The moment he heard the word "eternal" from the other side, Ye Ming was a little distracted, and then he fell into a long and slightly strange silence.
Seeing Ye Ming thinking silently, Lianna was not in a hurry and waited quietly.
As for the other person in the room…
He Mo was picking up a piece of noodles with chopsticks, but he didn't put it into his mouth. Instead, he kept his posture and looked in the direction of the communicator in shock.
At this moment, countless thoughts flashed through her mind, so that her entire thinking became a mess.
Technology to realize eternal life?
Timeless technology!
——Why is she so keen on reading novels about cultivating immortals recently? Or... why are novels about cultivating immortals so popular recently, so much so that all kinds of fairy tales dominate the world's film and television works.
In the final analysis, due to the explosion of science and technology, human beings have actually achieved the satisfaction of material life and began to yearn for further pursuits...
In the case of a "good death", no one can resist the temptation to live longer and longer.
but……
He Mo held his breath hard and looked at Ye Ming without blinking.
As Ye Ming's "first disciple", she has been a teacher and friend for so many years. She naturally knows that Ye Ming has always scorned the so-called eternity.
As a result, the "Paradise Project" based on "digital consciousness" that had been making a lot of noise at the beginning finally died down due to Ye Ming's opposition and came to an end.
In the silence, Ye Ming's eyes suddenly flashed, and after a moment, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Ms. Liana, it's actually hard for me to imagine...even in the current situation, you are still dealing with us with an arrogant attitude." Ye Ming stared at Liana: "Can I think that you have another
, can defeat our technology?"
Ye Ming's answer made Liana slightly startled. She frowned and looked over: "I just want to remind you that I now represent an ancient and powerful civilization that has existed for thousands of years."
"Well... I can understand." Ye Ming closed his eyes, but opened them again after a moment: "Although I really want to use your tone and sentence structure to remind you - I now represent the most powerful and advanced person in the universe.
civilization."
"But such tit-for-tat confrontation will not do any good for our exchanges."
Liana's expression froze instantly.
Then, she raised her head and glanced behind the communicator.
…
Cassan, Base 32.
Lianna looked away from the Sin'dorei Legion Commander and Klin Seer standing opposite.
Ye Ming's words deeply hurt the hearts of her teacher and the leader of the Sin'dorei Corps, and made her clenched her fists uncontrollably.
The voice on the other side continued.
"So, if you really come for peace, then you must first tell me how to achieve peace, and... what does the so-called eternal life mean?"
Lianna let go of her hand and glanced at her teacher again. After seeing the teacher nod, she slowly exhaled and said in a deep voice: "It's like eternity in the literal sense."
At this moment, she saw an indescribably weird smile rising on Ye Ming's face.
"For example... becoming your ancestor?"
Lianna understood the curse pun in this sentence in the human context, but she didn't mind. Instead, she closed her eyes and nodded slowly after being silent for a few seconds.
"Yes, we will teach you the techniques to get to heaven."
"Shouldn't it be called Paradise?"
"You can also call it Paradise, Paradise, Eden, anything."
"Technology, is it engineering technology or theoretical technology?"
"Sorry, I can't reveal it until humans agree to our conditions." Lianna stared at Ye Ming: "I think you should have heard about our ancestors."
"Well, indeed." Ye Ming still looked over with a smile: "It seems to be a very good condition, but why...you will suddenly raise troops again? According to common sense, you should wait for our answer before it will be reflected in
Militaryly."
"Mr. Chief Prophet." Lianna sat up straight, with a hint of pride in her seriousness: "Human beings have human support, and we also have our pride. Your strength has gained our recognition and respect, but if you don't mean it, we will
Completely abandon the option of war."
"The meaning of this sentence is that if we can't reach an agreement, we will go to war, right?"
"You can understand it that way."
"Very good, I look forward to contacting you next time."
After seeing the other party nodding in greeting and decisively cutting off the communication, Liana took a few deep breaths, her chest rising and falling. She stood up and looked at the teacher and the regiment commander.
