"That's probably it." Li Fusheng nodded and added: "But a hypothesis is just a hypothesis, even if there is only 1% uncertainty in it, then it is a hypothesis after all and not a fact. Everything that goes through history is
There is no truth. If we follow the question about replication in a circle, we are actually back to the starting point. If there was a prehistoric civilization on this planet, how was it destroyed?"
"The ultimate secret from the underground that destroyed prehistoric civilization?" I pointed to the ground.
"Yes, this is still just a hypothesis, but the possibility of this hypothesis is more than 99%. It is almost infinitely close to the truth and is worthy of belief." Li Fusheng said: "I think you probably don't want to be on this planet.
The tragedy that happened in the past happened again.”
"Of course I don't want to." I shook my head immediately. This was not just about my life. When I thought of destruction, memories interpreted from shadow creatures immediately appeared in my mind. The earth collapsed, the mountains collapsed, and the ocean
Countless lives were completely wiped out in the disaster.
"I don't want to either, so what we have to do is not to reveal this secret, but to stop it." Li Fusheng spread out a hand and clenched it into a fist, saying: "If this secret continues to be silent, what will happen to us?"
For us, it may be the best ending. Once someone wants to touch it, it will bring unexpected results. It is very difficult to uncover this secret, but there must be no surprises in this kind of thing."
"Are you going to kill all the shadow creatures? Or rather, kill all the soul children?"
"You are wrong. The reason why shadow creatures are so important in this incident is just because they carry certain information. This population is actually irrelevant and the world does not need them." Li Fusheng said: "I have also considered it.
A long time ago, where did this kind of thing come from? Why are there such species on the earth? You have to know that every species you see now evolved from lower-level organisms over a long period of time.
, but this kind of shadow creature doesn’t seem to have any evolutionary track.”
"As you said, existence is reasonable."
"You learn very quickly." Li Fusheng gave me a thumbs up and said, "I thought about it for a long time, but I still can't figure it out. This kind of thing may be between humans and great apes. They can barely walk upright.
They have a certain IQ, and there is a strict hierarchy in the population. This hierarchy is completely different from other wild animals. The king of a pack of wolves, lions, and monkeys cannot rule the group all their lives.
When it declines, it will be mercilessly kicked off the throne and expelled. But the status of the soul boy is even more stable than that of the human emperor. From the time the soul boy is born until it dies of old age, the shadow creature will unconditionally obey all its instructions."
"So regarding shadow creatures, have you finally come up with the research results?"
"I have thought about it. No one has ever found traces of evolution of creatures like this. This is very strange and inconsistent with common sense, so this problem has to be thought about in the opposite direction. You can imagine that this kind of
In fact, living things do not evolve, but degenerate."
"Degeneration?"
"In other words, they may have been a high-end creature, but due to various reasons, they had to give up their original living place and go underground. The environment will cause the degradation of a species. For example, if you have been living like this without seeing the sky,
If you live in such a harsh environment, your eyes will begin to degenerate first and become like shadow creatures."
I thought, what kind of creature did this very human-like creature degenerate from? There may be only one answer, they degenerate from humans. Time has buried many truths. If a few years ago, that kind of destructive
Disasters swept through the world more than once, so the surviving prehistoric people may have moved to relatively better underground spaces due to the rapid deterioration of the surface environment.
Has this world really been destroyed? Following this line of thought, I couldn't help but think of those weird fossils that are beyond normal people's imagination. The complete human skeleton in the fossils and the remains of the gun all show that
At least one prehistoric civilization existed in the years before fossils were formed.
Li Fusheng and I talked on the edge of the underground river for almost an hour, and then we started to cross the river. The river was not fast, but it was quite deep, and the temperature was quite low, so we threw a rope across and used the rope to climb to the other side. The following steps
The road was probably relatively easy to walk, and after walking for about half an hour, an abyss suddenly appeared on the left front of the underground cavity. At first, I thought it was the kind of abyss that I had seen before, with no bottom.
But when I looked at it again, I felt it wasn't the case.
It was just a huge basin formed by the uplift and collapse of the earth's crust during the orogeny. It was large but not very deep. There was no obstruction. Standing on the edge and looking down with the help of strong light, Li could see what was going on below.
