Resurrection of all mankind

Chapter 175 Golden Age
"Improving your cultivation by acquiring knowledge?" Li Xiu asked calmly, "Do you have any techniques? If so, pass them over to me."

"Not yet." Xie Shen replied, "But I'm about to go to a place called 'Science Academy'. If nothing unexpected happens, there should be some cultivation techniques related to science there."

"That's good."

Li Xiu continued, "A cultivation method based on a scientific system like this is of great reference value to us."

"If conditions permit, we must try our best to get the skills."

As he spoke, Li Xiu suddenly passed the Shendao Ding and handed a spherical glass bottle to Xie Shen.

He inquired, "Since the unspeakable creatures on your planet feed on human desire for knowledge."

"Then it corresponds."

"There should be black mist on this planet, generated by human beings' thirst for knowledge, right?"

"Yes." Xie Shen responded quickly: "The humans on this planet call the black mist 'endless energy'."

"Don't say it."

“That’s a pretty apt name.”

Xie Shen explained: "It's different from the black fog on our Earth that is generated by painful emotions."

"The black mist generated by the desire for knowledge on this planet can serve as the energy source for almost all high-tech equipment."

"For example, laser guns, position shields, etc."

"Station Shield?" Li Xiu's tone fluctuated slightly as he asked, "The scientists on your planet actually have equipment like the Stand Shield?"

Xie Shen replied: "Yes, there are, but they are only disposable, or the kind that will be scrapped after 2-3 uses."

“It can be used to save lives, but it’s not worth mass-producing.”

"After all, we have cultivation techniques that can improve a person's strength, don't we?"

"That kind of disposable consumables are not of much help to us."

"Forget it then." Li Xiu returned to the point and said, "Put some of the black mist from your planet, or endless energy, into a glass bottle and pass it to me using the Divine Dao Cauldron. I plan to study its properties to see if it has any value for use."

"That's easy." Xie Shen responded, and hurriedly imitated Geng Tianhua's method to introduce a small amount of endless energy into the glass bottle.

After returning the glass bottle containing endless energy to Li Xiu, Xie Shen cut off contact with him.

The night is long.

Because cultivators in the God Transformation Stage do not need to rest.

Xie Shen then used the remaining time to quietly absorb the endless energy floating between heaven and earth.
...

The next day.

Father Geng Tianhua woke up Geng Tao and Geng Yizi early.

He led the team from south to north and soon arrived at a small town not far from Gu Qingcheng.

"We've arrived." Geng Tianhua said to Xie Shen and the others, "This town is located in the south of Guqing City, so people generally call it 'South Town'. The Academy of Sciences I mentioned earlier is hidden in this town."

"This place is quite remote." Xie Shen added.

"There's nothing we can do." Geng Tianhua said helplessly, "In fact, a long time ago, we scientists didn't have to hide our identities like this."

"At that time, the technological level of the entire Zhiyu Star was unprecedentedly advanced."

"Especially after discovering endless energy."

In town.

Geng Tianhua said as he walked: "With endless energy, scientists on Zhiyu Star not only developed various high-tech equipment, but also began to develop aerospace technology, preparing to lead all mankind to explore outer space. This period of history was later called the Golden Age."

"That stand shield I used earlier, and the micro laser gun."

“Those are the products of the golden age.”

That's it!

Hearing this, Xie Shen's eyes suddenly showed enlightenment.

——After seeing the high-tech equipment in Geng Tianhua's hands, he always felt that those equipment were somewhat incompatible with the style of this world.

After all, those equipment cannot be made just by having the corresponding drawings.

Producers also need to have an industrialized production line.

Such as screws, springs, iron pipes and so on.

All of these can only be mass-produced with the help of modern assembly lines.

So Xie Shen never figured it out.

In such a backward environment, how did scientists like Geng Tianhua produce such high-tech equipment?

It took a long time.

Those equipments were actually the products left over from the golden age in the past.

This way, everything has a reasonable explanation.

There was only one question that Xie Shen could figure out.

