.
The bonfires also collapsed, replaced by chimneys rising into the sky and factories covering hundreds of acres.
Lu Zhou did not immediately respond to General Reinhardt's words. He looked around and examined the village at the foot of the mountain for a while before continuing, "...We have reached the Stone Age now?"
"Maybe because they were stimulated by the drastic changes on Mars, they finally realized their weakness in environmental adaptability, so they drastically tailored their genes through genetic modification."
Looking at his old self in the mirror, a trace of nostalgia appeared in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by strong self-confidence.
"A little further than the Stone Age, they have learned to smelt metal... It's probably the Bronze Age."
"But you told me that you 'enlightened' them."
"... I finally succeeded and became a cockroach in your eyes."
Looking at his old self in the mirror, a trace of nostalgia appeared in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by strong self-confidence.
"Don't you think it's shocking?"
"However, due to habitability issues, the Martian civilization ultimately did not embark on this path, but chose to continue to demand. Normally, the bearing capacity of the Gaia planet was able to meet their needs, until... they finally did it A stupid thing."
In just a few minutes, the ground beneath our feet has changed.
"Did you teach them this?"
…
At this time, General Reinhard walked next to him and asked jokingly.
"ladies and gentlemen."
Seemingly approving of Lu Zhou's intuition, Reinhardt nodded and said, "That's right, so it is fundamentally impossible to expect civilization to restrain itself and achieve common prosperity with nature. Just like human beings. Just as hope will expand, so will the needs of civilization. Only expansion toward more distant worlds is the only way for civilization to survive, just like the first fish jumping onto land."
Lu Zhou: "Then what role did you play in it?"
The bonfires also collapsed, replaced by chimneys rising into the sky and factories covering hundreds of acres.
Looking at the "pasture" surrounded by fences and the larvae as fat as buckets, Lu Zhou had a thoughtful expression on his face.
Lu Zhou's Adam's apple moved slightly.
"No, their brain capacity may be a little smaller, but they are not so stupid that they need my help to build houses and tame wild beasts."
The entire lecture hall, both people and the air, boiled in an instant...
Waiting quietly for the clock on the wall to reach the right time, Professor Vernal approached the microphone and cleared his throat.
"All of this is possible!"
Lu Zhou thought he had been sleeping for tens of thousands of years!
"But you told me that you 'enlightened' them."
All of them turned out to be the "corpse" of Martian civilization cities!
The moment the words fell, people's faces showed expressions of surprise, and voices of discussion spread everywhere.
While he was talking, there were bursts of shrill buzzing from the place, and the tranquility and peace in the air was suddenly tainted with a touch of solemnity.
In fact, this is indeed the case. He is overlooking the life of civilization through God's perspective...
"It's just a pity that genetic modification is a very sophisticated technology, and they are obviously immature in this regard. They can only forcibly improve their habitability at the expense of weakening other parts. Created through this method The new Martians are not only intellectually deficient, they cannot even accept that these diminutive imbeciles are their own kind."
"Yes, whether intentionally or unintentionally, it was the stone tablet I left behind that taught them writing, and it is precisely because of the emergence of writing that their knowledge can be passed on. Isn't this big enough? "
"It's just a pity that genetic modification is a very sophisticated technology, and they are obviously immature in this regard. They can only forcibly improve their habitability at the expense of weakening other parts. Created through this method The new Martians are not only intellectually deficient, they cannot even accept that these diminutive imbeciles are their own kind."
Lu Zhou thought he had been sleeping for tens of thousands of years!
Oxford University, Bodleian Library.
"...What a stupid thing."
While he was talking, there were bursts of shrill buzzing from the place, and the tranquility and peace in the air was suddenly tainted with a touch of solemnity.
"No, their brain capacity may be a little smaller, but they are not so stupid that they need my help to build houses and tame wild beasts."
"ladies and gentlemen."
"Do you feel like an omnipotent god?"
"Putting all that aside, let's make a hypothesis. If cancer cells know that if they continue to expand endlessly, they will one day die together with their hosts. Do you think it will consider proliferating in a relatively mild way?"
“New Martians who have been genetically modified and frozen into dormancy were sent to Earth by their compatriots, and those Martians hope that those little guys smaller than themselves can one day rebuild the glory of Martian civilization. "
Relying on his authoritative position in the field of Martian archeology, he has been to Mars several times in the past thirty years to investigate the remains of the Gate of Hell, and at the same time, he also investigated some newly unearthed clues to Martian civilization.
After confirming that nothing was missing, he nodded with satisfaction.
Earth.
Cockroaches whose heads were covered with metal horns were seen rushing out of the woods, and under the cover of domesticated flying insects, they rushed towards the village at the foot of the mountain.
While he was talking, there were bursts of shrill buzzing from the place, and the tranquility and peace in the air was suddenly tainted with a touch of solemnity.
Even to him, the way they walked seemed as funny as they could get.
Looking at Lu Zhou, whose face was full of shock, and the neon lights and prosperity extinguished on the surface, General Reinhardt had a regretful expression on his face and said softly.
I don’t know when, the low thatched house disappeared, replaced by a house made of red bricks and a well made of granite.
He really wants to write a paper now.
Seeing how careless he was, Professor Vernal was so angry that he almost lost his temper and stood up angrily.
A stooped old man who is nearly sixty years old is kneeling in front of a wooden table, carefully checking the typescript in his hand.
General Reinhardt shrugged.
Screams came one after another, and the cockroaches in the village quickly armed themselves and began to fight.
"Since the Martian civilization is nearly three billion years ahead of us... why didn't the observer civilization choose them? Instead, they pinned their hopes on a civilization three billion years later that is inferior to the Martian civilization in terms of resources and environmental conditions. us."
"You can understand it as fast forwarding. After all, I can't really let you stay in my memory for tens of thousands of years."
The two groups of men and horses quickly fought together. Looking at the cockroaches - or Martians - rushing towards him, Lu Zhou subconsciously felt a chill in his back.
Seemingly approving of Lu Zhou's intuition, Reinhardt nodded and said, "That's right, so it is fundamentally impossible to expect civilization to restrain itself and achieve common prosperity with nature. Just like human beings. Just as hope will expand, so will the needs of civilization. Only expansion toward more distant worlds is the only way for civilization to survive, just like the first fish jumping onto land."
The two groups of men and horses quickly fought together. Looking at the cockroaches - or Martians - rushing towards him, Lu Zhou subconsciously felt a chill in his back.
"Other ways? For example, controllable nuclear fusion?" General Reinhardt smiled faintly, "Don't forget, Mars was only a few hundred million years old at this time, and the entire solar system was still very young, but There is no large accumulation of deuterium and tritium elements in the oceans like the Earth does."
Screams came one after another, and the cockroaches in the village quickly armed themselves and began to fight.
At this time, General Reinhard walked next to him and asked jokingly.
Fortunately, General Reinhard standing next to him raised his hand and flew the disembodied man into the sky, otherwise he was not sure whether he would vomit it out.
Looking at his mentor with a strange expression, the young doctor wanted to complain, but in the end he said nothing.
"A little further than the Stone Age, they have learned to smelt metal... It's probably the Bronze Age."
When he came back to his senses, he was already standing in front of a primitive house made of wood, stone and some white velvet. What woke him up was a strange-shaped furnace next to it. Looking up into the distance, you can still see the walls made of earth and wooden sticks, as well as the promising farmland from a little further away.
…
The report meeting has begun!
Looking at the planet whose landscape had almost been completely changed by man-made structures of steel and concrete, as well as the neon lights and countless prosperity on the streets, Lu Zhou couldn't help but have a touch of complicated emotions in his eyes.
Looking down at the flames soaring into the sky under his feet and the fight with blood and flesh splattering, Lu Zhou suddenly had the illusion that the person he was here at this moment was like a god.
That was the sound of iron.
Looking at Lu Zhou, whose face was full of shock, and the neon lights and prosperity extinguished on the surface, General Reinhardt had a regretful expression on his face and said softly.
Looking at Lu Zhou who was lost in thought, General Reinhard continued.
At this moment, Lu Zhou finally understood where the rust all over the surface of Mars came from.
"Are they still cancer cells?"
"It is not that the Martian civilization has not invented controllable nuclear fusion technology, but for their situation, this is not the cheapest option. In contrast, as arthropods, they are more attractive to explore downwards. After all, Burrowing is almost their survival instinct."
In fact, this is indeed the case. He is overlooking the life of civilization through God's perspective...
Lu Zhou thought he had been sleeping for tens of thousands of years!
Looking at the buzzing lecture hall, Professor Vernal smiled slightly.
"I have already told you about the ignition plan. They asked me for help. They hope to send my engine to the Earth's sphere and detonate the zero-point energy in the energy module to return the heat borrowed from the earth's core. Go back. They hibernated part of their compatriots and took turns waking up to finish the job, but ultimately failed."
Pleased with the surprise on people's faces, he continued.
The entire lecture hall, both people and the air, boiled in an instant...
"Do you feel like an omnipotent god?"
"Before civilization was about to die, they made some efforts...such as the ignition plan and the sowing plan."
In Lu Zhou's view, the initial resources of these Martians can be described as a perfect start.
Looking at the buzzing lecture hall, Professor Vernal smiled slightly.
"kind of."
Screams came one after another, and the cockroaches in the village quickly armed themselves and began to fight.
There are also the strangely structured hematite veins and silicate sedimentary rock layers...
The young people joked with each other with words such as "Are you a Martian?" and "What a coincidence, so am I." Some people took notes seriously, or laughed and shook their heads in disdain.
Looking at the thoughtful Lu Zhou, General Reinhardt continued expressionlessly.
"A rich environment means that you can obtain the basic materials needed for survival without putting in a lot of effort. Although the Martians have the same curious qualities as you, they don't know what hard work is in their culture, and they don't have the gene for pioneering. . And the most deadly thing is that tens of thousands of years of evolution have allowed them to completely adapt to the ecological environment of the Gaia planet. This picky and almost harsh habitability condition makes it difficult for them to find an acceptable second home in space. home."
"Yes..." Looking at everything happening on the planet below him, Lu Zhou was silent for a while and then said, "There's just one thing I don't quite understand."
"I am here to announce to you an important discovery—"
"It's incredible. How did they finally get to... that point?"
"It seems that you are gradually realizing how I feel," General Reinhardt smiled faintly, "In fact, any higher civilization will have similar thoughts when facing a lower civilization. Sometimes I think about it like this, I guess those observers probably had the same mentality when they looked at us."
Looking at Lu Zhou who nodded in understanding, General Reinhardt continued.
The endless grassland was no longer visible, and the boundaries of the forest continued to shrink, shrink, and finally disappeared into the horizon, swallowed up by high-rise buildings made of steel and concrete. Steel covered almost every inch of this planet.
