Hidden Yao Era

"This ...... Seems to be incomprehensible. You remind me of the AI wars before the age of Lagrange and the wars before the fall of the Empire. "

"Yes, a lot of the history of AI warfare has been tampered with, and many people believe that AI betrayed humanity. On the contrary, it is the different attitudes of human beings towards artificial intelligence that have led to irreconcilable contradictions, and the cause of war is-for-tat values and different visions of the future of humanity. "

"Well, I've heard Yang Dongming say this. I didn't believe it before, but now I think it's very likely. The Empire's AI war failed, but its bad effects took centuries in the universe to end. When you say this, I really think that if human beings only pursue pure reason, they will inevitably go down the road of self-denial. "

"Yes, animal nature and the high purity of the human spirit are not mutually exclusive, and man must combine these two qualities perfectly in order to maintain his essential character as a human being, and not to be reduced to a machine that is alien to himself. "

"Well, I thought about it, even if you pursue pure reason without abandoning your own body, you will live with a purely utilitarian attitude. If the elite of mankind were to follow reason completely, literature, art and philosophy would gradually become a desert. But emotional human beings are often prone to use desire to pour out their emotions and become uncontrollable. Rational people, on the other hand, tend to distinguish everything too clearly, allowing themselves to unconsciously become linear thinking and rejection of emotional human beings. It's too difficult to blend sensibility and rationality perfectly. "

Sonia then turned to the music she had heard: "Do you remember the Beethoven sonata you heard at sunrise? The mood changes naturally, the richness is not monotonous, and the final climax bursts out with sublime and profound vigorous vitality. This kind of mental state should be what human beings should pursue, right?".

"Yes, it was the most sublime and magnificent sound I've ever heard in my life, and that music almost touched the limits of human creativity and imagination. This is the release and liberation of the sublime and beautiful side of human nature. "

"Well, I want to reach such heights in my spirit, too. But I can only understand the tune now, and I can't quite do it yet. Although I understood my true heart and no longer hesitated or hesitated, I was not completely liberated. So I have to keep fighting, I can't tolerate the thought of the Divine Sound Sect and the Heavenly Sound Sect. You know they've defined them as rebels. It's just that they didn't slaughter the people and high-ranking people of the Xinyin faction, but divided us. Those who wavered among them were absorbed by them, and those who stood firmly on our side were killed. "

"How many people were killed?".

Sonia sighed and said, "Rear Admiral Pandit saved about 3 million people with the fleet, but a conservative estimate is that 500,000 people were killed. But they can't be killed, and as long as we are here, the Xinyin Sect will never be wiped out. As long as the good thoughts in the hearts of the people continue, the theory of the Hearts School will always be accepted by some Monotheistic followers. "

"Don't you think that everybody has to be enlightened like you, and you still think that religion needs to exist?"

"It is necessary that for those who are weak in heart, religion is a kind of dependence. I used to be a little weak, and I couldn't ask everyone to go through the same hardships and sufferings as I did and still find themselves. Many people will sink, and religion can prevent these people from falling and sinking to some extent. Moreover, I have also said that diversity is an inevitable requirement for the continuation of human populations. Religious belief is also one of the elements of diversity in human society. "

"Well, then have you figured out how to face the followers of the Xinyin Sect in the future?"

"How to face it?".

"Yes, you're no longer dependent on the gods. "

But I'm not going to give up my religion on the surface. "

"Cut, what a cunning!".

"Haha, what would the people around me think if I did that. It's going to give me a lot of trouble. As a civilian, you need to be flexible to get to the top. I'm also doing this as a means of being flexible. "

"Well, I used to think you were very principled, but now it seems that your principles are also very flexible. "

"Hehehe, you hate me?" asked Sonia as she looked into Casto's eyes.

"It's not like that, it's just a little surprising. "

"This incident made me realize that we need some flexible means to deal with our enemies. Acting in full accordance with the principles often backfires. Overly rigid principles are also not suitable for this complex and chaotic world. Just keep the bottom line in your heart, the principle is set for yourself, and you can't show it to people outside, otherwise you will be very passive. "

"Hahaha, your principles are very metaphysical. "

"Hee-hee, principles are meant to be made in the heart, aren't they?" said Sonia and smiled at Casto.

"Hey, Casto, I've seen you here!" Casto turned his head to see Griffith and Cousin Lin Mingtong walking over.

"Ah, cousin, brother-in-law, hello, let me introduce you, this is Sonia Romanovna, the colonel of the Third Army Group of the Xinyin faction. Sonia nodded to them. Casto then introduced his cousin and brother-in-law, "This is my brother-in-law, Congressman Griffith Medici, and this is my cousin, Dr. Lin Mingtong. "

"Oh, I've heard Casto talk about you all the time. You're even more beautiful than Castor describes. Cousin Lin Mingtong praised politely.

"Hahaha, in fact, you don't need to introduce it, I've met her before. It's just that the first time we met, it really scared me. Griffith laughed.

"It's an emergency, and if we don't, you're going to lose your lives. You seem calm, though, and I didn't think you were intimidated. Sonia quipped.

"No, I panicked, it was the first time I had been involved in such a high-level negotiation. And I encountered such a sudden situation, although I also dislike those high-level leaders of the Shenyin Sect, but I still feel terrible to see these living people being cut apart. "

"Haha, then I have to make amends for you, have you had lunch?

"Ah, is that appropriate? You've only been on Mars for a short time, so it's time for us to entertain you. "

"Well, let's have a meal together, I have something to say to my cousin too. Cousin Lin Mingtong suddenly interjected.

Casto was aroused by his cousin's words, and Cousin Lin Mingtong's expression was a little serious when he said this. Casto immediately asked, "What's the matter?"

"Well, let's wait until we're done. Cousin Lin Mingtong's eyes were a little erratic after speaking, as if she hadn't figured out how to explain this matter to Castor. Griffith looked at his wife with some concern.

They came to the Song of Opportunity restaurant again, and Sonia asked Griffith and Lin Mingtong to order, but the two didn't seem to be interested. Lin Mingtong seemed to be unable to hold back his mood and asked Casto, "Are you...... I've never been prejudiced against transformers, but have you ever thought about what if you were a transformer?".

"Hahaha, in fact, I was mentally prepared for the last meal, and I vaguely felt that the Cavendish family had been genetically modified for so long. "

After Castor finished speaking, the couple breathed a sigh of relief, and Lin Mingtong said, "Oh, my heart is half relieved." "

"Half, what about the other half?".

"The other half has to do with ethnicity, but also with culture. You have always taken an other-like perspective on Eastern culture. Have you ever thought that you ...... Probably it would have be...... Oriental?".

"Huh?".

"Well, your cousin has researched and found that most of the aristocratic class in the early days of Mars exploration 4,000 years ago relied on genetic modification to establish their class advantage. You and my family are like that. Our family was previously a big Eastern family with the surname Di, and in order to integrate into the Martian aristocracy, they transformed their newborns into genetically perfect humans, and opened up relationships to tamper with their identity records. When they grow up, they join the family by way of succession and integrate into the Martian aristocracy. "

"And what about our Cavendish family?".

"The Cavendish family used the same means to rise to nobility. You were originally the Qu family in southern China. Your ancestors admired Western culture and aristocratic life, so they transformed their descendants into Caucasians. The Qu family also became the Cavendish family. But in the decades, your family has begun to intermarry with the yellow race again. It seems that the tide of culture has changed. "

"So...... I am...... Chinese?" Casto's eyes were confused and dull after he finished speaking.