Chapter Seventy-One: The Surplus of Selfishness
If you want clear and reliable answers, you need to ask questions that are just as disciplined and clear, and right now, Joshua is asking too broad questions that the knowledge receiver doesn't know how to answer.
In this regard, Joshua didn't pay attention to the eyes of the other legendary powerhouses on the side, and after thinking for a while, he continued: "In detail, let's take you as an example—knowledge receivers, don't there be any opponents in your civilization? ”
There was no answer to this from the communication channel, and the knowledge receiver didn't seem to understand what Joshua meant, and the warrior smiled, and then continued: "I know that the greatness of your civilization, you and your ancestors, have wandered in this dark multiverse for tens of millions, millions of years, and you have also traveled in this multi-star river for 770,000 years in order to inherit it. I know that you must have made up your mind that if you need to sacrifice one day, then you will not hesitate to sacrifice, just as when you knew that we were coming, because you suspected that there was an evil god behind us, you came and prepared to build a fortress at the two starships, so that the multiple galaxies could resist the invasion of darkness and become a solid shield in front of all civilizations. ”
The latter sentence, Joshua can be regarded as touting the other party, which immediately made the other legendary powerhouses look at each other and feel inexplicably frightened, but the knowledge receivers on the other end of the communication channel don't know this, and they naturally won't deny these words, because this is indeed what they originally thought.
"But."
As soon as the words changed, Joshua's tone suddenly became cold, and with doubts, the warrior raised his right hand and swiped it in front of him, and he said in a low voice: "However, is it really possible for a civilization that all people are brave, and all people are warriors who are not afraid of sacrifice?" All of them are not afraid of death, they are selfless, they have great sentiments, they will sacrifice themselves for the inheritance of knowledge and civilization, and they will shed blood for the future of the multiverse? All the people of a civilization are like this? ”
"I don't believe that."
That's Joshua's doubt.
The receivers of knowledge, in terms of civilization, are great indeed.
In order to inherit knowledge, in order to inherit the message of the former demon sages, and to inherit the history of countless races in the past, they have wandered silently in the multi-star river for hundreds of thousands of years, they can go to the forefront of the World Eater War without hesitation, and fight against those evil things that are enough to destroy the world and wipe out civilization. Teach the Ancestors to leave all the lineage to other civilizations when they are not enough to move forward, and to buy the possibility and time for the future for their successors.
It's great.
Great to the odd.
"Impossible. The factors of the instinctive inheritance of intelligent life will make people negate these great sentiments. ”
The warrior said in a calm tone: "Fear of death, selfishness, denial of greatness, belief that there must be a stain behind those great decisions, a private reason that we do not know." They will not be willing to sacrifice themselves for something too big, and they will not shed blood for civilization, the future and the inheritance. ”
"—Although the world will be destroyed in a hundred years, what does it have to do with me? Anyway, the world will not be destroyed until I die, so why should I pay for the future? When I die, he will be flooded. ”
"- Although there will be a strong enemy invasion in the future, what does it have to do with me? I'm running far, what kind of race civilization has anything to manage, as long as I can survive this life, it doesn't matter. ”
"- I want to enjoy, other people sacrifice and pay, it has nothing to do with me, as long as I live well, then everything doesn't matter, no one can affect me to live the life I want, whoever affects my life is the enemy."
Joshua's words are not sharp, he just speaks very ordinary, in very simple language: "For example, the selection process of our McCrof expeditionary force is very hard. There are only two billion people in the world, there are not many who dare to take risks, and the vast majority of people can't understand the importance of 'finding the truth behind the multiverse', they can only see that it is very dangerous to sail in the void, it is very hard to fight with other civilizations, and the privileges of the transcendent will also disappear in the fleet, so there are obviously many very strong transcendents, but they do not plan to join the fleet, they would rather stay in the calm and safe rear, rather than take risks, they can also enjoy the privilege, live happily and comfortably. ”
- The truth? Does it matter? Can you eat it? Can you enjoy it? Can it make my life happier? If it doesn't work, why should I pursue it? What the? What is at stake for the future of the multiverse and the survival of countless civilizations? Forget it, I probably died a long time ago at that time, what does it have to do with me.
"Knowledge receivers, our Mycrove civilization does have such a problem, and in our entire civilization, there must be people who are willing to take risks, and there are also people who like to enjoy more...... Intellectually speaking, the former cannot be said to be great, it can only be said that it is not well thought out, a little silly, and easily instigated by slogans, while the latter cannot be said to be selfish, but can only be said to be more refined self-interest. This voyage across the Void has made a great distinction between the two, which is inevitable for our Mycrof civilization, but I have not seen it in you. ”
What Joshua said has made several legendary powerhouses look unnatural - this time, the warrior can be regarded as bringing his own students over, the first squad, the elite squad and Lisa, basically all of them have been brought over, but like Barbarossa, several of his disciples have made excuses not to join this fleet, in this regard, the legendary mage must be able to see the reason behind it, but as a teacher, he is not qualified to ask his students to do life-threatening things for an illusory slogan.
