Chapter 54: Natural Allies
Facing Liu Yu's question, Zhou Cheng pondered for a moment and slowly said, "Since it is an unconventional existence, then the Moon God's existence must be very special and difficult to imagine."
Liu Yu nodded silently and fell into deep thought again.
It was already late at night and the whole city was silent, as if an attempt that had just ended, which concerned the vital interests and destiny of everyone and involved the life and death of the entire civilization, had not brought any impact to the world.
Or maybe... even those who supported the implementation of this plan didn't actually hold much hope that the Moon Goddess would agree.
After all, people have been disappointed too many times in the past few decades and have long been accustomed to failure.
Time passes by little by little.
The little monkey seemed unable to bear the tiredness. He stretched out like an anthropomorphic being, then climbed into the cradle and curled up comfortably.
After a long moment, Liu Yu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly said, "Do you think our Earth has gained consciousness? Well, some science fiction works have described it before, and it's called something like... 'Gaia consciousness' or something like that.
While it's difficult to imagine a planet possessing consciousness, and there's no scientific evidence to support it, let's ignore the underlying principles and types for now, and consider how, if a so-called 'Gaia consciousness' truly exists, it could render us infertile. Judging solely by its motivation, Gaia certainly possesses that motivation.
Liu Yu slowed down his speech, thinking as he slowly said, "Look, as an unprecedented intelligent race in the history of the Earth, we humans, even in the feudal era, or even earlier in the slave era, have the ability to transform the environment that no other species can match.
As early as the slave era, primitive dams appeared to block rivers, and mining and metal smelting activities also appeared.
We can also cut down trees on a large scale, slash-and-burn agriculture, and even change the elemental composition of the atmosphere. We have unprecedentedly changed, or even destroyed, the Earth's environment...
This kind of thing has never happened in the billions of years since the creation of the Earth. Not even the dinosaurs, once the most powerful species besides humans, could do it.
Assuming that the so-called "Gaia consciousness" really exists on Earth, it is very likely that it is not accustomed to this kind of change, or destruction. Based on this, it is fully motivated to eliminate us, these annoying "parasites" or "bacteria", in order to restore itself to its previous state.
At the same time, 'Gaia Consciousness' also fully meets the five conditions we put forward earlier.
It is on the earth because it is the earth itself;
It is threatened by us because we have changed it as never before;
This threat has nothing to do with the level of technology - because long before technology even began to emerge, we already possessed transformation capabilities far exceeding those of any other species;
Its existence is unconventional, so unconventional that it only existed in science fiction works in the past;
And, if Gaia consciousness really exists, then it is very likely to be intelligent. After all, if it is not intelligent, why do we think it exists? "
After saying this last point, Liu Yu looked at Zhou Cheng hopefully: "Tell me, is it possible?"
When Liu Yu just proposed the so-called "Gaia consciousness", Zhou Cheng felt a sense of absurdity that was almost overwhelming.
This was really unimaginable for him who had undergone complete and rigorous scientific training.
However, as Liu Yu continued to narrate each story, Zhou Cheng had to suppress the absurdity in his heart and began to examine this possibility with an extremely serious attitude.
After thinking for a long time, Zhou Cheng shook his head.
"No, even if we put aside the existence type of 'Gaia Consciousness' and how it has made our human civilization infertile, even if Gaia Consciousness really exists and it really has this ability, it is unlikely to be the mastermind behind it. No, it is almost impossible."
Liu Yu was stunned for a moment: "Why?"
"First, at which stage of human civilization's development did the most damage to the Earth's environment occur?"
Liu Yu answered immediately without having to think: "The early stages of industrial development."
"Yes. Only in the early stages of industrial development did we humans wantonly destroy the environment, discharge sewage, open mountains and mine, cut down trees, and destroy the ecology.
Once we have passed the initial stages of development, like us in our peak period, humans will begin to pay attention to environmental protection.
You can also see these developments - we have even established a special environmental protection department to use administrative power to enforce environmental protection policies.
The rivers on Earth began to become clear again, the mountains were covered with green trees again, desertification was curbed, animal populations began to recover, and so on.
From this, we can conclude that the higher the level of technology, the better the environmental protection.
We even have reason to believe that once humans truly evolve into an interstellar civilization, the entire Earth will be regarded as a most special planet and will be protected in the most stringent manner.
Ultimately, we humans evolved from the Earth's environment. No one likes a home filled with sewage, garbage, and stinking odors. No one would tolerate such a state of affairs in their home.
This is something engraved in our genes, it is our nature and can never be changed. Based on this, protecting the Earth is our instinct, something we will inevitably do once we are out of the crisis of survival.
To some extent, the development and strength of humanity is in the interests of Gaia consciousness—if it really exists.”
Liu Yu retorted, "If it weren't for humans, Gaia wouldn't have had to endure the catastrophe that struck humanity in its early days. Besides, how can it ensure that once human civilization becomes technologically advanced enough to detect its existence, it won't be used to do something terrible?
Stifling human civilization in its early stages of development suits its needs.”
"It's still not right."
Zhou Cheng shook his head again: "If even the so-called 'Gaia consciousness' can exist, then based on the 'Earth Mediocre Principle', there must be more types of strange and bizarre existences in the universe.
How can the Gaia consciousness of the Earth ensure that it will not be harmed by other malicious people in the universe in the future?
Even without mentioning these intelligent malicious beings, even if it is some celestial bodies like asteroids that are rampaging in the universe, once they face the threat of impact, who can the Gaia consciousness of the Earth rely on to save it?
This kind of thing is not uncommon in the history of the earth.
Ultimately, Earth is the home of our civilization. No matter how advanced we become, we will not allow Earth to be threatened if we have a choice.
In the final analysis...if the Earth really has consciousness, then we humans are its natural allies. We can even say that we are allies with a blood relationship, and we have a natural foundation of mutual trust.
How could it possibly destroy us humans?"
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