owlsbooks Chapter 2005: The Spirit of Resistance (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival Chapter!!!)
Chapter 2005: The Spirit of Resistance (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival Chapter!!!)
Chapter 2005: The Spirit of Resistance (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!!!)
Those mass extinctions were not caused by the Earth itself, they were not natural disasters, but man-made disasters!
The gods have made the Earth into an extremely cruel testing ground. They have subjected the life on Earth to a constant and brutal process of survival of the fittest until a life form that satisfies them emerges...but few people know what their standard of satisfaction is.
Anyway, when they came to Earth for the last time, they felt that the life on Earth still failed to meet their requirements... When the representatives of the Protoss met with them, they did not give any explanation, but came to Earth in silence!
All the gods despaired of this.
"You have no idea how powerful those things are. Each one of them is taller than a mountain!"
This time, the first group of gods to arrive on Earth consisted of four people.
The first one is named Kamil. Kamil is the youngest member of the Celestials. He is responsible for monitoring the Earth and is relatively weak. Unlike other Celestials, Kamil is not as tall as the others. He is roughly the same height as the Hulk, which is quite short for a Celestial. But for other creatures, Kamil's ability is still strong enough.
He manipulates the storm and intends to change the Earth's climate, causing the Earth to enter the next extinction event again!
The second one was named Arishim. He was wearing red armor and was six hundred meters tall!
He controls the ocean currents, causing chaos in the ocean currents of the entire earth. Chaos in ocean currents may bring a series of serious impacts. First of all, ocean currents are the main regulators of the thermal environment on the earth's surface. They have a profound impact on the global climate by promoting energy exchange between high and low latitudes of the earth. If the ocean currents are chaotic, it may cause climate anomalies, including changes in temperature and precipitation patterns, which in turn affect ecosystems and agricultural production.
The circulation system is both independent and closely related to other circulation systems. The atmospheric circulation is closely linked to it. The atmospheric circulation will be affected by many factors such as the earth's rotation and solar radiation. Any impact on any one of them will cause an imbalance in the atmospheric circulation, affecting its complex diversity, and the circulations will also be affected.
If the atmospheric circulation stagnates, the marine ecosystem will be affected first. The warm water mass on its surface will completely lose its power to flow, and the cold current at the bottom of the ocean will not be able to circulate. The ocean will not flow and will become water that cannot flow. If the atmospheric circulation stagnates, the ever-changing four seasons may also be changed. Circulation is also an indispensable part of the change of the four seasons. Due to the continuous high temperature and dry weather, forests in Australia caught fire, and there were forest fires at multiple times. After the fires, a large amount of carbon dioxide was produced, which seriously reduced the air quality and even caused haze weather conditions. Europe is also facing a lot of abnormal stormy weather. When winter comes, there will be heavy snowstorms and the temperature will drop rapidly. The precipitation in South America and Africa has also been abnormal. Those who rely on precipitation to maintain their living water are now having difficulty in getting water, and the greenhouse effect has also caused the melting of ice and snow in the Antarctic and the Arctic. If the circulation really collapses completely, the impact on the climate circulation will be catastrophic. The stability of the circulation is an important link in maintaining the balance of the ecosystem. Once it collapses, it is impossible to predict how much impact it will bring and how much change it will cause to the climate.
Secondly, ocean currents have a direct impact on the marine ecosystem. Ocean currents not only affect the distribution of marine life, but also affect the productivity of the ocean. If the ocean currents are chaotic, it may cause changes in the living environment of marine life, affect fishery resources, and then affect human food chains and economic activities, and may even cause large-scale extinction of marine life!
The third Celestial Group is called Analyzer Jimia. He is the leader of this group. Just like his code name, he has been to Earth four times, the Celestial Group that has been to Earth the most. He has visited all the other planets that the Celestial Group has used as experimental subjects. He is an evaluator. He will evaluate the life on the planet and then report. It is said that he is the most neutral Celestial Group. He will not hate or like a certain life form. He will only objectively evaluate the value of these lives and then report.
The fourth member of the Celestial Beings is named Defulon, a 610 meter tall Celestial Being wearing blue armor.
He is responsible for adjusting the evolutionary direction of life forms based on the data provided by analyst Jimia.
Then the war began. The gods were extremely desperate in the face of their own creations... but they had no choice but to ignore it... after all, the catastrophe would not come immediately, and an extinction event would often last for millions to tens of millions of years. Anyway, they would not die immediately, so they could enjoy themselves while they could!
This is a form of escape, not very useful, but at least it doesn't make you upset.
