"Is it really that serious?"
"Haven't changes in the environment been happening for a long time already?"
"You have to know, even the planet's volume has expanded severalfold over the past few decades."
"And we humans have still tenaciously adapted to environmental changes on that scale..."
The questions came one after another.
Although they knew Teacher Huang was an expert in the field, the captain could not help questioning him.
At the root of it all.
It was a kind of unwillingness.
The unwillingness to accept that, despite how hard they had worked, they would ultimately still be unable to escape destruction.
But in the face of his unwillingness, Teacher Huang answered with great seriousness:
"Compared with before, this change is completely different... If the various transformations Earth underwent previously were essentially expansions and reinforcements of the entire planet, then this change is more like some kind of targeted purge. Every species that cannot keep up with the pace will be cleansed away."
After thinking for a moment.
Teacher Huang described it directly:
"...It is like how, after everyone has finished expanding and renovating their homes, they would definitely clear out all the rubbish inside."
"A targeted cleanup?"
The captain's eyes widened. Somewhat incredulous, he said, "You mean... those meteorites might actually be alive, and they have been controlling all of this from the very beginning?"
"Not necessarily."
"I was only making an analogy just now."
"Many people in academia do believe those meteorites are living things."
"But the authorities have never acknowledged those conjectures."
"You have to know, back when those meteorites had just fallen, the various nations on Earth temporarily had control over their impact sites."
"For example, before the mutated creatures had fully risen to prominence, our country once dispatched large numbers of troops to tightly surround