"The Flood and the primeval era? The Flood led to the end of the Pangu and the Nuwa civilizations and contributed to the rise of humanity and the appearance of the world of Cultivators today? "
Li Yao pondered for a long time. Looking at Long Yangjun's lips that were pursed and her eyebrows that were almost rising, he knew that she was not talking about random things. "Why do you think so?"
"Boss Bai said that the 'Flood' was an ultimate catastrophe on the other side of the grand universe. Although thousands of civilizations, including the wizardly civilization, were destroyed, the three thousand Sectors that we are in were not affected. Or rather, because of the high and thick 'black wall' outside of our world, even the 'Flood' could not break in. But I have a different opinion."
Looking at the rising and falling black tides ahead of her, Long Yangjun mumbled, "So far, we have clearly learned that at least two extraterrestrial civilizations have passed through the 'black wall' and come to the three thousand Sectors. One of them is the wizardly civilization, and the other is the Blood Stripe Virus that you discovered on Iron Plateau and eventually parasitized on you. Let's call it the 'Blood Stripe Civilization' for now.
"Of the two civilizations, the wizardly civilization was developed to an extremely prosperous and advanced level. With the guidance of the highly-advanced starships and a certain 'Ghost' that was similar to artificial intelligence or super remaining souls, they crossed the black wall with the most ingenious technologies.
"The Blood Stripe Civilization, on the other hand, abandoned all the external, advanced, and civilized forms and 'degenerated' themselves into the simplest, most fundamental, and most primitive forms that were similar to bacteria or even viruses. Riding on meteoroids, they spent billions of years passing through the almost infinite black wall in the simplest, most crude, and even most idiotic way.
"Look. Both the most advanced wizardly civilization and the most primitive civilization of the Blood Stripe Civilization can pass through the black wall with their own methods. Also, the strikes of the apocalypses since ancient times must've come from different space zones or even different dimensions. It suggests that the black wall is definitely not insurmountable. It is even possible that it has been riddled with holes!
"Since the wizardly civilization, the Blood Stripe Civilization, and so many apocalypses could pass through, why couldn't the 'Flood' that was enough to destroy them pass through the black wall?
"Getting to the bottom of it, the so-called 'black wall' is not mysterious at all. It is just a large area of the void that surrounds the three thousand Sectors, except that there are no stars, planets, or spiritual waves. Whether the technology is advanced enough, the speed is fast enough, and the resources stored are abundant enough, or the resources consumed are few enough, it will be possible to cross it in a million years, ten million years, or even longer, right?"
Li Yao nodded slowly. The so-called "Heavenly Tribulation Strike" had existed since ancient times. Naturally, it was some kind of destruction or blockade carried out by a powerful civilization from the outer realms.
No matter how high, thick, or secure a wall was, it would never be able to stop a determined person. This was simply the truth.
"I admit that the black wall may not be able to stop the Flood," Li Yao said. "But at least for now, our world already exists in all kinds of glamorous ways. You said that the Flood is somehow related to the primeval era. What do you mean by that?"
"It's just my guess. Or rather, I've come up with a 'hypothesis' that can answer a question of paramount importance about the primeval era that has puzzled me for a long time."
Long Yangjun said, "That is, why did the alliance of the Pangu civilizations agree to seal their feelings, suppress their strong willpower, and turn them from the absolutely free dominators of the universe into cold-blooded walking corpses that abide by the rules?
"You should know that the many species in the Pangu's alliance in the beginning, including the Pangu, the Gonggong, Kuafu, Hou Yi, and even the Nuwa Clan that joined the alliance in the end, were all made of flesh and blood and had strong desires and will, weren't they?
"However, at a certain point in time that we do not know, the Pangu's alliance unanimously made a decision to seal their feelings and suppress their will, turning themselves into puppets and machines.
"They even had intense fear and aversion to feelings and will. They called feelings and will chaos, devils, and the evilest and most horrible things that would destroy their civilization.
"The question that has always puzzled me is, why? Why did they do that?"
"Didn't we have an answer to that question a long time ago?"
Li Yao blurted out. "Because the three thousand Sectors did not have enough resources, and they couldn't get out! After countless wars, the thirteen advanced carbon-based lives that made up the Pangu's alliance realized that they could not annihilate each other but would only die together. Therefore, they abandoned the war and got in touch with each other, establishing an alliance and distributing resources in a peaceful and efficient way.
"Even without the war, the Pangu's alliance was still faced with problems such as population explosion and shortage of resources. If people did not try to restrain their feelings and desires, the resources would run out sooner or later. Besides, with feelings and desires, it was easy for schemers and ambitious people to instigate new wars.
