Wu Sheng: I can adapt to evolution

Chapter 157 The Spark of Civilization

Lu Ming carried the stove and went upstairs.

The high priest was still sitting on the mat, without saying a word.

Lu Ming lit the stove naturally, then filled a pot with water and started to boil it.

Seeing that the high priest had no intention of speaking, he took the tea leaves from the shelf beside him and brewed two bowls of tea with the boiled water.

One bowl was brought to the high priest, and the other bowl was gulped down by himself.

Although the hot water was extremely hot, it couldn't hurt him at all.

The chief priest picked up the tea bowl and took a sip.

"Alas, with your brewing skills, this tea is really wasted."

He frowned and sighed slightly.

Lu Ming didn't feel anything. That was just how tea was. In his previous life, he always used a thermos to make tea. As long as it was drinkable, he didn't care about anything else.

"Tell me, did you discover anything?"

Just when Lu Ming was thinking about how to speak first, the chief priest suddenly put down his tea bowl and asked directly.

"Found...what?"

Lu Ming's heart skipped a beat. He intuitively knew what the High Priest was going to say, but he didn't quite believe it.

"What else can it be? It's just..."

The chief priest smiled, dipped his finger in the tea bowl, and wrote the words "Ku Chan" on the table.

Lu Ming couldn't help but stand up, his eyes suddenly widened.

It turns out that Wu Miao also knows the name of the evil god of destruction. Does that mean that Wu Miao also knows that the star of destruction is about to descend upon the world?
"So... can we stop this from happening?"

At this moment, infinite hope suddenly surged in Lu Ming's heart. After he learned that other people also knew about this matter, he felt like he had found a comrade-in-arms to fight together with him.

With the strength of the Martial Temple, perhaps all this can be saved.

"No."

But one word from the high priest extinguished all his hopes.

"Why... why?"

Lu Ming's brain suddenly froze. The high priest's decisive response left him at a loss.

It doesn’t mean that there are countless evil gods outside the world, and the Martial Temple can protect the human world and prevent those evil gods from destroying all living beings.

Why are we powerless to stop an evil god from destroying the world?

"Do you know how far back in human history we can trace it?"

The high priest did not explain to Lu Ming, but just asked in return.

"Um...about three thousand years ago."

"At that time, the Yu Dynasty emerged and lasted for eight hundred years before being destroyed by the Xia Dynasty. The Xia Dynasty lasted for twelve hundred years before being destroyed by the Qian Dynasty, which has lasted for a thousand years..."

The dynasties in this world are very long-lasting because they are supported by the Temple of Martial Arts.

Generally speaking, as long as the court is obedient, the dynasty can continue.

But some people have been in power for too long and always want to be the only one in power and get rid of the constraints of the Temple of War. In the end, the Temple of War can only choose to change the dynasty.

The change of dynasties has nothing to do with whether the king is unjust or popular.

"Then... what about three thousand years ago?"

The high priest continued to ask.

Lu Ming was actually stumped by the question. In fact, he also had doubts when reading history books. Generally speaking, early history books would compile some stories from the tribal period that were close to mythology, and then gradually transition to the dynasty era.

But this world seemed to have been unified from the beginning by a dynasty, entering the feudal period directly. It was as if civilization was born all at once, with no development process in between.

"Yeah, what was it like three thousand years ago? It should be the tribal period. Humans used stone as their main tool and hadn't yet mastered the skills of metal smelting. Even before that, humans might still be monkeys, and slowly evolved from monkeys into humans."

Lu Ming started talking nonsense.

"Nonsense."

The high priest started laughing at what he said. What a mess.

"Three thousand years ago, or four thousand years ago to be exact, there was a dynasty called Wu. Its national strength was comparable to today's. Before that, there were the Yue, Tang, Gao, and Tang dynasties. This lasted until nine thousand years ago. Before that, as you said, it was the tribal era."

The chief priest explained to Lu Ming.

"So...what happened four thousand years ago?"

Lu Ming keenly noticed that there was a gap of one thousand years between four thousand years ago and three thousand years ago.

"The evil god."

"What do you think Wu Hai looks like?"

The smile on the high priest's face gradually faded.

Lu Ming had seen Wu Hai from a high place. It was almost the shape of a palm print, with five fingers clearly visible, but it covered an area of ​​thousands of hectares, vast and boundless.

"Four thousand years ago, an evil god from outside the domain named [Tianhuang], for unknown reasons, unexpectedly broke through the barrier between heaven and man, and struck the earth with an extremely powerful palm, leaving a huge palm print on the ground."

"Then, heaven and earth collapsed, and heavy rain fell for a full hundred years. The sea rose, swallowing up the entire world. Ninety-nine percent of the billions of people in the world died."

"Only a few hundred thousand people are left alive."

"After another hundred years, the flood waters gradually receded, and life began to reappear on the land."

"But at this time, humans discovered to their horror that a strange and powerful creature had appeared in the world. It was called a demon beast."

"Humans are no match for demonic beasts, but they are intelligent. Some humans have surprisingly grasped the method of strengthening their Qi and blood from the traces of this giant palm print. Perhaps the remnants left by the evil god were still quite clear at that time. At that time, many highly skilled warriors emerged, and some even relied on martial arts to forcibly break through to the seventh or even eighth level."

"Since then, the Martial Temple has been established. It uses its powerful military force and the information left behind by the previous civilization to help humanity reproduce."

"After nearly a thousand years of recuperation, the Yu Dynasty was established."

The chief priest patiently told Lu Ming the history of that era.

Lu Ming understood a little of what he said. There were also stories about great floods and monsters raging among the people, but legends were just legends after all, and they were very different from real history.

"So, now you understand, humans have no chance of resistance when facing evil gods."

"Even a single palm strike from the evil god can destroy the world."

"And what descended this time was the Heretic God's true form, a massive star thousands of miles in radius."

The high priest shook his head. Even if he tried every possible means, he could not resist this world destruction.

Lu Ming also fell silent. He was now even more pessimistic than before.

"But perhaps the world will be destroyed, but human civilization may be able to survive like the last catastrophe. Even if it takes longer and the road is more difficult."

The high priest took a deep breath and suddenly spoke.

"What other chances are there?"

Lu Ming doesn't care whether civilization can be preserved, he only cares whether he can survive.

If he died, what was the point of leaving civilization behind? He had no sense of belonging to this world.

"you……"

"You might be the only thing keeping civilization alive."

(End of this chapter)