He could hear the teasing in the tone, but Lu Zhou had no time to care about it at the moment.
"Are they still cancer cells?"
Taking a deep breath, Professor Vernal's voice was filled with excitement.
The moment the words fell.
The entire lecture hall, both people and the air, boiled in an instant...
While the two were chatting, the battle at the foot of the mountain had ended.
Oxford University, Bodleian Library.
"There are many reasons and even a lot of coincidences."
The fight between the two groups finally ended in the victory of the invaders. The Martians, who were obviously slightly larger, divided the prisoners into two waves. One wave killed them, while the other wave tied the carapace and head with white velvet rope. The joint of the parts.
"This is the first stage of evolution. Civilization and barbarism are making a final struggle. The latter has the upper hand at first, but in the end the former catches up. War is like a catalyst. The Martians on this land begin to merge and merge into one. Overall. In order to manage a larger population, they transitioned from tribalism to feudalism, and then through countless reforms and even revolutions, they achieved the liberation of productive forces... "
"It seems that you are gradually realizing how I feel," General Reinhardt smiled faintly, "In fact, any higher civilization will have similar thoughts when facing a lower civilization. Sometimes I think about it like this, I guess those observers probably had the same mentality when they looked at us."
"It seems that you are gradually realizing how I feel," General Reinhardt smiled faintly, "In fact, any higher civilization will have similar thoughts when facing a lower civilization. Sometimes I think about it like this, I guess those observers probably had the same mentality when they looked at us."
The fight between the two groups finally ended in the victory of the invaders. The Martians, who were obviously slightly larger, divided the prisoners into two waves. One wave killed them, while the other wave tied the carapace and head with white velvet rope. The joint of the parts.
…
The victors set up a fire in the center of the village, lit the flames, danced to please the gods, enjoyed the plundered supplies, slaughtered the enemy's livestock, and even feasted on the captives...
"Yes, whether intentionally or unintentionally, it was the stone tablet I left behind that taught them writing, and it is precisely because of the emergence of writing that their knowledge can be passed on. Isn't this big enough? "
That was the sound of iron.
"Other ways? For example, controllable nuclear fusion?" General Reinhardt smiled faintly, "Don't forget, Mars was only a few hundred million years old at this time, and the entire solar system was still very young, but There is no large accumulation of deuterium and tritium elements in the oceans like the Earth does."
"I don't know if this was within the observers' plan, or if it was an allowable error. In short, in a sense, they have made some progress."
Taking a deep breath, Professor Vernal's voice was filled with excitement.
Seeing how careless he was, Professor Vernal was so angry that he almost lost his temper and stood up angrily.
"It seems that you are gradually realizing how I feel," General Reinhardt smiled faintly, "In fact, any higher civilization will have similar thoughts when facing a lower civilization. Sometimes I think about it like this, I guess those observers probably had the same mentality when they looked at us."
Looking at the thoughtful Lu Zhou, General Reinhardt continued expressionlessly.
"Be careful! You stupid prairie dog! This is a precious historical document."
"Since the Martian civilization is nearly three billion years ahead of us... why didn't the observer civilization choose them? Instead, they pinned their hopes on a civilization three billion years later that is inferior to the Martian civilization in terms of resources and environmental conditions. us."
"This is the first stage of evolution. Civilization and barbarism are making a final struggle. The latter has the upper hand at first, but in the end the former catches up. War is like a catalyst. The Martians on this land begin to merge and merge into one. Overall. In order to manage a larger population, they transitioned from tribalism to feudalism, and then through countless reforms and even revolutions, they achieved the liberation of productive forces... "
Taking a deep breath, Professor Vernal's voice was filled with excitement.
"Very well, it's all here."
"A little further than the Stone Age, they have learned to smelt metal... It's probably the Bronze Age."
"I am here to announce to you an important discovery—"
Carloads of steel products were transported from the factory, loaded onto the train, and drove off into the distance with the roar of the whistle.
The entire lecture hall, both people and the air, boiled in an instant...
Taking a deep breath, Professor Vernal's voice was filled with excitement.
There are also the strangely structured hematite veins and silicate sedimentary rock layers...
Lu Zhou: "Then what role did you play in it?"
"Don't you think it's shocking?"
His name is Vernal, and he is an archaeologist. Although his research direction has deviated slightly in recent decades, it is essentially the same.
At this moment, Lu Zhou finally understood where the rust all over the surface of Mars came from.
Screams came one after another, and the cockroaches in the village quickly armed themselves and began to fight.
"I don't understand anything."
The young people joked with each other with words such as "Are you a Martian?" and "What a coincidence, so am I." Some people took notes seriously, or laughed and shook their heads in disdain.
"Me?" General Reinhard smiled faintly and continued, "I didn't play any role. When they contacted me again and became fully aware of my existence, it was already a matter of the electronic age."
"Since the Martian civilization is nearly three billion years ahead of us... why didn't the observer civilization choose them? Instead, they pinned their hopes on a civilization three billion years later that is inferior to the Martian civilization in terms of resources and environmental conditions. us."
While he was talking, there were bursts of shrill buzzing from the place, and the tranquility and peace in the air was suddenly tainted with a touch of solemnity.
While General Reinhard was telling this, the ground beneath their feet changed again.
His name is Vernal, and he is an archaeologist. Although his research direction has deviated slightly in recent decades, it is essentially the same.
"The whole world will remember our names forever because of this amazing discovery!"
"Me?" General Reinhard smiled faintly and continued, "I didn't play any role. When they contacted me again and became fully aware of my existence, it was already a matter of the electronic age."
I don’t know when, the low thatched house disappeared, replaced by a house made of red bricks and a well made of granite.
"But no matter what, this is the only hope for survival, and I think optimistically, after hundreds of millions of years of evolution, if one day these new Martians reawaken the genes of their ancestors, wouldn't it be equivalent to recovery? Are they civilized?”
In just a few minutes, the ground beneath our feet has changed.
Looking down at the flames soaring into the sky under his feet and the fight with blood and flesh splattering, Lu Zhou suddenly had the illusion that the person he was here at this moment was like a god.
The bonfires also collapsed, replaced by chimneys rising into the sky and factories covering hundreds of acres.
"But you told me that you 'enlightened' them."
In Lu Zhou's view, the initial resources of these Martians can be described as a perfect start.
As of today, thirty years have passed since that initial journey to Mars.
"It seems that you are gradually realizing how I feel," General Reinhardt smiled faintly, "In fact, any higher civilization will have similar thoughts when facing a lower civilization. Sometimes I think about it like this, I guess those observers probably had the same mentality when they looked at us."
The endless grassland was no longer visible, and the boundaries of the forest continued to shrink, shrink, and finally disappeared into the horizon, swallowed up by high-rise buildings made of steel and concrete. Steel covered almost every inch of this planet.
Carloads of steel products were transported from the factory, loaded onto the train, and drove off into the distance with the roar of the whistle.
"I am here to announce to you an important discovery—"
The young people joked with each other with words such as "Are you a Martian?" and "What a coincidence, so am I." Some people took notes seriously, or laughed and shook their heads in disdain.
Cockroaches whose heads were covered with metal horns were seen rushing out of the woods, and under the cover of domesticated flying insects, they rushed towards the village at the foot of the mountain.
In Lu Zhou's view, the initial resources of these Martians can be described as a perfect start.
Cockroaches whose heads were covered with metal horns were seen rushing out of the woods, and under the cover of domesticated flying insects, they rushed towards the village at the foot of the mountain.
In fact, this is indeed the case. He is overlooking the life of civilization through God's perspective...
The sound of steel colliding woke Lu Zhou out of his trance.
Not far away, a circle of houses rose from the ground, and the outline of the city began to appear and spread rapidly.
"In fact, although the planet Gaia has an ecological environment that is the envy of all organic life forms, it is not the most suitable breeding ground for civilization."
His research will change history!
The lecture hall fell silent for a while.
"Are they still cancer cells?"
By the way, although space travel is not as commonplace today, it is no longer as mysterious as it was thirty years ago. Many newlyweds from well-off families choose to spend their honeymoon on the moon to experience the wonderful experience of weightlessness.
His name is Vernal, and he is an archaeologist. Although his research direction has deviated slightly in recent decades, it is essentially the same.
"Don't you think it's shocking?"
In Lu Zhou's view, the initial resources of these Martians can be described as a perfect start.
Waiting quietly for the clock on the wall to reach the right time, Professor Vernal approached the microphone and cleared his throat.
The lecture hall fell silent for a while.
Already accustomed to the old professor's nervousness, Gilbert curled his lips and muttered submissively.
"It is not that the Martian civilization has not invented controllable nuclear fusion technology, but for their situation, this is not the cheapest option. In contrast, as arthropods, they are more attractive to explore downwards. After all, Burrowing is almost their survival instinct."
"Are they still cancer cells?"
Carloads of steel products were transported from the factory, loaded onto the train, and drove off into the distance with the roar of the whistle.
He could hear the teasing in the tone, but Lu Zhou had no time to care about it at the moment.
"Yes..." Looking at everything happening on the planet below him, Lu Zhou was silent for a while and then said, "There's just one thing I don't quite understand."
The sound of steel colliding woke Lu Zhou out of his trance.
"It seems that you are gradually realizing how I feel," General Reinhardt smiled faintly, "In fact, any higher civilization will have similar thoughts when facing a lower civilization. Sometimes I think about it like this, I guess those observers probably had the same mentality when they looked at us."
All of them turned out to be the "corpse" of Martian civilization cities!
"It seems that you are gradually realizing how I feel," General Reinhardt smiled faintly, "In fact, any higher civilization will have similar thoughts when facing a lower civilization. Sometimes I think about it like this, I guess those observers probably had the same mentality when they looked at us."
"I don't understand anything."
Looking at the thoughtful Lu Zhou, General Reinhardt continued expressionlessly.
"Maybe the cockroaches we see today are actually the same species as the Martians billions of years ago! They even came from the same place!"
"...What a stupid thing."
"Since the Martian civilization is nearly three billion years ahead of us... why didn't the observer civilization choose them? Instead, they pinned their hopes on a civilization three billion years later that is inferior to the Martian civilization in terms of resources and environmental conditions. us."
"Be careful! You stupid prairie dog! This is a precious historical document."
Looking at Lu Zhou who was lost in thought, General Reinhard continued.
He spoke as if chanting an ancient English epic.
Oxford University, Bodleian Library.
In addition, there are not many scholars like him who insist on using manuscripts and completing papers on paper in this era of extremely advanced multimedia technology...
"Yes, Professor."
The moment the words fell, people's faces showed expressions of surprise, and voices of discussion spread everywhere.
In Lu Zhou's view, the initial resources of these Martians can be described as a perfect start.
