Zhou Cheng was deeply shocked by Rain Man's narration. He had never thought that there had been a civilization elegy belonging to another wisdom played on the earth. This was not sympathy for Rain Man, but an indomitable search for life.
Admiration for the way out.
"Why don't you choose to go to space?" Zhou Cheng asked.
"Humanity's aerospace technology is based on the actual needs of mutually destructive ballistic missiles and global communications. We do not need either of these. Therefore, although we have a fairly complete aerospace theoretical system,
We didn't do any actual exploring until we realized the rain would stop soon.
What's more, the vastness of the universe and the barrier of constant light speed make interstellar navigation an extremely dangerous thing even for our technology. Moreover, habitable planets are not as common as stars in the universe. Otherwise, the dawn and dusk line civilization
They won’t invade us from a distance of 650 light years.”
Zhou Cheng sighed lightly:
"Then what are your options?"
"On the eve of our continent being about to fall apart in the eruption of the super volcano, we paid all the price we could to allow some ethnic groups to board the Pangu Super Continent from different places in the form of several small clusters.
We simply cannot survive on that continent filled with volcanic ash clouds. We can only be buried shallowly underground and enter a dormant state, waiting for the arrival of a suitable environment again. And more than 200 million years of geological changes have gradually buried us deep underground, and many clusters
It also disappeared into the ground.”
"But we have never found any traces of you in the strata!" Zhou Cheng's suspicion arose again.
"The earth has a history of 4 billion years of geological changes. Your crude archaeological technology wants to understand the history of the earth through a few stones. This is like looking at the table of contents of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and trying to deduce every detail in it.
, this is extremely ridiculous." Rainman's response was a bit provocative.
Zhou Cheng did not show weakness and immediately raised a tit-for-tat question:
"Then why did you wake up in our time?"
"Wake up? No, hundreds of millions of years of dormancy have caused us to lose the ability to wake up naturally. It was your underground nuclear test in the Gobi Desert that woke up one of us. Not only that, the nuclear explosion shock wave accidentally opened a channel
Towards the underground river where we sleep, this may be our destiny.
We carefully observed the environment of humans and the earth. We were pleasantly surprised to find that the tropical rainforest area provides us with the possibility of survival. But what makes us uneasy is that although your weapons are primitive, they are numerous, bloodthirsty and warlike. We do not
If I dare to appear directly in front of you, I can only continue to wait."
"What are you waiting for? Wait until we have almost killed each other, and then come out to kill the rest?" Zhou Cheng said disdainfully.
"Of course not. With the development of your science and technology and the improvement of your civilization, I believe that within 200 years you will find the traces we have left in the strata. At that time, we will tentatively communicate with you
Make contact and find the possibility of living together on earth.
After all, we are all civilizations that evolved on the earth. As long as there is no competition for survival, morality can make up for the differences and trust flaws between us. But the invasion of the Twilight Line civilization and the humanoids that were completely unexpected
The invasion made all this impossible."
Zhou Cheng snorted coldly, and then let out a cold laugh that seemed to freeze the rain curtain into ice crystals:
"Hahahaha, when we were strong, you wanted to coexist peacefully with us. When we were most in danger and vulnerable, you penetrated the chests of the rebels coldly. You drove us to the island and prepared to raise us like domestic animals.
.It seems that there is no direct relationship between the level of science and technology and the level of morality."
Rainman was silent for a long time, and for a while the only sounds left in the crisscrossed arched structure were the sound of raindrops and Zhou Cheng's angry breathing.
"We have also paid a huge price for this. Every Tissot is a part of our life. When we basically controlled the situation, we lost 1/3 of the population. This is also a big problem for us.
We fight with our lives. You can say we are cruel, but we are not evil. Any means taken to survive is the greatest respect for civilization."
Zhou Cheng was silent. The many life and death tests he had experienced made him understand that whether a race is evil or kind, it has nothing to do with the misfortune it faces.
"Do you know why you humans have an innate fear of humanoid creatures? Even the ghosts and gods you imagined are humanoid." Rainman's abrupt question made Zhou Cheng confused, but the content of his words did make him feel the same.
"What?" Zhou Cheng asked.
"In the process of getting to know you through the Internet, I discovered a piece of history from your archaeological data that your archaeologists have not discovered or are unwilling to face." Rainman's words contained a hint of mystery.
.
"What history?" Zhou Cheng became a little nervous.
"40,000 years ago, your ancestors Sapiens and Neanderthals had a protracted civilized war, and the remains of the battlefield are all over the continent. In the bloody war that lasted for thousands of years, you made progress step by step.
advantages, and ultimately turned them into victory.
At some point 40,000 years ago, Neanderthal fossil remains suddenly appeared explosively in the strata. These fossils appeared in concentrated locations, mainly in the Nile and Mesopotamia basins. The fossils were layered on top of each other.
, the majority of whom are women and children.”
"You want to tell me that we exterminated the Neanderthals?" Zhou Cheng asked in a hoarse voice.
But Rain Man's voice is still as plain as an old man telling a story to a child:
"I don't know. At that time, we were still in a dormant state that could not be awakened. But the irrefutable fact is that after that moment, no Neanderthal fossils appeared in the strata. Although you won
, but you also paid the price of almost annihilation.
Corpses strewn on the ground and dripping with blood are the life experiences of your ancestors that lasted for centuries. The fear of humanoid creatures was left in your DNA at that time."
Zhou Cheng was greatly shocked, and kept swallowing saliva with his dry mouth. His heart was beating wildly in his chest but he couldn't find an outlet. His whole body almost collapsed. He even couldn't help but look at his stained hands.
Rain, trembling hands.
"One of your great scientists proposed a theory of the Great Filter of Civilization. In that round of the Great Filter, you passed the Great Filter, while the Neanderthals stayed in the long river of time.
In the next tens of thousands of years, human beings, as the only civilization on earth, have made you ignore that the great filter may not always come from the starry sky. You don’t have to blame yourself. At the moment when the life and death of civilization is at stake, destruction is the enemy.
And the utmost respect for yourself. In the law of the jungle, there is no word kindness."
Zhou stood there in a daze, letting the raindrops fall on his face. He seemed to be holding a delicate rose in his hand, but behind the beautiful flower of civilization, it was actually covered with blood.
"Professor Zhou, you are a person worthy of our admiration. Your wisdom and courage have exceeded the barriers of your civilization. You are a true genius. This is why we chose you before and are now willing to reveal the truth to you. Today
The conversation ends here.”
"Wait a minute, I have one last question. I have checked space information and there is not even one of your spaceships in space. Why don't you head into space now? Don't tell me that you are also indulging in so-called art and culture.
Come on!" Zhou Cheng said suddenly.
Rain Man pondered for a moment and then said:
"The truth of the universe may be that there is no truth at all. God not only rolled the dice, but also threw the dice to a place we can never see. The environment of the earth is the most suitable planet for our survival within 10,000 light-years. Faced with such a world, we
In this incomprehensible, desolate and dangerous universe, we have the right to choose to stay in the most comfortable cradle.
Perhaps except for the increase in entropy, everything is random probability. Try to accept this world, reconcile with the universe, and reconcile with yourself."
After saying that, Zhou Cheng felt that the water under his feet was moving, and everything in front of him began to slowly retreat until it was completely hidden in the misty rain and fog.