"Mr. Lin knows something very important!" This was the thought that flashed through all of us at the same time.
According to his tone, the ability group must have found more secrets about the black crystal. At least, they have found clues to the origin of this black crystal—otherwise the old man would not ask if we have found a stable source of this black crystal , he can ask such a question, at least it proves that he already doubts whether this kind of crystal only appears in some ancient ruins.
After a short mind exchange, Sandora and I reached a consensus and decided to test how much Mr. Lin knew.
"Actually," I said with a look of deliberation, "we do have some information about this crystal, but—can you tell me what is the value of this crystal that makes you spend so much money on it?" Search hard? Because according to our analysis, this crystal has no function at all except for its amazing hardness and obvious traces of artificial processing."
"It seems that I need to be more frank." Lin Yangtian obviously expected that we would not hand over the information we have so easily, so he nodded and said, "This kind of crystal is indeed useless. If there are objects unearthed from the ancient ruins that far exceed the level of human handicraft at that time, we still have many discoveries, but only this kind of crystal, and some things related to it, have extraordinary significance!"
"Do you think it's interesting to calculate my grandfather like this?"
Just as we were listening attentively to Mr. Lin's explanation, Lin Xue's voice suddenly came from the spiritual connection.
"... Is there a way for you to get Mr. Lin to tell the truth without revealing the existence of the empire?"
"… forget it… "
Lin Xue also knew that this matter was related to the relics of Xiling that appeared frequently on the earth, and it was a very important matter for us, so she had to quietly stay aside with Ding Ling, watching us and our old man intrigue.
"First of all, this involves the original purpose of our ability formation..."
"The purpose of the establishment of the ability group?" Lin Xue said, "Isn't it to solve those mysterious events in the world that cannot be solved by conventional means?"
"That's just the daily actions of the ability group... The original purpose of the ability group is far from that simple. In fact, our intervention in various mysterious events in the world, the exploration of ancient ruins, and even the collection of historical legends , all for one goal: to find the truth about the emergence of supernatural beings!"
We looked at each other, including Lin Xue. Although Lin Xue is the senior leader of the ability group, it is obvious that she is not qualified to touch these plans that can be called the top secret of the ability group. I really did not expect The original purpose of the establishment of the ability group was to find the origin of the ability—although the emergence of human abilities is indeed a very curious thing, even Bubbles couldn’t analyze the reason why humans produced abilities, but It is really surprising that an organization that has always appeared as a hero who saves mankind from danger has such a real purpose.
"About the legends of the ancient prehistoric era, you should all know something about it?" While talking, Lin Yangtian suddenly changed the topic and brought the topic to the prehistoric legends.
I felt my brain creaking for a long time before I finally managed to keep up with Mr. Lin's jumping topics.
"It was an ancient era that only existed in legends. Gods and beasts roamed the land, and all kinds of strange people emerged one after another. Even the legendary gods and immortals frequently appeared in the eyes of ordinary people," Lin Yangtian said, as if immersed in In the chaotic world of the prehistoric era, "However, after a historical gap, all the records about the prehistoric legends were interrupted, leaving only unfounded folklore and anecdotes, those mythical beasts, immortals, Surgeons, all disappeared..."
"Not only in our land of China, but also in legends all over the world, this situation has appeared, such as the gods of Olympus, the gods of the underworld and the sun god system in Egypt, and more legends about ancient demigod heroes , those incomparably powerful gods and heroes seem to disappear overnight, how can this not be surprising?"
"This...it should be the progress of human civilization that led to the decline of the Age of Mythology?" I said in an uncertain tone, but I also had doubts in my heart: I have experienced so many things, and I can no longer describe the history of mankind. All kinds of legends have been dismissed as superstition.
"Obviously, you don't quite believe that those are just legends." Lin Yangtian naturally saw my hesitation, "Although you claim to be a club of supernatural beings who don't care about worldly affairs, at least you usually do some research on these things, right? "
... You old man, don't hold your breath, can you continue to say no
Fortunately, the old man quickly continued: "We have been studying those myths and legends that have been almost buried by history, and found an incredible commonality: crystals are mentioned in almost all myth systems. , or something reminiscent of a crystal!"