As a legendary powerhouse, they are conscious, but their three views are not the three views of ordinary people, their views, nor the views of ordinary people, this is not to advocate the difference between the strong and ordinary people, but the fact is that the legendary strong are the rulers and strong people at the top of the entire civilization, and their position cannot represent the entire civilization at all.
And what Joshua said is indeed the truth. The fleet of knowledge receivers is so large that it is enough to distort the trajectory of the world, and the number of individuals of their race, I am afraid that it will not be counted in hundreds of billions, in this huge race, is everyone willing to give their lives for the mission of the knowledge receiver?
Joshua's question really made several other legendary powerhouses puzzled—they also felt that this kind of thing was unlikely to happen.
However, the answer of the knowledge receiver is simple.
"That's because you're still delusional."
Not flustered by Joshua's inquiry, nor did he have any superfluous emotions, the knowledge receiver replied earnestly: "Beasts that live only in the daytime cannot understand the thoughts of nocturnal creatures, and creatures that only wander in warm seasons do not understand the bitterness of winter at all. The illusion that the Starfall Mycrof civilization was born and grew up in the light, and that you grew up on the wreckage of the Glorious Age, guarded by the Seven Gods and many powerful people, gave too many people extra leeway. ”
"However, for this multiverse, 'light' is an illusion. 'Peace' is an illusion. 'Equality', 'stability' and even the idea that 'I can escape and be alone' are all very wrong illusions. ”
The tone of the knowledge receiver seemed to be a little unbearable when he said this: "This multiverse is so dangerous and so dark, and only people who live in illusion will think, 'I can be separated from the whole of civilization and be alone'." Not to mention the wandering Void Behemoths and World Eaters, even other civilizations, other lone wanderers who also have similar thoughts are extremely dangerous, and if it is just to find a remote world to live in seclusion, living a boring and empty life, that kind of life is a punishment, so why care if he escapes it or not? ”
"Mrs. McCro, something that is present every day is not precious...... Your people, your civilization, were born in the light of day, and those who are accustomed to the daylight from birth do not look forward to the 'sunrise'.
Only those who were born in the night and experienced the most desperate and darkest moments will look forward to the time when the sky is slightly bright, and look forward to the morning when the night will end - just like us, we have experienced the end of the last great reincarnation, chased by the cluster of world devourers like lost dogs, we run endlessly in the dark void, watching our galaxy be swallowed up by darkness and disappear into the endless sea of stars.
We have fallen into the abyss, and we have not climbed out of it so far.
We don't really understand the concept of 'being alone', and we don't understand the difference between 'selflessness' and 'selfishness'. What's more, the logic between us and you is that we are different races, different creatures, and your flesh is based on 'life energy', and we are a group that lives in 'magic'. If I had to say something in common, it was that we all wanted to banish the night from the multiverse, which is the fundamental reason why we were able to communicate. ”
The knowledge receiver said lightly - their words are completely clutter composed of magical fluctuations, if it weren't for the special machinery, Mrs. McCro would not have been able to perceive it at all, and in the same way, Mrs. McCro's sonic language is also clutter for them, if it weren't for the physical fleets encountering each other, even if the knowledge receiver and Mrs. McCro lived in the same world, I am afraid it would be difficult to detect each other.
"Allowing civilized individuals to have the margin of 'selfishness', 'fear of death', 'unwillingness to sacrifice', and 'refined self-interest' is exactly what many civilizations living in darkness cannot ask for. It is precisely because life is too comfortable that people have the leeway to think about the contradiction between the 'individual' and the 'group', so they have this kind of thinking. Mrs. McCroe, you have done so well that you have this kind of distress, like we who have been wandering in the sea of stars for 700,000 years, and even the method of 'happy enjoyment' has been forgotten.
You remember drinking, having sex, having food, appreciating the art of words and pictures, and you know that these are happy things, so there is no way for someone to give up their faith for these happy things. But we, in the process of passing on knowledge, have forgotten all the means of pleasure, we have forgotten how our race used to enjoy pleasure, and not a single trace of this information has been left.
So there is no one among us who will deviate from the subject, lose faith, because of the reason of 'enjoyment', and we will be of the same mind. Of course, there may come a time when we will regain the methods of pleasure of the past, and in this way, our civilization will also lose the centripetal force that it has now, but is that a bad thing or a good thing? This is unknown. ”
Joshua listened to the other party's words in silence, the warrior was silent, and all the legends, including the old pope, were in awe of it.
