The Secret History of Mars

"Based on the lessons learned from the failed dinosaur experiment, the pioneer elders were particularly strict with mammals. Even the abundant food and warm climate they provided to the dinosaurs unconditionally were replaced by the alternation of the Great Ice Age and the Interglacial Age." Ye Qinghe said emotionally. He stated in a complex manner, "In those years, the elders of the Elders House could not reach a consensus on the specific experimental species of mammals, so there was a time in your mythology when demons danced wildly and demons and gods coexisted. This history is in " There are detailed records in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, which are not myths, but historical facts that the earth experienced before humans won the experiment in the Stone Age."

"Is "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" a historical fact?" Cui Xingmeng asked in surprise. "Why is there only such a history book left from that period?"

"There are actually more than one history book of that period, but only this one has been handed down," Ye Qinghe said with a sigh, "The rest were burned by Ying Zheng, and "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is the only one that Ying Zheng did not have at that time. A book I’m willing to burn.”

"Why was he reluctant to burn the Classic of Mountains and Seas?" Cui Xingmeng asked curiously.

"Because there are some mysteries there that he hasn't solved yet."

"Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng burned books and harassed Confucians." Yuan Yizhou connected to his knowledge base, trying to understand the history of the earth in the eyes of Martians, "The mystery he has not solved yet is the secret of immortality. It is mentioned in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" The immortal tree?"

"Yes, a tree that will never die. Legend has it that people who eat the fruit of this tree can live forever." Ye Qinghe said with a helpless smile.

"Does this have anything to do with the immortality of Martians you mentioned before?" Yuan Yizhou asked in surprise.

"What you are about to see is the immortal tree in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" that Ying Zheng could not obtain." Ye Qinghe did not answer Yuan Yizhou directly.

For a moment, the three of them fell into silence. Ye Qinghe did not stop and continued to go up the spiral staircase of the Xuanhu Tower. Cui Xingmeng and Yuan Yizhou followed her silently and arrived at the fourth floor of the Xuanhu Tower. Just after she stood still and saw the scene on the fourth floor clearly, Cui Xingmeng could not control the nausea that surged from her stomach. The scene in front of her made her want to vomit. She leaned on Yuan Yizhou's shoulder, not wanting to look at this scene again.

Yuan Yizhou felt Cui Xingmeng's discomfort, and while gently stroking her back with his hand, he comforted her softly, "Would you like to sit down and take a rest?" Cui Xingmeng nodded, and Yuan Yizhou placed her on the steps of the spiral staircase where she sat. The location was such that the scene on the fourth floor could not be seen, so he followed Ye Qinghe to the fourth floor alone.

"This is where you connect humans and machines and download the compiled wisdom from the smart library to the carrier?" Yuan Yizhou said as if he was asking a question, but also seemed to be making a judgment.

"Yes, various carriers cultivated from seeds will be infused with thoughts and consciousness at this level." Ye Qinghe said calmly.

Yuan Yizhou scanned the entire fourth floor, densely packed with humanoid, cloned or genetically encoded vectors, hanging high and low, filling the entire space. It looked like a forest! The brain part of each carrier is connected to countless thin tubes, and it does look like a tree. The other end of these tubes is connected to the oval compiler on the third floor that passes through the fourth floor. Yuan Yizhou withdrew his gaze and stared at the carrier closest to him.

It was a young man who looked very similar to Shui Zhi Tian. His whole body was white and pure. The tube connected to his brain was also filled with light as white and watery. He must be a clone of the ultimate intelligence. The carrier's eyes occasionally move, like a sleeping child. Yuan Yizhou was lost in thought when he heard a vague female voice, "Seed Keeper No. 6457, download completed!" As soon as he finished speaking, the connected tubes on the brain of the body in front of him were quietly disconnected and retracted to the floor. under. The clone also fell to the ground. As if he had just woken up, he opened his eyes gently and looked at Yuan Yizhou standing in front of him.

This moment of looking at each other allowed Yuan Yizhou to understand the feeling of high-level wisdom and the lowest level of wisdom. What the clone in front of him was thinking, and even his next behavior, could be seen clearly in Yuan Yizhou's eyes. It feels like a human being looking at a monkey. What input you give it and what kind of response logic it will have are completely within human prejudgment. "We earthlings are like monkeys in the eyes of Martians." Yuan Yizhou felt a little unhappy thinking of this.

"Miss Xingmeng, why are you sitting here? Are you okay?" Shui Zaitian's voice came up from the spiral staircase.

"It's okay." Cui Xingmeng obviously hasn't gotten over the emotion just now. She looked at Shui Zaitian and didn't want to talk to him, especially because the face that amazed her at first made her feel a little uncomfortable and disgusted now.

Shui Zaitian carefully walked around the steps where Cui Xingmeng was sitting and came to the fourth floor. "Designer Ye, Mr. Yuan, I'm sorry to bother you. I came up to pick him up. The custodian of seed No. 6457 has taken up his post. The progress bar downstairs shows , its download has been completed."

Ye Qinghe nodded and motioned for him to continue his work. Shui Zaitian came to the clone who was looking at Yuan Yizhou and said, "No. 6457, please self-examine and report the test results."

After hearing the instruction, the clone closed his eyes. After a cup of tea, he opened his eyes and replied, "Report to Mr. Shui Zaitian. The self-examination is completed. The energy level is 92%. The brain neuron connection is 8%. The custodian is working. The command library has been downloaded 100%, and the conditions are met."

"Okay, then follow me downstairs." After Shui Zaitian said that, he took the custodian of seed No. 6457 along the spiral staircase and disappeared from the sight of several people.

"So, Ying Zheng has been here before?" Yuan Yizhou asked, "The immortal trees in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" are these carriers of wisdom and thoughts?"

"He has never been here. You two are the first people on earth invited to Elder Yan's Think Tank in history," Ye Qinghe replied, "If Ying Zheng had been here back then, you would know the meaning of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" The immortal tree is not on Earth, so there is no need to waste so much manpower and material resources on searching for it at sea."

"Then the Classic of Mountains and Seas is not just the history of the earth? It also records the situation of Mars?" Yuan Yizhou analyzed.

"Perhaps it is more accurate to say that "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is not essentially a history book, but an experimental record of earth experiments. Some of the conditions on Mars mentioned in it are the analysis and suggestions added by the experimenter himself." Ye Qinghe agreed with Yuan Yizhou's analysis.