What was the oldest profession? Lu PingAn couldn't say for sure.
But in his understanding, "gatherer" was definitely one of them. Whether gathering fruit and wild herbs or collecting animal meat and hides as materials, it was fundamental to ancient survival.
"After all, even in the original Empire Age, people in primitive society could send a few workers out to gather fruit, catch fish, and hunt."
In Lu PingAn's view, "desire" had never been something purely bad, especially the desire to survive.
Without the desire to survive, primitive people would have had no reason to gather food, make tools and weapons, or find shelters sturdy enough to protect themselves.
And because of innate differences in ability, women were better at gathering, while most men hunted or performed physical labor, further giving rise to a division of labor.
Hunters, fishermen, farmers, gardeners, and other professions were born one after another. At their core, they were products of social division of labor. Faced with the pressures of survival, society let those with different strengths specialize in the roles they were good at to improve productivity.
"In the end, all evolution and social construction begin with survival."
That was also the most frustrating thing about the inhabitants of this world.
They had no concept of life and death, nor any desire to live better. They were like machines automatically imitating others, not knowing why they fought or why dying was worthwhile.
They lived in a muddle, then vanished in a muddle. Even after centuries or millennia, nothing had changed.
Higher-level lifeforms were no different in essence. Their "particle" concentration was simply higher, and so was their strength.
"How do I awaken their desires?"
Lu PingAn shook his head. He realized it simply couldn't be done.
The creatures of this world shared one trait: