"When you entered the 'Spiriters' Realm '," Long Yangjun said, "I talked to Wei Qingqing for a long time and watched some of Professor Mo Xuan's papers and seminar videos about the' Spiriters'. Your professor was not lying. He did announce his ideas to the public decades ago. At the very least, there were minor discussions in the universities and research institutes.
"Also, I don't think that there is anything wrong with his ideas in terms of pure 'theory'. As the technologies of crystal processors and the Spiritual Nexus become more and more developed, and the virtual world becomes more and more realistic, more and more spectral Cultivators and people who are too stressed in real life will certainly choose to live in the virtual world for a long time.
"Even right now, many people still choose to stay at home and spend months with their crystal processors. Aren't they the prototype of the 'Spiriters' and the reserves of the 'Spiriters'?
"In the long run, it is a trend that cannot be stopped. You can feel uncomfortable, but there is nothing you can do to stop it, unless you force the crystal processors and the Spiritual Nexus to stop upgrading, or you issue harsh decrees that everybody in the Federation can only surf the Internet for a certain number of hours a day and that they will be treated or even sentenced if they exceed the time limit. Is that feasible?"
Li Yao pondered for a moment and shook his head slowly.
"That's right. Professor Mo Xuan is not wrong at all. Both the birth of a brand-new virtual life and the virtualization of human beings are unstoppable in the future!
"Perhaps not everybody is willing to make such a change, but if 1% of the people do it voluntarily and live in the virtual world willingly, or if they are forced to hide in the virtual world and build a small paradise because of the lack of resources and the harsh environment, what reason do other people have to change or even sabotage the lifestyle that they have chosen?"
Long Yangjun said, "Professor Mo Xuan does not need to play any tricks at all. The 'Spiriters' will be born sooner or later. It is just a matter of time and the number of people.
"Since the 'Spiriters' will be born sooner or later, as the most important member of the academic community of the Federation and the 'human-shaped crystal processor' with the highest computational ability in the entire Federation, is there a problem with Professor Mo Xuan's exploration and studies on the 'Spiriters' because he is responsible for everyone and the future?
"Even if you really consider the 'Spiriters' to be a certain 'disease' of mankind, you should not hide the disease for fear of treatment. You should study it carefully and find a way to 'cure' it. Isn't that exactly what Professor Mo Xuan is doing right now?"
Li Yao nodded quickly. "I understand the logic, but I still feel uneasy." Long Yangjun smiled.
Long Yangjun smiled. "Are you worried that Professor Mo Xuan is actually a cunning but loyal man who has a great scheme under the 'Tinder Plan'? For example, he wants the Spiriters to rule the world and conquer all mankind, right?
"But I don't think it's very likely.
"I haven't been in touch with Professor Mo Xuan before. Naturally, I don't know whether he is good or bad. But he is the man with the highest computational ability in the entire Federation after all. He is multiple times better than common Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators. He is known as a 'super human-shaped crystal processor'!
"Crystal processors are not necessarily good or bad, but they are absolutely rational and calm enough. They will analyze everything they encounter carefully, and they will not care about the success or failure of the moment. They will not be swayed by their emotions like ordinary people!
"First of all, the virtual lives do not need the resources that ordinary people need at all. Professor Mo Xuan is quite right. All they need is the fully-protected super crystal processor centers buried deep below the ground and the spiritual energy to maintain the operation of the super crystal processors. There is no reason for them to wage a war against human beings or demons at all.
"Secondly, even if Professor Mo Xuan is a great villain who has the enormous ambition to let the Spiriters rule the world and conquer all mankind, with his computational ability that is beyond the Divinity Transformation Stage, it should be more than easy for him to figure out that the crystal processors and the Spiritual Nexus in the Federation right now are still underdeveloped, and the so-called 'Spiriters' haven't even solved the reproduction problem yet. They are still babies in their infancy. It is definitely not a good time to break with the 'old human beings'.
"Even if he does have a scheme, he should've developed it step by step for hundreds of years. When the crystal processors and the Spiritual Nexus are highly developed, the population of the Spiriters will increase dozens of times until it is more than ten percent of the total population, and the reproduction problem has been solved, the odds of success will be higher, won't they?
"Common schemers and careerists might not have been able to wait that long, but your professor's computational ability is already so high. Even if he is a bad guy, he should be on the level of 'Jin Tuyi'. It is impossible for him to be so short-sighted as to finish everything in his lifetime in such a hurry, right?
