Oh My God! Earthlings are Insane!

But the Turanians were different.

They have "Haka".

This allowed Turan babies to acquire a wealth of knowledge and skilled skills just after they were born.

The offspring of doctors are naturally doctors, the offspring of warriors are naturally warriors, the offspring of fishermen are naturally good at fishing, and the offspring of hunters are naturally kings in the jungle.

Just like the offspring of a fish can swim naturally, the offspring of a falcon can fly freely without a teacher, and the antelope can run like flying with its natural skills shortly after birth.

The existence of "Haka" undoubtedly greatly enhanced the first-mover advantage of the early Turan people in the chaotic moment when civilization was just born, in the life competition of natural selection and survival of the fittest.

It makes them stand out among countless birds, beasts and mammals, and become the "spirit of all things" on the mother planet.

But owning "Haka" also comes at a high price.

Regardless of the earth or the home planet of the Turanians, there is no free lunch.

Possessing "Haka" means a longer gestation period than Earthlings or modern Homo sapiens.

During the gestation of new life, the mother's body also needs to supplement more nutrients and energy.

After all, the knowledge and skills passed down from generation to generation by adults are equivalent to a surging wave of information, not something that an immature brain that has just developed from an embryo can withstand in an instant.

A longer gestation cycle means a higher risk factor.

And once the fetus can't bear "Haka", the possibility of miscarriage and distortion is much higher than that of modern Homo sapiens.

Secondly, "Haka" can certainly inherit the knowledge and skills of parents and even grandparents.

But it is also easy to fix future generations on the path of their parents and ancestors.

Since a descendant of a hunter, he has mastered skilled hunting skills since he was born.

It will be difficult for him to transform into a fisherman, a doctor, or a wise man.

The human brain has limits after all.

Even if the ancient Turans were like Neanderthals, they had 20% or even 30% higher brain capacity than modern Homo sapiens.

But after being occupied by "Haka" too much space and consumed too much energy, the remaining space and energy may not be able to run as rich wisdom and clear thinking as the people on earth.

Third, and most importantly.

"Haka" seems to naturally conflict with the concept of "group cooperation".

As a result, the group size of the ancient Turan people was far less than that of the newly born earthlings.

The social division of labor and collaboration system is far less complicated than that of people on Earth.

Think about it carefully, it's easy to understand.

Since the ancient Turanians were able to pass on a large amount of knowledge and skills through the "Haka", they had a first-mover advantage in the survival race. In a sense, they were smarter and stronger than modern Homo sapiens.

There is no need for them to form an "imagined community" with strangers who are not related by blood, and regard each other as compatriots who share the same hatred and share life and death.

The so-called birth of civilization has never been a miracle.

It is a helpless act of necessity in order to survive.

Meng Chao guessed that it was precisely because of these defects that the Neanderthals who possessed the "Haka" on the earth gradually lost in the survival competition, and finally gave up the throne of the "spirits of all things" to those who did not have "Haka". Haka", the modern Homo sapiens who seem weaker and stupid, but have to be more united, reproduce wildly and expand the ethnic group.

But the environment of Turan Mother Star is not the same as that of Earth.

Because of the continuous tearing of the three satellites, the tidal force on Turan's mother star should be stronger and more variable than that on the earth.

The geological changes and extreme climates of Turan Mother Star, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, heavy rainstorms and floods lasting thousands of years, should also be more intense and frequent than those on Earth.

Such a harsh environment makes it impossible for modern Homo sapiens without "Haka" to survive.

Even if a group larger than the Neanderthals was barely condensed, a primitive tribe or even a primitive country was established.

Such tribes and countries are also easily disintegrated and wiped out in a volcanic eruption, flood or continuous earthquake.

Therefore, on Turan Mother Planet, modern Homo sapiens who did not adapt to the local environment gradually withdrew from the stage of history.

The ancient Turanians, who were similar to the Neanderthals on Earth, became the overlord who called the wind and rain, and became the spirit of all things.

Of course, with the continuous development of civilization, the footsteps of the ancient Turanians gradually covered the entire planet, conquering all local creatures, and even raised their heads countless times, looking up at the stars, thinking about the sky, as if infinitely high, shining The meaning of the sea of ​​shining stars.

At this time, they also understood the concepts of unity, cooperation, expanding the size of ethnic groups, and constructing complex social systems.

As a result, the splendid Turanian civilization was created.

But when the Turan civilization accelerated its development until it rushed out of the parent star, it imprinted the footsteps of "human beings" on their satellites for the first time.

