Lan Mu's answer made them shudder, but they didn't understand.
Tobian asked in surprise, "For fun? What does that mean? "
Lan Mu said calmly, "It means literally. Do you think it makes sense to plunder technology when there is a two-level gap between civilizations? If they want, they can directly read your undefended network and get all the technology.
"As for resources, do you think Earth has any resources other than life that those barbaric planets in the universe don't have? There are trillions of planets in the Milky Way. Invading you and then plundering the resources that are useless to them?
"Finally, life, which is unique to habitable planets, but it is not enough to be a reason for war. At least, the life on your planet is not so attractive. Do you think there are any extraordinary creatures on Earth? Any kind of animal or plant on Earth is not surprising. Even a low-level civilization like yours can carry out basic biochemical technology such as genetic modification and cloning. Is it necessary for a high-level civilization to start a war for some low-entropy creatures? "
Everyone swallowed their saliva and listened attentively. Thinking about it carefully, the war was nothing more than some kind of benefit, and resources and technology became unattractive in the case of too big a gap in the level of civilization. Then, why did the aliens invade them?
Fun …
Thinking of the fun that Lan Mu mentioned, they couldn't accept it. Was this alien incident that made them go to war and even made them panic just for fun?
Lan Mu continued, "It's just for fun. This is a game of a high-level civilization."
Tobian said excitedly, "How can this be? How can this be a game? Have they been playing with us all this time? "
Lan Mu nodded and said, "Yes, they have been playing. The advanced civilizations are using this method to gain fun and act out an invasion drama. Perhaps their civilization is observing your every move, just like a TV station or a live broadcast program. They are watching your panic, surprise, distress, effort, and other behaviors. By observing these behaviors and guiding some behaviors, they can increase the effect of the program and gain pleasure from your reactions. "
The people present listened to what seemed to be an understatement at first, but their hands and feet were cold and their minds were in chaos.
Their efforts and struggles to resist were, in fact, in the eyes of the enemy, just a fun program that the enemy wanted, a game to play.
Thinking about it carefully, wasn't the behavior of the sapphire detector exactly the same? If it was really for invasion, then even if they didn't destroy the world and destroy cities, they should have wiped out all the scientific research institutions, instead of just destroying human weapons.
Combined with what Lan Mu said, they finally understood that this was actually just a game to create panic …
Tobian and the others were dumbfounded and in a trance. They realized that from the appearance of the alien detector, to the reaction of human beings and the establishment of the Global Defense Council, to the various efforts to communicate with the aliens, and the battles in the sky and the sea later, the result of all this was actually unimportant.
The enemy just wanted to see their reactions. It was like watching a big movie or a reality show …
Even if they succeeded in defeating the Sapphire Detector, it would be meaningless. The other party didn't care. While they were cheering for their victory, the enemy might also be clapping their hands and saying, "Amazing, amazing! Interesting, they actually defeated XX. I bet 50 cents that they will … "
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. Lan Mu had expected their reaction, but what he did and said was not without purpose.
Part of what he said was unfounded, defined purely for the existence of the Lan Bai Society, but there was also a part that was actually a phenomenon that existed in the universe.
This idea came from the reminder of the Amon civilization. After communicating with the Book of Yun Sui Yue, Lan Mu thought a lot and finally figured out several situations between civilizations in the universe.
One of them was like the Amon civilization. If it was in the primitive period, then it was just for fun. If it was already in the stage of civilization and was relatively mature, then it was fine. If it was in the stage of civilization and was relatively mature, then it was fine. When they met, they would quietly take something and leave without leaving a trace.
Wasn't this also for fun? There was no benefit in ruling a group of primitive people. The only benefit was for their own fun and to satisfy a desire of intelligent creatures.
This situation might be common among intelligent races, especially when society had advanced to a very high level and ordinary things could no longer satisfy them. This kind of civilization would pursue a new sense of self-satisfaction.
Just like the rich people who had everything. Money? Power? Sex? They didn't want any of that. They wanted greater fun.
For this kind of fun, they could trample on everything and despise the lower civilizations, even inadvertently despise them.
Perhaps Lan Mu was thinking too much, but the Amon civilization had 'told' him about toying with the lower civilizations for the sake of self-satisfaction.
Back then, Lan Mu had asked the Amon civilization, "If they came to Earth eight thousand years later, when Earth was about to enter the space age, what would they do?"
The Amon civilization's answer was to silently take something and then quietly leave.
And before the Book of Yun Sui Yue answered, "We are a very kind civilization."
This sentence was actually a hint.
At first, Lan Mu did not feel much about this sentence, but after a period of precipitation, Lan Mu thought about it repeatedly and finally understood what it meant.