"With the technology and damage of the Pangu's alliance at that time, all the civilizations would've been screwed in another war!
"What happened later did prove the concern. A new war did break out, and the thirteen primeval species that made up the alliance were all screwed. Only their slaves and machines — human beings — survived!"
"Yes. That's the standard answer. All the specialists in the primeval history have thought so. But don't you think that such an answer is too simple, crude, and hasty?"
Long Yangjun looked at Li Yao, with surging tides in her eyes. "Such a preconceived opinion can only be obtained from the perspective of human beings with colored glasses. You have always regarded the primeval species as some sort of high, unreasonable, and unreasonable beings. It's like — it's like, as long as a certain leader of the Pangu gives an order, everybody will abandon their feelings and will without any hesitation.
"Is it possible?
"Ask yourself, if you really regard the Pangu Clan as living, ordinary human beings with feelings and hatred, do you think it is possible for people to abandon their feelings and will easily, cleanly, and without any regrets?"
After a brief silence, Li Yao struggled to say, "However, the Pangu's alliance was trapped in the three thousand Sectors by the black wall. They couldn't get out. That was why they abandoned their feelings and desires in order to reduce the consumption of resources …"
"That's not a good reason at all."
Long Yangjun shook her head and said, "When any civilization discovers that they are trapped somewhere, their first choice must be to crawl out, escape, and fight their way out, right?
"It must be noted that the Pangu's alliance has grasped the technology to absorb the energy of stars at a high efficiency. Even if they are not as good as the wizardly civilization, how much worse can they be? Both the wizardly civilization and the Blood Stripe civilization can cross the black wall. Even if the Pangu civilization can't, how much worse can they be? Is it really so bad that they have completely given up the idea of 'breaking the black wall' and turned to deprive everybody of their feelings, desires, and will? Is it so dark and desperate?
"You have to understand that, even if their feelings, desires, and will are reduced to almost zero, the Pangu and the Nuwa Clan, as individuals, still have to consume resources. As long as they cannot cross the black wall, the resources of the three thousand Sectors will run out one day.
"In other words, the approach of 'erasing feelings' only slightly delays the arrival of 'final exhaustion', but it fundamentally cuts off the hope of the Pangu's alliance for long-term survival and prosperity. From the moment they erased their feelings and will, the Pangu's alliance was actually locking, freezing, and solidifying themselves.
"Without the drive of ambition, curiosity about the unknown, and infinite thoughts caused by the collision of complicated feelings, a civilization can never evolve. You and I both understand such a simple logic. Do you think that the leaders of the Pangu's alliance in the past, the wisest leaders, did not understand it?
"Here comes the question. Those wise leaders knew that erasing feelings and will was a slow-motion suicide for a civilization. Why did they insist on doing it? Also, such a seemingly inhumane approach did not raise large-scale riots or objections among the people. Why?
"The Nuwa Clan's resistance happened later. It was only after they were bewildered by the extraterrestrial devils that they realized the importance of feelings and will. In other words, even the Nuwa Clan agreed to 'deprive feelings and will' at the beginning. It does not make sense at all!"
Li Yao was deep in thought. "It … does not seem to make sense."
"It doesn't make sense at all," Long Yangjun said. "However wise, strong, prestigious, and charismatic the leaders of the Pangu are, it is impossible for them to convince the people to erase feelings.
"Let me give you an example. As the dominator of three Sectors and the founding father of the Federation, you are respected enough in the Xing Yao Federation, aren't you? If you run back to the Federation right now and say to the people, 'Because our universe is closed and resources are limited, in case we run out of resources because we are too happy, please seal feelings and erase will with me', how many people do you think will respond to you?"
"Well, I'm afraid that I will be drowned by rotten eggs and tomatoes immediately, won't I?"
Li Yao said. "Speaking of which, why would I make such a stupid suggestion? Our universe is closed. Then, let's find a way to open it, drill through it, and pierce through it! Resources are limited. Then, let's find a way to create or loot more resources from the outside world! It is exactly because feelings and will exist that it is called a 'civilization'. Otherwise, what kind of 'civilization' is it if it is just a collection of walking corpses? "
"Exactly. That is the natural reaction of normal people. Even you are thinking the same way. Is there any reason that the leaders of the Pangu Civilization Alliance are an exception?"
Long Yangjun said, "Even if one of the leaders went crazy and had to be so inhumane, why didn't the other leaders stop him, and why were all the people willing to obey him and abandon feelings and will? —
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