Because of Vladimir's words, the endless association mode was started. The more you thought at the dining table, the more outrageous he became, the more he thought about it, Long Yun's thoughts were galloping freely like a wild horse. In a daze, he had already run away from the topic and began to think about other wild thoughts.

Just as he was thinking about it, the researcher who swallowed the grilled fish began another narrative:

“Okay, Victor.

Well, I see your expression. Do you hope that the "prehistoric civilization" will really exist? Of course, I cannot give a conclusion on this kind of thing, and the theory I mentioned may not be correct.

As I said just now, I think that ‘prehistoric civilization’ should not exist logically, and the reason is actually very simple. If there was a kind of highly developed civilization on the earth, then a question will naturally arise. Will this civilization suddenly suffer a catastrophe and completely disappear from the earth, and then make room for development for our human civilization today?

In my opinion, this is almost impossible.”

After saying these words, Vladimir Pukin, who was preparing to make a long speech, took a look at everyone here. After all, this was not an academic discussion, nor was it a lecture, and there was no need for any rigorous atmosphere between everyone's chat.

Sure enough, after such a exchange of eyes, apart from Long Yun who was meditating on the chair, Varentina Kurtonova, who sat beside him, raised her hand slightly, and the woman has been quiet since the start of the chat, but this does not mean that she is wandering outside of such a discussion:

"Ah, then, Vladimir, before that, I will also talk about my own opinion. OK?

——Actually, my point of view is very straightforward. Or it is a kind of intuitive understanding. I think, just like the current human civilization, human society has actually become a bit fragile to this day. If you encounter a natural disaster, will you easily encounter something unexpected?"

"Well...why, Varentina?"

When Long Yun, who heard the woman sitting beside him questioning, came back to his senses from his reverie, only heard the second half of the sentence. He asked without thinking. "'Human society becomes fragile', where does this start? After all, we are now trapped in a protracted world war, but our lives are basically normal: In my opinion, although human society will suffer heavy losses in a war, it will not really reach the point of life and death."

Hearing the question of Lieutenant General, Varentina, with bright pupils, smiled at him. In fact, whether Victor agrees with her point of view or not, in short, he can raise an objection, which means that this person listens carefully to his speech; so the young agent leaned slightly and unconsciously raised his hand to stroke the edge of the folded napkin:

"So. This probably shows that 'war' is not a major threat to human civilization!

After all, think about it. Since human civilization began, wars of all sizes on the earth have been combined for tens of thousands of times, but it has not caused the extinction of human beings and the demise of civilization. What I think of here is another form, that is, with the continuous development and evolution of human civilization, the division of labor in society has become more and more detailed, and it is also paying more and more attention to cooperation. This is equivalent to connecting the entire world into one.

Is this interdependent, coexisting and prospering whole that is difficult to face the blow of devastating disasters, such as a plague, or simply a catastrophe like a ‘meteor hits the earth’?”

"'Flow, meteor hits the earth'?"

Hearing Valentina's words, Long Yun unconsciously picked out a little inappropriate words. He almost said, "The meteor cannot hit the earth, and the kind that falls on the ground is called meteors." But he also felt that this correction has no meaning for the current topic, so he returned to the topic, "Well, maybe, but even if such a small probability event or an explosive epidemic occurs, I still feel that human society is not that fragile. For example, the "Black Death" that was popular in Europe back then, that is, the deadly bubonic plague, or the Turkic army, the Ottoman Empire's massive invasion of Eastern Europe all caused devastating damage to Europe at that time; but human civilization has continued to develop to this day, and Europe has also occupied a place in the history of world civilization, right?"

"Ah, that's it," he stared at Long Yun with a blink of his eyes. Valentina's words quickly followed, "But history is not the same as the present after all, and it cannot be used to speculate on 'prehistoric civilization'. No matter what, my point is that 'the more developed the civilization, the more fragile it is to some extent'. Since our discussion target is a highly developed prehistoric civilization, then - well, let's listen to the opinions of professionals, hehehe~"

After a brief conversation, it was obvious that the two of them had their own opinions. Valentina ended the debate with Victor appropriately and handed over the right to speak to Vladimir Pukin. While Long Yun and Valentina were talking, they listened quietly. The archaeological researcher looked at Victor who supported his views for a few more times, as if he felt that he had found more similarities in this "old friend":

“When it comes to professionals, well, I’m not very qualified myself.

