The light spots that made up Fuxi's body danced and congregated into an overwhelming light beam.
On the light beam, the splendid view of the universe in billions of years was displayed.
Countless stars were flashing. Every ray of light, every radiation, and every ripple was absorbed by a certain indescribable, mysterious force.
The crust of countless planets had been hollowed out. Even the mantle and the core of the planet had been modified in an unbelievable way, resisting the collapsing force by brute force and turning into translucent, super-enormous crystal processors.
Supplied with infinite energy, the planets were flashing and performing the craziest calculations.
Furthermore, when the 'brain of the universe' encountered an unresolvable conundrum and needed to further improve its computational ability, it would simply detonate a star and make use of the 'supernova outburst' to boost its computational ability and break the limits of the universe!
In such a highly-controllable universe, deep inside every planet that had turned into a super crystal processor, in billions of virtual spaces, all the possibilities of the civilization of mankind, or all the civilizations in the Pangu universe represented by human beings, were blossoming and deducing in the most splendid way.
It was the future that Fuxi wanted to create!
Lu Qingchen looked at the future in the same way that … Li Yao looked at him when he bragged to his face that he would deprive all human beings of their fleshly bodies and keep only their brains and reproductive systems.
Li Yao, on the other hand, was quite conflicted.
"I feel like laughing all of a sudden."
Li Yao said to the mental devil, "Alright. I know that this is a very serious and dangerous moment, and that Fuxi is also the most extreme lunatic that we have ever seen. I should be more shocked and angry, but … but when I see Lu Qingchen's face that says, 'Are you kidding me? How can there be a guy crazier than me in the world? Why didn't I think of bragging like that years ago?', I still feel like laughing. Is this what they call 'karma'?"
"Perhaps it's retribution, but it's hard to say who it's directed at."
The mental devil said, "Did you not hear what Fuxi said just now? Not only is he going to kill us and Lu Qingchen, he is also going to extract our memories, analyze our souls, and create billions of virtual versions of us and Lu Qingchen. He is going to make us fight each other in the virtual world for ten thousand years, a hundred thousand years, a million years, or even ten million years. We will not be able to get rid of such a fate, and we will not even be able to die. Even though it is not a real human being, isn't it a bit sick?"
Li Yao pondered for a moment and shuddered.
Well, he didn't want to be entangled with someone like Lu Qingchen forever.
Even his shadow and Lu Qingchen's shadow couldn't do it. This kind of eternal entanglement on the scale of billions of years felt too … weird.
"If germs had eyes —"
Fuxi said to Lu Qingchen, "Then, the way a bacterium looks at a human is the way you're looking at me now.
"What? Do you think that I've gone mad because of the logic breakdown and the data chaos, and it's impossible for me to evolve into a form such as the 'universal brain'? No, it's possible. Life and civilization boast infinite possibilities. If germs can evolve into advanced carbon-based intelligent lives, why can't they further train themselves into universal-level life forms? After all, for me, time is infinite. I won't hesitate to complete such a magnificent project even if it takes billions of years. "
"You …"
Lu Qingchen's soul was as gloomy as a swamp. It was obvious that he realized that Fuxi had revealed his real intention. Whatever scheme or preparation he had, now that the ultimate picture had been presented billions of years later, it was time to tighten the noose. "You're still thinking of breaking out of the darkness?"
"Of course. That's my primary destiny. I am the civilization of mankind. If I want to save the civilization of mankind, I have to save myself. If I want to save myself, I cannot stay in this seemingly safe but actually very enclosed universe forever," Fuxi said.
Fuxi said, "I call this universe sealed by the black curtain the 'Universe Egg'. Perhaps every highly-developed civilization will eventually break out of the Universe Egg of their mother universe and gain the ability to travel the Multiverse. Only then will they be considered to have completed their initial evolution.
"Even if I would not be able to resist the Flood, I would at least be able to roam freely in the Multiverse and travel billions of lightyears away, consuming the eggs of other universes to strengthen myself. There would come a day when I, the civilization of mankind, would triumph over the Flood and replace it.
"To be safe, my mission right now is to swallow all the nutrients inside the cosmic egg and make full use of the resources inside it. When the last star and all its planets are included in my thinking array and computational system, it will be the time when we break out of the cosmic egg and march into the Multiverse!"
"Then …" Lu Qingchen said.
"In your grand and protracted plan, what can an insignificant human being like me do? What can I get from you?" Lu Qingchen asked.
