Chapter 2274 The Dilemma Of Immortal Cultivators

Li Jialing looked out the window at the rows of disabled veterans who came forward to bow and offer flowers, clenched his fists and said, "This will definitely not be the case in the era of Black Star Emperor Wu Yingqi."

"all the same."

Li Yaodao, "If we say that in the era of the Black Star Emperor Wu Yingqi, there were not so many corruptions and intrigues among the immortal cultivators, and the immortal cultivators were not as 'selfish and morally corrupt' as they are today, then that is not the case back then. The "moral standard" of cultivators is relatively high, just because the empire was still in the pioneering period, and it could devour the interests of newly conquered areas in all directions to ease internal conflicts.

"For a country like the Real Human Empire, its vigorous vitality must be based on its ever-accelerating expansion. When the expansion stops, all kinds of internal conflicts will explode, causing the empire to decline irretrievably.

"The empire has been corrupted to the extent it is today. It is already terminally ill and there is no cure. Any 'innovation' will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. At most, it will remove the cancerous tumors on the body, but it is impossible to change the defects deep in the genes, let alone Li Linghai and Lei. Become a tiger, even if the Black Star Emperor Wu Yingqi is reborn, how can he heal this country?"

"If you really want to reborn and regenerate the empire, you must thoroughly criticize and deny the Dao of Immortal Cultivation of 'the strong prey on the weak'. Here comes the question. A real human empire without the guidance of the Dao of Cultivation is still a 'real human being'." Empire'? Which immortal cultivator can afford to do such a destructive reconstruction of his fundamental Dao heart?"

Li Jialing pondered for a long time: "It must be like this, is there no other way besides this?"

"It has to be."

Li Yao said seriously, "Survival is the first instinct of life. As long as Xiuxian Dao adheres to the law of 'the weak eat the strong', everyone will be driven by instinct to use all resources on themselves in order to survive. In the meaningless internal struggle, even if it is not used temporarily, it will be hidden secretly for emergency use, and it will never be invested in the public, state, civilization and external struggles. What is the "optimal allocation of resources"? Woolen cloth?"

Li Jialing frowned, shook his head and said, "That being said, is the Dao of Cultivation better? Could it be that under the guidance of the Dao of Cultivation, practitioners will be able to maintain a very high moral standard, and will fight for the public wholeheartedly. Wouldn't there be class solidification and huge interest groups? If so, the Star Sea Republic will not perish, and the Firefly will not perish either!"

"You're right. I don't want to lie. No matter if you're a cultivator or a cultivator, you're human. As long as you're human, you'll have all your instincts, desires, and flaws. Everything that happens in the Real Human Empire today, tomorrow... It also happened yesterday on the Star Sea Republic and the Firefly, and even led to the destruction of the previous two battles."

Li Yao fell into deep thought and murmured, "But I'm still willing to believe that, at least, in a world where 'the strong help the weak, the weak give back to the strong, the strong and the weak work hand in hand and support each other' etc. In today's society, people don't have such a strong motivation, they insist on harming the interests of the whole to strengthen themselves. Since the whole is the strongest backing and the warmest support of the individual, first put the benefits on the whole, and then consider the growth of the whole. It's not against human nature, is it?

"If you still can't understand, you can understand by constructing the simplest social model. In this model, the entire society is highly compressed and simplified, with only two people and one resource.

"One of them is you. You are still not sure whether you are a cultivator or a cultivator of immortality. You can flexibly switch between the two strategies of cultivating truth and cultivating immortality.

"The other person is a master whose strength is far superior to yours, but he is now seriously injured and urgently needs this resource to recover.

"Naturally, this resource is now in your hands who are strong and healthy, and if you choose to consume this resource yourself, you can increase your strength by 10 points, and another seriously injured master is very likely Immediately died.

"But if you give resources to this seriously injured master, after he recovers, his strength can increase by 100 points.

"By the way, besides the two of you, there are various threats in this world. The stronger your overall strength, the more likely you are to survive in this dangerous world.

"Here comes the problem. In the first situation, if you know that this severely injured master is a ruthless immortal cultivator who believes in the concept of 'the weak will prey on the strong, the strong will be respected, the winner will be the king and the loser, and the winner will take all'. Give him this precious resource, let him fully recover his strength, and your strength is only one-fifth or even one-tenth of his?

"In the second situation, if you clearly know that this seriously injured master is a cultivator who has fought for the weak countless times, how would you choose, whether to give resources to yourself to maximize your individual combat power; or to give him, Maximize your team's combat effectiveness?"

