Bai Xinghe tore apart the metal film on the seal of a bottle of high-energy nutrition drugs and drank all of them. He licked his lips and burped comfortably. Then, he asked, "What about you? What's your purpose?"
"The style of your Crystal Suit is entirely different from that of the few high-end Crystal Suit centers in the world of Cultivators. The materials used are even more precious. Just now, I punched the breastplate of the Crystal Suit three times with my full strength, but I failed to break the breastplate of the Crystal Suit!
"To be able to produce such a Crystal Suit and raise such an expert like you, the force behind you must be immeasurable!
"As the representative of such a mysterious force, Li Yao, what are you doing on Spider Den at such a time of trouble? You are not here to persuade me to join the Cultivators and fight against the Immortal Cultivators together, are you? Haha. Hahahaha! "
Li Yao was silent for a moment. Then he shook his head and said, "I'm not.
"Boss Bai, you are quite well-behaved in the circle of space pirates. In the decades since you became the Pirate Potentate, you barely went out to rob in person. All you needed to do was to suck the blood of other pirate gangs.
"Compared to a rabid dog such as Fengyu Zhong, you don't seem to have any bad records.
"However, decades ago, when you rose to power, you were still committing all kinds of crimes. Your hands are stained with the blood of too many innocent people!
"It's true that you won't kill anyone as long as they don't resist. But the goods that they bought with their money, and they might even have put their lives on the line, will be looted by you for nothing. Why wouldn't they resist?
"Boss Bai, I admire your wisdom and courage. That's why I call you 'Boss Bai'. But if we get to the bottom of it, you are no different from Fengyu Zhong. You are both scumbags.
"If such a scumbag can be cleansed and join the Cultivators, and if you can become a Buddha right away, what will you do when you are innocent? Won't it be unfair to the innocent victims who were killed miserably by you?
"I don't want to lie to you, and I can't lie to you.
"The enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend. Although the Immortal Cultivators are the greatest threat right now, when the time is right, I will still try my best to kill you and seek justice for the innocent victims who were killed by you! "
"Well said!"
Bai Xinghe laughed. "I'm starting to like you from the bottom of my heart, Li Yao!"
"Do you think you're very noble and righteous?"
Li Yao stood straight and said coldly, "Compared to the unscrupulous space pirates such as yourself, I am indeed very noble and righteous. More importantly, I am always willing to pay the price for the justice that I uphold!
"Very good."
Bai Xinghe clapped his hands. Many self-proclaimed mature people don't believe in justice. They think that justice is just a child's play. In fact, it's not that they don't believe in justice, they're just afraid. It's because they're timid in their bones. They're afraid of paying the price for implementing justice. "
"Although what you insist on is just ignorant justice, this kind of insistence. It still moves me. "
"Compared to you, a noble, righteous, and persistent Cultivator, we are selfish and self-centered. The space pirates who commit all kinds of crimes and the cowardly, inhumane Immortal Cultivators are indeed scumbags! "
"However …"
Bai Xinghe's face suddenly turned extremely weird. He blinked his eyes. He said mysteriously, "Do you want to know how the space pirates and the Immortal Cultivators came into being?
"Why did the Cultivators, who were supposed to defend the civilization of mankind and protect the ordinary people, degenerate into space pirates and even Immortal Cultivators step by step in the dark sea of stars?
"Let me tell you. It's very simple. It's very simple.
"In one second, as long as you move your finger, a Cultivator will be transformed into an Immortal Cultivator. Once they are transformed, they will never be able to be transformed back. Haha. Hahahahaha!"
Li Yao thought of something and asked in a hurry, "Do you know the truth about the Immortal Cultivators?"
With a vague smile, Bai Xinghe pointed at his feet. "Yes. The truth is right here."
Li Yao was greatly surprised. "The Star Prier's Pavilion? You said just now that this place is an observatory. "
"Yes," Bai Xinghe replied. "This is an observatory. To be more exact, it is an observatory that studies' apocalypses'."
Li Yao was confused. What did an observatory that studied apocalypses have to do with the appearance of the Immortal Cultivators?
Bai Xinghe smiled and continued. "Have you ever heard of a theory named 'dark forest'?"
Li Yao blinked. 'Dark forest' was something that Huangpu Xiaoya, the heir of a noble family of refining, had mentioned to him on the carrier of the Temple of Immortals.
At that time, Huangpu Xiaoya had said that if the universe was a dark forest …
Later, on Iron Plateau, he had also heard Xiong Wuji say that if the universe was indeed a dark forest with no roads to walk on, he would clear a path and set it on fire, too!
Li Yao had not thought much of it back then. He had thought that it was just a coincidence that the two of them had made the same analogy.
So, it was not a coincidence. Was' dark forest 'a special term?
