Ming Dynasty: Regrets about the Jingnan Rebellion? I changed it in a dream!

Chapter 160: The Ancient Ocean Age, Earth's Restart Mechanism
Looking at this scene, Zhu Di felt depressed.

He ignored what Zhu Gaosui said.

Instead, he said, "You know my identity."

"But he still speaks wildly."

"Don't you have any respect for me in your heart?"

"I am your ancestor."

After hearing these words, Zhu Houcong put away his arrogance.

The reason why he teased him like this was that he was angry. After all, Zhu Di had threatened him with a knife.

If you don't make them angry, you will feel angry in your heart.

Facing Zhu Di's question, Zhu Houcong said softly: "To say that I have no respect at all is naturally impossible."

"However, compared to worshipping ancestors, I still prefer to worship gods and immortals."

At this time, Zhuang Mu had also arrived here.

However, when he saw Zhu Di and Zhu Houcong confronting each other, he did not say anything.

Zhu Di put his hands on his hips, a frown on his face, and asked again.

"why?"

Zhu Houcong explained indifferently.

"Respecting ancestors, what can I gain?"

"My body is already old and frail. Can you, my dead ancestors, help me achieve immortality?"

"Instead of worshipping your ancestors who can't help, it's better to worship Yuanshi Tianzun. Maybe you can find a way to immortality."

In fact, these words highlight two words.

interest.

Zhu Di was also amused by these words.

"If you say respecting your ancestors is useless, then did you get the throne out of thin air?"

"If it weren't for my Jingnan Campaign, how could you have the throne?"

In response to this, Zhu Houcong was not afraid at all and responded.

"Master Chengzu, please don't try to teach me with such a condescending attitude."

"You were able to quell the rebellion thanks to Emperor Taizu and the status of King of Yan."

"Why don't I see you respecting Emperor Taizu?"

"If you really follow the ancestral rules, why would you commit treason?"

"If I really respected my ancestors so much, I wouldn't have become the emperor. Master Chengzu, you and I are of the same kind."

For some reason, Zhu Di listened to these words.

I feel uncomfortable all over.

He had indeed violated the imperial Ming ancestral teachings.

But this was a last resort. With his life at stake, he had no choice but to rebel.

But after the rebellion, he still respected his father very much.

Thinking of this, Zhu Di finally understood.

Why did Zhu Yuanzhang attach so much importance to ancestral systems?

If I had fought wars in the south and the north, I would have established this world for future generations.

But looking back, they found that these descendants did not take their efforts seriously at all.

It's really frustrating.

"You and I will never be on the same page."

Zhu Di said helplessly.

At the very least, I care about the country, even though I have selfish motives.

But the national system is more important than personal interests.

At this moment, Zhuang Mu slowly walked forward.

Yao Guangxiao also stepped forward and interrupted the conversation between the grandfather and grandson: "Zhuang Xiaoyou, you are here."

"Aren't we here to see the origin of human life?"

"Where is this place?"

Zhuang Mu's arrival naturally made Zhu Houcong, who was always aggressive towards him, to put away his sharp aura.

Obviously, compared with Zhu Di, the Emperor Chengzu, he actually respected Zhuang Mu more.

Because, he can obtain the immortal path that he has always dreamed of from Zhuang Mu.

Naturally, be more respectful.

At this time, Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui also walked forward and looked at Zhuang Mu curiously.

Zhu Di also turned his thoughts away from Zhu Houcong and focused on Zhuang Mu.

Zhuang Mu didn't beat around the bush.

Pointing to the huge sphere in front of him, he said, "This is the origin of our human race."

"That is, the place where we live, the Earth."

After saying that, Zhuang Mu waved his hand.

In an instant, the surroundings seemed to be moving rapidly, and the perspective instantly came to the earth.

Looking at the earth in front of him, Yao Guangxiao was a little surprised.

Looking around, there is no land, only ocean.

They were now floating in the air, the sky was filled with flashes of lightning and thunder, and strong winds were whistling before their eyes.

Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but exclaimed.

"How can this be a place where we can survive?"

The environment is so harsh that it would be extremely difficult to survive, let alone farm.

Zhuang Mu said nothing and waved his hand again.

Zhu Gaochi instantly felt a sense of knowing.

What is this? It's underwater?

"It's over, I'm going to drown!"

A muffled voice was heard.

It was as if Zhu Gaochi was really about to drown.

Looking at such an ancestor, Zhu Houcong's eyes were full of disgust.

Zhu Gaosui said, "Boss, could you please stop making such a fuss?"

"This is Zhuang Mu's dream. How could you possibly drown?"

Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao ignored his words.

Instead, look at your surroundings.

I can only feel that this should be the ocean.

