Chapter 2345 The Little Lion Was Fooled!
Li Yao was silent, Li Jialing's words were quite reasonable, and he was speechless.
Before coming to the Empire of Real Humans, from the perspective of a cultivator of the Xingyao Federation, it is always easy to misunderstand the most acute contradictions within the empire, and regard the oppression and exploitation of "original people" by "real people" as the main problem.
After coming to the empire and seeing all aspects of social formations and conflicts of interests with his own eyes, Li Yao realized that the most typical "ordinary people bullied by immortal cultivators" imprisoned in factory assembly lines and industrialized spiritual fields are not actually the most miserable of.
Yes, these ordinary people have indeed suffered inhumane treatment, but they often also have a stable source of food, relatively clean drinking water, safe housing and even a meager salary. Squeeze more surplus value, and even provide them with a certain degree of spiritual food. For example, the "killing live broadcast" of the martial arts world is an anesthetic specifically aimed at these working class, which can make them spiritually happy.
As the saying goes, "It is better to be a dog of peace than to be a chaotic person", in areas where the imperial authorities are able and willing to implement effective rule, they will still provide the minimum public services, carry out various infrastructure constructions, maintain the orderly operation of society, and In theory, there are laws that can protect the legal interests of the vast majority of people, even if the laws that are riddled with holes are often broken openly by immortal cultivators, it is better than nothing at all.
After all, the government of immortal cultivators is also a government, not a den of bandits.
And 10,000 meters below the ground, these "forgotten towns" numbered after 10,000, the residents here are not even eligible to be enslaved and squeezed, in other words, "If you want to be a slave, you can't." Naturally, the imperial authorities will not do this at all. A handful of public services are provided here, and they are completely left to fend for themselves.
In such a dark and silent world, there is no sunlight, there is very little clean drinking water, and there is very little food. The destructive power of earthquakes is hundreds of times stronger than that on the ground. Landslides will occur from time to time, and even devastating magma will erupt. Li Yao didn't know whose life was worse, those slave laborers who spent their whole lives stooping behind the assembly line of the magic weapon factory, or these abandoned people who had been forgotten by the entire universe?
In Long Yangjun’s metaphor to Li Jialing, the sea was mentioned. Indeed, the world of abandoned people is like a deep-sea plain. Affecting the slightest bit of sediment on the seabed, in the eyes of those ocean overlords, these small fish and shrimps struggling to survive in the sediment on the seabed simply do not exist.
However, Li Yao can also understand why Long Yangjun brought him and Li Jialing here. Now that the Black Star Emperor Wu Yingqi's plan has been launched, it is very likely that he has controlled the entire Extreme Heaven Realm and the Extreme Heaven Star. No matter which city you go to, you can't escape the overwhelming and ubiquitous monitoring and locking of crystal eyes.
Even most of the towns that go deep into the ground are barely within the control of the authorities. They are equipped with a large number of crystal eyes and connected to the wireless spiritual network. As long as they leave a vague figure in a certain crystal eye, It is possible to attract a large number of pursuers.
Only those forgotten cities numbered after 10000 do not have spiritual nets and crystal eyes, and are completely out of the eyes of high-level immortal cultivators. They are "Xanadu" where they can rest assured to heal their injuries.
Li Yao and Li Jialing came from a sunny world, and their natural appearance was slightly different from the almost transparent underground human race. They strolled in the town and attracted the attention of a large number of underground people.
However, most of the underground people only dared to hide behind the stalagmites and mushrooms, wrapped themselves tightly in thick fog, looked at them carefully, and did not dare to make eye contact with them at all.
Wherever their line of sight falls, the underground people will shrink their necks and escape into the mist.
Only innocent children dared to stare at them intently, seeing that they were harmless and not too dangerous. Finally, the most daring children followed behind them, turning into a bunch of little tails, and swaggeringly imitated them to walk.
Li Yao turned his head and made a face at these children. The children first exclaimed and scattered away. After a while, seeing that Li Yao hadn't made any other movements, they gathered back together and imitated Li Yao's way of making faces. He also yelled in a strange tone: "Black eyes! Yellow eyes!"
Children born underground have never seen real sunlight, and even the lighting array above their heads can only be adjusted to the dimmest level due to lack of energy, barely illuminating the criss-crossing iron chains between stalagmites and stalactites, children Perhaps the brightest thing I have ever seen in my life is billowing magma.
Over the tens of thousands of years, their eyes have also mutated. While possessing a certain night vision ability, their pupils are slightly red. Li Yao's black eyes and Li Jialing's yellow-brown pupils have turned out to be different here.
The silver bell-like laughter of the children caught the adult's attention. Several hands suddenly stretched out in the dense fog, pulling the children back one after another, covering the laughter with a pair of rough hands.
Li Yao frowned slightly, faint spiritual energy lingered in his eyes, his sharp eyes pierced through the misty fungus mist, and saw clearly those underground people who thought they were hiding very well.
He found a very strange phenomenon. As the underground people grow older, their ability to express emotions seems to be weaker.
Those innocent and carefree children can cry and laugh, play and fight, and express their emotions and feelings freely.
