Bai Xinghe narrowed his eyes and quietly felt the vast river of stars slowly flowing past him.
Li Yao also saw a particle of light representing "Heavenly Tribulation" flash past his cheek.
Bai Xinghe slowly opened his eyes, and his voice was extremely old and clumsy: "Imagine that now the two of us are Liu Jixing, a catastrophe expert from 10,000 years ago, and finally built an underground observatory.
Through the processing of three hundred super crystal brains, After repeated deductions, we deduced the real sea of stars, and for the first time we could clearly see so many catastrophes flying around above our heads..."
"And then, what do we think?"
"What is the truth about the Heavenly Tribulation?
Where do they come from and where are they going?"
Li Yaodao: "The universe is vast, and of course there is more than one powerful civilization like ours.
Since we humans have all thought about weaponizing the catastrophe, it is very likely that the catastrophe is a weapon launched by a powerful civilization with the purpose of destroying or eroding other civilizations."
A civilization.”
This is the hypothesis deduced by Li Yao and Xiong Wuji on Tieyuan Planet.
Bai Xinghe was startled again, stared at Li Yao meaningfully, and sighed: "Little friend Li Yao, you are more and more surprising to me.
I didn't expect that in today's world of cultivation, there is such an outstanding person as you." young people."
"Yes, after seeing the horror of the natural disaster, it is natural to regard the natural disaster as a weapon launched by another civilization."
"However, many worlds that have suffered from natural disasters have very low levels of civilization and do not pose much of a threat to other worlds, just like the Flying Star World five thousand years ago."
"Why are these vast worlds without any threat being attacked by heavenly tribulations?"
"Why are there so many catastrophes roaming the entire star sea?
Is it a cosmic war involving hundreds of civilizations?"
"What is the mentality of the civilization that initiated these catastrophes?"
Li Yao thought deeply for a moment and shook his head honestly: "I don't know.
Bai Xinghe sighed and said: "Willow Thorn Star is truly one of the most outstanding figures in the Star Sea Empire era ten thousand years ago.
If human civilization still exists after hundreds of millions of years, the 'Emperor' may be forgotten, but Will definitely remember Willow Thorn Star!”
"Ten thousand years ago, Willow Thorn Star was sitting in the Thorn Star Studio, under this vast galaxy.
After thinking hard for several years, he finally deduced two and a half crucial laws!"
Li Yao raised his eyebrows: "Two and a half?"
Bai Xinghe ignored him and stretched out a finger: "First, the resources in the universe are limited."
Li Yao was stunned.
I almost laughed out loud, what kind of rule is this?
It is obviously a fact that everyone knows!
The ancient world of cultivation 40,000 years ago finally collapsed because the resources of the three thousand worlds were almost exhausted.
The major sects fought with each other for resources and even created monsters like the "Monster Clan".
Although they all say that "the sea of stars is boundless," no one can say whether the universe has boundaries or not.
What's more, even if the universe is boundless, there are only so many resources that humans can control and utilize.
Always limited.
So, this is a correct nonsense!
Bai Xinghe seemed to anticipate his reaction, and quickly stretched out a second finger and said: "Second, the chain of suspicion exists in the entire universe and in all civilizations."
Li Yao frowned: "What is the chain of suspicion?"
Bai Xinghe said: "Recall the several confrontations we just had, that was a chain of suspicion."
"Li Yao, since you killed the only son of Feng Yuzhong, and now you are facing the threat of immortal cultivators, theoretically speaking, you should join forces with me, but why are you so scheming and calculating all the way, and want to fight me at any time?
" "nonsense!"
Li Yaodao.
"Even if I want to join forces with you, who knows if you will stab me at any time!"
Bai Xinghe smiled, nodded and said, "Yes, for me, the situation is the same."
"Of course I know that the best choice is for everyone to work together now.
But who knows your real purpose?
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Who knows whether you will suddenly turn against me and stab me for some reason that I don't know?"
"Look, you don't want to kill me, but you are afraid that I want to kill you, so you have to make plans to kill me at any time."
"I may not want to kill you, but I'm also afraid that you want to kill me, and I'm even more afraid that you think I want to kill you, so you can only kill me first, so I can only kill me first before you strike first.
Strike first to gain the upper hand!”
"This is the chain of suspicion.
It's a bit difficult to explain, isn't it?"
"Now, let's break the chain of suspicion, trust each other completely, work together, and fight against the immortal cultivators.
I can make a blood oath to never kill you.
Do you believe it or not?"
Li Yao shook his head and said firmly: "I don't believe it!"
Before he finished speaking, he realized the horror of the "chain of suspicion".
Bai Xinghe nodded with satisfaction: "That's right.
If you don't believe me, I don't believe you either.
Even if you swear ten heart demon blood oaths, I still won't believe you!
Our relationship depends entirely on the 'balance of terror' maintain.”
"remember!"
"We belong to the same race, can communicate without any barriers, have the same thinking patterns and emotions, and we also face the threat of the same enemy.
Here, we also have very rich resources, crystals, magic weapons, There are plenty of medicines.”
"In this case, there is still such a chain of suspicion between us that cannot be broken!"
"What if we remove all these favorable conditions?"
