The End of the Paleozoic Era Chapter 2086: Ancient Times

"Who am I? Where am I?"

Very few creatures know when they first recognized themselves.

And this creature...remembers this moment very clearly.

That is 'dark algae'.

In the days when the world was still ancient, there were no multicellular organisms.

This group of creatures had already filled the ocean at that time, and their consciousness spread and split as their numbers continued to expand... and formed countless colonies.

The neural structure in them seems to be innate, but when the group is smaller, they are unconscious.

When a group of dark algae gather to a certain size, weighing about one kilogram in total, they will recognize... themselves.

Unlike most intelligent creatures, when most creatures first gain intelligence, they will use this intelligence to fight for more things and get a better chance of survival.

But the dark algae didn't do that...and they won't do that.

There is no direct connection between their thoughts and their behaviors...which means they can be looking for food...while imagining unrelated things.

Their nervous system... or more precisely, the collective consciousness formed when they gather together, does not think for the sake of living, but only for some specific content.

For example, when they are looking for food, they may wonder why the sky is so high; when they are fighting viruses, they may wonder why the seabed is so deep; when they are devouring archaea, they may wonder where they came from.

Their minds are filled with thoughts that have no connection to life...but that's what makes their lives colorful.

Plus, there was less pressure in life at that time.

Dark algae achieved the highest ecological status in the primitive ocean. No ancient bacteria could compete with them, so they began to multiply at a high speed, growing continuously and spreading throughout the ocean.

As they grow up, the only opponents they encounter are... their own kind.

Each group of dark algae has its own consciousness. No matter how large their colony grows, they only have one consciousness.

But if they encounter other groups, their consciousness cannot be combined.

Also, if the original large community is divided into two or more, many new consciousnesses will be formed.

The consciousness between different dark algae communities...will conflict with each other, mainly because they disagree with each other's ideas.

Because these dark algae are constantly thinking, such as where they come from, what is water, what is the sea, what is everything in this world, what is day and night?

There is no way to find answers to all these questions.

So, An Zao began to create answers himself.

Some dark algae have ideas similar to individual creatures... Maybe everything was created by God.

Some dark algae have compiled their own theories to explain various things and phenomena.

There are also some dark algae that like to observe. They don’t think about any theories or explain anything. They just want to obtain the truth through long-term observation.

There are also a few dark algae that try to start... traveling. They try to go to some places in the world that they have never been to. This type of group of dark algae is a small group whose thoughts affect their physical activities.

Because there are countless communities of dark algae, and their imaginations are also countless. I don’t know when it started... When two dark algae communities came into contact, they also discovered that the other party had imaginations and explanations about everything.

They immediately think...the other party is wrong.

Every dark algae consciousness has the emotion of 'absolute self-centeredness'.

They all think that their theories are correct and that other groups' practices are wrong.

As long as two groups find that the other party has slightly different ideas from their own, they will want to eliminate the other party to prove that their own...theory is absolutely correct.

So they started a war.

In this era of the 'Dark Algae War', almost all dark algae communities have truly begun to use their thoughts to influence their actions.

They have never used their nervous system to control their bodies before, but that doesn't mean they can't do it.

In fact, they are all able to control their own activities.

Thus, the war between the dark algae communities began...each one wanted to destroy the other for the correctness of their own theory.

In fact, whether they win or not has nothing to do with their theory, but only with the size of their colony.

It is natural for larger groups to devour smaller ones.

This was true in the early stages of the war, when the large groups were almost unstoppable...but later on, the smaller groups began to do some special things.

For example, they may deliberately agree with the theories of a large group in order to keep themselves alive.

This is something very new, because all groups of dark algae have no common ideas.

Although some group theories are very close, any slight disagreement can make them hostile to each other.

This was the first time that one group completely agreed with another group.

So the large groups accepted the small groups that agreed with them and used them as...subordinates to continue their wars.

While surviving, the small group also tries to continuously strengthen itself and take the opportunity to devour the large group.

Some large groups have also noticed this. They will first use small groups to help them fight, and then eat them immediately when they find that they are about to become stronger.

In the later stages of this war...it became much more complicated.

But the original intention of the war has not changed, that is, each group... insists that its own theory is correct.

The war lasted for a long time. At first, the dark algae's fighting method was very simple, just like swallowing ordinary fungi.

Later on, they will begin to use various 'weapons' to fight.

The most common weapons of their time were various archaea and viruses.

Some weaker dark algae colonies found ways to use other organisms as weapons when attacked by larger groups.

Just like the individual creatures of the future training wild beasts, they used archaea and viruses to attack their own kind.

After initial development, they even began to use archaea to assemble some huge weapons.

These fungi-made weapons look

Just like the individual creatures of the future training wild beasts, they used archaea and viruses to attack their own kind.

After initial development, they even began to use archaea to assemble some huge weapons.

These weapons made of fungi look like huge weapons.

These weapons made of fungi look like huge weapons.

These weapons are made of fungi, and they look like weapons.

These weapons made of fungi look like huge weapons.