The First Superhuman: Rebuilding Civilization from the Moon

"...Ten thousand years just vanished like that? What about the history in between? Is it all completely gone?"

"Yes, the entire history spanning those ten thousand years was lost. Gaia disappeared for a long time after the tsunami... This ten thousand-year gap is likely just a rough estimate."

The Senior Scientists discussed in hushed tones, trying to figure out the truth behind these ancient events. Was it really the "Gaia" entity who caused it, and if so, why?

Did it actually want to create a religion and play the role of a charlatan deity?

Two scientists debated quietly: "It’s unclear if the entity possesses true self-awareness. What if these actions were just unconscious, random events?"

"It could indeed be random. These ’miracles’ only occurred once every few years or even decades, without any fixed schedule or clear standard.

However, this elusive, unpredictable nature made it seem even more like an untouchable god. That perception had a massive impact on the natives of Planet Dige."

"But why would it do these things? The underlying logic is hard to grasp..."

The researchers found the situation bizarre and struggled to discern Gaia’s true intentions. The information provided by these ancient myths was simply insufficient, and the group couldn’t reach any solid conclusions.

Moreover, nobody knew if the stories were based on historical facts or pure fabrications. After all, reading through these religious texts felt exactly like reading the Bible—full of vague mysteries and heavy allegories.

One of the experts pressed the microphone button on his desk and offered his analysis: "Don’t underestimate these religious myths. I believe there is a high probability they are true, or at least the core events definitely happened!"

"It is precisely because the Gaia entity exists, doing things intentionally or unintentionally that the primitive natives couldn’t understand that religion became so deeply rooted in their civilization! Even after they eventually developed modern science, they couldn’t break free from their dogmatic thinking.

They stubbornly believed that everything in the universe was still a gift from the gods!"

"Think about our own ancient history on Earth. If there had been an invisible hand occasionally performing real, tangible miracles, we might have had unquestionable proof that God existed.

Even in our modern, space-faring era, we wouldn’t necessarily be able to shake off that kind of deeply ingrained religious mindset."

"Look at the Indigenous Reptilians of Nix. They have always believed that we are messengers of the gods, which has caused their social development to deviate significantly from the norm.

We still don’t know how they will view modern science in the future, or if they will ever break free from those ideological chains..."

"If they stubbornly hold on to their belief in gods, they might end up just like the Planet Dige natives, with a dark shadow permanently cast over their civilization’s progress."

Hearing this, Jason felt a sudden moment of clarity. He frowned and thought deeply. So, it is true. When a higher civilization intervenes in the development of a primitive one, it easily breeds uncontrollable religious fanaticism...

The future for the Indigenous Reptilians was looking bleak; overcoming the hurdle of blind faith would be incredibly difficult for them!

Humanity’s contact with the Reptilians during their primitive stage certainly pushed their society forward in the short term, but it also crippled their future potential in dangerous ways. Once their society reaches a certain technological milestone, they will inevitably clash with their own religious dogma.

It would be incredibly hard to erase "gods" from their minds, because they firmly believe they have actually met them!

This was a sociological trap the Federation hadn’t fully considered before. They had naively assumed that uplifting the Reptilians would be entirely beneficial... but now, the reality seemed far more dangerous.

The evolution of a civilization is the collective result of countless individuals, making it an infinitely complex system, so complex that even advanced supercomputers struggle to simulate it accurately.

Nobody can predict if a tiny, introduced variable will eventually grow into a massive roadblock that halts a civilization’s progress entirely.

As he pondered this, Jason suddenly felt a flash of inspiration. It was as if he had just grasped a profound new concept in cosmic sociology... But the thought remained just out of reach, and he scratched his head in frustration.

Meanwhile, more stories began playing on the main screen... all revolving around the so-called "Sea God."

Someone’s sacrifice was answered with an abundance of supplies; someone fell into the treacherous ocean but miraculously washed ashore alive; someone prayed and their terminal illnesses were instantly cured...

There were countless bizarre tales—some true, some false—leaving the researchers to painstakingly sift through the facts.

Furthermore, the fanatical natives always found ways to inject moral allegories into these stories, effectively brainwashing themselves generation after generation.

Reading through this massive collection of texts was like reading an alien Bible. It left everyone in the conference room feeling dizzy and disoriented.