And it was pitch black.

Immediately afterwards, Zhuang Mu noticed that there were two very tiny creatures wriggling on the riverbed.

"Human ancestors can be traced back to a very long time ago, even to cellular organisms, but that's too long ago, and you don't even know what a cell is."

"So, let's start with the protostomes and deuterostomes."

"Deuterostomes are one of our ancestors in human evolutionary history."

Yao Guangxiao and Zhu Di looked at each other.

"Deuterostome? What does that mean?"

Zhuang Mu also spoke simply and clearly about this.

"It means having a mouth for eating and an asshole for shitting."

"This is a deuterostome, a protostomite, which means that they use one mouth to eat and poop."

It's simple and clear.

But it’s pitch black and I can’t see anything.

What would a deuterostome look like?

"You can't see anything?"

Zhu Gaochi opened his eyes wide like a curious baby, seemingly unable to see anything.

Seeing this, Zhuang Mu waved again.

Everyone then gained night vision.

Even if there is no light on the seabed, you can still see the creatures clearly.

At this time, an extremely large shrimp-like creature was swimming quickly.

"Such a huge shrimp?"

Zhuang Mu explained upon seeing this.

"This is our ancestor, the outstanding descendant of the protostomes, the Anomalocaris."

"He is also the overlord of the current ocean era."

"Deuterostomes, it's basically their food snack."

Zhu Gaosui was also a little puzzled when looking at the huge shrimp.

"Why is this shrimp so special? I don't see how it's so special."

Apart from being big, it doesn't seem to be anything special.

Zhuang Mu explained: "Actually, the size of the Anomalocaris wasn't very large, but most creatures of this era were blind."

"Anomalocaris, on the other hand, evolved eyes, allowing them to easily prey on creatures without eyes, and their size continued to grow."

The eyes are powerful.

Of course they all knew it, after all, no one here was blind.

Yao Guangxiao then asked, "Where is that person's ancestor?"

Zhuang Mu pointed to a squirming, limp creature not far away and said.

"He's lying there."

"Anomalocaris evolved eyes."

"It took a full 40 million years for deuterostomes to become food for protostomes."

"If you fall behind, you will be beaten. That's the truth, isn't it?"

Zhu Di, Yao Guangxiao and Zhu Houcong were all silent.

Forty million years?

It is hard to imagine that this kind of thing that is bullied by others could actually be their ancestor. In today's world, humans can basically hunt any creature, once firearms are available.

It won't work for anyone.

"Later, many creatures in the ocean also evolved eyes."

"Odd shrimp lost its advantage and gradually died out."

Zhuang Mu waved his hand.

The water in the ocean moves fast.

Time is also accelerating.

The Anomalocaris, which used to be seen everywhere, has disappeared.

Zhu Gaochi then asked curiously, "So, our ancestors are about to appear?"

Zhuang Mu shook his head.

"No, the second overlord of the ocean is also a member of the Protoguchi family."

"Trilobites evolved a very hard exoskeleton, and their entire bodies were made of hard bones."

Yao Guangxiao seemed to be thinking about something.

"This is the same situation as during our Zhou Dynasty."

Slavery actually originated from the emergence of bronze ware and the people who owned bronze ware.

Not only can it easily destroy other tribes, but it can also form a certain defense.

It’s not that the slaves don’t want to resist, but they don’t have the strength to do so.

Zhuang Mu continued.

"With this defense, trilobites dominated this ocean period for a full 100 million years."

do not know why.

They always felt that they had lost the concept of time while listening to Zhuang Mu's narration.

It seems that there is no history of 11 years in the entire history of mankind.

"In fact, traces of trilobites can be seen in the Ming Dynasty as well."

Zhu Di was stunned.

"It's been so long? Can you still see it?"

Zhuang Mu nodded.

"The trilobite fossils are hidden underground, but they are very deep."

"If you're lucky, you might be able to see trilobite fossils, which would prove that what I said is true."

However, if you want to find trilobite fossils in the Ming Dynasty, you have to rely on luck.

Zhu Di and Zhu Houcong were both thoughtful.

Zhuang Mu continued to wave.

He also said: "Trilobites have evolved armored exoskeletons, so other creatures naturally cannot be at their mercy."

"The third overlord, the Sea Scorpion, was born."

"They have powerful pincers that can break through exoskeletons."

Not far away, a sea scorpion was breaking through the exoskeleton defense of a trilobite.

It's easy to kill and eat it.

Yao Guangxiao narrowed his eyes.

I didn't expect that such a scene would appear in the world I live in hundreds of millions of years ago.

It is truly the wonder of the natural world.

Soon, the number of trilobites on the seabed decreased visibly, while the number of sea scorpions gradually increased.

