Li Yao was dumbfounded. "That's a rather … bizarre idea!"
"It's very simple," Long Yangjun explained. "The civil war of mankind today is mostly about resources, especially the planets with abundant spiritual energy, stable galaxy structures, habitable planets, atmospheres, sunlight, and water sources. If there are Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and abundant mother lodes of crystals, it will be even better!
"Vulnerable and picky human beings can only live on such planets. Even if they become a 'starship civilization', they will have to base on such planets or search for such planets tirelessly!
"Wars will only break out for the few planets in the vast universe. It's like the Black Wind Fleet's expedition from the center of the cosmos to this place was all for the purpose of plundering the Sectors here and looting all the resources including the population.
"However, if everybody — no, not everybody, as long as half of them are transformed into 'virtual lives' and live in the 'Spiriters' Realm ', the pressure on resources will be greatly reduced. Human beings have the highest demand on their habitats. Demons are much more adaptable than human beings and can live on many barren and dangerous planets. The Spiriters, on the other hand, are much more adaptable than demons. For most of the solid planets, as long as the interference of radiation and light can be resisted deep below the ground, they can establish a tiny super crystal processor center and live inside!
"Anything can be created in the virtual world. Money, beauties, land, Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures … All the reasons that have caused wars since ancient times will not be a problem in the virtual world!
"In such a way, the living space of human beings will be expanded by a hundred times, and the contradictions will be greatly alleviated. Wars may not be completely eliminated, but the odds of wars caused by resources will at least be reduced by more than half. Perhaps that's what your professor thinks.
"Even if the Spiriters have conflicts and have to fight, it won't be in such a cruel way at all. I can think of two new ways easily.
"Firstly, just like the war DLCs of 'Civilization', a virtual battlefield can be established in the virtual world. It doesn't matter if the world is dark and the sun is dim. After all, everybody can be 'revived' after the winner is decided.
"Secondly, didn't your teacher mention 'shells'? If the Spiriters have to fight in the material world, all the warriors can crawl into a certain 'shell' and be remotely controlled, just like the 'drones' and 'battle puppets' today. Even if the 'shell' is smashed into smithereens, it doesn't mean that the soul will be damaged.
"Think about it. What an advanced, 'clean', and 'peaceful' form of war it is. Nobody will really die in such a war. Even if some people's soul collapses occasionally, the odds will be much, much lower than in the war right now!
"By then, the universe will welcome absolute peace. War is not only a way to settle differences peacefully, but it may even become a game of leisure and entertainment!"
"War … is a game?"
Li Yao shuddered.
"Why do you look so incredulous, as if human beings are innocent babies?" Long Yangjun sneered.
Long Yangjun snorted. "Human beings are war machines created by Pangu and Nuwa in the first place. War and violence are indelible parts embedded in the deepest part of everybody's gene strands. The children of human beings like toy guns and soldiers, and the teenagers like action movies and war games. Even at the end of their lives, don't the old people still enjoy 'politics' and 'strategies'? You, Vulture Li Yao, are bold enough to say that you don't like the feeling of fighting? "
Li Yao was lost for words for a moment. He simply said, "It — it's impossible. My professor can't be as crazy as you think, can he?"
"That will depend on whether Professor Mo Xuan is a good guy or a bad guy," Long Yangjun said.
"If Professor Mo Xuan is a villainous man with the ambition of 'dominating the world' for the Spiriters, there is no way that he is up to any scheme right now because the timing is too immature and the odds of success are too low. Also, the development potential of the Spiriters is predictable. He can draw a magnificent blueprint like Jin Tuyi and spend hundreds of years in hibernation while he manipulates everything in secret. Then, thousands of years later, when human beings are more closely related to the Spiritual Nexus, he will launch an attack abruptly!
"If he is not a villainous man but merely a selfish man who prioritizes the interests of the Spiriters and does not care about other people's lives, he will not jump out at this moment. He can devote all his efforts and all his resources to the 'Tinder Plan' and flee with his Spiriters, leaving 'old human beings' and the Xing Yao Federation behind, to a place far, far, far away.
"After all, the Spiriters represent the future. All he needs to do is to grasp the future. As for the people of the Xing Yao Federation who do not believe in him, they will be left to fend for themselves. What does it have to do with him?
"Think about it. Isn't it reasonable? Whether Professor Mo Xuan is a villainous man or a selfish man, there is no reason for him to jump out at this moment!"
