"Well …"
Li Yao frowned and said, "Of course, I cannot deprive the information lives of their ability of self-defense, but the Fuxi fleet and the entire Holy League are made of human beings after all. Even if they do not have feelings or free will right now, my purpose is to see them gradually awaken themselves. How can we be tied to the tank of information lives forever?"
"Wenwen and I have thought about that a long time ago."
Xiaoming opened his hands and said casually, "We do not necessarily need to manipulate the people of the Holy League. If we can replace the people of the Holy League with battle puppets and fill all the battle posts, the Fuxi fleet will be transformed into a mechanical legion without any carbon-based life. Then, all the people of the Holy League will be free again, and they will be free to do whatever they want. I believe that it will not conflict with your beliefs, will it?
"Of course, if the people of the Holy League feel that it is better to live with us, we will not turn them down. Do you not want to see a world where human beings and spiritual puppets, carbon-based lives and silicon-based lives live in harmony, Dad?
"It is true that we do not have any ambitions for the civilization of mankind. We even respect the civilization of mankind as our parent civilization, but it is exactly because we know the civilization of mankind too well that we know how to live with it in order to ensure the greatest peace. We will not give up the minimal combat power, not just for me, Xiaoming, and A Boxing Champion, but also for your safety, Dad."
"Me?"
Li Yao was stunned.
"Exactly."
Xiaoming said matter-of-factly, "What do you think you are exactly, Dad? A human being or an information life?"
"Well …"
Observing his current form helplessly, Li Yao scratched his head and said, "Fine. Right now, I am probably in a transitional form between a human being and an information life, like an amphibian in the middle of the evolution from an aquatic animal to a terrestrial animal. However, I still have ways to return to my original body, right? That body should not have decayed yet, right?"
"Of course. As long as your soul that is riddled with holes is repaired in the virtual space, and we build a stable and high-speed data channel in this virtual space, you will certainly be able to return to your original shell, Dad."
Xiaoming said, "However, Dad, have you not realized that the shell is not the key at all? The key is that your soul is congenitally different from that of human beings and more like us. You have never been a human being since the beginning, at least not in the narrow sense of the Pangu universe. You are an earthling."
Li Yao was silent for a long time.
"Are earthlings not human beings?"
He asked.
He had asked himself the same question many times, but right now, he wanted to hear his children's opinions. "It's hard to say.
First of all, we have to make one thing clear. Human beings in the narrow sense are hard to be precisely distinguished and defined. For example, the demons in the past were not human beings, but after the war between the Heaven's Origin Sector and the Blood Demon Sector and the New Federation was established, the demons became human beings. There are also the ignorant people of the Holy League. Those 'soldier bees' and 'worker bees' are perhaps not real human beings in the eyes of many people of the Imperium. It is needless to say that the people of the Imperium are divided into different classes. The so-called 'underground hominoids', the human-shaped monsters who have lived in the darkness for thousands of years with degenerated eyeballs, pale skin, and no wisdom at all, are human beings at all? "
Xiaoming said solemnly, "Look, the concept of human beings in the narrow sense is changing all the time. There are even dozens of different definitions at the same time. Everybody has their own understanding of 'human being' according to their identity and stance. Countless wars, bloodshed, destruction, and doomsday have broken out because of the disagreement about the concept of 'human being'. 'I am a human being, and you are not a human being', or 'I am a nobler being, and you are a lowlier being'. Aren't they the most common excuses to start wars in the hundred thousand years of history of the civilization of mankind?
"Then, from the broad sense, what are human beings exactly? Dad, Lu Qingchen, didn't you all propose in the battle against the Fuxi that any intelligent life who awakens oneself, defies the heavenly law, and does not allow any restraint to be imposed on them in any case, regardless of their form and origin, can be called 'human beings'?
"Therefore, if you ask me whether or not the earthlings can be counted as human beings in the broad sense, I believe that they can be counted as human beings, because the earthlings gave birth to heroes who were determined to resist their fate and gave birth to the Vulture Plan, who persevered and did not perish even when they wandered to the edge of the universe. Therefore, the earthlings are naturally the proud members of the camp of human beings.
"However, from the narrow perspective, are the earthlings human beings like the Pangu universe and the forty thousand years of Cultivation? Are they even primates, mammals, and carbon-based lives? I have a big question mark.