A kind and friendly existence like the Amon civilization would play the game of gods among a group of primitive people for fun, then what about an unkind and friendly civilization? Would they play even more overboard? Or even simply conquer?
But the Book of Yun Sui Yue had said before that there was no benefit for a higher civilization to invade a lower civilization. Any resources and technology snatched were of no benefit to them.
Then, under what circumstances would they attack or even destroy others without any benefit or reason?
There were only perverted murderers.
They didn't need any reason, and they didn't want anything from you. They just enjoyed the process and satisfied their own hearts.
And this was the kind of 'aristocratic civilization' in the universe that bullied the weaker civilizations to satisfy themselves!
They might really exist, and there might even be many of them. Even on Earth, there were people who liked to bully others or use a group of insects to make a war simulation. It was quite interesting to watch the insects kill each other, and then they would film it and post it on the Internet to continue to satisfy themselves.
There were also some perverted rich people who specially made all kinds of strange crime games for fun.
This was the interest of the outside world.
Then, Lan Mu had reason to guess that in the games of the higher civilizations, after playing, they would record it and spread it between civilizations of the same level to continue to obtain greater vanity. This was also a phenomenon that existed.
As long as the gap between civilizations was big enough … in the real universe, there might not be any god-level civilization that would establish any order to create things like universal public morality.
There were two situations where this phenomenon would occur on Earth. One was the difference between different species and races, and this smoothed out the obstacles.
The other was that between different classes, the huge gap between classes would form a gap, and the upper class would be like a high-level creature, able to dominate the lower class at will. Of course, on Earth, there were no racial differences between classes, so this was a rare situation. Even if it appeared, it would be taking advantage of the loopholes in the law, taking advantage of the weakness of human nature, or a strong capital.
But in the universe society? There were differences between races and classes, in addition to the huge macro distance between each other, and the absolute crushing power difference.
The universe's classes were born, and this kind of class was definitely divided according to the level of civilization.
A great person on Earth had once said, "Class is everywhere."
In the fantasy of the many civilizations in the vast universe, it could be thought of as a dark forest, and every civilization was a hunter and at the same time, also a prey.
It could also be thought of as a paradise full of order, where everyone interacted with each other, friendly communication, established diplomatic relations, and jointly explored the truth of the universe.
Both of these were too extreme, so naturally, there was a third kind!
It was precisely because one couldn't ignore the most important point in the sociology of the universe, and that was class.
Assuming that in the vast universe, there were many civilizations, and after adding the concept of class, what characteristics would the society that was formed have?
First of all, there were many civilizations in the universe, and there were differences in culture and technology. Because of the length of development, a high-level civilization could even crush a low-class civilization.
Such a huge level of civilization would form a class gap, and there was the possibility of communication and war between people of the same class. This was because they were competitors, and each had something that the other party needed.
However, between different classes, the low-class would naturally hope to communicate with the high-level, but the high-level would most likely not care. The races were different, so why would the high-level talk to you on equal terms? Unless the low-class was too low, so low that it aroused sympathy … so low that the high-level would have a protective mentality.
In other words, if a high-level civilization met a group of primitive people, and if they didn't like this group of primitive people, they might kill them with one shot, like swatting a group of noisy flies.
If they liked this group of primitive people, they might treat them with friendliness, like raising a teddy bear that knew how to please its owner.
However, there were exceptions to everything. If a low-class civilization happened to exist near a high-level civilization, then there was a high probability that the high-level civilization would directly 'forcefully dismantle' the low-class civilization for some construction project or the arrangement of a defense system.
It was like a termite nest blocking a key part of a highway construction project, and the cost of a bottle of pesticide was much more cost-effective than taking a detour.
Generally speaking, the oppression between different classes was magnified many times when placed on the macroscopic scale of the entire universe. It was like the difference between gods and ants. Because of the huge differences between races and cultural forms, one could imagine the cold indifference between them.
The people of Earth should be glad that the Amon civilization that came here 8,000 years ago was also a humanoid carbon-based creature. Otherwise, humans would have been wiped out because they were too ugly.
At the same time, they should also be glad that Earth was unique and had the Pyramid of Doomsday. Otherwise, humans might also become caged birds.
Other weak civilizations were not so lucky. High-class civilizations could create a 'caged bird' situation by locking the other party's technological explosion as the foundation.
In order to get rid of the class oppression of the 'caged bird', they had to try their best to please, endure, and slowly wait for an opportunity until they broke free from the cage, or perish because they were tired of being played with.
It was also because the chances of a counterattack were especially slim, so if there was no existence of a god-level civilization order enforcer similar to Lan Mu's description, one could imagine how desperate the 'proletarian' oppressed civilization would be.
If they didn't perish for their dignity, then their dignity would perish.
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P/s: I'm also a Da Liu fan, so I have some shallow opinions, please don't criticize.
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