Shennong

"Although humans do not upload memories like Shennong Worms, human society as a whole possesses collective memory. The experiences of those who came before are passed on to the next generation through education and various channels. The current of memory flows through every person, using individuals as vessels to store the consciousness of the collective."

"Have you ever heard a theory that Shennong never actually existed?"

"The true Shennong was countless people."

"When humans first began to understand medicinal herbs, they too had to feel their way through the dark. Those who ate them passed the knowledge on by word of mouth; if someone was poisoned to death, their companions spread the word. The effects of herbs, their growing environments, their compatibility... this knowledge was passed among individuals and gradually became more concrete."

"As different human groups collided, this knowledge spread to broader populations, intersecting and merging with the knowledge of other groups, becoming more complex and comprehensive. And every person who carried that knowledge was Shennong."

"Eventually, some people classified and summarized that knowledge, organizing it into books. Using books as a medium, it spread throughout human society, gradually becoming a consensus, an inseparable part of humanity's collective consciousness."

"When everyone was Shennong, precious experiences and memories would not be lost because of an individual's death. One Shennong ate Heartbreak Grass, but countless other Shennongs remained alive. They kept the knowledge of Heartbreak Grass in their hearts and passed it on to humanity, and from then on, everyone remembered what Heartbreak Grass looked like."

"Everyone is Shennong. Everyone is part of the collective consciousness. The existence of individuals ensures the existence of the collective; individual memories accumulate into the memory of the collective, so that humanity no longer suffers from 'Heartbreak Grass.'"

"More than that, after one Shennong after