Ruins of the past

On a border planet of the Aberration Empire, the Aberration army to greet Li Yaofeng and the others had been waiting for a long time.

Today's Aberration Empire has become more and more like a real country rather than the original monster force due to the insignificant reforms, the formation of the government, and the awakening of the individual consciousness of the aberrations.

While the three of them were welcomed by the army and went deep into the empire, they each carefully observed the current situation of the aberrant empire.

On the border planet where the spacecraft landed, you can see that the surface of the planet that was originally covered by the sea of ​​blood has many identical aberration nests, and from time to time you can see aberrations coming in and out of them.

Li Yaofeng watched this scene from the observation deck of the spacecraft and thought to herself: "According to the intelligence, the original aberration empire was one body, and there should be no such residences for individuals to live in."

"All armies are dormant on the spot in the incubator, with no personal space, let alone personal time. The only purpose from birth to death is to dedicate everything they have to Our Lady of Xuhe."

"But now it seems..." Li Yaofeng's eyes swept over the aberration nests, and she secretly thought in her heart: 'The 'self' of these monsters is constantly awakening. ’

At this moment, Qian Wangsun came over at some point, looked at the distorted land below the spacecraft, and said leisurely: "It is indeed a distortion empire with a strong collective consciousness. You see, their houses are all the same."

He narrowed his eyes slightly and seemed to be able to capture the distant scene in his mind: "Not only the houses, but even the clothes they wore were almost the same."

"It seems that although these aberrations in the Aberration Empire have awakened their self-awareness, due to the undercurrent of their souls, they naturally retain a collective thinking. It is really rare..."

Zidian Tianjun also came over and said after hearing this: "These aberrations in the Aberration Empire are used to living together, so isn't it normal for them to dress the same?"

Qian Wangsun glanced at her, smiled and said, "You rarely study mortals, right?"

Seeing the other party frowning, Qian Wangsun continued: "Since ancient times, in most intelligent civilizations, what to wear has never only represented individual preferences, but also represents the desire of individual consciousness to be different from the collective."

"In this process, there will even be a pursuit of rare and precious shapes. After the original rare shapes spread to the point of flooding, they will be gradually abandoned. This process continues in a cycle, and then generates wave after wave of trends. ."

"In addition, appearance, clothing, grooming... are often related to power and even class in intelligent civilization."

"For example, in the ancient society of our Federation, various classes in the society had strict regulations on how to dress and dress. Color, length, patterns... these have become symbols of power and are used to maintain rule."

"But with the continuous awakening of individual consciousness, the level of self-awareness is getting higher and higher... In today's federal society, except for industries such as the military, most people can already choose their appearance at will, but there are still Information that would confer power, wealth, and status.”

"The power that the clothing itself originally symbolized has been transformed into a right to define the level of clothing..."

Qian Wangsun smiled slightly: "I seem to have gone too far. Let's focus on the Aberration Empire itself."

Zidian Tianjun's eyes flashed slightly, and he said: "You mean, do you think that because of the existence of spiritual undercurrents, the aberration empire still has a unified collective thought? It cannot truly produce the awakening of individual consciousness?"

"Maybe." Qian Wangsun sighed: "The undercurrent of the soul has given them a huge thinking network, allowing individuals far away to understand and feel each other in an instant. They who have no individual boundaries in the first place can share memories and Emotion, which greatly reduces the cost of communication and cooperation.”

"I heard that it only took their current leader a few months to convince the trillions of creatures in the entire aberration empire. Most of this time was spent on initial dissemination and fighting against other competitors."

"If it were done now, she would probably be able to make all the individuals in the Aberration Empire empathize with her in just a few minutes. This is something that most civilizations in the universe can do."

Zidian Tianjun asked curiously: "The Federation should be able to do it, right? Our quantum network should be functionally stronger than the spiritual undercurrent."

Qian Wangsun shook his head: "When the Federation developed the quantum network, the entire society was already extremely atomized. Even after the quantum network is widely used, people will still subconsciously maintain boundaries and privacy, rejecting memories and emotions. shared."

"We have missed the opportunity to form a collective thinking network. It is impossible for the people of the current Federation to agree to build a thinking network like the Aberration Empire that can share cognition, emotions, and memories."

Zidian Tianjun imagined that his thoughts were integrated into the thinking network, sharing feelings and memories with others all the time, and he felt faintly uncomfortable in his heart.

