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No one knows the origin and purpose of the Celestials. No one can understand what these creatures want to do. They are the origin of almost all life in the universe, but they are also destroyers. Not many people know about the Celestials on Earth. Even the gods only know that they have visited Earth in four different periods in the past, and each visit changed the history of Earth. The first group of Celestials came to Earth about a million years ago and conducted genetic tests and experiments on the most advanced creatures on Earth, and thus early humans were born.
There is a lot of speculation about them.
Some say that they are the gardeners of the universe, and that they originate from the original power of the universe itself. These powerful beings not only created many planets with life and civilizations, but also gave the creatures in the universe the foundation for survival and development. In a sense, they are the creators of the universe. The Celestials are like gardeners, constantly taking care of every corner of the universe. They pay attention to the changes of each planet and ensure the continuation of life. When faced with a crisis, they will take measures to save the universe and protect it from disasters. Their wisdom and power make them play an irreplaceable role in the universe.
Some say that they exist to maintain the order of the universe, where various forces and life intersect, sometimes causing conflict and chaos. At this time, the Celestials will intervene to maintain the order and balance of the universe. They not only oversee the rules of the universe, but also ensure the harmonious coexistence between various planets and civilizations. Their goal is to create a prosperous and stable environment for the entire universe. The existence of the Celestials brings order and inspiration to the entire universe. They are not only creators, but also guardians, providing value and meaning to every life in the universe. The depth and complexity of their characters enrich the layers and depth of the entire Marvel Universe.
Some people also say that they are the destroyers!
The Celestials like to interfere with living things, but in fact, they not only like to interfere with living things, but they like to interfere with everything! The Celestials will fill the void with stars, light up the dim universe, and they will also sow the seeds of life on some barren planets to make them rejuvenated. From this perspective, the Celestials are definitely positive characters. After all, they have created many wonderful worlds and many unique creatures. After sowing the seeds of life on a planet, the Celestials will wait for it to evolve, and then come to see if these creatures are "successful" after N years. If there is no problem, the creatures will continue to survive, and if they are judged to be "failed", the Celestials will ruthlessly destroy them. So for those creatures that have evolved on the planet for tens of millions of years, the Celestials are definitely the big villains.
Because no one knows what the criteria are for judging these things!
What is failure? What is success?
"I do know something about the Celestials and the Earth." Thoth continued to act as a storyteller.
It turns out that the Celestials visited Earth 40 billion years ago, but... this visit was not voluntary. 40 billion years ago, a Celestial called "Ancestor" was infected and killed by the parasite Ancestor, fell to Earth, and died sadly and alone. He died miserably. The originally formless energy was contaminated by the parasite and turned into countless biomass... The place where the Ancestor died is now the North Pole. After the Ancestor died, his body fluids penetrated the surface of the primitive Earth, permanently changing the evolutionary trajectory of the Earth.
It was from that time that life began to appear on Earth.
This was not in the plan of the Celestials, and they had no intention of seeding the Earth with organisms.
But life appeared on Earth due to a simple accident!
The death of a compatriot attracted the attention of other members of the Celestial God Group, and the first to arrive at the crime scene was the 'Judge'!
Let's call them that for now. After all, the Celestials rarely communicate with other intelligent life forms, and they will not tell other life forms their names... Maybe they don't even have the concept of a name.
The Judge is the leader of the Celestials. He is also the referee. He will determine the emergence or demise of a planet, and will also examine whether a race or the life on a planet is "successful".
If he wants a race to die out, he will summon the Eradicators to carry out the massacre. As the creators of the universe, the Celestials sowed the seeds of life on countless planets long ago in order to preserve their genes. If a dangerous race is discovered during this period, the Judge will summon the Eradicators without hesitation to maintain the safety and balance of the universe.
The judge was very sad and angry when he saw the death of his "ancestor".
He wants to destroy the earth.
But the searchers stopped him.