"Teacher..." But she only shouted once, and she didn't know what to say.
For humans... her mood is particularly complicated.
She can be regarded as a witness to the rise of the entire human race. She has witnessed with her own eyes that humanity has grown from an ordinary interstellar civilization that can only rely on dozens of ships, and its main gun firepower and speed cannot match the empire, in just a few years, it has grown into a legion and even
A serious problem for the entire empire...
And now, the other party unceremoniously claims that human beings are the most powerful and advanced civilization in the universe...
This made her unable to accept it no matter what - behind her, there really stood an ancient civilization that ruled dozens of super star fields!
Teacher Klin nodded slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he looked at Sin'dorei: "What do you think? Will humans take the bait?"
"I don't know, we know too little about human beings." The Sin'dorei Legion commander replied cautiously: "But... the pursuit of eternal life must be something a powerful civilization and race must experience."
"I think so too." Teacher Klin nodded again and said slowly: "Human beings can raise the level of civilization to such an extent in just a few years. In addition to the spiral rise of technology, science and the unknown
The pursuit is also inevitable.”
"Curiosity is the first driving force for scientific progress. The faster their technology develops, the stronger their curiosity will be." After finishing speaking, Prophet Klin looked at Lianna: "Be prepared, don't tell them to connect easily.
details of the promised land, but to formulate a complete set of negotiation procedures... The more cumbersome and persistent the negotiations are, the more they will realize the preciousness of eternal technology."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Lianna took a deep breath and nodded heavily: "What else?"
"The rest... you don't need to be responsible for."
Prophet Klin walked towards the door. At the door, he stopped and looked back: "By the way, let me remind you, remember to go back to Hall and the others."
Lianna was startled and looked at the filing cabinet involuntarily.
She didn't even eat a bite of the sweet-scented osmanthus cake that Hall's mother gave her...
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He Mo turned off the camera, put the cold instant noodles aside, and looked at Ye Ming quietly, who was still thinking.
Noticing He Mo's gaze, Ye Ming's eyes flashed and he came to his senses: "Why don't you eat?"
"I've lost my appetite." He Mo took a few heavy breaths. Her eyes were a bit anxious and overwhelmed. She bit her lip and pointed at the camera: "Do you want to... report it?"
She subconsciously believed that it was an olive branch extended by the Empire.
For young people like them... it's better.
But for...some people, it's just too big, too big.
The reason why the previous paradise plan was shelved was partly because of Ye Ming's opposition, and partly because there was no way to realize it... In addition, the future of the entire earth was uncertain at that time, so the leadership just laughed it off.
but now……
Even if you don’t miss your rights, it is human nature to miss your life.
Therefore...she didn't know whether she should report this.
"Of course." Ye Ming could see He Mo's thoughts at just one glance. He smiled slightly and his expression gradually became serious: "He Mo, I discovered a bad phenomenon."
"What phenomenon?"
"Don't treat me as a god, let alone think that all my decisions and opinions are right." Ye Ming thought of Yang Wenzhi's words before and frowned: "I'm just a scientist, I have my own
Pursuit and ideal.”
He Mo immediately held her breath, blinked hard, and dispersed the stars in her eyes. After a moment, she nodded heavily.
But then, she took a long breath, and her eyes smiled crescent moon for a moment: "Then are you still opposed to the paradise plan?"
"I opposed it from beginning to end."
"Then your opinion... is it right or wrong?" He Mo raised his chin and looked at him with a smile.
Ye Ming: "...when did I teach you to argue?"
He Mo: "..."
"I know that you are worried that after reading the request from the other side, the higher-ups may agree because they cannot resist some kind of temptation, right?"
"Yes."
"Don't worry, the higher ups won't agree."
"Why?"
"Because Egwene and I are about to complete a research paper on the Paradise. If the so-called eternal life is to transform into the ancestor form in the Paradise, then I don't think anyone will agree."
He Mo's eyes widened: "Why? Oh... what form is that?"
