In Li Yao's mind, the picture of the meteorite hitting Earth billions of years ago appeared.
At that time, after thirty years of thermonuclear war and the scourge of biochemical virus weapons, Earth had turned into a rusty wasteland.
As far as the eye could see, the earth was covered in a layer of dust that looked like gray snow. The dilapidated walls of the skyscrapers were like rotting corpses, and the deformed people who lived in the twisted reinforced concrete were more like maggots on a rotting corpse than intelligent life.
Against such a background, when the glamorous, glittering meteorite tore apart the atmosphere and lunged at the ground, it was more like a 'purge' and a 'rebirth' than a 'destruction'.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Under the high-speed friction of the atmosphere, the meteorite suddenly split apart, revealing its crystal clear core. The core turned into thousands of pieces that sputtered to the radiation-ridden land, the extremely twisted towns, and the empty military bases like a storm of crystals, creating countless craters dozens of kilometers in diameter. The dust waves that they raised could spread all the way to hundreds of kilometers away.
"The meteorite fragments after they split apart were three to five meters in diameter. The fall of each fragment was like the explosion of a small nuclear weapon, causing heavy damage to our planet. Thankfully, at that time, in order to avoid the nuclear radiation and the virus, most of the survivors had fled to the underground shelters. Only the deformed 'radioactive people' and 'modified people' were still living on the ground. In other words, Earth has already been reduced to such a state by us. What's the big deal about a few more meteorites?"
The voice said, "In the beginning, the news of the meteorite's fall did not attract the attention of the authorities, because the official control of the superpowers on Earth had been greatly weakened at that time. They could only effectively control a few large underground shelters and military bases, and they only had a few small-scale elite troops. They also had to be wary of each other's surprise attacks. It was very difficult for them to investigate the cause and consequences of the meteorites.
"However, the meteorites that fell from the sky soon presented bizarre and unbelievable miracles, indicating that they might be the only hope to save the civilization of mankind."
The scene in Li Yao's Sea of Consciousness jumped to a year after the meteorite fell.
At this time, the dust and debris of the meteorite had covered hundreds of square miles around the crash site. Within this range, all kinds of crops and creatures that had been ravaged or even extinct long ago had recovered their vitality. From grass to trees, from bushes to vines, from small rodents such as mice and rabbits, to ferocious beasts such as jackals, wolves, tigers, and leopards, all of them had reappeared, and they were even more agile and stronger than before.
A year ago, the barren wasteland had turned into a forest full of life.
In the depths of the forest, a Radiator with skin full of pustules, lips split into four halves, and sharp fangs was moving forward quickly with a machete in hand and a jungle camouflage uniform.
He seemed to regard the front as his only hope. No matter how terrifying the howls of the beasts around him were, he did not stop. Just like that, he stumbled all the way into the huge crater, rolling and crawling to the front of the meteorite.
What a splendid meteorite it was!
It was like a gargantuan, glittering diamond that was emitting crimson brilliance. Even though the scorching sun above its head was blocked by the branches of the trees, only the vague sunlight could sprinkle down. Through the refraction of the meteorite, the hundreds of square meters nearby were still soaked in an invisible ocean of fire.
When human beings focused their mind and stared at the depths of the meteorite, they seemed to be able to see countless mysterious patterns and stripes popping up. They were the natural constraints of spiritual energy and the magnetic field that constituted it. They were the complicated rules of energy utilization!
"Crystals!"
Li Yao's soul ripples constricted abruptly. He recognized at first glance that the meteorites that had fallen to the ancient Earth were crystals that were indispensable in the world of Cultivators!
Judging from the brilliance of the broken crystal, it contained a lot of impurities whose purity was not very high. It needed further refinement in order to trigger the most powerful energy.
But it was enough to bring new changes and hope to a world that had never sensed spiritual energy before.
The 'radiation' with a cleft lip and palate knelt on the ground and stared at the crimson crystal in front of him in a daze.
His face was somewhat in a trance and somewhat scared, but it was also full of courage and hope despite everything.
Trembling, he extended his hand toward the broken crystal.
It was not until this moment that Li Yao discovered that his right hand was full of burning scars. There were pustules on top of each other, and yellow and green pus was flowing out. It was both disgusting and pitiful.
"Radiation disease!"
Li Yao knew that the poor 'radiation' had been contaminated by excessive radiation. The gene strands inside his body had been broken, and part of his limbs had lost the ability to metabolize.
Normal people had to replace all the cells inside their body every seven days through metabolism. In other words, the life cycle of most of the cells inside a human body was only seven days.