Just when they thought that sea scorpions could rule this ocean era for a while.

Suddenly, a huge conical conch-shaped creature appeared.

"This is?"

The number of this creature began to rise sharply.

And kill everyone in the ocean.

Zhuang Mu explained: "This is the overlord who succeeded the Sea Scorpion."

"The Cornerstone has an exoskeleton, tentacles, and a beak that can break through the exoskeleton."

Zhu Gaochi scratched his fat face.

"Mr. Zhuang, aren't you going to talk about the origin of our species? Why are you only talking about the civil war of the Haraguchi family?"

Yao Guangxiao also looked towards Zhuang Mu.

To be honest, it has a hard shell, tentacles, and an armor-piercing beak.

I really don't know how those soft, floppy posterior-mouthed creatures evolved into humans.

In response, Zhuang Mu snapped his fingers.

In an instant, the entire ocean began to tremble violently.

In just a moment, all the creatures in the ocean disappeared.

Feeling the hot rays, Zhu Houcong slowly raised his head.

"Is this... the power of the sun?"

Having been the sun in my dreams for so many years, I am naturally familiar with the power of the sun.

In response, Zhuang Mu nodded.

"Yes, it was about 2.5 million years before the Yongle Dynasty."

"The sun emitted extremely strong gamma rays, destroying 99% of all life on Earth."

"And this period is the rise of our most primitive family, the deuterostomes."

"Gamma rays have caused major changes in Earth's living environment over the past 200 million years."

"Deuterostomes, unable to win, can only survive by evolving an escape system."

"And one of them chose to evolve the nervous system."

"As a result, deuterostomes gradually evolved a nervous system, significantly enhancing their ability to perceive their surroundings."

"However, the evolution of the ability to escape cannot shake the power of protostomes."

"Until the environment changes, protostomes cannot adapt to the current environment. On the contrary, deuterostomes have evolved nervous systems that can quickly adapt to the current environment."

"The spines in you and me today evolved during this period."

Hearing this, Zhu Gaochi subconsciously touched his back.

Looking at this scene, Zhu Gaosui was speechless.

"Stop touching me. You're so fat. Can you even touch my spine?"

Zhu Gaochi smiled somewhat embarrassedly.

Then he walked to Zhu Gaosui and touched his back.

At this time, the marine environment has changed greatly, and those protostomes are no longer the majority.

Instead, fish make up the majority.

"Relying on their ability to adapt, they began to reproduce in large numbers and continued to optimize and evolve."

"The responsiveness of the nervous system is also constantly improving."

"They were the first to occupy resources, and their capabilities continued to grow. From then on, the ocean was ruled by the descendants of the deuterostomes, the chordate branch."

Yao Guangxiao pondered for a moment.

"But if we follow this logic, these so-called human ancestors can breathe in the ocean, then why can't we humans?"

In this regard, Zhuang Mu explained.

“That brings us to the issue of branching.”

"Later, some chordates lost the battle in the ocean."

"They couldn't survive after being eaten, so they were forced to go ashore."

“Find a new way out.”

Zhu Houcong snorted coldly.

"These ancestors are not as powerful as we imagined."

"All my life, I'm either on the run or I'm running again."

There is indeed nothing wrong with this statement.

Every evolution is due to a survival crisis.

It is obvious that during these hundreds of millions of years, human ancestors have been on the road of escape.

"Ahem, let me continue."

"These chordates that escaped to the shore began to evolve into a wide variety of taxa."

Zhuang Mu waved again.

The crowd came from the ocean to the land.

At this moment, Zhu Di felt that the ground was shaking noticeably.

It seemed as if something huge was running.

Soon, a Tyrannosaurus Rex came into view.

"Life and death crises can make animals stronger."

"Although these weak chordates were forced to move ashore, they also gave rise to the new overlords of the Earth."

"That is, the age of dinosaurs."

Looking at the dinosaur in front of him, Zhu Di's eyes were shining.

If you catch one of these and use it as a mount, wouldn't you be able to kill everyone on the battlefield?

If it could be a little higher, annihilating Mobei would not be a dream.

Looking at the glowing eyes of old man Zhu Di, Zhuang Mu said, "This is a Tyrannosaurus Rex."

"He is also one of the Earth's overlords."

Zhu Gaochi was also a little surprised when he looked at the huge dinosaur.

“I didn’t expect our ancestors to be so majestic.”

Hearing this, Zhuang Mu coughed lightly twice.

Yao Guangxiao suddenly...

"Could it be..."

Zhuang Mu nodded.

"Ahem, that's right. Our ancestors were the food of these dinosaur overlords, not these dinosaurs."

(End of this chapter)