Volume 3 Chapter 166: A New Script of Human Evil Taste
When a whale dies, all things come to life!
This was fully displayed in the corpse of a giant fish that was as big as the planet.
People in this world who dig up rock food for food are actually eating the body tissues of fish.
But this fish is big enough, and it is estimated that it will be enough for them to eat for millions of years.
The premise is that the fish has not completely rotted by that time.
Fish tissues are also fully utilized in many aspects of daily life.
For example, in this big city, there are many tall buildings that are built with tiny scales and burrs excavated from fish as their skeletons.
This race, which migrated here from nowhere, has apparently made effective use of the unique materials here over a long period of time.
However, living in this world also has a bad side, which is the lack of many mineral resources, especially metal substances needed for some synthetic materials.
The rocky strata of this world were all formed by meteorites from the universe hitting the fish's body. Although the mineral resources brought by them are also very rich, they lack many resources that normal planets have.
This resulted in the technological level of this sparsely populated migratory civilization, which was originally composed of a small number of migrating people, degenerating due to lack of materials.
At least when they came here, there must have been spaceships, but now Lin Xu didn’t even see a satellite in outer space.
"Hello, sorry to bother you." Lin Xu greeted in a friendly manner.
Germann was still a little confused when he just woke up.
But then he remembered what had just happened.
I was hosting a banquet at home, entertaining some friends from the political and business circles. Everyone was bonding and discussing topics such as how to consolidate power.
Unexpectedly, he felt dizzy and passed out immediately afterwards.
When you wake up, it will be here.
"Who are you? Where is this place? Where is this place? Where is this place?..."
Hermann looked at his surroundings and could no longer tell where the word was.
Because he could see clearly that he was now in the sky, with the cold wind blowing on his body.
Under his feet was a transparent piece of unknown material, which held his body up in mid-air.
Looking down, Hermann almost fainted again from fright.
"Hello, I want to ask you some questions." Lin Xu said politely.
"You, please ask me, I will tell you everything I know." Hermann said with an ugly smile.
"I want to know what the God and Demon Arena is." Lin Xu asked the question he wanted to know most.
"The Arena of Gods and Demons? Don't you know?" Hermann was stunned for a moment and said cautiously.
"You just need to answer my questions instead of asking me questions." Lin Xu frowned.
"The Arena of Gods and Demons is an arena built jointly by gods and demons. All civilizations must prove the value of their civilization in the Arena of Gods and Demons. A civilization without value has no meaning of existence." German replied immediately.
"A civilization without a meaning of existence cannot bask in the sun?" Lin Xu thought for a while and asked.
"Yes, a civilization that fails in the arena of gods and demons has no right to bask in the sun unless it regains its honor," German replied.
"Then how can we regain our honor?" Lin Xu asked curiously.
"Defeat a civilization of equal level under the sun and take away everything from them," German replied.
"Defeat the civilization under the sun? Given your current situation, this is too difficult." Lin Xu shook his head and said.
"Yes." Hermann smiled bitterly.
"So what are gods and demons? What exactly are they?" Lin Xu continued to ask.
"Gods and demons, naturally, are gods and demons. The great gods of the Apocalypse, and the cosmic demons of humans who wreak havoc on the universe." German replied.
"The evil humans wreaking havoc on the universe?" Nanzhu beside him widened his eyes in surprise.
"Yes, there is. Is there any problem?" Germann noticed something wrong from the expressions of several people and asked in a low voice.
"No problem. Can you tell us more about the Apocalypse tribe and humans?" Lin Xu asked.
"The great god Apocalypse is a race that descended from a higher dimension, and humans are extremely evil beings born in this universe. Humans coveted the power of the Apocalypse, so they used various methods to steal the technology of the Apocalypse, but the Apocalypse was very generous about it and didn't care. Until one day, humans angered the Apocalypse, so the Apocalypse drove humans away." German answered broadly.
"Where did you hear this standard propaganda rhetoric?" Lin Xu asked curiously.
“Well, this is what the Apocalypse said when our civilization was still in the arena of gods and demons.” German said a little embarrassedly.
Obviously, as a politician himself, Hermann knew that this statement was unreliable, but the problem was that given his level of civilization, he couldn't know more.
"Okay, don't you know anything else besides these?" Lin Xu continued to ask.
"Well, our civilization did hear some rumors at the beginning." German said after thinking for a while.
"What gossip? Tell me about it." Lin Xu immediately became interested.
