casket of old days

Chapter 942
On a border planet of the distortion empire, the distortion body army has been waiting for a long time to welcome Li Yaofeng and the other three.

Today's aberrant empire has become more and more like a real country rather than the original monster force because of the invisible reforms, the formation of the government, and the awakening of the individual consciousness of the aberrants.

The three of them went deep into the interior of the empire under the welcome of the army, while carefully observing the current situation of the distortion empire.

On the frontier planet where the spacecraft landed, many identical aberration nests can be seen on the surface of the planet that was originally covered by the blood sea, and aberrations can be seen coming in and out of it from time to time.

Li Yaofeng watched this scene from the observatory of the spaceship, and secretly said in her heart: "According to the information, the original distortion empire is concentric, and there should be no such houses for individuals to live in."

"All the armies are dormant on the spot in the incubator. There is no personal space, let alone personal time. The sole purpose from birth to death is to dedicate everything to the Holy Mother of Xuhe."

"But now it seems..." Li Yaofeng glanced over those aberrant lairs, and secretly thought: "These monsters' ego is constantly awakening." '

At this moment, Qian Wangsun came over at some point, looked at the distorted land below the spaceship, and said leisurely, "As expected of a distorted empire with a strong collective consciousness, their houses are all the same."

His eyes narrowed slightly, and he seemed to be able to recall the scene far away in his mind: "Not only the house, but even the clothes he wears are almost all the same."

"It seems that although the aberrants of the aberrant empire have awakened their self-awareness, because of the undercurrent of their minds, they naturally retain a kind of collective thinking, which is really rare..."

Zidian Tianjun also came over, and said after hearing the words: "These aberrants in the aberrant empire are used to living in groups, isn't it normal to wear the same clothes?"

Qian Wangsun glanced at her, smiled and said, "You seldom study mortals, do you?"

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

"In this process, there will even be a pursuit of rare and precious shapes, and the original rare shapes will be gradually abandoned after they spread to the point of flooding. .”

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

"For example, in the ancient society of our federation, there are strict regulations on how each class in society dresses and dresses up. Colors, lengths, patterns...these have become symbols of power and are used to maintain rule."

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

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

Qian Wangsun smiled slightly: "I seem to be going too far, let's focus on the distortion empire itself."

Zidian Tianjun's eyes flashed slightly, and said: "You mean, because of the existence of the undercurrent of the mind, the aberration empire still has a unified collective thought? Can't really produce the awakening of individual consciousness?"

"Maybe." Qian Wangsun sighed: "The undercurrent of the soul has brought them a huge thinking network, so that individuals far away in the sky can understand and feel each other in an instant, and they can share memories and feelings without individual boundaries. emotion, which greatly reduces the cost of communication and cooperation.”

"I heard that their current leader only took a few months to convince the trillions of creatures in the entire Abnormal Empire, and most of this time was spent on the initial spread and fighting against other competitors."

"If it is now, she may be able to make all individuals in the distortion empire empathize with her in just a few minutes. This is what most civilizations in the universe can do."

Zidian Tianjun asked curiously: "The federation should be able to do it, right? Your quantum network should be more functional 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, and refuse memory and emotional separation. shared."

"We have already missed the opportunity to form a collective thinking network, and it is impossible for the current federal people to agree to build a thinking network that can share cognition, emotion, and memory like the aberration empire."

Zidian Tianjun imagined that his own thinking was integrated into the thinking network, sharing feelings and memories with others all the time, and he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Once memories, emotions, and thoughts can be shared, won't the difference between her and others become more and more blurred?It seems like a drop of water is gradually melting into the ocean, and self-consciousness becomes less and less in the collective mind.

Zidian Tianjun sighed: "So, although the Distorted Empire has been reformed, it is still similar to before."

Qian Wangsun nodded: "What I'm worried about is that the longer time passes, the more their thinking converges, the innovation ability of the entire civilization will be weakened, the thinking will gradually become rigid, and even finally all individuals will form a collective consciousness and become a collective consciousness again. Another Holy Mother of Xuhe..."

At this moment, Li Yaofeng pointed to a different lair with various sharp patterns, and said: "It seems that it will still be different."

"With the huge number of mutants in the mutant empire, there will always be some different individuals who have stronger self-awareness and want to be different from others."

"Yes, with enough quantity, differences and variables can always be born." Qian Wangsun looked at Li Yaofeng and smiled:
"The vast majority of individuals in a civilization just want to ensure the diversity within the entire ethnic group, so they should be well managed and appeased. Is this what Chu Qiguang said?"

Li Yaofeng was slightly taken aback, then nodded and said, "How do you know?"

