312: Chapter 312: Tiwanaku and the Karasasaya Temple

"Create humans, create humans using stone?"

"Giants from 17,000 years ago made stones fly?"

"That's too ridiculous, I don't believe it."

"But that's how the locals pass it down, word-of-mouth for 17,000 years?"

"If it's been passed down by word-of-mouth for so long, there must be some basis for it, right?"

"Tonight's content reminds me of what Brother mentioned earlier about Nüwa creating humans from yellow clay, eggs..."

"I've got goosebumps."

"Brother, don't stop, keep going!"

Kyoto, University of History faculty housing.

Professor Chen Runzhi suddenly widened his eyes. He realized something and looked at the other three with a serious expression.

"Maya temple, the giant platform!"

Qian Mingyi was confused: "What?"

Professor Chen Runzhi picked up his tablet, searched for information, and an image appeared.

"Look at this, the giant platform of the Maya temple, also known as the Creation Platform."

On the tablet screen appeared a massive stone platform, square in shape, with a flat surface and carvings along the edges, giving an overall impression of solemnity and majesty.

"This is a platform located at the Palenque ruins in Mexico, and archaeologists have never been able to figure out its purpose."

"But in the oral traditions of the local Maya descendants, it is clearly stated that this bluestone platform, which looks like a helicopter, was used to create humans!"

Qian Mingyi was puzzled, "Creating humans, just like at Puma Punku?"

Professor Chen Runzhi nodded, "Yes, in the legends, gods descended from the sky in ancient times and used a special method on this platform to mold corn dough into the shape of humans, then gave them life, which is why the Maya people believe they are Corn People."

Speaking of this, he looked at the confused expressions on the three men's faces and added:

"Moreover, archaeologists cannot determine the construction date of this platform; because it uses the same stone as Puma Punku, andesite, and the cutting precision is ridiculously high."

Professor Liu Guangyi muttered, "More stone, more human creation, more descending from the sky; it's remarkably similar to the episode where Jiang Zhe talked about the Anunnaki."

Professor Wang Shouren commented: "Two civilizations, thousands of miles apart, yet they share the same legend, tsk tsk tsk!"

The four professors looked at each other, and all saw deep shock on each other's faces.

Gusu High School, Principal's office.

Watching Professor Chen Runzhi send the voice barrage to the livestream, it immediately caused another wave of excitement among the viewers.

After Xiao Wang saw it, his eyes lit up, "Besides what Professor Chen from Kyoto said, there is actually Africa too, I just found one!"

He raised his phone and aimed it at Principal Fu and Old Wang; the screen showed information about the Dogon tribe.

"In the oral traditions of the Dogon tribe, the ancestors of humanity were molded from [clay] by [creators from Sirius]."

"They have passed down detailed information about Sirius B for generations, a star that cannot be seen with the naked eye at all, and was only confirmed by astronomy in 1930!"

Principal Fu was stunned and looked at Xiao Wang and Ren Xiaoyao, who had just returned from the restroom, "The Dogon tribe, that primitive tribe in Africa?"

Ren Xiaoyao sat back in his seat and grinned, "Yes, Teacher Wang is right, Sirius B."

"Sirius B is a white dwarf star, with a mass close to the Sun, but a volume only the size of Earth."

"Its existence was inferred by Bessel in 1834 through gravitational perturbations, it was first observed by telescope in 1862, and it wasn't confirmed to be a white dwarf until 1928."

Ren Xiaoyao looked at the three of them with a stern gaze, "But in the legends of the Dogon tribe, they not only know about the existence of Sirius B, but also know its orbital period is 50 years, and that it is composed of [the heaviest matter]; these descriptions are perfectly consistent with modern astronomy."

"How did a tribe without even a written language know these things?"

The office fell into a brief silence.

Xiao Wang couldn't help but gasp, "So, were they really told by visitors from Sirius?"

Ren Xiaoyao shook his head, then nodded, "I don't know, but I do know that if they could know about a star invisible to the naked eye, then their legend about creating humans from clay is probably not without foundation."

After the three were shocked for a moment, Old Wang thought of something, and his eyes lit up, "It's not just these."

"Even the Polynesian islands have legends that say humans were created by gods who came from the sky using red stones; in the Maori legends, a god carved the first woman out of stone and then breathed the breath of life into her."

He looked at Principal Fu, his gaze becoming profound, "Principal, do you know that the more primitive the tribe without a written language, the more their legends are worth paying attention to."

"Because they have no written language, they can only rely on word-of-mouth, and every generation tries to pass it down exactly as it is."

"Once it is passed down incorrectly, it will be distorted; anything that can be passed down for thousands of years without changing must be core information."

As his voice fell, the room fell into silence, and everyone's face showed a touch of solemnity and deep thought.