"If he has to do everything in person, he can totally figure out a way to hibernate himself and wake up every few decades to revise his plan. Wouldn't it be better if he hibernated for hundreds of years and launched an attack abruptly when the time was right?
"All in all, even if he is a schemer who intends to be the 'God of the Spiriters', as long as he considers the fundamental interests of the Spiriters, he will never choose to take action right now. It is too hasty, too reckless, and too hasty. Is that Professor Mo Xuan's style?"
"No. I find it strange, too. My professor is not such a reckless and unwise man. Even if he has any expectations for the future of the Spiriters, he should've realized that the conditions are not right yet after carefully analyzing the situation right now. The odds of the Spiriters rising in the next few hundred years are very slim!"
Li Yao frowned. "He said the same thing himself. I don't think that he was lying. Besides, I don't think that my professor is an evil man, either. Even when he was most aggressive just now, I only felt that he was somewhat crazy, but I did not sense the slightest selfishness or evilness from him.
"How should I put it? I've seen a lot of people who seem to be loyal, such as Yan Xibei, Xiao Xuance, and Lu Zui, but they are different. My professor is different from them. My professor is a good man. I still believe that right now!"
Long Yangjun suddenly changed the topic and said, "If I have to point out anything suspicious about the whole thing, I'm more curious about why Professor Mo Xuan talked so much to 'Captain Lin Jiu of the Red Lotus Fleet'.
"Right now, when the great war between the Federation and the Black Wind Fleet is about to break out, Lin Jiu is not a big shot. You are only here for a visit. It's fine for him to chat with you for a while. Is it necessary for him to ignore the big shots of the Union Army and the Secret Sword Bureau and talk to you for so long?
"I've calculated. You've been in the virtual cabin for two hours. His desire to express himself is really strong!"
Li Yao was slightly dazed. "I've met some schemers before. When they talked at length and revealed their crazy plans, it was often because they were stalling for time. But that was only during fierce battles. Right now, everything is peaceful. There is no need for my professor to stall for time at all!"
"Perhaps he is not stalling for time but trying to buy time."
Long Yangjun was deep in thought. A moment later, she shook her head and said, "I don't understand. It is unreasonable to waste so much time on such a mediocre person as' Captain Red Lotus'! You are only in the beginning level of the Yuanying Clan on the surface, and there are more than a thousand Yuanying in the Federation. Even if there is a scheme, it will not be you!
"Yes. There is neither a motive nor a condition for a scheme. Also, with my professor's computational ability, he should've figured out that the odds of success of the scheme are very low. There will be plenty of time in the future. The Spiriters have a lot of potentials. There is no need for him to 'seize every minute' … Am I being too sensitive?"
Li Yao took a deep breath. "In any case, I have decided to leave the Hundred Flowers Space Zone in advance and jump to the Tian Yuan Realm to find Ding Ling Dong and Jin Xinyue. After I find the two of them, there will be nothing to be scared of whether or not there is a scheme!"
The speed of the shuttle was abruptly accelerated. Very soon, they returned to the Hundred Flowers Space Port where the carrier was docked.
They were a special delegation. Naturally, the starship was given priority for maintenance and refueling. The preparations for the jump would be completed very soon.
Li Yao and Long Yangjun returned to the starship. The twelve experts from the Ancient Sages Sector gathered together and listened to Li Yao's introduction of the 'Spiriters' Realm '.
However, however high their Cultivation and wisdom were, the other ten experts had 'time-traveled' from the era of the ancient Cultivators after all. They had only been in touch with the crystal processors and the Spiritual Nexus for a short time. How could they know the details?
If even Long Yangjun could not figure it out, they would be even more confused.
Li Yao had been planning to reveal his identity in the Hundred Flowers Space Zone, but he was in a hurry to perform a four-dimensional jump. It would not be a good thing if Yan Liren and the rest of them learned that he was' Monster Li 'and started a riot.
He might as well wait until he jumped to the Tian Yuan Realm. Li Yao only wanted to leave the Hundred Flowers Space Zone as soon as possible.
"All passengers, please be prepared. The countdown to the space jump will begin in the last minute."
