As Professor Jenny spoke, an image appeared in her brain-computer interface.
It was a news photo with the caption. "An ancient beauty who has remained incorrupt for millennia, the legendary Vampire queen ' Maria '."
It was accompanied by a disgusting picture of a mummified corpse.
The image shows that the mummy named Maria's skin is completely dry, making her look exactly like a dried rabbit. Yet, she's given the nickname "The Immortal Beauty," which begs the question of what strange quirk the research team might have.
The excavation of Queen Maria took place so long ago that everyone studying archaeology and theology is well aware of this, so it didn't generate much discussion.
Professor Jenny, however, changed the subject. "Perhaps everyone is dismissive of this, thinking it is just a well-preserved ancient mummy, but in fact, after the research team performed a proper dissection on Queen Maria's mummy, they really discovered that it was different from humans."
First, modern medical research has revealed that her body contained no blood. Furthermore, her DNA differed significantly from that of humans. For example, pig DNA shares 98% similarity with human DNA, and banana DNA shares 60% similarity. However, the DNA structure of Queen Maria's body cells was completely different from that of humans, with only 51% similarity!
Secondly, its upper and lower canines are extremely long, completely different from human remains of the same era. Most importantly, because it is called Vampire, the research team at the time conducted an experiment—collecting various kinds of blood and dripping them into Queen Maria's mouth to observe whether it would revive as recorded in historical documents.
The result was terrifying.
The area where Queen Maria was soaked in blood miraculously recovered its smoothness at a speed visible to the naked eye!
As she explained, Professor Jenny herself could hardly hide the shock on her face.
Following his words, the projected image changed, and video clips that had been banned by the authorities were projected onto the screen.
In that scene, in a pure white, sterile laboratory room, Queen Maria, looking like a mummified corpse, was placed on an experimental bed.
Then a researcher in protective clothing took a syringe and dripped blood, drop by drop, into her mouth.
The camera zoomed in, accompanied by a gasp from the researchers.
The mummified corpse lying on the bed was visibly regaining vitality, elasticity, and moisture from its blood-soaked mouth.
Even its tongue, which had come into contact with blood, recovered to the vibrant state of a normal person's tongue in a very short time...
"Holy crap! Is this for real? Teacher, could the Pale God from ancient mythology also be real?"
"And now? Has Queen Maria recovered? Could she have come back to life? It's like something out of a horror movie!"
Why not restore the lower part of the mouth?
"The tongue can also..."
As expected of modern times, the level of abstract thinking among these students far surpasses that of Norton's time.
Professor Jenny was exasperated by her student's disruptive behavior. She turned off the video, shook her head with a smile, and said, "Alright, that's enough. Let's continue."
Why has humanity regarded space as a goal to strive for for so many years?
That's the main reason.
Regardless of whether the myth of the gods' annihilation is true or false, based solely on research and excavations over the years, it is clear that in this Garden of Eden, there were never only humans or humanoid species like us.
This proves that other humanoid life forms, or even extraterrestrial life forms, may still exist today and have not completely disappeared.
Even today, there are several related conclusions in the scientific community's speculation about the origin of humankind.
Examples include the Theory of Alien Creation, the Theory of Alien Abandonment, the Theory of Degeneration of Gods, and the most widely believed theory today: the Theory of Captivity.
As she spoke, Professor Jenny changed the images projected onto the brain-computer interface again, displaying a three-dimensional image of the planet.
"Look at this picture, everyone. This is Heaven Planet in the Abraham Star System. What does the center of this planet resemble...?"
Images of the Heaven Planet were projected onto the students' screens, and the images even began to rotate spontaneously.
This planet, Heaven Planet, is entirely black, but at the equator, there is a distinct ring that gives it a slightly luminous appearance.
"My God, a weld seam!"
A student answered immediately.
"Yes, it's a weld seam!"
Not just this one planet, but among the planets we can currently observe, there are more than 800 planets where this weld seam can be seen. Although some are not located at the equator, they are all straight circles!
In recent years, astronomers have conducted experiments using the refraction of light and discovered that these welded seams show a significant light refraction reaction regardless of the time of day they are illuminated.
This proves that these gaps are actually a type of glass!
Glass is made by firing sand at high temperatures, so these gaps are clearly weld seams! This is why the Theory of Captivity of Humans has become so popular in recent years!
The species in the Garden of Eden did not follow the steps of evolution, and there are no fossils left from different stages of evolution.
Professor Jenny's words were deafening, yet they left her students speechless.
Professor Jenny was extremely satisfied with the shocked faces of her students.
When she saw these messages back then, she was just as shocked, even terrified, as they were.
"Alright, children, our topic for today is..."
Before Professor Jenny could finish speaking, an urgent message was sent to her brain-computer interface.
"Professor Jenny, please return to Garden of Eden as soon as possible. The excavation work on the Southern Continent has made great progress again. A 10,000-year-old relic has been unearthed, which may unlock the secrets of the gods from 10,000 years ago!"
(Sorry comrades, it's a bit difficult to find a starting point; that bastard Norton is hard to get into.)