"Your idea may not be wrong, but it is too idealistic to be realized," the voice said casually.
The voice said casually, "The Third World War caused severe wounds to our civilization. Even after a hundred years, the wounds are nothing more than scabs. There are still pus and ulcers inside that have not really healed yet. Perhaps they will never be healed.
"All mankind only held their noses and managed to unite under the threat of a catastrophe. How could they be turned into noble, pure, and selfless people after only decades of 'education of death', who would give the hope of survival to the offspring of their old enemy?
"The high and mighty nobles, on the other hand, would only ask the civilians to die for their interests under the glamorous guises and banners. Was it possible for them to do the opposite?
"Those magnates and magnates believe that all the immigrant starships and space cruising technologies were developed by them. It is impossible for them to give the living space on the immigrant starships to the 'filthy, humble' children of the civilians.
"You said that those who were qualified to escape according to their age, but the social order at that time was far from the stability of a hundred years ago. The control of the Earth Council was relatively weak, and it was impossible for them to conduct a large-scale census. Could one's age be determined by appearance alone?
"Even the bone-age test had a lot of room for manipulation. Those who were powerful and wealthy could always come up with a lot of approaches. Between an eighteen -year-old noble and a sixteen-year-old civilian, who do you think is more likely to board the immigrant starship in the end?
"Besides, even if everything goes according to the most idealistic plan, and a batch of ignorant children and teenagers are indeed selected to board the immigrant starships as the new hope of our civilization, do you think that they will certainly be able to create a new era of 'justice, kindness, and brightness'?
"You underestimate the coldness and cruelty hidden deep in our genes, or rather, in the genes of all the carbon-based intelligent lives.
"In the history of our literature, there was once a book named 'Lord of the Flies', which told the story of a group of children between six and twelve years old who were stranded on an isolated island because of a plane crash. They lived in harmony at first, but soon, the evilness of humanity burst out, and they attacked and destroyed each other. Such a story is not even needed. The horror of natural evilness is obvious enough just by watching the ignorant children tear apart the wings of dragonflies with a smile and roast living ants with magnifying glasses.
"If your idea comes true, it will only turn the immigrant starships into bloody islands where they attack each other, and a bunch of 'Lords of the Flies' will be raised in the sea of stars."
Li Yao was not convinced. He was about to defend himself when the voice continued, "Yes, I know what you are trying to say. You are trying to say that there are still a lot of women and fully autonomous educational robots on the immigrant starships, who are enough to shoulder the responsibility of taking care of the offspring.
"However, I need to tell you that the sociologists and psychologists at that time conducted a lot of studies and experiments. In such an enclosed and unknown environment, the women's performance was no better than the children's. Stimulated by estrogen and hormones, they would even degenerate into even more terrifying mother beasts.
"As for the so-called 'fully-automatic self-disciplined educational robots', they are similar to artificial intelligence. If we impose heavy restrictions on them so that they cannot hurt the children and can only impose 'punishments' that are not painful at all, the children will soon see through their bottom line and ignore their earnest teachings. If we allow the artificial intelligence to do anything to the children, there will be no way to prevent it from turning the children into its slaves and allowing the artificial intelligence to occupy the nest of the magpie and become the core of our civilization.
"All in all, we have considered your idea very carefully and thoroughly. The result of countless deductions is still not workable at all."
After pondering for a long time, Li Yao said, "Then, what about drawing lots? Everything will be completely random. Didn't you say that 'luck' is the most critical factor for the birth and rise of a civilization? Then, let the lucky ones continue the 'luck' of the civilization! "
"You still don't understand," the voice said solemnly.
He said solemnly, "Any selection method that is publicized in advance and bottom-up will not work, because the losers will absolutely not accept their own death calmly. Even if a kind-hearted, virtuous, and magnificent saint can sacrifice himself resolutely, what about his children? What about his children's children? What about his children's children? What about his infant son? Can he kill the hope of his children's survival with his own hands?
"There are always shady deals. There are always people who escape the selection in various ways and board the 'VIP' channels that lead directly to the immigrant starships. The wars, radiation, and plagues in the past hundred years have completely separated the nobles from the civilians. However 'fair, open, and just' the nobles claim that the selection is, it is impossible for them to win the slightest trust of the civilians. The final result is that the entire Earth will be mired in endless riots the day after the 'escape list' is announced.
