Chapter 226-2: This Is the History of My Race (2) |
As rulers of the world, the Crimsonlink race understood that faith was the spiritual core of a race.
In order to completely control the Green Wood race, they not only oppressed them physically, but also attempted to destroy their faith spiritually, transforming the Green Wood race’s veneration of the Divine Mother and nature into worship of the Crimsonlink race.
They even tampered with the Green Wood race’s history and established a caste system.
They defined the Green Wood race as born slaves, and claimed that only by being loyal to the Crimsonlink race could one obtain elevation at the level of the soul.
A large amount of the race’s historical records were lost precisely during this period of the Green Wood race’s oppression.
Destroying symbols of faith, falsifying historical information, cultural infiltration through altering script, spiritual control, every step was taken to strangle the future of the Green Wood race.
The appearance of Ashen Vine awakened the Green Wood race of that time.
A brutal war thus erupted.
Starting from local conflicts, more and more Green Wood warriors joined the war, and it gradually developed into a world-sweeping total war.
What the Crimsonlink race longed for as a final destination was but an easily reached starting point for the Green Wood race.
When the war ended and the world was occupied by the plant-type life created by the Green Wood race, history formally entered a new era belonging to the Green Wood race.
The fourth stage, New World Overlord.
This stage described the prosperous years after the Crimsonlink race’s rule was overthrown and the Green Wood race became the new world’s overlord.
The new leader established a new nation whose development system was founded on the power of nature, restoring the Green Wood race’s faith and culture.
Although much history had been lost, the scholars of the Green Wood race were still striving to piece together the hazy past and compile it into classics to be passed down to future generations.
The power of nature also came to be widely applied in agriculture, architecture, and medicine during this process.
This part of history was also the pride of the Green Wood race.
The fifth stage, The Return of the Apocalypse.
A terrifying doomsday descended once again. Although its description differed from the cataclysms in myth, this disaster was still not something the Green Wood race could withstand.
While resisting the natural calamity, the Green Wood race imitated the records in ancient books, erected cross-boundary teleportation arrays, and decided to flee to other worlds to seek development.
But the number of teleportation arrays was ultimately limited, and only a small portion of the people gained a chance to escape.
History formally entered the modern chapter, namely the Earth chapter.
During this cross-space flight, quite a lot of historical data was again lost.
Their generation was born on Earth and could only learn about the past of the Green Wood race through the residual historical materials.
As for verification, even the world had changed, so what information was left to verify.
There were no cultural relics of the Green Wood race on Earth. If one wanted archaeology, one could only return to the lost world.
But that was fundamentally impossible to achieve.
The historical documents of the Earth chapter were the clearest. Every process of historical development had clear records.
When the Green Wood race first descended on Earth, although they received support from the Lunar Eclipse race and other Earth Alliance forces, life was still extremely miserable.
The main reason was Earth’s severe environmental pollution. For the ancestors who arrived at that time, it was simply a nightmare.
A large number of people died during that period because they could not adapt to the environment. In the end, humans provided the land and the Lunar Eclipse race provided technology, helping to build the early Green Wood City. Only then was the constant death caused by environmental pollution curbed.
The Green Wood race thus integrated into the Earth Alliance and, in a short time, became one of the Earth Alliance’s top ten powerful races through natural technology.
But Earth’s resources were limited. The Green Wood race’s development had already reached a bottleneck and it was difficult to continue climbing.
The current Green Wood race could not be compared at all with the Green Wood race recorded in history.
But by relying on the natural technology left by their ancestors, they still possessed a certain degree of voice within the Earth Alliance.
During this period the Green Wood race changed greatly. The internal political system was revised, fully integrating into the Earth Alliance.
The former supremacy of a single leader was changed to learn from the Earth Alliance’s parliamentary system.
The current Green Wood race is jointly governed by 12 governors.
They also connected to the Starnet platform very early, were granted Level A advanced AI core assistance for the race’s development by Starnet, and even obtained relatively high administrative privileges in the Starnet network.
After reading the historical materials, Ashen Sigil felt a surge of emotion.
The magnificent history of the forebears harnessing nature and establishing a glorious civilization was their proud spiritual support.
But epics sealed by the dust of years are, in the end, the past. Compared with the present there is only a sense of disjunction.
They had also tried to search for the lost natural technology, but by now they had basically given up.
The Green Wood race of today is no longer that brilliant Green Wood race.
Judging from the trend of historical development, the Green Wood race is even undergoing decline.
In addition to technological decline brought by the loss of large amounts of natural technology, there is also decline at the genetic level, a decline in the strength of life.
Living on Earth, this world of weak spiritual energy, the bodies of the Green Wood race have undergone five declines.
The first was at the time of crossing and descending, when water and soil incompatibility appeared.
A large number of ancestors, due to Earth’s environmental pollution, experienced various discomforts, and people of the race died continually during this period.
But with the help of the Lunar Eclipse race and humans, the Green Wood race finally made it through the most difficult stage, and the trend of population reduction was curbed.
After this, the Green Wood race experienced a second decline of life.
In order to adapt to Earth’s environment of high pollution and long-term lack of spiritual nourishment, the life form of the Green Wood race autonomously degenerated.
The physical strength of the new generation fell sharply. The spirit patterns on the surface of their lignified skin grew dim, and their affinity with nature also weakened to some extent.
The third decline came shortly after the appearance of the third cohort of Earth-born newborns.
Many inherited arts of the Green Wood race could not be used by this generation. The life strength of the Green Wood race fell further. The bodies of the new generation were fragile and prone to illness.
The fourth decline was a drop in birth rate. The number of people in the race awakening natural talents decreased significantly.
The inherited arts of the Green Wood race were nearly severed, recorded only in history. Even if people of this generation learned them, they found them difficult to use.
They could only master some rudimentary techniques of harmonizing nature.
By their generation, the fifth decline brought a significant decrease in lifespan.
For this, the governors of the Green Wood race had thought of solutions, but aside from remaking Green Wood City and building a better urban environment, there was nothing they could do.
Under the influence of the greater environment, the efforts of the Green Wood race found it hard to reverse the trend of bodily degradation.
After reading the historical materials, Ashen Sigil felt puzzled.
In the Monster World, the historical story of the Green Source race was extremely similar to the ancient history recorded by the Green Wood race.
The difference was that the Lunar Eclipse race had beautified and altered this period of history.
For example, in the background story of the Monster World, the Green Source race chose to confront the Black Tide calamity head-on, fighting to the death rather than leave.
But in the Green Wood race’s incomplete history, when the ancestors faced an unknown natural calamity, they chose to flee to other worlds and did not want to stay and face it.
In details, the Lunar Eclipse race also perfected and supplemented this background, including the Divine Mother descending and sowing seeds of wisdom, as well as the growth years of the Green Source race.
After watching the video content in the forum post and then comparing it with the history of the Green Wood race, it could basically be confirmed that the Lunar Eclipse race had tampered with their ancient mythic history.
Yet this beautifying alteration made Ashen Sigil feel angry.
Because that history was fake.
Mushroom gestation, the Divine Mother Nu E, the terrifying Black Tide, the Green Source race… these fabricated histories were a desecration of the true history of the Green Wood race.
Carrying his anger, Ashen Sigil immediately decided to contact the governors of the Green Wood race.
Pressing the contacts list, he clicked the avatar of a governor and sent an email.
He explained in detail what he had seen and heard.