However, the tall adult always frowned, his eyes were slightly vigilant and frightened, and he looked like he was always looking for a crack in the stone to hide himself in. It seemed that the arrival of Li Yao and Li Jialing had disturbed the situation. The heavy air here made them extremely uncomfortable.
Even older, the underground old man with wrinkles all over his face, even the glimmer of light in the depths of his eyes disappeared, like a statue carved out of stalactites, squatting motionless beside the stalagmites for a long time , as if merging with the underground world.
Li Yao also saw some people wearing gray cloaks, their expressions were the same as the girl who brought them food just now, they were both peaceful and ethereal, sitting cross-legged in various parts of the underground town, either sitting or lying down, their breathing was extremely weak, as if they had entered the city. Weird state of hibernation.
Li Yao narrowed his eyes, and asked in a deep voice, "Have all the people here been brainwashed by Long Yangjun, have their emotions and desires washed away?"
He originally thought that the truth must be like this, but unexpectedly Li Jialing hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said: "I also asked Sister Long, but she said no, the people here have always looked lifeless and calm.
"Sister Long said that the so-called strong emotions and desires are based on a rich material foundation and a well-developed information exchange network. As the so-called 'feeling full and warming', you can't even eat enough, and basic survival security is impossible. There is no guarantee, and I have to be hungry and trembling every day, so I have no time to worry about 'emotion', 'desire' and 'free will'.
"Sister Long said that we modern people live in a highly developed post-industrial society and the information age, we can find 10,000 kinds of food to stimulate our appetite, and there are 10,000 kinds of entertainment to stimulate our strong emotions and satisfy our desires. Our desires and emotions are stimulated to the limit, and over time we take such high levels of desire and emotion for granted.
"However, in many worlds where material is extremely scarce, such as the ancient world and the underground world in front of you, food shortage is the norm, safety is not guaranteed, and there are not many entertainment methods. The world of God is extremely empty and scarce. The people here, How could it be possible to have strong emotions and desires like the people on the ground?
"Just imagine, if a baby is born here, and has never seen the sun or the fragrance of birds and flowers, does not know what forests and oceans are, let alone what is a singer, movie star, or big star, and there is no novel game or virtual dating platform, the only meaning of life is Survive and reproduce, and worry about the lack of food, earthquakes and magma flow every second, how can it not become numb and indifferent over time, just like these underground dwellers in front of you?
"Sister Long said that when she first came to the underground world a few years ago, the adult residents here were like this, silent for many years like a rock, because there was nothing else to do in life, and there was no resource to support them. emotions and desires.
"That's right, she taught these underground people some ways to suppress pain, curb desire, and purify the soul, but it's just adding fuel to the flames. If the resources here are rich enough, there are pools of wine and meat forests to enjoy, and the best spirit net game If she can play, only idiots will follow her to practice the method of inhumanity!
"Sister Long also said that not only here, but also in the territory of the Holy League. Who wants to eat white steamed buns? Who wants to go hungry when there are white steamed buns? The territory itself is extremely rich in material, so rich that it can satisfy everyone's emotions and desires to squander. Who is willing to give up the best things in life? The problem is no! Many worlds under the rule of the Holy League are originally poor, and it is estimated that in In the chaotic and bloody battles of the past ten thousand years, the few resources that were originally exhausted were almost exhausted, and people had no choice but to give up their emotions and desires and devote all their remaining resources to the only important thing, the continuation of life. above.
"Sister Long also said"
"enough!"
Li Yao interrupted Li Jialing's eloquence, "I found that your fellow Taoist's position is very problematic, why is it always 'Sister Long said'? Even if you don't stand by Brother Yao, I am a cultivator From your standpoint, at least you are still a cultivator, so you should support emotions, desires and free will, right? I have been with Brother Yao for half a year and I haven’t seen how much you have learned. Why have you been fooled by her after only ten days with Long Yangjun? You can’t find the north? You don’t have the Dao heart, you have to practice!” ——
I saw a question, and a friend said, Lao Niu, did you write a contradiction? In the Flying Star Realm, you can hollow out planets to refine super-giant starships. How come you can’t even penetrate the mantle in the middle of the star sea?
The old cow said, this is not contradictory.
In front of the Flying Star Realm, the planetary battleship is refined, which is a very small and very small planet like "Pluto". And a "habitable planet", in Lao Niu's view, must at least have a thick atmosphere and a stable solid structure, then it cannot be much smaller than the earth, and it must not be an asteroid like Pluto, right?
Another one, refining planetary warships, did not say that the planets should be completely emptied, there is no need for this at all.
One of teacher Liu Cixin's masterpieces, how did "The Wandering Earth" do? To put it simply, it is enough to install tens of thousands of engines on the surface of the earth, launch orbits and leave. The so-called "planetary warships" are nothing more than engines, plus a little more forts, hangars, military bases, etc. These things can be done within the range of the earth's crust, which is economical and convenient for fighting. There is really no need to hollow out the entire planet!
In any case, Pangu Nuwa is still a human being, and they all originated from life on the surface of the planet. No matter how developed it is, as long as the flesh and blood of carbon-based life is still preserved, the mantle layer below tens of thousands of meters below the ground cannot be comfortable. If it is not a last resort, it is really impossible to completely empty out a planet and live in it, right?
Dear readers, what do you think?