blackstone code

Chapter 3130

For intelligent creatures, especially humans, exploring an unfamiliar civilization is like observing ants in an ant box, full of curiosity and anticipation.

If they were observing a real ant, they would definitely feel happy, fun and interesting.

As actual material controllers with a "God's perspective", they have the power to decide the fate of the ants in the ant box.

They can throw some food to the ants, watch them work hard to transport the food, which far exceeds their body weight, back to the ant nest through cooperation, and then they may have some feelings that "unity is strength".

It is also possible that they will throw in some new ants, watch the two groups of ants fighting each other, and sigh at the cruelty of how life can easily wither like ants.

If you really don't know what to do, boiling water or urine are also good options. Of course, after choosing the latter, the ant box must not be used without a thorough clean.

All the pleasure that humans experience when observing ant civilization actually comes from "control". They can control everything about ants, including their lives.

But when people observe a civilization that surpasses their own, it is not so fun.

Only fear remains!
Various spectacular buildings can be seen everywhere on the Octopus Planet, and there are even relatively primitive horse-drawn carriages on the wide roads, but the carriages are pulled by another kind of creature, not horses.

Judging from the behavior of these "horses", they are most likely another kind of intelligent creature that was enslaved and eventually became an inferior race, doing things that were originally done by livestock.

If there is anything in this vast world that humans are familiar with, it may be "class", which is the only thing they can find and that also exists in human society.

Occasionally, there would be some poorly dressed, homeless-looking octopus monsters squatting on the roadside, and some people passing by would give them some shiny little stones.

"Is this your currency?" the host asked promptly.

The commander nodded. "Essence is a mineral that has a very special radioactive energy source that can be converted into usable energy through special instruments. It is a commonly used currency in our society."

"I… can't quite describe its value. It's about the price of a meal for a small piece." It stretched out its hand and made a gesture that would drive a certain race crazy.

The host was a little curious, "I noticed that there are a lot of golden statues on your planet. Don't you use gold?"

The commander shook his head. "Gold is a very precious metal. In fact, it is precious throughout the universe."

“Its function is not to stabilize the value of an item, but to represent infinite possibilities and infinite tolerance.”

The host had no idea what this meant and could only nod his head to try not to look stupid.

The scene continued. Because I had permission, after taking a quick look at the entire city, I entered into a person's daily life from a first-person perspective.

Following the captain's perspective, people begin to feel a day in the life of an ordinary privileged class.

In the morning, get out of bed and eat some strange food with some bones in it.

When the captain eats bones, he will bite them into pieces and swallow them directly. The octopus monster's beak has evolved to a high level during the evolution process and can easily bite bones or stones. Moreover, bones contain important elements they need, such as calcium.

Calcium allows soft-bodied creatures like octopuses to walk upright. If they lack calcium supplements, they will suffer from various diseases.

The most common are degenerative diseases and osteomalacia.

Degenerative diseases are not true degeneration, but rather changes in their external appearance. They will become unable to walk upright and can only crawl on the ground using their tentacles like native octopuses.

Rickets has existed for a long time. If calcium is not supplemented sufficiently, the patient will be prone to falling, multiple limb weakness, inability to throw, etc.

Compared with degenerative diseases, rickets is easier to solve. All you have to do is eat more bones.

The octopus's digestive organs secrete a special enzyme that can better break down calcium and turn these bones into nutrient solution that can be absorbed by the intestines.

Therefore, the stronger the octopus is, the higher its daily bone demand is.

And this is precisely the most troublesome problem for them in the past few months, as they have few bones left.

When conquering other civilizations, they can directly use local materials and chew up the main enemy species of other civilizations as food, so there is no need to waste space to carry too many supplies.

But this time, they encountered an enemy they had never seen before, a mechanical creation.

After breaking a few permanent beaks, they gave up the idea of ​​chewing the metal bars, which also contained no calcium.