Li Yao pondered for a moment and nodded his head. "Yes. Whether he is selfish or evil, he will not jump out and cause trouble at this moment."
"However, like I said just now, and you have always believed in it, what if Professor Mo Xuan is not a bad guy or a selfish man but a good man who puts the interests of all mankind above his own interests and those of the Spiriters?"
Long Yangjun said, "If such a 'good man' discovers a way that can bring absolute peace to all mankind and avoid wars forever, can he wait patiently for hundreds of years? Can he carry out an 'escape plan', abandon his compatriots and motherland, and flee to the future, while other people struggle in the swirl of war?
"At this moment, at this second, not just the 'small-scale conflict' that is about to break out between the Xing Yao Federation and the Black Wind Fleet, a super war that is a hundred times more gory than this one is breaking out between the Imperium of True Human Beings and the Alliance of the Holy Covenant, the two superpowers of mankind at the center of the cosmos!
"In a super war, countless people are dying every second. Countless people are blown into smithereens, with broken limbs flying everywhere. Many old people, women, and children are shuddering and screaming in fear in the fire of war, either alive or dead in excruciating pain!
"As the Xing Yao Federation officially steps onto the stage of the 'universal competition', it is inevitable that you will be involved in such a swirl of war. Whether you win or lose in the end, a lot of people are destined to die. Perhaps billions of people will die!
"Can Professor Mo Xuan, a good man, simply sit by and watch such a future and do nothing but consider the interests of his tiny Spiriters?
"Is it possible for him to turn a blind eye to the death of billions of people and simply wallow in his little circle of 'Spiriters' instead of saving his dearest compatriots?
"No. It's impossible. If Professor Mo Xuan is truly a good man, he will certainly save them without bothering about anything and get everybody out of the war!
"Therefore, we can't find an answer if we consider the interests of the Spiriters and his own interests. But if we consider the interests of all mankind, everything will make sense now!"
Li Yao's eyes bulged out as he mumbled, "Master is indeed a man … who is willing to sacrifice everything for his motherland and compatriots. Also, as a refiner, he is a man of determination and action. Whenever he has an idea, he will never talk about it on paper but do it in earnest!
"In the 'Heavenly Road Plan' a hundred years ago, if I hadn't volunteered to search for the Ancient Sages Sector deep inside the dark nebula, Professor Mo Xuan would've abandoned everything and gone to the depths of the dark nebula at the risk of his life!
"If he can do such a thing, naturally, he can … But — but the odds of success are too low!"
Long Yangjun said, "The odds of success are not everything when it comes to salvation. For example, if you see a poor and innocent little girl sitting on a crystal rail, and a high-speed crystal train is rushing at her and will crash her into pieces in the blink of an eye, even if you calculate that the odds of rescuing the little girl are only one percent, will you do nothing but watch her being crushed into meat paste?"
Li Yao thought for a moment and said, "That's not right. I believe that most people don't calculate the odds at all. They are either too slow to react, or they will lunge forward to rescue the girl without any hesitation. It is an instinct, a conditional reflex. What is the odds?"
"That's right," Long Yangjun said.
Long Yangjun said, "Only schemes need to calculate the odds of success, and they will only be activated when the odds of success reach a certain level. But 'salvation' is an instinct, one that does not need to think, calculate, or consider one's own gains and losses!
"As long as wars are completely eliminated, billions of people in the entire universe will be saved. Nobody will be mired in the pain and destruction caused by war anymore. There will be no more conflicts or goddamn wars! Is such a 'motive' not enough for Professor Mo Xuan, the good guy, to sacrifice everything? "
Li Yao was rendered speechless, completely defeated by such a train of thought.
"Of course, it's just my imagination. It might not be the truth," Long Yangjun said casually.
"It was you who insisted that Professor Mo Xuan was weird and asked me to find a 'motive' for his scheme. Then, after racking my brains and ruling out all the possibilities, I found a motive that was not exactly a motive.
"I've tried my best. You can take your time to think about it. After all, whether or not it is true, we are about to jump to the Tian Yuan Realm, the territory of your wife and your disciple. There will be nothing to be scared of!"
After saying that, Long Yangjun was about to crawl back into the gel.
Right then, a sweet notification echoed from the top of the cabin.
"Countdown to the space jump. There are only five seconds left. All passengers, please soak in the protective gel and close the cover of the cocoon cabin in case the four-dimensional storm scourges your body and soul.
"Five … Four … Three …"
Four-dimensional storm … Soul interference …
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