Kyoto, Qingfeng Temple.

The room was filled with the curling smoke of sandalwood incense.

Zheng Ming couldn't speak for a long time, and he turned to look at Wen Jingqiu, "Professor?"

Wen Jingqiu took a sip of hot tea and slowly began: "I compiled statistics on global legends about creating humans from stone a long time ago."

"Sumerian Civilization: The Anunnaki created humans from mud, and the mud came from weathered stone."

"Ancient Egypt: Humans were created from sacred stone, and the Pharaohs were gods in stone statues given life."

"Maya: Gods created humans on a stone platform using corn dough, and the corn dough was ground from a stone mill."

"India: The stone statue of the Primordial Man shattered and turned into humans."

"Greece: Prometheus molded humans from mud, and the mud also came from weathered stone."

"Norse: The gods created humans from wood, and the wood grew on stone."

"Dogon tribe: Visitors from Sirius created humans from clay."

"Polynesia: Gods created humans from red stone."

"Maori: Gods carved a woman from stone and breathed life into her."

After she finished speaking, her gaze swept over Zheng Ming and Celestial Master Zhang, and a touch of solemnity flashed in her eyes, "Almost all ancient civilizations have legends of creating humans."

"And the core elements of these legends are highly consistent: gods descended from the sky and created humans using stone."

"The more I listen, the more I feel that we humans were not naturally evolved at all; Darwin's theory of evolution is gradually becoming untenable in the face of this."

As she finished, Zheng Ming and Celestial Master Zhang were immediately speechless, feeling the air nearby cool down a bit.

Similar scenes were happening in places where scholars gathered across the country.

After a long time, in the living room, Xiao Yu woke up from her shock and continued to ask.

"Brother, was it really a group of giants using special powers, without using aircraft or anything like that?"

"After all, what you said is somewhat transcendent..."

She frowned slightly, especially fearing that her brother's reputation would be damaged, so she specifically asked for clarification.

He just waved his hand lightly, "No, in the local legends, it's equivalent to you standing in an empty desert, then waving your hands at the giant stones in front of you, and those stones would fly up, then be continuously cut and spliced in the air, and finally fall back to the ground."

Xiao Yu listened with her eyebrows tightly knitted, "But this is completely like a sci-fi movie!!!"

Jiang Zhe grinned: "But this is the legend that has been passed down for 17,000 years among the residents near Puma Punku."

"Hiss~~"

The next moment, as Jiang Zhe changed the subject and grinned, "Of course, there is also a possibility that it was lasers!"

"It's just that those people didn't know what it was. Perhaps the giants from 17,000 years ago used laser traction to pull the stones into the sky, and then the giant stones spliced themselves together in the air; or they left it to artificial intelligence to let them splice themselves. Because those people from the chicken bone civilization didn't understand these technologies, the transcendent explanation emerged."

As he finished, more than 27 million viewers finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Reasonable, this explanation is reasonable."

"It's so damn reasonable, Brother!"

"Not bad, I still support Brother's statement!"

"Laser traction, artificial intelligence splicing, isn't this more reliable than giants?"

"And ancient people couldn't understand it, so they called it a miracle; this logic holds up, I like it."

Kyoto, University of History faculty housing.

Professor Chen Runzhi looked at the screen, full of smiles, clapping repeatedly, "As long as one accepts that giants descended from the sky, and accepts their story of creating humans, then laser traction is not too far-fetched. Compared to the local legends, I believe in Jiang Zhe's explanation more; explaining it with technology is far more reasonable than using mythology."

Qian Mingyi raised his hand: "+1!"

Professor Liu Guangyi also nodded: "Yes, and this explanation does not overturn the local legend, it just changes the perspective; because 17,000 years ago, the stones that the locals saw flying might have really flown, they just didn't know it was laser traction."

Professor Wang Shouren rested his chin on his hand and suddenly smiled, "So gods might just be people who mastered high technology."

Just as the four of them were discussing happily, Xiao Yu poured a bucket of cold water on them.

"Brother, is this 17,000-year-old history just local oral tradition, or is there evidence?"

"I really don't believe people 17,000 years ago could be that awesome. If you said it was people from 2,000 years ago, I would believe it. After all, they had entered the Iron Age, and I would believe in some capable engineers. Using laser traction and high technology is really hard to be completely convinced by."

As Xiao Yu finished speaking, it immediately attracted the support of countless viewers.

"Yeah, can oral traditions be taken seriously?"

"Our village also has a legend that there were dragons in the Ming Dynasty, can you believe that?"

"The Yingkou dragon falling, they said it was a dragon, but it turned out to be a stranded whale; it's just that the local villagers assembled the whale bones wrong, ah shit!"

"Exactly, exactly, if there's no evidence, isn't that just making up stories?"

"Brother needs to provide evidence!"