Chapter 333: Two-dimensional civilization

Meng Chao read the photos at hand carefully, and remained silent for a long time.
Ye Xiaoxing continued: "According to our years of observation, the new generation of Longwang Town residents has the following characteristics. First, they are all male, or they are biased towards males. In fact, because of the adoption of asexual reproduction, the concept of gender In Dragon King Town, it has disappeared for a long time."
"and many more--"
Meng Chao frowned, "Even if all the women who have passed through the earth are killed, the new generation born in another world should have a relatively balanced male to female ratio. The so-called asexual reproduction lasts at most one generation, how can it be that all women are male?"
"As smart as you, you must be able to guess that the'sacred tree' will not give humans the opportunity to reproduce autonomously. Otherwise, why would it coexist with humans?"
Ye Xiaoxing said,
We don’t know whether the'sacred tree' uses genetic modification or other methods. In short, it controls the gender of the new generation of humans, ensuring that humans lose the concept of gender and the ability to reproduce, and can only rely on it to continue their genes. .
"Similarly, through genetic modification, Shenmu has engraved a large amount of mechanical and civil engineering knowledge into the genes of the new generation of humans, so that people can acquire a lot of knowledge and skills without learning, and become excellent workers and fighters.
"The disadvantage of doing this is that they know it but don’t know why. The new generation of humans has lost their creativity. The so-called skills are just simple imitations of their parents and grandfathers. They don’t know the principles at all. Of course, for them, they can use simple Mechanical and civil engineering skills are sufficient.
"Third, the new generation of humans has also lost the ability to directly digest food. After they hunt the monster, they will chop it up and send it to the root system of the'sacred tree', allowing the sacred tree to enjoy the fattest parts of the monster first, and then the sacred tree will Secreting a substance similar to nutrient solution, the new generation of humans rely on sucking the juice of the sacred tree to maintain their lives.
"Over time, the digestive system of the new generation of humans has also mutated and become very fragile. Except for the juice of Shenmu, nothing else can be digested. In this photo, you can clearly see the mouth of the new generation of humans. , Their teeth degenerate so badly that they almost lose the ability to chew.
"Naturally, the new generation of humans worships the sacred tree very much and regards the sacred tree as the mother of life. The entire civilization-if their small world can really be called civilization, is all around the sacred tree. After the genetic modification of the sacred tree, They have forgotten the splendor of the earth age, forgot their identity as "earth people", and wholeheartedly regard themselves as the people of the sacred tree. The sacred tree is their queen, their master, and their god.
"Student Meng Chao, do you think such residents of Longwang Town are really human beings, our compatriots?"
Meng Chao was speechless.
He pointed to a photo and asked, "What are these people doing, peeing?"
In the photo, a row of Longwang Town residents turned their backs to the camera, standing in front of the "sacred tree", unbuttoning the loincloth, as if peeing.
Ye Xiaoxing was silent for a moment, then slowly shook his head and said, "No."
Lu Siya coughed slightly beside her.
Meng Chao turned to look at Lu Siya.
Lusiya also looked at him blankly.
Meng Chao understood instantly.
Really... the distortion of human nature and the loss of morality!
"What is this again?"
Meng Chao pointed to another photo.
In the photo, it seems to be a funeral in Dragon King Town.
A resident of Longwang Town died, and other townspeople dug a shallow pit beside the root system of "Shenmu" and placed him between the criss-crossing root systems.
It seems that Shenmu must completely digest and absorb his body.
In the mist shrouded in the space with limited resources, in order to survive, the corpse is also a precious resource, and no bit of it can be wasted.
Meng Chao can understand and accept this funeral custom.
What he couldn't understand was why the corpse of the deceased was covered with a large poster, which turned out to be a cute anime girl?
Judging from the bright colors of the poster, it is not possible that it is the product before the crossing, but it has just been printed.
In other words, the entire Dragon King Town became completely unrecognizable until decades after the journey. The new generation of humans has forgotten most of the glory of the earth’s civilization, but still has the ability to print large posters. The printed content is still a two-dimensional animation. In the world, a very cute girl?
This is too weird!
"The new generation of Longwang Town residents have unique beliefs and customs."
Ye Xiaoxing explained,
Because their world is almost destroyed by women, they have an attitude of hatred and fear towards women in the real world. In order to prevent new women from appearing, the'sacred tree' is also based on their genetic level. , Intensified this hatred and fear.
"'Women are all demons', the depths of the brains of all the new generation of Longwangzhen residents have left such a spiritual mark.
"But after all, human beings' desire for the opposite cannot be completely covered by any spiritual imprint.
"Furthermore, in order to maintain a certain level of combat effectiveness for humans and help them hunt more monsters, Shenmu also needs to maintain the androgens of the new generation of humans at a relatively high level, and it is inevitable that some people will think about it.
