"I'm sorry, Sister Qingqing. As for your proposal, the committee will have to study it again and again. I'm afraid that it won't be easy for them to make a decision. It will probably take them a year and a half to make a decision."
Ding Ling Dong said, somewhat in embarrassment, "But you don't need to be in a hurry, because the relevant studies, especially the 'super teleportation' and the 'anti-space folding' technologies, have already been carried out in a race against time."
The studies on the super teleportation technology did not begin today but began three years ago when Gu Wuxin almost turned into a rainbow. To this day, the ultimate experts of human beings and the primeval survivors had a profound understanding of the nature and formation of the 'Rainbow Bridge'. The 'anti-space folding' technology that Wei Qingqing brought could be used to verify and answer each other's questions so that human beings' understanding of the mysteries of space could be improved.
"It's alright. I understand. Even I don't think that the whole thing is as simple as it seems. There may be a great scheme behind it."
Wei Qingqing said, "Everything we know right now is just my side of the story. Even if I did not mean to deceive you, who knows whether or not I've been brainwashed by the so-called 'debris of the messenger starship'? As a matter of fact, there is no 'messenger starship' at all. There is no alliance of resisters. Everything is a trap of the Flood in order to lure all the resisters into the trap without any effort. Isn't such a possibility possible?
"Even if the messenger starship and the alliance of resisters do exist, it doesn't mean that they have revealed the whole truth to us. In any case, the main body of the alliance of resisters is the remaining forces of the Primeval Civilization. Who knows what kind of values the 'conquerors of the universe' and the 'tyrants of the universe' in the past have and whether or not they are the same as the tiny civilization of mankind in the Pangu universe? Perhaps, it is not the allies that they are summoning but 'cannon fodder' when they blow the horn. Such a possibility exists, and it is very likely.
"All in all, regardless of whether or not the information brought by the messenger starship is true, the path ahead of us is far from a bright one. Our remote and insignificant civilization is destined to experience countless twists and turns, tribulations, and tests before we are qualified to survive in the infinite sea of stars, isn't it?"
Looking at the stars in the sky, Wei Qingqing's voice was distant and calm.
"… You're right."
Ding Ling Dong was stunned for a while before she said, "In the final analysis, we are still too weak. For the weak, any action of the strong may be a scheme or a trap. We have no choice at all."
"Yes. Just like when Earth was destroyed, the two fleets of weak and panicked fugitives left the mother planet one after another and became the dominators of the universe. They had no choice."
Wei Qingqing said, "The strong started from the weak. If the human civilization that originated from Earth can do it, why can't the human civilization from the Pangu Universe? It doesn't matter if it's a scheme or a trap. Knowing that there are tigers in the mountain, we still want to go there. This is our only chance. These words should come from your mouth, not mine. "
Ding Ling Dong was silent for a moment.
"Let's change the topic. I … have some questions for Sister Qingqing."
Ding Ling Dong said hesitantly.
"Alright."
Wei Qingqing smiled. "What do you want to know?"
"About Earth …"
Ding Ling Dong said, "Of course, we all know that the real Earth was destroyed billions of years ago. But do you think it's possible for a 'quasi god-level civilization' to recreate Earth, including countless ignorant 'earthlings', and let them replay the development of the civilization on Earth in the past?"
"If the intelligence brought by the messenger starship is correct, and even the Alliance of Resisters can condense the power of billions of black holes to build a 'black hole barrier', then, what's the big deal about recreating Earth?"
Wei Qingqing said, "Choose a habitable planet of moderate size and volume, simulate the environment of the primeval Earth through the modification of the atmosphere and the crust, and then inject tremendous' earthlings' whose memories have been erased and tampered, or who were born in laboratories since the very beginning, to recreate one or a hundred Earths in order to comfort their homesickness or deduce the different changes in history. Of course, it's very possible.
"If it's not a real entity in the three-dimensional universe but just the complicated data in the virtual world, it will be even simpler. I believe that, with the technological capability of a quasi god-level civilization, they can create countless' virtual Earths' and billions of 'virtual earthlings' in the blink of an eye, can't they?"
"Then —"
Ding Ling Dong asked nervously, "According to the information you received from the messenger starship, have you ever heard of such 'duplicate Earths' or 'virtual Earths' at the center of the Flood?"
"I haven't," Wei Qingqing said.
"But I'm told that there is a very mysterious and terrifying prison deep inside the Flood, in which all the people who are unwilling to surrender to the Flood have been locked up for billions of years."
