What are humans? What are the characteristics of humans?
Chen Nuo did not intend to seriously discuss or answer such a large-scale question with this strange spiritual power.
For example, [Humans are the order of primates, the suborder of anthropoids, the family Hominidae, the subfamily Hominidae, the hominin race, the genus Homo, and the species Homo sapiens...]
Chen Nuo was not interested in having a serious discussion with this strange spiritual force and was cautious about it.
Before you figure out what this guy is, you might as well talk nonsense, maintain a sense of mystery, and let this guy guess.
While communicating with his spiritual consciousness, Chen Nuo did not stop. Instead, he accelerated his speed and headed towards the soaring stone pillar in the center.
If he could knock this guy out and make him have no time to think about it and not stop himself from moving forward, Chen Nuo wouldn't mind singing all the brainwashing songs on Douyin to him.
"What is Maomao?"
"I can count them for you."
"number?"
"Yes."
Through simple spiritual communication, Chen Nuo felt that he was getting closer and closer to the stone pillar.
finally.
"You seem eager to get closer?"
"..." Chen Nuo stopped responding and took the opportunity to leap forward more than ten meters.
Then, he hit a barrier!
Chen Nuo was all too familiar with the feeling of this barrier.
This is a purely invisible barrier set up by mental power.
In both physical and spiritual senses.
Chen Nuo stopped and calculated the distance between himself and the central stone pillar - it was still about five hundred meters, maybe further. Because visual inspection was not very accurate.
Chen Nuo gave up and continued to move forward, but began to try to release his mental power and carefully search the barrier in front of him.
Pure spiritual power, very pure.
The magnitude of the powerful, vigorous and flowing mental power made even Chen Nuo, who was standing in front of the controller-level threshold, unable to help but feel secretly surprised.
This strange guy with mental power - purely in terms of the strength of his mental power, even the master wizard of the telepathy system who is the controller is far inferior to him.
In the air in front of him, an invisible and sticky force prevented Chen Nuo from moving forward.
He stretched out his hands and pushed forward gently. His hands seemed to be stuck in a non-existent quagmire, becoming more and more sluggish.
My body tried to step forward. The first step was relatively easy. From the second step, the sluggish feeling became more intense. Then, from the third step, the resistance began to increase exponentially!
Chen Nuo made an estimate in his mind. With his own mental resistance, he could only move forward no more than five or six steps at most.
Therefore, he simply chose to take a few steps back and stood outside the barrier.
"You don't want me to come over?" Chen Nuo asked.
"It's just a test." [It] replied: "You want to go through, and I stop you, I want to see what will happen."
Chen Nuo sighed.
Looking back, Ishii Hisako and others had reached the ground from the cliff.
The divers began to take out the equipment they were carrying and were testing something.
Chen Nuo only glanced at it and then withdrew his gaze.
"Are you talking to them too?"
[Its] answer surprised Chen Nuo: "I released the communication signal, but only you can respond to me."
Chen Nuo frowned and thought for a moment, then he understood.
Hisako Ishii and her men are ordinary people, and their mental power is only at the level of ordinary people. Because they cannot use mental power outside the body, they cannot sense [its] communication and naturally cannot respond.
"It's possible to communicate with them. But because of your existence, you can respond to my communication, so I don't need to waste excess energy. This is the best choice under the current situation."
"...That's right." Chen Nuo nodded.
Then he asked the question: "What is this place?"
silence.
After more than ten seconds of silence, [it] responded.
[I searched for the description and definition of language in your spiritual power. I think that in the language environment that is applicable to you, there are some words that can be easily understood by you. This place can be called a 'sanctuary' and 'seed'.
'Incubator'..."
Refuge, seed, hatching place...
Chen Nuo's heart beat and he asked subconsciously: "Then what are you?"
[It] was silent again.
This time it took more than ten seconds to respond.
"According to your language, I can probably be regarded as the 'gestator', 'distributor', 'custodian' and 'watchman'..."
"So, you are not a living thing?"