The searcher, his ability is the most special and the most important in the God Group. He has the ability to search for life forms in the universe. These life forms he finds have the potential to be improved by the Gods. His task is to find those life forms with potential and improve them. He plays a vital role in the God Group.
He discovered that life had emerged on Earth.
Even if they are just simple microorganisms, there is no doubt that these lives are just starting out. They have the potential to develop, and this involves the sacrifice of a fellow countryman, so they cannot be simply destroyed, they need to be observed.
So the searchers found the collectors.
The purpose of the Collector is to find and collect samples of life forms that can be used for research on each planet. This is also his only mission. He can transform life forms into "biological seeds" and store them in the form of capsules on his scepter. This powerful ability can transform organisms into a static state and then transform them back to their original form when needed. It is very magical.
He asked the collectors to collect biological samples, of course.
Then the earth became the laboratory of the Celestials!
This is the first time that the Celestials have visited Earth.
The second one was about 4.4 million years ago, which is what scientists call the Ordovician-Silurian extinction event (also known as the Ordovician mass extinction event). The Ordovician is the second period of the Paleozoic Era, which began about 5 million years ago and lasted for about 6500 million years. The Ordovician is divided into three periods: early, middle and late. The Ordovician is one of the most extensive periods of marine transgression in geological history, and marine strata are widely distributed in many parts of the world. In the platform area within the plate, seawater is widespread, which is manifested as the widespread development of coastal shallow marine carbonate rocks. In the active trough area at the edge of the plate, it is a deeper water environment, forming thick shallow sea, deep sea clastic sediments and volcanic eruption sediments. At the end of the Ordovician period, there was a large-scale ice age, which was distributed in Africa (especially North Africa), Argentina and Bolivia in South America, and Spain and southern France in Europe. The climate in the Ordovician period was mild, and shallow seas were widespread. Many areas of the world (including most parts of my country) were covered by shallow sea water. Marine life developed unprecedentedly and was more prosperous than the Cambrian period. In the vast oceans of the Ordovician period, marine invertebrates flourished unprecedentedly, with a large number of invertebrates of various phyla living there. In addition to the groups that began to flourish in the Cambrian period, some other groups also developed further, including graptolites, corals, brachiopods, crinoids, bryozoans, and mollusks.
When the gods came to Earth, they were very dissatisfied with the life on Earth.
Then the mass extinction came. The academic community generally believes that this species extinction was caused by global climate cooling. About 4.4 million years ago, the land where the Sahara is located was once located in the Antarctic. When the land gathers near the pole, it is easy to cause thick ice accumulation, and this is exactly the case in the Ordovician period. Large glaciers cool ocean currents and atmospheric circulation, and the temperature of the entire earth drops. The glaciers lock water, the sea level also drops, and the original rich coastal biosphere is destroyed. In addition, more than 4 million years ago, there were three large-scale 3-magnitude volcanic eruptions in the UK, which may have also caused global cooling and killed a large number of organisms, eventually leading to the extinction of 8% of species. Another view is that at that time, a celestial body of 85 to 10 kilometers in size may have hit the earth, with a power equivalent to the explosion of 12 billion Hiroshima atomic bombs. Huge dust and smoke enveloped the earth, causing the earth to enter the early Paleozoic ice age. Many invertebrates could not adapt to the environment and became extinct on a large scale. According to a joint study conducted by NASA and scientists from the University of Kansas in 100, the Ordovician-Silurian extinction event on Earth 2005 million years ago was likely caused by a gamma-ray burst released by a hypernova. The process lasted about ten seconds, destroying about half of the Earth's ozone layer, causing the ultraviolet rays released by the sun to attack the Earth, resulting in the death of a large number of organisms on the ground and near the sea, thus destroying the food chain and causing famine. At the same time, the air molecules disrupted by the gamma-ray burst recombined into toxic gases, which blocked the heat from the sun, causing the Earth to be completely lifeless for a while.
Now it seems that it should be the masterpiece of the God Group.
