"The game 'Civilization' will be a virtual world of an enormous scale," Li Yao said. "Miss Long, what you are playing right now is only the most elementary standalone version. I'm afraid that the content of the game only takes up 1% of the real game!
"We plan to enrich the whole world in the next hundred years and realize the real interactive game. By then, the government officials and the general public in a certain civilization will all be flesh-and-blood players. The evolution of the civilization will be even more real!"
"It will certainly be a boundless world!"
Long Yunxin was looking forward to it. Then she asked in confusion, "The resources to create such a world must be astronomical, right? Why are you doing that? There are a lot of hundred-year projects that require tremendous resources, aren't there? "
"Three reasons."
Li Yao extended three fingers and said frankly, "First of all, after I learned the history of the decline of dozens of civilizations of the Cultivators, I was slightly puzzled, too. I studied the history of the civilizations carefully and tried to solve the problems of the Cultivators' civilizations. But I came up with nothing despite my best efforts.
"It was not until I was exhausted and thought calmly that I realized how hilariously stupid I was. A civilization is bound to run into infinite problems on its way forward. Not just me, who is just an amateur who does not know much about politics, even an admin-type Yuanying such as Jiang Hailiu, Speaker of the Federation, cannot solve all the problems on his own!
"The Holy League was right about one thing.
"The strength of an individual is limited after all. In the boundless cosmos, even a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator is nothing more than a slightly larger grain of dust. Even if they are ten times or a hundred times larger than the 'tiny grain of dust' of the ordinary people, so what?
"However, one grain of dust is insignificant, but when billions of grains of dust are gathered together, they can transform the world and create the most brilliant and splendid buildings that cover the entire world!
"The evolution of a civilization is too mysterious for a few admin-type Yuanying experts to figure it out!
"If we gather the wisdom of everyone in the three Sectors, including the ordinary people, we may be able to find a way out in the dark, boundless universe!"
"Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. Even the most obscure ordinary person might have a spark of weird thoughts hidden deep inside his brain, which is something that the Yuanying monster never thought of! What we need to do is to release millions of these sparks! "
"Even the seemingly 'bizarre' sparks can still lead to new revelations!"
"That is why we developed 'Civilization' and the DLC 'Rise of the Imperium'.
"Millions of players have contributed their wisdom through the game. After the data is filtered, analyzed, and sorted, they will be of great reference value for the policies of the new Federation!
"Through the history of the decline of dozens of previous civilizations, we will be able to clearly realize where the problem is and completely extinguish the dangerous flames the moment they appear!"
"This is also a form of 'learning from history'!"
Long Yunxin was deeply attracted by Li Yao's whimsical idea.
Tens of billions of people in the entire world would participate in the evolution of a civilization and contribute their wisdom and strength?
If it worked out, it would truly be a world where everybody was a dragon!
"What's the second reason?"
Long Yunxin asked subconsciously. She could not wait to know the answer.
"Secondly, it is sort of a competition of beliefs between us and the Immortal Cultivators!"
Li Yao said. "The Immortal Cultivators despise the strength of ordinary people and consider ninety-nine percent of human beings to be 'hominoids', which means that they are only slightly more advanced than monkeys. The 'hominoids' are not allowed to participate in political life at all, making it impossible for them to control their own fate!"
"The excuse of the Immortal Cultivators sounds very honorable and righteous! According to the Immortal Cultivators, the 'hominoids' have low computational ability, are easily bewildered and deceived, and are swallowed by their own desires and feelings. They are insatiable, greedy, and short-sighted … "
"Therefore, the direction of the civilization must be controlled by the Immortal Cultivators, and all the 'hominoids', as long as they obey orders dutifully, will ensure that the interests of both parties are maximized!"
Long Yunxin recalled her experience in the game and had to admit that she seemed to have been bewildered by the Immortal Cultivators.
Although it could not be said that all ordinary people were like this, there were indeed a large number of people who seemed, seemed, probably, or perhaps were not suitable to control their own fate.
Giving their fate to them was like giving the Green Dragon Crescent Blade to a three-year-old child. It would be a tragedy for both themselves and everyone else.
"What's wrong with the excuse?"
Long Yunxin's voice was as feeble as a mosquito's.
"It's very simple. Nobody is born with a sharp, clear head, and omniscient mind! Don't they have to start from scratch even if it is as easy as walking and picking up chopsticks? How can they be learned if they don't? "
Li Yao sniffed. "The Immortal Cultivators believe that the 'hominoids' are too stupid to be involved in politics. Therefore, they deprive them of the right to decide their own fate. It's like not teaching children how to read and then scolding them for being illiterate!