As a result, the pile of paper was so high that it blocked his view, so much so that he almost tripped over the chair at the door.
"kind of."
If he hadn't seen what Mars would look like billions of years from now, he would never have believed that this powerful civilization did not set foot in the starry sky, but eventually declined...
"It took them billions of years to cross a distance of hundreds of millions of kilometers..."
"However, due to habitability issues, the Martian civilization ultimately did not embark on this path, but chose to continue to demand. Normally, the bearing capacity of the Gaia planet was able to meet their needs, until... they finally did it A stupid thing."
"In contrast, those harsh and extreme environments are more likely to breed powerful and aggressive civilizations. You can remember this, you may not be able to use it one day."
His mentor stood up, walked to the coat rack at the door, picked up a khaki coat and put it on his body, then stood in front of the coat mirror and adjusted his collar.
The moment the words fell, people's faces showed expressions of surprise, and voices of discussion spread everywhere.
Unlike human civilization that has experienced countless Little Ice Ages in history, this group of bugs living in greenhouses have rarely experienced the baptism of natural disasters. Even if the crops fail in any year, they can still benefit from the lush forests and Underground world, get enough food.
"...What a stupid thing."
He could hear the teasing in the tone, but Lu Zhou had no time to care about it at the moment.
"In contrast, those harsh and extreme environments are more likely to breed powerful and aggressive civilizations. You can remember this, you may not be able to use it one day."
Just today!
"But no matter what, this is the only hope for survival, and I think optimistically, after hundreds of millions of years of evolution, if one day these new Martians reawaken the genes of their ancestors, wouldn't it be equivalent to recovery? Are they civilized?”
"This question is actually very interesting. Taking the earth as a reference, will the most fertile land definitely give birth to the most powerful civilization?"
Looking at his old self in the mirror, a trace of nostalgia appeared in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by strong self-confidence.
As General Reinhard said, these bugs learned to walk upright, even learned to use tools, and developed the prototype of a farming civilization.
today!
Oxford University, Bodleian Library.
At this time, General Reinhard walked next to him and asked jokingly.
Ding!
Looking at Lu Zhou who was lost in thought, General Reinhard continued.
"Yes, Professor."
"A rich environment means that you can obtain the basic materials needed for survival without putting in a lot of effort. Although the Martians have the same curious qualities as you, they don't know what hard work is in their culture, and they don't have the gene for pioneering. . And the most deadly thing is that tens of thousands of years of evolution have allowed them to completely adapt to the ecological environment of the Gaia planet. This picky and almost harsh habitability condition makes it difficult for them to find an acceptable second home in space. home."
sweat!
The moment the words fell.
Looking at Lu Zhou, whose face was full of shock, and the neon lights and prosperity extinguished on the surface, General Reinhardt had a regretful expression on his face and said softly.
Looking at the thoughtful Lu Zhou, General Reinhardt continued expressionlessly.
In just a few minutes, the ground beneath our feet has changed.
"In fact, although the planet Gaia has an ecological environment that is the envy of all organic life forms, it is not the most suitable breeding ground for civilization."
"Yes, Professor."
"A large amount of mantle material was pumped to the surface, and the energy in the core was released. In fact, this is a very slow process, including the cooling of the core and the weakening of the magnetic field. For Mars, which only has a life of more than 20 years, As for humans, most people spend their entire lives not necessarily feeling that their environment has changed."
As General Reinhard said, these bugs learned to walk upright, even learned to use tools, and developed the prototype of a farming civilization.
"As for the result, you should already know it."
"It took them billions of years to cross a distance of hundreds of millions of kilometers..."
Looking at his old self in the mirror, a trace of nostalgia appeared in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by strong self-confidence.
"A rich environment means that you can obtain the basic materials needed for survival without putting in a lot of effort. Although the Martians have the same curious qualities as you, they don't know what hard work is in their culture, and they don't have the gene for pioneering. . And the most deadly thing is that tens of thousands of years of evolution have allowed them to completely adapt to the ecological environment of the Gaia planet. This picky and almost harsh habitability condition makes it difficult for them to find an acceptable second home in space. home."
"Putting all that aside, let's make a hypothesis. If cancer cells know that if they continue to expand endlessly, they will one day die together with their hosts. Do you think it will consider proliferating in a relatively mild way?"
Not far away, a circle of houses rose from the ground, and the outline of the city began to appear and spread rapidly.
“Imagine, if the ecosystem on the earth can still accommodate 20 billion people, or even 30 billion people, and the rich resource reserves cannot be depleted one day, you will still think about giving up your current good life to explore the moon. , Mars, or even worlds outside the solar system?”
As a result, the pile of paper was so high that it blocked his view, so much so that he almost tripped over the chair at the door.
The young people joked with each other with words such as "Are you a Martian?" and "What a coincidence, so am I." Some people took notes seriously, or laughed and shook their heads in disdain.
"The whole world will remember our names forever because of this amazing discovery!"
"It seems that you are gradually realizing how I feel," General Reinhardt smiled faintly, "In fact, any higher civilization will have similar thoughts when facing a lower civilization. Sometimes I think about it like this, I guess those observers probably had the same mentality when they looked at us."
"In contrast, those harsh and extreme environments are more likely to breed powerful and aggressive civilizations. You can remember this, you may not be able to use it one day."
"But you told me that you 'enlightened' them."
"I'm glad you are attending my academic report."
His name is Vernal, and he is an archaeologist. Although his research direction has deviated slightly in recent decades, it is essentially the same.
Waiting quietly for the clock on the wall to reach the right time, Professor Vernal approached the microphone and cleared his throat.
Looking at Lu Zhou who nodded in understanding, General Reinhardt continued.
"Although this sounds a bit bizarre..."
"Yes..." Looking at everything happening on the planet below him, Lu Zhou was silent for a while and then said, "There's just one thing I don't quite understand."
There are also the strangely structured hematite veins and silicate sedimentary rock layers...
"A little further than the Stone Age, they have learned to smelt metal... It's probably the Bronze Age."
"There are many reasons and even a lot of coincidences."
"As for time... Needless to say, a civilization that has had a long time may be developed, but the reason for its development must not be because of the long time. Many things that seem inevitable cannot be simply equal. . And I only learned about these things after I arrived at the center of the galaxy."
"Yes, whether intentionally or unintentionally, it was the stone tablet I left behind that taught them writing, and it is precisely because of the emergence of writing that their knowledge can be passed on. Isn't this big enough? "
He spoke as if chanting an ancient English epic.
Looking at Lu Zhou who was lost in thought, General Reinhard continued.
"Maybe the cockroaches we see today are actually the same species as the Martians billions of years ago! They even came from the same place!"
Already accustomed to the old professor's nervousness, Gilbert curled his lips and muttered submissively.
"Take out the most expensive suit in your wardrobe and iron it, and wait until the afternoon report meeting begins."
A stooped old man who is nearly sixty years old is kneeling in front of a wooden table, carefully checking the typescript in his hand.
Looking at the buzzing lecture hall, Professor Vernal smiled slightly.
In just a few minutes, the ground beneath our feet has changed.
Looking at the planet whose landscape had almost been completely changed by man-made structures of steel and concrete, as well as the neon lights and countless prosperity on the streets, Lu Zhou couldn't help but have a touch of complicated emotions in his eyes.
…
The endless grassland was no longer visible, and the boundaries of the forest continued to shrink, shrink, and finally disappeared into the horizon, swallowed up by high-rise buildings made of steel and concrete. Steel covered almost every inch of this planet.
The two groups of men and horses quickly fought together. Looking at the cockroaches - or Martians - rushing towards him, Lu Zhou subconsciously felt a chill in his back.
"It is not that the Martian civilization has not invented controllable nuclear fusion technology, but for their situation, this is not the cheapest option. In contrast, as arthropods, they are more attractive to explore downwards. After all, Burrowing is almost their survival instinct."
At this moment, Lu Zhou finally understood where the rust all over the surface of Mars came from.
"As for the sowing plan, it's more interesting."
"I have already told you about the ignition plan. They asked me for help. They hope to send my engine to the Earth's sphere and detonate the zero-point energy in the energy module to return the heat borrowed from the earth's core. Go back. They hibernated part of their compatriots and took turns waking up to finish the job, but ultimately failed."
That was the sound of iron.
"All of this is possible!"
Lu Zhou: "Then what role did you play in it?"
There are also the strangely structured hematite veins and silicate sedimentary rock layers...
Relying on his authoritative position in the field of Martian archeology, he has been to Mars several times in the past thirty years to investigate the remains of the Gate of Hell, and at the same time, he also investigated some newly unearthed clues to Martian civilization.
The lecture hall fell silent for a while.
"As for the sowing plan, it's more interesting."
Relying on his authoritative position in the field of Martian archeology, he has been to Mars several times in the past thirty years to investigate the remains of the Gate of Hell, and at the same time, he also investigated some newly unearthed clues to Martian civilization.
"It's incredible. How did they finally get to... that point?"
"As for time... Needless to say, a civilization that has had a long time may be developed, but the reason for its development must not be because of the long time. Many things that seem inevitable cannot be simply equal. . And I only learned about these things after I arrived at the center of the galaxy."
All of them turned out to be the "corpse" of Martian civilization cities!
"This question is actually very interesting. Taking the earth as a reference, will the most fertile land definitely give birth to the most powerful civilization?"
"In contrast, those harsh and extreme environments are more likely to breed powerful and aggressive civilizations. You can remember this, you may not be able to use it one day."
"There are many reasons and even a lot of coincidences."
In fact, this is indeed the case. He is overlooking the life of civilization through God's perspective...
"Yes..." Looking at everything happening on the planet below him, Lu Zhou was silent for a while and then said, "There's just one thing I don't quite understand."
Earth.
Lu Zhou thought he had been sleeping for tens of thousands of years!
Cockroaches whose heads were covered with metal horns were seen rushing out of the woods, and under the cover of domesticated flying insects, they rushed towards the village at the foot of the mountain.
"It's incredible. How did they finally get to... that point?"
Scared to death!
His mentor stood up, walked to the coat rack at the door, picked up a khaki coat and put it on his body, then stood in front of the coat mirror and adjusted his collar.
"With this idea, some people set their sights on the Earth, your home planet. Although the Earth was still in chaos at that time, they tried man-made methods such as detonating nuclear weapons, dropping acid-resistant, nitrogen-fixing bacteria, etc. , accelerating the evolution of the Earth’s atmosphere.”
General Reinhardt shrugged.
"Very well, it's all here."
Looking at the planet whose landscape had almost been completely changed by man-made structures of steel and concrete, as well as the neon lights and countless prosperity on the streets, Lu Zhou couldn't help but have a touch of complicated emotions in his eyes.
At this time, General Reinhard walked next to him and asked jokingly.
