Gu Zhengyang then lifted the velvet inside the metal box, revealing the delicate mechanical structure below.
Countless gears smaller than fingernails were embedded. In the middle was a socket that was exposed to the air.
He inserted the chip between two metals softly and inputted spiritual energy to the two sides of the metal box, holding it with both hands.
It was not hard to tell that the technology of the storage chip was not from the same era as the technology of the metal box. The metal box should've been updated, but the technology applied to it was even more backward. It even seemed to have been produced specifically for the purpose of analyzing the chip.
Also, it was built to be very solid and durable. No additional energy was needed. As long as the Cultivator inputted the feeble spiritual energy, the gears inside that were as dense as clocks would revolve on their own. A dim and twisted mystic ray would shoot out of a tiny hole among the gears, forming a 3D light beam.
Noises were echoing from the metal box, like a broadcast that had been seriously jammed.
The two little fellows and Li Yao all watched attentively. Finally, a picture appeared on the twisted light beam.
Perhaps because the chip had been seriously damaged, the quality of the picture that was analyzed was rather unstable. Mottled light and shadow would burst out now and then, but a few words could still be vaguely distinguished: 'Little Cultivators'.
Han Te and the Coloured Glaze looked at each other in bewilderment. They had never seen such a weird thing before.
Li Yao, however, thought of something. The title reminded him of the movies of the Xing Yao Federation, which were dramas performed by real people.
It appeared to be a movie indeed, and it was also a children's play for the younger kids. The main content was about five kids who were studying in an 'academy of Cultivators'. They suddenly received mysterious and immense strength from a meteorite that fell from the sky, giving them the ability to transform into 'Cultivators' instantly. Then, they formed a battle squad to resist the evil forces that were invading the Martial Meritocrats Sector.
In Li Yao's appreciation, the props, settings, and plots of the children's play were not very satisfactory. Not much effort was spent on the special effects, either. It could only deceive children.
However, the children's play must've been shot much earlier than Judgment Day, which destroyed the entire Martial Meritocrats civilization. It was even much earlier than the conflict between the Cultivators and the ordinary people in the Martial Meritocrats Sector and the corruption of the Chiyou believers in the Sand Primitive Sector.
It was probably the age when the Martial Meritocrats Sector had not discovered the Sand Primitive Sector yet, and the civilization that it established on its own had just reached the peak and was ambitious enough to explore the sea of stars.
At the very least, in the background of this children's drama, there were many modern big cities with rows upon rows of well-proportioned skyscrapers, as well as transportation pipelines that circled between the skyscrapers. The use of space was extremely good, and it vaguely resembled today's Xing Yao Federation.
The children who participated in the performance and the 'teachers' of the 'college of Cultivators' were also full of vigor and vigor. They were entirely different from the sinners who were struggling hard in the Land of Sins today.
What moved Li Yao the most was their slogan and philosophy.
The five young people in the children's play had received their strength from the meteoroids that appeared out of nowhere. They had never trained themselves hard. It was inevitable that their beliefs and mentality were out of balance, which led to a series of conflicts. Eventually, they were resolved perfectly under the guidance of the teachers and the battles.
"Cultivators are the pride of the civilization of mankind. We must defend our civilization at any cost!
"The strong protect the weak, and the weak must support the strong, too. Right now, you are all strong. Even your teachers and your parents are weaker than you. Are you going to look down on your teachers and your parents because of that?
"You are indeed very strong, but nobody is omnipotent. The high-energy food that you eat, the weapons that you use, the armor and the battle suits that you wear, which one of them was not made by somebody else through hard work? Without everybody's help, the five of you couldn't have accomplished anything by yourselves!
"With great power comes great responsibility. It is exactly such a belief that the invincible civilization of mankind has been built!"
The children's play explained a lot of truths through the teachers.
There were even a few paragraphs where the five young people caused all kinds of damage by recklessly using their strength, only to realize that they were wrong in the end.
Li Yao thought to himself. The style of the children's play vaguely resembled that of the propaganda department of the government. He knew that the propaganda and education department of the Xing Yao Federation would shoot similar videos or create games with positive themes and project them to the middle and primary schools so that the children would accept the ideology of the Cultivators without knowing it.
The children's play in the crystal chip, on the other hand, seemed to have been edited by somebody. The essence of the clips was spliced together. In only one hour, the ideology of the Cultivators in the Martial Meritocrats Sector almost a thousand years ago was completely elaborated. It was telling the viewers what the Cultivators were exactly as fast as possible!
