Li Yao had never seen anyone who could talk about such an absurd and evil thing as "brainwashing" so matter-of-factly and openly.
Perhaps, it was a skill that every emperor or leader had to master.
Even so, ripples of confusion still spread out of Li Yao's eyes. He mumbled, "It … does make sense, but it is brainwashing after all …"
"No. 'Brainwashing' is just the name of the advanced technology that the ordinary people with low intelligence demonize based on their past experiences and imaginations. Just like what I said just now, the ancient people dismissed modern surgeries as' sorcery 'after they saw them! Li Yao, I believe that you are not a simple-minded, old-fashioned ordinary person. You should be able to view the advantages and disadvantages of the new technology and the revolutionary significance that it can bring to the civilization of mankind in the most rational way! "
Seeing that Li Yao was more or less convinced, Wuying Qi put on a delighted expression on his face that looked like a crescent shovel. He added, "In short, all the problems that the demon dynasty, the Star Ocean Imperium, the Star Ocean Republic, the Imperium of True Human Beings, and the country of Cultivators will encounter at the end of the dynasty in the future can only be attributed to two factors — the universe is too vast, and people are too scattered.
"In order to solve the two problems, we can either shorten the distance between different Sectors with more advanced communication and transportation methods through the technological boom so that the forces of the central government can be projected to other places quickly. However, the technological boom is easier said than done. No matter how a civilization develops, as a three-dimensional life form, sailing and communicating in the four-dimensional space are always costly and risky.
"Since the distance between the stars cannot be shortened in the short term, we can only start with people's minds and reach a consensus through brainwashing. As a matter of fact, it is also the foundation and premise of the technological boom. How can the world be united if people's minds are not united?
"However, I still don't like the word 'brainwashing'. To be more precise, it should be 'enlightenment'."
"Enlightenment?"
Li Yao subconsciously said, "Enlightenment?"
"Exactly. Such technology that generates common feelings, memories, and willpower based on direct stimulation of the cerebral cortex can improve the efficiency of information communication and knowledge transmission hundreds of times. Like the legendary 'enlightenment', it can both make the selfish traitors repent and enlighten the ignorant mortals. It is an indispensable technology for mankind to evolve from a planetary civilization to a space civilization and further to a real 'grand civilization in space'."
Wuying Qi said, "Perhaps you think that I acquired the technology from the Holy League, or that I have some clandestine collusion with the Holy League, but you couldn't be more wrong. The origin of the technology has nothing to do with 'evil brainwashing'. It can be traced back to the early years of the primeval age, when the Pangu Alliance of Civilizations was established, not for the purpose of enslaving anyone but for the mutual understanding and harmonious coexistence among the different civilizations that made up the alliance."
"Early Desolate Era?"
Li Yao did not expect that Wuying Qi would have acquired such ancient technology. He couldn't help but be fascinated.
He held his breath and pricked his ears, as if he did not realize that more and more long black hair was crawling into his body through his pores like nerves while Wuying Qi was talking.
Li Yao's and Wuying Qi's consciousnesses were connected to each other in such a complicated way.
Wuying Qi's next words seemed to contain infinite information. They were not just sounds but also vivid pictures and stories that bombarded Li Yao's soul like crystal bombs. However, Li Yao did not feel any disgust or wariness because it sounded like it had nothing to do with the war that was happening right now.
"With your wisdom and deduction abilities, it is not hard for you to imagine that the most critical point to maintain the long-term survival of an enormous Imperium that spans thousands of Sectors is how to gather the consensus of the people so that everybody can feel the same way. Then, they will have the same memories, the same feelings, and the same glory. Then, mainstream values and social consensus will be condensed on the basis of the memories, feelings, and glory."
Wuying Qi corrupted Li Yao's soul without batting an eyelid. "If the territory of a country only involves one planet or even one continent, it will be very simple to gather the consensus. However, if the territory of a country includes two planets that are tens of thousands of lightyears away from each other, one frozen and the other desert, and the two planets are often cut off because of cosmic storms, sometimes for a year and a half. Even if they are, they can only teleport some small carriers. If they develop on their own for hundreds of years, will there be any 'common memories and interests' for the residents of the two places? Contradictions and divisions will be inevitable!
"Two planets are already so troublesome. What about twenty thousand or even two million planets?
"Before the Pangu's alliance of civilizations was established, the situation in the universe was even worse than it is today. No matter how chaotic the Imperium is today, all the citizens are human beings with the same biophysical structure, language, and culture. They were born in the same way for more than a hundred thousand years.