Waiting quietly for the clock on the wall to reach the right time, Professor Vernal approached the microphone and cleared his throat.
"Whether it's Newton or whoever it is, the manuscripts of any great man are brand new when they are first collected into this library. By the way, electronic files have no soul." Stacking up the documents in his hand, Vernal The professor skillfully passed them through his hands in batches and counted them one by one.
Carloads of steel products were transported from the factory, loaded onto the train, and drove off into the distance with the roar of the whistle.
"Although this sounds a bit bizarre..."
Seeing how careless he was, Professor Vernal was so angry that he almost lost his temper and stood up angrily.
Although development has not changed the ugly image of those Martians in his eyes, he has not seen any signs of decline until now.
Looking at Lu Zhou who nodded in understanding, General Reinhardt continued.
"However, due to habitability issues, the Martian civilization ultimately did not embark on this path, but chose to continue to demand. Normally, the bearing capacity of the Gaia planet was able to meet their needs, until... they finally did it A stupid thing."
"Before civilization was about to die, they made some efforts...such as the ignition plan and the sowing plan."
Although development has not changed the ugly image of those Martians in his eyes, he has not seen any signs of decline until now.
"Don't you think it's shocking?"
"Are they still cancer cells?"
If he hadn't seen what Mars would look like billions of years from now, he would never have believed that this powerful civilization did not set foot in the starry sky, but eventually declined...
Not far away, a circle of houses rose from the ground, and the outline of the city began to appear and spread rapidly.
"As for time... Needless to say, a civilization that has had a long time may be developed, but the reason for its development must not be because of the long time. Many things that seem inevitable cannot be simply equal. . And I only learned about these things after I arrived at the center of the galaxy."
The victors set up a fire in the center of the village, lit the flames, danced to please the gods, enjoyed the plundered supplies, slaughtered the enemy's livestock, and even feasted on the captives...
Seemingly approving of Lu Zhou's intuition, Reinhardt nodded and said, "That's right, so it is fundamentally impossible to expect civilization to restrain itself and achieve common prosperity with nature. Just like human beings. Just as hope will expand, so will the needs of civilization. Only expansion toward more distant worlds is the only way for civilization to survive, just like the first fish jumping onto land."
…
Lu Zhou's Adam's apple moved slightly.
"Take out the most expensive suit in your wardrobe and iron it, and wait until the afternoon report meeting begins."
…
"There are many reasons and even a lot of coincidences."
As a result, the pile of paper was so high that it blocked his view, so much so that he almost tripped over the chair at the door.
today!
The moment the words fell.
In just a few minutes, the ground beneath our feet has changed.
The bonfires also collapsed, replaced by chimneys rising into the sky and factories covering hundreds of acres.
The victors set up a fire in the center of the village, lit the flames, danced to please the gods, enjoyed the plundered supplies, slaughtered the enemy's livestock, and even feasted on the captives...
There are also the strangely structured hematite veins and silicate sedimentary rock layers...
Looking at his old self in the mirror, a trace of nostalgia appeared in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by strong self-confidence.
"Putting all that aside, let's make a hypothesis. If cancer cells know that if they continue to expand endlessly, they will one day die together with their hosts. Do you think it will consider proliferating in a relatively mild way?"
"...What a stupid thing."
And he also changed from a middle-aged man who looked older to a real old man.
Lu Zhou asked subconsciously.
The fight between the two groups finally ended in the victory of the invaders. The Martians, who were obviously slightly larger, divided the prisoners into two waves. One wave killed them, while the other wave tied the carapace and head with white velvet rope. The joint of the parts.
Although development has not changed the ugly image of those Martians in his eyes, he has not seen any signs of decline until now.
"Are they still cancer cells?"
Unlike human civilization that has experienced countless Little Ice Ages in history, this group of bugs living in greenhouses have rarely experienced the baptism of natural disasters. Even if the crops fail in any year, they can still benefit from the lush forests and Underground world, get enough food.
Both pairs of eyes stopped swaying left and right, and all looked at the old professor on the podium, waiting for his opening remarks.
"I am here to announce to you an important discovery—"
He really wants to write a paper now.
"As for the sowing plan, it's more interesting."
"But no matter what, this is the only hope for survival, and I think optimistically, after hundreds of millions of years of evolution, if one day these new Martians reawaken the genes of their ancestors, wouldn't it be equivalent to recovery? Are they civilized?”
Seemingly approving of Lu Zhou's intuition, Reinhardt nodded and said, "That's right, so it is fundamentally impossible to expect civilization to restrain itself and achieve common prosperity with nature. Just like human beings. Just as hope will expand, so will the needs of civilization. Only expansion toward more distant worlds is the only way for civilization to survive, just like the first fish jumping onto land."
"Yes..." Looking at everything happening on the planet below him, Lu Zhou was silent for a while and then said, "There's just one thing I don't quite understand."
"This question is actually very interesting. Taking the earth as a reference, will the most fertile land definitely give birth to the most powerful civilization?"
"It took them billions of years to cross a distance of hundreds of millions of kilometers..."
…
Both pairs of eyes stopped swaying left and right, and all looked at the old professor on the podium, waiting for his opening remarks.
"However, due to habitability issues, the Martian civilization ultimately did not embark on this path, but chose to continue to demand. Normally, the bearing capacity of the Gaia planet was able to meet their needs, until... they finally did it A stupid thing."
He really wants to write a paper now.
The entire lecture hall, both people and the air, boiled in an instant...
today!
By the way, although space travel is not as commonplace today, it is no longer as mysterious as it was thirty years ago. Many newlyweds from well-off families choose to spend their honeymoon on the moon to experience the wonderful experience of weightlessness.
Lu Zhou's Adam's apple moved slightly.
The sound of steel colliding woke Lu Zhou out of his trance.
Relying on his authoritative position in the field of Martian archeology, he has been to Mars several times in the past thirty years to investigate the remains of the Gate of Hell, and at the same time, he also investigated some newly unearthed clues to Martian civilization.
"Maybe the cockroaches we see today are actually the same species as the Martians billions of years ago! They even came from the same place!"
There are also the strangely structured hematite veins and silicate sedimentary rock layers...
Compared to decades, a mere afternoon of waiting is nothing more than the blink of an eye.
When he came back to his senses, he was already standing in front of a primitive house made of wood, stone and some white velvet. What woke him up was a strange-shaped furnace next to it. Looking up into the distance, you can still see the walls made of earth and wooden sticks, as well as the promising farmland from a little further away.
Looking down at the flames soaring into the sky under his feet and the fight with blood and flesh splattering, Lu Zhou suddenly had the illusion that the person he was here at this moment was like a god.
"...What a stupid thing."
The entire lecture hall, both people and the air, boiled in an instant...
That was the sound of iron.
"There are many reasons and even a lot of coincidences."
There are also the strangely structured hematite veins and silicate sedimentary rock layers...
"But no matter what, this is the only hope for survival, and I think optimistically, after hundreds of millions of years of evolution, if one day these new Martians reawaken the genes of their ancestors, wouldn't it be equivalent to recovery? Are they civilized?”
The bonfires also collapsed, replaced by chimneys rising into the sky and factories covering hundreds of acres.
At this moment, Lu Zhou finally understood where the rust all over the surface of Mars came from.
The endless grassland was no longer visible, and the boundaries of the forest continued to shrink, shrink, and finally disappeared into the horizon, swallowed up by high-rise buildings made of steel and concrete. Steel covered almost every inch of this planet.
"They built a geothermal well, dug from the sea floor to the mantle, and extracted heat and minerals to build and support their city."
"Martians are actually always with us!"
General Reinhardt shrugged.
"They are crazy..." Lu Zhou was stunned for a moment, "Didn't they think of... other ways?"
"You can understand it as fast forwarding. After all, I can't really let you stay in my memory for tens of thousands of years."
"We...have passed tens of thousands of years?"
"When the core temperature finally fell below a certain critical value and the weakened magnetic field could no longer resist the high-energy rays from the universe, it was already too late. They watched in despair as the atmosphere was blown away, and thousands of compatriots were Dying from cancer, cities turned into ghost towns, and they were forced to retreat with everyone from the surface to the underworld.”
"Yes, whether intentionally or unintentionally, it was the stone tablet I left behind that taught them writing, and it is precisely because of the emergence of writing that their knowledge can be passed on. Isn't this big enough? "
"But based on the fossil specimens we found in the Olympus Crater and various signs examined from other ruins, we have been able to preliminarily judge that they belong to the Insecta class, the order Blattata... just like the American cockroaches."
After confirming that nothing was missing, he nodded with satisfaction.
The entire lecture hall, both people and the air, boiled in an instant...
When he came back to his senses, he was already standing in front of a primitive house made of wood, stone and some white velvet. What woke him up was a strange-shaped furnace next to it. Looking up into the distance, you can still see the walls made of earth and wooden sticks, as well as the promising farmland from a little further away.
"Other ways? For example, controllable nuclear fusion?" General Reinhardt smiled faintly, "Don't forget, Mars was only a few hundred million years old at this time, and the entire solar system was still very young, but There is no large accumulation of deuterium and tritium elements in the oceans like the Earth does."
After confirming that nothing was missing, he nodded with satisfaction.
The report meeting has begun!
“…”
today!
"It is not that the Martian civilization has not invented controllable nuclear fusion technology, but for their situation, this is not the cheapest option. In contrast, as arthropods, they are more attractive to explore downwards. After all, Burrowing is almost their survival instinct."
The moment the words fell.
"But professor, they are just printed..." With a helpless expression on his face, the young doctor continued, "If you need it, I can go to the printing room to get another copy for you."
"A large amount of mantle material was pumped to the surface, and the energy in the core was released. In fact, this is a very slow process, including the cooling of the core and the weakening of the magnetic field. For Mars, which only has a life of more than 20 years, As for humans, most people spend their entire lives not necessarily feeling that their environment has changed."
"This is the first stage of evolution. Civilization and barbarism are making a final struggle. The latter has the upper hand at first, but in the end the former catches up. War is like a catalyst. The Martians on this land begin to merge and merge into one. Overall. In order to manage a larger population, they transitioned from tribalism to feudalism, and then through countless reforms and even revolutions, they achieved the liberation of productive forces... "
"I don't know if this was within the observers' plan, or if it was an allowable error. In short, in a sense, they have made some progress."
"Take out the most expensive suit in your wardrobe and iron it, and wait until the afternoon report meeting begins."
"Since the Martian civilization is nearly three billion years ahead of us... why didn't the observer civilization choose them? Instead, they pinned their hopes on a civilization three billion years later that is inferior to the Martian civilization in terms of resources and environmental conditions. us."
