Chapter 124

118. 【Colossus Weapon: Divine Retribution】

Following the exclamations of the myriad beings across the universe, the time flow rate in the light screen began to become faster and faster.

In the forest, that group of newborn spirits, similar to humans but yet completely different, who called themselves Quenya and were created by the Zaidiguo Society through biological technology, began rapid development.

They discovered flint from broken rocks, and the sparks that flew out when they struck them ignited the first campfire.

They gained inspiration from broken river stones, made sharp stone axes through striking, and cut down the first tree.

They used wood as a foundation, established the first tribe by the forest and river, and continued to multiply within it.

In the blink of an eye, the Quenya civilization had taken its first step, and time had flowed through the time of three or four generations.

The generation of Quenya that first walked out of the pods had passed away seven or eight out of ten, and now those living in the tribe were mainly their descendants.

The sociology array hovered high in the sky, silently recording the development of their tiny civilization.

【"By striking flint, they ignited fire for the first time."】

【"They have mastered the most basic stone tool manufacturing technology and built the first buildings with cut trees. Civilization has entered the Stone Age."】

【"In society, they implemented tribal public ownership and formed a basic family structure. Although they mastered basic civilization technology, life was still barren."】

【"This matter is unremarkable, Sociology +3."】

As the voice of the sociology array rang out, the scene in the light screen moved slowly.

The myriad beings across the universe were able to see the situation in the Quenya tribe.

The vast majority of Quenya were thin, wearing clothes made of wild animal fur or natural fibers,

and their eyes were filled with slight hunger. Women held sharpened tree branches, guarding the surroundings of the tribe, vigilant against wild beasts that might appear.

Not yet knowing how to plant crops, they could only maintain their lives through low-efficiency gathering.

Therefore, men had to spend more than ten hours collecting food outside the tribe.

Wild fruits, roots, tree leaves, bird eggs, insects, and small wild beasts were all precious food.

Sometimes they would also collect some rotten meat left over by more powerful carnivorous animals.

But most of the time, they could only find a pile of white bones.

The good news was that white bones also had value.

Woodpeckers are good at chiseling insects out of tree trunks, while humans are good at using stones to smash bones to take out bone marrow.

This is one of the rare delicacies.

And in the tribe, it was the place where children lived.

Children who could not yet hunt gathered in the tribe, looking for small insects from under the rocks on the ground to collect as food.

But besides children, there was another extremely rare group in this tribe.

It was the elderly, the remnants of the first generation of Quenya who had not yet died, a group of elderly people who still remembered how they were born.

【"We fell from among the stars, like the seeds of a tree falling between the earth."】

【"Yes, the stars are like trees, and we are like seeds."】

The elderly told stories about the birth of civilization by the campfire in a hoarse voice.

At this time, it was already late at night. The men had returned from hunting and listened to the elderly tell hundreds or thousands of stories with the children.

【"Then grandpa, why did we fall to the ground?"】 A child widened his eyes and asked the doubt in his heart.

The elderly's expression was somewhat hesitant. He obviously had also considered this question.

【"It was our creator who placed us on the earth."】

An inspiration suddenly popped into the elderly's heart, and he told the story in his heart:

【"They master everything in the world, and they created this world as our home."】

【"Our creator made us in their own image."】

【"But we are not as perfect as our creator, so we can only live on the earth and cannot return to the stars."】

【"Look, do you see that green star?"】

The elderly pointed to a green star in the sky and said:

【"That star is always there, always watching us."】

【"That is the eye of God, the proof that God is testing us."】

【"That is the Emerald Star, watching over every one of us."】

【"As long as we do good, work hard, and devoutly believe in our creator, we can return to the stars after we die."】

【"To be with our creator."】

Watching this scene, the child could not help but widen his eyes and reveal a surprised expression.

"Reality becomes memory, memory becomes story, story becomes legend."

"Finally, legend becomes myth."

"Religion was thus born." Ruan Mei looked at the scene in the light screen and said with some emotion.

".... That green star they see should be the Zaidiguo Society's sociology array."

Screwllum looked at the scene in the light screen and said with great interest:

"I wonder if He deliberately showed His existence to the Quenya, guiding them to produce faith,"

"or if it was just a coincidence that He became the symbol of the Quenya's faith?"

As a member of the intelligent machines, he had always been quite interested in the reproduction, development, and evolution of organic life.

Having such an opportunity to observe the development process of an organic civilization, Screwllum instantly became interested.

"According to the common development process of civilization, religion can effectively unify the power of more people."

Ruan Mei supported her face and said:

"The Quenya civilization should be about to experience its first major development."

Just at this moment, the voice of the sociology array in the light screen rang out.

【"By the campfire, an elderly Quenya created the initial myth."】

【"They believe they come from among the stars and are a species created by the creator in their own image."】

【"Because they are not perfect enough, they can only live on the earth, but as long as they devoutly believe in the creator, they can return to the stars after death."】

【"They regarded the light released by the sociology array as the eye of the creator watching them."】

【"This is very interesting, worth further observation."】

【"Sociology +8"】

The pale green light on the sociology array flickered.

【"Suggest conducting idealism thought research in Sector 1."】

【"Experiment code: Silmaril."】

【"Plan approved..... starting to mobilize the Colossus 'Divine Retribution'."】

"Colossus? Earth!"

Watching the text appearing on the light screen, Ruan Mei froze for a moment:

"Why mobilize the Colossus... what is 'Divine Retribution'?"

119. 【Thus, the lowly natives saw the light】

"Colossus weapon.... Divine Retribution?!".

The myriad beings across the universe listened to the words of the Zaidiguo Society's sociology array in the light screen and could not help but widen their eyes.

Why did another Colossus weapon appear?

And the name Divine Retribution made the myriad beings across the universe feel a bit strange.

"What kind of weapon is it that is actually named after a god?"

"What does retribution mean?"

"The Zaidiguo Society is actually going to use a Colossus on a group of natives who have no ability to resist and were created by themselves?!"

The myriad beings across the universe were full of confusion, not knowing why the Zaidiguo Society would send a Colossus, such a terrifying weapon, to the Quenya.

Just at this moment, the scene in the light screen changed.

They saw that in the light screen, the time of the Alderson Disk accelerated rapidly.

These primitive tribes of Quenya also gradually expanded and developed in different sectors.

And in Sector 1, the sector where the religious faith was first born, in the tribe,

【"Look at that Emerald Star! That is the eye of our creator!"】

【"That great divine eye stands above the firmament 327, watching every Quenya!"】