"It seems that the Apocalypse Clan and humans built the God and Demon Arena together, and then for some reason, humans left. Then the Apocalypse Clan was very angry about the departure of humans, so they started to smear them in various ways." German was very smart. He had discovered that Lin Xu and others seemed to be very interested in the matters concerning the Apocalypse Clan and humans, so he picked out the key points and talked about them.
"Build an arena of gods and demons together?" Lin Xu frowned.
Lin Xu found it hard to believe that something like the God and Demon Arena could be done by humans.
But Hermann didn't know more.
Then Lin Xu let him go, and then randomly captured a few senior executives, and the results were similar.
As for what exactly happened between the Apocalypse and humans, no one can tell clearly at their current level.
But at least Lin Xu knew that the race that fell from the higher dimension was called the Apocalypse, probably.
He also learned that the Apocalypse Clan and humans jointly established the so-called God and Demon Arena, but Lin Xu had doubts about this.
Lin Xu also had some understanding about the God and Demon Arena.
However, we learned more from watching the video after obtaining enough digital data of this civilization from Zhenxing.
It is said that these are precious pictures that were recorded five thousand years ago when the Arena of Gods and Demons just appeared in their civilization.
"Five thousand years ago? Isn't it said that this God and Demon Arena was built ten thousand years ago?" Nanzhu asked puzzled.
"Ten thousand years ago, this civilization was still eating raw meat and drinking blood." Zhenxing replied.
"Oh, then go ahead." Nanzhu sat down on the sofa and gestured.
Then, in the Skylark cockpit, the front wall lit up, and the wall that already had a display function now served as a projection wall.
Nanzhu held potato chips in one hand and a cup of milk tea in the other. From time to time, she fed Lin Xu, who was also sitting on the sofa next to her, and watched it as if she was watching a movie.
Lu Yao, who was sitting on the other side of her, was holding a bucket of popcorn in her hand, and would occasionally exchange it with Nanzhu's potato chips.
Mu Xiyue, who was on the other side of Lin Xu, was not so fond of snacks, but her hands were not idle either. She played with Lin Xu's fingers and occasionally stole a glance at Lin Xu's expression, as if she was afraid that Lin Xu would notice.
However, Lin Xu didn't notice it, his attention was completely attracted by the scenes in the video.
Obviously, whoever filmed this video five thousand years ago used a random device, so the picture is extremely shaky.
But the picture clarity is still good, and you can still see clearly what happened.
The person who took the video was probably having lunch in an open-air restaurant at the time.
The owner of the video originally wanted to record the lunch scene, but ended up recording everything that happened.
First, the earth began to shake with a rumbling sound. The owner of the video thought it was an earthquake and was about to hide, but suddenly he found that people around him were staring at the sky in amazement.
So he also looked towards the sky, and the camera also turned towards the sky.
An incredible thing happened. A tower of unknown height and size appeared in the sky.
The tower descended from the sky, spanning the distance between heaven and earth, and then broadcast to everyone in the world.
Congratulations on your current civilization being selected to join the Gods and Demons Arena.
Gained a precious opportunity for unlimited evolution.
This is a game about evolution, and the victorious civilization may even have a chance to become a god.
"Lord Lin Xu, why does this plot of the coming of the tower and global evolution look so much like a certain Lu's novel!" Nanzhu, who was chewing potato chips, suddenly said.
"Eating can't stop your mouth." Lin Xu reached out and grabbed a piece of potato chips and said.
"Could this God and Demon Arena really be related to humans? The sense of déjà vu from the novel is too strong." Nanzhu couldn't help but said worriedly.
"Yeah, magic, cultivation, and even cyberpunk, and now there's a certain Lu novel. It's such a consistent bad taste. I don't believe it now that it wasn't done by humans." Lu Yao nodded repeatedly.
"Stop kidding, how could we do such a thing? The Apocalypse Clan must have read our novel and imitated it, that must be it." Lin Xu refused to admit it no matter what.
The video is still playing. In short, everyone in the entire civilization can enter the tower, go to the trial space to train, get rewards, and then become stronger.
In the end, civilizations will fight each other, the winner will get everything, and the loser will eat dust.
"Acquire various skills and then become stronger? What a mess! No matter how strong an individual becomes, what does it have to do with the evolution of civilization? Moreover, even if you become stronger, you know the results but not the reasons. You don't know the principles of the skills at all, and you can't apply them to the advancement of civilization. It's just that your personal strength becomes stronger. What's the use?" Nanzhu frowned more and more as he looked at it, and couldn't help but complain.