"It is difficult to define this definition using your civilization and language system." [It] responded strangely: "In our civilization, there is no detailed description of the word biology. This word is too big for our civilization.
Single.”
Chen Nuo simply sat down on the black rock ground and said with a smile: "So, who are you? Carbon-based life? Silicon-based life? Or..."
"That depends on your definition of life."
Chen Nuo started to feel a big headache.
"Stop! This question is too philosophical." Chen Nuo shook his head: "So, are you a prehistoric civilization? Atlantis? Atlantis?"
"There is no relevant information in my memory."
[Its] answer is actually tantamount to a negative - Chen Nuo's judgment.
"To be precise, we are not a companion civilization of this planet...or maybe you are."
“What is companion civilization?”
"To put it simply, if you use your language system to describe it, you might be able to use the word 'indigenous' more accurately.
Your life and civilization were born and nurtured on this planet, and your evolution and formation processes are also on this planet - so you are a companion civilization of this planet."
"You're not?"
"I'm not."
Chen Nuo sighed.
Damn, there’s so much nonsense… To put it simply, aren’t they aliens?
"The term alien is not accurate. Because, according to your logic system and language system, I should not be considered a 'human being'."
"So... in your civilization, are there such existences as 'human beings'? Similar to human life? Or... in your civilization, are there all spiritual bodies like you? Oh, or in other words, besides the spiritual body, you
Is there a physical body outside of the body? What I mean by physical body is the body in the physical sense, even if your body is an octopus with eight tentacles?"
Chen Nuo stretched out his finger and quickly drew an octopus pattern on the ground in front of him.
"Can you see this picture?"
"I can feel it."
Chen Nuo took a deep breath and asked slowly: "So, is this the form of life in your civilization?"
"Yes and no."
This answer made Chen Nuo confused again.
[It] seemed to be very patient and slowly explained: "The form of life is not limited to one type, but should be changed according to different living environments.
Our civilization, in the physical sense you think of it, does not have a fixed form. Instead, we will give birth to different forms of life forms according to the needs of the environment."
What the hell?
Chen Nuo frowned and tried hard to understand the messages conveyed by this guy.
"What you mean is that your civilization, let me call it human, means this human being is the life form of your civilization...
What I mean is, in terms of appearance, your tribe has this kind of octopus shape? Are there other shapes as well? "
"Yes."
"Then... wouldn't it become different ethnic groups and races?"
"No, because we share the spiritual power of the same system, and our civilization does not pay much attention to the appearance."
"...Then..." Chen Nuo thought for a moment and pointed to his nose: "Then, in your civilization, are there any living things that have the same appearance as humans like me?"
"...If necessary, you can also conceive like this."
Chen Nuo really couldn't understand it.
Same race, but different appearance?
There are octopus-shaped ones, or maybe other shapes? For example, human-shaped ones?
Chen Nuo kept using his fingers and quickly began to write and draw on the rocks. He kept drawing many shapes and patterns.
There are humans, octopuses, cats, dogs, elephants...etc.
He almost painted all the animals that he could draw within the scope of his painting skills - although many of them didn't look like them at all.
Then, [it] returned.
"I understand what you mean.
All the things you drew can be achieved - the premise is that the environment requires it. In order to adapt to the needs of the environment, we can breed life forms of different shapes and appearances. Well, in your words, they are tribesmen."
"Then how do you communicate? How can an octopus communicate with a humanoid life form that looks like me?"
“Communicate in spirit—just like you and I do now.”
"Then...how do we give birth to the next generation with different shapes? How do we reproduce??" Chen Nuo was confused.
How can a human-shaped life and an octopus-shaped life reproduce?
"We don't need what you call the reproduction process." Chen Nuo was a little shocked by [its] answer.
"In my civilization, there is no such process as the mating of two sexes to produce offspring as you understand it."
No mating between the sexes?
"Does your civilization have no gender?"
"Gender can exist, but in most cases, it's not necessary."
"Asexual reproduction?" Chen Nuo frowned.
"no."
