Li Yao was silent and nodded repeatedly in his heart.

In fact, the truth mentioned by the voice is also reflected in the history of human civilization development in the Pangu universe, that is, the chaos of the ancient cultivation era, including the tragedy of the "living fossils" of the ancient holy world.

Without any power, you can obtain it without paying any price. Fate has long marked the price for every power. Those forces that seem to be easily obtained may be exchanged for more precious things such as organization, social order, desire for exploration and curiosity.

Fortunately, the human civilization in the Pangu universe, including the Pangu civilization before the human civilization, and the one hundred ancient civilizations before the Pangu civilization, are not the first generation of native civilizations in the strict sense, but the descendants of the Yuanshi civilization.

On the one hand, they can find the remains of the previous generation of civilization from the depths of the earth and the vast sea of ​​stars, learn valuable experiences and lessons, and avoid repeating the same mistakes; on the other hand, deep in their genes, there are ancient memories from the Yuanshi clan. Even though most of the time, these ancient memories are mottled and vague fragments, they are enough to stimulate the instinct of intelligent life, and naturally form complex sociality and high organization.

Therefore, these "secondary civilizations" can develop quite powerful civilizations in an environment with rich spiritual energy, but they will inevitably take many detours, such as the "Ancient Cultivation" and the "Thirty Thousand Years of Darkness". Even today's various evil forms and evil forms of the Covenant Alliance and the Real Human Empire cannot be said to be affected by "the individual differences are too great, the strong are too strong and the weak are too weak."

Those native civilizations that have neither the remains of the previous generation civilizations to be excavated, nor the "organizational instinct" deep in the genes have suddenly gained inexhaustible spiritual energy, just like a child of seven or eight years old who has obtained a huge legacy and lacks the discipline of adults. They will only squander and squander without scrupulousness, and almost no one who does not learn bad things.

"Psychic energy is of course one of the most precious resources in the universe, but only a highly mature civilization with its own "Tao Heart" is qualified to drive it, rather than be enslaved by it."

The voice continued, “It is precisely because of the help of psychic energy that we can inspire all our enthusiasm, wisdom and courage to transform our planet with our hands, sweat and blood and understand the universe outside the planet.

“We carried out the first industrial revolution, the second industrial revolution, the third industrial revolution.

"We have discovered the laws of celestial bodies, and also discovered molecules, atoms and structures that are smaller than atoms.

"We discovered electromagnetic waves and knew how to use radio; we conquered mountains and seas, conquered countless bacteria, and even knew how to drive mold to treat fatal diseases; we believe in technology, which is more pious than faith in gods. We firmly believe that the road of technology is unlimited, and infinite technology will eventually make us gods of ourselves and even the entire sea of ​​stars.

"Of course, the rapid advancement of technology and the sudden expansion of civilization also brought crazy ambitions and bloody killings. In the first fifty years of the 20th century, we launched two world wars one after another. If the main battlefield of World War I was only limited to one continent, then the death storm of World War II really swept across the entire parent star.

"Those were two extremely brilliant and extremely cruel wars. People who lacked spiritual power and were powerless could actually release more terrifying destructive power than practitioners. Countless tons of steel and explosives fell like a torrential rain, which could instantly destroy a city with a population of hundreds of thousands.

"Especially at the end of World War II, we used a weapon called the 'atomic bomb', which involved the mystery of material annihilation and energy explosion. On the surface of a planet with an atmosphere, it was a more terrifying existence than the main gun of a starship.

"However, war is the devil who destroys civilization on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is also a catalyst for promoting the rapid development of civilization. New technologies and new ideas born in the two world wars, including the new systems born on countless destroyed old systems, all promoted our civilization to develop explosively in the last fifty years of the 20th century, and advanced forward with a speed of lightning.

"After the end of World War II, only more than twenty years, on July 21, 1969, our original and simple starship landed on the only satellite of the parent star for the first time and took the first step to conquer the sea of ​​stars."

Along with the sound, a new picture appeared in Li Yao's mind.

Three astronauts wearing white space suits and star-striped flags, looking bloated and clumsy, jumping on the surface of the moon. In the slightly low and noisy background sound, the voice of one of the astronauts also came:

"...This is a small step for me, but a big step for human beings."

Of course, this astronaut said this in English, which is the "magic language" understood by Li Yao.