He asked Geng Tianhua: "So why has Zhiyu Star suddenly become so backward? Is it because of the war?"

"No."

Geng Tianhua smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I hope that all this is because of the war."

"After all, no matter how fierce the war is, it will not cause the civilization of our planet of wisdom and stupidity to regress."

"Uh"

Geng Tianhua said, and suddenly added: "Even if civilization regresses because of war, it will not degenerate to the point it is now."

"Nowadays, it's hard to find a lighter or even a match to cook."

"Most people lived with flint and steel."

"So what is the reason for the decline of civilization?" Xie Shen repeated the question again.

Geng Tianhua said: "It's because of the abuse of endless energy."

"Endless energy is a double-edged sword"

"It has brought convenience to us humans, but at the same time, it has also brought us unimaginable horrific pollution."

"For example, the 'private school' I told you about before is just one of the many types of pollution caused by endless energy."

"I don't understand this." Xie Shen asked in confusion: "Since using endless energy will pollute the entire planet, why don't you just not use it? Can't you just develop technology normally, and develop technology that doesn't rely on endless energy?"

Geng Tianhua sighed and said, "It's easy for you to say that."

“But you know”

"During the golden age of Zhiyu, nearly 90% of the instruments and equipment on the entire planet were driven by endless energy."

"The endless energy at that time had already been integrated into the daily production and life of all mankind."

"Unless all human beings are extinct, how can we stop just like that?"

It is true.

Xie Shen followed Geng Tianhua's words and said, "So since then, pollution has begun to spread across the entire planet?"

"Ah."

Geng Tianhua said: "It is said that once bitten by a snake, one will be afraid of the rope for ten years."

"Ever since the pollution spread to the planet of wisdom and stupidity, people have regarded science as a scourge."

"Whether it's technology that relies on endless energy or technology that doesn't rely on endless energy."

"In short, all is cut off with one stroke."

“As science is banned, the public becomes increasingly ignorant.”

"As time went on, the church that believed in the only true God, Ksun, began to grow up."

Kesun?

Could it be an indescribable creature with two words?
Driven by curiosity, Xie Shen asked tentatively: "What exactly is the Ksun like? Can you describe it?"

"I don't know," Geng Tianhua shook his head and said, "After all, I'm just a junior scientist at the Academy of Sciences."

"The church and I are naturally at odds."

"So there is no way I can know the secrets of the church."

"The only thing I know for sure is that the witches and missionaries in the church all get their powers from Ksun."

Xie Shen caught the key point in Geng Tianhua's words. He was a little surprised and said, "The witches and missionaries in the church actually have supernatural powers?"

"If there really is divine power.
"Then why was the witch who came to the village killed by your laser gun?"

in a small town.

While Xie Shen was talking with Geng Tianhua, the four of them had unknowingly arrived at a quiet and deserted alley.

There is a wooden door at the end of the alley.

Geng Tianhua walked forward, knocked lightly on the wooden door, and continued to reply to Xie Shen: "The reason why the witch was killed by my laser gun was because she also had the power of a missionary. There is a difference between them."

“Just like us scientists.”

"They are also divided into different levels such as entry level, elementary level, advanced level, and master level."

"If nothing unexpected happens, the witch I shot dead earlier should only have entry-level strength."

When we talked about this.

Xie Shen and the other four only heard a burst of light footsteps behind the wooden door of the alley.

next second.

I only heard an old voice coming from behind the door: "Who is this?"

Geng Tianhua quickly responded, "Mr. Niu, it's me, Geng Tianhua."

After hearing the familiar voice, Mr. Niu opened the wooden door a crack and took a look outside through the gap.

Only after confirming that the person coming was indeed Geng Tianhua did Mr. Niu feel at ease to open the wooden door.

He glanced at Xie Shen and others behind Geng Tianhua and asked casually, "Are these the three from your family?"

"Ah."

Geng Tianhua smiled bitterly and said, "My research was discovered by the villagers."

"They took advantage of my indifference and knocked me down with hemp arrows. They even brought people from the church here."

