ELON Musk has posted a cryptic tweet referencing the "sun of the old world setting" - sparking a number of World War 3 conspiracy theories.
The Tesla CEO, who has previously cited his concern for future "self-extinction", published a segment from the First World War history The Guns Of August on Monday.
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Elon Musk posted the cryptic tweet on Monday Credit: Reuters 5
It included the whole first paragraph from Barbara Tuchman's 1962 novel about the start of the 'great war' Credit: Twitter/elonmusk
As part of a long citation posted on Twitter, Musk, 50, captioned the tweet with the name of Barbara Tuchman Pulitzer prize winning 1962 book, along with the entire first paragraph.
“The muffled tongue of Big Ben tolled nine by the clock as the cortege left the palace, but on history’s clock it was sunset, and the sun of the old world was setting in a dying blaze of splendor never to be seen again,” the paragraph ends.
It was followed by a tweet referencing Lord of the Rings, writing: "Nine rings for mortal men."
The Lord of the Rings, written by J.R.R. Tolkien, was shaped in part by Tolkien's own experience serving in World War I.
Several people soon responded to the curious tweets online wondering what the billionaire mogul was implying.
While some made quips about Musk’s “dogefather status” – in reference to his continued backing of the cryptocurrency - others expressed their genuine concerns that Musk’s Tweets were a veiled attempt to warn about a forthcoming world war.
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One user wrote: "Elon is trying to tell us something important! What is it?"
While another simply wrote: “See you on Mars.”
The South African had previously issued dire warnings in February, suggesting humans face imminent threats of extinction from super volcanoes, comet strikes or a "giant war."
World War Three, he added, could hamper our chances of living on Mars.
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The tweet has received thousand of replies Credit: Twitter/elonmusk 5
It also included references to the Lord of the Rings Credit: Twitter/elonmusk
Speaking at the 2020 Mars Society Virtual Convention, he said: "I think it’s helpful to have as the objective the creation of a self-sustaining city on Mars.
"This has to be the objective, not simply a few people or a base, but a self-sustaining city."
Musk also stated on numerous occasions that humanity must colonise Mars and become an "interplanetary species" to save itself from extinction.
He has previously listed nuclear warfare, killer robots and even the incineration of Earth as it is engulfed by the Sun as threats to our species.
And just a few days ago, Musk’s company Tesla made another stark look into the future as they unveiled plans for a human like- AI-powered robot.
The lifelike droid, which will stand at 5ft 8in tall, is said to be able to perform menial tasks and is controlled by an artificial intelligence system.
In a Twitter post Musk said: "We have almost all the pieces needed for humanoid robots"
"Since we already make robots with wheels."
He has since added that the Tesla Bot could launch as early as next year.
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It comes days after Tesla announced a new lifelike droid Credit: Tesla / YouTube
Elon Musk is building a 'lifelike human ROBOT' next year named Optimus – and it'll do chores for you