[It] was silent again for a while, and slowly answered: "All life is centralized and integrated through the [Central Matrix], and is distributed according to the needs and adaptability of the external environment, and then calculates various needs, conditions, etc.
Let’s get pregnant again.”
"...I understand." Chen Nuo suddenly laughed.
Isn't this the civilization system of Krypton?
There is no sexual reproduction.
Instead, it is distributed uniformly by a central matrix based on the needs of a civilized society.
Those who need workers will give birth to life with the attributes of workers.
When artists are needed, life with the attributes of artists will be born.
When warriors are needed, life with combat attributes is born.
After pursuing the ultimate efficiency and performing the most efficient allocation, unified calculation, unified management, and unified distribution are carried out.
Then whatever you need, you will give birth to whatever you need!
"So, your civilization is a central matrix. As the 'mother' of all people in the civilization, whatever is needed will be given birth to?
Hmm...just like a tree? Your people all bear fruit from the tree?"
After a moment of silence, [it] answered: "This metaphor is very vivid and very similar."
"So, what are you? Are you the central matrix??"
"I'm not, I'm just a watcher." [It] denied.
Chen Nuo smiled and raised his finger to point to the stone pillar in the distance: "So... it is the central matrix?"
"...Yes, but it is sleeping."
"Eternal sleep...does it mean dead?" Chen Nuo frowned.
"Use your civilization and language system to understand it. It's similar. But it's not accurate."
"Can it come back to life?" Chen Nuo thought for a moment and changed a word: "Activate?"
"...It is possible, but the conditions are very harsh. Under the current conditions, it cannot be achieved."
Chen Nuo breathed a sigh of relief.
The mother body of an alien civilization?
If you can survive, and if you can give birth to life according to what [it] says...
That's simply terrible.
"Can I go over and have a look?"
"It will take a while." [It] replied: "It needs to be tested."
"test?"
"Yes, you and your companions. After passing the test, you can get close to the mother body."
"..." Chen Nuo stopped the mental communication and looked back at Hisako Ishii who was working hard to move forward.
There was an unpleasant feeling in his heart.
·
A few minutes later.
Ishii Hisako worked hard to walk to Chen Nuo's side. The woman was panting heavily and staggered.
"Why don't you keep moving forward?" Hisako Ishii asked coldly.
"If you can continue to move forward, please do so." Chen Nuo waved his hand.
His attitude towards Hisako Ishii was very cold.
This woman is still hiding a key message from him at this moment!
Hisako Ishii tried to move forward...but she couldn't even take half a step.
Facing the invisible barrier in front of her, the woman did not show any surprise, but instead showed an expression of excitement and surprise on her face.
She even tried walking sideways... a move that was of course in vain.
But after trying it, Hisako Ishii breathed a sigh of relief.
"Did you know that when you come here, you might encounter a barrier and be unable to move forward?" Chen Nuo frowned.
"...Yes." Hisako Ishii nodded.
"So... have you thought about how to go back?" Chen Nuo said coldly: "We fell from that tunnel! If you go back, I don't think you have the ability to climb through the tunnel with such a high drop.
Go back! Moreover, the oxygen storage is not enough."
Ishii Hisako's eyes were complicated and he hesitated: "Of course there is a way!"
Hisako Ishii slowly sat down, and she made a standard yoga cross-legged meditation posture.
Even, under Chen Nuo's unexpected look, the woman actually closed her eyes, took off her oxygen mask, and turned off the oxygen supply to the oxygen bottle!
She just sat cross-legged and began to enter a meditative state.
Chen Nuo suddenly understood something!
Close your eyes, be silent, don't speak, don't smell, don't touch.
After suspending the five senses, people's sixth sense, that is, spiritual power, can be relatively enhanced.
After a short silence...
[It] reacted.
"what do you?"
Chen Nuo frowned.
Because he could not control the communication of his mental power, Hisako Ishii's mental power was in a divergent state.
In other words, Hisako Ishii cannot have "private chats" through mental communication.
Chen Nuo can also sense every word she communicates with her spiritual consciousness.
It's equivalent to typing and chatting on a public screen.
