Whoosh! Whoosh!
Shua! As Wuying Qi went deeper and deeper into the topic, the Gold Crystal Pyramid that existed in reality was gradually gone, replaced by brilliant stars, bizarre alien species that could not be communicated with at all, and the splendid civilizations that they had created.
The Pangu Clan, the Nuwa Clan, the Kuafu Clan, the Houyi Clan, the Zhurong Clan, the Gonggong Clan …
"You can hate and denounce 'evil brainwashing', but no matter what you think, the truth is that it is precisely because of the 'enlightenment technology' that thirteen carbon-based life species that are suspicious of each other and hostile to each other can unite and form a solid alliance in the shortest amount of time, at the smallest price, and almost without bloodshed."
Wuying Qi's voice came over gloomily, but it was as unstoppable as thunder. "Without the enlightenment technology, how can the thirteen different carbon-based lives be united into a country if they can't 'empathize' with each other? Without a unified country, the primeval war would've broken out hundreds of thousands of years earlier, and it would've been dozens of times more intense. Then, it would've been impossible for a new generation of life to be born like 'human beings', which had the essence of the thirteen carbon-based lives!
"Wake up, Li Yao. For the simplest example, imagine that you are the captain of an exploration fleet of the Pangu Clan. You have discovered that the Houyi Clan and the Kuafu Clan, two relatively underdeveloped but very promising alien civilizations, are fighting a bloody war. Their last sun is about to be destroyed, and the two civilizations are about to perish together!
"You love peace, and you crave communication and unity, but you cannot understand their language, their way of thinking, and their form of civilization. They cannot understand you, and they are even scared of you. Also, in their culture and beliefs, it is possible that they are inclined to self-destruction. At the very least, they are not scared of dying together with the enemy. In other words, you cannot threaten them to stop the war with violence.
"Let me ask you, in such a cruel and extreme environment, what are you going to do to save the two civilizations that are blinded by hatred and stepping into the abyss of destruction?
"At this moment, if there is a button on the podium before you, and as long as you press it softly, ten thousand brainwashing waves will be launched, making the Kuafu Clan and the Houyi Clan understand you and each other to some extent. They will be 'forced' to accept your will of peace, will you press the button?
"In order to ensure the continuation of the two civilizations, we have to deprive them of the free will of self-destruction.
"On the other hand, if you cling to the ridiculous argument that 'free will is the greatest', you will have to watch the Kuafu Clan and the Houyi Clan kill each other until there is not a single soldier left, and the civilization that has been nurtured for hundreds of thousands of years will be destroyed.
"Tell me, the true answer in the deepest part of your heart — what will you choose, Cultivator Li Yao?"
In front of Li Yao, it was as if a console had really appeared. There was a small, scarlet button on it.
And he was really in a bridge. The bridge controlled a massive, technologically advanced interstellar fleet that was like a god descending from the heavens.
It was a pity that even the power of a god could not separate the Kuafu Clan and the Houyi Clan who were engaged in a fierce battle.
Their social forms, information communication, and thinking patterns were so different that it was hard for the Kuafu Clan and the Houyi Clan to understand the existence of the Pangu Clan, nor could they accept the so-called "kindness" and "peace" of the Pangu Clan.
Apart from brainwashing, what else could stop the war and bring about peace — real, lasting peace?
Li Yao's fingers were shivering.
Every time he shivered, he seemed to see countless people of the Kuafu Clan and the Houyi Clan fighting each other in space and on the surface of the harsh planets.
The enormous tentacles that looked like vines whipped the black beetles, making their juices splashing everywhere. In the meantime, the endless beetles chewed up the vines and the juices. Even the Kuafu Balls were corroded and riddled with holes.
Those who are not my people are not my people.
Kill the aliens.
It was impossible for human beings to live in peace with the aliens who looked different from each other. Even human beings and demons, who were of the same origin, had been at war for tens of thousands of years until one side completely surrendered. For the Kuafu Clan and the Houyi Clan, they must've considered themselves the only normal, standard "human beings" in the world, and the forms other than them were all hideous, evil, and unreasonable. They could only try their best and fight to the end, right?
