539: Chapter 539: No Inheritance

"So are we human survivors?" Oriental Chen asked curiously.

The Maya High Priest had said that they all migrated from Venus, so theoretically, they should undoubtedly be human survivors.

"Of course! Otherwise, why would I bring you here?" the robot replied.

"Then I have a new question. Since ancient human technology was already very advanced, why did it later decline? At least from what I understand, primitive people lived a life of eating raw meat and drinking blood," Oriental Chen asked.

"Eating raw meat and drinking blood? Are you sure you're talking about humans and not some other animal?" the robot asked.

"This..." Oriental Chen was speechless.

It seemed so; ape-men were not humans after all.

Moreover, there is no evidence now that humans evolved from ape-men.

"But it's also a fact that ancient technology was primitive," Oriental Chen said.

"This is because the survivors who migrated from Venus did not successfully pass down their civilization's achievements. But it's not entirely so; some human races could pass down a part of their memories through genetic inheritance, but it was very limited," the robot replied.

"Not passed down?" Oriental Chen vaguely understood the meaning.

It's like a group of amnesiacs stranded on an island; they know nothing, not even how to write. That's no different from a group of primitive people, and in many ways, they might even be worse off than primitive people, perhaps lacking even the most basic survival skills.

Everything needs to start from scratch.

This requires several, dozens, or even scores of generations of continuous exploration and accumulation of knowledge to build a new civilization.

On the other hand, there have always been many unsolved mysteries in human history.

For example, the Mayans had a complete astronomical calendar thousands of years ago, including the blue star calendar and the Venus calendar.

People in the past didn't even understand life on the blue star, so why would they idly research the Venus calendar?

If explained by this little fellow, it makes sense.

The Mayans could pass down some knowledge through inheritance, which gave them a very high starting point.

"Yes, it was not passed down. During the long years on Venus, conflicts and wars continuously erupted between humans and the Moni People controlled by Sirius. Coupled with rampant viruses and ecological crises, human survival became increasingly difficult. During this process, more and more knowledge experienced disconnections," the robot replied.

This is understandable.

Just like now, people are holed up in underground bases. Eating is a problem; how many people would sit in a classroom to learn knowledge?

This generation, even without learning, might still understand some things, but they will also miss some.

If the crisis cannot be resolved and is passed down from generation to generation, more and more knowledge will be lost.

At that time, the transmission of civilization will experience disconnections.

But no matter how disconnected, some essential knowledge will certainly be passed down.

For example, language and writing.

So, there must be other things involved.

"How did human survivors come to the blue star?" Oriental Chen asked.

"No one came to the blue star; the current survivors are all cultivated by me," the robot replied.

"What?" Oriental Chen was startled.

"What's so surprising about that? We have a sound gene bank; isn't it normal to cultivate new life?" the robot retorted with another look of disdain.

Technically, there was indeed no problem; Oriental Chen was surprised because this operation was completely beyond his expectation.

"Since you have the ability to come here from Venus, why didn't you transport them over?" Oriental Chen asked.

"That is not my mission. I was independently manufactured by the Dragon Nation after the Second Peace Treaty was signed. My primary mission is to continuously optimize the blue star's ecology and cultivate a new home for humanity. At that time, the blue star had already developed the most primitive single-celled organisms, but the oxygen content in the atmosphere was still very low."

"In contrast, Venus at that time was already a quite habitable planet, and there was no need to migrate to the blue star."

"There is also another reason. All along, no one knew that the Moni People were puppets controlled by the Sirius Remnants, including themselves. I only discovered this when I came to the blue star for the last time. But it was already too late; humanity on Venus had already been completely extinct for nearly 1 billion years by then," the robot replied.

"Already extinct for nearly 1 billion years? So you've been carrying out missions alone all this time?" Oriental Chen couldn't help but gasp.

"Not entirely. There were originally many relatively independent underground bases on Mars and the blue star where my spaceship could receive supplies and repairs. But now, this is the only one left; other bases were damaged due to frequent geological activity," the robot said.