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No matter which archaeological project encounters problems, they urgently need a powerful force to back them up.
Or perhaps they really want to leave the Carlo base, to leave the moon where immigration and development are definitely not possible in the near future.
John's goal was very clear: he wanted the Galvin Group, the company behind the Extraterrestrial Alliance, to help him.
"Tell me about that archaeological project first!"
After a brief moment of thought, Lu Xuan ultimately did not reject John's suggestion to cooperate.
His intuition told him that the "archaeological project" John mentioned was definitely not as simple as it seemed.
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As John recounted the events bit by bit, Lu Xuan gradually came to understand the whole story.
As humanity gradually becomes a true cosmic civilization, the TPC leadership has long since begun the process of colonizing and developing the Moon and Mars.
The Moon, in particular, is very clear to TPC that it is the first springboard for humanity to truly step into the universe.
As a result, numerous development plans for the moon have emerged, including some outlandish ideas.
The Carlo base on the moon is just one of the most inconspicuous ones.
The original Carlo base was a military base built by the Earth government during the Defense Force era for the development and research of faster-than-light spacecraft.
However, ever since TPC took full control of the Caro base, how to use the base has been the focus of internal debate.
Continuing to research faster-than-light spacecraft is a project that is far too large and offers no hope.
Therefore, some people suggested that we should use the Carlo base as the center to carry out a comprehensive lunar development and immigration plan.
After much debate and discussion, the Carlo base ultimately became humanity's first line of defense against alien invasion, and the only special unit authorized to use all the dangerous weapons from the Defense Force era.
All weapons tests that TPC deems inappropriate to be conducted on Earth can be carried out at the Carlo base.
This practice continued until the rise of the Galvin Group.
As the Gailvin Group continued to introduce various advanced concepts and technologies, the Carlow base became a forward outpost for TPC to verify the militarization and weaponization of these technologies.
When it comes to military technology, one cannot ignore all kinds of reconnaissance equipment.
In fact, as early as the 1970s, the Earth Defense Force discovered a hidden special space on the far side of the moon.
In that special space, there is an ancient ruin built 1.2 billion years ago.
However, due to the limitations of the Earth Defense Force's technology at the time, they did not carry out large-scale development and exploration of this ancient site.
Although it is called a ruin, according to the subsequent excavation and survey by TPC observers, it is more like an ancient temple—a temple dedicated to ancient gods or kings.
A colossal structure stands atop the lunar surface, and powerful electromagnetic interference permeates the entire space…
Even with all the advanced equipment and instruments available, TPC could only explore its secrets little by little using the most primitive methods.
In light of this, the TPC internally named this ancient site "Royal Valley".
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Chapter 510 Ancient Genetic Factors
TPC's exploration of the "Royal Valley" has continued intermittently for more than a decade.
It's not that the Carlo base lacks the ability to explore this ancient ruin, but rather that TPC has always maintained a cautious attitude towards it.
Speaking of this, we must mention a special program that should have been terminated long ago—the Superpowered Individuals Program.
This plan can be traced back to the Cold War era in the 20th century.
At that time, most countries, including the two poles of the world, were researching how to turn ordinary humans into superhumans with superpowers.
Besides using various drugs to strengthen the physical body, telekinesis, which has wide applicability, is also a mainstream research direction.
Unfortunately, due to the limitations of the era and technology at the time, the so-called "superpower project" was more of a gimmick.
Only the two superpowers of the time, the Soviet Union and the United States, have achieved some success in this regard.
When the Earth Defense Force was established, the "Superpower Project" became a semi-public top-secret document through the sharing of internal information.
The "Superpower Project" was not fully declassified until TPC took over all the data from the Defense Forces era.
However, declassification does not mean that TPC can replicate the experiments conducted by the Soviet Union and the United States.
The first issue is the difference in mindset.
Unlike the Soviet Union and the United States, the TPC could not ignore sacrifices and opposition, and painstakingly used human lives to create the few experimental results it had.
Secondly, there's the element of chance in superpowered individuals.
There has long been a belief within the TPC that the Soviet Union and the United States did not actually create superhumans, but rather that their cruel experiments selected humans who already possessed the qualities of superhumans.
In other words, the "Superpower Project" has no universality whatsoever and is not worth studying in depth.
At least at this stage, humanity does not yet have the technology to mass-produce superhumans.
This situation continued until more than two years ago, when Galvin forcibly extracted Gatanothor's power and artificially created a new god.
With the birth of the "God of the Sky," a "divine rain" that influenced the entire world fell upon all corners of the globe.
Since then, more and more humans have awakened superpowers and become so-called "supernatural individuals".
Along with these humans, other creatures also affected by the torrential rain awakened superpowers.
These beings include, but are not limited to, aliens, monsters, spirits, animals, plants, and even certain special non-living entities...
Thanks to this, TPC was finally able to restart its original "Superpower Project".
Through a new round of research, TPC discovered that its understanding of superpowers and their origins seemed to have been misled all along.
It is generally accepted that superpowers generally originate from certain specific genes.
The difference lies in the fact that the sources of this specific gene are different.