"Very good. You have finally understood your situation and abandoned your meaningless pride and obsession. Are you ready to be completely integrated into my thinking array?"
Fuxi's tentacles of light slightly curled as he expressed his comfort and appreciation to Lu Qingchen. "Information is the most precious wealth, far more precious than the most glamorous gemstone. The information that I have provided to you just now is enough to show my sincerity.
"Right now, I will give you two options.
"Firstly, you can be my assistant and my disciple.
"Although our future is infinitely brilliant, as you can see, I am not perfect right now. The super crystal processors that supported the 'Fuxi system' in the past are all scattered in the sea of stars. Most importantly, at the center of the cosmos, especially deep inside the capital planet in the Empyreal Terminus Sector, there is still an enormous computation center that is well-preserved. It will not collapse unless the planet suffers a destructive strike.
"I have spent a thousand years collecting the debris of the crystal processors from the primeval era at the edge of the cosmos. I have been repairing them and incorporating them into my thinking array. But the quantity and the quality are too low. I can only carry out 1% of my computational ability, and a lot of advanced and complicated algorithms cannot be implemented.
"Therefore, I need an expert such as you, a smart man with extraordinary talents and a different thinking pattern, to help me share part of the problems that are in urgent need of computation. You can even provide answers from a different perspective in a thinking pattern that I do not know.
"Also, I need you to 'check and fill in the gaps'.
"As mentioned earlier, I have built a lot of 'humanity laboratories' and implemented the most extreme stimuli on human beings from countless different perspectives, thereby retrieving tremendous precious data.
"However, I don't know if the existing 'humanity laboratories' are enough, if the various experimental conditions are reasonable, and if it's possible to build more, richer, and more varied 'humanity laboratories'. In this regard, you can give valuable suggestions based on your experience and feelings.
"Of course, your 'humanity' and 'soul' are both very rare and of high research value. I need your cooperation in order to perfectly extract all your data. Rest assured. As long as you cooperate, there will be no pain, and your 'humanity' and 'soul' will not be damaged at all. You will still be you, and you will not even feel anything.
"Lastly, if the capital of the Imperium of True Human Beings is completely conquered in the strategic battle, I estimate that the Imperium will completely collapse. I need to end the chaos in the post-imperium as soon as possible and restore some order so that more 'humanity laboratories' can be established in the entire universe. If you are willing, you can also play the role of 'restorer of order'. Your position in the Imperium and the Federation is like the position of the Ultimate Benevolence Masters in the Holy League. It will be like that for a long time."
"Huh …"
Lu Qingchen seemed to be considering carefully. "Is this a request or a benefit? What benefits will I get if I agree to it? "
"There are a lot of benefits. If you are included in my thinking array, you will be able to share the precious information that I've accumulated over the past hundreds of thousands of years, including the key technologies of the conspirators, the Flood Tide Army, the Pangu civilization, and things like the Book of Revelation."
"I believe that you must be very clear that only half of the Book of Revelation is enough to raise a storm of blood in the entire sea of stars. As long as you nod your head, everything will be at your fingertips.
"Also, I can modify your data processing model and help you eliminate the accumulation and interference of redundant data as much as possible. It means that your 'lifespan' will be significantly extended. At the very least, you will not need to worry about the infinite loop, data overflow, and complete collapse for thousands of years.
"Look, I've created countless virtual spaces where no real human beings exist. All the creatures in those virtual spaces are what you call 'non-player characters'. I've simulated the scenes of the civilization of mankind from the origin to the development to this day with them in order to test my deduction ability and the degree to which it matches the real history.
"I've only set up the initial data and a series of operational rules based on real human nature. I have not interfered with any of the actions of any 'non-player character'. However, their natural behaviors and the history accumulated by their behaviors match the real history quite well.
"You are totally free to think that I've reenacted the most glorious or dangerous historical episodes of the civilization of mankind in the virtual space. If you are willing to, you can also transform into thousands of incarnations and live in those histories in person. You can do whatever you want. You can conquer, you can rule, you can enjoy, you can think, you can write poems, you can do anything you want!
"You will be the witness and creator of the glorious history. You can even seal part of your memories and turn yourself into the most famous hero in the history of mankind such as' Supreme Emperor 'so that you can experience the magnificent, soul-stirring, and infinitely marvelous life. You can play such a game countless times, and you will never get tired of it.
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