Chapter 876: The Cause of Destruction
The voice was intermittent, as if he would die immediately, but it shocked the two of them.
Especially Antonio, who was excitedly trying to dunk, jumped a few steps back and almost missed stepping on Xingchen's foot.
"Where is it? Where is it?"
Nine times out of ten it is the voice of the tree keeper, but where is it?
The two searched around and saw no one. It can't be... this pillar is talking, right?
Antonio, whose eyes were opened by special events, accepted the pillar's ability to speak well, so he went over to take a closer look, but this time he was determined not to take action.
Lin Fan pulled him to prevent him from getting too close: "Excuse me, are you the guardian of the World Tree?"
After waiting for a while, both of them started to Just when he was wondering if it was his own thoughts, the old voice appeared again.
"It's me..."
"This way..."
The cave is a closed spherical structure with rumbling echoes. This is said in vain.
The two had no choice but to search pillar by pillar. Finally, on the back of a broken-looking pillar, they saw an ugly face that was so baggy that its eyes and mouth were covered by excess skin.
It's really ugly, and the color is so purple that it looks like poison... The two mechas that finally found their target didn't want to take another step forward.
Is this the World Tree becoming a spirit? Or is the tree keeper of Tiandu Star just a tree man?
But no matter what, finding the tree keeper means finding the World Tree, although this scene is not what they thought.
In their imagination, the world tree that can support the entire continent should be extremely strong, with the atmosphere on top, and roots in the core of the earth... Ahem, that's a bit too much. , but at least it’s more spectacular than Lanxing’s World Tree, right?
The branches they chopped out from the gaps between the joints were very thick, so they always felt that the trunk of the tree must be very huge.
But actually seeing it... I can't say it's not thick. It's as thick as the stars and Apollo hugging each other, but... it's about the same as the stone pillars next to it that seem to be supported by a large palace... In short, it's It was too far from their imagination.
Not special at all, not at all... in line with their impression of the World Tree.
However, such a thin tree trunk is in line with the intensity of the spiritual energy emanating from the air of Tiandu Star.
But Lin Fan recalled the first time he saw the World Tree in Lanxing, when it was just a sapling... So did they still take it for granted?
The tree is big or small, even the color and shape are not a problem. What matters is how the continents of this planet look like this.
Before they could ask questions, an old voice sounded for the third time. This time, he said thank you.
This tree man is as vicissitudes of life as his appearance, as if he will die at any time, and it will take a long time to say a few words. Lin Fan and the two waited for a long time before they figured out what was going on.
It turns out that Tiandu Xing’s start was similar to Lan Xing’s.
It is also a planet that has just produced intelligent creatures and has countless rich products. Nuwa left behind the World Tree and the sons of God who were mixed with many genes, and the treekeepers were naturally one of them.
At the beginning, everything was fine, and the hierarchy between gods and humans was clear. The Son of God loves people, people worship gods, and tribal civilization emerges.
But a sudden natural disaster interrupted this prosperity. The high heat and smoke brought by the volcanic eruption destroyed the tribes that were not developed at that time.
The Sons of God were also caught off guard and tried their best to save many people, but for the entire society, ecological destruction was a fatal blow.
Facing the continuously erupting volcano, many sons of gods used their magical powers to block it, risking their lives. Since then, volcanoes have ceased to exist on Tiandu Planet.
After the volcano collapsed, the Golden Wheel traveled far away, and Tiandu Star did not have enough heat sources, so it entered the Ice Age naked.
It is difficult for human beings, who are already scarce, to survive with nothing. The Sons of God tried their best to save only a little spark.
This is the first time Tiandu Star has been destroyed. The World Tree, which had just grown but was not yet strong, had little effect this time.
"The first time? Is this the second time the world has been destroyed?" Everyone who had never known this history was shocked.
If it weren't for the existence of the World Tree, who would know the history of a planet and all the things it has experienced in tens of thousands or even hundreds of millions of years...
"No, this world...the third time..."
The old tree man's understatement was like a bomb, making everyone dizzy.
The third apocalypse? ! What happened the second time?
Lin Fan and Apollo looked at each other and thought that the broken and rejoined continent must be the result of the second apocalypse.
Human development is not easy.
The people who hid in the cave and were fed by the energy of the World Tree finally survived the cold winter and began another round of rebirth.
This time, the remaining sons of gods were more cautious. The God of Doom doesn't always come. This time, the World Tree successfully grew up.
Human society also updates and iterates according to the normal process, and everything is fine until the end of the world.
When Laoshu said this, his tone became lighter, as if recalling that happy time made him feel happy both physically and mentally.
"If everything is fine, then why did the world die again?" Lin Fan asked him with a frown.
An apocalypse that can turn the continental plates into pieces like duckweeds cannot be simple when you think about it.
“Is it another natural disaster?” Antonio asked.
"No..." Old Shu's voice deepened, "It was a man-made disaster."
The last apocalypse happened in an era similar to that of Tiandu Star now, and technology was even more advanced, at least fifty years ahead.
But just because science has progressed too much, humans have relied too much on science, which has caused backlash.
"Isn't scientific progress bad?" Lin Fan asked.
They are searching all over the universe in pursuit of better science and technology.
"Good... bad... is the human heart." The old tree said intermittently.
Because they feel sorry for the first apocalypse, in this life, the sons of gods are particularly considerate of mankind.
No matter what they do, they support unconditionally, and even if they make mistakes, they tolerate it unconditionally.
As for my children, it doesn’t matter if they make some mistakes, they are here anyway.
It doesn’t matter if trees are cut down excessively, or pollution is discharged into rivers, lakes and seas. Anyway, the World Tree can purify it.
How difficult is it for children to get to this point? What's wrong with making a little mistake? Just teach slowly, they are still children.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for humans to realize environmental problems themselves, quickly corrected their destructive tendencies, proposed environmental protection concepts, and implemented them very well.
Look, isn’t everything better?
No one was hurt except that World Tree suffered a lot under this indulgent doting.
Although the tree keepers feel sorry for World Tree, they also care about human beings and are pleased with their transformation.
In the future, science and technology will develop and society will develop more efficiently. People have become indifferent to each other, and everyone seems to have used electronic technology to build high walls for themselves.
When almost all human labor can be replaced by high technology, rice can be cooked by robots, the floor can be swept by robots, houses can be built by robots, and programs can also be written by robots. Even in entertainment, movies, novels, and music can all be automatically edited by machines. Completed...
"Is it possible that AI has gained consciousness and rebelled? AI fights humans, the second life, will be destroyed!" Antonio blurted out.
The old tree reacted for a while before replying: "It was not...human beings...caused it...by themselves..."
I almost couldn't shut down the computer last night.
First, it failed to respond when I turned it on in the morning. This has happened many times. Forced restart solved the problem.
When I was getting ready to go to bed at night, I turned off the computer, but after a while I found that it was still on. I already wondered if I had remembered it wrongly, but in fact it was not off. But all the software has been closed, leaving an empty desktop.
So I clicked on the lower left corner again to shut down...no response, click, click, click, no response.
No response after restarting, hibernation is possible, but of no use.
In the end, the scheduled automatic shutdown commands collected hundreds of years ago helped.
I found the command from a corner, set it to automatically shut down after 10 seconds, and it finally worked.
I felt as if I was witnessing this notebook becoming dilapidated step by step, and I felt uncomfortable in my heart.
I am a very emotional person, and things that have been used for a long time will also have emotions. There is always a collection of old things that others look like "shabby".
I still want her to stay with me for a long, long, long time. Come on, Benben.