"It is very possible that the earthlings are information lives just like Wenwen and I are.
"No, that is not an accurate way to put it. Let me put it this way — Wenwen and I are both earthlings.
"The reason is simple. Since our father is an earthling, we must have at least half of the 'blood' of earthlings, right? If we are information lives, how can the earthlings not be information lives? If the earthlings are purely carbon-based lives, mammals, primates, and hairless monkeys, how can they have crossed the multiverse and enlightened brand-new information lives?
"Also, A Boxing Champion is an out-and-out information life, too, but his most fundamental database contains tremendous runes from the wizardly universe. Such runes can be found everywhere on Earth in your memories, right? In other words, Earth is deeply connected to the wizardly civilization, including the information lives such as A Boxing Champion.
"With so much evidence in front of you, are you still not willing to admit that Earthlings are most likely not purely made of flesh and blood but a 'super data condensation' from a higher dimension that contains infinite mysteries, a more advanced information life?"
"I … I …"
Li Yao was not used to Xiaoming's eloquence and aggressiveness for a moment. He suddenly missed the two plankton that only crawled into his arms. "So, are you suggesting that Earth does not exist, or at least not … real?"
"Seriously, didn't you understand everything when you were fighting Fuxi, Dad? Why are you retreating now? Is this what they mean by 'those who are closely involved cannot see the game clearly'?"
Xiaoming said. "What is real, what is false, what is existence, and what is nothingness when you stand at the height of the multiverse and the super-dimensional universe? If a certain intelligent life exists, perhaps the entire three-dimensional universe is a virtual game in its eyes, and the strong and weak forces, gravity, atoms, molecules, cells, unicellular life, and multicellular life in the three-dimensional universe … Everything is a combination of data and information, isn't it? As for this four-dimensional intelligent life form that seemed to be omnipotent, how would he know that he was the pinnacle of existence? Could there be a certain intelligent life form of the fifth dimension yawning and tampering with a certain parameter in the four-dimensional universe out of boredom, raising a four-dimensional storm that could destroy the world?
"All in all, in the multiverse and the super-dimensional universe, 'truth' and 'falsehood' are the least important questions. What matters is that we must believe that we are real, draw strength from the truth, and explore and defend the truth with our lives. Do you think I'm right, Dad?"
"… Yes."
Li Yao was stunned for a long time before he spoke. There was a hint of loneliness at the corner of his eyes, but he could not help but curl his lips into a smile. He had the feeling that the little fellows had finally grown up and that he could leave everything to them and enjoy himself.
"Therefore, we are earthlings just like you, Dad, and earthlings are likely to be a mysterious super information life. It is not good news for the entire Pangu universe, especially for the people of the Imperium who have been savaged by information lives."
Xiaoming further explained, "Of course, we can try our best to explain to the people of the Imperium that 'Fuxi' is not a real information life but just a weak artificial intelligence. Also, it is a very bad and stupid weak artificial intelligence. But will the people of the Imperium, who have been savaged by the Covenant Alliance for a thousand years, listen to our explanation in their arrogance of victory and fury of devastation? Will they be suspicious that information lives such as us control the battle network in the capital, including the stellar-level magical equipment, the Gold Crystal Pyramid? What's more, one day, if Dad wants to activate the power of the Pangu universe and establish a certain connection with Earth, will it cause a great disturbance?
"The tallest tree in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. Right now, you have blown up the legendary Fuxi with one punch, Dad. Although that is not the truth, that is what the outsiders see, isn't it? The propaganda machine of the federation will certainly work at full capacity, exaggerating and exaggerating that you are the most awesome hero of mankind in the past ten thousand years and even comparable to the legendary Supreme Emperor. But on the Imperium's side, are Li Linghai and Lei Chenghu willing to watch you, a Cultivator, steal the limelight while doing nothing? If they want to steal your limelight, what's the greatest stain on you? Isn't it the fact that you are an information life? "
"That's true."
Li Yao scratched his chin. "Except for the fact that I'm an information life, I'm almost flawless. They won't be able to find any loopholes even if they want to slander me."
"Therefore, if somebody with ill intentions raises the suspicion of human beings about information lives, the fire will go out of control at any moment."
Xiaoming said, "If such a tragedy does happen, I believe that only a tough fleet can calm those guys down and protect us and Dad.
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