"Yes, and your personal strength has become stronger, and the source of your strength is also given by that high tower. If it is given to you, you can take it away. Is this really your power?" Lu Yao also complained.
"Look at their civilization. They have slowly begun to pursue personal power more and more. Even scientific development has stagnated. Is this really a game for evolution? I think it is hindering evolution." Mu Xiyue also complained rarely.
"That's right. I think this God and Demon Arena has nothing to do with humans. How could humans do such a thing?" Nanzhu took a clear stand.
"That's right, this was definitely not done by humans." Mu Xiyue immediately nodded.
The video was still playing, but it was no longer from the perspective of the person at the beginning. Instead, many different videos were cut in and there was even an official news report.
In short, since the advent of the tower, the entire trend of civilization has changed.
Everyone is striving to enter the tower and become stronger.
More and more powerful people are appearing in this civilization, and the military force belonging to the civilization is becoming increasingly difficult to restrain these powerful individuals.
Gradually, various privileges belonging to the strong gradually emerged.
Later, classes gradually began to differentiate again.
The strong want to rely on their own strength to monopolize power forever, and naturally do not want the military force of civilization to continue to develop.
So the strong used their influence to gradually stop the research on various advanced weapons.
The strong ones boasted of their own strength, which was enough to ensure the continuation of civilization, enough to help civilization win the victory in the arena of gods and demons, and win the competition with other civilizations.
There is no need to waste time and money to research advanced weapons. Wouldn't it be better to just give the money directly to everyone so that everyone can enjoy it together?
As a result, the whole nation cheered, an era had arrived where there was no need to spend huge amounts of money on researching weapons.
Without a budget, the army fell into disrepair.
The money that was originally invested in the military was now invested in people's welfare, so the people naturally continued to cheer.
As for the strong slowly monopolizing all power, who cares? Anyway, those strong people are high above and have nothing to do with ordinary people.
As for the strong people who gradually acted more and more unscrupulously, and even started killing people in the streets, there was no official way to restrain them.
By the time a few people woke up, it was too late.
The army has been devastated and it is impossible to rebuild it.
As scientists are dying out, it is no longer possible to start research on advanced weapons from scratch.
It's like America in the 21st century, once it deindustrialized, it wants to reindustrialize? What good is that?
However, due to the powerful strength of the strong, everything seems to be flourishing on the surface.
Until, the arena war with another civilization comes.
Everything collapsed.
The remaining people fled their homes on the remaining spacecraft and came here to survive.
Looking at everything shown in the video, Nanzhu gradually couldn't eat the potato chips anymore.
"You deserve it." Mu Xiyue said angrily.
“In fact, with their original development model, they might have been able to develop slowly. But they were interfered by some external tower and dragged into the God and Demon Arena. It seems that they have gained a lot of benefits, but all the gifts of fate have already been secretly marked with a price.” Lu Yao sighed.
"So, are all the civilizations in this galaxy still struggling in this arena of gods and demons?" Lin Xu turned his head and looked out the porthole at the starry sky.
“But, what is the purpose of this Apocalypse Clan who has reduced dimensions to build this arena of gods and demons?” Nanzhu asked puzzled.
"Who knows? It can't be that it's really to help backward civilizations evolve, right?" Lu Yao curled her lips.
"By the way, didn't they gain a lot of special powers from the tower? I haven't seen any individual in this civilization with such special powers." Nanzhu suddenly asked curiously.
“Since we lost the game in the God and Demon Arena, the power may have been taken back.” Lu Yao guessed.
"I still want to see what kind of special power it is." Nanzhu said with a little regret.
At this time, Lin Xu, who was consciously checking what video he wanted to watch next, had a strange expression on his face.
"What's wrong, Lord Lin Xu?" Nanzhu noticed Lin Xu's expression.
"Nothing. Don't you want to know what that special power is? See for yourself." As he said that, Lin Xu played the next video.
There are many detailed records of various strange and bizarre powers.
In addition to the direct enhancement methods of increasing physical strength and physical power, there are also various bloodline enhancements, as well as enhancements such as internal strength, magic, and cultivation.
"Cultivating immortals? Could it be nanorobots?" Nanzhu's eyes widened again.
"Impossible, how could humans do something that would hinder the development of other civilizations? There must be a misunderstanding that we don't know about." Mu Xiyue was the first to disagree.
"I also think that humans would not do such a thing." Lu Yao also agreed.
"I didn't say it was done by humans. I just think it's a bit strange that this immortal cultivation appears in the enhancement options." Nanzhu explained quickly.