Escape is shameful but useful.
But the immortals stood up.
Kai quickly asked what the immortal was all about. After all, he had only heard of it, but no one knew what an immortal was.
"The immortals..." Thoth paused, but still said, "A group of people who are even more annoying than the Asgardians, but it is undeniable that they are all very powerful!"
Thoth then explains what the immortals are.
Immortals are not a race. Their origins are very complex. Some are humans, some are natural gods, some are exotic beasts, and some are even flowers, plants, and trees.
They are not very united. Anyway, they will not build the so-called divine domain and divine court like other gods. Most of them live alone. They have a special ability, which they call "cultivation"!
The gods actually don't really understand this thing. After all, gods are naturally powerful from the moment they are born. Although they will exercise, they don't engage in so-called "cultivation".
This thing is simply too reactionary in the eyes of the gods.
Because the immortals believe that everything in the world can be cultivated, and as long as the cultivation is adequate, they can all become immortals!
This is simply a rebellion in the eyes of the gods!
The gods are born sacred, how can they be on the same level as mortals?
The gods are always high above. Logically speaking, their talents are far superior to those of mortals, but there are always some geniuses in the world who are unwilling to compromise and want to extend the stage for their talents to the heavens. But their end is extremely miserable.
Laocoön was a wise man and priest in Troy. He was against bringing the Trojan Horse into Troy as a trophy. Even though Laocoön didn't know that the horse was full of Greek soldiers, he had a vague feeling that something was wrong. However, his suggestion was not adopted, and the outcome was predictable: Troy was captured. Laocoön also offended Apollo and Athena because he loudly called out that the Trojan Horse was a fraud. Because these two gods wanted to ensure that the Trojan Horse could enter Troy smoothly. So Athena released poisonous snakes to bite Laocoön and his two sons to death.
It is said that the weaving skills of the girl Alesin on earth are better than those of the goddess Athena, who is best at imitation. After hearing this, Athena transformed herself into an old woman and came to the earth to compete with her. Athena was defeated in the end. But the girl was not willing to accept this. In anger, Athena turned the poor girl Alesin into a spider and made her lie on her stomach and weave webs all day long.
Marsyas was originally just an ordinary man, but one day he picked up a magical flute. This flute was thrown away and cursed by Athena. Although Marsyas could play moving music with it, even Apollo wanted to compete with him with his harp. They competed for two rounds in a row and were evenly matched. In the last round, Apollo had an idea and wanted to play the instrument upside down. The harp could be played upside down, but how could the flute? So Marsyas lost. His ending was very tragic. He was hung upside down on a tree by Apollo and skinned alive.
The poet Tamiris openly challenged the Muse at a poetry conference. The Muse is the god in charge of poetry and prose, so she naturally cannot lose. In the end, the poet not only lost, but was also punished to be blinded.
The three Siren sisters were originally the daughters of the river god, and they had beautiful voices. However, because they were proud of their talents, they challenged the Muse at a concert. The Muse was also the god who dominated music, so naturally they could not lose. The three sisters were defeated, and finally the nine Muses plucked their wings. These wings were later inserted into the bodies of the Muses. The three Siren sisters became sea monsters that used their beautiful singing to lure sailors to the bottom of the sea.
These were all foolish people who attempted to challenge the gods, but they were treated so cruelly for only slightly challenging the gods.
So what is the immortal doing?
They want to elevate everything to be equal to the gods.
What a blasphemy this is! Lowly mortals, ignorant beasts, mediocre stones, and even common plants and trees can be equated with gods. How is it possible?
What a pity... these immortals are so damn good at fighting!
Although they all live alone and don't like to gather together, it should be easy for them to break through one by one, but it just so happens that one immortal can beat a group of gods into a mess!
There's no way to start a fight.
Fortunately, immortals generally don't like to meddle in other people's business. They think that the gods and mortals in the West are aliens, and they think they are all satisfied and don't want to interact with them. And these gods and mortals in the West like to provoke them... To be honest, the immortals are very annoyed.
The West holds no appeal for them.
So they simply cut off the passage between the East and the West and ignored the Western gods.
The gods were quite thankful. After all, there were so many big brothers. If one of them came accidentally... they wouldn't be able to handle it.
But the gods still hate the immortals, even if they can't defeat them. They don't allow the immortals' ideas to spread... What if mortals start to learn from them... wouldn't that be the end of it?
Immortals do not have uniform appearance features.
Some people are so handsome and beautiful, as if they came out of a dream.
