481 Harmony Era (1/2)
Chapter 481: Harmony Era
Translator: _Min_Editor: Rundi
The scene changed.
It was still the tidal-locked planet, but its geographic landscape altered drastically.
An orange line divided the planet's surface with one side always facing the sun.
One side was vibrant green, while the other was crimson red.
That colonization ship was nowhere to be seen.
For some reason, Jiang Chen felt like the planet was moving.
It felt like the planet was a living creature rather than dead.
”What happened to the Battle Era?” Looking down at everything, Jiang Chen was intrigued.
At the same time, a person surfaced beside him.
In the queen uniform, looking elegant, she stood straight with hands behind her back, looking solemnly forward.
”The War Era is over, right now it is the Harmony Era.”
”It is over? Did the humans lose?”
”No.”
”Did the mutants lose?”
To Jiang Chen's surprise, she shook her head again.
”No.”
”Then what happened?” Jiang Chen persisted.
”Common prosperity.”
She only said two words before drifting to the planet.
At the same time, without control of his own body, Jiang Chen flew along with her.
”Humans used hundreds of years and didn't eliminate mosquitos and cockroaches. We are not greater than our ancestor. We spent a thousand year without eliminating our enemy. So there was no victor in this war. Everyone compromised. Or, everyone sacrificed something.”
”I don't understand.” Jiang Chen frowned.
”We chose to fuse.”
Jiang Chen recollected the words of Academician Qin, and he seemed to have understood something, but he didn't understand why they took this path.
”Steel is the foundation of industry, but this planet's metal reserve is extremely scarce. The cost of space mining was also too high which made developing industries extremely difficult. On the other hand, due to the influence of the constant solar wind from the Red Dwarf, our electronic equipment had a higher failure rate.”
”Our industry was going into a dead end and even began to regress. With production, we could no longer equip more armies, and the balance began to tip to the mutants' favor. But just then, a great biologist stood out and proposed a new ideology to the evolutionized civilization – Harmony. With this, the Harmony Era began to unfold.”
”We used calculation cells to replace digital chips. We used the highly efficient biological computer to replace quantum computers. Then, we changed our own genetics to expand our 23 pairs of chromosomes to 139 pairs. Through the selective expression, we differentiated into scientists, producers, combatants, and commanders.
”All the problems were solved. We no longer relied on metal. This planet's rich carbon and oxygen supply are at our disposal. Every ”person” is independent but also the ”cell” of the civilization. At the same time, we stopped our attack on mutants. We began to communicate with them, then marriage, before integrating together.”
[Fu*king a bug?]
”This is crazy!” Jiang Chen had to interrupt this bewildering idea.
For some reason, a bunch of random hentai popped up in his head with octopus and tentacles.
”Was it crazy when the black and white first married?” She asked.
Jiang Chen stopped, not being able to say a word.
”In the 17th century it is indeed crazy, but not in the 20th century. Without eliminating the other, understanding was the only solution.”
Then, she skipped over the irrelevant question and pointed at the green planet.
”It is just like a giant tree. The part facing the sun is the leaf, and the back is the tree trunk. We used an entire century to complete this project. The leaf provides the energy and nutrients for our civilization to form the atmospheric environment on this planet. Water circulates between the veins and carries the excess energy to the back of the truck. The truck is the area where everyone lives.”
Jiang Chen followed her finger. He murmured at the half green, half red planet.
”This tree is too massive.”
”It is not that big. Compared to the entire universe, it is more like a seed,” she said quietly.
”What about the humans?”
”All the neo-humans live under the leaf. Everyone is independent and a collective group.”
”Then who are you?”
Just as he asked this, Jiang Chen saw the shadow turn into a different form. A graceful princess gown replaced the empire uniform. The yellow face turned pale white with a hooked nose.
”I'm the main consciousness of the nest. All the consciousness is born from me, so I'm the queen. As to the form, I can be Wu Zetian, I can be Elizabeth or Ekaterina. We no longer possess the concept of ”Art,” so I could only search through historical records to show you the figures that appeared through history.
”… And why are you showing me this?”
The Queen looked at Jiang Chen.
”To spread the seed of civilization to further places.”
Jiang Chen held his breath. Although as an embodiment of consciousness, he didn't need to breathe.
The Queen continued.
”We used our constructed high-resolution biological telescope to confirm the status of the mother planet. Although all the records are from 20.5 years away based on comparing planetary stats, we confirmed your civilization level. Based on time, you are at the beginning of the 21st century.”
”You're outdated compared to us.”
”So we decided to return.”
”94 years ago, we finally built a colonization ship capable of ensuring our survival. To prevent crossing dimensions, we decide to traverse through the three-dimensional universe.”
”We'll bring your civilization and help you interrogate with nature.”
Like a declaration of war, the queen declared the cruel reality.
”But we don't need your help,” Jiang Chen said with uneasiness.
Although he knew that even if he said that, they wouldn't care.
Just like…
”Just like the Homo Erectus and Neanderthals ultimately losing to the Homo Sapiens. Humans view the Homo Sapiens as their ancestors from which they evolve into the ”modern human”. Blood must accompany the evolution of the civilization, and we agree with blood.” The Queen spoke out the cruel words emotionlessly.
”Wait, didn't you say, you traveled to a parallel world?” Jiang Chen realized something.
”Yes.” The Queen blinked and looked at Jiang Chen without expression.
The sight made him feel extremely uneasy.
Unfortunately, the queen's words made his unease turn into a reality.
”We are currently located on your home planet.”
[That's impossible!]
Jiang Chen's suddenly flinched.
[How does she know that I can interdimensional travel! How could she confirm my coordinates in that world!]