"Not only is the cultivation of immortals strange, the rest of the internal strength and bloodline are also very strange, especially the vampire bloodline and some bloodlines unique to anime and novels. These are things that only exist in Earth culture. This arena of gods and demons, there is no way that humans really have a hand in it." Lin Xu didn't believe that humans would be involved in it at the beginning, but now he has begun to be half-believing and half-doubting.
"Impossible, humans would never do such a thing." Mu Xiyue rarely refuted Lin Xu.
"Yes, I also think it is definitely not the case." Lin Xu smiled and stretched out his hand to rub Mu Xiyue's long hair, but there was a hint of worry in his eyes.
The investigation of the planet-sized fish is almost over.
All the autonomous mechanical aggregates that had obtained samples of various parts of the big fish returned.
The Skylark then set off again, continuing to head towards the river system not far away.
After just one more space jump, the Skylark entered the interior of the galaxy.
This area is still in a relatively remote area, so the stars are extremely sparsely scattered.
After several space jumps, the Skylark completely entered the interior of the galaxy.
Inside the star-dense galaxy, there are also a great variety of civilizations.
From afar, hyperspace radar and quantum radar have detected the existence of civilization in more than one galaxy.
At the same time as the discovery of civilization, hyperspace radar also found more than one giant goldfish the size of planets swimming among the galaxies within this river system.
Some of these planetary-level strange fish are only the size of the Earth, while others are dozens of times the size of the Earth.
At the same time as the radar signal of the Skylark detected these strange fish, the huge eyes of these strange fish turned and all turned their gazes to the Skylark hundreds of light years away.
At the same time that the Skylark discovered them, they also discovered the Skylark.
In other words, it is the discovery of the Skylark's unique information related to higher dimensions.
That is something that ordinary civilizations cannot detect. Only civilizations that have a certain understanding of higher dimensions can detect the information.
"Master, we have been discovered." Zhen Xing also reported to Lin Xu at the same time.
"Are these fish intelligent?" Lin Xu asked.
"Its intelligence is limited, more like a biological computer that can only execute fixed programs." Zhenxing replied.
"Computer, so it wasn't these fish that discovered us, but the Apocalypse tribe behind them who discovered us, right?" Lin Xu nodded.
"You can think so." Zhenxing replied.
"So our infiltration investigation plan has failed before it even started?" Nanzhu couldn't help but complain.
"Yeah, it seems to have failed, but it's not surprising." Lin Xu said with a smile.
Indeed, after all, they are a race that fell from a higher dimension. Even though they are no longer a higher-dimensional race, their foundation is still there.
Although Lin Xu is now a high-dimensional life form, the technology he currently possesses is only equivalent to the technological level when humans just met the Apocalypse Clan ten thousand years ago.
If this could go undetected, Lin Xu would begin to doubt the value of the Apocalypse Clan.
"Then what should we do now, Lord Lin Xu?" Nanzhu asked.
Miss Qiu, Mu Xiyue, and Lu Yao beside them all looked at Lin Xu, waiting for his decision.
"Of course we went to meet him. We are now representing the human race and we can't be looked down upon by our old friend! Although this is the first time I meet this old friend." Lin Xu said with a smile.
Then he ordered Zhenxing, "Choose the nearest fish and jump over there. At the same time, turn on the broadcast and say that humans are visiting."
"Yes, sir." Zhen Xing replied.
The nearest planetary fish is located at the edge of a galaxy thirty light years away.
After an hour of jump preparation, the Skylark entered the jump channel.
When he reappeared, he had already arrived at the edge of the galaxy.
Not far away is the giant red fish that is several times larger than the Earth, swimming at the edge of the galaxy.
Lin Xu's arrival seemed to have startled the huge red monster fish.
The strange fish changed its original trajectory of swimming around the star, swung its tail, and swam towards the location of the Skylark.
And this strange fish is moving extremely fast in the universe.
A space bubble even formed around its body, which clearly showed that it had the ability to navigate at curvature speeds.
So the strange fish arrived near the Skylark in just the blink of an eye at a speed several times the speed of light.
Then the strange fish stopped.
Two eyes as big as a continent were staring at the tiny Skylark, which was as tiny as dust compared to the strange fish.
Then, the planet-sized monster fish nodded at the tiny Skylark as if to say hello.
At the same time, the Skylark also received a signal from a strange fish not far away.
The signal consisted of only two words plus a question mark, as if expressing confusion.
"Human?"