"The cruel destruction of World War II and the cold war that followed the confrontation between the two strong men not only gave birth to aerospace technology and research on the universe that far exceeded the limits of our civilization, but also awakened the ancient nation with the largest population in our civilization, making this ancient civilization standing in the East regain its vitality and its strongest enterprising spirit and creativity after being silent for hundreds of years."

The voice said, "The last fifty years of the 20th century to the first twenty decades of the 21st century are almost the golden age when our civilization develops the fastest. Almost every year, new technologies and research results are released. Almost every ten years, the entire civilization will be completely renewed. In 1950, for most people, it was still a fantasy electronic computer. After sixty or seventy years, it can be worn on people's wrists and become an indispensable production tool and life companion for everyone. People even began to imagine the birth of artificial intelligence in the next century.

"However, the beautiful dream suddenly shattered like a golden soap bubble. Our technological explosion hit the limit on the physical level and was forced to step on the brakes hard. Entering the third decade of the 21st century, we have encountered stagnation and heavy setbacks in all fields, with almost no valuable discoveries.

"With the stagnation of technology, a series of ills and fatal flaws erupted from the depths of our civilization's body.

"The super Matthew effect brought by global networking has made the rich and poor more disparate, and the society has become more fragmented.

"The population explosion brought about by advanced medical technology, but lack of a good education system and enough jobs, has made the vast majority of the population become an "ineffective population" or even a "negative population", and has become a burden to civilization.

"Environmental destruction and scarcity of resources have made the living environment of most people increasingly harsh. The emergence of cutting-edge weapons and even unmanned weapons has made the late-mover weak countries even more unable to resist the first-mover advantageous countries, which has also led to the prevalence of extremist ideas and a series of terrorist activities.

"If these problems are all ‘chronic diseases’ and can be slowly solved in the process of civilization development, then when two completely different thinking logics and the extremely powerful forces in our civilization collide with the economic system, it means that the entire civilization is in a catastrophe.

“Everyone wants peace, not war.

"However, you should be very clear that when the external expansion of a civilization encounters setbacks, the known world is 100% explored, all resources will be consumed, and the road to technological upgrading is also blocked. Apart from falling into the desperate situation of "involuntization", killing each other and dying together, there is no second way to go.

"First there was trade friction, then there was an agent war, followed by a small-scale and low-intensity mishap... A series of warm-ups, temptations, threats and intimidations lasted for a full decade. When both sides were very clear about each other's strength and determination, the Third World War finally started in the era 2028.

"In our civilization, a wise scholar once said, 'I don't know what kind of way the Third World War was started, I only know that the Fourth World War must have been carried out with stones and sticks', and I am not right at all.

"The intensity of World War III was far more than a hundred times that of World War II a hundred years ago, and even more than everyone's imagination at that time. Before the war started, everyone was very optimistic that with the advancement of technology, especially the popularity of supercomputers and armed drones, this would be a "clean war", a "bloodless war", and even another low-intensity bluff and routine friction between the two sides. It was not until the two sides opened their teeth and claws, and strange-shaped mushroom clouds rose slowly above their heads, swallowing them instantly, turning them into burning skeletons, that they regretted it.

"World War III lasted for a full thirty years, it was the longest and most cruel war in the history of our civilization, and it also profoundly changed our civilization.

"Especially in the late stage of the war, with the complete wastelandization of the parent star, various extremism and terrorism plagues continued to appear, and various extremely immature biological and chemical weapons, virus weapons and even genetic weapons were released unscrupulously, which made us feel the fear of "extinction of civilization" for the first time.

"Perhaps, the growth of every civilization is like this. If you don't encounter a "catastrophe" that may exterminate the entire civilization, you will not know the value of peace and unity.

"Even though some survivors know the importance of peace and unity, the thirty years of blood feud and the white and black tombstones piled up with billions of corpses have become natural barriers and high walls that block both sides.

"If there were no accidents, our civilization might have died in its infancy with such a shame and sorrow.

“But since you can hear our voices, even your existence itself, represents the arrival of some kind of 'miracle'.

"In the 2058 era, the 'miracle' is about to completely destroy the earth in a hundred years. The first meteorite in the rain that travels through the solar system, tear the atmosphere, and hits our barren home."
Chapter completed!