"Wait —"
A Boxing Champion said, "During the civilization of mankind's exploration in space, we encountered a few alien species. Many alien species boasted advanced technologies a long time ago. Some of them even boasted the ability to build starships and travel in space.
"Although the remnants of the alien species' starships are rare, they are not that special. Why are you so cautious about the remnants of the alien species' starships and call them 'alien humans' instead of 'alien species'? What's the difference between 'alien species' and 'alien humans'? "
"That's because these guests from the other side of the universe look too much like us."
Boss Bai said, "I did not discover their bodies directly, but I saw them briefly in the mottled light and shadow before their starship perished. The individuals of the extraterrestrial civilization were about the same height and body shape as us, if not identical. The only difference was that their skin was paler and rougher. Half of them had blond hair and blue eyes, and the other half had messy hair and eyes in all kinds of colors.
"In terms of skin color, hair color, and eye color, there are barely any differences from the perspective of genetics. If we ignore the tiny differences, they are almost like duplicates of us, a 'mirror version' from the other side of the grand universe."
"Is that so?"
A Boxing Champion said, "Both the Pangu civilization and the civilization of mankind craved to jump out of the swamp of the three thousand Sectors and explore the unknown on the other side of the grand universe. However, countless exploration teams found nothing after they left the range of the three thousand Sectors. It was even speculated that there was a 'desolate area' beyond the three thousand Sectors where the resources were so scarce that even the stars had completely died out. It was like an enormous, thick black wall that locked the Pangu, human beings, and … future civilizations.
"But Boss Bai said that there was already a starship of alien humans on the other side of the grand universe that crossed the boundless black wall and came to our world, and that it looked very similar to the human beings in this world?"
"Exactly."
Looking at the distance, Boss Bai sighed and said, "I've kept it to myself for a long time. When I think of it today, the suffocating shock still surges into my head. I wouldn't have been so surprised if the extraterrestrial visitors were mud monsters that had tentacles all over their bodies and could transform freely. But as it happened, they were human beings who were almost exactly the same as us, except that their skin was fair and their hair was blond."
"I wonder, have you ever heard of the concepts of 'habitable zone' and 'standard planet', Boss Bai?"
At this moment, A Boxing Champion interrupted Boss Bai and said, "After studying the hundred galaxies where the three thousand Sectors are located, the biologists and cosmologists of the Imperium of True Human Beings reached the conclusion that life, or at least carbon-based life, had a very harsh environment to be born. Carbon-based life could only be born on planets of moderate size with a stable structure. The planets had to be neither too far nor too close to the stars, and the stars had to be in a relatively peaceful orbit at the periphery of the entire galaxy in order to reduce the interference of the radiations at the core of the galaxy and the scourge of the cosmic storms. However, they could also absorb the incessant, mysterious energy from the center of the galaxy.
"Although the universe is a vast place, few planets met the conditions for the birth of carbon-based life. The space zones and orbits where those planets were located were known as the 'habitable zone'.
"Then, the scholars of the Imperium also inferred a 'standard star' based on the physiological features of human beings, the Pangu Clan, and the Nuwa Clan. The standard star was not a real planet but an imaginary planet that had a perfect environment in every aspect. The temperature, the atmosphere, the gravity, the air components, the conditions of light and heat, the distribution of mountains and oceans … All of them were most conducive for the outbreak of carbon-based lives and the rapid development of civilizations.
"The scholars of the Imperium set up tens of thousands of parameters to grade the planets in reality and evaluate the level of each Sector. In terms of parameters, the planets that were closer to the 'standard planet' had a higher level, and the powerful carbon-based civilizations were more likely to be born. The main planets of the three thousand Sectors were often very similar to the 'standard planet', and the coincidence of the parameters was more than 90%. That was why the Pangu Clan, the Nuwa Clan, and the civilization of human beings were born.
"Although the Pangu Clan and the Nuwa Clan were more than twenty meters tall, had three heads and six arms, and had the features of a human head and a snake body, in terms of the scale of the grand universe, their form was almost identical to that of human beings. Furthermore, the gene banks of the two parties even overlapped more than 95%. That was why the Pangu Clan was said to be the 'father' of the civilization of mankind.
"The environments that were vastly different from the 'standard planet', such as the planets of pure gas and liquid, the cold planets far away from stars, or the stone belts that did not even have an atmosphere, were naturally possible to give birth to carbon-based life and even a carbon-based civilization. However, such carbon-based civilizations often boasted all kinds of fatal flaws and were absolutely no match for the 'standard civilizations' that were born in the environment of the 'standard planet'. Then, after the rise of the 'standard civilizations' such as the Pangu Clan and human beings, other carbon-based life and even carbon-based civilizations would often be conquered and destroyed. In the end, only one winner of the carbon-based civilization was left, which was exactly what human beings looked like right now.