There are probably two of the most well-known ones.
One theory suggests that this specific gene originated from an ancient civilization.
After all, the discovery of so many ancient civilization relics around the world proves that superpowered individuals already existed as early as 30 million years ago.
Although, based on the current situation, the ancient civilization has long since become extinct.
But their genes may have already been integrated into the Earth's ecosystem and become part of it.
To put it even more boldly, did humans in an ancient civilization possess superpowers from the very beginning?
If the ancient humans didn't possess superpowers from the beginning, but instead gained them by studying the existence of Titans.
So, who can guarantee that ancient humans didn't experiment on other organisms on Earth?
—While the ancient civilization perished, the creatures and monsters modified by these ancient humans survived and spread their modified genes throughout the Earth's ecosystem.
This is the consistent argument of scholars who support this theory.
Given that these theories are indeed supported by sufficient evidence, a considerable number of TPC members firmly believe in them.
However, just like the origin of humankind, it remains a topic of ongoing debate.
Another group of scholars proposed a completely different view, which is also the view that TPC has come to accept more—namely, convergent evolution.
Regardless of whether ancient civilizations conducted experimental modifications on Earth's organisms.
Based solely on the origin and importance of superpowers, they do not believe that ancient civilizations would recklessly and massively modify other organisms in the ecosystem.
Moreover, the most important piece of evidence supporting this argument is reproductive isolation.
All organisms that have undergone modification have, to varying degrees, diverged from their original biological groups.
In this situation, unless an ancient civilization had nothing better to do than perform the same modifications on all organisms in a certain region, those modified genes would absolutely not be able to be passed down through reproduction.
In this respect, those ancient monsters that were "the individual as a group" are a prime example.
Let alone passing on their genetic material to their offspring, most ancient monsters don't even have the concept of their own kind.
In response, these scholars believe that the specific genetic factor is the result of convergent evolution.
In a holistic ecosystem, different individuals and different populations often evolve the same morphological structures due to the same living environment and lifestyle.
When an outrageously powerful group emerges in Earth's ecosystem, other organisms will be more or less affected by them, evolving similar abilities and behaviors.
Those ancient humans from the stars, and the first Ultraman Tiga who descended to Earth, were powerful beings capable of influencing the entire ecological evolution chain of Earth.
The appearance of ancient humans and the first Ultraman Tiga caused some changes to Earth's ecological environment.
Originally, organisms living on Earth either passively accepted influences or actively evolved by admiring the strong, eventually developing into a modern human species that is extremely similar to ancient humans and Ultraman Tiga.
This explains why ancient humans from 30 million years ago look almost exactly like modern humans.
Because the human race on Earth today is a new species that evolved by imitating ancient humans.
This leads to a new problem.
Is the current human race merely an imitation of the appearance of ancient humans?
The answer is naturally no!
Although the ancient humans were powerful, their combined strength was still less than that of the Titans.
Whether it's using science and technology to modify themselves, or being passively influenced by the giant's genetic factors...
Ancient humans were evolving towards the form of "giants of light".
Modern humans, influenced by this, naturally also tend to evolve towards becoming "giants of light."
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Chapter 511 Civilization 1.2 Billion Years Ago
To prove the correctness of the idea of "convergent evolution".
Scholars from this school of thought have presented another, even more convincing piece of evidence.
That is the phenomenon of the collective evolution of the Lightning People.
Another intelligent species in Earth's ecosystem, the Lightning Man, after absorbing Gatanothor's power, evolved into a form similar to the "Giant of Light".
Isn't this just another form of convergent evolution?
As the Lightning People race officially evolved into the "Sky Gods," they gained power and form similar to giants.
All living things on Earth have been affected by this convergent evolution, and "supernatural individuals" with various superpowers have begun to emerge.
It's important to know that these "supernatural beings" don't just exist among humans.
Can you really say that all animals, plants, aliens, and even life forms in other different forms possess the same ancient genetic material from 30 million years ago?
Only convergent evolution can explain this almost unbelievable phenomenon of biological inheritance.
However, this has led to new problems.
Can those special genes that have undergone convergent evolution be replicated using technological means?
Just like the ancient civilization, it grants all humans superpowers and enables the complete evolution of the entire race.
Theoretically speaking, this is achievable.
After taking in humans who had awakened superpowers, TPC's relevant departments have been moving in this direction.
But reality was far more difficult than they had imagined.
Despite the large-scale emergence of "supernatural individuals" over a long period of time, the TPC has yet to find a way to truly replicate this "convergent evolution" phenomenon.
At that very moment, the Carlo base on the far side of the moon discovered the "Royal Valley".
Initially, TPC did not take the "Royal Valley" seriously.
After all, the Earth in this timeline is different from the Earth in Lu Xuan's previous life.
Due to the existence of ancient civilizations, various relics from ancient times are hidden all over the world.
In comparison, an ancient ruin hidden on the moon is nothing.
However, this idea was shattered during the Caro base's first exploration mission.
The ancient ruins hidden on the moon are not relics left by an ancient human civilization.
According to carbon-14 dating, this ancient site was built at least 1.2 billion years ago.