Xia Fei's Choice (2)
Choose what? Xia Fei was puzzled.
Qin Mangs chuckled. Youll have to choose your own faction. As you grow stronger, you'll have to make such a choice one day. You cant always be outside the system.
Youre choosing not to sign a contract with the Union in Heaven Execution Training Camp, which means that youre not fond of being restricted, but once youre involved in the dark and terrifying upper echelons of the Alliance, youre no longer able to continue being so free.
Not having a faction means that everyone is your enemy, and I dont think youre willing to see such a situation, Qin Mang said in a deep voice.
His words were not without reason. Humans were not a united race, and there were all sorts of small groups in the Alliance. If Xia Fei did not belong to any group, he would be viewed as an enemy by everyone.
The higher one climbed, the more one needed to have their own faction and group. Either he chose a faction to join or he had to create a new one.
Xia Fei chuckled. I understand what you're saying, but Im a person who doesnt like being controlled. Joining a faction means being restricted by that faction, and thats a little too much for me.
Qin Mangs shook his head. Thats not entirely true. Although there will be some restrictions from the faction, you will also be protected by your allies. Its better than wandering the vast sea of stars alone.
Xia Fei thought for a few moments before smiling. "I'm sorry, but I still don't wish to join any faction. To me, freedom is more precious than any benefits. I don't wish to be bound by anyone, not now, not in the future."
Qin Mangs smile, looking at Xia Fei for a long time with a meaningful gaze.
With a soft sigh, Qin Mangs said, It's just as I thought. You really are a stubborn bastard. Do you know how many people have begged me to help them out, yet when I put the opportunity in front of you, you actually rejected it?
Xia Fei smiled. "Old man, our relationship will never change. I respect you very much, and I'm very grateful for the advanced technology you taught me, but if you want me to join your faction and put on a set of shackles, I really can't do it. If a person can't live freely, doing whatever they want to do, that's just too boring."
Qin Mang seemed to have expected that Xia Fei would reject his proposal. He felt a little disappointed and relieved at the same time. He had always been looking for someone as persistent and stubborn as he was. The Xia Fei of today was very similar to the Qin Mang of the past. They were both paranoid existences.
Xia Fei, do you want to know what the important item I'm talking about is? Qin Mangs asked.
Xia Fei answered without hesitation. Of course, I do, but since it's something important, it must be very important. Ill be all ears if you are willing, but I wont speculate if you dont.
"What a cunning fellow." Qin Mangs chuckled as he scolded Xia Fei. He cleared his throat and said, There are many intelligent lifeforms in the universe. No one knows how many species there are, but all of them have one thing in common: their brain structure is very similar.
Xia Fei could not help but perk up his ears. He had heard the same thing from the mad scientist, Harris. Thinking back, from the first day he set foot in the Alliance, he had been more or less related to the mysterious seventh brain region, the ancient civilization that had disappeared, and those strange intelligent lifeforms. Most of the events that had transpired were related to them.
Xia Fei could not help but perk up his ears. He had heard the same thing from the mad scientist, Harris. Now that he thought about it, from the first day he stepped into the Alliance, he had been more or less related to the mysterious seventh brain region, the extinct ancient civilization, and those strange intelligent lifeforms. Most of the things that happened were related to them.
However, among all the known intelligent lifeforms, only humans retain the seventh brain region. The other lifeforms have long lost it. Aside from them, there is nothing special about humans.
"I've been studying the ancient civilization since a long time ago, as well as those unknown intelligent creatures. I realized that apart from having the same brain structure, there's another thing that we're very similar in, and that's our technological achievements."
All the intelligent lifeforms are unable to develop higher levels of technology. The ancient humans were destroyed by robots, the ancient Charlotteans were destroyed in war, and so on and so forth. There is something strange about this. In the long history of intelligent lifeforms, why have they never been able to surpass the technological level? This is something that I am very confused about.
"That's why I've spent a lot of time exploring the ruins of the ancient civilization. It's not just the ruins left behind by humans. I won't let go of the ruins of other intelligent races either. Just as you said, becoming an interstellar traveler and solving the mystery of the ancient civilization's technology has always been my dream."
Xia Fei fell into deep thought. The universe had existed for hundreds of millions of years, and the earliest intelligent lifeforms had already lived in space for countless years. If what Qin Mangs said was true, that every time a civilization developed to a very high level of technology, it would become a common practice for them to be destroyed, and that would be too much of a sensational story.
