"Could you please go over Ronald Cohen's last words again?" Petru asked, holding half a Soul of Fire. He was particularly interested in this because the last words mentioned his family.
Situ looked at Mrs. Larry and said, "Please speak, Madam. There are many things here about the origins of civilization, and the Gendaya Civilization is mentioned again..."
He knew Mrs. Larry would be upset to hear Mr. Yeger's name, so he didn't say anything more.
Ronald Cohen's last words are in Mrs. Larry's possession.
The lady slowly unfolded the stack of papers, flipping through them as she pondered how to summarize the contents in the most concise language.
Whether it was due to the material or the intense sunlight, the writing that was clearly visible in the dim light inside the cabin became faint and difficult to read under the sunlight, as if it had faded.
She thought for a moment and said:
"Leaving aside the extraneous details, what Cohen was saying was roughly this:"
Long ago, within a nebula called Chaos in the Orion Spur the Milky Way, a Boltzmann Brain was born, named Gaia. Gaia used the nebula as her brain to store memories and drew spiritual energy from black holes to maintain her low entropy. She discovered that the universe was inevitably heading towards heat death, so she created Ramla and sent her consciousness to regions where life might exist, allowing life there to evolve rapidly. She hoped that by making life evolve and spread faster than the rate of heat death in the universe, she could break the isolation of the universe.
We, the Earthlings, are one branch of life that spread from Gaia. Humans established Mental Power Field on Earth, connecting with Ramla and acquiring Gaia's consciousness. At that time, every human was Awakened, possessing powerful Mental Power.
Later, the Gendaya People appeared out of nowhere, destroyed the Ramla Ant Nest and Earth's Mental Power Field. Most of humanity's Mental Power disappeared, leaving only a very few who remained awake. They formed the Awakeners' Alliance to protect the Holy Land, search for the Sacred Staff, and attempt to restore Earth Mental Power Field and welcome back Gaia Consciousness.
The Itza People in Ramla are descendants of the Gendaya People, and their mission is to prevent humans from obtaining the Sacred Staff and restarting the altar.
According to Ronald Cohen, he has restarted the Altar of Fire, but because they only had half Soul of Fire, they unfortunately fell into the Stasis Space. Next, we just need to activate the remaining four altars to restore Earth Mental Power Field.
After Mrs. Larry finished speaking, she looked at everyone and said, "That's about it."
Alice said, "It's too incredible. I don't believe it at all. If humanity really came with such a great mission, why is human nature so full of selfishness and greed? Why is history made up of war and killing? Why is the world full of criminals and dirty deals?"
Mrs. Larry said, "Selfishness and greed are not inherent in human nature, and natural selection is not the same as selfishness and greed. What you're describing are all caused by social factors. The complexity of society allows humans to stand out from numerous competitors, but it also brings us many problems. This does not conflict with our mission, if we have one."
"But I still find it incredible," Alice said.
Petru looked at the fiery red coral branch in his hand and said, "I think it's believable."
Su Huilan said to Situ and Mrs. Larry, "Are there any theoretical or linguistic flaws in Cohen's last words? You are experts, so please analyze them."
Situ said, "These are all unprovable things. Scientifically speaking, there aren't any major flaws for now. If there is one—according to the second law of thermodynamics, the entropy of a closed system always increases. For life to maintain its own low entropy and evolve towards a more ordered direction, it must obtain energy from the outside, which is what we often call 'life feeding on low entropy.' The spread of a large number of life forms will only accelerate the heat death of the universe. It seems unrealistic to break the isolation of the universe through the spread of life, unless Gaia already knows what is outside the universe and has found a way to reach it."
Mrs. Larry added, "The linguistic logic isn't too bad, and the myths and legends mentioned all match up. The only illogical part is probably the origin of the Gendaya Civilization. Ludwig specialized in this; he discovered some things before his death, but unfortunately I didn't pay attention, and some of his manuscripts were lost after his death. If what Cohen said is true, then there are a few questions:"
First, why did the Gendaya People try to stop the spread of Gaia life? Where did they come from, and who did they represent?
Secondly, why didn't the Itza People simply take the Sacred Staff away or destroy it? That would have made it impossible for us to restart those altars.
Third, the Itza People are descendants of the Gendaya People, so why do they look almost exactly like us?
"Is it possible that the Gendaya People are just a kind of consciousness, Parasites that inhabit humans? So their bodies are the same as humans'?" Su Huilan said.
"That's possible," Mrs. Larry said. " Cohen mentioned this above as well. If so, then the Parasites Earth is currently facing could very well be the legendary Gendaya People."
"No, I don't think so," Qingmu suddenly said. "I've had contact with Parasites. Once they successfully parasitize, they undergo physiological changes in a very short time, such as having a fixed estrus cycle like animals. I think if given enough time, the physiological differences between them and humans will become even more obvious, but the Itza People don't have these characteristics. Also, what I don't understand the most is Cohen's identity—he's the head of the Dream Society, and the Dream Society is the core organization of the Parasites."
The Crow Guagua, "Could they be playing a double agent game?"
"What Tao?" The Westerners asked, looking puzzled.
"Oh, it's a spy within a spy, quack," the Crow explained. "He could be a human spy within Parasite Organization, or Parasites among humans, or Parasites deliberately making humans believe he's a human spy among Parasites... In short, it's a spy within a spy within a spy within a spy within a spy!"
Everyone was confused, but thankfully they all understood what m. hetushu. com meant.
Alice said, "Who cares if he's a spy or not? Why focus on things that are unknowable? Why not analyze things from the perspective of the Awakeners' Alliance and the Holy Land, which you can verify? These are things you're familiar with!"
Situ said, "I can indeed prove that everything Cohen said about the Alliance is true, which is why I'm hesitant."
"If it's true, why hesitate?" Alice asked, puzzled.
"A clever lie is seven parts truth and three parts falsehood," Situ said. "The real danger lies in the fact that three parts of it are falsehood, leading us to do the wrong thing."
"So, should we activate those altars or not?" Boris asked, growing increasingly agitated.
"We have to give it a try!" Anderson said. "Like fishing, how will you know if there are any fish if you don't try?"
"How do you know we're not fish?" Petru said, looking at the Soul of Fire in his hand. "What tempting bait!"
People fell silent.
The three Sun in the sky still hung leisurely, seemingly watching them make a fool of themselves. People began to feel anxious, their unease even stronger than when they knew nothing at all.
Qingmu felt like there was something very important, but he just couldn't remember what it was. His head started to ache again.
The savages gathered on the distant lakeshore.
If these Itza People are descendants of the Gendaya People, who share the same Parasitic Consciousness, then who am I? Qingmu thought to himself, looking at the ebony staff in his hand.