Schiller was currently in a huge temple.
Although it is a temple, it is more like a functional residence built by modern people, with some temple style added. Ancient symbols and words are also engraved on various decorations and walls.
There is a huge crystal pillar in the center of the temple, which is the kind of red crystal that Stark once found underground. It is just that it is much larger than the crystal underground, and the red light is much more dazzling.
At this time, surrounding the red crystal is a piece of technological equipment that looks like a modern invention. A glass cover emitting blue light covers the crystal. Above and below are energy extraction devices connected to the ceiling and floor.
Schiller knew the story of the Herve before anyone else.
When Schiller got the first totem pole fragment, he discovered that the words and symbols on it were not simple. They did not seem to be common words used by primitive civilization at all. They were highly abstracted and generalized, which meant that manufacturing The civilization of such totems must have been highly developed a long time ago.
Schiller knew that in the vast universe, human beings are a relatively young civilization. People often say that human civilization has just stepped out of its cradle, but in fact, in the eyes of many highly developed interstellar civilizations, human beings who still need to rely on the resources of the earth are completely in the womb of their mothers. Not yet born.
But this is not the case for this civilization that calls itself the Hewei. They have established developed cities and mature civilized societies millions of years ago.
Just as several other people have speculated, the Hewei people are a highly developed magic civilization, or an energy civilization. They have been favored by God since they were born.
Just like the oil that humans have, there is something called Hewe crystal under the surface of the mother earth of the Hewe people, which is the red crystal in front of Schiller.
But unlike oil, the energy provided by this crystal is naturally symbiotic with the life born on this planet. The Hewei people can replenish their physical strength through the energy in the crystal. The powder of the crystal can be widely added to food and drinks. It can also be used in industrial manufacturing, medicine, and even agriculture.
Schiller looked at the people who jumped down from the ceiling and came to the temple and said: "What a lucky civilization. Their science has just begun to discover the ether element."
Both Iron Man and Batman know what he is referring to. The ether element is a universal material and energy envisioned by ancient philosophers. Simply put, anything that cannot be observed and utilized is the ether element, which is a reaction element. It is also the medium, both the highest expression of all elements and their foundation.
During the investigation, Lord Batman did not see the natural manifestation of the Hervey Crystal with his own eyes, but he saw samples in the research institute and found the basic theory describing this crystal in a school.
"But this is not normal." Stark said: "There may be civilizations that are lucky enough to find more universal energy or materials on their home planet, but it will never be so perfect and suitable. This is not It is in line with the laws of natural evolution.”
Lord Batman turned to look at Stark. He found that Stark's tone was very firm, as if he had really done an investigation. Loki also nodded and said, "I have been following the gods since I came of age. The Father is roaming in the universe, and those advanced interstellar civilizations are all lucky and have a pretty good start."
"But no civilization has found truly perfect and all-powerful natural energy and materials. Even if there are some that can barely be called all-powerful, the difficulty of mining them is beyond imagination."
"It's not surprising to have perfect materials and energy." Bai Can also said: "But they already had perfect energy millions of years ago, how can the current civilization develop almost like humans? This planet There is no record of their exploration of extraterrestrials on the planet.”
"That's exactly the problem." Lord Batman lowered his eyes and said: "I have checked the research report on this crystal. Its energy storage efficiency is extremely high. It does not even require any artificial adjustment or compression. It is simply placed on the rocket. Within, it’s enough for the rocket to fly to Mars.”
Eddie was stunned for a moment and then said: "Dense fog?"
Everyone looked at him, and Eddie sighed and said: "I didn't look for clues, and I don't know how to do research, but Venom told me that the fog is not a natural phenomenon. The factors of the fog are connected in a very special way, like It’s a web of chains.”
"I think you have guessed it." Schiller smiled and said: "The thick fog intercepts everything that has the energy of the Hewei crystal."
"Dense fog is not naturally formed." After Bruce sighed, he began to walk around the crystal in the center of the temple, saying as he walked: "Whether it is the red crystal or the thick fog that blocks the energy of the red crystal, it is Artificially placed.”
At this moment, Thor seemed to remember something and said "Hmm", and several other people also looked at him.
Thor recalled briefly and said: "Do you know how the Kree and the Skrulls fought?"
No one present from other universes knew who he was referring to, so Thor chose to start from the beginning.
"The old Skrulls were not an empire at that time. They could be called interstellarists. They spread the seeds of life in the universe and selected potential civilizations for support."
"But this kind of thing itself is a gamble on luck. A civilization that is not supported will definitely develop well. The resources that can be given back to the old Skrulls are also very limited. After millions of years, their resources have also become less. ”
"At that time, they were interested in the Cree and another civilization, but they only planned to help one of them, so they asked them to each build a building, and whoever built it well would help."