"I talked so much about the 'habitable zone' and the 'standard planet' because I wanted to tell Boss Bai that, if another powerful civilization that could cross the sea of stars did exist in the vast sea of stars on the other side of the grand universe, as long as they were carbon-based life, it was very likely that they would look like human beings too. It was not a coincidence but an inevitability of survival. So, Boss Bai, you don't have to be so bothered."
Boss Bai nodded his head and said, "Yes. Later, I took the initiative to study the 'habitable zone', the 'standard planet', and the 'standard civilization' that was derived from the standard planet. That was why I was more or less relieved. As the saying goes, 'the victors all look the same, and the losers come in all kinds of forms'.
"However, at that time, I was truly shocked by the blond, green-eyed alien civilization because not only were they very similar to the Pangu people in appearance, but even their language and culture seemed to be very similar to each other.
"Here, the chip that I gave you just now must've been engraved with their language. It was a very weird language system that had melted the rhythm into the words. As long as you grasped a certain pattern, you would be able to know the pronunciation of the words the moment you saw them. You could even retrieve a certain energy from the void according to the pronunciation, unlike us who had to memorize the pronunciation of the words and completely change the meaning with the slightest change of the intonation. Amazing, isn't it?"
A Boxing Champion's crystal eyes glittered as he asked, "Then, Boss Bai, can you understand the language of the blond, blue-eyed human beings and even figure out their culture and social system?"
"Not exactly."
With a bitter smile, Boss Bai shook his head and said, "As I said just now, I only discovered a tiny bit of debris. Also, the debris quickly decayed and perished into nothingness after it fell into my hands. Except for the information that I scanned in time, there was nothing left at all.
"I even suspected that it was not normal weathering and decay but some sort of safety measure. It was the defense mechanism of the blond, blue-eyed human beings. After they sensed the existence of the Cultivators, they voluntarily erased their traces. In the end, the only thing left was this chip that was almost melted!"
"Oh?"
A Boxing Champion's eyes suddenly flashed. "But Boss Bai, you still found something. Otherwise, you wouldn't have known the name 'Gaoist'."
"Yes, I did find something."
Boss Bai said cautiously, "But it's probably still my own deduction. Or rather, it's safe to say that I only found 1% and deduced 99% randomly. Even the 1% might not be reliable. It's very likely that it was my misreading …"
"It doesn't matter."
A Boxing Champion said, "Boss Bai, why don't you tell me about the backgrounds of the blond, blue-eyed human beings according to your 'random deduction'? What are they doing in the world of the Cultivators? Why are they related to me?"
"Then I'll tell you. Just take it that I'm making up a story."
Pondering for a long time, Boss Bai said, "Although they look almost the same as us, the social form of the blond, blue-eyed human beings, especially in the way they utilize energy, is completely different from that of the Pangu.
"Living in the world of Cultivators, including the civilization of mankind today and the civilization of the Pangu in the primeval age, we are all three-dimensional carbon-based lives. We all live and develop by absorbing energy from the universe with our own strength. It is safe to say that we live and develop on our own!"
A Boxing Champion nodded his head and said, "That's right. From the Pangu to human beings, we share the same heritage. It's safe to say that we are in different phases of the same civilization. We indeed train and evolve with the strength of the three-dimensional carbon-based lives."
Boss Bai said, "But these blond, blue-eyed humans from the other side of the universe are different. Although they are a three-dimensional carbon-based civilization, they actually coexist peacefully with another four-dimensional or even higher dimensional life form, forming a kind of symbiotic relationship."
"What —"
A Boxing Champion said, "Four-dimensional lives do exist? Three-dimensional lives and four-dimensional lives can communicate with each other and form a symbiotic relationship? The vastness of the universe is indeed full of unbelievable mysteries! "
"It's just my speculation. As I said, it's still far from the truth. Just consider it a story."
Pausing for a moment, Boss Bai said in disdain, "It's called a symbiotic relationship, but in my eyes, it's more like enslavement and domination. Those blond, blue-eyed human beings seem to worship the four-dimensional lives, or maybe it was the four-dimensional lives who granted them a lot of ways to utilize energy and guided the evolution of their civilization. Therefore, they worship the four-dimensional lives as deities. The four-dimensional lives are their sky, their god, and their dominator!
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