Once memories, emotions, and thoughts can be shared, won't the difference between her and others become increasingly blurred? It seems like a drop of water slowly melting into the ocean, self-awareness becoming increasingly dilute in the collective mind.

Zidian Tianjun sighed: "So, although the Aberration Empire has been reformed, it is still the same as before."

Qian Wangsun nodded: "What I worry about is that the longer time goes by, the more their thinking will converge. The innovation ability of the entire civilization will be continuously weakened, and the thinking will gradually become rigid. In the end, all individuals will form a collective consciousness and become a collective consciousness again. Another Madonna of Xuhe..."

At this moment, Li Yaofeng pointed at a distinctive lair with various sharp patterns and said, "It looks like it will be different."

"With such a large number of aberrations in the Aberration Empire, there will always be some different individuals who have stronger self-awareness and want to be different from others."

"Yes, with enough numbers, differences and variables can always be born." Qian Wangsun looked at Li Yaofeng and smiled:

"The vast majority of individuals in a civilization are just to ensure the diversity within the entire ethnic group, so they must be well managed and appeased. Is this what Chu Qiguang said?"

Li Yaofeng was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "How do you know?"

Qian Wangsun did not answer, but just sighed: "I just heard it from a friend. Maybe the federation just lacks some diversity."

Li Yaofeng looked at the other person's expression and always felt that there was some kind of emotion hidden in the other person's eyes that he couldn't see through. He suddenly thought:

‘All the federation’s consciousness algorithms have been transformed and have various good qualities. So...does it mean that the individuals of the federation’s civilization have lost some diversity? Is this what Qian Wangsun is referring to? ’

He thought to himself: 'Maybe the transformation of the consciousness algorithm has disadvantages that we don't know about...'

After a while, they arrived at a palace that looked like it was made of flesh and blood.

Inside and outside the palace, aberrations with exactly the same appearance were wandering back and forth, and in the center, waves of blood seas emerged out of thin air.

A female figure walked out on the blood wave and said to the three of them: "My name is the Crimson Mother, and my sister asked me to entertain you."

Li Yaofeng remembered that the Crimson Mother was a high-level aberration of the Aberration Empire and one of the so-called 'Aberration Gods'. He had seen each other on the battlefield between the Third Cycle Federation and the Aberration Empire.

However, this time the Crimson Mother did not show the twisted and terrifying form on the battlefield, but transformed into a beautiful woman with red hair.

And judging from the other party's appearance and expression, the other party seems to have a strong self-awareness and self-awareness, or... very much like a human being.

At the same time, Qian Wangsun seemed to have a slight look of surprise in his eyes. He took a deep look at the Crimson Mother, but quickly shook his head and said coldly: "Why are you like this? You Where did you know this appearance?"

The Crimson Mother covered her mouth and smiled, her red hair twisting like venomous snakes: "I don't know, it just became like this naturally."

She twisted her body, walked slowly to Qian Wangsun, and said with a smile: "Am I very beautiful now? Am I in line with... your human aesthetics?"

Qian Wangsun turned his head and no longer looked at her, but said: "We are not here to discuss these irrelevant issues. Let's talk about the next issue of coins in the Aberration Empire."

The corners of the Crimson Mother's mouth raised slightly, and a pair of captivating eyes seemed to exude infinite charm at this moment: "Those things are not urgent, but what you just said...is there anything special about my appearance? ?”

Qian Wangsun said calmly: "The three saints attach great importance to the future development of the Aberration Empire and will come in person soon. We are very pressed for time. If we fail to lay a good framework before their arrival, will you bear this responsibility? "

The Crimson Mother's face turned into a lazy expression, she stretched to show off her beautiful figure, then she sat down on the chair, raised her slender thighs, and said casually: "Tell me what you are saying. , I listen.”

Li Yaofeng began to describe the policies formulated by the Alliance of Heavens against the aberrant empire.

Just listen to what he said: "...According to the discussion of the three saints...the future currency of the Aberration Empire will be anchored in the original coin...and endorsed by the Ethereum Debt..."

"...The Alliance will support you with a large amount of Tai Debt... Tai Debt will be the basis for your future currency issuance... To put it simply, the amount of Tai Debt you master can correspond to the amount of currency you issue..."