"If we don't have the great enemy of immortal cultivators to divert conflicts; if the resources around us are about to be exhausted, and there is only the last bottle of high-energy nutrient left; if we belong to different races and cannot understand each other, just like" Without warning, Bai Xinghe suddenly changed and turned into a large lizard standing upright.
The thick and lumpy skin was covered with pustules.
Putrid juice was dripping from between the folds.
He let out a "hissing" scream from his mouth.
Bare your teeth and claws at Li Yao!
Even though he knew it was Bai Xinghe's illusion, Li Yao couldn't help but jump up and unsheathed the Chasing Dragon Feather Sword again!
As soon as the sword was unsheathed, his eyes blurred.
Bai Xinghe still sat cross-legged and looked at him calmly.
Li Yao's heart beat like a drum and he was sweating profusely.
It was the first time he knew that Bai Xinghe's mental attacks were so powerful.
He gritted his teeth and said, "What are you doing?"
Bai Xinghe said lightly: "Just now, I transformed into a very kind alien race in the starry sky, with a very friendly attitude.
I would like to express my highest respect to you."
Li Yao couldn't help but want to yell.
He looked like a human being and a ghost.
How could he be so kind?
After a moment, he understood what Bai Xinghe meant.
Different civilizations.
They originated from different planets and evolved different appearances under different environments.
Human concepts of beauty and ugliness cannot be used to distinguish the good and evil of another civilization.
"Bai Xinghe and I are both human beings.
We have the same enemy and almost unlimited resources.
We still distrust each other and are on guard against each other.
If there is any slight change, we will kill each other!"
"If different civilizations have completely different forms of survival and communication methods, and meet in a star sea with limited resources, there will be an unbreakable chain of suspicion between each other.
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I don't know if the other party wants to kill me..."
Li Yao didn't dare to think about it anymore.
Bai Xinghe said solemnly: "Now you understand, the resources in the universe are limited, and there will always be chains of suspicion between different civilizations.
Under the deduction of these two laws, the appearance of the entire universe will be There is only one outcome."
"Willowthorn Star used a very vivid metaphor to describe his speculation."
"The universe is like a dark forest.
Every civilization is a hunter lurking in the depths of darkness.
They must be careful and not make a sound, because in the deeper darkness, there are countless hunters watching eagerly, waiting for their traces to be exposed."
"No matter what kind of alien race is discovered, it should be dealt with fatally as soon as possible.
Because of the existence of the chain of suspicion, no one can sincerely cooperate with another completely different civilization, even if it happens occasionally because of the 'balance of terror' or something like that.
Means, the two civilizations temporarily cooperate, but this fragile balance is always easy to break."
Li Yao was silent.
The first terrifying balance between him and Bai Xinghe was broken in just an instant.
No, from the very beginning, the first Balance of Terror was a trap set by Bai Xinghe.
Now, although the two sides have reached a second balance of terror, who knows how long it can last?
"The dark forest theory has a loophole."
Li Yao thought for a long time and suddenly said, "Civilizations don't necessarily have to fight to the death as soon as they find out!"
"Is it possible that a higher civilization discovered a lower civilization that would never pose any threat to them?"
"So, is it possible for advanced civilizations to treat such low-level civilizations as slaves, pets, cannon fodder, etc.?"
Bai Xinghe said: "Maybe, this involves the last half of the law proposed by Willow Thorn Star, the 'Law of Destiny's Son'."
Li Yao was surprised: "The law of the Son of Destiny?
What is this?
Why is it called 'half'?"
Bai Xinghe said: "The dark forest theory can basically explain the existence of major catastrophes, but it is a bit reluctant to explain small catastrophes."
When Li Yao thought about it, it seemed like the same thing.
There are two types of catastrophes.
The one that happened in the Feixing Realm five thousand years ago and could destroy a planet or even a whole world was called a great catastrophe.
Throughout the history of human civilization, the probability of a great catastrophe occurring is extremely low.
There are only two or three historical records recorded, and most of them are confused with myths and legends, which may not all be true.
There are even more small catastrophes that specifically target individuals than major catastrophes.
There are so many of them.
After reaching the Nascent Soul realm, many cultivators who entered the stage of becoming gods have encountered minor catastrophes.
In fact, in the ancient era of cultivation 40,000 years ago, most cultivators were not aware of the existence of "big tribulations" at all.
They only knew of one kind of tribulation, which was the "small tribulation" targeting individuals!
If the big catastrophe that destroys the planet is an attack from another civilization, what are the small catastrophes?
It’s not like there’s a civilization that’s so boring.
It’s full of food, and across the vast galaxy, it blasts out a catastrophe specifically to kill someone, right?
—— Chapter 4 is delivered today!
One thing needs to be stated solemnly.
Although many book friends have already seen it, there must be many book friends who may not know that the "dark forest" theory and the "suspicious chain" are not original to Lao Niu, but to the science fiction novelist Liu Cixin, whom Lao Niu admires very much, in " A concept proposed in the Three-Body Problem trilogy.
Used here to express Lao Niu’s respect for teacher Liu Cixin, and please all book friends to know.
The magnificent sea of stars has finally unfolded, and the subsequent battles will be even more exciting.
I hope everyone will continue to support us!