Blessings to the beautiful stars

Chapter 67 Selfishness
"What is this?"

Zuo Wu was shocked by this projection, looked around it several times, and finally confirmed that these two faces really belonged to his acquaintances.

Especially the one foot belonging to the woman was exactly the same as the one that Zuo Wu had observed closely, even some tiny details were the same.

Officer Duanmu just rubbed his hands expectantly: "I don't know, I'm waiting for you to tell me."

Zuo Wu pursed his lips and thought for a moment before opening his mouth: "...You said that this projection is also the embodiment of a certain civilization's belief?"

"It doesn't have to be a certain civilization, as long as the emotion or will is strong, even an individual can reflect the projection of thought in the Pantheon," the crystal man shrugged:

"The strange thing is that the details of this projection are so complete that it can only be possessed by civilizations with ancient inheritance and rigorous logic. But if so, why did it appear only recently? And this male face... I It always feels a little familiar."

Zuo Wu pouted, Dutzi had already reported the situation, and it should be very easy to verify Bai Aisi's identity.However, it doesn't really matter whether Chief Duanmu knows Bai Aisi or not.

The three looked at each other for a moment, and it was Zuo Wu who said, "Sorry, we don't have any clue."

Officer Duanmu has no face, so no expression can be seen on him.It's just that his tone is still hearty: "Really, why don't you listen to my thoughts?"

Without waiting for the others to respond, he continued on his own: "The trajectory of this projection is very interesting. The belief it represents first appeared in the galaxy of the tentative industrial planet 2212, and it only lasted for about 45 seconds before completely disappearing. , presumably because of the death of all its first believers.”

"But then, the interesting thing came. After you visited the Yinggesuo galaxy, the projection of this belief suddenly blossomed everywhere. There is a little bit here, and a little bit there, and the densest place is actually in this galaxy, in the middle of the noisy stars. there!"

"There is a little overlap with the trajectory of your actions, do you think this is a coincidence?"

Zuo Wu grinned: "Perhaps someone escaped from the industrial planet."

"But calculated in this way, the number of people who have this belief is several times more than the total population of the industrial planets in the past." The crystal man shook his head.

"Faith can spread," Zuo Wu blinked. "Speaking of which, this is the Hall of Gods, so is there a main god you believe in in the Hall of Spiritual Energy, who occupies the highest position here?"

This is a blunt diversion, but Chief Duanmu seems to be very interested in it:
"No, no, the main god we believe in? Believe in? We study people's hearts, we play with people's hearts, we make this temple and the phantom of the gods, just to put people's hearts in a bag that can be easily restricted and influenced," said the current in the crystal body Blink a few times:

"We believe in materialism, and matter determines consciousness. We know that the appearance of these so-called gods is based on the psionic network formed by the satellites floating in the sky of these civilizations, and the images are drawn through the most rigorous analysis methods;"

"So, why do we put ourselves in this sad bag of faith? It's not the fools of the Mecha Corps. It seems that their mechas have adopted too much lost technology. It's so ridiculous to say something like 'the soul of the machine is not happy', as if treating the mecha like a wife can reduce the failure rate!"

……

Chief Duanmu insisted on stuffing Zuo Wu and the others with relevant intelligence information, and sent them away. At this time, he was sitting alone in the office, thinking alone.

Speaking of being alone, if someone gets close to his face, he will find that the current in his crystal skull is divided into several strands, entangled with each other, as if he is arguing fiercely with himself:
"Why are you so cautious? I've already noticed the problem, so I'll give it a try with mind-reading memory, isn't it all right?!" This was a passionate voice.

"There are rumors that the top executives of the Imperial Union have been vacated and replaced by birds and are no longer human beings, but on the contrary, the racist trend of thinking that pursues pure-blooded humans is quietly recovering. Many experts in my Psychic Hall are studying this phenomenon, but No way." The voice that answered the words was a bit old-fashioned:

"Nowadays, a real pure-blooded human suddenly appears, especially at the node where the long-denied 'Return to Earth' plan is being brought out again. I really want to read their hearts. If I really read something, even I may What about the issue of being silenced?"

"Then why do you still contact them? Take out an apartment, offer them up, and then just show respect from a distance, can't you?"

The crystal man murmured: "Because I have to rule out the possibility that this is a manipulation by the machine pilots. Besides, I didn't do anything. I just cast a little bait casually, maybe nothing can be caught, maybe it will lead to some interesting things. matter."

"...You have been fighting with the Mech Pilot Group for most of your life, and you already know that you have achieved nothing. Why do you continue to fight because of the fearless route?" The passionate voice was full of puzzlement.

Psychic power, machinery, and even genes should complement each other, and they should never be in the dark because of the route dispute and the question of who is the master and who is the assistant.

"Achieve nothing? Indeed, but I also sat in this position." The crystal body gradually dimmed:

"Everyone knows that unity is strength, but... some things can't be changed if you want to. After studying the mind for so long, we know how difficult it is to achieve unity in the land of the Imperial Union."

"Whoever gives up fighting and wants to do something practical will be caught by others and kicked into the abyss. Even former allies will be thrown into trouble, because those who give up fighting cannot bring matching benefits."

"However, don't think that this is a bad root. On the contrary, I think the human heart that pursues self-interest is a wonderful thing; if laziness promotes social progress, then selfishness is the root of social progress. From the public ownership of primitive society developed Private ownership has developed from the abdication of the tribe to the family of the emperor; selfishness has brought the original power to this world."

"Also, we have to be selfish, because selfishness makes us individual individuals, not those disgusting bee swarms."

"As for why there are heroes who put their selfish interests aside and dedicate their lives to others? This is because selfishness has accumulated to a certain limit and sublimated, and the family, the collective, the reputation, and others are regarded as things that they must care about. Bar,"

"Even if the descendants have almost no blood relationship with you after six generations, even if the reputation after death is worthless to you, even if other people are actually strangers to you, the hero still has to plan and consider... Such a beautiful greed and selfishness."

"Yes, there is a difference between high and low selfishness, but in today's galaxy there is no right or wrong. Only the final victors and survivors are qualified to judge this history."

"So, if the little AI's report is true, it comes from a civilization suppressed millions of years ago. Whether the Imperial Union and the entire galaxy are united or split due to struggles is irreproachable. Everyone is selfish and no one can Ask others not to be selfish, let others not stick to selfish ideals, and not rely on selfishness to accumulate their own strength."

"Therefore, I must continue to fight with the machine pilot group. This is the most correct thing in my opinion!"

(End of this chapter)