Listening to Li Yaofeng's tirade, the Crimson Mother couldn't help frowning and said: "The debt is a debt issued by Taishang Tianzun with the Xudao Palace as collateral, right? You gave us a bunch of debt and asked us to issue currency ?”

Li Yaofeng said calmly: "Chu Coin is currently the hardest hard currency in the universe, and all transactions related to Chu Coin only accept the settlement of Shi Coin. At the same time, Shi Coin is also linked to Taiyi Debt, and the alliance produces large quantities of it every year. buying bonds to maintain their prices.”

"Although Taipei debt is still a kind of debt in theory, it has a steadily increasing price, and it can be said to be a reliable asset that circulates throughout the world."

"You use Ethernet debt as the backing to issue currency, and there is no problem at all."

"And this is the joint decision of the three saints, and no one can change it."

"I hope you can understand that the three of you are extremely gracious to allow you to issue your own currency. You'd better not be ungrateful..."

And while the Crimson Mother listened to Li Yaofeng's words, through the shared thinking senses of the undercurrent of the soul, a large number of aberrations in the aberration empire, especially the aberration gods, also heard the content of Li Yaofeng's words.

What follows is constant explanation, negotiation, and tug-of-war... Although the Aberration Empire has almost no contact with relevant content in the past, they are a group of people with extremely high intelligence, strong learning ability, and can share their thoughts through the thinking network. Race.

As the negotiations progressed, Li Yaofeng could feel that the Crimson Mother was in front of her, or that the Aberrant Empire was learning very quickly.

He felt like he was not facing the Crimson Mother alone, but rather he was facing the endless mountains and seas of different thoughts hidden in the other person's consciousness.

However, relying on the power of the Three Saints of the Heavens and the various preferential policies agreed upon by the Alliance of the Heavens, the negotiations continued to move towards completion in an unswerving state.

Time flies by. In the past month, apart from dealing with the Crimson Mother every day, Li Yaofeng's most interesting thing is studying the ecological environment of the Aberration Empire. He is very interested in the aberrations here.

"The situation here is very strange. The aberrations are more friendly than I thought. After communicating with the Crimson Mother for a month, I found that almost all the aberrations I could meet knew me and would even discuss currency with me. Policies, discussing the future development of the empire, and discussing discrimination against aberrations in the known universe. Sometimes it even makes me feel that all aberrations are the same person..."

"But every time this time, the Crimson Mother will break my guess. She is different from all the aberrations I have met. Sometimes I will even communicate with her as a human being. I can be sure She has a unique soul and will. Perhaps most of the aberrations are constantly assimilating to each other, but there will always be some unique souls..."

"The Aberration Empire is also very different from what I imagined before I came here. The Empire provides free food and housing to all aberrations. Everything is distributed evenly according to the plan, just like they occupy the undercurrent of the soul..."

"So far, I haven't seen any fights or fights between aberrations here. It seems that the existence of spiritual undercurrents can resolve most of the conflicts. The aberration empire is unexpectedly peaceful. The life here makes me feel even Even calmer than a big man..."

Just as Li Yaofeng was uploading what he saw and heard through the federal quantum network, Qian Wangsun suddenly stuck his head out from behind: "Are you reporting on your work?"

"That's right." Li Yaofeng turned to look at him. In the past month, he not only got to know the Aberration Empire better, but he also became familiar with Qian Wangsun and Zidian Tianjun who worked together.

In his judgment, Zidian Tianjun is a contradictory person who yearns for the federal system, but still holds on to the past glory of the Xu Dao Palace. In particular, she has some admiration for Chu Qiguang's strength and wisdom, but she has no respect for the Han world. The advantage of interfering with the material universe has a bad feeling, or a strong jealousy.

But in general, in Li Yaofeng's eyes, Zidian Tianjun has been aloof for too long and has spent most of his life making breakthroughs in cultivation and seclusion. He is not a complicated person.

On the contrary, it was Qian Wangsun sent by the federation who Li Yaofeng couldn't see through.

According to the information he retrieved from the federal network, he could not find any relevant information about Qian Wangsun, which showed that the identity of the other party was anything but ordinary.

Judging from his usual speech and behavior, Li Yaofeng could sense that the other person came to the Abnormal Empire not just to issue currency.

At least he has an interest in the Crimson Mother that goes beyond work. Secondly, he also has an extraordinary curiosity about the Han world. In particular, he has endless questions about the economy, politics, education, etc. in the Han world.