The message released by Hisako Ishii is only one sentence.
"The prophet asked me to come here."
[It] was silent for a moment, then responded: "Where is the Prophet?"
"Already dead." Hisako Ishii continued to release mental signals: "I brought the tester."
Chen Nuo smiled and pointed at his nose: "So, I am a tester?"
Hisako Ishii shook his head, still closing his eyes.
At this time, Chen Nuo felt that Hisako Ishii's mental power suddenly expanded!
It was as if the invisible existence of [it] used some unknown force to suddenly increase Ishii Hisako's mental power in a short period of time!
Ishii Hisako slowly opened her eyes, but her mental strength was enough to have a direct conversation with Chen Nuo without opening her mouth.
"You, and...them, including myself." Hisako Ishii pointed at the six subordinates who followed behind: "We, all of us, are the testers this time.
Of course, mainly you! Because you are the most powerful among us."
Chen Nuo sighed: "This is not included in the transaction."
"It's only good for you, there will be no harm." Hisako Ishii shook his head.
Chen Nuo sneered.
·
The six divers brought by Hisako Ishii were already sitting behind her. Like her, they sat down cross-legged, as if in a meditative posture.
Chen Nuo opened his eyes and looked at several of Ishii Hisako's men...
He felt groups of spiritual energy slowly contacting these six people, and then entangled them...
Not only the six divers, but also Chen Nuo himself.
A group of spiritual power tried to get close to Chen Nuo, and even got entangled in Chen Nuo's spiritual tentacles.
Chen Nuo didn't hesitate and used his mental power to forcefully block it back!
[It] seemed to be sighing softly: "This is the process of testing."
Chen Nuo responded coldly: "If it is a test of mental strength, I don't think I need this kind of test. I am stronger than several others. If everyone else can pass, I don't need the test.
And...I refuse to release my own spiritual consciousness space!"
really!
Chen Nuo's refusal was wise.
Because just after Chen Nuo's message was delivered.
Plop!
Behind Hisako Ishii, one of the six divers sitting there suddenly fell upside down on the ground from sitting cross-legged!
The man's eyes were open, but his eyes were empty, staring blankly upward. His body seemed to be twitching and shaking slightly, but he remained silent.
Chen Nuo frowned, and with a trace of mental strength, he curiously probed over, and soon his heart skipped a beat!
This man's spiritual consciousness has been completely destroyed!
The consciousness space of ordinary people is torn apart!
"Test failed."
[Its] message is peaceful.
Plop!
The second diver falls.
Ishii Hisako was unmoved at all, as if he had expected this situation to happen. He just sat there with his eyes closed and his whole body trembling, as if he was trying very hard to hold on to something.
Chen Nuo could feel that Hisako Ishii's mental power was getting stronger and stronger, surpassing the level of ordinary people! Even after staying at the critical point of the limit, it quickly grew again!
Hisako Ishii's ears, eyes, and nostrils all had thin lines of blood flowing out...
Plop!
Third diver down!
The three people who fell were actually in exactly the same state - their spiritual consciousness space was completely burst by some force!
At this moment, Hisako Ishii suddenly stood up!
She still closed her eyes tightly, but without hesitation, she took a firm step forward!
With this step, he stepped directly into the barrier, but Hisako Ishii didn't seem to feel any obstruction.
Then, step two!
Step three!
Behind Hisako Ishii, the fourth diver fell!
But the fifth and sixth divers actually stood up, followed Hisako Ishii, and walked forward slowly!
Chen Nuo thought for a while and stood up.
"Three people passed." Chen Nuo said calmly: "So... I am stronger than these three people! Logically speaking, I can also pass, is that right?"
After a moment of silence, [it] answered: "...the logic is established."
In an instant, Chen Nuo also felt that part of the barrier in front of him melted away, revealing a narrow passage!
Chen Nuo took a deep breath, with a strange smile on his face, and slowly stepped forward.
·
Hisako Ishii and her two divers kept their eyes closed.
And [its] mental power test has actually stopped. After the test, the mental power of Hisako Ishii and the two divers seemed to have increased a lot.