"The Pangu's alliance of civilizations, on the other hand, includes thirteen different carbon-based lives. Also, not long ago, the thirteen carbon-based lives just fought each other to the death!
"The differences among the carbon-based lives can be unimaginably huge. Let me give you the simplest example. The Houyi Clan and the Kuafu Clan once fought the Battle of Ten Days around the ten suns.
"The origin of the Houyi Clan is a kind of insect that has a black shell. They are like an evolved version of bees. Individual individuals do not have self-awareness or wisdom, but during their long evolution, certain patterns similar to 'spiritual energy circuits' have grown on their solar shell. When countless insects gather into a 'bee swarm' and shake their shell, sparks of wisdom will be triggered in the interconnected spiritual energy circuits, resulting in the collective consciousness of the bee swarm.
"From that perspective, the Houyi Clan's concept of 'individual' and 'whole' is very vague. Every member of the Houyi Clan is actually a dense swarm of bees, or rather, a beehive that is alive and can move freely. When a member of the Houyi Clan is heavily wounded and loses 90% of his insects, the remaining 10% can still fly to other bees and become part of the body of another member of the Houyi Clan, transmitting part of the information of the past to the new beehive.
"Therefore, many members of the Houyi Clan believe that 'they' are immortal. It's also the reason why the Houyi Clan is brave and fearless.
"The Kuafu Clan, on the other hand, is different. They are more like a 'plant' than an 'animal'.
"The Kuafu Clan is a race of giants. The adult members of the Kuafu Clan can grow to a hundred meters tall at best, like magnificent mountains or skyscrapers. They are the largest of the thirteen Pangu clans.
"But who would've thought that the newly-born descendants of the Kuafu Clan are just tiny seeds? The Kuafu Clan does not have the concept of gender but reproduces in a symbiotic way. Every spring on the mother planet, the adult members of the Kuafu Clan will be affected by the magnetic field of the star and condense life seeds the size of fingernails inside their bodies. They will stab the life seeds deep into the ground with special tentacles so that the vulnerable seeds can avoid the radiation of the star and be nurtured by the warm soil.
"After that, every member of the Kuafu Clan who passes by the place where the seeds are buried can sense the existence of the seeds. They will also stab their tentacles into the ground and water the seeds with nutrients and genetic information. For the Kuafu Clan, it is the most sacred blessing. It is also their way of mating and breeding.
"Generally speaking, after a seed is blessed by twenty or thirty adult members of the Kuafu Clan, it will accumulate enough nutrients and genetic information to break out of the soil.
"However, if it is blessed by fifty adult members of the Kuafu Clan, it will be an expert of the clan.
"If more than a hundred members of the Kuafu Clan provide nutrients and genetic information to it, it will certainly become the leader of the clan and the strongest expert of the Kuafu Clan. In the future, it will even be a real giant that will cover the sky if it is more than a hundred meters tall. This is literally 'cover the sky' because many studies assume that the so-called 'Kuafu Sphere' is made of the bodies of countless members of the Kuafu Clan.
"However, no matter what the future holds, the members of the Kuafu Clan who have just broken out of the soil will be tiny saplings that do not even have the ability to move themselves. They can only attract a primeval beast named 'Yellow Snake' to work for them, protect them from the enemy, and get enough food for them. Of course, the vitality field of the Kuafu Clan is also very beneficial for the evolution of the Yellow Snake. It is an amazing symbiotic relationship.
"The young members of the Kuafu Clan had to spend decades or even hundreds of years of infancy under the service of the yellow snakes before they could completely rise from the ground and become adult giants that could move freely and join the civilization. Of course, after the civilization was highly developed and they had all kinds of soilless culture and fast-growing technologies, the Kuafu Clan created all kinds of new ways of reproduction. However, the memories of their ancestors that were deeply rooted in the earth were still engraved in their genes and could never be forgotten.
"Tell me, how can the Houyi Clan and the Kuafu Clan, two entirely different carbon-based civilizations that have just gone through a bloody battle, shake hands and reach a consensus that the other party is also a highly-developed intelligent life and not an 'evil alien'?"
Li Yao was silent.
His mind was completely dwelling in the illusions that Wuying Qi created, as if he were really part of the Kuafu Clan and the Houyi Clan.
It was true that the Houyi Clan, which had the consciousness of insects, the Kuafu Clan, and the Kuafu Clan, which melted their bodies into the Kuafu Sphere after they died, could barely understand each other's life form, nor would they acknowledge each other's form as a civilization.
"At that time, if the war between the two civilizations could not be stopped, the Houyi Clan and the Kuafu Clan might've both perished."
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