104: Chapter 104: Fuxi and Nuwa's Twin Snakes, Double Helix DNA

"The same group of gods?"

Xiao Yu was so stunned by Jiang Zhe's remarks that her jaw dropped.

Jiang Zhe looked at Xiao Yu's bewildered expression and nodded slowly:

"We have Pangu who separated heaven and earth, and they have Marduk who separated heaven and earth; we have Nuwa who refined stones to patch the sky, and they have Ninmah who molded clay to create humans; we have Fuxi who defined the Eight Trigrams and established marriage; they also have Enki, who similarly defined calendars and taught skills..."

"Even the gods who reigned before the Great Flood are just like ours—neither more nor less, there are eight in both civilizations!"

Speaking up to this point, Jiang Zhe nodded slightly: "Not to mention, after the Great Flood, the two civilizations seemed to have made an appointment; they simultaneously began [technologies] that looked completely out of place for that era!"

These words instantly caused ripples in the live stream.

"It sounds really, freaking similar!"

"Could it be that they are really the same group of gods?"

"Probably not, but maybe they are from the same... race of gods?"

"..."

In the faculty residential area of the University of History in Kyoto.

Professor Liu Guangyi sat up straight, his gaze falling on Old Chen. "What is all this that he is talking about?"

Old Chen took a sip of hot tea and explained in a deep voice: "It is the structural similarity of the myths; both civilizations have eight pioneers; they passed down fundamental things—rules, the way of survival, skills, and then a monstrous flood, causing the separation of gods and humans."

"On our side, it's medicine, the Eight Trigrams, and agriculture; in Sumerian Civilization, it's survival rules like law, sacrifice, craftsmanship, and astronomy!"

Old Wang, who was on the side, thought for a moment and chimed in: "It sounds like a group of people at the forefront of civilization set rules for a group of people from a backward civilization: 'You develop this way first, then develop that way; only after you have the way of survival can your human race flourish!'"

Upon hearing this, Old Chen nodded repeatedly: "Exactly, that's the feeling. It's like if we modern people traveled back to the Qin Dynasty and taught the people of that era—'First, secure the internal and external, live in harmony; then start developing science. After developing science, increase food production, then expand outward to maintain the prosperity of civilization.'"

"It's exactly like big shots raising children!"

Hearing his old friends say this, Old Wang felt his scalp tingle even more. "I keep feeling like I've learned fake philosophy!"

...

On screen, inside the living room.

Xiao Yu recovered from her astonishment; she was truly feeling a bit dizzy from Xiaoyu's brother's claims.

It turned out the myths of the two civilizations were so similar; could they really be the same group, or even the same race of gods?

"Xiao Yu!" Seeing that Xiao Yu couldn't speak, Jiang Zhe continued to guide her: "Do you remember what Fuxi and Nuwa look like?"

"Of course, human heads and snake bodies, everyone knows that."

"Yes."

Jiang Zhe pulled up a famous Han Dynasty silk painting on his tablet, showing Fuxi and Nuwa with human heads and snake bodies.

Their two long snake tails were tightly intertwined, with Nuwa holding a [compass] and Fuxi holding a [square].

He turned the computer around to face Xiao Yu and asked: "Look at this picture of their intertwined tails, what does it look like?"

Xiao Yu leaned in and observed it for a while. "It looks like a twist, or like a rope!"

"It looks like it, but that's too superficial!" Jiang Zhe shook his head gently. "Think carefully, in the deepest part of the human body, what determines who we look like, what determines the personality we have, what determines whether we are good or bad... what shape is that thing exactly?"

He was practically stating the answer.

Xiao Yu's pupils suddenly constricted, and an incredible answer emerged in her mind!

"No, it can't be, right? D, DNA, the double helix structure?" Xiao Yu shouted out in astonishment, her voice trembling slightly.

"It's very similar, isn't it?" Jiang Zhe blinked gently. "Two chain-like structures, spiraling and intertwining in a specific way, forming the most fundamental underlying blueprint of life. And the [square and compass] symbolize [creation], [setting standards], and [measuring heaven and earth]."

"Your height, your personality standards, your physique, are all determined by your DNA, aren't they!"

Watching Xiao Yu's shocked expression, Jiang Zhe smiled slightly and pulled up a few other mythological pictures.

"The interesting thing is, not just in China, but in Sumerian Civilization, the goddess Ninhursag, who represents life and medicine, also has a symbol related to intertwined twin snakes!"

"The staff of the Ancient Greece god of medicine, Asclepius, features a single snake coiled around it; the Feathered Serpent god Kukulkan of Mesoamerica also features the imagery of a snake double helix."