"Tester, tell me, in the long history of the newborn civilization of mankind, has no planet ever suffered natural disasters such as meteoroids or solar storms? Could it be that these planets were able to stay calm and retreat in an orderly manner when faced with natural disasters? "
Li Yao was rendered speechless.
The voice was not wrong at all. The civilization of mankind in the Pangu universe had encountered similar situations, too. It was the 'Flying Star Sector' that Li Yao came to when he just left his hometown and traveled in the sea of stars.
The natives of the Flying Star Sector were attacked by meteoroids five thousand years ago, too. As a result, not long after the meteoroid attack, the entire Flying Star Sector was divided into the 'home faction' and the 'space faction'. They attacked and even fought each other. The rift caused by the conflict still deeply changed the face of the Flying Star Sector five thousand years later. As a result, humanity was extremely fragile, and the extraterrestrial devils and the Immortal Cultivators were popular among the dark planets.
It must be noted that the Flying Star Sector boasted a very mature industrial system of spiritual energy and abundant crystal energy even five thousand years ago. There were even a lot of starships left by the Star Ocean Imperium, and the technology to build those starships could be traced all the way back to the Pangu civilization. It meant that the residents of the Flying Star Sector at that time boasted very advanced space sailing abilities. Their situation was much better than that of the 'poor' primeval earthlings.
Even the residents of the Flying Star Sector could not avoid the chaos before the catastrophe. How could the earthlings be spared?
Therefore, the voice was correct. Any public selection in advance would not work. Instead, it would only awaken the demons that were lurking in everyone's heart.
"Then —"
Li Yao felt that his voice that was echoing inside his mind was somewhat hoarse. "What should I do?"
"A bottom-up selection is not going to work. Only a top-down selection is likely to succeed," the voice said.
The voice said, "In other words, there was no 'open, fair, and just' selection at all. Instead, a highly-centralized strongman chose the passengers who met his criteria according to his own will and escaped from Earth without most people knowing."
"What!"
Li Yao's soul constricted violently. "How is it possible?"
"Why is it not possible?"
The voice said. "The technologies such as starship production, space sailing, and human hibernation are all in the hands of the specialists and scholars. Most of the resources are provided by the magnates and magnates, too. Most of the people do not have the opportunity or the right to know the progress of the entire project at all. It is impossible for them to know when the immigration starships will be completed and when they will set sail. Therefore, as long as a small part of the people who are related to the 'space immigration project' can board the starships, everything will be fine.
"Fortunately, the specialists, scholars, magnates, engineers, workers, and even soldiers who are working day and night around the 'space immigration project' are the smartest and strongest individuals of our civilization. They are the most promising to perpetuate the entire civilization and make it flourish in the depths of the universe.
"You can berate us for our cruelty, you can mock our shamelessness, and you can grieve for the fate of the innocent people, but we have no other choice. This is the only solution."
While the voice was talking, the thousands of choices before Li Yao's eyes were either shattered and obliterated or turned into the lifeless gray and white. The only option left was still emitting lackluster brilliance.
"Well —"
Li Yao gritted his teeth. His soul moved somewhat anxiously, spreading out ripples of uncertainty.
He was indeed not Jin Tuyi. He was not even as good as Boss Bai or Li Jialing.
If it were Jin Tuyi, no, not Jin Tuyi, as long as it were Boss Bai, Li Jialing, Long Yangjun, and Li Linghai, they would probably choose the only "correct answer" without any hesitation, wouldn't they?
If Lu Qingchen and the mental devil had made it to the level, they would not have made any mistakes. They would have chosen the top-down approach to hide the truth from the very beginning, and they would have chosen to escape with a handful of magnates, magnates, and elites, wouldn't they?
Li Yao, on the other hand, was upset and hesitant in front of the "only choice".
The voice was silent, as if it were waiting for Li Yao's choice very patiently.
Furthermore, when Li Yao was caught in a dilemma, the voice took the initiative to say, "Wait a moment."
Li Yao was slightly dazed. "What's wrong?"
"One of the testers has failed," the voice said calmly.
The voice said calmly, "We have to get rid of him first."
Before Li Yao realized what was going on, the left half of his vision was translucent, and he saw "Mie Zhongdao", the ultimate expert of the Pangu race, floating not far away from him.
The commander of the Pangu remnants at the end of the primeval war was one of the best experts in the Pangu universe. He was one of the most distinguished experts in terms of wisdom, willpower, and combat ability. Even if Li Yao activated the full combat ability of the Divinity Branching Stage, he might not be able to compete with him head-on.
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