Chapter 361: The Elusive Gaia

From the results available so far, primitive intelligent life has one thing in common: that is... religion!

Is religion an inevitable result of social development?

There are too few sample data, so it is difficult for people to draw a final conclusion. But from the current known intelligent civilizations, humans, indigenous lizards, Nix people, and Dig people have all developed religions...

"The development of civilization is a matter of chaos. Over a long period of time, as long as there is a slight variable, a large-scale butterfly effect can be produced."

"Correspondingly, the thinking mode of civilization will produce huge differences!"

The religious psychology of the Dig people is deeply rooted, and the biggest reason is the existence of the variable "Gaia creatures".

"Think about it, a modern man facing a powerful Gaia creature, he will be curious, sigh, and want to study..."

"What if it is a primitive man?"

"When he sees something that he can't understand, he will naturally think it is the work of gods... And this god, from being illusory to real existence, religious thinking becomes more deeply rooted."

A picture began to play on the screen, showing a group of indigenous people doing various religious rituals, "From our point of view, their way of thinking is quite strange. Almost everyone is a fanatic, and when talking about their sea god, they become quite fanatical..."

"Many ancient wars and even modern wars are caused by religion, because...the sea gods they believe in are different!"

"Some people call it 'Umolu', some call it 'Umoro', and the different beliefs of each country have caused wars..."

Yu Yifeng nodded: "It's not difficult to understand. This kind of war has also appeared in our development history."

People in every region like to describe gods as themselves. Europeans think that God is "white", and Indians think that Sakyamuni is "Indian". Anyway, the gods are all on their side.

When white people are not used to "gods who look like black people" and black people are not used to "gods who look like white people", black and white people will inevitably fight to the death for their "true gods", their "faiths" and their "collectives".

Of course, this kind of religious war is not only for religious beliefs, but also for reasons such as plundering wealth and population... Perhaps the latter is the main factor...

The female host smiled and continued: "We have selected these religious stories from the primitive times, and we don't know which ones are true or fabricated... We need to look at them dialectically!"

The first religious story began to play on the screen:

At that time, the entire civilization was still in the most primitive tribal period, and there lived a fisherman named "Tulatin" on the coast.

Fisherman is a very noble and important profession for the entire tribe, and it is a "honorific title".

Tualatin is a good fisherman. With his keen intuition and agile skills, he can often find more marine food than ordinary people. In addition, he is the son of the chief and has a high status in the tribe.

However, the natural environment at that time was harsh, and food was always the first priority for primitive tribes...

Because many marine creatures will migrate seasonally, if the tribe wants to eat enough, they have to migrate with them.

Migration brings unrest. There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. If different tribes are too close, wars will occur.

In order to compete for fertile fishing grounds, land resources, or to rob slaves, etc.... There are always so many reasons for war.

"The survival resources obtained through gathering or hunting alone are very limited and quite unstable, so the average life expectancy of the Dig people at that time was only 20 years old...

"Blood and killing were the norm of that era. This is also the similarity of most primitive civilizations... [When food and clothing have not been solved on a large scale, morality is difficult to breed. ]"

"Unfortunately, the tribe where Tualatin belongs was defeated in a war, and he himself became a slave."

From the son of the chief to becoming a slave, it is unacceptable for anyone... The slaves work from morning till night, but they can only keep a small part of the food they get. Whether they can eat enough depends on the grace of the master.

"God, have you abandoned us? "Many slaves complained.

But Tualatin didn't think so. He was a fanatical believer of the sea god. He was very disdainful when he heard these complaints. He believed that everything... was just the gods testing him!

In order to show his piety, whenever he got food, he would secretly sacrifice one-third of it in a fixed area to the "sea god" in his mind.

Every few days, he would dig a hole on the beach and put the food in the hole. Whenever the tide rose, the food would disappear and the sand pit would be filled back.

He believed that the "sea god" took this part away, The sea god accepted his gift!

One day, he came to the beach again and suddenly found that the small sand pit had turned into a big sand pit! There were actually a few lively fish in it!

[God never abandons anyone, but people abandon God! ]

The story ends with this paragraph. Telling everyone to be a devout believer...

Well, it is a typical religious writing, quite nonsensical, and confusing.

Yu Yifeng also frowned. If this story appeared on Earth, he would think it was nonsense or a naughty child's mischief.

But on the planet Dige 114, and it's that kind of primitive era... then there is a certain possibility. Because this planet is different after all, there is also an algae group consciousness...

Do Gaian beings really do this and why? pity? mercy?

"I would like to ask, how much communication has Gaia's creatures had with the indigenous people from ancient times to the present?" Yu Yifeng stood up and asked.

The host replied: "In fact, it is extremely rare. It has always been extremely rare! The story of Tualatin is the first example recorded in writing, and it is called a 'miracle'... It was at this time that the gods were in their minds, From fiction to reality, to real existence!”

"Does it have self-awareness and really wants to be a god? Does it have great compassion?" A biologist speculated, "Maybe this story is just fabricated...a random story. "

Since there was no result from the discussion, the second story was played on the screen:

Since Tualatin, more and more people have begun to imitate the sacrifices. Tualatin himself became the "Son of Poseidon" and escaped the fate of slavery.

However, the sea god "Umolu" has an elusive temperament and rarely responds to such sacrifices. No one has ever seen the true appearance of the sea god.

They only know that Poseidon...will give gifts!

Poseidon's character is elusive, but he is very generous with his actions. Often, only a small price of food can be exchanged for a lot of fish!

Sometimes there are just a few, sometimes it's...a pond! A pond of fish... This is simply a great gift!

Although this kind of "miracle" only occurs once every few years or even decades, the Dige people still pray tirelessly and beg the gods for help.

The number of failures can only be said to be because I am not pious enough. Occasionally, there is no one success out of ten, and you will immediately become a master! No one dares to go against the "Son of Poseidon"!

As a result, this beach became a place blessed by "gods"...

More and more tribes heard this rumor and moved here to try to worship.

They fought fiercely, and wars became more and more frequent. Each tribe wanted to monopolize this territory and drive out other tribes to prove... that they were the "real son of Poseidon"!

This was the original idea about the country. After years of conquest, a small country was formed.

"It's very strange. The formation of the country is actually related to the gods. I have to say that this Gaia creature promoted the development of primitive people to a certain extent."

Fortunately, due to the formation of the country, various divisions of labor and functions have become more specific, and so many people have been miraculously fed...

However, in the thirty-eighth year after Tualatin passed away, a huge tsunami occurred, inundating many surrounding villages and causing heavy damage to the Dige people on the seaside.

In this religious text it is written:

[People's sacrifices are just to obtain gifts and status from the gods, not about piety... Because of people's greed, God became angry, and for thousands of years, no one can receive God's gifts again. 】