"The fairy stone spirit jade mentioned in the Chinese cultivation system, the golden crystal scepter of Zeus in Olympus mythology, and the crystal ball that often appear in Western mythology. There are also many references to the magical power of crystals in Egyptian beliefs. Worship, and the discovery of even more mysterious crystal skulls, it seems that all the gods in ancient times relied on a kind of crystal or ore to enhance their strength, which makes us have to doubt—the gods in ancient legends, are they just Ordinary mortals obtained superhuman strength by relying on a high-energy ore that existed in large quantities on the earth at that time, and the decline of the gods was also due to the exhaustion of these ores... "
Quite absurd conjecture, this is almost the most unimaginable situation, but I know that Lin Yangtian would not have made such a conjecture if he hadn't found a lot of tangible evidence. There are many strong people in the era relying on some kind of "ore" to obtain evidence of superhuman strength!
But what does this have to do with supernatural beings
"Because there are very few supernatural beings in the world today, there is a high possibility that they are the descendants of the 'gods' of the ancient times!"
We immediately cast our horrified eyes on Lin Xue and Ding Ling who were at a loss.
Although I know that the "god" in the mouth of Mr. Lin and a true god like Ding Dang have completely different meanings, but it is quite a shocking thing to hear that Lin Xue is actually connected with the descendants of the gods.
"We did a lot of research on the genetic data of all the supernatural beings we could collect, sorted out the common points, and then compared it with myths and legends, and finally made this bold conjecture, and there is already evidence that the supernatural beings' Genetic mutations are indeed the genetic result of mutations in their ancestors a long time ago."
"So, we guess that the so-called Great Desolation Myth is actually the story of a group of superpowers who obtained superpowers from a certain kind of high-energy ore in ancient times. Of course, due to their strength, perhaps they can no longer be called A person with supernatural powers, and should really be called a god."
Mr. Lin stopped his narration and asked us to sort out our thoughts. Then we quickly shared our thinking process through spiritual connection, and finally came to the most likely inference.
In ancient times, human beings were still in the initial stage of civilization evolution. At that time, there were no so-called gods, and there were only human instinctive worship and rough beliefs in nature. But at some point, a large number of "crystal crystals" suddenly appeared on the earth. ", or other forms of high-energy ores, the radiation of these ores has caused some humans and animals to mutate, and they have become stronger than the same kind, and of course they may have changed their appearance. Ignorant human beings are in awe and regard them as gods, beasts and gods. Some of them have mutated shapes, are unlucky or have not very good nature, and become the images of the original demons and evil gods. These powerful people who are revered as gods by primitive people may not be Not as powerful as in the legend, but under the influence of human beings' great fear of natural forces and extreme worship of gods at that time, the legend was exaggerated.
An ordinary person who has mastered a powerful electric power is likely to be described by later legends as Zeus with infinite power of lightning in his hand.
Thus, the age of mythology began.
We don't know how long the gods have been active. It may depend on the distribution and reserves of the "crystal mines" on the earth at that time, but if they are not replenished, these crystals will be exhausted one day. When all the crystals were consumed, the god finally came to an end.
People with supernatural powers are not immortal, even the first generation of superhuman beings known as the prehistoric gods. They may have a longer life than ordinary people due to mutation, but they will still die. When high-energy ore All exhausted, the powerful first-generation supernatural beings all died, and the age of mythology came to an end.
But it didn't end there.
Long-term exposure to radioactive high-energy ores has changed the genes of those powerful mutant creatures. This change may be hereditary, so after the disappearance of the powerful gods in the prehistoric era, there was a short period of folk mythology. During the period, small folk gods appeared. They were obviously much weaker than the "yuanshen" of the prehistoric era. , this genetic phenomenon was quickly adjusted by nature, coupled with the progress of human scientific civilization, the age of gods finally came to an end.
The rest are extremely rare modern supernatural beings born due to the accidental appearance of recessive genes, whose abilities are far from being comparable to the mutants of the prehistoric era.
This is the most likely inference drawn by several of us after joint thinking and sharing all the information with other Xiling apostles who can be contacted. Basically, this is already 60% of the truth.
I know where the research focus of the ability group is now, the rhombus-shaped black crystal, the psionic energy core after exhaustion of energy-obviously, they have entered into a misunderstanding, mistakenly thinking that those psionic energy cores are the ones that caused human beings to develop in ancient times. The high-energy ore that mutates and eventually leads to the emergence of modern superhumans, if their research continues in this direction, I am afraid they will eventually get nothing.
However, although phantom crystals cannot awaken human beings, I know that there is a crystal that can - brood crystals.
The powers of Qianqian and the others were obtained in the brood. Due to the powerful radiation of the brood crystal, the powers they obtained are many times stronger than the current powers! When it comes to the prehistoric gods, probably only supernatural beings like Qianqian and the others who have been irradiated by the brood crystal are eligible
That is to say, if Mr. Lin's information is correct and our conjecture is correct, the beginning of the myth of the prehistoric human race is actually related to the Xiling Empire! ! !