The video lasted for more than an hour. The five children flew higher and higher. They surpassed the clouds and flew into the blue sky. They broke through the atmosphere and saw the vast sea of stars. The picture froze at this moment that could not be described with words.
Han Te and the Coloured Glaze were both greatly shocked. They covered their chests at the same time, unable to catch their breath for a long time.
"What — what is this?"
After being dumbfounded for a long time, the two children asked at the same time.
"I don't know. Perhaps it happened a long, long time ago."
Gu Zhengyang had watched the video countless times, but every time he watched it, he could not help but feel emotional. His voice was filled with feelings that he did not understand himself.
"This does not seem real. It seems to be a play."
The Coloured Glaze bit her lips and thought for a long time before she confirmed.
"Exactly. But since so many people are willing to play 'Cultivators', does it mean that they once existed in reality, and the person who shot the video was willing to spread the ideology of the Cultivators on a large scale?"
Gu Zhengyang said calmly.
"I — I don't believe it. Can such an unbelievable world really exist?"
"The sky is blue, and so many birds are flying on it. The lake water is clear, and the fish in it do not bite. There are so many green trees that make up … forests!" Han Te mumbled incoherently as if he were in a dream.
"There are also cities. Cities that are ablaze with lights."
With a longing expression, the Coloured Glaze mumbled, "I never knew that the cities before the destruction were so beautiful. So many people lived in the cities. They all looked so happy. Everybody was laughing. Laughing very happily."
"There are still Cultivators? That's impossible!"
Han Te gritted his teeth hard, the muscles on his cheeks bulging. "The strong protect the weak, and the weak protect the strong? With great power comes great responsibility? The Cultivators are the pride of the civilization of mankind, the fist of the civilization of mankind, and the saber of the civilization of mankind? What — what is that all about?
"Is it really possible for the strong to protect the weak without any complaints? No matter how I look at it, it's all a lie!"
"Perhaps it is impossible."
Gu Zhengyang smiled miserably. "Therefore, such a Martial Meritocrats Civilization was destroyed in the end and turned into … the Land of Sins today."
The two little fellows were both silent. Blinking their eyes in confusion, they were like two fish that had walked in the desert for a long time and finally found an oasis, but they were worried that it was just a mirage. "Is it real? Is this the Martial Meritocrats Sector before the destruction? This is completely different from the story of 'Judgment Day'! "
"The question has bothered me for years, too."
Gu Zhengyang's eyes were deep, and his eyes were unfocused. His hands were shivering so hard that the thick veins on the back of his hands seemed to be jumping out beyond his control. "I don't know if the world stored in the chip is real or not, and if it is a real story that once happened. I only know that the Land of Sins that we live in … is too weird and contradictory!
"Why? It has been hundreds of years since 'Judgment Day', and the legendary radiation dust that never sees the sun has long dispersed, but the land is still mired in high radiation and pollution, showing no sign of self-cleaning at all. Even such a crude crop as the Gold Barley cannot be planted on a large scale!
"Why are there so many mutated beasts in the Land of Sins? No matter how we hunt them on a large scale and even destroy their nests, we can never annihilate all of them. Also, newer, more terrifying, and stronger evolved breeds are popping up every day?
"Why is it that the 'angels' have established the 'Heavenly Rails' that surround the entire Land of Sins and the enormous' Manjusaka, the City in the Sky 'at the cost of astronomical assets, but they are never willing to confront us face to face and show us their real face? If they are really our compatriots in the past, wouldn't it have been better for them to help us directly? Even if our ancestors made mistakes, it does not mean that the blood of sin is flowing in our veins!
"Why? They are obviously willing to help us, but they have given us too many weapons and arts, and barely any food and the filter chips that can be used to purify water. What is the meaning of that? Are they so fond of watching our dog-eat-dog fights?
"If they had only given us one tenth of the arts and weapons so that we could resist the mutated beasts, and the amount of food and the filter chips had been increased by ten times, no, five times, or even three times, there wouldn't have been so many slaughters and so many hideous things in the Land of Sins!
"There's also the strangest thing. The 'old grandpa' and so many new people who have fallen from the sky incessantly, including me, have lost their memories of the past. Who are we exactly? Where did we come from? And what exactly is our destiny?"
Gu Zhengyang held his head in agony.
"Dad!"
"Master!"
The two little fellows were anxious, but they did not know what they could do to help Gu Zhengyang.
"I'm fine. I'm just …"
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