Once a large-scale outbreak of rickets occurs among the soldiers, there is no need to defeat them; they will destroy themselves.

After breakfast, the captain said goodbye to his wife and drove back to work.

It is called a car, but it is actually a small flying vehicle. People like it very much, especially men.

Flying a spaceship across the surface of the earth is always a childish and passionate dream in a man's heart!
People saw the airport where dozens of huge warships were parked, saw the densely packed ships traveling on the star rings, and saw countless soldiers in training.

Although there is no blood or violence in the picture, almost every second and every frame is filled with everything that a modern civilized society should have, but people still feel that uneasiness.

Such a large army and such a large number of soldiers are certainly not used to help other cosmic neighbors achieve common prosperity.

Apart from invasion and war, people can't think of any reason why so many weapons of war are needed.

The captain spent the entire day arranging daily work on his warship, mainly asking the soldiers to wipe the deck and conduct daily military training.

For example, using energy cannons for target shooting training, as well as confrontation training for soldiers and officers.

Aurora cut out some scenes and did not play them out. In the process of reading the captain's memory, Lynch discovered that they also knew some simple ways to use cosmic energy.

Strengthen yourself and use cold weapons to fight. In certain environments, the effect is much better than using hot weapons!
The Earth is still in its infancy now, and premature exposure to things related to octopus monsters may lead to some wrong directions, so Lynch did not let Aurora play it.

As the day's work ended, the captain returned home. After dinner, he and his wife lay in an egg-shaped hanging basket and watched TV together.

Aurora spent more than three minutes on this scene, because this is also something that humans are most familiar with, curling up on the sofa, eating junk food and watching junk TV series.

This allows humans to find a commonality among octopus monsters, and this commonality is the bridge for humans to better accept these octopus monsters.

And everyone found it very interesting, especially the performance by a large group of octopus monsters that humans could not distinguish at all. People could only tell that these octopus monsters were not human by their clothes, but it was almost impossible to tell them by their faces!
In fact, the octopus monster also thinks so. Although every human face has subtle differences, they cannot tell them apart at all. They can only rely on clothing and that kind of... aura to distinguish them.

Everyone who watches the show, through learning about the daily life of the octopus monster, has their own opinions about this race and even this civilization.

Although it is just a captain's day, it is actually a microcosm of a society and civilization.

They are actively preparing for war every day, and their attitude towards other intelligent races casts a shadow on people's minds when they linger outside those exquisite and magnificent buildings.

The communication between the host and the commander in the program also allowed people to see the general appearance of the octopus monster civilization.

The unity of orthogonality, the struggle between imperial power and divine authority, the struggle between nobles, they are just like those things that have happened and are still happening in human history, there is no difference at all.

Power, wealth, whether human or octopus, they are all fighting to the death over these most fundamental desires.

In the second half, when the host talked about "attitudes toward other civilizations," one could feel that the atmosphere had become noticeably heavier.

After thinking for a moment, the commander replied very solemnly, "All weak civilizations will be enslaved and destroyed. This is a rule and a truth in the universe."

"Even if a civilization more powerful than ours emerges one day in the future, we will be enslaved and destroyed."

“The universe and civilization are always rising in a spiral cone. When it reaches the top, there will only be one place left for one civilization.”

"Although the entire universe seems peaceful now, with the help of the gods, a new round of cosmic war has begun to break out."

"All the major civilizations are clearing out the lower-level civilizations around them. Then we will selectively launch wars and explore the deeper universe."

"Perhaps in this process, in the process of exploration, we will discover a more powerful civilization. When that happens, it may be the moment of our demise."

"No one can explain this kind of thing clearly, but we all know that the entire universe can only accommodate one civilization in the end!"

“War is a fact that can never be circumvented or avoided.”

"Even if we temporarily end the war today, the war will still break out tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or even later."

"No one can escape this result. If you don't want to become dust in the universe, then you'd better become a civilization standing at the top!"

(End of this chapter)