Chapter 706 The World of External Forces

In a high-end restaurant, it is full of top-notch virtual reality. As long as you wear the corresponding plug-in, you can see more than a dozen different worlds.

Li Qi invited Suetaki to this high-end restaurant and prepared to treat him to dinner.

Suetaki did not refuse.

However, in fact, he still wanted to refuse, but Li Qi told him to tell him what happened today during dinner.

Suetaki still couldn't suppress his curiosity and finally chose to accept Li Qi's invitation.

However, he wanted to return the IOU written to him this morning to Li Qi, but Li Qi refused. He said that this was just a small gathering between friends, and the IOU should be kept. It will be useful in the future. If you return it now, you will regret it.

Suetaki didn't say anything. Anyway, he thought it was just a piece of paper, so it shouldn't be a big deal.

After all, for Suetaki, the truly effective things are things that are notarized on the device and the Internet. How can you say such a blank piece of paper...

Just treat it as a joke.

The surrounding scenery is very beautiful, and the virtual reality can even provide a real sense of touch. This is all provided by the external devices on the body. These devices can work synchronously with the virtual reality, and provide a very real feeling through vibration and changes in temperature.

However, it is an external device after all. If it is internal, it can directly simulate these feelings at the neural level, and there is no difference from the real thing.

But for Li Qi, who has seen the infinite world, held ceremonies next to the cardinals of the various realms of the spiritual path, dozed on the star raft, studied in the big fire, and performed tasks inside the world fountain, the spectacular scenery he has seen is no longer comparable to these virtual real scenes.

He has seen the most magnificent things in this universe, the Guixu that swallowed trillions of worlds, and the Guanghan that connected all the moons. He even had direct communication with real star officials.

This is very difficult. In this process, there may even be induction with celestial phenomena. For example, when Li Qi interacted with the star officials of the big fire, people from countless worlds would observe guest stars from outer space, and the guest stars would cause big fires.

The starry sky of all worlds is essentially a direct projection of the star officials, which is equivalent to the Shinto giving the heavens and the worlds a signal light. Red light stops, green light goes, and any celestial phenomenon means that there is a corresponding event.

Celestial phenomena cannot predict things, because the things predicted by celestial phenomena have basically happened, and the gods just tell you.

This is equivalent to Li Qi himself being the "grand scenery" observed by these worlds. As part of the "grand scenery", he naturally does not have much feeling for this kind of small shrimp-like natural landscape.

But for Suetaki, this is different.

He looked at these worlds in amazement and murmured: "Do these scenes... really exist?"

"Of course they exist, this is your subsidiary world. As a fifth-grade world, the Forward Alliance naturally has tens of thousands of subsidiary worlds, and these are all very good scenery in the subsidiary world." Li Qi said casually.

"Fifth rank... Oh, you mean the outside world's judging standard, right? Many people use this standard now, saying it is very accurate, much more accurate than the standard we set ourselves, wait, 'your affiliated world'?" Mototaki said, suddenly noticing Li Qi's words.

You?

"Oh, you." Li Qi nodded naturally, and then casually said: "But it is indeed much more accurate than your standard. After all, if you follow your standard, it is easy to misjudge the strength of the opponent. Although the Forward Alliance has not fought foreign wars in recent years, there are still many confrontations. The worlds next to the illusionary domain are too dense and the fighting is also very high. It is not easy to survive."

Mototaki was diverted from the topic. Although he was puzzled, he did not care too much. He just continued to say along with Li Qi's words: "I didn't expect you to care about politics... But it doesn't matter. Most worlds can't beat us. Their seventh-rank combat power is very few. In many cases, a large legion cannot be formed, but we can mass-produce tens of millions of seventh-rank armies. The Forward Alliance can gain a foothold in this area, not by selling pity."

"That's true, but don't you envy him? He Although our world does not have as many seventh-grade combat forces as you, nor can it quickly deploy seventh-grade combat forces, mass-produce sixth-grade combat forces, and still retain a large number of fifth-grade strategic heavy weapons, they... can live forever. "

"You will have serious psychological problems after a few hundred years, but they can live for hundreds of thousands or even millions of years without any problems. Your great power comes from technology and the various equipment you manufacture, but their great power belongs entirely to themselves and will not be lost due to damage to equipment or anything else. "

"In other words, all the efforts of the Forward Alliance, all the knowledge, wisdom, and lifelong pursuits that the predecessors have worked hard to develop, cannot be applied to themselves, but to the entire civilization. They can't enjoy everything they have paid for. Do you think this is appropriate?" Li Qi asked Mo Taki.

This is also a point of curiosity for him about this civilization. Their wise men think and study, and so do their leaders, but in the end they rarely break through to the real seventh grade.

In other words, although they can achieve physical immortality with the help of life extension surgery and various prosthetic replacements, their spirits can rarely transform to the point of immortality.

According to Li Qi's own understanding, even those who have reached the seventh level in spirit, through life extension surgery and prosthetic replacement, or even switching their entire consciousness to equipment and cyberspace, very few of them can live for more than 10,000 years, and they will eventually die from various mental problems brought by long life, or even go crazy directly.

This is a civilization tendency, and it is also the disadvantage brought by their technical route.

Hearing Li Qi's question, Mo Taki seemed a little puzzled and uttered an incomprehensible sound: "Ah?"

"That is to say, you don't want to live forever?" Li Qi asked again.

This question made Mo Taki frown: "If I don't want to die, I don't have to die... Now that technology is so advanced, people will not die of illness or old age, as long as you want to live, you can live forever. Is this very different from immortality?"

"Of course it is very big, you could have lived longer, or even lived forever, they just need to shift their energy to cultivating the heart of Tao, and exercise their own heart of Tao, then they can live forever." Li Qi pointed out.