"I was really pushed to the limit, so I used the contaminated equipment."

"In the end, the whole village was polluted."

"I had no choice but to leave there."

talking.

Geng Tianhua did not forget to turn around and explain to Xie Shen and the others: "The so-called contaminated equipment refers to those high-tech weapons that rely on endless energy to drive them."

Follow behind Mr. Niu.

After Xie Shen and his companions passed through a long and narrow corridor, they saw a sudden change in the surrounding scene.

——What caught everyone's eyes was a high-tech laboratory with a very modern atmosphere.

This laboratory is soundproofed.

You can also see various instruments and equipment such as machine tools, laboratory tables, electric lamps, culture dishes, alcohol lamps, etc.

What surprised Xie Shen the most was the robot sitting on the machine tool.

Seeing Xie Shen staring at the robot in silence, Geng Tianhua hurriedly explained: "The person sitting on the machine tool is a skeleton born in the golden age."

"Bone man?" Xie Shen frowned after hearing this.

Geng Tianhua explained: "The bodies of the Skeleton People are made of steel."

"But they look like a skeleton overall, so they are called 'bone men'."

“In the golden age.”

"That was the period when the technology related to endless energy reached its peak."

"In order to remain immortal and prolong their lives, some high-ranking human leaders asked scientists to help them build countless mechanical bodies."

"Through surgery, those human leaders transplanted their brains into mechanical bodies."

"And then there are the skeletons you see now."

Strange to say.

Geng Tianhua, Xie Shen and others were clearly talking loudly about the skeleton man.

But the skeleton man at the center of the topic did not have any extreme reaction.

It just sat there on the machine tool.

Only occasionally would he turn his head and glance at Xie Shen and the others.

"This bone man..."

Xie Shen noticed that something was wrong with the other party.

He asked Geng Tianhua: "Has he been stimulated by something?"

"Ah."

Geng Tianhua replied: "Bone people don't need to eat like humans."

"They only need to absorb a certain amount of endless energy regularly to maintain their life needs."

“But didn’t I just say that?”

"Because of the endless energy, it has brought extremely serious pollution to the entire Zhiyu Star."

"So for a period of time, all high-tech equipment will be suppressed by the church and other mainstream human forces."

"This includes the Skeleton Man."

"The suppressed skeletons cannot absorb enough endless energy on a regular basis."

"This means that when their energy is exhausted, they can only lie down or sit in the same place and can do almost nothing."

Geng Tianhua emphasized: "The pain is really more torturous than being in prison."

"After all, when people are in prison, at least they have cellmates with whom they can occasionally talk, or stretch their muscles in the cell."

"But the skeletons can neither speak nor move their bodies."

"Among these skeletons."

“Some were buried underground due to accidents.”

"Some skeletons were discarded in warehouses as antiques by the nobles who rose after the Golden Age."

"Their thoughts and consciousness are forever trapped in the iron frame, suffering near-eternal torture."

In the laboratory.

Geng Tianhua looked at the skeleton sitting on the machine tool.

He finally asked a question in return: "Just imagine, under such endless torture, which bone man would not go crazy?"

Magic.

After listening to Geng Tianhua's story, Xie Shen immediately had an idea in his mind:
On Earth.

Regarding brain transplantation technology, scientists led by Li Xiu have attempted it more than once.

But all attempts failed in the end without exception.

Like the brain.

Li Xiu has always wanted to build a mechanical body for it, but he has never succeeded because he could not solve the rejection reaction.

And there is Xue Guoer.

Under the influence of the silver demon, her own desires were infinitely magnified.

Finally, under the erosion of endless desire, she was forced to give up her body.

Li Xiu also wanted to build a mechanical body for her.

But in the same way.

Not long after Xue Guoer's brain was transplanted into the mechanical body, she died suddenly due to an immune rejection reaction.

Unexpectedly, with the blessing of endless energy.

Scientists on the planet Zhiyu had solved the problem of rejection reactions countless years ago and developed related technology for skeletons.

Now the brain can finally have a body of its own.

(End of this chapter)