"When the core temperature finally fell below a certain critical value and the weakened magnetic field could no longer resist the high-energy rays from the universe, it was already too late. They watched in despair as the atmosphere was blown away, and thousands of compatriots were Dying from cancer, cities turned into ghost towns, and they were forced to retreat with everyone from the surface to the underworld.”
"Did you teach them this?"
"It took them billions of years to cross a distance of hundreds of millions of kilometers..."
…
"When the core temperature finally fell below a certain critical value and the weakened magnetic field could no longer resist the high-energy rays from the universe, it was already too late. They watched in despair as the atmosphere was blown away, and thousands of compatriots were Dying from cancer, cities turned into ghost towns, and they were forced to retreat with everyone from the surface to the underworld.”
"Putting all that aside, let's make a hypothesis. If cancer cells know that if they continue to expand endlessly, they will one day die together with their hosts. Do you think it will consider proliferating in a relatively mild way?"
Looking at Lu Zhou, whose face was full of shock, and the neon lights and prosperity extinguished on the surface, General Reinhardt had a regretful expression on his face and said softly.
sweat!
Even to him, the way they walked seemed as funny as they could get.
Lu Zhou: "Then what role did you play in it?"
"However, even in the underground world, there was no place for them. At that time, Mars was like a dying old man, only one death certificate away from death."
"Take out the most expensive suit in your wardrobe and iron it, and wait until the afternoon report meeting begins."
"Yes, Professor."
"Before civilization was about to die, they made some efforts...such as the ignition plan and the sowing plan."
"Very well, it's all here."
"It seems that you are gradually realizing how I feel," General Reinhardt smiled faintly, "In fact, any higher civilization will have similar thoughts when facing a lower civilization. Sometimes I think about it like this, I guess those observers probably had the same mentality when they looked at us."
"ladies and gentlemen."
In Lu Zhou's view, the initial resources of these Martians can be described as a perfect start.
"It's incredible. How did they finally get to... that point?"
In fact, this is indeed the case. He is overlooking the life of civilization through God's perspective...
"Very well, it's all here."
Earth.
"I have already told you about the ignition plan. They asked me for help. They hope to send my engine to the Earth's sphere and detonate the zero-point energy in the energy module to return the heat borrowed from the earth's core. Go back. They hibernated part of their compatriots and took turns waking up to finish the job, but ultimately failed."
"Yes, Professor."
sweat!
"As for time... Needless to say, a civilization that has had a long time may be developed, but the reason for its development must not be because of the long time. Many things that seem inevitable cannot be simply equal. . And I only learned about these things after I arrived at the center of the galaxy."
"But based on the fossil specimens we found in the Olympus Crater and various signs examined from other ruins, we have been able to preliminarily judge that they belong to the Insecta class, the order Blattata... just like the American cockroaches."
Lu Zhou asked subconsciously.
"As for the sowing plan, it's more interesting."
The moment the words fell, people's faces showed expressions of surprise, and voices of discussion spread everywhere.
"All of this is possible!"
"This is the first stage of evolution. Civilization and barbarism are making a final struggle. The latter has the upper hand at first, but in the end the former catches up. War is like a catalyst. The Martians on this land begin to merge and merge into one. Overall. In order to manage a larger population, they transitioned from tribalism to feudalism, and then through countless reforms and even revolutions, they achieved the liberation of productive forces... "
"Before civilization was about to die, they made some efforts...such as the ignition plan and the sowing plan."
The victors set up a fire in the center of the village, lit the flames, danced to please the gods, enjoyed the plundered supplies, slaughtered the enemy's livestock, and even feasted on the captives...
"Be careful! You stupid prairie dog! This is a precious historical document."
Having said this, General Reinhard smiled.
As a result, the pile of paper was so high that it blocked his view, so much so that he almost tripped over the chair at the door.
Looking at the planet whose landscape had almost been completely changed by man-made structures of steel and concrete, as well as the neon lights and countless prosperity on the streets, Lu Zhou couldn't help but have a touch of complicated emotions in his eyes.
Having said this, General Reinhard smiled.
"As for the sowing plan, it's more interesting."
"With this idea, some people set their sights on the Earth, your home planet. Although the Earth was still in chaos at that time, they tried man-made methods such as detonating nuclear weapons, dropping acid-resistant, nitrogen-fixing bacteria, etc. , accelerating the evolution of the Earth’s atmosphere.”
"Maybe because they were stimulated by the drastic changes on Mars, they finally realized their weakness in environmental adaptability, so they drastically tailored their genes through genetic modification."
While General Reinhard was telling this, the ground beneath their feet changed again.
"However, even in the underground world, there was no place for them. At that time, Mars was like a dying old man, only one death certificate away from death."
"When the core temperature finally fell below a certain critical value and the weakened magnetic field could no longer resist the high-energy rays from the universe, it was already too late. They watched in despair as the atmosphere was blown away, and thousands of compatriots were Dying from cancer, cities turned into ghost towns, and they were forced to retreat with everyone from the surface to the underworld.”
Looking at the "pasture" surrounded by fences and the larvae as fat as buckets, Lu Zhou had a thoughtful expression on his face.
"Do you feel like an omnipotent god?"
"It's just a pity that genetic modification is a very sophisticated technology, and they are obviously immature in this regard. They can only forcibly improve their habitability at the expense of weakening other parts. Created through this method The new Martians are not only intellectually deficient, they cannot even accept that these diminutive imbeciles are their own kind."
After confirming that nothing was missing, he nodded with satisfaction.
Compared to decades, a mere afternoon of waiting is nothing more than the blink of an eye.
Oxford University, Bodleian Library.
"But no matter what, this is the only hope for survival, and I think optimistically, after hundreds of millions of years of evolution, if one day these new Martians reawaken the genes of their ancestors, wouldn't it be equivalent to recovery? Are they civilized?”
He could hear the teasing in the tone, but Lu Zhou had no time to care about it at the moment.
Looking at his old self in the mirror, a trace of nostalgia appeared in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by strong self-confidence.
"But no matter what, this is the only hope for survival, and I think optimistically, after hundreds of millions of years of evolution, if one day these new Martians reawaken the genes of their ancestors, wouldn't it be equivalent to recovery? Are they civilized?”
In just a few minutes, the ground beneath our feet has changed.
"kind of."
"It seems that you are gradually realizing how I feel," General Reinhardt smiled faintly, "In fact, any higher civilization will have similar thoughts when facing a lower civilization. Sometimes I think about it like this, I guess those observers probably had the same mentality when they looked at us."
"With this idea, some people set their sights on the Earth, your home planet. Although the Earth was still in chaos at that time, they tried man-made methods such as detonating nuclear weapons, dropping acid-resistant, nitrogen-fixing bacteria, etc. , accelerating the evolution of the Earth’s atmosphere.”
Scared to death!
“New Martians who have been genetically modified and frozen into dormancy were sent to Earth by their compatriots, and those Martians hope that those little guys smaller than themselves can one day rebuild the glory of Martian civilization. "
“…”
"The whole world will remember our names forever because of this amazing discovery!"
Screams came one after another, and the cockroaches in the village quickly armed themselves and began to fight.
"A large amount of mantle material was pumped to the surface, and the energy in the core was released. In fact, this is a very slow process, including the cooling of the core and the weakening of the magnetic field. For Mars, which only has a life of more than 20 years, As for humans, most people spend their entire lives not necessarily feeling that their environment has changed."
"I don't know if this was within the observers' plan, or if it was an allowable error. In short, in a sense, they have made some progress."
sweat!
"They are crazy..." Lu Zhou was stunned for a moment, "Didn't they think of... other ways?"
"But based on the fossil specimens we found in the Olympus Crater and various signs examined from other ruins, we have been able to preliminarily judge that they belong to the Insecta class, the order Blattata... just like the American cockroaches."
Looking at the "pasture" surrounded by fences and the larvae as fat as buckets, Lu Zhou had a thoughtful expression on his face.
He spoke as if chanting an ancient English epic.
Having said this, General Reinhard smiled.
"We...have passed tens of thousands of years?"
“New Martians who have been genetically modified and frozen into dormancy were sent to Earth by their compatriots, and those Martians hope that those little guys smaller than themselves can one day rebuild the glory of Martian civilization. "
Oxford University, Bodleian Library.
The entire lecture hall, both people and the air, boiled in an instant...
Looking at his mentor with a strange expression, the young doctor wanted to complain, but in the end he said nothing.
As of today, thirty years have passed since that initial journey to Mars.
Lu Zhou: "Then what role did you play in it?"
"I am here to announce to you an important discovery—"
"Don't you think it's shocking?"
Looking at Lu Zhou, whose face was full of shock, and the neon lights and prosperity extinguished on the surface, General Reinhardt had a regretful expression on his face and said softly.
Earth.
Looking at the buzzing lecture hall, Professor Vernal smiled slightly.
Waiting quietly for the clock on the wall to reach the right time, Professor Vernal approached the microphone and cleared his throat.
On whether being away from the earth for a long time will damage your brain...
Looking at the planet whose landscape had almost been completely changed by man-made structures of steel and concrete, as well as the neon lights and countless prosperity on the streets, Lu Zhou couldn't help but have a touch of complicated emotions in his eyes.
"As for the result, you should already know it."
"As for the result, you should already know it."
"But professor, they are just printed..." With a helpless expression on his face, the young doctor continued, "If you need it, I can go to the printing room to get another copy for you."
The endless grassland was no longer visible, and the boundaries of the forest continued to shrink, shrink, and finally disappeared into the horizon, swallowed up by high-rise buildings made of steel and concrete. Steel covered almost every inch of this planet.
In fact, this is indeed the case. He is overlooking the life of civilization through God's perspective...
"It took them billions of years to cross a distance of hundreds of millions of kilometers..."
Just today!
The moment the words fell, people's faces showed expressions of surprise, and voices of discussion spread everywhere.
Lu Zhou's Adam's apple moved slightly.
The moment the words fell.
The victors set up a fire in the center of the village, lit the flames, danced to please the gods, enjoyed the plundered supplies, slaughtered the enemy's livestock, and even feasted on the captives...
"... I finally succeeded and became a cockroach in your eyes."
In the past thirty years, the international community has not given up digging into the Gate of Hell. It was only recently that it stopped slightly because of repeated cuts in funding.
All of them turned out to be the "corpse" of Martian civilization cities!
"Martians are actually always with us!"
"As for the sowing plan, it's more interesting."
…
“…”
"All of this is possible!"
"In fact, although the planet Gaia has an ecological environment that is the envy of all organic life forms, it is not the most suitable breeding ground for civilization."
Earth.
By the way, although space travel is not as commonplace today, it is no longer as mysterious as it was thirty years ago. Many newlyweds from well-off families choose to spend their honeymoon on the moon to experience the wonderful experience of weightlessness.