But the three of them did not open their eyes.
Chen Nuo was not surprised by this.
He clearly felt that... Hisako Ishii and the two divers were already blind!
The eyes and eyeball nerves of the three people have completely collapsed!
Even the ears and eardrums of the three people have been damaged.
The throat area, vocal cords, and various nerves also collapsed!
As if in exchange for their strong mental power, the three people's audio-visual and vocal functions were damaged as a "price".
·
After walking a few hundred steps forward, Chen Nuo, Hisako Ishii and two divers, four of them, came to the foot of the stone pillar.
Chen Nuo could clearly see the shapes of the square rocks under the stone pillars.
A bunch of square rocks...or maybe not rocks. Although the surface is bumpy, it is obviously not the same material as the black rocks on the ground.
Each size is about the height of a person.
Each one is a cube with a length, width and height of about two meters.
"It's a bit like the Tinder in the movie Transformers." Chen Nuo frowned.
Surrounded under the stone pillars, there are eight piles of these cubes, eight in each pile. A total of sixty-four piles.
"These are the 'cornerstones'." [It] introduced Chen Nuo: "Each cornerstone can give birth to a breeding place that needs to develop civilization. You can use the cornerstone to give birth to a city... Well, a city,
You can probably use this word."
"oh?"
"After the testing is completed, it is the distribution process. After the distribution is completed, each of you can take away a cornerstone."
"Can it give birth to the cornerstone of a city?" Chen Nuo frowned: "A city?"
"Yes."
Okay...is it a portable base vehicle?
"Everything in the city? Are you sure? Buildings, buildings, living places? Everything?" Chen Nuo shook his head: "Including TVs? Computers? Game consoles? Cars?"
"There may not be the words you describe, but the functionality is complete, covering transportation, living places...etc., functions that meet all needs."
"What kind of control? Mental power?"
"Spiritual power! The strength of your mental power determines the size of the city you can build."
Chen Nuo stopped talking.
What's the meaning?
Rebuilding their civilization on Earth...?
·
"The second step is to communicate with the mother body and establish a civilization inheritance and subordination system."
[It] released spiritual signals to Chen Nuo and four other people.
Chen Nuo felt keenly that when he said this sentence, there were obvious emotional fluctuations in the expression process!
If we talk about the previous spiritual communication, [it] has always been a calm or even indifferent attitude.
But at this moment, [it] seemed to finally have some emotional fluctuations.
A trace of anxiety, a trace of excitement, a trace of expectation, a trace of joy...
Although it was very faint, Chen Nuo still captured it.
"Maternal communication, inheritance?"
Chen Nuo asked: "How to communicate?"
As soon as he finished asking, several spiritual tentacles suddenly stretched out from the stone pillar in front of him, heading towards the four people respectively.
Hisako Ishii and the two divers were helpless and did not resist, allowing the spiritual tentacles to enter the bodies of the three of them.
Chen Nuo, on the other hand, stretched out a bit of mental power and took the initiative to meet the mental tentacle - to avoid letting the tentacle directly enter his conscious space.
"You still said you are not the mother body?"
When Chen Nuo came into contact with the stretched spiritual tentacles, he immediately recognized that this was what [it] felt like, that kind of pure and powerful spiritual power.
"I didn't lie to you." [It] replied: "This is the spiritual power of the mother's body...and I am just a protective consciousness that exists in its spiritual power during the long sleep of the mother's body. During the long sleep of the mother's body,
, I can just mobilize part of its spiritual power.
From a purely existential perspective, I am just a consciousness."
"So, spiritual inheritance?" Chen Nuo shook his head: "I refuse you to enter my consciousness space."
"...It's not important." [It] said calmly: "You can cut off the mental power by yourself without affecting the transmission of the message."
Chen Nuo didn't hesitate, and after condensing his mental power, he forcibly cut off the stretched mental tentacles from the mother's body!
After Chen Nuo wrapped the broken mass in it with his own spiritual power...
In an instant, a large amount of information rushed into the depths of Chen Nuo's mind...