Blessings to the beautiful stars

Chapter 42 Psychological Counseling
bad news.

The AI ​​is becoming more and more pessimistic about the current state of the starship. When entering the channel, the colorful warning lights light up one after another, and the reflection overflows through its bald head, reflecting the cab like a bloody dance hall.

And, there is one more terrible thing.

That is, the tech hunters that the starship originally belonged to were an illegal organization after all, so they didn't dare to appear in the hinterland of the Imperial Alliance openly.

Therefore, all the waterway passages stored in the star map of the scientific research ship are based on the galaxies located on the border of the Imperial Union, and some of them are simply in the middle of the dangerous battlefield. Only the gap between these regimes can allow them to dig their graves with peace of mind.

Don't worry about not being able to dig things at the border.Primitive civilizations have blossomed everywhere, and these interstellar regimes that launch probes to divide the border are the latecomers.

All kinds of reasons are superimposed, and the AI ​​​​can only pinch its nose and choose a destination: it is also a border galaxy, but it is not far from the nearest trade node of the Imperial Union. I heard that there is a gradually civilized indigenous civilization there. Also convenient.

There is only one subtle downside.

It is the nomadic neighbor who snatched several animal husbandry planets of the Imperial Union not long ago, and is watching closely near the border.

Interstellar nomadic civilizations rarely wage full-scale wars, preferring to harass and plunder with small groups of troops.So even though the target galaxy is generally within the territory of the Imperial Union, it is still a matter of face whether they will encounter the looting team of the nomadic neighbor after arriving there.

But... Judging from the fact that the indigenous civilization located there is still alive, it shouldn't be a big problem.

Extracting data from past battle reports and calculating probabilities, the results are relatively stable.But... is it because of the body? The AI ​​always felt that the beating of the heart in the chest was a little uncomfortable.

so what?The probabilities calculated by yourself will not lie.

The AI ​​suppressed the sense of anxiety that was extremely foreign to it, set a destination, and set off.

The starship officially entered the hyperspace channel, and the alarm buzzed louder. The AI ​​ignored it, and regarded the successive sirens as pleasant and soothing music, and carefully relaxed the strange body, and began to think about what kind of name it should have.

At the same time, he also shifted his gaze to the surveillance to see what the people on the starship were doing.

Ai Shanshan was actually walking slowly towards the clerk of Gongrong Insurance.

……

In the well-insulated reception room, the clerk and several of his partners barely survived.The sound of the upper layers of the starship cracking and the status quo they couldn't grasp made them even more frightened.

Therefore, Ai Shanshan's visit was a pleasant surprise for the clerk.

Clean up your emotions and hide your anxiety.The clerk finally dressed himself up with ease, opened the cabin door, and greeted the Kraken:
"Welcome, Ms. Ai. What brought you here? If you want to seek insurance services, you have found the right person. Don't worry about updating and changing the terms of service after joining the network with Dilian. The general template here is fine. Even if the galaxy is destroyed, it's still the same content...Ma'am, you don't look very well."

Ai Shanshan raised his eyes: "You are an insurance salesman, right?"

"It's one of my businesses..."

"Then you should be very good at deceiving people, right?" The siren sat down, his tone that appeared to be dispirited was actually aggressive.

The clerk's Huaguduo twitched: "Why? All my words are based on sincerity. The insurance business is the future of the customer, the entrustment of life, and the pursuit of win-win and cooperation is the only purpose..."

"Yes! That's it!" Ai Shanshan clapped his hands: "I want to hear someone come and lie to me. After thinking about it, you are the only ones left on this starship."

Hua Guduo turned her one-eyed eyes: "What trouble did Ms. Ai encounter? As an employee of Gongrong Insurance, I also have a little knowledge of psychology."

The siren sat down and wrung his fingers: "I have a friend who was born in a slightly special place. The ocean currents have been raging for years, and people meet each other by chance. When the time is right, they see each other again." Just... that's it, having children is to send them to a place where there is no vortex in the center of the ocean currents, put them together, and raise all the children together with their clansmen."

"Wait a few years, when the time is almost the same, leave the vortex and continue to float in the ocean current."

The clerk said in a deep voice, "It's a very special social form."

"Well, so for Sea-Monster, I...my friend can't imagine that someone can stay together for a long time, and in the end, they must leave without saying goodbye."

"My friend's parents are also like this. They have never met, and they don't need to meet. She herself grew up in Dilian's collective sports nursery. Later, she even became bored with Dilian, who has the kindness of nurturing. Run to the frontier planet to hide alone."

"What's bothering your friend right now?"

"She's now meeting two people, having fun with them, and occasionally having deeper thoughts..."

