In the year that nuclear fusion was completed, human society no longer had a need for productivity.
All labor can be replaced by electricity and machines, and even nations are gradually merging.
Because energy is virtually unlimited, the conflicts between them have almost completely ended.
Even today, the Human Federation is still divided into several factions based on the original national system, which still represents a great deal of progress in the social system!
However, the progress of social systems does not necessarily mean the progress of human nature or human society.
After nuclear fusion was completed, most jobs were gradually eliminated, welfare benefits in various countries increased year by year, and far too many young people began to have nothing to do, either continuing their studies or immersing themselves in the virtual world of the internet.
A decadent and hedonistic atmosphere began to emerge throughout society.
Humans have always been a rather base species.
If life is peaceful, he seeks excitement. If life is exciting, he then longs for peace.
This fundamental human mentality, like underlying code, begins to emerge one by one as human society progresses.
An overly generous social security system has led more and more young people who feel their lives are peaceful to seek thrills.
Drug abuse, violent crime, and even extreme sports and death-defying games are starting to appear in a frenzy.
In the Human Federation, a country that does not control drugs, nearly half of the nation's youth are drug addicts. The remaining half are also mostly active in the drug world.
Internet addiction, promiscuity, reckless extreme sports, or violent crime are the choices made by 80% of the remaining 50%.
According to statistics from the Human Federation, in the century following the completion of nuclear fusion, the mortality rate among teenagers reached as high as 50%, with drug-related deaths, promiscuity, violent crime, and extreme sports accounting for the majority of these deaths. A significant number of people also died suddenly due to internet addiction. Suicides were also countless.
Violent crime cases increased proportionally during this century. Many immature teenagers, either born cruel or believing that cruelty was cool, developed violent criminal ideas and carried them out because they had been too privileged since birth. This led them to commit countless cases that went from cruel to perverse during those hundred years.
Crimes committed by people with abnormal mental states are completely different from sudden killings such as crimes of passion. Crimes of passion are mostly committed when emotions run high, and they are characterized by speed, ruthlessness, and precision. Victims only experience brief pain and fear.
Such psychopathic killings are pure torture, and their methods are often disgusting and beyond the basics of humanity.
The continuous rise in crime and youth mortality rates over the past century has forced the Human Federation to revise its social security system, reintegrating the old feudal system of 'thirty-three taels of silver' into national policy.
This forces most people to work hard so that they can have enough to eat and wear and live a good life...
Pale God Norton was never wrong; the only mistake from beginning to end was human desire.
Therefore, even with today's advanced technology, a large number of people still have to work hard in order to provide for their families, yet they resent the system and oppression of the Human Federation during these busy work hours.
They really need Norton to discipline them.
The life support system silently exchanged fresh oxygen under the control of the central air conditioning, and the artificial intelligence robot walked back and forth in the office like a real person, brewing coffee and other drinks for the members present.
The advent of the interstellar age has brought about a whole new level of advancement in human appearance.
For example, in this research team composed of professors and undergraduates, the female students are all dressed to the nines, and even the male undergraduates are all broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted, and have jawlines that look like they could slice flesh.
Not only have their appearance improved significantly, but their physical fitness has also far surpassed what it was before.
All of this is thanks to the ' Human Evolution Elixir ' developed by the Human Federation...
The movement of the intelligent robot did not disturb the meeting. Professor Jenny, the leader of the expedition team, continued to use her brain-computer interface to project information onto a screen and explain knowledge to her students.
Brain-computer interface technology is now so advanced that it's like a mobile phone from ten thousand years ago; almost everyone has one.
These brain-computer interfaces have enormous potential applications, such as making payments, issuing commands to nearby robotic systems, identity verification, playing games, listening to music, and even projecting images onto screens with added peripherals.
Professor Jenny now uses her brain-computer interface to connect to external devices in order to create aerial projections.
"As we all know, ancient theology has always been one of the most important disciplines we study and research. It is also a subject that has remained popular and sought-after for many years."
I think this is the main reason why everyone chooses this subject.
Professor Jenny is now 68 years old, but she still looks no different from a beautiful woman in her forties.
"However, due to confidentiality regulations, you may not know that the most popular Human Evolution Elixir today, which some people even take out loans to buy, comes from the research results of ancient theology."
Or, to put it another way: the Evolution Elixir is actually a product extracted from those excavated ancient remains, rather than something artificially created.
"Holy crap, is this for real?"
"Could what the teacher says be false?"
"No way, could someone really take out a loan to Evolution Elixir?"
Professor Jenny's words immediately resonated with the students below.
Human Evolution Elixir, since their official introduction 1,300 years ago, have become a sensation throughout human society.
From the moment it was launched, its promotional and actual effects have been irresistible.
For example, after being injected with Human Evolution Elixir, human lifespan will be significantly increased, with an average lifespan of at least ninety years and up to one hundred and twenty years.
Secondly, physical fitness will also improve significantly, and some people may even gain special abilities as a result.
To this end, the Human Federation has also specifically divided individuals with special abilities into five levels: S, A, B, C, and D, to represent the strength of these awakened individuals.
From S-rank to B-rank Awakened, all of them are bound to be conscripted into the military once they awaken. It is said that the strongest S-rank Awakened today, Benny, can demolish tall buildings with his bare hands and withstand tanks, bullets, and civilian laser weapons from the industrial age. His reaction speed and individual speed have been greatly increased.
Wearing the military's integrated nano-exoskeleton powered armor, he is capable of wiping out an entire army (30,000 people) single-handedly, making him a super soldier among special forces kings.
This ability made the Evolution Elixir an instant global bestseller upon its release.
Now, 1200 years later, the Evolution Elixir has undergone hundreds of updates and upgrades, and even a weakened civilian version has appeared. It is still a highly sought-after product, just like an Apple iPhone.
However, everyone assumed this was progress in life sciences, and no one knew that it was actually a subject of ancient theology.
Did gods truly exist in ancient times?