Qian Wangsun didn't answer, but just sighed: "I just heard from a friend, maybe the Federation just lacks some diversity."

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

'The consciousness algorithms of the Federation have all been modified and have various good qualities. In this way...does the individuals of the Federation civilization lack some diversity?Is this what Qian Wangsun is referring to? '

He secretly thought: "Perhaps the transformation of the consciousness algorithm has disadvantages that we don't know..."

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

Both inside and outside the palace are deformed bodies with exactly the same shape wandering back and forth, and in the center, waves of blood emerge out of thin air.

A female figure came out in waves of blood, and said to the three of them, "My name is Crimson Mother, my sister asked me to entertain you."

Li Yaofeng remembered that the Crimson Mother was a high-level mutant of the Abnormal Empire, and one of the so-called "Aberrant Gods". He had seen each other on the battlefield between the Third Cycle Federation and the Abnormal Empire.

But this time, the Crimson Mother did not show the distorted and terrifying form on the battlefield, but turned into a beautiful woman with red hair.

And judging from the appearance and expression of the other party, the other party seems to have a strong sense of self-awareness and self-awareness, or in other words... very much like a person.

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

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

She twisted her body, walked slowly in front of Qian Wangsun, and said with a smile: "Am I beautiful now? Does it fit... your human aesthetics?"

Qian Wangsun turned his head and stopped looking at her, but said: "We are not here to discuss these irrelevant issues, let's talk about the issue of the Aberration Empire's next coin issuance."

The corners of the crimson mother's mouth turned up slightly, and her soul-stirring eyes seemed to exude infinite charm at this moment: "Those things are not in a hurry, but what you just said... Is there anything special about my appearance? ?”

Qian Wangsun said indifferently: "The three saints attach great importance to the future development of the Aberration Empire, and they will come in person soon. We are very short on time. If we fail to lay the framework before their arrival, will you take the responsibility? "

The face of the Crimson Mother turned into a lazy expression, she stretched her waist to show off her beautiful figure, then sat down on the chair, raised a pair of slender thighs, and said casually: "Tell me , I'm listening."

Li Yaofeng began to talk about the policy formulated by the Alliance of Heavens against the Abnormal Empire.

I just heard him say: "...According to the discussion of the three sages... the future currency of the Distorted Empire will be anchored to the original currency... and the ether debt is the endorsement..."

"...The League will support you with a large amount of debt... The debt will be the basis for your future currency issuance... Simply put, how much debt you have can correspond to the amount of currency you issue..."

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

Li Yaofeng said lightly: "Chu coins are currently the hardest currency in the universe, and all transactions related to Chu coins are only settled by the first coins, and at the same time, the first coins are also linked to Taidai. The purchase of too much debt to maintain his price."

"Although Taidai 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 in the heavens and the world."

"It's no problem for you to issue currency with ether debt as an endorsement."

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

"I hope you can understand that it is already a special kindness of those three to allow you to issue your own currency. You'd better not be ignorant..."

And when the Crimson Mother was listening to Li Yaofeng's narration, through the thinking and senses shared by the spiritual undercurrent, a large number of distortions in the distortion empire, especially the distortion gods, also heard what Li Yaofeng said.

What follows is constant explanations, negotiations, and see-saw... Although the Aberration Empire has almost never been exposed to relevant content in the past, they are a person with extremely high intelligence, strong learning ability, and can share their own thoughts through the thinking network Race.

As the negotiation progressed, Li Yaofeng could feel that the Crimson Mother in front of her, or the aberration empire learned quickly.

He didn't feel like he was facing the Crimson Mother alone, but he was facing the endless, mountains and seas of different thoughts hidden in the other party'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 a firm state.

Time flies by. In the past month, Li Yaofeng is most interested in studying the ecological environment of the Aberration Empire besides dealing with the Crimson Mother every day. 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 can meet know me and even discuss currency with me. Policies, discussing the future development of the empire, discussing discrimination against aberrations in the known universe, sometimes even makes me feel that all aberrations are one person..."

"But at this time, the Crimson Mother will break my guess. She is different from all the mutants I have met. Sometimes I even communicate with her as a human being. I can be sure. She has a unique soul and will, maybe most of the mutants are constantly assimilating with 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 food and housing for all aberrations free of charge, and everything is evenly rationed according to the plan, just like their occupation of the undercurrent of the mind..."

"So far, I haven't seen any wars and fights among aberrations here. It seems that the existence of spiritual undercurrents can resolve most of the conflicts. The aberration empire is surprisingly peaceful. The life here feels even Even calmer than a big man..."

