N-A-A Chapter 38 The Three Major Directions of Civilization's Development
Chapter 38 The Three Major Directions of Civilization's Development
Cheng Yuandao said: "Now that you understand, there should be a research project on how to transform into a human form in the direction of life evolution."
"The Department of Life Evolution has been formally established, specifically responsible for research on the evolution of life. The head of the department is the Biological Administrator, who is now renamed the 'Life Administrator'."
The original biological governor, now the life governor, said, "I obey the supreme governor's command!"
Cheng Yuan added: "The main research direction of the Life Evolution Department is to evolve life and improve the level of life through scientific means, rather than through martial arts or immortal cultivation."
Upon hearing this, the officials immediately understood that this represented another direction in the evolution of life.
As expected, Cheng Yuan said, "In the myriad realms, besides technological civilizations, there are also magical civilizations, martial arts civilizations, and immortal civilizations. These civilizations elevate their life levels and acquire immense power through cultivation!"
The Scientific Administrator asked, "Your Excellency, in your opinion, which is superior: technological civilization, magical civilization, martial arts civilization, or immortal civilization?"
This is a question that other officials are also curious about.
Cheng Yuan laughed and said, "In my eyes, there is no superiority or inferiority. I know some people think that the Qin Dynasty world is inferior to us. Our technology has advanced to the point of interstellar travel, but the Qin Dynasty world is still in ancient times. Its system is backward, its productivity is backward, and its military power is backward. It is a much lower-level world than the Trisolaran world."
"But in my view, the Three-Body universe and the Qin's Time world are not substantially different; they are both low-dimensional worlds created by higher dimensions."
"If I had to make a comparison, the worlds of magic civilization, martial arts civilization, and immortality civilization actually have more advantages."
The Science Administrator pondered for a moment and said, "Is it because these worlds possess extraordinary powers?"
Cheng Yuan nodded: "Yes. A world with extraordinary powers, if it can get on the right track, will develop faster than a world without extraordinary powers. Unfortunately, most extraordinary worlds are both made and destroyed by their extraordinary powers."
"The existence of supernatural powers makes it even more difficult for these worlds to get on the right path, because high-level supernatural beings can easily slaughter low-level supernatural beings and ordinary life, making it difficult for these worlds to undergo change, thus remaining unchanged for tens of millions or hundreds of millions of years."
"These worlds can only change from the top down; it's almost impossible to change from the bottom up unless there's an 'external force' to help."
"A world without extraordinary powers is difficult to develop, but it is also more likely to undergo changes and get on the right path, which can be considered to be on par with the world of magic civilization and the world of immortal civilization."
Cheng Yuan originally excluded the influence of higher dimensions and only analyzed the development of civilizations in lower-dimensional worlds.
"Actually, they're all the same. In the end, technological civilizations can reset the universe, and magical and immortal civilizations can reverse time and space, but that's about it. They can't transcend their own dimensional level on their own."
The officials remained silent. The wall between lower and higher dimensions was simply too high and too hard. They were all fish in a lower-dimensional pond. Without the guidance of higher dimensions, the fish did not realize that they were fish and that they were in a fishpond.
After answering the Science Governor's question, Cheng Yuan continued the previous topic: "The Qin Dynasty world is a cultivation civilization world, and we will go to more cultivation civilization worlds in the future."
"We don't necessarily need to practice spiritual cultivation, but we must understand the various methods of cultivation, analyze their underlying principles, and transform them into techniques that we can master."
"This is also why I hired Jing Ni as a martial arts instructor. We don't necessarily have to practice martial arts or cultivate immortality, but we must study and understand it, and absorb the useful nutrients to strengthen ourselves."
"Instead of thinking that these planes are inferior just because they practice martial arts or cultivate immortality, and that the beings in those planes work so hard to cultivate, only to be no match for a single shot fired by our cannons. Weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival; arrogance is!"
Upon hearing this phrase once again, the brainwaves of the ruling officials were still jolted, as if they had returned to the first time they met with the Supreme Ruler in the conference hall.
Yes, civilization should not be arrogant, especially when it comes to unknown things that they still don't fully understand; they should be humble and cautious.
We should draw on the strengths of various civilizations to enrich ourselves, rather than being arrogant and believing that our civilization is superior to all others.
"The Department of Psionic Civilization Research is officially established, which is responsible for researching psionic civilizations such as martial arts, immortality, and magic. The department head will be selected by the Academy of Sciences, and the department head will also serve as the Psionic Governor."
This added another governor's seat, but the governors knew it was bound to happen sooner or later. As civilization developed, new departments would be established, and new governors would naturally emerge.
By this time, the officials understood better why Cheng Yuan wanted to develop the Qin Dynasty world into a talent training base, as there would be a severe shortage of talent after the Civilization was established.
"The direction of psionic civilization is also a development direction I plan for civilization. As I said before: you don't have to choose to practice it, but you must understand it."
The officials replied, "We understand!"
Cheng Yuandao: "As for the last direction, it is purely a direction of technological development. I don't need to say more about that. We are now moving in this direction."
"The three development directions I mentioned are not isolated and unrelated, but can cooperate and advance in tandem."
"Technology, magic, martial arts, and immortal techniques are all just means and tools for understanding the world. Don't assume that technology is superior or immortal techniques are superior."
"As users of tools, we should use the tools we need when we need them; that's what a cognitive civilization should be like."
"To move from lower dimensions to higher dimensions, according to the method I've come up with: only by constantly perceiving the world, thoroughly understanding and researching it, finding the 'truth' left behind by the higher-dimensional creators in various lower-dimensional worlds, and gathering these 'truths,' can one be qualified to move towards higher dimensions and survive the attacks from higher-dimensional beings."
Cheng Yuan's idea is based on the principle that it is impossible for a person to imagine something that has never been seen, experienced, or perceived. No matter how fictional a work is, its foundation is always derived from reality.
Cheng Yuan gave an example: "We are like a line of text in a book. The pages are our world, and we are the content recorded within those words. How do we transform from content into a person?"
"Originally, the content on the pages of a book could never become a person, but now we have the opportunity. We know that we are content, so we can try to grasp the 'words' and analyze their components to figure out whether they are ink, graphite, or clay."
"Next, we master ink or graphite and clay. At this stage, we are no longer afraid of attacks from higher dimensions, but we are still far from becoming human."
It sounds easy, but the officials know it is extremely difficult.
Even if ordinary people in a civilized society knew they might be inside a book, what could they possibly do?
The basic needs of food and clothing in the world of the book would probably be a problem for him, let alone acquiring resources, recruiting talent to study the world, and climbing to higher dimensions.
Even if he successfully acquires resources and talent, his lifespan in the world of the book may not last until he successfully climbs out of the lower dimension.
There are too many difficulties!
The three development directions planned for the Trisolaran civilization are actually the three directions Cheng Yuan designed for himself: a body evolved through technological advancement, a body evolved through natural life processes, and a body evolved through cultivation.
Note: This is a meeting between the protagonist and the governors to plan the direction of civilization's development. I think these things should be considered in the meeting, so I wrote this down. I won't mention it again later.