"In the end, the civilization other than the Kree won, but they already lived on the same planet. If one of the civilizations received help, the other would inevitably be wiped out. In order to survive, the Kree started a war in advance, and even fought against Skree. The Ruhr people turned against each other, ushering in the Thousand Years of War."
"And what I want to say is that the Skrulls did more than just do this. In many cases, they did not tell the ground civilization that they were aliens and came to help them, but in another way. Forms bring divine enlightenment and allow backward civilizations to obtain resources."
"According to what they said, this is to adapt to the development methods of various civilizations. Those who believe in God will give oracles, those who have just started to develop scientifically will create accidents, and those who are already more advanced will communicate rationally. In theory, this is more reasonable. But it’s not that beautiful.”
"Some civilizations regard this as a natural phenomenon that will always happen, so they rely too much on resources dropped from the sky, resulting in long-term backwardness in energy and materials science; some civilizations are greedy and insufficient. After developing, they follow the channels where resources come. Skrulls, want more."
"The Skrulls in the later period were unable to support the large output of resources, so they had to start harvesting the developed civilization, which made the locals complain."
"And some of the Skrulls found that the civilizations that once regarded them as gods had almost no complaints or made a fuss when they were harvested, so for their own benefit, they treated these civilizations even more crazily."
"I once heard an old man from Skrull say that in the later stages, they will treat a certain planet completely as farmland, leaving very few machines behind, and directly brainwash the leaders of the indigenous creatures and let them command their subordinates to operate the machines. Extract resources and then give away what’s on the planet.”
"For the entire Skrull Empire, this resource is nothing, but if it goes into the pockets of individuals, it is still considerable wealth. Some people even use it to separate themselves and become kings. This is even more exploitative and has once triggered a great crisis in the interstellar society. Denunciation on a scale.”
Finally, Thor came to his own conclusion: "I suspect that the planet where the Hewei people are located is one of the farmlands of advanced civilizations."
The two Batmans present and the Batman off-screen all frowned, not because of how shocking Thor's conclusion was, but mainly because the big man didn't feel that there was something wrong with his style of painting?
At this time, Thor was still dressed as a god king, and because he was attending a celebration before coming, he dressed up in an extravagant way.
The bright silver and bronze soft armor is covered with a dark blue robe. Outside the robe is a cloak inlaid with various gemstones. On his head is a crown inlaid with various gemstones. His blond hair is braided into braids. Also inlaid with shell decorations.
"Is there something wrong with you, a king of a classical kingdom who seems to appear in a medieval oil painting, talking so much about interstellar civilization?"
Thor and Loki seemed to have adapted to this kind of prejudice. Loki sighed and said: "Why do humans always think that the gods should appear in myth books, and their daily work is to stay in a temple on a certain mountain, etc." Humans make wishes?”
"The gods who are born with powerful energy and can control the wind and rain, according to common sense, will have a more developed civilization and a higher interstellar social status than humans. Taking a step back, at least we live longer, we should be more advanced, right? "
"Because the gods in our universe really don't do anything serious." Lord Superman snorted and said, "I've often heard Diana complain about the bad things on Mount Olympus. Apart from who has a child with whom, that's it. When the children grow up, come find them here.”
"So we are also a developed interstellar civilization?" Bruce asked with raised eyebrows.
Loki nodded and said, "I'm sorry, but we do have a large number of starships, planetary supply bases and stellar energy sources all over the universe, and a variety of rechargeable armors and weapons."
"What about humans?" Lord Batman asked with a frown.
He is actually asking, if there is such a powerful civilization around the earth, what space will there be for human beings to survive?
Loki and Thor looked at each other, their eyes falling on Schiller and Stark respectively.
"Although I hate to say this, you humans are really a very magical race. Ninety-nine percent of your members are so weak that they are not worth mentioning, and they always want to fight among themselves, but there are always some The outrageous existence of One is not only strong enough, but also exceptionally united."
Thor also sighed lightly and said: "As long as your race can continue to produce exceptional strong men, protecting, helping and even raising you will do more good than harm to us."
"Even if a strong man emerges in ten thousand years, the nine kingdoms will have a strong presence among the stars, allowing those who are ready to make a move to consider it. This can very well contribute to Asgard's reputation."
"Especially..." Thor hesitated for a moment, then glanced at Schiller, and then said: "Human beings are always extraordinarily strong... It's hard for me to say, in short, all the portals between interstellar societies now only need If a humanoid creature is detected, it will have to go through two more security checks."
"And it's all because of..."
Schiller and Loki instantly raised their hands and pointed at each other.
(End of chapter)