"For the 'path of the Cultivators', we believe that 'practice makes perfect'. Any skill can only be grasped from scratch to mastery, including how to grasp the throat of fate!
"If the ordinary people are short-sighted, then try to broaden their horizons! If the ordinary people cannot deal with the complicated political problems, then disassemble the problems into the simplest multiple-choice questions and ask them to start from scratch! If the ordinary people do not know how to choose between the 'present' and the 'future', then we will simulate a million possibilities and break them apart so that everybody can see the consequences with their own eyes!
"In short, if wisdom is not enlightened, then try to enlighten it! We will not allow the few people to monopolize the artifacts with the excuse that 'wisdom is not enlightened'!
"We will learn bit by bit and accumulate knowledge. We will be more rational, keen, persistent, and enlightened day by day. In the end, everybody, including the ordinary people and the Cultivators, will be molded into warriors who can fight for themselves, for society, and for the entire civilization!
"Therefore, the game 'Civilization' can be counted as a 'textbook'. I believe that everybody can learn a lot from it."
Long Yunxin nodded quickly. She had a lot of feelings about that.
"Thirdly!"
Li Yao did not even catch his breath. He said quickly, "The game 'Civilization' has a unique significance for the Cultivators, too. It allows the Cultivators to play the role of ordinary people in the virtual world and experience the vicissitudes of life in the mortal world.
"Miss Long, you played the role of ordinary people just now, didn't you? Did you feel something different?"
Long Yunxin nodded slightly. Her lips moved, but she did not know where she should start with the thousands of words in her head.
"The Cultivators, because of our own capability, computational ability, and social connections, are always more likely to succeed and climb to a higher position than the ordinary people. We are surrounded by colorful halos.
"As we grow stronger and stronger, our halos become more and more dazzling. Many Cultivators lose themselves easily. They forget their origins, where they come from, and where they are going to return to!
"After experiencing the life of the ordinary people in the game, I believe that we will be able to understand the feelings and needs of the ordinary people better. We will figure out the relationship between the Cultivators and the ordinary people, and we will have a clearer, clearer, and firmer understanding of our civilization.
"It is sort of a training method, too. Such a training method is not our own creation but has existed since ancient times."
"Since ancient times?"
Long Yunxin was slightly dazed.
"Exactly!"
Li Yao blinked and said, "The high-level Cultivators in the age of ancient Cultivators often performed a kind of training named 'mortalization', which meant that they would conceal their techniques and disguise themselves as ordinary people. They would live in the mortal world for a few years and enjoy themselves. They would even get married and have children. They would experience all kinds of life situations in order to understand the beliefs of a higher level!
"Perhaps, after living in seclusion for too long, the high-level Cultivators gradually lost the basic feelings and the meaning of their existence as human beings. They must have found the reason for their existence through the method of 'mortalization'!
"It was not easy for the ancient Cultivators to mortalize themselves. They really had to live in the mortal world for twenty years! But it is much easier for us modern people to mortalize ourselves. With the game 'Civilization', we can experience thousands of different lives at any time!
"Maybe, one day, we can enact a new law that stipulates that every Cultivator in the federation must receive 'further education' once a year. The content of the further education will include a certain number of hours of 'mortalization' training."
"In such a way, the distance between the Cultivators and the ordinary people will be shortened. Only then will we be able to compete with the so-called 'true path of immortality'!"
Hearing that, Long Yunxin took a long breath in relief. She looked at Li Yao with even more disbelief and respect. She said in admiration, "I didn't know that, other than your in-depth studies on the Crystal Suit and the Colossi, you have such a profound understanding of politics and society, Master Li!"
Li Yao blushed all of a sudden. He hurried to wave his hands and said, "Please don't misunderstand me, Miss Long. The birth of the game 'Civilization' has little to do with me. I merely proposed some minor ideas at the beginning.
"Even what I said just now was not my own idea but the brainwork of countless sociologists and political scientists, which will be written in the manual of the game 'Civilization'. I merely brought them out in advance and parroted their words like a parrot!
"The design and development team of the game 'Civilization' came from everywhere, including the Glorious Sunlight Group and the Grand Desolate War Institution. Some of the experienced technicians of the former 'Grand Illusionary Group' in the Flying Star Sector, as well as many demon emperors of the Blood Demon Sector who are adept at biochemical neuron technology!
"The government of the Federation has provided great support for the project, too!
"Right. The senior next to me has provided tremendous support for the birth of 'Civilization', too. He is sort of the father of 'Civilization'!"
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