"It just so happens that Longwang Town, which originally owned several mechanical and civil engineering schools, and many science and engineering students like girls in the two-dimensional world.
"In reality, women are witches and demons, which will trigger male cannibalism and lead to the destruction of Dragon King Town; but girls in the two-dimensional world are different. They are gentle, cute, and completely harmless.
"Of course, the painting styles of the real world and the animation world are so different, even if they are spiritually imprinted by Shenmu, it can be seen that the second dimension is fake.
"But what mankind is best at is self-deception, especially in such a desperate world. Girls in the two-dimensional world have become the only consolation for the new generation of mankind.
"In the unique worldview of the new generation of humans, the two-dimensional world is heaven.
"As long as you fight bravely for the'sacred tree', hunt more monsters and come back, you can enter the two-dimensional world after death, hug countless anime female characters on the left and right... Does that mean it?
"In the current Dragon King Town, all kinds of secondary element derivatives, posters like this, and lifelike dolls, are almost a new generation of humans, the only spiritual sustenance and entertainment products."
"Understood, Leader Ye, I agree with you. These guys and us are definitely not the same kind of human beings."
Meng Chao frowned deeply, "Why, Dragon City just watched Dragon King Town degenerate to such a degree, but sits idly by? We should save all these compatriots from the evil rule of the ‘sacred tree’!"
"How to save?"
Ye Xiaoxing asked, "On the one hand, Dragon King Town is too far away from Dragon City. Along the way, it has to climb over several mountains where monsters gather, and the large forces cannot expand at all.
"More importantly, the local humans have long established an unbreakable symbiotic relationship with the'Shen Mu'. Now 100% of the residents in Dragon King Town were born from the'Shen Mu'. If Dragon City really sends a strong person, go directly If you destroy the'sacred tree', guess they will fight us desperately?
"Also, don't forget what I just said. The local human digestive system is very fragile, and nothing can be digested except the juice of the'sacred tree'.
"We are quite suspicious that the juice secreted by the'sacred tree' contains mysterious ingredients that we don't know. It can't be replaced by any high-energy nutrient solution. If we destroy the'sacred tree' directly, it might make all the townsfolk starve to death.
"Even if they did not starve to death, they have lived in such an environment for too long. Their culture, morals, customs and even spirit and beliefs are all shaped around the'sacred tree', simply and rudely destroying the'sacred tree'. It will cause their spiritual world to completely collapse and fall into the pain of life is not as good as death. Can this be regarded as a real'save'?
"Whether we are willing to admit that when Dragon King Town was almost destroyed, it was the arrival of the'sacred tree' that saved the surviving human beings.
"Regardless of its original intention, whether to find a group of qualified'soldier bees' and'worker ants' for itself, at least, it does help Longwangzhen continue human civilization, albeit in a very deformed and distorted way.
"If there was no ‘sacred tree’, Dragon King’s Town would have been destroyed decades ago, and it would still be destroyed by the hands of humans.
"From this perspective, it is probably not suitable to define'sacred tree' as an enemy simply and rudely-especially when our enemies are already numerous."
Meng Chao thought about it carefully and had to admit that Ye Xiaoxing made sense.
If survival is the first need of civilization, "Shenmu" at least helped Longwangzhen survive.
For decades, it has sheltered mankind from wind and rain, thrived and thrived. It has also provided mankind with raw materials and a way to pass on wisdom to resist the invasion of monsters.
Ruining the "sacred tree" rashly will only lead to the collapse of Dragon King Town. Maybe all the townspeople will be buried for the "sacred tree".
Although Meng Chao feels that the current Dragon King Town is very deformed and distorted, this does not seem to be a reason for complete destruction. The new generation of Dragon King Town residents is not the murderer who killed each other in the past. It is innocent to love the second element!
"What is Dragon City going to do with Dragon King Town now?" Meng Chao asked.
"For the time being, I can only observe from a distance."
Ye Xiaoxing said, "When we thoroughly digest and absorb the results of the northern offensive, steadily expand Dragon City's territory, and upgrade both technology and combat effectiveness to a new level, let's solve it properly.
"Fortunately, the'sacred tree' is not a very aggressive and expansive alien creature. It is entrenched in Dragon King Town and can control a corner of the mountain col. It is satisfied, and from our long-term observation, it is also It was not discovered that the'sacred tree' possessed wisdom and consciousness. It only possessed instincts similar to queen ants and queen bees.
"But not all alien creatures are like'sacred trees'.
"Many high-level monsters have extremely strong offensiveness and superior intelligence, at least the basis for the birth of super intelligence.
"Think about it, if there is another satellite town similar to Dragon King Town, and soon after passing through, it will fall into the hands of this more aggressive monster of high intelligence, and even in order to survive, form a symbiotic relationship with the monster of high intelligence. After decades of development, will they give birth to a new civilization?"