"Haka" is still one of the important pillars for the existence and continuation of Turan civilization.

Because people on earth—modern Homo sapiens—have no similar concepts.

It took Meng Chao a long time to digest and absorb the information sent by the other party.

He understood the thousands of buzzing sounds hidden deep in the human-faced spider's brain, inside the metal plate in the vast starry sky.

It is the knowledge, wisdom, skills, and memory of thousands of ancient Turanians.

It is the soul fragment of the ancient Turan people, similar to the heroic spirit of Dragon City.

It is the library and museum of Turan civilization.

It is...the totem of Turan civilization.

"It's incredible."

Meng Chao murmured, "I thought that the so-called 'totems' were the tattoos tattooed on the bodies of high-ranking orcs, or the patterns engraved on the surface of weapons and armor-those colorful, colorful, mysterious and complicated, which can absorb spiritual energy and activate various patterns." Something of unearthly power."

"That's not the real totem, more precisely, it's not the whole totem."

A voice said with some melancholy, "The real totem stores all the history, wisdom, technology and secrets of the Turan civilization. It is by no means only used to condense fireballs, frost, lightning and venom. It can make things stronger. and sharp tricks.

"It's a pity that those Turanites who have degenerated into 'higher orcs' and are still complacent have lost 99% of their totems, and can only tattoo some broken and mottled fragments on their bodies—as everyone knows, so primitive and clumsy The method can only touch the fur of the totem."

"It's strange that you don't know 'Haka'."

Another voice said, "Your civilization doesn't even have the concept of 'Haka'. This is impossible. Are you 'Hashla'?"

The other party threw out another syllable that was difficult for Meng Chao to understand.

But if you think about it carefully, according to the word formation of Turan language, "Hashla" is a compound word, and the preceding "Ha" is "Haka", which means totem.

The following "Shila" means "blank, without", but it has a derogatory meaning.

In Turanian slang, it refers to a guy who lacks courage and strength, goes out to hunt and fight, but gets nothing.

Combined, it probably means "the weak without a totem".

Meng Chao guessed that there were two kinds of human beings, "Neanderthals" and "modern Homo sapiens", on Turan's home planet.

After the Neanderthals won the competition for survival, they took the "totem" as the reason why they became the spirit of all things, and the key to distinguishing "human" from "non-human".

As a result, the modern Homo sapiens that became extinct early on Turan's mother planet became "Hashra", that is, "the weak who became extinct because they did not have a totem".

Meng Chao could feel that because of the existence of his own "Hashla", the other party was shaken.

Comparing his heart to his heart, if Meng Chao found out that a group of orangutans could create their own civilization, he would definitely be shocked.

The voice inside the metal plate rang out again.

A voice said: "It is unbelievable that 'people without totems' can create their own civilization!"

Another voice was puzzled: "Without the power of the totem, how could your civilization be able to resist various natural disasters and the invasion of ferocious beasts when it was just born?"

Another voice sighed: "You have chosen the most difficult and long road, we should pay you the highest respect, 'people without totems', you are the road of survival full of thorns and flames On the road, the bravest and most tenacious traveler."

There were several voices who excitedly proposed at the same time: "Many civilizations that have traveled to this planet have 'Haka' more or less, no matter dwarves, elves, undead, giants, or Holy Light humans, or even Both ogres and abyssal demons have their own innate skills.

"Now, a civilization that has never had 'Haka' but has survived tenaciously until today has also come here.

"Perhaps, as you said, your civilization can bring us some new possibilities and help us find the truth and a way out!"

"etc--"

Meng Chaoyue heard more and more wrong, "You don't know the 'truth and the way out', you don't know where this planet is, how to get out of here?"

"If we knew, we wouldn't be trapped here for ten thousand years, and the entire civilization will continue to degrade and be eroded away."

The voice said, "Since your civilization has the same level of development as the Turan civilization when it was still on the mother planet, and you know that there are 'orcs, dwarves, elves, undead and Holy Light humans' on this planet, etc., A carbon-based humanoid intelligent life with a similar structure but subtle differences.

"You should have guessed that we all come from different planets, but share the same, most ancient genetic source.

"As for how we came here, what is this place?

"We have been thinking about this question for thousands of years, but we still can't come to a conclusion. We can only guess that this planet is an ancient port, a traffic artery with overlapping spaces, and an arena where different civilizations fight each other. Something like a 'petri dish' and an 'incubation tank'."