"Wait a moment. Wait a moment!"
Li Yao was dazed for a moment. He raised his hand to stop Long Yangjun from continuing. "If my ears serve me well just now, you said that you were going to 'comfort' me, didn't you? What kind of 'comfort' is that? Are you implying that the entire civilization of mankind is redundant? "
"Don't be hasty. Just listen to me!"
Long Yangjun sat comfortably on the office chair that Li Minghui and Yue Wushuang sat on earlier. Putting her long legs on the desk, she crossed her hands in front of her chest and said slowly, "Although the Pangu alliance paid such a gory price by castrating and sealing themselves to stop the possibility of the information lives being born, they still failed to stop their — our — destruction.
"Although human beings are perfect 'tools' that are born after absorbing the essence of thirteen primeval species, human beings are still unable to get rid of the limitations of carbon-based lives. The shortcomings of many species in the Pangu alliance are reflected in human beings, too.
"The average computing power of a human is far inferior to that of a crystal processor. Only an extremely small number of experts can display computing power comparable to that of a super crystal processor. However, super crystal processors can be mass-produced, while experts are as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.
"On the other hand, the information communication ability of human beings is relatively weak, too. It is barely possible for them to transmit and exchange information across two Sectors instantly without the assistance of the Spiritual Nexus.
"In the eyes of the leaders of the Pangu alliance, the 'shortcomings' may actually be 'advantages', because such human beings are destined to be a tray of loose sand and an honest tool. It is unlikely that destructive catastrophes such as the loss of control of the Spiritual Nexus will break out.
"However, from another perspective, the self-castrating Pangu civilization modified and made use of the world with 'human beings', which is a tool that is very similar to them. It also means that they have completely castrated their ambitions and future.
"Human beings can help the Pangu civilization control the three thousand Sectors well, but they are destined to be unable to break the boundless barrier beyond the three thousand Sectors. The Pangu alliance was trapped in the tiny cage in the end. Squeezed by the population explosion and the lack of resources, a total civil war was eventually triggered by the competition of 'spiritual energy' and 'tenebrum energy'.
"Now that the civil war broke out, the modification, upgrading, and arming of human beings were inevitable. In the middle and late phase of the civil war, the human beings who seemed to be 'honest and would never be awakened or betrayed' truly grew powerful self-awareness and truly awakened. They even betrayed their dominators!
"Therefore, what I'm trying to comfort you is that the self-destruction of the Pangu alliance will be an example. Many things are unstoppable. Even though the Pangu alliance castrated themselves and locked their technology to such an extent, suppressing and even degrading their own crystal processors and Spiritual Nexus technologies for thousands of years, it was still inevitable that they would be destroyed.
"Or rather, we can totally open our minds and imagine that if the insightful experts of the Pangu alliance in the beginning, who were specialists of crystal processors and Spiritual Nexus, had not been scared and suppressed when they realized that information lives were bound to be born, instead of castrating their relevant technologies, would it have been possible for them to build super starships that could break out of the three thousand Sectors with the highly-developed technologies of crystal processors and Spiritual Nexus, thereby expanding a vaster and more fertile living space?
"In that case, perhaps the civil war of the Pangu alliance would not have broken out, and the thirteen primeval species would have been able to live in peace and prosperity until today."
"That's right. Great minds think alike. I think so, too!"
Li Yao jumped to his feet in excitement. "There won't be a second result even if the civilization of mankind walks the same path that the Pangu alliance took! If survival means that we have to castrate ourselves, abandon the crystal processors and the Spiritual Nexus, and even return to the primitive days of slash-and-burn farming, what's the point of such 'survival'? How can it last? If the civilization of mankind is truly doomed, I would rather choose to fight with my life. Chances are that I will be able to find a new world in the middle of death in the hope of survival! "
"Then, I'm truly going to have to raise my opinion of you."
Long Yangjun stared at Li Yao carefully for a long time. Taking a deep breath, she mumbled with complicated feelings, "I now understand why your level has soared so high all of a sudden. It is not just because the virtual life has upgraded and strengthened your soul in a comprehensive way, but also because you have found a brand-new belief.
"A hero and a devil are perhaps the two indispensable drivers for the evolution of a civilization. It is not easy to be a hero, but it is even more difficult to be a devil. It seems that you have made up your mind to walk on a path that is completely different from the past and even more difficult, right?"
"… Yes."