Although it is only a few words, there are too many things that the knowledge receiver has given up for the mission of inheritance.
They have recorded countless knowledge and cultures of other races, but they have forgotten the means of pleasure in their own civilization, and they have voluntarily given up all 'pleasures' and all superfluous ideas in order to be able to think rationally for hundreds of thousands of years and maintain the absolute cohesion of civilization as one.
As far as civilization is concerned, the form of civilization of the knowledge receivers is already deformed and cannot be more deformed, and their thinking logic is very distorted.
So you can't help but admire, you can't be in awe, you can't be disrespectful.
"But even we, our descendants, if they really have one foot in the bright world, they will certainly not look forward to the sunrise anymore."
The Knowledge Receiver was still answering that the commander of the First Fleet should be the upper echelon of the Knowledge Receiver Fleet, and his communication methods were already similar to that of ordinary Mrs. Micro, and it could be seen that he had worked hard for this exchange, and now, in a rather helpless tone, he was explaining his true thoughts.
"But how to say it...... All we can do. That's all, although ironic, but what we are trying to do now is to let the people of the future have the right to be able to live and live without worrying about the future, to be selfish at will, to fear death and to be afraid of sacrifice. After all, heroes are admirable, but there must be heroes, and even civilizations with only heroes are pathetic. ”
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The exchange is over.
The old Pope silently took out a book on the side, outlining notes with holy light on it, and the already taciturn Elven Empress sat on the side, looking at the empty cosmic vacuum outside the window, it seemed that no one else except Joshua had such personal problems.
But is this really Joshua's personal thoughts? Everyone present expressed their suspicions, this kind of question, if it were asked by Israel, or for the Elven Empress, Pope Iger, would be more normal. Joshua didn't seem to be a person who cared about this kind of problem at all, he didn't even think about how many fleets he had behind him, and he would go directly to the enemy when he encountered them.
He would also wonder how many dissonances there are in civilization? He won't care at all! It is naturally good for those who dare to charge to accompany him in the charge, it doesn't matter if there is no one, he will not try to understand those who are not willing to fight, he only does himself - Joshua is such a person, this is the impression left in the hearts of all legendary powerhouses.
But now it seems that he is not as simple as everyone thinks.
However, he was not asked.
Throughout the envoy ship, everyone was silent.
In the Arnathan world, two modest warships departed in opposite directions, and the bright white light of the A-type star shone with a pale blue sheen in it.
And Joshua stood on the bridge, and he stood at the front of the battleship, standing with his hands in his hands.
"The receiver of knowledge, in order to ensure the stability of 770,000 years of inheritance and civilization, has made the entire race abandon selfish desires and pleasures. In this way, they can make decisions and decisions without hesitation as a whole. Their belief comes from their persistence in discarding all distractions. ”
The warrior turned his back to the star, the power of the Arnathan World Flames fading away, and the envoyship was preparing to burst into the void, while his mind was still thinking about all kinds of questions.
"So, 160 million years ago, from the birth of the evil god to the present, how many things have been given up and how many distractions have been given up by the hidden and dark masters, or the masterminds behind the scenes, in order to persist in doing such a thing for such a long time? Simply such a large-scale destruction, extinction, reincarnation-like purge? ”
In the same way, what about the strong men who are determined to fight against all this, such as the Demon Sages? What kind of beliefs do they have, so they can always insist on confronting the strong on the other side and go to the axis of the multiverse without hesitation?
You know, if a strong person wants to give up and enjoy himself, it is much easier than ordinary people...... Most of the pseudo-transcendent civilizations that restrict the development of civilization and are for the foundation of their own rule are because the strong cannot restrain their desires, if the strong want to give up their responsibilities, then they really don't need to care about whether this multiverse is dark or not, and they can enjoy it for countless years.
Even because the evil gods only attack civilizations above Gadamer level 2, as long as their world civilization is primitive enough, they can even enjoy it to the end of the galaxy.
It's been a long time...... Can the consciousness of mankind and the belief of the legendary powerhouse really hold on to it forever in this slow and long road?
Joshua didn't believe in human beings, didn't believe in beliefs that were too ethereal, didn't believe that time could not leave the slightest trace of an existence.
So, he said to himself, "Now I can only be sure that I will not change my beliefs in the next few million years." ”
- It seems that the only way to solve all this is to solve it as much as possible in a few million years.
Even he can't guarantee whether he will change in the future, as a strong man, he admits his shortcomings in this point, so thinking of this, Joshua shook his head helplessly.
"Time is running out."
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