"When the core temperature finally fell below a certain critical value and the weakened magnetic field could no longer resist the high-energy rays from the universe, it was already too late. They watched in despair as the atmosphere was blown away, and thousands of compatriots were Dying from cancer, cities turned into ghost towns, and they were forced to retreat with everyone from the surface to the underworld.”
Even to him, the way they walked seemed as funny as they could get.
"Maybe the cockroaches we see today are actually the same species as the Martians billions of years ago! They even came from the same place!"
Looking at the buzzing lecture hall, Professor Vernal smiled slightly.
"Putting all that aside, let's make a hypothesis. If cancer cells know that if they continue to expand endlessly, they will one day die together with their hosts. Do you think it will consider proliferating in a relatively mild way?"
"Be careful! You stupid prairie dog! This is a precious historical document."
Oxford University, Bodleian Library.
“New Martians who have been genetically modified and frozen into dormancy were sent to Earth by their compatriots, and those Martians hope that those little guys smaller than themselves can one day rebuild the glory of Martian civilization. "
"Martians are actually always with us!"
The moment the words fell.
A stooped old man who is nearly sixty years old is kneeling in front of a wooden table, carefully checking the typescript in his hand.
"Since the Martian civilization is nearly three billion years ahead of us... why didn't the observer civilization choose them? Instead, they pinned their hopes on a civilization three billion years later that is inferior to the Martian civilization in terms of resources and environmental conditions. us."
There are also the strangely structured hematite veins and silicate sedimentary rock layers...
"With this idea, some people set their sights on the Earth, your home planet. Although the Earth was still in chaos at that time, they tried man-made methods such as detonating nuclear weapons, dropping acid-resistant, nitrogen-fixing bacteria, etc. , accelerating the evolution of the Earth’s atmosphere.”
I don’t know when, the low thatched house disappeared, replaced by a house made of red bricks and a well made of granite.
"But professor, they are just printed..." With a helpless expression on his face, the young doctor continued, "If you need it, I can go to the printing room to get another copy for you."
"Very well, it's all here."
His name is Vernal, and he is an archaeologist. Although his research direction has deviated slightly in recent decades, it is essentially the same.
"As for time... Needless to say, a civilization that has had a long time may be developed, but the reason for its development must not be because of the long time. Many things that seem inevitable cannot be simply equal. . And I only learned about these things after I arrived at the center of the galaxy."
Waiting quietly for the clock on the wall to reach the right time, Professor Vernal approached the microphone and cleared his throat.
"But you told me that you 'enlightened' them."
As of today, thirty years have passed since that initial journey to Mars.
"Me?" General Reinhard smiled faintly and continued, "I didn't play any role. When they contacted me again and became fully aware of my existence, it was already a matter of the electronic age."
Lu Zhou did not immediately respond to General Reinhardt's words. He looked around and examined the village at the foot of the mountain for a while before continuing, "...We have reached the Stone Age now?"
He could hear the teasing in the tone, but Lu Zhou had no time to care about it at the moment.
Unlike human civilization that has experienced countless Little Ice Ages in history, this group of bugs living in greenhouses have rarely experienced the baptism of natural disasters. Even if the crops fail in any year, they can still benefit from the lush forests and Underground world, get enough food.
In the past thirty years, the international community has not given up digging into the Gate of Hell. It was only recently that it stopped slightly because of repeated cuts in funding.
"However, due to habitability issues, the Martian civilization ultimately did not embark on this path, but chose to continue to demand. Normally, the bearing capacity of the Gaia planet was able to meet their needs, until... they finally did it A stupid thing."
"...What a stupid thing."
The victors set up a fire in the center of the village, lit the flames, danced to please the gods, enjoyed the plundered supplies, slaughtered the enemy's livestock, and even feasted on the captives...
As of today, thirty years have passed since that initial journey to Mars.
Relying on his authoritative position in the field of Martian archeology, he has been to Mars several times in the past thirty years to investigate the remains of the Gate of Hell, and at the same time, he also investigated some newly unearthed clues to Martian civilization.
"Yes..." Looking at everything happening on the planet below him, Lu Zhou was silent for a while and then said, "There's just one thing I don't quite understand."
That was the sound of iron.
Both pairs of eyes stopped swaying left and right, and all looked at the old professor on the podium, waiting for his opening remarks.
There are also the strangely structured hematite veins and silicate sedimentary rock layers...
today!
And he also changed from a middle-aged man who looked older to a real old man.
If he hadn't seen what Mars would look like billions of years from now, he would never have believed that this powerful civilization did not set foot in the starry sky, but eventually declined...
Looking at Lu Zhou who was lost in thought, General Reinhard continued.
Seeing how careless he was, Professor Vernal was so angry that he almost lost his temper and stood up angrily.
"What is it like to be distracted for tens of thousands of years?"
"... I finally succeeded and became a cockroach in your eyes."
Seemingly approving of Lu Zhou's intuition, Reinhardt nodded and said, "That's right, so it is fundamentally impossible to expect civilization to restrain itself and achieve common prosperity with nature. Just like human beings. Just as hope will expand, so will the needs of civilization. Only expansion toward more distant worlds is the only way for civilization to survive, just like the first fish jumping onto land."
By the way, although space travel is not as commonplace today, it is no longer as mysterious as it was thirty years ago. Many newlyweds from well-off families choose to spend their honeymoon on the moon to experience the wonderful experience of weightlessness.
"Did you teach them this?"
"Go get ready, Dr. Gilbert!"
In Lu Zhou's view, the initial resources of these Martians can be described as a perfect start.
"Yes, Professor."
Lu Zhou's Adam's apple moved slightly.
In addition, there are not many scholars like him who insist on using manuscripts and completing papers on paper in this era of extremely advanced multimedia technology...
“Imagine, if the ecosystem on the earth can still accommodate 20 billion people, or even 30 billion people, and the rich resource reserves cannot be depleted one day, you will still think about giving up your current good life to explore the moon. , Mars, or even worlds outside the solar system?”
Although development has not changed the ugly image of those Martians in his eyes, he has not seen any signs of decline until now.
"Professor, I brought you your manuscript." There were footsteps at the door, and a young man with freckles on his face opened the door and walked in with a stack of paper in his arms.
While he was talking, there were bursts of shrill buzzing from the place, and the tranquility and peace in the air was suddenly tainted with a touch of solemnity.
"The whole world will remember our names forever because of this amazing discovery!"
The sound of steel colliding woke Lu Zhou out of his trance.
As a result, the pile of paper was so high that it blocked his view, so much so that he almost tripped over the chair at the door.
"It seems that you are gradually realizing how I feel," General Reinhardt smiled faintly, "In fact, any higher civilization will have similar thoughts when facing a lower civilization. Sometimes I think about it like this, I guess those observers probably had the same mentality when they looked at us."
"Maybe because they were stimulated by the drastic changes on Mars, they finally realized their weakness in environmental adaptability, so they drastically tailored their genes through genetic modification."
"Putting all that aside, let's make a hypothesis. If cancer cells know that if they continue to expand endlessly, they will one day die together with their hosts. Do you think it will consider proliferating in a relatively mild way?"
Pleased with the surprise on people's faces, he continued.
Seeing how careless he was, Professor Vernal was so angry that he almost lost his temper and stood up angrily.
"Me?" General Reinhard smiled faintly and continued, "I didn't play any role. When they contacted me again and became fully aware of my existence, it was already a matter of the electronic age."
All of them turned out to be the "corpse" of Martian civilization cities!
Looking at Lu Zhou, whose face was full of shock, and the neon lights and prosperity extinguished on the surface, General Reinhardt had a regretful expression on his face and said softly.
The sound of steel colliding woke Lu Zhou out of his trance.
If he hadn't seen what Mars would look like billions of years from now, he would never have believed that this powerful civilization did not set foot in the starry sky, but eventually declined...
"A little further than the Stone Age, they have learned to smelt metal... It's probably the Bronze Age."
"Be careful! You stupid prairie dog! This is a precious historical document."
Fortunately, General Reinhard standing next to him raised his hand and flew the disembodied man into the sky, otherwise he was not sure whether he would vomit it out.
"Did you teach them this?"
In addition, there are not many scholars like him who insist on using manuscripts and completing papers on paper in this era of extremely advanced multimedia technology...
"I'm glad you are attending my academic report."
His name is Vernal, and he is an archaeologist. Although his research direction has deviated slightly in recent decades, it is essentially the same.
After confirming that nothing was missing, he nodded with satisfaction.
"But professor, they are just printed..." With a helpless expression on his face, the young doctor continued, "If you need it, I can go to the printing room to get another copy for you."
"But based on the fossil specimens we found in the Olympus Crater and various signs examined from other ruins, we have been able to preliminarily judge that they belong to the Insecta class, the order Blattata... just like the American cockroaches."
There are also the strangely structured hematite veins and silicate sedimentary rock layers...
"Whether it's Newton or whoever it is, the manuscripts of any great man are brand new when they are first collected into this library. By the way, electronic files have no soul." Stacking up the documents in his hand, Vernal The professor skillfully passed them through his hands in batches and counted them one by one.
While the two were chatting, the battle at the foot of the mountain had ended.
The lecture hall fell silent for a while.
After confirming that nothing was missing, he nodded with satisfaction.
Fortunately, General Reinhard standing next to him raised his hand and flew the disembodied man into the sky, otherwise he was not sure whether he would vomit it out.
All of them turned out to be the "corpse" of Martian civilization cities!
Scared to death!
"But professor, they are just printed..." With a helpless expression on his face, the young doctor continued, "If you need it, I can go to the printing room to get another copy for you."
While General Reinhard was telling this, the ground beneath their feet changed again.
"All of this is possible!"
Lu Zhou thought he had been sleeping for tens of thousands of years!
That was the sound of iron.
"Very well, it's all here."
Earth.
Looking at the planet whose landscape had almost been completely changed by man-made structures of steel and concrete, as well as the neon lights and countless prosperity on the streets, Lu Zhou couldn't help but have a touch of complicated emotions in his eyes.
“Imagine, if the ecosystem on the earth can still accommodate 20 billion people, or even 30 billion people, and the rich resource reserves cannot be depleted one day, you will still think about giving up your current good life to explore the moon. , Mars, or even worlds outside the solar system?”
Looking at Lu Zhou who nodded in understanding, General Reinhardt continued.
"The whole world will remember our names forever because of this amazing discovery!"
"As for the sowing plan, it's more interesting."
"Yes..." Looking at everything happening on the planet below him, Lu Zhou was silent for a while and then said, "There's just one thing I don't quite understand."
While the two were chatting, the battle at the foot of the mountain had ended.
Looking at his mentor with a strange expression, the young doctor wanted to complain, but in the end he said nothing.
"You can understand it as fast forwarding. After all, I can't really let you stay in my memory for tens of thousands of years."