However, basically speaking, I am more inclined to Victor's point of view: If we assume that "prehistoric civilization" is a civilization that has developed to a considerable height and is widely distributed on the earth, it will not be so easy to be destroyed by natural disasters.

Speaking of this, the point put forward by Ms. Valentina is not unreasonable in itself; but I think we need to clearly distinguish one concept, that is, "hard damage" is not the same as "destruction". Or it can be said that for any civilization that has developed to a certain level, the possibility of suffering heavy damage always exists, but the probability of being completely destroyed is constantly decreasing until it is very close to zero.

The so-called civilization suffered heavy damage. You only need to look at us humans.

After humans entered the era of civilization, the biggest destroyer, the war, became more and more intense. It can be said that the behavior that crushed civilization the most fruits was the one that was the most fruits. In this regard, the nomadic peoples on the Eurasian continent were an extremely bad example. From the Tatar cavalry to the Ottoman New Army, these invaders on horseback fought everywhere, exterminated other nations, and made many civilized countries on the entire continent, from the Hungarian Principality in Central Europe to the Song Dynasty in the Far East, the destruction of civilizations was simply countless.

But even so, from a more macro and objective perspective, these madmen holding a butcher knife were unable to exterminate the fire of human civilization. I personally believe that this is affected by the earth's scale. The vast continent makes nomadic empires with cultural backward culture unable to coordinate, and will soon fall into internal strife and collapse. Of course, this is just an example. The endings of many other human wars may not be the same. There must be winners and losers. But no matter what, it is impossible for both sides to truly die together. So putting aside the justice of the war itself, we must admit that war behavior cannot cause human civilization to die."

"What if it was a nuclear war?"

Hearing Pukin's analysis of the war, Andrei Ushakov, opposite the dining table, was inspired. He himself always believed that nuclear war was an irrational behavior of dying together. Now he was just right to ask the researcher in front of him:

"To this day, the destructive power of war has obviously been increasing. Just like the world war we are experiencing, if, just if, the enemy and us really use strategic nuclear weapons to throw each other, would it be the end of human civilization, as the 'nuclear winter' theory says?"

"Oh, this theory seems unrealistic now."

Hearing Ushakov's speech, Long Yun couldn't help but raise his hand and swing. He came from the real world and had a lot of knowledge about the theory of "nuclear winter" and had read a lot of related analyses. At this time, he simply said that anyway, they are just chatting now and are not worried about revealing their identity as a time traveler:

"About the consequences of the large-scale use of nuclear weapons, 'nuclear winter' is an outdated theory, and I don't think it means that humans will be completely eliminated and weapons. - And, to take a step back, even if this situation really happens," said Long Yun, who once played the "metro_2033" series of games, "It is certain that it will cause a heavy blow to human civilization, but if it is to say that it will not recover and disappear on the earth, I think Andre, this is also an underestimation of the courage and resilience of human beings in the face of disaster."

"Uh... it seems to be the same. After all, according to Vladimir, 'hard damage' and 'destruction' are two different meanings."

As an old friend who can speak everything, Andrei Ushakov didn't care about Victor's rebuttal at all. He nodded in response in a very agreeable way, and by the way he did not forget to tease the KGB agent next to Comrade Lieutenant General:

"Okay, it's not hard to understand if you think about it. Even if the Americans are crazy about their heads and throw nuclear bombs onto our heads, they will certainly have to eat nuclear bombs and be dealt with by radiation. And here, Valentina, the committee will definitely have a complete set of response measures. I guess there will be a large underground building with steel and concrete in the suburbs of Moscow, which is enough to survive the terrible days when nuclear bombs bloom everywhere. Then everyone will only stay dormant underground for three or five years. The new era'Paul Korchakin' will lead the survivors out of the bunker and build a brand new Soviet alliance from scratch, right?"

"Oh my God, look at what you said,-I don't know the committee has this arrangement~"
Chapter completed!