Gaia's Shadow

Title: "Shadow of Gaia" The core of the story: Creation is destruction Core contradiction: In the name of "creation", human beings actually engage in "destruction". We transform the barrenness and give life to it, but this in itself is the ultimate aggression against possible primitive life forms that cannot be understood in human terms. World view setting ·Era: At the end of the 22nd century, the earth's ecology is on the verge of collapse, and "interstellar colonization" has become the only way out for human survival. ·Target planet: "The Promised Star", an Earth-like planet located in the habitable zone. The environment is harsh but stable: there are no complex ecosystems, the atmosphere is thin, and the surface is covered with silicon-based prototypes of life - a forest of slow-growing crystals capable of photosynthesis, and a network of liquid water that exists deep underground. ·Core technology: "Gaia Engine" - a super environmental transformation system that can reshape the planet's atmosphere, geomagnetism and water cycle. ·Core conflict: Humans regard the Promised Star as a "no-owner's land", but the planet itself may be a sleeping, distributed intelligent life form.