stonecrandall Chapter 264 On the Origin of the World
Chapter 264 On the Origin of the World
The question of the origin of the world is like a romantic relationship between men and women; no one can truly understand it, but everyone can offer their own interpretation.
Although this is a problem that is quite far removed from the real world compared to everyday family matters, generations of scholars have never stopped exploring its roots.
Throughout history, various conjectures and theories have emerged, but just like the list of champions in various leagues, it changes completely every few years.
Needless to say, the primitive era of humankind is another story. Every region has its own totem Pokémon and origin myth. From Ho-Oh to Lugia, from Dialga to Palkia, from Xerneas to Yveltal, almost every powerful legendary Pokémon was once worshipped as a god who created the world by the people of the surrounding region.
In the modern era following the formation of the League, science and reason finally saw the dawn of enlightenment.
While clergy and religious figures were still arguing over their respective beliefs, scientists took the lead—
Based on DNA data obtained from experiments and ancient fossil remains discovered in various places, they believe that there is no god in the world who can create everything with his hands, and that the Pokémon "Mew," which they call the Mythical Pokémon, is the earliest Pokémon to be born in the world.
They went on to hypothesize that, apart from the modern Pokémon created by humans, all the Pokémon in the Pokédex are offspring of this Mewtwo.
The reason why there are so many different kinds of Pokémon in the Pokédex today is that, in addition to their own evolutionary chain, there is also a kind of slow biological evolution between each generation of related Pokémon.
When this "slow evolution" is placed on a timescale of tens of millions of years, those dreams that originally had the same appearance, abilities, and attributes began to branch out and take different paths in order to adapt to the environments around the world.
Mew that lived near rivers and oceans became Water-type Pokémon, growing gills and fins; Mew that lived near mountains and mineral veins gradually hardened its skin and became Rock-type; Mew that needed to move through forests eventually grew wings and learned to fly... Similar research theories were eventually incorporated into the Egg Groups of Pokémon research.
Just as the researchers in their white coats were cheering and celebrating the victory of science, the newly independent and still emerging field of Elven Studies stabbed these sister disciplines in the back.
In the era when Professor Oak began to emerge, research on Pokémon became more systematic and rigorous.
The "dream origin theory," originally derived from human biology, suddenly appears full of flaws under this new generation of academic perspective.
A fact was quickly brought to the forefront: Mew was not the first Pokémon to appear in the world.
Whether it's the ancient Pokémon slumbering beneath the deep sea crust of the Hoenn region, or the Regigigas resting in the Snow Peak Temple of the Sinnoh region, these Pokémon, now proven to be real, actually existed long before the time of those previously discovered Mew fossils.
Similarly, the "slow evolution" theory proposed by early scientists has also been fiercely questioned by a new generation of researchers.
From a macroscopic species perspective, the genes of most elves are actually much more stable and resilient than biologists had anticipated.
The subspecies observed in many regions also prove that the subspecies evolution of Pokémon is closer to a "mass mutation" of use and disuse. As long as the Pokémon of those regional subspecies are brought back to their original environment, they will completely revert to their original population status within a few generations. This evolutionary method is very different from the natural selection elimination that scholars have previously envisioned, and it almost completely shakes the foundation of the "Pokémon origin theory".
Moreover, the most crucial and fatal point is that there is a huge theoretical void in the logical framework of the "dream origin theory," namely, the position of mankind in the whole of nature.
While this theory may explain some of the Pokémon phenomenon, it completely avoids or even ignores the question of the origins of the human race. Its exploration of the world's roots is barely worth mentioning.
Ultimately, amidst the overwhelming controversy, those scientists who were obsessed with their dreams finally succumbed, and the fog of agnosticism once again shrouded the academic world. Various modern disciplines have argued and debated, yet to this day, they have failed to provide even a single, credible answer to this question about the origin of the world.
Thus, the baton of history, after many twists and turns, was passed to mythologists like Zhu Lan.
Myths and legends that were originally scattered around the world have been reintegrated in this era of the Internet of Things.
Individual legends may only be considered as bedtime entertainment to amuse children, but when countless myths are brought together and rigorously and scientifically examined, the truth hidden beneath the fog may soon be revealed.
More fortunate, or unfortunate—
With traces of legendary Pokémon appearing in regions like Kanto and Sinnoh, the world seems to have entered an era where gods roam freely.
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"Although I no longer pay attention to the messy things in academia, I have to say that you people who study mythology have indeed produced some real research results."
The mansion owner, named Meidan, sat on the sofa in the reception room, took a sip of the black tea brewed by the maid, and said to Zhulan, who was sitting on the other chair—
"More than fifty years ago, those guys who tried to prove that Mew was the origin of the world spent the Alliance's funding, running around the world all day, studying eyelash fossils in rocks, and using more than two thousand classification methods to categorize one hundred and fifty discovered elves—but in the end, they only proved a wrong research conclusion and got nothing but a lot of scrap paper that needed to be transported by truck. In comparison, the achievements of you mythologists are much more remarkable."
Mei Dan, with a smile that was hard to decipher—whether it was praise or sarcasm—swirled her teacup as she spoke.
"Just by strolling around the museum a few times, looking at the inscriptions on the stone tablets, and moving artifacts unearthed from the dust to the altar on the mountaintop, they can create such a commotion. It's truly remarkable."
Well, that's just irony.
The level of malice is at least 90%.
Officer Jenny rolled her eyes and sipped her tea, observing how the champion of Bamboo Orchid would deal with the sarcastic old man's offensive.
"I think you might be referring to the 'Pillar of Spears' incident caused by the Crimson Sun of the Galactic Group."
Zhu Lan remained expressionless, neither agreeing nor disagreeing. Her gaze drifted past Mei Dan across the street, seemingly still observing the interior layout of the Mori Mansion.
Mei Dan nodded, continuing the sarcastic tone of the conversation—
"The God of Time, the God of Space... Hey, those are nice-sounding names, but unfortunately, on TV they just look like two howling monsters. Oh dear, I hope I won't be punished by the gods for talking nonsense like this."
"As far as I know, there are no records of humans suffering misfortune for criticizing legendary Pokémon in ancient books. In fact, in the Sinnoh region in the past, people misidentified Dialga and Palkia for a long time, but even so, there were still stories of 'gods giving power to help people' during that period. It can be seen that compared to some humans, these Pokémon who are regarded as gods are relatively magnanimous."
The mythologist murmured, "Or perhaps, these beings don't care at all how people talk about them."