To make matters worse, this alien world completely lacked the habit of recording actual, objective history. This left all their myths fragmented, scattered across different regions, and contradictory.

"How foolish!"

Jason shook his head. He finally understood why, after a staggering 120,000 years, their technology had barely progressed.

The primary reason was their gods! Every single action the natives took revolved around pleasing the divine, which caused their societal evolution to crawl at an agonizingly slow pace.

Their era of slavery had remained completely stable for tens of thousands of years! Everyone was obsessed with pleasing the "Sea God" to earn miracles. If someone received a miracle, they naturally became the absolute leader, and the masses blindly supported them.

For primitive minds, this logic was perfectly natural and entirely flawless.

Because their "gods" tangibly existed, their social structure became unnaturally rigid. Nobody wanted to explore new ideas, invent new tools, or uncover the true scientific mysteries of the universe.

Slave revolts and dynastic shifts were simply a matter of swapping out one chosen ruler for another. At their core, these events brought zero social progress. The subsequent feudal period played out exactly the same way.

Because of the Gaia entity, the Planet Dige civilization boasted an incredibly long history, yet it spent that entire time spinning its wheels, trapped in an endless loop of Sea God worship.

Even though Gaia rarely took any major actions, perhaps just unintentionally twitching a few times over the millennia it was enough to permanently freeze their society.

"They simply relied on a massive accumulation of basic experience, crawling forward inch by inch. They only reached the modern technological era through sheer, agonizing amounts of time and countless lucky coincidences."

"...This situation is remarkably similar to the ancient empires of Earth, where the societal mindset became entirely stagnant.

If there had been no external intervention or paradigm shifts, perhaps those ancient empires would have remained trapped in the feudal era indefinitely."

"Yes, that is highly likely..."

Many Senior Scientists began extrapolating the evolution of civilizations, looking back at Earth’s own history with a profound sense of awe. Humanity had somehow managed to survive its own dark ages and ascend to the level of an interstellar civilization.

What incredible luck!

At that moment, Austin suddenly cleared his throat. "Alright everyone, the primary goal of today’s meeting is to uncover the root cause of the Planet Dige civilization’s downfall, and to determine the exact physical nature of Gaia. Aren’t we getting a little sidetracked?"

The room fell silent as everyone dropped the sociological debate.

They went back to racking their brains, trying to piece together the fragmented myths to understand the logic behind Gaia’s behavior. Why did it do these things? What was the point of playing God from the shadows? Had it actually developed true self-awareness?

A few minutes later, Evan from the Department of Public Relations suddenly asked the presenter, "So, what about their modern science? How did these natives ever develop it? They launched satellites and built nuclear weapons. Surely that level of engineering has nothing to do with the Sea God?"

Unexpectedly, the female presenter nodded seriously, then shook her head.

"To summarize it simply: Over a thousand years ago, an alien scholar was walking along the beach when he was suddenly splashed in the face by a crashing wave.

Overjoyed by a sudden realization, he shouted, ’I know! I know!’ On that very day, he formulated their equivalent of Newton’s fundamental laws of motion, marking the birth of their modern science..."

"However, their religious leaders officially attributed this sudden scientific enlightenment to a divine blessing from the Sea God..."

The presenter sighed. "Especially in their modern era, after they discovered the vastness of space and proposed a heliocentric model of their solar system, their religion underwent a massive reformation.

They simply expanded the definition of the ’ocean’ to include the ’sea of stars.’ Almost overnight, the Sea God was rebranded as an omnipotent, cosmic deity!"

It was easy to imagine just how deeply entrenched the Sea God was in the minds of the natives, to the point where even basic scientific discoveries were credited to divine intervention.

"As you’ve probably guessed, the primary cause of the global world war on this planet was the irreconcilable conflict between modern scientific advancement and dogmatic traditional religion.

As science slowly crept forward, intelligent individuals inevitably began to question whether the ’gods’ actually existed... and that ideological schism was the final trigger for global nuclear war."

Everyone in the room wore a heavy, thoughtful expression.

Jason frowned, his mind racing. The natives of Planet Dige experienced their intellectual enlightenment far too late, only after they had already entered the atomic age... Once the ideological war sparked, the destruction was impossible to control, leading to their ultimate tragedy. Is that what happened?

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