"Snakes, spirals, intertwined twin snakes—they are almost the [origin of life] in myths across all countries around the world."

He asked with a smile: "Xiao Yu, do you think this is a romantic coincidence of ancient people from all over the world?"

"Or is it possible that a long time ago, they used symbols they could understand: snakes, the imagery of intertwined twin snakes—to depict the truth about the essence of life?"

"For example, the underlying logic of creating life: it is the double helix structure inside the human body!"

"Or, did ancient people all over the world just look at two snakes on the ground intertwining, and then everyone decided together to make the twin snakes a standard? Is there such a coincidence?"

These words were more direct than any previous speculation about aliens, spaceships, and the like!

It reached directly to the essence of life!

Inside the live stream, the barrage of comments instantly exploded.

"Holy crap! DNA double helix?"

"The mating diagram of Fuxi and Nuwa is the double helix structure inside the body; this is the source of everything about humanity, I'm stunned!"

"So, Nuwa creating humans wasn't throwing mud, but splicing gene sequences?"

"The square and compass were the high technology for Nuwa creating humans in the eyes of the ancients? Holy cow, the edifice of materialism might collapse!"

"Speaking of which, how did the ancients see the double helix structure? Otherwise, it couldn't be such a coincidence globally, right?"

"Did the gods tell them?"

"..."

With the appearance of the last comment, the live stream fell into instant silence; all the viewers felt their scalps tingle, terrified upon deeper thought.

...

At this moment, in the library office in Guangzhou.

Biology teacher Chen Min stood up abruptly, his gaze fixed intensely on the DNA molecular model diagram and the mating diagram of Nuwa and Fuxi.

As a professional, he was very clear about the microscopic and abstract nature of the DNA double helix!

That was by no means visible to the naked eye, nor was it an answer that could be imagined out of thin air just by observing snake mating!

Zhang Yu, who was on the side, seeing his teacher so agitated, couldn't help but ask: "Teacher Chen, is, is this really alien..."

Chen Min swept his gaze over Teacher Gao in the office and the other students.

"If this imagined connection is not a later fabrication, and if the myth of creating humans is truly similar to the double helix structure of human origin..."

"Then in that case, Nuwa creating humans is not just a simple story of a matriarchal clan leader; it might even touch upon the origin of modern Homo sapiens!"

"It perfectly matches what Xiaoyu's brother said earlier about modern Homo sapiens having no ancestors and no transitional period!"

...

In the living room.

Xiao Yu frowned, instinctively searching for a more reasonable explanation.

"Brother, this is too coincidental, it's impossible. It must be that the ancients saw snakes mating, or perhaps snakes were the spiritual totems of the ancients, so..."

"A good challenge!" Jiang Zhe nodded approvingly and then threw out a new question.

"Xiao Yu, at least that's what textbooks tell you."

"But you should know, what did many ancient royal families and nobles often do in order to maintain a [pure and noble bloodline]?"

Xiao Yu was stunned. She followed her brother's line of thought and answered, her expression showing some disdain. "I know, incestuous marriage; like Ancient Egypt pharaohs who often married their siblings; many European royal families also practiced cousin marriages."

"In our ancient country... even more so!"

"Even though they knew that incestuous marriage easily leads to deformed offspring, they would still insist on it; they felt that this was the only way to maintain the orthodoxy of the bloodline!"

"Well said. This is a historical fact, and it is a historical fact of all countries around the world. Even in some modern constitutional monarchies, they still have this tradition!"

Jiang Zhe first affirmed it, then suddenly changed the subject.

"But, Xiao Yu!"

"These later emperors, monarchs, pharaohs, nobles, and powerful figures from countries all over the world—who did they initially learn this stubborn concept of [pure bloodline] leading to incestuous marriage from?"

"Huh?" Xiao Yu was stunned instantly. "Learned from whom?"

Naturally, they learned it from the royal relatives and nobles from even further back!

It has been done this way since ancient times.

Wait, since ancient times?

As soon as these four words appeared, the expression on Xiao Yu's face stopped abruptly.

Since ancient times, exactly how ancient is that?

Thinking of this, Xiao Yu's gaze instantly locked onto the mating diagram of Fuxi and Nuwa on the computer.

In Chinese civilization, the oldest and most fundamental source of myths is naturally the existence that created the human race and laid the foundation for Chinese civilization!

What is their relationship?

Siblings!!!

At the same time...

They are also husband and wife!

An earth-shattering thought exploded in Xiao Yu's brain on the spot!

"Holy cow!"

Could it be that the theory of pure bloodlines held by later emperors and nobles was, from the very beginning, actually from the mythological human ancestors who were both siblings and husband and wife... Fuxi and Nuwa?