"What?"
Ding Ling Dong was surprised. "What do you mean?"
"Although the Flood was unstoppable and swallowed one species and civilization after another, especially after defeating the primeval civilization and absorbing the thousands of universes that the primeval civilization belonged to, not all the individuals were willing to surrender to its tyranny," Wei Qingqing explained.
Wei Qingqing explained, "You can change the commander of an army, but you cannot. It is easy to crush a civilization, but it is extremely difficult to make all the individuals of the civilization submit obediently. For the individuals of the defeated species and civilizations, it is often the case that the stronger they are, the more tenacious and independent they will be, and the more unwilling they will be to be melded with the souls of thousands of people.
"Now that the Flood has captured those people, it will be more than easy to kill them. However, such a simple and violent approach cannot achieve the ultimate purpose of the Flood. If anything, it will only give those people a quick release.
"Therefore, there is such a prison deep inside the Flood, which is known as the 'Reincarnation Prison' by the Alliance of Resisters. Countless unyielding heroes are caged there, including the 'Vulture Plan' that I talked about three days ago. It is very likely that it is the 'prison break plan' of those heroes."
"That — that explains a lot."
Ding Ling Dong thought for a long time and couldn't help but ask, "Sister Qingqing, assuming — and I mean assuming — that Li Yao is still alive, is it possible that his soul is locked in the 'Reincarnation Prison'?"
"I don't know," Wei Qingqing said.
Wei Qingqing said, "But such a possibility does exist. Death is not the end but the beginning of another journey. According to your description, Li Yao's soul is already so strong that, even though most of his life information has been erased, he must still be of high research value. Chances are that he is locked in the 'Prison of Samsara' right now."
"So, we still have a chance, even if it is only one in a billion, to rescue him and bring him back to life?"
Ding Ling Dong couldn't have been more excited. But on second thought, she was frustrated again. "Forget it. Even if such a possibility does exist, the 'Reincarnation Prison' must be heavily guarded, and Li Yao's soul must be a target of high surveillance. His every move and ours will be detected by the Flood. Our reckless actions will only lead us to our doom."
"That's not necessarily the case."
Wei Qingqing said, "This is exactly what I told you earlier. Understanding the Flood in our language and way of thinking is completely different from one another. As a matter of fact, terms such as' civilization ',' alliance ', and' Reincarnation Prison 'are all randomly jumbled up for the sake of explanation.
"You shouldn't regard the Flood as a civilization of mankind that is billions of times more advanced. Instead, you should imagine it as a certain … gargantuan life form that encompasses the universe. It is a super life form that has the universe as its body and billions of stars as its fire of thought. At the very least, it is evolving in the direction of such an incredible 'universal life form'.
"The tiny carbon-based intelligent lives such as us, on the other hand, are equivalent to … things such as bacteria and viruses.
"For example, you might be able to monitor an outbreak of influenza, and you might be able to come up with all kinds of ways to prevent and eliminate it. You might be able to intervene with the influenza to a certain extent, and you might have all kinds of methods to protect your own safety, but it's very unlikely that you can monitor every specific influenza virus, right?"
Ding Ling Dong was slightly dazed. She nodded her head subconsciously.
"By the same logic, when you discover certain bacterial infections or imbalance in your body that will affect your health, you can take drugs and transfusions. You can take the most advanced treatment measures, and you can even activate the immune system in your body to deal with it."
Wei Qingqing continued, "But it is still impossible for you to lock onto every specific bacterium and eliminate them one by one. It is absolutely unnecessary, isn't it?"
"No."
Ding Ling Dong said, "I kind of understand what you mean now. Are you suggesting that, assuming that the Flood is a gargantuan giant, it is impossible for him to communicate with the 'bacteria and viruses' like us directly or even monitor a specific 'bacteria and virus'? After billions of years of evolution, he has actually turned into a life form that is entirely different from us, and he has lost the ability to communicate with us? "
"Yes. It is needless to say that the giant is at the weakest moment of his life. You may imagine him as a dying giant who is heavily wounded," Wei Qingqing said.
Wei Qingqing said, "He is trying to find a way to treat his disease. Perhaps his treatment plan will eliminate billions of bacteria and viruses in a moment. However, monitoring a specific, specific bacterium and virus? I don't think it is necessary. "
"I understand it now. When a giant swallows all the stars in the universe and has to process infinite information from billions of stars every second, it is indeed difficult for him to spare extra computational ability to pay special attention to an empty soul."
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