The sea monster inhaled: "She cherishes the happiness now, so when she thinks of the disgust that will come in the future, she will be afraid, and the more she thinks about it, the more afraid she will be. When she thinks that the present self and the self that will become bored in the future are actually the same person, I'd be terrified to throw up."

The clerk tilted his head, and a few beautiful and flawless scenes were already on his lips, but, was it because the joy of the rest of his life made him not want to work at all?The pretentious and gorgeous tone collapsed, and he actually sighed, and the posture of sitting upright collapsed completely:
"I kind of hear it. Your friend is probably afraid of the promise of 'marriage', right?"

"Huh? I...she didn't think so far at all."

"It's not bad, but I'm afraid of promises anyway," the clerk chuckled, "Hey, I'll tell you some common sense. There are very few races in this galaxy that can 'stay together', and all of them are self-serving. Like Siren Those who like to 'leave without saying goodbye' are the majority who like to show their temperament."

"Huh? Why?"

"What do you think so-called marriage is? Is it the crystallization of love? Is it a sacred promise? It's ridiculous," the clerk shrugged. It's just a contract!"

Hua Guduo shook her head and pointed to her arm: "Let's talk about blood first. Before the birth of civilization, all flesh and blood creatures were slaves of genes. After the birth of civilization, blood is also the most recognized method by living beings to distinguish friend from foe."

"Take human beings as an example. Why do most societies start out as matriarchal societies? Because only mothers can 100% confirm which children are their own blood, and the most fertile mothers have the strongest power through blood."

"Later, why did some societies evolve into polygamy in patrilineal societies? It is because the number of females of those races can have children at one time is limited, and secondly, as long as a male can find enough females, the number of bloodlines he can spread is even greater. many!"

Ai Shanshan was stunned, the clerk in her eyes was a low-level sociology lover showing off his knowledge.

"There is also nomadic civilization," the clerk continued to lament the words he didn't know were correct or not:
"Nomadic civilization attaches great importance to the chastity of married women, but women within the ethnic group can marry their husband's father and brothers after their husbands die, and they are even popular. Why? Isn't it to ensure the purity of the bloodline? It's just nomadic The width of blood recognized by civilization is just wider."

"As for marriage mixed with property? Hey, hahaha," the clerk shook his head, his voice a little sad: "I think property is a sign of slavery. Marriage enslaves each other through property, and financial derivatives such as property are more Yes. Marriage enslaves your body, your energy. Finance enslaves your mind, your future."

"And... Is enslavement through numbers, traditions, institutions, and virtuality really more advanced than enslavement with whips? The sad thing is that most creatures need this kind of enslavement. Enslavement will bring pain and guarantee survival. In order to survive, most living things will be willing to eat whatever it takes."

"As for who is the ultimate beneficiary? Probably, there are only genes passed down in our bodies."

"So, sometimes the natives who have never seen the world will feel instinctive fear and nausea of ​​unfamiliar ethical forms, but they don't know that such weird ethics are the solution to ensure blood inheritance and their own survival in that environment. It may not be the best, but It must work,"

The clerk shook his head: "We can blame anything, we can accuse certain indigenous people of being stupid and ignorant of development, we can accuse them of being ugly, but alone, we should not blame survival itself, nor should we blame all the things we have done to ensure survival. A system of experimentation and formation. Big brother doesn’t laugh at second brother, we are all slaves of genes.”

"And it's just like when a creature reproduces, it will gain pleasure or relieve pain," the clerk took a breath: "You will feel that the right person smells good, and you will subconsciously ignore all his shortcomings. This happiness in getting along is bestowed by genes. Our most precious dessert."

Ai Shanshan finally shook his head: "Mr. Clerk, do you like digressing while chatting?"

"The sea monster was born on an ocean planet, and he was born without the shackles of being enslaved. Similarly, he has never tasted the dessert bestowed by genes, right?" He smiled: "Sorry, what I want to say is that you, as a star sea The sea-monster hybrid of the era is nothing more than lucky."

"You can choose unfettered freedom on the sea monster side, or you can choose the human side to stay together for precious desserts, it all depends on the situation. Most of the time you don't have to worry about survival, all the ethics in the world are Creatures who don't have to worry about survival in the Star Sea Age should not be restrained,"

"It's even possible... You want it all. You have a flexible bottom line, and you can put someone and your heart together in the applause, isn't it good?"

Ai Shanshan was stunned.

"It's arrogance to be completely yourself, but to go completely with the flow is also to challenge everything about yourself,"

The clerk shrugged: "Remember, be flexible, you must be flexible. Here I recommend the marriage insurance launched by our company. If the relationship breaks down, you can also get a lot of compensation..."

The sea monster curled her lips in disdain, feeling that the clerk in front of her was full of nonsense and was really wasting her expression.

(End of this chapter)