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

"Probably." Li Yaofeng turned to look at the other party. In the past month, not only did he know more about the Abnormal Empire, but he also got to know Qian Wangsun and Zidian Tianjun who worked together.

In his judgment, Zidian Tianjun is a contradictory body that yearns for the federal system but still clings to the past glory of the Xudao Palace. There is a feeling of resentment, or a strong jealousy, that interferes with the superiority of the physical universe.

But generally speaking, in Li Yaofeng's eyes, Zidian Tianjun has been high above him for too long, and spent most of his life breaking through in cultivation and retreat, so he is not a complicated person.

On the contrary, it was Qian Wangsun sent by the Federation that made Li Yaofeng very puzzled.

According to the information he retrieved from the federal network, he couldn't find any information about Qian Wangsun, which showed that the other party's identity was by no means ordinary.

And judging from his usual speech and behavior, Li Yaofeng could feel that the other party came to the Abnormal Empire not just to issue currency.

At least he has an interest in the Crimson Mother beyond work, and secondly, he also has extraordinary curiosity about the Dahan World, especially his various issues related to the economy, politics, education, etc. in the Dahan World emerge endlessly.

"Are you still guessing my purpose of distorting the empire?"

Hearing what Qian Wangsun said, Li Yaofeng said: "The federation has always attached great importance to your feedback. Your real status in the federation should not be low, right?"

Qian Wangsun shrugged and said casually: "It's okay, you should also know that the federation has to vote for everything now, no matter how high the status is, it's just one vote, not to mention that I don't want to participate in consciousness transformation, which is politically incorrect in the federation. That kind, there is no such thing as a powerful position, you can just treat me as a colleague..."

After speaking, he turned his head to look at Li Yaofeng seriously, and said, "Actually, I have two purposes for coming here, but they are both for the same person."

Li Yaofeng asked curiously, "Who?"

"You can't say it, he will know it if you say it, but you can't let him know it." Qian Wangsun made a silent gesture, and then said: "In the battles of the known universe, although various armies often appear, but Most of the decisive battles are won or lost, or those top powerhouses are the biggest factors."

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

"But this ultimate weapon is not controllable. There are often stories in history where the strongest break away from the original civilization and embark on the road to outer space alone."

"Sometimes there will be situations where the strongest rule the native civilization brutally, and even destroy the entire civilization in the end."

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

"However, how to maintain the relationship between civilization and the top powerhouse is a major knowledge, which has a huge relationship with the system of the whole 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. The top powerhouses often have the influence of a powerful civilization after parting."

Li Yaofeng felt that he vaguely understood what the other party said, especially when he thought about some situations of the Federation, he had a preliminary judgment in his mind: "Do you think...the Federation is lagging behind in related aspects?"

"Yes." Qian Wangsun sighed and said:

"The relationship between Him and us... is getting farther and farther away. It's like a pair of close friends. If they lack sufficient interest connections, change companies, or even stay on different planets, no matter how strong the original relationship is, After thousands of years and ten thousand years, they will inevitably become alienated, and finally even completely disconnected."

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

"So I came here to distort the empire this time. On the one hand, I want to see the situation on the empire's side and see if there is any reference value. 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 has done a very good job in this regard. He has maintained a balance with the big man. The big man will not become his burden, but will become his help. He will link his own writing with the governance of civilization. We got together and achieved better results than pursuing the way of heaven alone..."

Li Yaofeng asked again: "What about the Scarlet 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 his current state is very wrong. And one of the root causes has something to do with the distortion empire."

"I want to take this opportunity to find some clues about the root cause from the Aberration Empire."

"Simply, the efforts of the past month have not 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 of me?"

Qian Wangsun laughed: "There is no way, the future I see tells me that telling you everything is the most likely way for you to help me."

"The distortion empire is full of distortions and the distorted power of the heavens. My method is inconvenient to use here, so I need you, an expert in the study of distortion power, to help me."

Looking at the confidence in the other party's eyes, Li Yaofeng said, "Is that why you believe that I will help you?"

Qian Wangsun said: "If you would not help me, Chu Qiguang would not have sent you. In their eyes, there is no difference between past, present and future, because I need you now, so he sent you in the past. "

"Everything must be done without telling him, so Chu Qiguang can't move lightly, so we can't mention his name..."

……

At the same time, the big man, City of Ten Thousand Buddhas.

Jiang Longyu, who was running out for supper, suddenly raised his head, feeling a sense of infinite panic in his heart.

"The sky in the Buddhist world... has been so yellow since then."

At the same time, people with good luck, including Lei Yushu, Yi Siman and others, also felt an unprecedented sense of panic at this moment.

(End of this chapter)