40,000 Years of Cultivation

Li Yao was silent, Li Jialing's remarks were quite reasonable, and he was speechless.

Before coming to the real human empire, from the perspective of a cultivator from the Star Federation, it was always easy to misunderstand the sharpest contradictions within the empire and regard the squeeze and exploitation of the "primitives" by "real people" as the main problem.

After coming to the empire and seeing all aspects of social forms and conflicts of interest, Li Yao knew that the most typical "ordinary people who have been bullied by immortal cultivators" who were imprisoned in factory assembly lines and industrialized spiritual fields were not actually the most miserable. of.

Yes, these ordinary people have indeed been treated inhumanely, but they often also have a stable source of food, relatively clean drinking water, safe housing and even a meager salary. In order to improve their enthusiasm for labor, the immortal cultivator can learn from them. Squeeze more surplus value, and even provide them with a certain level of spiritual food-for example, the "Live Killing Live" in the Wuying community is an anesthetic specifically aimed at these laborers, which can make them spiritually happy.

As the saying goes, "I would rather be a peaceful dog than chaotic people." In areas where the imperial authorities can and are willing to implement effective rule, they will still provide a minimum of public services, carry out various infrastructure constructions, and maintain the orderly operation of society, and In theory, there are laws that can protect the legitimate interests of most people-even if this riddled law is often broken openly by immortal cultivators, it is better than nothing.

After all, the government of the immortal cultivator is also a government, not a bandit den.

And below 10,000 meters underground, these "forgotten towns" numbered after 10000, the residents here do not even have the qualifications to be enslaved or squeezed. In other words, "will not be allowed to be slaves". Naturally, the imperial authorities would never do It provides a little bit of public service here, completely letting them fend for themselves.

In such a dark and silent world, there is no sunlight, very little clean drinking water, and very little food. The destructive power of earthquakes is hundreds of times stronger than that on the ground. From time to time, there will be landslides, and even devastating magma will gush out. ——Li Yao doesn’t know whose life is worse, those slave laborers who have been sitting down behind the assembly line of the magic weapon factory for a lifetime, or these underground abandoned people who have been forgotten by the entire universe?

In Long Yangjun’s metaphor to Li Jialing, the sea is mentioned. Indeed, the world of abandoned people is like a deep ocean plain—no matter how strong the stormy waves rise on the sea, and how fierce and ferocious beasts are competing, all It will not affect the slightest trace of the sediment on the seabed. In the eyes of those ocean overlords, these small fish and shrimps struggling to survive in the sediment on the seabed do not exist at all.

However, Li Yao can also understand why Long Yangjun brought him and Li Jialing here. Now Black Star Great Emperor Wu Yingqi’s layout has been activated, and it is very likely that he will control the entire Polar Celestial Realm and Celestial Star, regardless of whether they hide. In any city, it is hard to escape the overwhelming, ubiquitous monitoring and locking of crystal eyes.

Even the vast majority of towns that go deep underground are within the limits of the authorities' control. They are equipped with a large number of crystal eyes and connected to the wireless spiritual network. As long as they leave a vague figure in a certain crystal eye, It is possible to provoke a large number of chasing soldiers.

Only these forgotten cities numbered after 10000 do not have the existence of spiritual nets and crystal eyes, completely out of the eyes of high-level cultivators, and they are a "paradise" where they can heal and rest with confidence.

Li Yao and Li Jialing come from a sunny world, and their natural appearance is slightly different from the almost transparent underground human race. Their leisurely strolling in the town has attracted the attention of a large number of underground people.

However, most of the underground people only dared to hide behind stalagmites and mushrooms, wrapped themselves tightly in thick fog, and looked at them carefully, not daring to make eye contact with them.

Wherever their gaze falls, the underground people will shrink their necks and escape into the mist.

Only the innocent children dare to stare at them intently. Seeing that they are not malicious and not too dangerous, some of the boldest children finally followed them, turning into a string of little tails, and swaying to learn to walk.

Li Yao turned his head and made grimacing faces at the children. The children yelled in exclamation and then dispersed. After a while, seeing that Li Yao had no other actions, they gathered back together again and made faces like Li Yao. He also yelled in a strange tone: "Black eyes! Yellow eyes!"

Children born underground have never seen real sunlight. Even the lighting array above their heads lacks energy and can only be adjusted to the darkest level, barely illuminating the iron cords crisscrossing between stalagmites and stalactites, children Perhaps the brightest thing I have ever seen in my life is billowing magma.

For tens of thousands of years, their eyes have also mutated. While possessing a certain night vision ability, their pupils are slightly reddish, and Li Yao's black eyes and Li Jialing's yellow-brown eyes have become out of the ordinary here.

The children's silver bell-like laughter attracted the attention of adults. Suddenly, several hands were stretched out in the thick fog, and they dragged the children back, and put the laughter in a pair of rough hands.

Li Yao frowned slightly, the weak spiritual energy lingering between his eyes, his sharp gaze penetrated the blurred fungus mist, and he could see clearly those underground people who thought they were hiding well.

He discovered a very weird phenomenon-as people in the underground grow older, their ability to express emotions seems to be weaker.

Those innocent, carefree children will cry, laugh, fight, and express their emotions and feelings freely.