"Are you still guessing my purpose in coming to the Aberration Empire?"

After hearing what Qian Wangsun said, Li Yaofeng said: "The Federation has always attached great importance to your feedback. Your true identity in the Federation should not be low, right?"

Qian Wangsun shrugged and said casually: "That's okay. You should also know that everything in the Federation needs to be voted on. No matter how high the status is, it's only one vote. Besides, I don't want to participate in consciousness transformation. I am considered politically incorrect in the Federation. That kind of thing means there is no great position for me, so you can just treat me as a colleague..."

As he said that, he turned his head and looked at Li Yaofeng seriously and said, "Actually, I came here for two purposes, but they are both for the same person."

Li Yaofeng asked curiously: "Who?"

"You can't say it. If you tell him, he will know it, but you can't let him know it." Qian Wangsun made a silent gesture, and then said: "Although various armies often appear in battles in the known universe, but In most decisive battles, the top players are the biggest factor in winning or losing."

"The strongest person in a civilization can be said to be the ultimate weapon of this civilization."

"But this ultimate weapon is not controllable. In history, there are often stories of the strongest people leaving their native civilization and embarking on the road to outer space alone."

"Sometimes there will be situations where the strongest people brutally rule the native civilization, and even end up destroying the entire civilization."

"A civilization that wants to occupy a place in the known universe must have its own ultimate weapon, which is the top powerhouse."

"But how to maintain the relationship between civilization and the top powerhouses is a major knowledge and has a huge relationship with the system of the entire society. The civilizations that can rise in this universe have their own top powerhouses, and the civilizations that can rise in this universe have their own top powerhouses. Top experts often have the influence of a powerful civilization after leaving."

Li Yaofeng felt that he vaguely understood what the other party said, especially when he thought about some situations in the Federation, which gave him a preliminary judgment: "Do you think... the Federation is lagging behind in relevant aspects?"

"Yes." Qian Wangsun sighed and said:

"The relationship between Him and us... is getting further and further away. It's like a pair of close friends. If they lack sufficient interest connections, change companies, and even stay on a different planet, no matter how strong the original relationship is, After thousands or tens of thousands of years, we will inevitably become alienated, and eventually even lose contact completely."

"I have been trying to explore how civilization and the strongest can promote each other, and I have also been trying to make some reforms to the current problems in the Federation."

"So I came to the Abnormal Empire this time. On the one hand, I want to see the situation in the empire and see if there is any reference. On the other hand, I want to get in touch with you and learn more about the situation of the big man."

"After all, Chu Qiguang did a very good job in this regard. He maintained a balance with the big man. The big man would not become a burden to him, but became his help. He connected his own literary work with the governance of civilization. We came together and achieved better results than pursuing the way of heaven alone..."

Li Yaofeng asked again: "What about the Crimson Mother? What's wrong with her? Why are you so interested in her?"

Qian Wangsun said: "It's still because of him... Although many people can't see it, I can see that something is wrong with him now. And one of the root causes has something to do with the Aberration Empire."

"I want to take this opportunity to find some clues to the origin of the Aberration Empire."

"After all, my efforts over the past month have been in vain. I have indeed found some direction."

Li Yaofeng's eyes narrowed slightly: "After telling me so much, it seems that you have something to ask for from me?"

Qian Wangsun laughed: "There is no way. The future I have seen tells me that telling you everything straightforwardly is the most likely way to get you to help me."

"The Aberration Empire is full of aberrations and the twisted power of heaven. It is very inconvenient for me to use my methods here, so I need you, an expert in the study of aberration power, to help me."

Seeing the confidence in the other person's eyes, Li Yaofeng said: "Do you really believe that I will help you?"

Qian Wangsun said: "If you didn't know how to help me, Chu Qiguang wouldn't have sent you. In their eyes, there is no difference between the past, the present and the future, because I need you now, so he sent you in the past. "

"Everything must be done without telling Him, so Chu Qiguang cannot move lightly, so we cannot mention His name..."

…

At the same time, Dahan, the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas.

Jiang Longyu, who was running out for a late-night snack, suddenly raised his head, feeling an infinite fear in his heart.

"When did the sky in the Buddhist world become so yellow?"

At the same time, people who were favored by luck, including Lei Yushu, Yi Siman and others, also felt an unprecedented feeling of panic at this moment.