In the jump launch area of the Hundred Flowers Space Port, the starship that carried the delegation of the Star Ocean Republic was gradually enshrouded in a cluster of gentle mystic rays. It shivered softly and was about to leave for the Tian Yuan Realm.
At this moment, there were thirteen hours, twenty-two minutes, and thirty-five seconds to go before the Black Wind Fleet arrived at the central space zone of the Tian Yuan Realm.
Gudu! Gudu! Gudu! Gudu!
Inside the passenger cabin, the twelve members of Team Red Lotus were half lying inside special cocoon-type protective cabins. A lot of buffer gels were secreted inside the protective cabins, which protected them like sticky jelly in case they were scourged by the four-dimensional storm during the space jump.
"Forty-five seconds to go before the space jump."
Everybody had been injected with the buffer gels. The covers of the twelve cocoon-type protective cabins were slowly lowering.
For some reason, Li Yao's feeling of fear grew more and more intense even though he was about to leave the Hundred Flowers Space Zone for Ding Ling Dong and Jin Xinyue in the Tian Yuan Realm in more than half a minute. He felt that countless invisible needles were piercing his eyeballs nonstop. It was so painful that he almost shed tears.
No. He felt that something was not right …
Right when the cover of the cabin was about to be closed, Long Yangjun, who was lying in the cocoon-type protective cabin next to him, suddenly struggled out of the gel and grabbed the cover of his cabin, hinting that he should stick his head out, too.
"I suddenly thought of a motive for the scheme."
Long Yangjun frowned and said, "If it can be counted as a 'motive'."
"Oh?"
Li Yao was refreshed. Having no time to prepare for the four-dimensional jump, he said, "Tell me about it."
"Just now, I pondered carefully for a long time and considered the path of 'great schemer'. The more I thought about it, the more I felt that it was not a problem."
Long Yangjun said, "If your teacher is truly an evil schemer who wants the Spiriters to dominate the universe and the entire civilization of mankind, there is absolutely no reason for him to take action in such a hurry. The best opportunity would've been to lurk for another hundred years or even a thousand years.
"However, what if you're not wrong? Your teacher is not a great schemer but a good man, a noble man, a pure man, and a bright man who has abandoned his selfishness and dedicated his life to the civilization of mankind! "
The more he listened, the more confused Li Yao was. "So what?"
"In that case," Long Yangjun said, "even if he considers himself to be a 'Spiriter', he will not consider the interests of himself and the Spiriters first. Instead, he will consider the interests of the civilization of mankind as a whole first, far more than the Spiriters do!
"In other words, if something is of great benefit to the civilization of mankind, even if it will harm the interests of the Spiriters or even lead to the premature death of the Spiriters, your teacher will still do it, won't he?"
Li Yao blinked. "I think so. But I still don't understand. What do you mean by 'great benefit to the civilization of mankind'?"
"Absolute peace," Long Yangjun said coldly.
Long Yangjun said coldly, "I thought about Professor Mo Xuan's words that you repeated many times and found a very harsh word. 'Absolute peace'! He wants the races of the civilization of mankind to support and help each other in 'absolute peace' so that they can grow, blossom, and prosper together. "
Li Yao frowned. "Is there a problem with that? I want that, too!"
"Peace is not a problem, but 'absolute peace' is rather intriguing," Long Yangjun said.
Long Yangjun said, "Let me ask you, what kind of country or society can achieve 'absolute peace'?
"Even if the Federation defeats the Black Wind Fleet this time, will it achieve 'absolute peace' and stop fighting the Imperium and the Holy League?
"Even if one day, Monster Li, you demonstrate your invincibility and lead the Federation to a tie with the Imperium and the Holy League, what will happen then? Will the Federation be united in absolute peace forever?"
"Of course not," Li Yao mumbled. "When the world is divided, it must be united, and when it is united, it must be divided. Peace cannot last forever. Wars large and small are bound to break out."
"Exactly. As long as mankind continues to exist in the current form, infinite desires and limited resources will always be a contradiction that cannot be reconciled. Resources are limited, wars are eternal, and 'absolute peace' is absolutely impossible!" Long Yangjun said quickly.
"However, what if most people are 'virtualized'? Won't the consumption of external resources be greatly reduced? Even if the war cannot be completely ended, won't the frequency and intensity of the war be greatly reduced? Or rather, the war will become a game, a virtual game where you can be resurrected at any time after you die?
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