But tall adults always furrow their brows, their eyes gleaming vigilant and fearful, looking for a stone crack to hide themselves in, it seems that the arrival of Li Yao and Li Jialing has disturbed him. The dignified air here makes them extremely uncomfortable.

The older man, with wrinkles and wrinkles all over his face, disappeared from the depths of his eyes, like a statue carved from a stalactite, squatting motionless beside a stalagmite for a long time. , As if blending with the underground world.

Li Yao also saw some people wearing grey cloaks, their expressions were the same as those of the girl who had just brought them food. They were both quiet and ethereal. They sat around the underground town at will, sitting or lying down, breathing extremely weakly, as if entering. The weird state of hibernation.

Li Yao squinted his eyes and asked in a deep voice: "All the people here have been brainwashed by Long Yangjun, and their emotions and desires have been washed away?"

He originally thought that the truth must be like this, but Li Jialing hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said: "I have asked Sister Long, but she said no. The people here were originally like this lifeless and unwavering appearance.

"Sister Long said that the so-called strong emotions and desires are based on a rich material foundation and a developed information interaction network. As the so-called'satisfaction and warmth,' you can't even eat enough, and the basic living safety is There is no guarantee that you will be hungry and trembling every day. There is no time to worry about "emotions", "desires" and "free will".

"Sister Long said that we modern people live in a highly developed post-industrial society and the information age. We can find 10,000 kinds of food everywhere to stimulate our appetite, and 10,000 kinds of entertainment to stimulate our strong emotions and make us desire. Emotions and emotions have been stimulated to the limit. Over time, we take such high levels of desires and emotions for granted.

"But in many worlds with extreme material scarcity, such as the ancient world and the underground world in front of us, lack of food is the norm, safety cannot be guaranteed, and there are not many ways of entertainment. The world of Gods is extremely empty and lacking. People here, How can it be possible to have strong emotions and desires like people on the ground?

"Imagine if a baby is born here and has never seen the sun and the fragrance of birds and flowers, does not know what forests and oceans are, and does not know what a star, a movie star, or a fictional game or virtual dating platform. The only meaning of life is Survive and reproduce, and worry about food shortages, earthquakes and cross-flow of magma every second. Over time, how can it not become numb and indifferent, just like these underground residents in front of them?

"Sister Long said that when she first came to the underground world a few years ago, the adult residents here were like this, silent like a rock for many years-because there was nothing else to do in life, and there was not a small amount of resources to support. Their excess emotions and desires.

"Yes, she taught these underground people some methods of suppressing pain, curbing desires, and calming their souls, but it only contributes to the flames. If the resources here are abundant enough, there is a wine pond and meat forest to enjoy, there is the best Lingwang game. If you can play, the idiot will follow her to practice the method of exterminating humanity!

"Sister Long said, not just here, she guessed that even the Saint League's territory is the same situation-there are meat buns to eat, who wants to eat white steamed buns, who wants to eat white steamed buns, who wants to be hungry? The territory of the alliance itself is extremely rich in material, rich enough to satisfy all the emotions and desires of all people, who wants to give up the best things in life? The question is no! Many worlds under the rule of the Holy League are originally poor mountains and bad waters. It is estimated that in the chaotic and **** battles of the past 10,000 years, the few resources that were originally few have been consumed almost, and people have to give up emotions and desires and devote all the remaining resources to the only important thing— -Above the continuation of life.

"Sister Long also said--"

"enough!"

Li Yao interrupted Li Jialing's endless talk, "I found that your fellow Taoist's position is very problematic. Why is it "Sister Long said" all the time? Even if you don't stand with Brother Yao, I am a cultivator. At least you are a cultivator of immortality, should you support emotions, desires and free will? After spending half a year with Brother Yao, I haven’t seen you learn how well, why did you follow Long Yangjun for ten days, and you were fooled by her. Do you have to find Bei? You have to do with Dao Xin, you still have to practice!"

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Seeing a question, a friend said, Lao Niu, did you have a contradiction in writing? In the flying star realm, you can hollow out planets to refine super-giant starships. Why can't even the mantle be penetrated in the middle of the star sea?

Lao Niu said, this is not contradictory.

The planetary battleship made by the flying star world is a very small and extremely small planet like "Pluto" (of course now Pluto does not even count the serious "planets"). The difference in the size of the large and small planets can be different. Thousands of times! As for a "habitable planet", in the eyes of Lao Niu, at least it must have a thick atmosphere and a stable solid structure. It cannot be much smaller than the earth, and it must not be an asteroid like Pluto, right?

One more thing, refining planetary battleships, it didn't say that the planets should be completely hollowed out. There was no need at all.

One of Liu Cixin’s masterpieces, how did "The Wandering Earth" work? Simply put, just install tens of thousands of engines on the surface of the earth, and just launch orbit to leave. The so-called "planetary warship" is nothing more than the engine, with more turrets, hangars, military bases and so on. These things can be done within the confines of the earth's crust. It is economical and convenient to fight wars. There is really no need to hollow out the entire planet!

In any case, Pangu Nuwa is still a human being. It is life that originated on the surface of the planet. No matter how developed it is, as long as the flesh and blood of carbon-based life is still retained, the mantle layer tens of thousands of meters below the ground cannot be comfortable. Isn’t it a last resort to hollow out a planet and live in it?

Dear readers, what do you think?