Just like the various versions of records about Yu the Great's flood control efforts, there were also various different versions of records from the ancient times tens of thousands of years ago.
Because of the vast distance in time, no one can distinguish which record is truly authentic. Just as people cannot be certain whether the story of Yu the Great controlling the floods is a myth or a real event, they can only be certain that this event could not have come from nowhere. So, just as it is speculated that Yu the Great was likely a real tribal leader, it is speculated that there may have been life forms beyond the normal human realm and related historical events in the mythical era ten thousand years ago, but they would not have been as exaggerated as recorded in historical books.
In other words, humans believed that there were some humanoid beings with genetic mutations or belonging to a different race from humans in the past, but they did not believe in the existence of gods, nor did they believe in the true records about gods (which were limited to ordinary people who knew little about them).
After all, the loss of hundreds of millions of people is still chilling and unbelievable even in today's world.
It's even more unbelievable that anyone could possess such power.
"Alright, everyone, please be quiet for a moment, let's continue."
The reason why ancient theology is so popular and why it is so highly regarded by the government is precisely because it is not unfounded.
First, there was the collective silence that occurred in the Southern Continent ten thousand years ago.
Some students may not be familiar with this event, so I will briefly describe it here.
According to historical records from ten thousand years ago, five hundred years after the ancient myth of the ' Gods Annihilate the Earth ' ended, a strange disease began to spread throughout the Southern Continent.
First, the legendary Vampire queen Maria and the then-Pope Alexander fell into a deep sleep one after another. Then, this strange disease began to spread among normal people. In the end, most of the people in the entire Southern Continent fell into an asymptomatic dormancy, with only a small number of people surviving.
This event is only briefly mentioned in historical documents: 'Initially, the Pope went into hibernation, and the Holy See was thrown into chaos. Then the King fell into a deep sleep, and the world was in turmoil. But even a deep sleep can be prolonged; within a hundred years, only two out of ten remained awake. Another hundred years passed, and only a handful were still able to move. This was called the ' Great Hibernation,' all because the gods had ceased to exist. Therefore, the survivors covered the corpses in the sea to prevent plague.'"
At the same time, the Southern Continent only has these few words to record the problems of the past century. Perhaps it is because too many people were in hibernation, which led to the paralysis of the country as a whole, and even the people who recorded history were no longer there. Therefore, these records are only revised and recorded later.
However, both the East Continent and Northern Continent of the same period have detailed records and even photographs of this event.
As she spoke, Professor Jenny slightly altered the images projected onto her brain-computer interface, displaying several faded, old-fashioned photographs.
In most of the photos, people are lying in bed seemingly asleep, or slumped over a table or on the floor. But the most chilling photo shows someone standing on a street in a metropolis from ten thousand years ago.
On that wide street, there were vehicles parked haphazardly everywhere, pedestrians lying on the ground everywhere, and even the drivers in the cars on the road had their eyes closed.
In the last picture, two people stand in front of a pile of bodies resembling a small mountain, smiling broadly at the camera. Not far behind them, boatmen are loading corpses onto their boat.
Despite the absence of any gore or horrific scenes, this otherwise colorless and yellowish photograph sends a chill down your spine.
Before 2002 AD, these old photos and records were generally recognized by the scientific community as a lie from the past, similar to the Lake Penny Monster, a set of illusions designed by people at that time to confirm the lie of the extinction of the gods in the Southern Continent, in order to attract tourists.
However, in 2322 AD, the Northern Continent Republican Federation and the Southern Continent Free State jointly held a submersible competition.
This was also the first time in human history that someone had descended to the deepest point on the ocean floor— the Yela Trench, which reaches a depth of 38,839 meters. Then, the participants and the countries that year witnessed a scene that made their scalp crawl.
The Yela Trench is filled with countless human skeletons, now fossilized piles...
During the conversation, Professor Jenny released another dark video from the depths of the Yela Trench.
Accompanied by the gurgling sound of the sea, light shone on the empty seabed before us. Under the light, limestone fossils that could still be vaguely discerned as human skeletons were piled up together, densely packed, stretching as far as the eye could see, covering the entire trench.
This was an extremely shocking scene.
Because the trench is extremely deep and wide, the area formed by this plate tectonics is incomparable to anything that can be created by humans. The main trench area is as high as 170,000 square kilometers, which is much larger than some small countries.
In such a vast area, as far as the eye can see, there are only fossilized bones; one can only imagine how many bodies were inside. (Deep-sea areas below 2000 meters, especially deep-sea plains/trenches, decompose extremely slowly, taking thousands to tens of thousands of years.)
"Since then, the Great Hibernation Lie Theory has been debunked. Archaeologists and researchers throughout history have been more inclined to believe that a highly contagious and deadly plague occurred in the Southern Continent, which led to the so-called Great Hibernation."
However, an archaeological excavation in 7002 AD completely confirmed that this seemingly unbelievable Great Hibernation event, as recorded in history, was actually real.
In 7002 AD, with the advancement of technology, sonar detected the sound of a large creature deep in the ocean, suspected to be a marine creature called " Yindan " recorded in ancient history. The sea monster became a global sensation.
Based on this, a deep excavation was carried out on the near-shore coast of the Southern Continent for the construction of a sea monster-themed amusement park, which resulted in the discovery of an ancient city buried deep underground— 'Sak City '.
Within the ancient city of Sake, tens of thousands of corpses, who had died for unknown reasons, were unearthed, perfectly corroborating the record of Great Hibernation ten thousand years ago.
"Over the years, archaeological teams have been conducting excavations in the Southern Continent, and various remains dating back tens of thousands of years have been unearthed from time to time, sparking public discussion. Just like the body of the 'Queen Maria ' that was unearthed 150 years ago, it is still being hotly debated to this day."
In fact, the authorities have concealed a lot of information. What was unearthed back then was not just the remains of 'Queen Maria '. Moreover, her identity truly reflects the Vampire queen Maria from ten thousand years ago as recorded in historical documents.