For the people who were contaminated by radiation and whose gene strands were broken or highly mutated, their old cells would die, but they would not be able to produce new cells. They could only watch their bodies decaying bit by bit and turning into the ghastly 'living dead'.
No wonder the radiation had rushed into the jungle filled with ferocious beasts and mutated plants. It turned out that he was looking for the last chance to survive.
The radiation hesitated for a long time in front of the broken crystal. Finally, the expression on his face became resolute.
Suddenly, he swung the machete with his left hand and slashed at his right hand.
It was obvious that the radiation had trained his machete skills to be as fast as lightning in the harsh wasteland. With one slash, almost all the rotten flesh on his right hand was cut off, revealing the white bones. However, not a single tendon was damaged.
He let out a painful roar, but he endured the excruciating pain. Holding his bloody right hand, he approached the crystal fragment and even covered his wound with the soil around the crystal fragment that was faintly glowing with red light.
Then, an incredible scene happened!
When the red light flowed between the wounds, new granulation began to grow out of the seemingly incurable wounds of the Radiation Clan member. The granulation was entangled at a speed visible to the naked eye, forming a "new type of muscle" that was completely different from the arrangement of ordinary muscle fibers. However, it was tougher and stronger.
The whole process lasted for an unknown amount of time. The impact of the psionic energy and the recovery of the wound finally exhausted the radiation. He fell to the ground and fainted.
By the time the heavy rain woke him up, his arm was as good as new. The original wound on his wrist was now covered with crimson red patterns, like a flame baring its fangs and brandishing its claws. It was an exquisite tattoo.
The radiation was in a daze. Before he realized what was going on, he sensed an extremely dangerous aura.
Huala! Huala!
Not far away from him, the bushes shook. A three-meter-long crocodile suddenly jumped out and pounced toward the radiation.
"Ah!"
At this moment, the radiation's stomach was empty, and his limbs were weak. He could not dodge or run away. He could only close his eyes and wait for death.
Before he died, he instinctively waved his hand, and the crimson flowing pattern on his wrist suddenly blossomed with a dazzling light, forming a sharp light blade on the periphery of his palm. Without the slightest hindrance, he cut the crocodile's neck in half!
The huge head rolled on the ground. The head that had lost its head struggled desperately, but the wound was as smooth as a mirror. The blood vessels were sealed by the high temperature. No matter how hard the head struggled, no blood spurted out. It seemed like this scene was just an absurd dream.
Half a minute later, the crocodile's body stopped twitching.
The radiation gasped for breath. He stared at the crocodile's body and then looked at his burning right hand.
The confusion in his eyes gradually turned into ferocity. The shock on his face turned into ferocity. He suddenly grabbed the crocodile's tough body and tore it apart and swallowed it.
"Is this … the scene of the Primitive Tribe in the ancient times when the earthlings first came in contact with psionic energy?"
Li Yao could not believe it. "It's so easy to master the usage of psionic energy and learn how to 'cultivate'?"
Come to think of it, it was not that absurd.
First of all, this was just a simple introduction by the voice to explain the origin of the Primitive Civilization. In the real history, it was certainly not so easy for the primordial humans to master psionic energy and cultivate.
Secondly, the primordial humans at that time had just experienced a protracted thermonuclear war, followed by biochemical warfare, virus warfare, and genetic warfare. Most of the survivors' bodies were highly mutated, and their genetic chains were extremely unstable. They were more susceptible to the effects of external radiation and abnormal magnetic fields than the healthy humans of later generations.
As he expected, the voice went on. "A thermonuclear war is a catastrophe for a civilization, and so is the scourge of meteoroids. If either of the two catastrophes had come alone, there would've been a high chance that our civilization would've been completely wiped out. However, when the two catastrophes came one after another and overlapped, they brought new hope to our civilization and even opened the path to the sea of stars for us. That is how amazing the evolution of life and civilization are. Perhaps' luck 'or' destiny 'is the most important thing.
"The thermonuclear war and the biochemical weapons permanently changed our genes and shook the indestructible genetic chains that had been solidified for hundreds of millions of years. All the survivors entered the state of 'gene unlocking' to varying degrees.
"The scourge of meteorites that contained crystals, on the other hand, brought the first stream of spiritual energy and the first stream of spiritual energy to Earth, a 'world without spiritual energy', allowing our civilization to walk into a new era known as the 'Superspirit Era'.
"In the early days of the Superspirit Era, the radiation and the cyborgs living on the ground came into contact with the meteorite fragments everywhere. 99% of them could not withstand the impact of psionic energy, or their genetic mutations accelerated, turning them into monsters that would not appear even in nightmares.
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