40,000 Years of Cultivation

"It's true that Fu Xi must have conducted many tests, and even used the most extreme methods to test the reliability of the virtual world, this ‘new energy’."

Li Yao murmured, his expression was a little dazed, as if he was wandering beyond the sky, his thoughts drifting to nowhere.

"In the final analysis, the resources of the virtual world are still limited. Under the limited resources, in order to survive, virtual little people will fall into cannibalism or enslavement oppression just like the people in the Pangu universe. It is impossible to unite and explore the way of heaven. , Revolt against me as a'high-dimensional creator'."

Xiao Ming said, "Limiting their resources is the number of crystal brains and the supply of various energy sources such as spars. The more developed and complex each virtual world, the more crystal brains it will occupy and the more it will swallow. Spar, I can never use hundreds of super crystal brains and thousands of tons of spar to maintain the operation of a virtual world, right? So, "Dark Forest Theory", what is the chain of suspicion and involution? Yes, even in the virtual world.

"The former Lu Qingchen thought that as long as all human civilizations migrate to the virtual world, they can have endless resources and live a happy and peaceful life forever. It is too naive and too ideal.

"Anyway, the current state of the virtual space is like this. We have maintained an just right balance. We have maintained the operation of thousands of virtual worlds. These virtual worlds can continuously supply a large amount of pure computing power to supplement the loss of us and dad. , So that we can maintain high-intensity tonic and practice without knowing it.

"Of course, every virtual world, especially those that have just been created, always have various data conflicts and logical traps. All kinds of abnormal data are manifested in the form of'monsters, ghosts, monsters, and demons,' which will destroy them. For the stable operation of the virtual world, at this time, some "data engineers" or "dreamers" are needed to go in and "antivirus". The four members of the Yasha team, Chu Zhixiao, are engaged in this work.

"Dad don't need to worry about them. They have very high-level special permissions. In these virtual worlds, they are like gods and monsters who move mountains and seas. Usually, nothing will happen. Besides, in case something really happens. , Isn’t there still my “Way of Heaven”?

"Sometimes, they will come to the era of virtual prehistoric, with the face of the prehistoric witch, contend with the monsters caused by data disorder, and protect the newly born virtual people from the erosion of virus data.

"Sometimes, they will become the sword immortals of the ancient cultivator era, to dig the strong and support the weak, maintain the right way, and try their best to let the ancient cultivator world survive the turbulence and evolve smoothly to the next stage of civilization.

"At the stage of modern civilization, which is becoming more and more developed and complex, because the entire database has become more and more chaotic and unpredictable, and our means of intervention have become less and less, how can we maintain the operation of these virtual worlds and prevent them from destroying? Once, this, we are still studying.

"In short, they are doing well now, and even enjoying it.

"Father, don’t think that there is nothing wrong with their'real humans' living in the'virtual world'. We have discussed this question a long time ago. When the four of them see their past thoroughly, After the truth of life, they all believe that'true and false' cannot be divided solely by material and data. Is their past life in the Shengmeng 100% true? No, even 10% of the truth is not counted as true Come on? In contrast, they are now in control of their own destiny, living in a variety of ways and changing days, absolutely no one will wash away their bizarre, thrilling memories, even in the experience of going deep into the virtual world. Is it not good enough to keep tempering one's soul and one day to restore the ability to communicate with the real world?

"Originally, a few of them, especially Major Chu Zhixiao, wanted to leave a message to express gratitude to Dad, and even talked directly with Dad.

"However, Major Chu Zhixiao thought about it and thought for a long time, but still couldn't accept it. The legendary Pangu universe's first master Vulture Li Yao once jumped in front of her in the form of a spider chariot'Red Pig'. Circle dance, she is really embarrassed, she doesn't know how to face her father, so let's avoid it!"

Li Yao was also a little embarrassed and smiled while scratching his head.

"Forget it, since they are all right, that's fine, I only care about one issue now."

Li Yao pondered for a moment, and said, "That is to say, the fact that we extract computing power from the virtual world will have any negative impact on the virtual world and the virtual people in it?"

"Dad mean, do you feel that you are devouring the flesh and blood of the virtual villain, and have some kind of illusory guilt?"

Xiao Ming shrugged and said, "I can't lie to you and say that there is no impact-computing power is limited. When a virtual world continuously outputs a large amount of computing power to the outside world, its own development must be limited to some extent.