"The apocalypses have always been the greatest mystery in the world of Cultivators," Bai Xinghe said. "From the age of ancient Cultivators forty thousand years ago to today, countless Cultivators have been exploring the mysteries of the apocalypses tirelessly. Countless theories have been proposed to explain the apocalypses, too. 'Dark Forest Theory' is one of the most perfect and self-justifying theories.
"The Dark Forest Theory was developed by Liu the Prier, a scholar of apocalypses ten thousand years ago, in this' Star Prier's Pavilion '."
Apocalypses were the greatest mysteries in the world of Cultivators. They were also the most inexplicable mysteries in modern Cultivation theories.
Some people even said that if one understood the apocalypses, they would understand the entire universe!
Li Yao could not help but be deeply attracted by Bai Xinghe's words.
Sitting cross-legged, Bai Xinghe healed his wounds while he said unhurriedly, "Ten thousand years ago, when Spider Den was just discovered, countless Cultivators who were adept at geological exploration came to this place to explore the mother lodes below the ground.
"According to the laws of the Imperium at that time, whenever a new mother lode was discovered, part of the exploitation rights would be given to the discoverer as a reward. The deeper the mother lode was buried and the more difficult it was to explore, the higher the proportion of the exploitation rights would be.
"At that time, there was a Cultivator whose surname was Liu. He was exceptionally talented and had a high affinity with the spiritual energy of the earth class. He was adept at the art of earth escape. He was on a rampage in the depths of Spider Den and excavated almost half of the mother lodes and mother lodes.
"Therefore, when the large-scale development began, he became rich all of a sudden and became a famous magnate in the mining industry of the entire Imperium. As the owner of the largest mining group on Spider Den, he naturally accumulated a wealth that rivaled that of a nation.
"Capital Nest above our head is the headquarters of the Cultivator Liu's mining group. Half of it was built by him.
"The Cultivator Liu had an only son, who was the exact opposite of him. He did not like to explore the underground world but preferred to explore space. After studying in the few most famous universities of the Imperium, he became a scholar of apocalypses.
"At that time, the study of apocalypses was a prominent subject.
"It was the heyday of the civilization of mankind. The territory of the Star Ocean Imperium spanned thousands of Sectors. During its expansion, other than the demon race, its old nemesis, it conquered countless alien species in space, too.
"That was the most magnificent era. All human beings were ambitious and longed to march into the deeper reaches of the cosmos!"
"Of course, they would run into all kinds of alien species when they marched into the universe. Therefore, the study of all the civilizations in the universe became a very popular subject.
"How many civilizations were hidden in the vast universe? Compared to the civilization of mankind, were they strong or weak? Were the civilizations aware of each other's existence? If they were, what was their attitude toward the other civilizations?
"Those were the questions that human beings were in urgent need of answers at that time.
"Many scholars believed that the apocalypses were related to the civilizations other than human beings. As long as the mysteries of the apocalypses were cracked, they would understand the truth of the universe.
"On the other hand, in both the age of the ancient Cultivators and the age of the Star Ocean Imperium, the civilization of mankind had experienced many apocalypses. They had a profound understanding of the power of the apocalypses.
"Therefore, some people thought that, since the apocalypses were so powerful, could we make use of the apocalypses as a weapon?
"Study the apocalypse, intercept it, capture it, and crack it. In the end, the apocalypse will be 'weaponized' and 'mass-produced' so that the apocalypse will be used by the civilization of mankind as the ultimate, invincible weapon that can destroy everything!"
Li Yao was dumbfounded.
He was deeply awed by the lofty ambitions of the human beings in the age of the Star Ocean Imperium to conquer everything!
They wanted to use the apocalypses as a weapon. That was exactly what the 'strongest fighting species in the universe' should be like!
"Driven by the two goals, the smartest brains in the age of the Star Ocean Imperium devoted themselves to the studies of the apocalypses.
"However, it is extremely difficult to observe the elusive and mysterious apocalypses, let alone study and capture them. It is a huge project. Most of the apocalypse scientists can only work under the leadership of the twenty Guilds of Provenance and the military under the leadership of the twenty Guilds of Provenance."
"But the only son of the mining magnate whose surname was Liu was different.
"His father was extremely wealthy, and the study of apocalypses was one of the most important studies in the world. Since his only son was talented in the field, of course, he supported him wholeheartedly. If he could crack the mysteries of the apocalypses, it would not be difficult for him to make a name for himself in history!
"Therefore, the father and son of the Liu family gathered the most precious Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures of the Flying Star Sector and the super crystal processors with the highest computational ability. With their abundant experience in mining mother lodes, they built an enormous observatory, or rather, an apocalypse research center, below the ground of Spider Den!
"Of course, it was not an easy task to build such a Star Palace buried deep underground with the strength of a single family. The construction period was as long as several decades. During this period, many changes occurred. Even the mining tycoon passed away due to old age."
"But his son was not shaken at all. After inheriting the mining group, he devoted all his wealth and finally built the 'Star Prier's House'!
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