"...To be precise, it's collective ideology. Well...it's hard for me to give you an accurate explanation." Ye Ming squinted his eyes slightly and said softly: "Let's take the example of cultivating immortals. That is...there is a group of people who, for the sake of
Pursue eternity, and then use the consciousness of self-sacrifice to create an 'omniscient and omnipotent' 'god' and become a 'god'."
"On the surface, this omnipotent God can incarnate each independent individual, but in fact...independence and free will have disappeared."
He Mo: "...I don't have enough CPU."
"Not enough is not enough. All you need to know is that I am absolutely opposed to this kind of soaring collective figures."
After finishing speaking, Ye Ming stood up, closed his eyes, and then opened them with a sneer on his lips: "And I bet that their real idea is not to let us realize the so-called eternity, but a dose of
poison."
"The reason why human beings can crush them in technology is not relying on eternal ancestors, let alone any so-called intelligence, but relying on ourselves, relying on our independent individuals and free souls!"
"Even a few imperial prisoners know that the Promised Land is their shackles. How could they not know? How could they be at peace with themselves?"
"So... just wait and watch their performance."
After finishing speaking, Ye Ming strode towards the door.
"By the way, take me to see Gloria's father, and I'll pay a home visit by the way."
…
After a simple settlement on Ella Star, Ye Ming set out for the ground accompanied by He Mo the next day.
In Gloria's house, he made a "home visit" to Hedolan, who was currently performing the duties of the city lord temporarily in Gloria's place, as promised - in fact, the main purpose was to inquire about the current situation of the entire planet.
What he heard from Hedolan was far more detailed than what he heard from Gloria, and it also confirmed the authenticity of the data from various human statistical departments above.
"Then the main problem now is food and clothing, right?" Ye Ming sat on the simple chair without hesitation, picked up the cut apple on the table and ate it while eating.
"Yes." Hedolan sat opposite him, his body upright, obviously much taller than Ye Ming, which made him a little embarrassed: "Fortunately, our tribe has the support of Da Li Si and the alliance.
This problem has been solved for the time being, and the next step is to resume production while also resuming education and literacy."
"Well, literacy is particularly important." Ye Ming nodded in approval: "The civilization I live in had a very high illiteracy rate a century ago... But with literacy and the popularization of compulsory education, it only lasted a few dozen years.
Years later, he became a leader in the world."
"Then you must have played a huge role in the process..." Hedolan was startled as he said this, and immediately slapped his forehead and laughed at himself.
Ye Ming laughed.
He is a beneficiary of compulsory education. He is only in his thirties this year, but he does not dare to do what he did back then.
"Gloria's current study...is she still working hard?" In order to cover up her embarrassment, Hedolan coughed and asked about her daughter.
"It's good, she just works too hard." Speaking of Gloria, a smile appeared on Ye Ming's lips: "She will definitely be a qualified Grand Priest in the future."
Hearing these words spoken by Ye Ming himself, Hedolan held his breath for a moment, and then his whole body trembled uncontrollably. He opened his mouth, finally stood up, and bowed deeply to Ye Ming.
"Quickly..." Ye Ming quickly stopped Hedolan and joked with a smile: "Dali Si, that is not a good job."
At this moment, He Mo stood up suddenly, took out the communicator from his briefcase and took a look.
Upon seeing this, Ye Ming nodded slightly towards Haiduolan and said goodbye, then strode towards the landing craft parked at the door.
When the video was connected, Liana's expression remained the same.
"Your Excellency Ye Ming, what are your opinions?"
Ye Ming nodded slightly.
Yesterday's communication has already been reported to the senior management.
As he expected, the leaders had surprisingly unanimous opinions on the Imperial people's request - that is, let's see what medicine the Imperial people sell in their gourds.
Or simply put, what kind of poison are they selling!
"How can I provide technical solutions?"
"Let's set up a negotiation team." Liana's expression remained unchanged, staring at Ye Ming: "In a safe star field, we will negotiate face to face."