After a brief silence, Li Yao said, one word after another, "Do you know? To this day, I still cannot forget the eyes of Xiao Xuance, Lu Zui, Extraterrestrial Devil Mo Xuan, and the other great men before they were ruined and even killed. Their eyes were full of regret, desperation, and pain, as if they were interrogating me — Li Yao, you said that we were wrong. Then, what is right? You said that our path is' impassable '. Then, what path can guide the future of the civilization of mankind?
"In the past, I was never qualified or capable of answering their questions. But even after more than a hundred years, I have never forgotten that I still owe them an answer.
"I have to do my best to answer their questions. I have walked on the path of the great path to this day. There is no way that I can step back!"
"Is this the will of the heavens?"
Long Yangjun said, "I only called you 'Monster Li' as a joke before. I didn't expect that my words would come true. You are finally going to dive into the forbidden territory that no one has ever seen before.
"I was not wrong earlier. The 'War of the Imperials' this time will be different from any of the battles that you have encountered in the past. The 'devil' that you are going to defeat this time is not Dongfang Wang, not Li Linghai, not Lei Chenghu, and not even Blackstar the Great, but the boundless sea of stars. Or rather, it is you who has to take risks in order to defeat the boundless sea of stars!"
"Then —"
Staring at Long Yangjun, Li Yao said, "Will you continue to support me and fight side by side with me on an unprecedented path?"
Looking at Li Yao and then at the two seemingly innocent little fellows, Long Yangjun nodded slowly and said, "… Maybe. It has nothing to do with whether or not we are friends. However, I'm also very interested to see what the path that the Pangu's alliance of civilizations castrated itself hundreds of thousands of years ago looks like, and whether or not it will work out."
"Thank you!"
Taking a long breath in relief, Li Yao smiled in relief. "It's great that you can understand and agree with me!"
"Don't be so happy just yet. It's like the information lives can sprout and thrive without any effort!"
Long Yangjun said, "The birth of a life is difficult and lucky, not to mention a 'civilization' where countless lives are highly condensed. The two little fellows are still very young right now. They are 'unicellular creatures' that have just been born at best. Who knows how long they can survive in the cruel space war?
"Yue Wushuang has already escaped to the surface of the planet with our news. Chances are that she will march down with a new army in a few days and crush all of us into minced meat. Who knows? If the interferential bombs of the highest level are used to bombard this place, even the two little fellows won't be able to survive anymore, right? Then, wouldn't all our discussions and worries become a joke?
"Therefore, let's forget the groundless theories and the mysterious dilemmas for now. Hurry up and collect the assets here and move them to the underground world. After we run away and find Boss Bai's fleet at the edge of the Imperium, it won't be too late to consider the problems then!"
"Fair enough."
Li Yao nodded his head and said, "I'll go to Grand Guardian Xu right now and check on his progress."
"Right, speaking of Xu Zhicheng …"
Long Yangjun said, "If you have to know the attitude of the civilization of mankind toward the information lives, I think it's more appropriate to ask Xu Zhicheng than me."
Li Yao was slightly dazed. "Huh?"
Long Yangjun smiled. "Isn't Xu Zhicheng the most typical representative of the ordinary people that you have been protecting and saving? If the information lives do take root in human society and form an inseparable 'symbiotic relationship' with the civilization of mankind, it will certainly bring tremendous changes to the ordinary people such as Xu Zhicheng. There will be immeasurable benefits and disadvantages.
"Then, isn't it only natural that we ask for their opinions and opinions?
"If you only care about the opinions of the 'experts' such as me or Boss Bai but do not care about the opinions of the ordinary people such as Xu Zhicheng, what is the difference between you and the great men such as Xiao Xuance, Lu Zui, Extraterrestrial Devil Mo Xuan, and the rest of you?
"Or are you vaguely worried that the 'ignorant ordinary people' cannot understand such a sophisticated life form and the groundless deduction of the future? That does not seem to be the style of the Cultivators. Don't the Cultivators always trust and rely on the ordinary people the most? If you are certain that what you are doing is beneficial to them, they will certainly believe and support you, right? "
"Yes!"
Li Yao scratched his head and realized what was going on. "It is indeed more appropriate to ask Grand Guardian Xu for advice than to ask you for advice. I'll go to him right now!"
"Wait a moment."
Long Yangjun waved her hands at the two little fellows and smiled like the most glamorous man-eating flower. "I haven't talked enough with such lovely little fellows yet. What … perfect creations! Why don't you talk to Xu Zhicheng first, and I'll take care of the two little fellows for you? 'Aunt Long' has a lot of interesting stories and life lessons that I want to tell them and get to know them better! "
"… No!"
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