Xia Fei had never been a fan of conspiracy theories, but Qin Mangs words made him feel that there was something very unreasonable about it. Humans had been destroyed by robots when they reached a high level of technology, and other races had also been destroyed by different kinds of natural and man-made disasters.
Was it really just a coincidence? The higher the level of a civilization, the closer it was to destruction. This did not make sense at all. After all, there was no direct connection between civilization and destruction.
Qin Mangs paused for a moment before continuing. Though I have yet to discover the secret behind this, I once discovered these words on a tombstone when I was patrolling the ruins of an unfamiliar civilization.
Civilization begins with intelligence. Destruction and the Titan God. Only with the protection of the Titan God can life be saved from the claws of evil.
Xia Fei was shocked. The words mentioned the Titan God, and it must be known that the gigantic warship that Xia Fei discovered on the outskirts of Black Abyss was called Titan.
Moreover, this Titan had been sunk by another Titan, so the civilization that produced it was very likely to have perished.
Destruction! The Titan God of War! Could this have something to do with that gigantic warship? Xia Fei thought anxiously. He focused his attention and listened to Qin Mangs story.
Qin Mangs glanced at Xia Fei. He did not expect Xia Fei to be so interested in his story, and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes.
According to my interpretation, the owner of the tomb was once a famous person, and his occupation seemed to be related to the development of the universe. I only took a quick glance at the epitaph and did not pay much attention to it, but when I found the ruins of an ancient human civilization, I changed my mind.
The ruins were once a strategic research center of the ancient humans. When I unearthed the research center, I saw a very familiar name: Titan.
"I've read the confidential files carefully. As it turns out, the ancient human beings had long sensed that their time was approaching. Therefore, they worked hard to study a warship called Titan. They sent out a lot of people to search for information about Titan in the vast sea of stars.
It seems that the ancient humans believed that some unknown force would destroy them, so in order to protect themselves, they had to find the legendary Titan warship blueprints and mass-produce them, Qin Mangs narrated calmly.
Xia Fei was shocked once more.
Uncle Porter had once discovered an ancient human base in Black Abyss, and the reason why that base was built was to find the Titan warship blueprints.
This coincided with what Qin Mangs said, but Old Porter did not know why the human civilization spent so much effort to find the super warship blueprints. He shared the same thought as Xia Fei that the ancient humans were driven by curiosity.
Now that he heard Qin Mangs story, it was truly thrilling.
It turned out that the reason why the ancient humans were searching so desperately for the Titan blueprints was because they knew that a great disaster was about to befall them, so they wanted to protect their race.
Xia Fei could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart. His fingers were trembling, and his heart was filled with unease.
It was only after I obtained this confidential document that I realized that the Titan god mentioned on the epitaph wasn't a god worshiped by the other sapient races but a super warship. A super warship capable of destroying the universe.
Xia Fei thought for a few moments before asking, Old man, could there be a connection between Titan and the destruction of civilization?
Qin Mangs shook his head. Unfortunately, the information I obtained wasn't complete, and even the ancient humans themselves couldn't explain why they were searching for and creating Titan. It seemed like it was the only way to prevent the extinction of humanity.
What a shame. Xia Fei slapped his thigh. He was very dissatisfied with not being able to unravel the mystery.
Just like you, I couldn't accept not being able to unravel the secret, so I tried my best to search everywhere in the universe. It was also then that I was infected with the six-winged skylord's poison.
"Although I wasn't able to find any evidence related to the destruction of the civilization, I accidentally met my teacher. Back then, I was just a Silver Star Adjudicator in the Adjudicator Union, living a carefree life. It was my teacher who brought me into the Headquarters and helped me advance step by step."
Thurams would often go to the headquarters to look for me. Although he was a little rude and unreasonable, he wasn't a bad person, so my teacher took him in as well. We could be considered as fellow disciples, but due to my teacher's strict orders, we never told anyone about it. Even the fact that Thurams and I loved taking in disciples our entire lives was also influenced by my teacher.
Xia Fei nodded. There was no need to mention Qin Mangs, and Thurams had disciples all over the world. What was strange was that the seemingly shrewd old man Qin Mangs disciples were all mediocre, while the somewhat boorish Thurams had quite a few good disciples, which was quite an interesting story.
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