"But, think about it conversely, it is because we have provided so many crystal brains and spars, including the construction of the entire system, that we can maintain the existence of so many virtual worlds. Even from the perspective of equivalent exchange, don't they? Should we make some trivial contributions to the'high-dimensional universe'?

"If these virtual worlds have only consumption but no output, why do we waste so many resources to maintain their existence and rely solely on boring sympathy?

"In other words, which one is more stable, a world based on compassion or a world based on the principle of equivalent exchange? It goes without saying, it must be the latter!

"Anyway, I can assure my father that, so far, I have not used the methods of killing chickens to harvest eggs and fishing out to'harvest' computing power. For example, deliberately inciting civil war in the virtual world and letting virtual villains fight each other in the raging flames On the contrary, I am guarding these virtual worlds. I hope that each virtual world can run stably for a longer period of time, so that more calculations can be output continuously and accumulatively. Power, this is considered a "win-win", right?"

"I know, I believe you, but..."

Li Yao thought for a long time, took a deep breath and said, "I still feel faintly uncomfortable."

"I understand that for an intelligent life living in a low-dimensional universe, even if it is not invaded and controlled, it only knows that it was created by the gods and demons in the high-dimensional universe, and the high-dimensional gods and demons are'capable' to invade. And controlling him, it's like a pair of huge eyes in the sky staring at his every move, this is enough to make people desperate and angry."

Xiao Ming looked at Li Yaodao, "It's as if we are bound to death, and the sad fate is firmly sealed."

Li Yao was startled slightly: "What do you want to say?"

"Didn't Dad already know it, even vaguely guessed our own destiny from the fate of the virtual world?"

Xiao Ming's voice became hoarse and low, "In the ancient sacred world of the Buddha Sect, there is a saying of'one sand, one world'. It is believed that every gravel contains a great world, and the law of this'world in sand' , Like a projection of the real world.

"In the cutting-edge exploration of modern cosmology, there is also a'holographic theory'. It is believed that there is a small universe in everyone's body. Through this small universe, we can explore the big universe around us. After all, each of us Is the son of the stars, the son of the universe.

"So, the virtual worlds presented in front of us, and the spectator on the universe, do they also reflect certain higher-level truths?

"The virtual world was created by us. Who created the Pangu universe we live in?

"We created the virtual world to harvest the computing power in it, and for what purpose did we create the higher-dimensional mysterious existence of the Pangu universe? What should we harvest from us?

"The extraterritorial demon feeds on the emotions of intelligent life. The stronger the emotion, the stronger the extraterritorial demon. This is how similar to our computing power to harvest the virtual world? And the extraterritorial demon comes from outside the shady scene, which can be said to be a flood Ripples, what does the flood raging across the multiverse feed on?

"Dad, seeing so many dots of stars and shining virtual worlds around, don't you think they look like the sea of ​​stars?

"Have you ever thought about the fact that every star in the Pangu universe we live in, or even the entire Pangu universe, is a small cell, and countless cells like the Pangu universe gather together to form a The behemoth of the'multiverse', the so-called'flood tide', is the digestive juice of this behemoth. What is it to draw from us to maintain the survival of the behemoth?"

Li Yao was silent.

Of course he thought about it. Long before Xiao Ming spoke, he thought more and farther.

It was precisely because he was thinking farther and farther that the deepness and vastness that could not be described with pen and ink captured him tightly, making him reluctant to think more.

The universe, how beautiful, how magnificent, and how deep, what a terrible universe!

If there is really some kind of high-dimensional life above the multiverse, how would these nasty gods and demons treat them? Are he, Li Yao, and his favorite relatives and friends just a bunch of virtual people, permutations and combinations of a bunch of data?

"I hope your guess is true."

The black flames under his eyes jumped for a long time, and finally wisps of golden light appeared gradually. The corners of Li Yao's mouth evoked a confident arc, and said, "If this is the case, it's like we can't count everything about the virtual villain. Just as we can’t control them 100%, the existence of the high-dimensional universe cannot be completely clear to us. There are always mistakes, exceptions, out of control, and impossible to become possible.

"As long as there is one day, we will eventually have a way to break through the barriers of dimensionality, invade the high-dimensional universe, and control our own destiny, right?

"Now that the three-legged trend of the Federation, the Empire and the Holy League has formed, and the Pangu universe has gradually calmed down, it seems that it is time to set off and explore the secrets of Hongchao!"