Even to him, the way they walked seemed as funny as they could get.
"This is the first stage of evolution. Civilization and barbarism are making a final struggle. The latter has the upper hand at first, but in the end the former catches up. War is like a catalyst. The Martians on this land begin to merge and merge into one. Overall. In order to manage a larger population, they transitioned from tribalism to feudalism, and then through countless reforms and even revolutions, they achieved the liberation of productive forces... "
Looking down at the flames soaring into the sky under his feet and the fight with blood and flesh splattering, Lu Zhou suddenly had the illusion that the person he was here at this moment was like a god.
Even to him, the way they walked seemed as funny as they could get.
"Very well, it's all here."
His mentor stood up, walked to the coat rack at the door, picked up a khaki coat and put it on his body, then stood in front of the coat mirror and adjusted his collar.
He could hear the teasing in the tone, but Lu Zhou had no time to care about it at the moment.
"I don't know if this was within the observers' plan, or if it was an allowable error. In short, in a sense, they have made some progress."
"I don't know if this was within the observers' plan, or if it was an allowable error. In short, in a sense, they have made some progress."
When he came back to his senses, he was already standing in front of a primitive house made of wood, stone and some white velvet. What woke him up was a strange-shaped furnace next to it. Looking up into the distance, you can still see the walls made of earth and wooden sticks, as well as the promising farmland from a little further away.
Oxford University, Bodleian Library.
Looking at his old self in the mirror, a trace of nostalgia appeared in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by strong self-confidence.
sweat!
today!
"Putting all that aside, let's make a hypothesis. If cancer cells know that if they continue to expand endlessly, they will one day die together with their hosts. Do you think it will consider proliferating in a relatively mild way?"
In fact, this is indeed the case. He is overlooking the life of civilization through God's perspective...
today!
Relying on his authoritative position in the field of Martian archeology, he has been to Mars several times in the past thirty years to investigate the remains of the Gate of Hell, and at the same time, he also investigated some newly unearthed clues to Martian civilization.
His research will change history!
Carloads of steel products were transported from the factory, loaded onto the train, and drove off into the distance with the roar of the whistle.
The fight between the two groups finally ended in the victory of the invaders. The Martians, who were obviously slightly larger, divided the prisoners into two waves. One wave killed them, while the other wave tied the carapace and head with white velvet rope. The joint of the parts.
Seeing how careless he was, Professor Vernal was so angry that he almost lost his temper and stood up angrily.
"However, even in the underground world, there was no place for them. At that time, Mars was like a dying old man, only one death certificate away from death."
The lecture hall fell silent for a while.
"We...have passed tens of thousands of years?"
Just today!
"I am here to announce to you an important discovery—"
"They built a geothermal well, dug from the sea floor to the mantle, and extracted heat and minerals to build and support their city."
That was the sound of iron.
Fortunately, General Reinhard standing next to him raised his hand and flew the disembodied man into the sky, otherwise he was not sure whether he would vomit it out.
His research will change history!
His research will change history!
"Yes, Professor."
"We...have passed tens of thousands of years?"
He really wants to write a paper now.
"They are crazy..." Lu Zhou was stunned for a moment, "Didn't they think of... other ways?"
The victors set up a fire in the center of the village, lit the flames, danced to please the gods, enjoyed the plundered supplies, slaughtered the enemy's livestock, and even feasted on the captives...
Taking a deep breath, Professor Vernal's voice was filled with excitement.
Unlike human civilization that has experienced countless Little Ice Ages in history, this group of bugs living in greenhouses have rarely experienced the baptism of natural disasters. Even if the crops fail in any year, they can still benefit from the lush forests and Underground world, get enough food.
"But no matter what, this is the only hope for survival, and I think optimistically, after hundreds of millions of years of evolution, if one day these new Martians reawaken the genes of their ancestors, wouldn't it be equivalent to recovery? Are they civilized?”
His name is Vernal, and he is an archaeologist. Although his research direction has deviated slightly in recent decades, it is essentially the same.
He spoke as if chanting an ancient English epic.
"But you told me that you 'enlightened' them."
At this moment, Lu Zhou finally understood where the rust all over the surface of Mars came from.
Both pairs of eyes stopped swaying left and right, and all looked at the old professor on the podium, waiting for his opening remarks.
While the two were chatting, the battle at the foot of the mountain had ended.
"There are many reasons and even a lot of coincidences."
"They built a geothermal well, dug from the sea floor to the mantle, and extracted heat and minerals to build and support their city."
Pleased with the surprise on people's faces, he continued.
General Reinhardt shrugged.
"Go get ready, Dr. Gilbert!"
The report meeting has begun!
He spoke as if chanting an ancient English epic.
“Imagine, if the ecosystem on the earth can still accommodate 20 billion people, or even 30 billion people, and the rich resource reserves cannot be depleted one day, you will still think about giving up your current good life to explore the moon. , Mars, or even worlds outside the solar system?”
"Take out the most expensive suit in your wardrobe and iron it, and wait until the afternoon report meeting begins."
today!
Lu Zhou: "Then what role did you play in it?"
Screams came one after another, and the cockroaches in the village quickly armed themselves and began to fight.
"Although this sounds a bit bizarre..."
"Although this sounds a bit bizarre..."
He could hear the teasing in the tone, but Lu Zhou had no time to care about it at the moment.
"The whole world will remember our names forever because of this amazing discovery!"
"Putting all that aside, let's make a hypothesis. If cancer cells know that if they continue to expand endlessly, they will one day die together with their hosts. Do you think it will consider proliferating in a relatively mild way?"
"Be careful! You stupid prairie dog! This is a precious historical document."
today!
And he also changed from a middle-aged man who looked older to a real old man.
…
"But professor, they are just printed..." With a helpless expression on his face, the young doctor continued, "If you need it, I can go to the printing room to get another copy for you."
While the two were chatting, the battle at the foot of the mountain had ended.
Already accustomed to the old professor's nervousness, Gilbert curled his lips and muttered submissively.
"Although this sounds a bit bizarre..."
Unlike human civilization that has experienced countless Little Ice Ages in history, this group of bugs living in greenhouses have rarely experienced the baptism of natural disasters. Even if the crops fail in any year, they can still benefit from the lush forests and Underground world, get enough food.
"I have already told you about the ignition plan. They asked me for help. They hope to send my engine to the Earth's sphere and detonate the zero-point energy in the energy module to return the heat borrowed from the earth's core. Go back. They hibernated part of their compatriots and took turns waking up to finish the job, but ultimately failed."
All of them turned out to be the "corpse" of Martian civilization cities!
"Yes, Professor."
Both pairs of eyes stopped swaying left and right, and all looked at the old professor on the podium, waiting for his opening remarks.
Just today!
Lu Zhou asked subconsciously.
Not far away, a circle of houses rose from the ground, and the outline of the city began to appear and spread rapidly.
"Very well, it's all here."
"I don't understand anything."
He really wants to write a paper now.
"But based on the fossil specimens we found in the Olympus Crater and various signs examined from other ruins, we have been able to preliminarily judge that they belong to the Insecta class, the order Blattata... just like the American cockroaches."
At this time, General Reinhard walked next to him and asked jokingly.
"A rich environment means that you can obtain the basic materials needed for survival without putting in a lot of effort. Although the Martians have the same curious qualities as you, they don't know what hard work is in their culture, and they don't have the gene for pioneering. . And the most deadly thing is that tens of thousands of years of evolution have allowed them to completely adapt to the ecological environment of the Gaia planet. This picky and almost harsh habitability condition makes it difficult for them to find an acceptable second home in space. home."
Looking at Lu Zhou, whose face was full of shock, and the neon lights and prosperity extinguished on the surface, General Reinhardt had a regretful expression on his face and said softly.
"It took them billions of years to cross a distance of hundreds of millions of kilometers..."
The entire lecture hall, both people and the air, boiled in an instant...
"It seems that you are gradually realizing how I feel," General Reinhardt smiled faintly, "In fact, any higher civilization will have similar thoughts when facing a lower civilization. Sometimes I think about it like this, I guess those observers probably had the same mentality when they looked at us."
"Maybe the cockroaches we see today are actually the same species as the Martians billions of years ago! They even came from the same place!"
On whether being away from the earth for a long time will damage your brain...
sweat!
"No, their brain capacity may be a little smaller, but they are not so stupid that they need my help to build houses and tame wild beasts."
The two groups of men and horses quickly fought together. Looking at the cockroaches - or Martians - rushing towards him, Lu Zhou subconsciously felt a chill in his back.
"Are they still cancer cells?"
"Maybe the cockroaches we see today are actually the same species as the Martians billions of years ago! They even came from the same place!"
today!
Looking at the "pasture" surrounded by fences and the larvae as fat as buckets, Lu Zhou had a thoughtful expression on his face.
"Are they still cancer cells?"
…
"ladies and gentlemen."
"It seems that you are gradually realizing how I feel," General Reinhardt smiled faintly, "In fact, any higher civilization will have similar thoughts when facing a lower civilization. Sometimes I think about it like this, I guess those observers probably had the same mentality when they looked at us."
The moment the words fell, people's faces showed expressions of surprise, and voices of discussion spread everywhere.
As General Reinhard said, these bugs learned to walk upright, even learned to use tools, and developed the prototype of a farming civilization.
Compared to decades, a mere afternoon of waiting is nothing more than the blink of an eye.
In Lu Zhou's view, the initial resources of these Martians can be described as a perfect start.
"When the core temperature finally fell below a certain critical value and the weakened magnetic field could no longer resist the high-energy rays from the universe, it was already too late. They watched in despair as the atmosphere was blown away, and thousands of compatriots were Dying from cancer, cities turned into ghost towns, and they were forced to retreat with everyone from the surface to the underworld.”
Lu Zhou thought he had been sleeping for tens of thousands of years!
"Do you feel like an omnipotent god?"
"With this idea, some people set their sights on the Earth, your home planet. Although the Earth was still in chaos at that time, they tried man-made methods such as detonating nuclear weapons, dropping acid-resistant, nitrogen-fixing bacteria, etc. , accelerating the evolution of the Earth’s atmosphere.”
"However, even in the underground world, there was no place for them. At that time, Mars was like a dying old man, only one death certificate away from death."
“New Martians who have been genetically modified and frozen into dormancy were sent to Earth by their compatriots, and those Martians hope that those little guys smaller than themselves can one day rebuild the glory of Martian civilization. "
Waiting quietly for the clock on the wall to reach the right time, Professor Vernal approached the microphone and cleared his throat.
In the past thirty years, the international community has not given up digging into the Gate of Hell. It was only recently that it stopped slightly because of repeated cuts in funding.
"Don't you think it's shocking?"
The lecture hall fell silent for a while.
