A Colossus rushes in at the start

Chapter 234's research methods are too convoluted.

"Why are you asking me this kind of question?"

Lu Shang asked strangely because the Lupu people had come to him for help from the swarm's mastermind, Rabi, due to the collective abnormality of the Lupu people.

The bee colony has managed to stabilize the current situation of the Lupu civilization with its technological prowess, but it has no clue how to fundamentally and completely resolve the issue.

Rabbi and the other masterminds responsible for researching bio-psychic energy couldn't understand why the cloned Lupuan brain exhibited stronger psychic energy than the original.

The Lupu people cannot be extinct; they are very important to the bee colony.

It's not because they are satellite civilizations of the swarm, but because they seem to have intricate connections with the Guiyi Civilization. The Lupu civilization is a very important clue in investigating the Guiyi Civilization, so it cannot be destroyed—at least not before the Guiyi Civilization issue is resolved.

The bee swarms responsible for the civilization's breeding farms on the rabbi's side are already considering whether to imprison the entire Lupu civilization in a frozen cycle of reincarnation.

When Lu Shang asked him questions, Rabbi frankly explained, "Because you're so smart, Lu Shang, your thinking has played a huge role in the fact that the swarm's psionic technology has developed to this level."

"Don't flatter me, that won't work on me." Lu Shang rolled his eyes in annoyance.

Although he knew that bee colonies were not as complex as humans, praising him so highly at once would make Lu Shang feel embarrassed if he were equally clueless about the Lupu people's problems.

Through the swarm network, Lu Shang read the abnormal information about the Lupu civilization sent by Rabbi during this period, as well as the experimental data conducted by microorganisms by replicating the Lupu brain.

"It's obvious that some unknown factor is causing the Lupu people's psychic energy level to keep increasing..." Lu Shang affirmed. If there weren't unknown factors constantly interfering with and influencing the Lupu people's brains, this series of events wouldn't have occurred.

"This is a conclusion that has already been drawn," the rabbi interrupted.

Lu Shang said impatiently, "Shut up, let me finish what I have to say."

"oh."

Continuing from where he left off, Lu Shang said, "The unknown factor is the core of the problem. As long as we find out the unknown factor that caused all of this, we can find out the reason for the Lupu people's abnormality."

"Of course, if it were that easy to discover this unknown factor, you wouldn't have contacted me specifically to ask for my opinion, Rabbi."

"My view is that the general direction of looking for unknown factors is correct, but the method of searching is more convoluted. The unknown factors are likely things that the existing observation technology of bee colonies cannot observe."

"tortuous?"

Rabi was puzzled. It could understand what Lu Shang meant, but it couldn't imagine what kind of method Lu Shang was referring to as the "more circuitous method".

It's important to understand that unknown factors are likely things that bee colonies cannot observe using the current observation techniques available to them.

Lu Shang replied, "Yes, since we don't know the exact nature of the unknown factors, we can use the elimination method based on the existing data to first define a range, and then gradually narrow down this range."

"How do I define a range?" the rabbi asked, puzzled.

Lu Shang replied, "For example, the experimental results of microscopic organisms show that the cloned brain has stronger spiritual energy than the original brain. This means that the unknown factor itself does not have intelligence, or does not have intelligence at the level of intelligent beings. That's why it chose to enhance the spiritual energy of the clone, resulting in the clone having stronger spiritual energy than the original."

This conveys two messages.

"The first piece of information is that the unknown factors that caused the abnormality of the Lupu civilization did not involve the subjective initiative of intelligent beings. Therefore, it can be further deduced that there was no unseen civilization of some bee colony controlling this matter."

"The second piece of information is that the unknown factor is unlikely to have the ability to attack the bee colony. Both attack and defense are subjective and proactive behaviors. If the unknown factor does not have subjective and proactive behavior, then it is impossible for it to act as an enemy of the bee colony and actively attack the bee colony."

Rabbi thought about it and realized that it was indeed the case. His thoughts, which had been in turmoil due to the various anomalies on the Lupu civilization's side, finally became much clearer.

"That makes sense. So, unknown factors pose no threat to the bee colony?" the rabbi asked.

Lu Shang shook his head: "No, this is just a judgment based on the information we have so far. New discoveries could overturn the existing judgment. Moreover, even without an attack, any accident could cause incalculable damage to the bee colony. This is not impossible."

"Therefore, we must remain vigilant and find the cause as soon as possible."

"Understood, we will hurry up," the rabbi said solemnly.

"I'm waiting for your good news."

……

"The process of elimination... the process of elimination..."

Rabbi, who had disconnected from Lu Shang, muttered to himself as he pondered.

"Yes! That's a good idea! I understand!"

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck it, and it immediately gave instructions to the bee swarms in the civilized breeding farm.

"Randomly select a psionic individual from the Lupu civilization and imprison them in a frozen cycle of reincarnation."

"This time, we'll use the process of elimination to find the cause!"

Following the rabbi's orders, groups of planetary creatures sprang into action.

Lu Shang had no idea what Rabi was doing after losing contact with him, nor did he have the energy to observe the situation over there through the swarm network; he was busy enough with things to do right now.

Within the spatial folds of the artificial universe, there was a vast amount of information left behind by the Unity Civilization, and it took the bee swarm about a week to read it.

Of all this information, what Lu Shang was most concerned about, besides the information left to the bee colony, was the method by which the Guiyi Civilization attempted to be reborn after its destruction. One of these methods was to use the remnants left behind after the destruction of its own civilization to induce a low-tech civilization to be reborn, similar to a rebirth through borrowing a shell.

This made Lu Shang think of the Lupu civilization, which was suffering greatly.

Strangely, according to the Unity Civilization, this kind of rebirth through possession is painless, and there will be no collective hallucinations, auditory hallucinations, or a series of abnormal symptoms. Just like a child growing into an adult, the person growing in this process will not feel uncomfortable, but will feel that everything should be so, and that it is a natural process.

In addition, there is the data rebirth method, which completely digitizes all the information of a civilization, compiles it into a pattern similar to a QR code, and then finds a very sturdy object to leave the pattern on. After the civilization is destroyed, if other advanced civilizations see the civilization pattern on the ruins and are interested in reviving the unified civilization, the unified civilization can complete its rebirth after destruction.

In addition, infection and regeneration methods, induced pregnancy methods, probability intervention methods, etc.

(End of this chapter)