Virtual reality was equivalent to another world for human consciousness.
Compared to the real world, everyone was a god in the virtual world!
They could do everything that couldn't be done in the real world, and they could enjoy everything that couldn't be enjoyed in the real world!
Breathtaking scenery, extremely delicious food, flying in the sky and burrowing into the ground were omnipotent.
So, slowly.
The world became what it was at this moment.
More than 18 billion humans lived in virtual reality forever. They were born in cultivation cabins. From the moment they were born, they immersed their consciousness in virtual reality through a specific consciousness connector. Then, they grew up there and enjoyed life there.
Until now.
There were even a large number of people who didn't even know the existence of the real world.
In their eyes, the virtual reality they lived in was the real world.
After listening to Shen Yi's story, the hall was silent.
Everyone had a different feeling.
They didn't expect that it wasn't an external enemy that made the world like this, but they made the choice themselves.
Everything seemed to return to that classic line.
"I know this piece of meat doesn't exist. When I put it into my mouth, the mother told me that it was juicy and delicious … So, today, nine years later, I understand one thing, ignorance is happiness."
For the humans in this world, they were living up to this saying.
Maybe it was for the stability of the entire civilization, or maybe it was for the so-called happiness.
They chose ignorance, chose to treat things that didn't exist as real.
Was this the right thing to do, or was it a mistake?
This was a question that everyone had their own answer to. Some people didn't want to be immersed in virtual reality, and some people didn't want to accept the cruel reality.
But now was not the time to discuss the dialectical relationship between the two.
Because everyone knew.
They came to this world, which meant only one thing.
— The extinction of human beings.
Whether it was virtual happiness or the cruelty of reality, the humans in this world would lose it. They no longer had the right to make this choice.
Shen Yi saw that everyone was silent, so he took the initiative to break the silence.
"What do you think?"
Everyone looked at each other, and finally, Chu Lin stood up.
"President, what was the reason for the destruction of humanity in this world?"
"This problem should have been investigated by the commissioner himself."
When Shen Yi's voice fell, Chu Lin let out a sigh of relief.
Because the word "originally" meant that things were different now.
As expected.
Shen Yi continued, "However, due to the difficulty of saving people in this world, I will tell you directly. The answer is the exhaustion of resources and the aging of the system."
It was a very normal situation.
After all, it was only a Class 1 Apocalypse without any Psionic Abilities.
Putting aside the aging of the system, the depletion of resources was indeed a problem that many civilizations might encounter in the process of development.
Only when one's skills had reached a certain level would it be possible to escape.
For example, after completely freeing up the productive forces, one would be able to transform between substances.
However, when such a situation appeared in this world, people realized it.
Its danger had increased without limit.
If everyone enjoyed themselves in the virtual world, how would the technology of the entire civilization develop in the real world?
"It seems that you have already understood." Shen Yi said softly, "The pursuit of material and spiritual enjoyment is not a problem. This has always been one of the desires of humans. However, this desire should be a driving force for progress, not a burden. The situation of this world is a negative example. In the beginning, people still had a certain sense of crisis. They continued to improve the automation system of the real world that you see. However, as they sank into the virtual world generation after generation, this human civilization gradually forgot the challenges of the real world … They stopped developing and lost their future. Finally, in the near future, they were unable to survive the disaster that they could not escape."
The exhaustion of resources, and the aging survival system.
These two factors pushed the entire civilization step by step into the abyss.
This was the end of this "happy" civilization.
And when Shen Yi talked about this now, it gave people a more shocking feeling than before.
Because not long ago.
Shen Yi made them truly understand the "human reason" that the Pan-Humanist Guardians protected.
"The human reason of this world … has actually been destroyed by themselves long ago, right, President?" Mo Qiu looked up at Shen Yi.
"From the moment they lost their future potential, after the long river of fate, human reason has been destroyed." Shen Yi nodded, agreeing with this statement.
The "human reason" that the Pan-Humanist Guardians protected was the continuation of human civilization, as well as the future development potential of human civilization. From the former perspective, human reason still existed in this world, but from the latter perspective, it had actually been destroyed long ago.
Then, there was a problem.
How could such human reason be saved?
Everyone was thinking about this problem.
Moreover, everyone felt a sense of despair.
Difficult.
Too difficult.
In the previous world, the world that Gu Yan and Reid had saved, because of their own sins and numbness to despair, humans had given up on the future and gave up on struggling.
This kind of civilization was difficult to begin with.
Even if Gu Yan and Reid had done their best, in the end, if only 100 or 200 million people could survive, it would already be a near perfect ending.
But in this world.
The people of this world had chosen to give up on the future because they enjoyed it and were immersed in the beautiful virtual world.
It was simply an upgraded version of the previous world.
How could such a civilization be saved? How could such a beautiful and happy virtual world be brought back to the cruel and desperate real world?
To the people of this world, just this alone was no less than the end of the world.
This was because the virtual world had already become the real world in their eyes and in their hearts.
"Now, you all have a basic understanding of the situation in this world." Shen Yi's tone gradually became more serious. His gentle and powerful gaze swept across everyone as he slowly asked, "Then, who wants to become a special agent of salvation in this world?"
This was the last teacher's world.
It was also the last chance for these people in the hall to become a special agent trainee.
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