Lu Zhou did not immediately respond to General Reinhardt's words. He looked around and examined the village at the foot of the mountain for a while before continuing, "...We have reached the Stone Age now?"
The fight between the two groups finally ended in the victory of the invaders. The Martians, who were obviously slightly larger, divided the prisoners into two waves. One wave killed them, while the other wave tied the carapace and head with white velvet rope. The joint of the parts.
…
Both pairs of eyes stopped swaying left and right, and all looked at the old professor on the podium, waiting for his opening remarks.
The lecture hall fell silent for a while.
The sound of steel colliding woke Lu Zhou out of his trance.
"Maybe because they were stimulated by the drastic changes on Mars, they finally realized their weakness in environmental adaptability, so they drastically tailored their genes through genetic modification."
The report meeting has begun!
In addition, there are not many scholars like him who insist on using manuscripts and completing papers on paper in this era of extremely advanced multimedia technology...
"It is not that the Martian civilization has not invented controllable nuclear fusion technology, but for their situation, this is not the cheapest option. In contrast, as arthropods, they are more attractive to explore downwards. After all, Burrowing is almost their survival instinct."
Already accustomed to the old professor's nervousness, Gilbert curled his lips and muttered submissively.
"The whole world will remember our names forever because of this amazing discovery!"
Looking down at the flames soaring into the sky under his feet and the fight with blood and flesh splattering, Lu Zhou suddenly had the illusion that the person he was here at this moment was like a god.
"... I finally succeeded and became a cockroach in your eyes."
Looking at the thoughtful Lu Zhou, General Reinhardt continued expressionlessly.
"ladies and gentlemen."
"They built a geothermal well, dug from the sea floor to the mantle, and extracted heat and minerals to build and support their city."
General Reinhardt shrugged.
Carloads of steel products were transported from the factory, loaded onto the train, and drove off into the distance with the roar of the whistle.
"As for the result, you should already know it."
In Lu Zhou's view, the initial resources of these Martians can be described as a perfect start.
"Other ways? For example, controllable nuclear fusion?" General Reinhardt smiled faintly, "Don't forget, Mars was only a few hundred million years old at this time, and the entire solar system was still very young, but There is no large accumulation of deuterium and tritium elements in the oceans like the Earth does."
Although development has not changed the ugly image of those Martians in his eyes, he has not seen any signs of decline until now.
Looking at the "pasture" surrounded by fences and the larvae as fat as buckets, Lu Zhou had a thoughtful expression on his face.
"I'm glad you are attending my academic report."
“New Martians who have been genetically modified and frozen into dormancy were sent to Earth by their compatriots, and those Martians hope that those little guys smaller than themselves can one day rebuild the glory of Martian civilization. "
"This is the first stage of evolution. Civilization and barbarism are making a final struggle. The latter has the upper hand at first, but in the end the former catches up. War is like a catalyst. The Martians on this land begin to merge and merge into one. Overall. In order to manage a larger population, they transitioned from tribalism to feudalism, and then through countless reforms and even revolutions, they achieved the liberation of productive forces... "
…
When he came back to his senses, he was already standing in front of a primitive house made of wood, stone and some white velvet. What woke him up was a strange-shaped furnace next to it. Looking up into the distance, you can still see the walls made of earth and wooden sticks, as well as the promising farmland from a little further away.
"I am here to announce to you an important discovery—"
There are also the strangely structured hematite veins and silicate sedimentary rock layers...
"Putting all that aside, let's make a hypothesis. If cancer cells know that if they continue to expand endlessly, they will one day die together with their hosts. Do you think it will consider proliferating in a relatively mild way?"
His research will change history!
"I don't understand anything."
"The whole world will remember our names forever because of this amazing discovery!"
"But professor, they are just printed..." With a helpless expression on his face, the young doctor continued, "If you need it, I can go to the printing room to get another copy for you."
Looking at Lu Zhou who was lost in thought, General Reinhard continued.
"Do you feel like an omnipotent god?"
"Martians are actually always with us!"
There are also the strangely structured hematite veins and silicate sedimentary rock layers...
His mentor stood up, walked to the coat rack at the door, picked up a khaki coat and put it on his body, then stood in front of the coat mirror and adjusted his collar.
As of today, thirty years have passed since that initial journey to Mars.
"Although this sounds a bit bizarre..."
Oxford University, Bodleian Library.
"Although this sounds a bit bizarre..."
The moment the words fell, people's faces showed expressions of surprise, and voices of discussion spread everywhere.
In Lu Zhou's view, the initial resources of these Martians can be described as a perfect start.
"A large amount of mantle material was pumped to the surface, and the energy in the core was released. In fact, this is a very slow process, including the cooling of the core and the weakening of the magnetic field. For Mars, which only has a life of more than 20 years, As for humans, most people spend their entire lives not necessarily feeling that their environment has changed."
The young people joked with each other with words such as "Are you a Martian?" and "What a coincidence, so am I." Some people took notes seriously, or laughed and shook their heads in disdain.
"...What a stupid thing."
"There are many reasons and even a lot of coincidences."
"Did you teach them this?"
"Whether it's Newton or whoever it is, the manuscripts of any great man are brand new when they are first collected into this library. By the way, electronic files have no soul." Stacking up the documents in his hand, Vernal The professor skillfully passed them through his hands in batches and counted them one by one.
"I have already told you about the ignition plan. They asked me for help. They hope to send my engine to the Earth's sphere and detonate the zero-point energy in the energy module to return the heat borrowed from the earth's core. Go back. They hibernated part of their compatriots and took turns waking up to finish the job, but ultimately failed."
"Since the Martian civilization is nearly three billion years ahead of us... why didn't the observer civilization choose them? Instead, they pinned their hopes on a civilization three billion years later that is inferior to the Martian civilization in terms of resources and environmental conditions. us."
Already accustomed to the old professor's nervousness, Gilbert curled his lips and muttered submissively.
Looking at the buzzing lecture hall, Professor Vernal smiled slightly.
"A rich environment means that you can obtain the basic materials needed for survival without putting in a lot of effort. Although the Martians have the same curious qualities as you, they don't know what hard work is in their culture, and they don't have the gene for pioneering. . And the most deadly thing is that tens of thousands of years of evolution have allowed them to completely adapt to the ecological environment of the Gaia planet. This picky and almost harsh habitability condition makes it difficult for them to find an acceptable second home in space. home."
"In contrast, those harsh and extreme environments are more likely to breed powerful and aggressive civilizations. You can remember this, you may not be able to use it one day."
Pleased with the surprise on people's faces, he continued.
"I don't know if this was within the observers' plan, or if it was an allowable error. In short, in a sense, they have made some progress."
Looking at the thoughtful Lu Zhou, General Reinhardt continued expressionlessly.
"Do you feel like an omnipotent god?"
"I'm glad you are attending my academic report."
"There are many reasons and even a lot of coincidences."
Unlike human civilization that has experienced countless Little Ice Ages in history, this group of bugs living in greenhouses have rarely experienced the baptism of natural disasters. Even if the crops fail in any year, they can still benefit from the lush forests and Underground world, get enough food.
"It's just a pity that genetic modification is a very sophisticated technology, and they are obviously immature in this regard. They can only forcibly improve their habitability at the expense of weakening other parts. Created through this method The new Martians are not only intellectually deficient, they cannot even accept that these diminutive imbeciles are their own kind."
Ding!
"Although this sounds a bit bizarre..."
Lu Zhou: "Then what role did you play in it?"
"They are crazy..." Lu Zhou was stunned for a moment, "Didn't they think of... other ways?"
"It's just a pity that genetic modification is a very sophisticated technology, and they are obviously immature in this regard. They can only forcibly improve their habitability at the expense of weakening other parts. Created through this method The new Martians are not only intellectually deficient, they cannot even accept that these diminutive imbeciles are their own kind."
"But based on the fossil specimens we found in the Olympus Crater and various signs examined from other ruins, we have been able to preliminarily judge that they belong to the Insecta class, the order Blattata... just like the American cockroaches."
"ladies and gentlemen."
“…”
"Maybe the cockroaches we see today are actually the same species as the Martians billions of years ago! They even came from the same place!"
After confirming that nothing was missing, he nodded with satisfaction.
Unlike human civilization that has experienced countless Little Ice Ages in history, this group of bugs living in greenhouses have rarely experienced the baptism of natural disasters. Even if the crops fail in any year, they can still benefit from the lush forests and Underground world, get enough food.
"It seems that you are gradually realizing how I feel," General Reinhardt smiled faintly, "In fact, any higher civilization will have similar thoughts when facing a lower civilization. Sometimes I think about it like this, I guess those observers probably had the same mentality when they looked at us."
"...What a stupid thing."
Unlike human civilization that has experienced countless Little Ice Ages in history, this group of bugs living in greenhouses have rarely experienced the baptism of natural disasters. Even if the crops fail in any year, they can still benefit from the lush forests and Underground world, get enough food.
As General Reinhard said, these bugs learned to walk upright, even learned to use tools, and developed the prototype of a farming civilization.
sweat!
Just today!
"All of this is possible!"
Both pairs of eyes stopped swaying left and right, and all looked at the old professor on the podium, waiting for his opening remarks.
As of today, thirty years have passed since that initial journey to Mars.
…
Fortunately, General Reinhard standing next to him raised his hand and flew the disembodied man into the sky, otherwise he was not sure whether he would vomit it out.
The moment the words fell.
"kind of."
sweat!
"Since the Martian civilization is nearly three billion years ahead of us... why didn't the observer civilization choose them? Instead, they pinned their hopes on a civilization three billion years later that is inferior to the Martian civilization in terms of resources and environmental conditions. us."
"... I finally succeeded and became a cockroach in your eyes."
“New Martians who have been genetically modified and frozen into dormancy were sent to Earth by their compatriots, and those Martians hope that those little guys smaller than themselves can one day rebuild the glory of Martian civilization. "
As General Reinhard said, these bugs learned to walk upright, even learned to use tools, and developed the prototype of a farming civilization.
Looking at Lu Zhou who nodded in understanding, General Reinhardt continued.
Lu Zhou: "Then what role did you play in it?"
The entire lecture hall, both people and the air, boiled in an instant...
Unlike human civilization that has experienced countless Little Ice Ages in history, this group of bugs living in greenhouses have rarely experienced the baptism of natural disasters. Even if the crops fail in any year, they can still benefit from the lush forests and Underground world, get enough food.
At this time, General Reinhard walked next to him and asked jokingly.
Screams came one after another, and the cockroaches in the village quickly armed themselves and began to fight.
Earth.
Looking down at the flames soaring into the sky under his feet and the fight with blood and flesh splattering, Lu Zhou suddenly had the illusion that the person he was here at this moment was like a god.