"Uh... I seem to understand what you mean, but what's the point?" Suetaki replied. He didn't quite understand what Li Qi was struggling with.

But he still expressed his opinion: "If you want to live, then go and exercise. No one will stop you. As for you saying that you didn't enjoy the results of your research... That doesn't seem right? Aren't they enjoying all this? Or do you think they should enjoy their own results alone? That's too selfish, right?"

Li Qi responded: "Selfish? Sacrificing your own life, benefiting the entire civilization, creating countless "external forces", using external forces to develop the overall power, but ultimately leading to your own demise, this may not be selfish, but it seems a bit stupid, right? I've seen many geniuses in the Forward Alliance. If they didn't invent these external forces, they might be able to live well and live longer. I don't think this can be considered selfish."

Suetaki looked at Li Qi in confusion. What Li Qi said didn't sound like what someone from the Forward Alliance would say, but the other party's identity couldn't be faked, plus the way he looked this morning...

Could this person be a speculative philosopher or something like that? Moreover, his family conditions are probably very good, and he has never been exposed to the real world, so the other party would say "integrate into society".

If you think about it carefully, this possibility is very high. A rich young man, who has received a good private education, has an elegant and gentle temperament when eating and talking, and does not look like an ordinary person at first glance. Moreover, he is an extremely rare natural person, and has never worked, so it is normal for him to have the idea of ​​"wanting to integrate into society".

With this in mind, Suetaki temporarily let go of his doubts. He felt that he should have guessed Li Qi's true identity.

So, he began to answer Li Qi's doubts. After all, he had actually thought about these questions. He was a good student in school. I dare not say that he got full marks in every subject, but he still got half of the full marks.

So, he continued, "Indeed, most people are stupid and foolish. They live in a muddle and do need some wise men to help them. But... aren't they also one of the external forces?"

"You said they only rely on external forces, but isn't civilization itself an external force?"

"But it is such a stupid crowd that can pass on the wisdom of the wise men. The results of the sage's life-long research cannot be remembered by a sage alone. No matter how good the apprentice is, it is impossible to inherit all the wisdom of the master, but civilization can. With civilization, the wise men can pass on their wisdom."

"Generation after generation, generation after generation of predecessors, with the help of the 'external force' of their ancestors, have become more and more powerful. We use external forces to make tools, we use external forces to create civilization, each of us is the external force of others, and others are also ours External forces, so we can create a huge seventh-grade army. "

"Relying on external forces is our way of survival. I can lend my strength to my companions, and my companions can also lend their strength to me. "

"Look at the life now, it is the result of one person after another relying on external forces. Everything you rely on and enjoy is composed of one external force after another. "

"Isn't this much stronger than the so-called "great power belongs to oneself"? They may have a fifth-grade individual, but this individual has long been separated from civilization itself. Even if they still serve as the leader of civilization itself, in essence, they have long been independent of the outside world, no longer need civilization, and are no longer a part of it. They don't need to rely on external forces, and at the same time they have lost the help of external forces, right? "

"Mie Taki talked freely, talking about his understanding of civilization.

"Li Qizhe listened carefully to the other party's views on this topic. He had discussed this issue with many people today, but the answer of the ordinary patrol officer who invited him to dinner this morning was the most eye-catching.

He did not choose to separate the wise from the ordinary people, but regarded all people, all components of civilization, as one, and regarded them as a whole of "masses", connecting this group through "external forces".

In this way, inheritance is a matter of course, and pioneering is no longer the work of some top geniuses, but the efforts of civilization as a whole, even for other ordinary people.

The shoulders of giants are for standing, not for people to compare with each other again and again.

This is still rare. In many worlds, ordinary people can only die in a daze and then be born again. They can only be used as a base to screen out potential geniuses. They are simply a group similar to the "placenta of civilization", but here, they can still play their role.

This is also a kind of "Tao", an insight into the social form, and under the guidance of this Tao, there are endless young geniuses in the Forward Alliance, because... for them, geniuses can be mass-produced.

Yes, under this Tao, with the help of external forces, even geniuses can be mass-produced. These geniuses do not need to figure out new paths by themselves, because they stand on the shoulders of the entire civilization. They are geniuses only because the time has come, not because they themselves have anything special.

Just like Newton, he is of course a genius, but there can be no Newton. It doesn't matter if it is replaced by Marton, Ayam, or Camelton. As long as the time is right and the overall foundation of civilization is enough, then such a genius will naturally be born. No matter who he is, it doesn't matter, but there must be such a person, not because this person is powerful, but because civilization itself has reached this point.

This makes Li Qi feel a little interesting.

But at this time, he felt someone tapping his shoulder.

So, Li Qi came back to his senses immediately.

"Why are you stunned again? A quarter of an hour has passed. Do you want to order food?" Mo Taki poked Li Qi and said helplessly.

Just after he finished those words, this wealthy young man who was out of touch with society and full of philosophical temperament was stunned again. He was stunned for a long time. Considering that the other party paid for the meal, he still did not disturb the other party.

But now, the device has reminded that they should order food. He has no money, so he can only wake the other party up and wait for the other party to pay.

Li Qi came back to his senses, apologized embarrassedly, and then ordered a row of dishes.

After all, Li Qi is still very delicious, even now.

There is no need to worry about money. Li Qi took a few private jobs this morning and sold some of his own design drawings. Because the quality is much higher than the current architecture of this world, it immediately received great attention. Several large companies with foresight have acquired it.

So, Li Qi... should be considered a "billionaire" now.

However, he seems to have not changed yet, and his concept of time is still very strange.

However, Li Qi has already made up his mind.

(There will be double monthly tickets at the end of this month, everyone can save some)