Fusheng took out a miner's lamp from the mine. The light intensity was very strong. He shone the light straight down and then moved it slowly. I don't know if there is something wrong with my vision, because as I kept observing, I felt
At the bottom of this huge basin, there is a city that seems to have been crushed.
This description may not be so appropriate, but I really can't think of a more appropriate word. The bottom of the basin is a mess. The reason why I can barely recognize it as a city is because I saw a bridge broken into several parts in the middle.
There is also a bell tower-like spire erected in the ruins. In the huge basin, this city that did not know when it was born seemed to have been easily folded and then thrown heavily into the bottom of the basin. Everything was
It was completely destroyed. If I hadn’t had the experience of Shiyanchuan, I might not be able to associate it with a city even after looking at it for a long time.
"Perhaps this is just a glimpse of the aftermath of the destruction." Li Fusheng was silent for a long time, and finally said to me: "It's very cruel, isn't it?"
"Before this city was destroyed, was it once full of people?"
"Perhaps, it is full of people, but with the coming of destruction, it is impossible for anyone to survive. As of now, not even the bones of the dead are left." Li Fusheng may not want to follow this heavy topic anymore.
The conversation continued and he said: "Let's take a walk and find a way to go down and have a look."
We changed direction and started walking along the edge of the huge basin. The power of the orogeny was unimaginable, making this underground basin look as if it had been smashed out by a large meteorite. There were several wide cracks on the edge of the basin, like several
Li Fusheng and I looked at our watches and decided to leave some time to return. It would be bad if the workers noticed something strange. When we were about one-fifth of the way along the edge of the basin, we came across a wide and insurmountable canyon.
The rift valley blocked the way. We had no way to go directly, so we could only walk in the direction where the rift valley extends. The rift valley extends from the edge of the basin as the starting point, and its width will gradually become smaller. In this way, we will walk seven or eight times.
By ten meters, the width of the crack had shrunk to the point where I could cross it in one step. At this moment, a familiar stone wall in front of me suddenly appeared in my field of vision.
In fact, this stone wall is just a huge stone, erected about ten meters in front of me. From this distance, I am not enough to clearly observe it. But the feeling in my heart is very strong, because I have been cursed, and I am not familiar with that kind of stone wall.
The invisible aura is quite sensitive, and I can feel that it is the original carrier of the curse.
Li Fusheng and I quickened our pace and walked over. As expected, when we stood in front of the huge stone, we saw the eyes on it that looked like abstract paintings.
There was nothing left to study about the original carrier of the curse. After Li Fusheng looked at it for a while, he started walking along the stones. I also followed and observed nearby. After a few minutes, Li Fusheng called me and I ran over.
Look, there is a very small hole more than ten meters away from the north of the stone.
The hole is on the ground, diagonally penetrating into the ground at a 45-degree angle. That kind of width can only accommodate a relatively thin person to barely get in. This hole looks strange, not like a natural formation, but it is
It doesn't look like it was dug by humans. We squatted down and took a look. The small hole was very deep, and the light shining through it could not reach the end.
"It's very peaceful, and I can't feel the dangerous atmosphere." Li Fusheng said, "Let me see if I can get in and take a look."
"It's a bit dangerous. The hole is too narrow. If you encounter something, there's no room to turn around."
"I won't go in too deep, just take a look."
Li Fusheng took off his backpack and took off his coat. He immediately became much leaner. I tied a rope around his feet so that he could be pulled out if necessary. He tried it and could barely get in. If I let him
I felt that this was a very ordinary hole, so when Li Fusheng climbed in, although he was still nervous, he was not nervous enough to lose control. The hole was already narrow, and he blocked my sight as soon as he climbed in.
of death.
"Do you want to bring the gun?" I pulled the rope and squatted at the entrance of the cave to ask him as he was about to climb in.
"No need." Li Fusheng couldn't turn his head and lay down in the hole and said: "I don't feel any danger, but if something appears in the hole, it cannot be dealt with by a gun."
He crawled very slowly, his whole body got into the hole, and only his feet were exposed. I squatted next to him and watched intently. I thought he was going to continue crawling, but he just stayed where he was. I
I thought he had discovered something, so I didn't bother him, but after two or three minutes, I felt something was wrong again.
"Did you find anything?" I shouted to him.
Li Fusheng didn't answer, so I shouted again. At this time, his two feet exposed outside the cave suddenly began to tremble violently, as if he had accidentally touched a wire.