Chapter 274 Heavy Culture

More than 10 million years ago, the first Nix man accidentally crawled out of the underground cave and looked at the distant starry sky...

It happened to be a good day. Hail had just fallen in the sky. There was no thick volcanic ash and no various clouds.

The shy Milky Way finally showed its true side, like a waterfall hanging upside down in the sky. The two main stars in the sky twinkled, charming and colorful.

This ignorant and ignorant primitive lizard in ancient times was deeply attracted by the brilliance of the starry sky for the first time...It was shivering in the cold wind of minus 60 to 70 degrees, but it stood there blankly as if it was scared silly.

It witnessed the vast starry sky and tried to decipher the endless universe.

Perhaps all intelligent civilizations have one thing in common: when they face the starry sky, they always feel their own insignificance.

Even the reptiles in the gutter have the right to look at the stars. Even if the entire race is silent and decadent, there will always be some maverick reptiles that crawl out of the gutter and look into the distance...

After returning to the cave, the Nix man immediately painted a mural about the starry sky.

This mural is a supreme treasure for the later Nix civilization and has been passed down to future generations! It is widely included in children's education books and has become a classic story.

It reveals that the Nix people should not be satisfied with the small cave, but should go to the vast surface. Even...to the endless starry sky!

The written history of the Nix civilization began with this mural.

From then on, a special title appeared in their culture: "Great Sage", which means the most intelligent person of the contemporary era.

The title of "Great Sage" is not hereditary. It must have the most outstanding scientific achievements and must be recognized by most people in the world. It is the greatest title of an era.

In many dynasties, this title was almost discontinued because no one was qualified to inherit it.

The Nix civilization has gone through primitive society, slave society, feudal society, and then to the final capitalist society...

This series of processes is very similar to human history.

But there is one thing, even if the underground is turned upside down and the dynasty changes, whenever the ruler faces the great sage, he is respectful and dare not show the slightest impatience.

Rulers often exist, but there is only one great sage in each era, and sometimes there is not even one...

"The reason is that Nix is ​​too bad... They need continuous technological breakthroughs, and they need stronger industrial capacity at all times." At the dinner table, Yu Yifeng kept sighing.

"Since they discovered that wisdom brings greater power, they began to pursue supreme wisdom..."

Different living environments bring huge differences in thinking patterns.

How comfortable life on Earth is, and the environment is not bad. As long as agriculture or animal husbandry is developed, humans can at least ensure the survival of the race. Even if natural disasters and man-made disasters occur, it is difficult for mass extinction to occur. It is impossible for all individuals to die.

So, for earthlings, agriculture or animal husbandry is the first priority, which is the most natural way of thinking.

In ancient China, rulers usually implemented a policy of "reinforcing agriculture and suppressing commerce". The ruling class regarded agriculture as extremely important and regarded trade, science and handicrafts as "strange and lewd skills".

The theory promoted by the governments of various dynasties was that merchants made a living by reselling, did not engage in production, did not engage in or participate in production activities, and made money by "speculation". Therefore, the ancient feudal government ranked merchants at the lowest status.

According to the thinking at the time, this is understandable.

On this basis, the status of craftsmen was even lower than that of farmers. Mainly because people eat food, and people cannot survive without food! People can still survive without industry.

Although agriculture has a strong earthy smell, it is respected because of its vital importance to the country and society.

Whether it is a high-ranking official in a prominent position or a small landlord who has retired to his hometown, if a scholar considers agricultural issues, it shows the scholar's moral perfection and high sense of responsibility to the country and society.

But the elites often stay away from the work of craftsmen, so their status is below that of farmers.

But the Nix people are different from the people on Earth. Their environment is really terrible.

They have to fight against nature all the time. Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, or cave collapses, any disaster will cause a large number of deaths among them, and even extinction is not certain!

Yuriko took out a civilization history report and a research report on Nix fossils from her bag.

"And the most important point: Nix people have very little demand for food, or eat very little! So they don't have the profession of farmers at all, and there is almost no agriculture. They can meet their food needs by hunting and gathering!"

"What they value is industry and technology!

"This is the biggest difference in thinking caused by the environment and living conditions. So they appeared in science very early, unlike humans."

"Through various analyses of fossils and knowledge in some books, we can find that their digestive organs are very small. Intake of food is not the main source of energy..."

"Their bodies can use geothermal heat to directly synthesize organic matter!"

Yu Yifeng kept nodding his head. In fact, he had already left the level of a poor student... and he had heard this knowledge at the report meeting just now. However, it felt quite good to have a dedicated top student explain it to him again.

Yuriko's voice was soft and pleasant to hear, and her Chinese pronunciation was very standard. From all aspects, there was nothing to complain about such a girl.

It was strange that when the two of them talked about work, they lost the embarrassment just now, as if everything was natural.

"From this aspect, the difference between the body structure of the Nix people and humans is too big. They have an organ called "thermonuclear" in their bodies, which is roughly located in the chest. It is their nutrient-making organ..."

"... They can synthesize organic matter directly from the air through "thermonuclear" and geothermal heat."

Scientists believe that the body temperature of the Nix people is usually around 30 degrees Celsius. When they are in an environment above 40 degrees Celsius or 50 degrees Celsius, the "thermonuclear" organ in the body will start to work due to the temperature difference.

It will synthesize organic matter from raw materials such as carbon dioxide, methane, hydrogen sulfide and water in the body. At the same time, the temperature of the whole body will slowly rise until it is the same as the environment.

In this way, there is little need to take in food, which is equivalent to replenishing physical strength by sleeping in a high-temperature area. Eating is just another way to replenish energy.

From this perspective... it seems to be more advanced than humans!