Those who face the wall, but are in the Nascent Soul stage.

Chapter 174 Become a Part of Me

No one could have imagined that this Devourer spaceship, which had caused humanity 20 years of fear and put immense pressure on the entire civilization, was actually built by dinosaurs. The so-called Devourer civilization was actually a dinosaur civilization!

6500 million years ago, dinosaurs, who should have gone extinct in the Cretaceous period, actually established a civilization and wandered among the stars for so long...

Someone had MOSS retrieve an 80-year-old paper on dinosaur civilization. The person printed out the paper, gave a copy to every official present, and then climbed onto the platform, loudly proclaiming:

"Such a genius in paleontology! A genius who predicted the dinosaur civilization, how come he wasn't promoted to full professor?! Even his only student gave up his doctorate in paleontology and became a short video blogger who pushes the boundaries of popular culture!"

This is a slander against knowledge! This is the utmost disrespect for this genius! Are there any Chinese people here? You need to explain why such a talented person was not given a due position in your country! Even his last wish was not to be promoted to full professor!

There were naturally Chinese people in the square. One of them said helplessly, "Zhou Chang, Associate Professor Zhou was a senior lecturer at Tsinghua University in the 30s. Based on his research achievements alone, he is indeed qualified to be promoted to full professor. However, it is unreasonable to completely blame our country... because Associate Professor Zhou Chang was one of the third-generation leaders of the Earth-Three-Body Organization during the Qin Shi Huang era. He was an ETO member, codenamed King Wen of Zhou."

"Former leader of the ETO? Discoverer of dinosaur civilization? Tsinghua University? How come it's Tsinghua University again?"

Everyone started whispering.

"I've finished reading the paper. The dragon-ant symbiotic civilization is the foundation of the dinosaur civilization." Someone pointed to the dinosaur in the center of the square, negotiating with the benevolent Luo Qing, the chairman of the joint government, the colonel, and others.
"In other words, the description of dinosaur civilization is incorrect; the correct description is dinosaur-ant symbiotic civilization."

"Did King Wen of Zhou publicly publish anything else? Don't tell me that dolphins, whales, or octopuses also established civilizations?"

"They not only built a civilization, but they even opened a hamburger shop underwater, and the chef was a yellow sponge."

This joke was told by a hibernating person who has awakened; it's from the last century, but unfortunately, no one here understands it.

Some people asked, "He was a genius in paleontology. It would be such a pity if he died. Did he hibernate?"

The Chinese man said, "King Wen of Zhou died in 2053 from liver cancer at the age of 83. There was no record of him undergoing thought imprinting, consciousness uploading, or hibernation. In other words, he did not have a digital personality and probably died of illness."

“ETO may know more about King Wen of Zhou, especially the elders of the Three-Body Organization from the same era as him, such as Qin Shi Huang, the third-generation leader of ETO. We can ask them.”

"Come on, during the PDC era, we never managed to find out who Qin Shi Huang really was. Whether he hibernated or died of old age, who knows? All we can be sure of is that he stole the Mind Imprint technology through the Sophon, and with the Mind Imprint, he kept the ETO organization, which should have been extinct, like a persistent, lingering ghost. The ETO during that period was a mystery to us!"

"Everyone, stop arguing. It's too late to pay attention to the research results of King Wen of Zhou now. Let's see what the Wallfacers can talk to that big dinosaur about."

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"The Devourer Civilization is an ancient civilization with a history of at least 6500 million years. Now that you have entered the era of interstellar travel, why do you want to return to the solar system?"

When asked about the co-chairmanship, Da Ya shook his head and said:

"The Earth originally belonged to dinosaurs and ants. What's wrong with us returning to our birthplace?" The co-chairman frowned. Frankly speaking, no human being would want a dinosaur that suddenly appeared out of nowhere to steal the Earth…

Even though dinosaurs are nominally the 'firstborn' of Earth's civilization...

"You've been wandering for so long, you're probably not used to living on Earth for long. For a giant dinosaur like you, living on Earth with humans would probably be too crowded."

"It won't be crowded, we won't, we've been in the solar system for too long." Big Tooth grinned, revealing his neat row of broken teeth.

"That's good." The chairman of the coalition government breathed a sigh of relief.

But the colonel abruptly asked, "So what is your purpose in coming to Earth? You've been flying from the Eridanus star system for 7 years, it can't be just to come and see your old home, can it?"

Big Tooth turned his head and looked at Super Bug (referring to Kind Luo Qing), who was squatting on the ground with his back to them, eating roasted dinosaur meat. After hesitating for a moment, he said vaguely:

"We'll definitely be staying here for a while... These human insectoids are amazing, they've even developed spaceships! Our great Devourer civilization wants to establish good relations with them..."

"Please don't change the subject." The colonel looked directly into Big Tooth's eyes and continued:
"Both civilizations originated from Earth and share similar customs. We can tell whether you are lying or not. Please tell the truth: what is the purpose of the Devourer civilization coming to Earth?"

The colonel continued to press him for answers.

"What a clever little bug... I hate mammals." Big Tooth's thick upper eyelid wrinkled as it tried to come up with an answer that could fool the mammalian.

But in the end, Da Ya decided to mix the truth with the lies.

"The great Devouring Empire came to the Solar System civilization to devour resources... We will not devour our own home planet. The dinosaurs would not do that. After the Devouring Empire devours Mars, Venus, Ganymede, Titan... these four planets can replenish the Devouring Empire with enough resources and water. With these resources and water, the Devouring Empire can set sail for the next star system."

"You're lying. Your deception is just as clumsy as our other neighbor's. Your main goal is to devour the Earth, isn't it?" The colonel ignored Big Tooth's smokescreen and went straight to the point.

“...That’s how it is.” Da Ya said very sincerely after being exposed.

Dinosaurs weren't actually good at scheming; they preferred to be straightforward. So, they simply revealed their true intentions, as Big Tooth said:
"The great Devouring Civilization will remain in the solar system for three centuries. In the first century, the Devouring Civilization will devour Earth, in the second century it will devour Venus, and in the third century it will devour Mars. As for Ganymede and Titan, which are scarce in resources, the great Devouring Empire is not interested."

Upon hearing this, everyone present was visibly shocked. The Trisolaran civilization was only thinking of taking over the nest, while the dinosaurs actually wanted to swallow up all the Earth-like planets in the entire solar system.
But after calming the chairman down, the colonel cut to the chase: "So, you've come here to declare war on humanity, haven't you?"

"No." Da Ya shook his head vigorously.

"The Devouring Civilization did initially intend to devour Earth... after all, it originally belonged to us. But you little insects have already built a civilization on par with the symbiotic civilization of dinosaurs and ants, so naturally we won't be so brutal. We would like to invite human civilization to join the Devouring Civilization and become a part of it. Human civilization can live on the Devouring Civilization's spaceships, and we will provide you with a breeding...living area. Human civilization can live on the Devouring Spaceships indefinitely. The productivity of the great Devouring Empire can easily meet all the material needs of Earth's people. How about it? It's a very generous offer. Can you insects agree?"

(End of this chapter)