Some of them were wearing animal skins, with disheveled hair, looking like savages.
Some have animal heads and features of wild beasts all over their bodies.
Some are so ethereal and beautiful that they don’t even have a fixed shape.
Very messy.
They call themselves immortals...their highest goal is to become immortals!
According to them, immortals are beings that transcend everything, are not bound by any rules, can live forever, and possess unparalleled supernatural powers.
It is said that when the immortals saw the Heavenly God Group for the first time, they felt that the Heavenly God Group was what they called immortals.
Because the Celestials fully met all their expectations.
Until they saw that the Celestials were planning to exterminate life on Earth.
Then the immortals began to resist.
All the immortals in the East united together to declare war on the Heavenly Gods.
This behavior is simply incomprehensible to the gods. You want to become immortals, and now that the immortals have come, you don't submit to them, but instead you attack them?
What's the point?
Moreover, the angels are their creators, and the judgment they impose is holy and inviolable!
All we have to do is wait patiently for the judgment to come, but you actually resist?
This is the difference between the East and the West.
In their opinion, when God brings punishment, there is no other way except to pray.
For example, in many myths, the gods sent down a flood, and only those chosen by the gods could escape by boat. But what about Eastern myths? When a flood comes, we control it!
In Western mythology, fire was given by God; in Greek mythology, fire was stolen by Prometheus; and in Chinese mythology, fire was produced by the perseverance of drilling wood to make fire! This is the difference. The Chinese use such stories to warn future generations that only by fighting against nature can you get everything you want! When facing the doomsday flood, Western mythology talks about hiding in Noah's Ark. A movie called "2012" was filmed based on this myth. But in Chinese mythology, it was the ancestors who defeated the flood. Look, it's still a struggle, fighting against disasters! "The West chose passive confrontation, and the East chose to pass by the door three times without entering, and finally defeated the flood. Don't think that the flood I'm talking about is far away from you. This epidemic is a flood that swept the world. You must know that there was a ship that had killed 10 people. If you read Chinese mythology carefully, you will find our story incredible. Putting aside the plot, the cultural core expressed in our mythology must have these two words: resistance!
To be honest, when I was young, I always thought that there were two stupid people. The first one was Yugong, who actually wanted to move the mountain in front of his door. The second one was Kuafu, who wanted to pick the sun because he felt the weather was hot. As a result, he failed to catch up with the sun and died of exhaustion. At that time, I was thinking, why do we worship such stupid people as idols? Later, when I went back to the village to visit relatives, I found that the small dirt road in the village had been paved with asphalt. Then I realized that the Chinese used the spirit of Yugong moving mountains to build roads for every remote village, so that the children there could afford to go to school and the people there became richer and richer. As the saying goes, there will be endless descendants. The descendants of Yugong finally moved the mountain in front of us in our generation.
Kuafu failed in chasing the sun, but Houyi succeeded in shooting down the sun! These two myths about the sun happened one after the other, one failed and the other succeeded. What our ancestors tried so hard to tell us is: you can lose, but you must never give in.
Chinese people grew up listening to such myths, and the spirit of fighting has become our genetic gene. We may not realize it ourselves, because it is imperceptible, but we will be as strong as our ancestors. Therefore, it is much easier to understand the stubborn spirit of the Chinese people now. This is why we have been able to pass on for more than 5000 years and still stand firm. In Western mythology, the sun is the source of all things and the supreme existence. Like the sun god Apollo, like the god Ra in Egyptian mythology, one after another magnificent palaces and magnificent pyramids were built by humans. Facing those tall and magnificent buildings, who can still have the heart to resist?
If you are careful enough, you will find that all Chinese myths teach you to fight. A little girl was drowned by the sea, and she turned into a bird called Jingwei, wanting to fill the sea. This is fighting. A man was beheaded for challenging the power of the Emperor of Heaven, but he did not die, but continued to fight with an axe. Xing Tian danced with Gan Qi, and his determination was always there. This is also fighting. What if the sky collapses? Refining stones to mend the sky. What if the universe is in chaos? In the creation of the world, Lao Tzu said in the Tao Te Ching, "Heaven and earth are not benevolent, and treat all things as straw dogs." This means that if you want to survive, you have to rely on yourself, not on heaven. This sounds crueler than the so-called "God loves the world" in the West, but it is very realistic.
In short, the gods simply couldn't understand the immortals' thoughts. Facing the judgment of the Celestial Gods, they just wanted to lie down, but the immortals directly came out to resist! Even though the Celestial Gods were the immortals they were pursuing!