Next is the Devonian mass extinction event. About 3.65 million years later, 3.55 to 4.05 million years ago, the late Devonian extinction event (also known as the Late Devonian extinction event or the late Devonian extinction event, the Devonian mass extinction event) occurred. The Devonian is the name of the geological era, the fourth period of the Paleozoic Era, which began about 3.5 million years ago and ended 5000 million years ago, lasting about 3 million years. The Devonian is divided into three eras: early, middle, and late, and the strata are correspondingly divided into three systems: lower, middle, and upper. The paleogeographic features of the Devonian period have changed dramatically compared to the earlier Paleozoic. This is manifested in the expansion of land area, the development of terrestrial strata, and the face of the biological world has also undergone tremendous changes. Land plants and fish-like animals developed unprecedentedly, amphibians began to appear, and the composition of invertebrates also changed significantly.
The Devonian period was a period of rapid development of vertebrates. Fish were the most advanced creatures at that time and were quite prosperous. Naturally, they dominated the oceans at that time. Various types of fish appeared, so the Devonian period is called the "Age of Fishes". The most important thing is that it shows the emergence of tetrapods (four-legged vertebrates), primitive reptiles that evolved from lobefins.
However, the God Group was still not satisfied.
The mass extinction has come again, but the Celestials seem to be happy to create different forms of disasters. One day 3.77 million years ago, the earth suddenly began to shake violently. At the same time, a large amount of high-temperature gas spewed out from the cracks in the seabed in Siberia, which caused the nearby seawater to boil and killed a large number of organisms. Immediately afterwards, 3000 billion cubic kilometers of magma gushed out. The rolling rocks quickly destroyed all nearby coral reefs and other organisms. The magma not only greatly increased the temperature of the sea water, scalding thousands of organisms to death, but also polluted the sea water. The toxic substances in the magma reacted chemically with the sea water, acidifying the sea water, and a large number of animals died because they could not breathe. 5000 years after the disaster, pollutants in the sea water spread into the atmosphere, most of which were greenhouse gases-carbon dioxide. This caused global temperatures to rise rapidly to 30 degrees Celsius, and ocean currents stopped moving. In the equatorial region, the sea water temperature rose from 20 degrees Celsius to 32 degrees Celsius, which destroyed more corals because they could not survive in high temperatures. One hundred thousand years after the disaster, the magma continued to erupt, and at this time a new killer appeared: plants. Before, there was no soil on the land, but soil appeared due to the decomposition of dead branches and leaves of plants. Rainwater washed a lot of soil into the ocean, which became a good nutrient for seaweed. The prosperity of seaweed consumed a lot of oxygen, suffocating animals to death, thus accelerating the extinction of animals. 75 years after the disaster, water vapor in the sky reacted chemically with sulfur dioxide to form acid rain. The continuous flooding of acid rain for tens of thousands of years further reduced the number of plants and acidified the soil.
130 million years after the super mantle plume broke through the seabed, a new disaster occurred. In the past, volcanic eruptions occurred in the ocean, but this time it happened on land. 3.76 million years ago, the earth in western China began to tremble violently, and 8 cubic kilometers of magma gushed out from a crater with a diameter of 20 kilometers. The magma flooded all places within a radius of 50 kilometers, killing all living things within this range. The volcano also erupted a lot of volcanic ash and toxic gases, which covered the sky and completely blocked the sunlight, and the earth fell into a long night of 200 million years.
Next is the Permian-Triassic extinction event, the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event, and the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event!
They seem to enjoy unleashing disasters and then watching life evolve.
From this point of view, the Earth is actually very unlucky, because most of the time, the gods are not so "meticulous". They are not so patient. They just sow the seeds of life and let them grow wildly. If they succeed, they succeed; if they fail, they are destroyed.
It simply won't take that long.
"They do it on purpose. They are selecting and using disasters to determine the survival of the fittest!" said Toth.
Then came the final advent.
Humans and gods appeared.