Just when "human beings" were fighting an evil and ugly alien to the end, paying heavy sacrifices, and they were about to win the final victory, another kind of alien that was even uglier, stronger, and therefore even more evil suddenly appeared and asked "human beings" to stop the war and restore "peace"?
No intelligent life could accept such peace. It had to be a scheme. The war could only go on until it was destroyed or destroyed!
So, brainwashing was the only solution.
Only by wiping out the war ideology of the zealots and instilling the will of peace into the majority of people could such a destructive war be stopped.
Besides, even if there were other solutions, even if the Pangu brought peace and unity with cold swords and scorching cannons, would it be any better than brainwashing?
Li Yao's finger touched the "brainwashing button" softly, but it bounced as if he were having a cramp and could not be pressed down at all.
"However …"
He breathed hard. "However, the preset environment is too extreme. You've basically set up a series of preconditions to force the answer into a dead end. Even if the Pangu commander was faced with a similar choice, the situation in the Empyreal Terminus Sector would've been completely different!"
"Ah, so to speak, you admit that large-scale brainwashing can bring positive effects and even precious peace in certain extreme environments? You no longer believe that brainwashing must be evil, but that there's a 1% chance that it can be righteous and positive? "
Wuying Qi's laughter came over. "Very good. You are a promising child. You and I have finally reached a minor consensus. This is a very good start. My time on you was not wasted.
"However, if you think about it carefully, you will realize that my hypothesis is not extreme. Instead, it is an axiom of the universe. The universe is vast, and life is colorful. Isn't it normal that the carbon-based intelligent life forms are completely different and cannot understand each other? It would be even more unbelievable if two carbon-based lives born millions of lightyears apart could communicate with each other without any misunderstandings the moment they met!
"Also, according to the theories of Liu the Prier, the genius cosmologist of the Star Ocean Imperium ten thousand years ago, and based on the practices from the primeval age to today, two highly-developed civilizations must've been extremely vigilant and hostile when they first met. War was often the first and only way for them to communicate.
"Too many civilizations destroyed or were destroyed by the enemy before they figured out the truth about their enemy and realized that their enemy was also a 'human being' like them. Isn't it a shame?
"Therefore, a 'large-scale, super-high-speed information interaction' that can surpass language, words, and even races and civilizations is almost inevitable for an interstellar civilization. That is what I call 'enlightenment', which is also what you call 'brainwashing'.
"Without the technology of enlightenment, the intelligent lives scattered across the vast sea of stars would not be able to communicate calmly, efficiently, and directly, and the will of the civilization leaders would not be able to reach every individual at the forefront instantly. Such a civilization would always be a tray of loose sand. Not to mention conquering the vaster Multiverse, it would not even be possible to maintain its enormous size. It would fall apart sooner or later, killing each other and destroying itself!
"Really, don't be scared of the brand-new technology. Open your arms and embrace it! The evolution of a civilization is the evolution of information interaction and education. When our ancestors were still primitive apes, they began to communicate by vibrating their throats and letting out soundwaves. They recorded things with their claws and bone spurs. At that time, the advancement of such an interaction was self-evident. Perhaps that was the reason why our ancestors were chosen by the Pangu Alliance as the 'prototypes' of the new generation of perfect carbon-based lives. However, such a method of communication and education has been used for hundreds of thousands of years. Today, in the age of the great development of the universe and the discovery of the multiverse, we are still talking, writing, and spending decades educating the next generation with books and classics. It is too inefficient, absurd, and humiliating!
"It's time for a change, Li Yao.
"The civilization of mankind that communicates with languages and words has reached the bottleneck of evolution. It is destined that we can't step out of this universe.
"Only by injecting abundant knowledge, shared memories, perfect morals, and the will of the leader directly into billions of brains through enlightenment can the real perfect new human beings be born — the Gold Men who have wisdom, courage, and strength to march into the grand universe!
"Only such perfect true human beings, boosted by unified ideas and highly efficient interaction, can give birth to a technological boom, allowing us to digest and absorb the precious legacies left by the primeval civilizations in only a few hundred years and become a real civilization in the grand universe!
"Li Yao, with your Cultivation, you are already standing at the peak of the evolution of the civilization of mankind. It is a crime and the greatest crime against all mankind to continue being conservative and conservative, restricting or even striking the development of brand-new technology with outdated morals.
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