Li Jialing's eyes rolled around and around, his fists clenched and then loosened, loosened and clenched again, after a long time, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said with difficulty: "I can't lie, the first situation , I will keep all the resources for myself, regardless of whether the master will die or not; in the second case, I am very likely to give the resources to the master, anyway, after he regains his strength, he should protect me.

"However, in the first case, there is another option. If this resource can be divided, then I will divide the resource, a large part for myself, and a small part for this master, so that He has recovered a little bit, and his strength is maintained at a level that is slightly weaker than mine, but he can play a little role."

"it's the same."

Li Yao said lightly, "No matter how many resources you allocate to this immortal cultivator, your team's combat effectiveness has not been maximized, in other words, you have not achieved the 'optimized allocation of resources'.

"Not to mention, if you give this seriously injured immortal cultivator a star and a half of resources, he may not be grateful to you, and he may even be annoyed at your stinginess. In the next battle together, the two will have to intrigue and be on guard against each other, regardless of external threats Appeared, he got fired up first, right?"

Li Jialing was stunned for a moment, and said: "Yes, yes, but in the second case, who can guarantee that the cultivator will get all the resources, and after recovering his strength, he will be able to protect the weak? In case his mentality changes, At the critical moment, you tore off the mask of hypocrisy and abandoned me?"

"Probability, everything has a probability. I didn't say that in the second case, the strategy of giving all resources to this master cultivator must be correct. I can only say that such a strategy will maximize the chance of survival. That's all."

Li Yao put his hands on the window frame, looked at the statue of the Black Star Emperor Wu Yingqi in the slanting wind and drizzle opposite him and said, "It is true that a cultivator may be a hypocrite, but a cultivator must always be a villain. The moment when the face is torn off will only hurt people, but the real villain has been spraying poison every second, 24 hours a day, 24 hours a day, playing tricks and tricks, doing everything he can to harm others and benefit himself, so he has to choose a partner, idiot I know how to choose!"

Li Jialing frowned and said, "What exactly did Brother Yao want to say?"

Li Yaodao: "What I want to say is that in any small-scale world, if your companion is an immortal cultivator, no matter how kind-hearted, moral and selfless you are, it is useless. Based on the instinct of survival, you are the only one. The best strategy is to quickly turn yourself into an immortal cultivator, preferably a more ruthless, cruel, and treacherous immortal cultivator than the other party. At least you must reach a "horror balance" between each other, so that you are safe enough. The cooperative relationship between them can also be temporarily stabilized.

"But in this way, the world of cultivating immortals composed of you cultivators will not be able to achieve the 'optimized allocation of resources' that you boast about. On the contrary, under the most ideal conditions, you can exert a combat power of 100 points. Under the game, it becomes only 10 points.

"I want to call this phenomenon the 'dilemma of the cultivators'. The entire empire of true humans is currently in a huge 'dilemma of the cultivators', so that they have the most abundant and abundant resources in the center of the star sea, but even Even the uncreative little holy alliance in the corner of Xinghai can't be wiped out.

"And in the second social form, if your companion is a cultivator, you also have a great chance to transform into a cultivator and make more selfless actions, such as giving priority to precious resources for the other party to use , because you know that this is a reliable investment, and after the other party recovers from injury, they will definitely collect more resources to give back to you.

"Such a positive incentive and feedback will make the two of you become more and more selfless and more united, and in the end you will be able to achieve the 'optimized allocation of resources' and output the most powerful overall combat power, yes Bar?"

Li Jialing tilted his head and thought for a long time: "It seems so."

"Of course it is. Isn't there a living example right in front of you?"

Li Yao yelled, "In the past, you were a little devil who didn't know what to do, who didn't distinguish between good and evil. After being a kind, moral, and upright cultivator, you were unknowingly influenced by my stalwart personality, and you even learned to use the way of thinking of a cultivator to look at the world, and gradually transformed into the direction of a cultivator. Not the best proof?

"So, as long as everyone gives a little love, the universe will become a better tomorrow. Although the Dao of Cultivation seems a bit outdated and down-to-earth now, in time, it will become the mainstream in the center of the star sea again! Only the cultivation of truth Only the great way can save the empire, if we really want to 'reform the empire' and create a 'new empire', it should not be the new empire of Li Linghai and Lei Chenghu, but the new empire of the cultivation of the whole people!"