The moon tree, which had shrunk countless times, stretched out its shining branches. Below, Lin Tuo was sitting on this side of the stone table, and he heard Governor Ueno speak in an illusory voice.
She speaks from the distant ages of the empire.
In her description, "Empire" was born a long, long time ago. At the beginning of its birth, it is no different from the extremely rare life planets in the vast universe.
Human beings likewise emerged from the beasts, evolved gradually, spent many years, and finally established the initial civilization on the primitive planet, and then evolved.
However, unlike the Earth, the stars of the Empire’s native galaxies are somewhat special. The light and heat it releases helped the early imperial people find some evolutionary abilities.
Thus, in a long period of time, I have explored the practice system of awakening my spirituality through meditation, breathing, and thus ingesting ether.
Originally, those early evolvers expected to be able to get rid of the limitation of life in this way and realize the detachment of life, but soon they discovered that this expectation was unrealistic.
On the one hand, the short life span of human beings presupposes the ceiling of spiritual practice.
On the other hand, with the prosperity of civilization, the occasional invasion of the spirit world has also made mankind aware of the enemies hidden on the other side of the world.
Fortunately, despite some disasters, the civilization created by the empires still grew up unstoppably, and after no hope of practicing, they turned to building tools and tried to explore and study the truth of the world in which they lived.
It is in this process that a complete set of understandings about the world's basic structure such as the spiritual world, ether, and spirituality, as well as related theories, are applied.
"The understanding of the spiritual world and the mastery of power became an opportunity for the then imperial civilization to leap forward.
Therefore, for a long period of time, human cognition of the world and the use of energy have entered a stage of rapid growth.
The whole people have evolved, the physique and life span of human beings have increased, and machines that imitate'extraordinary items' have begun to appear, and have even nurtured intelligence comparable to human wisdom...
The use of ether energy weapons helped the imperial people to take the lead in solving the spiritual invasion that haunted the entire history of civilization development, so that they would no longer be subject to external aggression.
The emergence of spiritual transition technology has greatly broadened the pace of development, and human beings have finally got rid of the limitations of the planet of birth and can carry out long-distance navigation..."
"It is even possible to mine some other voluntary stars in the Empire’s native galaxy through the jump ship... In the civilized history of the empires, that period of history is called the'technical explosion' and the'interstellar voyage age'..."
Governor Ueno's voice was calm, telling those distant stories.
Lin Tuo, who sat opposite, listened quietly.
Constantly comparing it with the history of the earth, she couldn't help but imagine the era in her mouth:
"It sounds like an era full of changes."
"Yes, even though it was not me at that time, even His Majesty the Emperor was not'born'... But reading historical data, compared with today, it was indeed a turbulent and variable era..."
Governor Ueno sighed with emotion, and then he changed his words:
"It is conceivable that the emergence of the jump technology has allowed the empire to expand, and the rapid development of society's consumption of material resources has forced them to explore outward..."
"So, as expected, they aimed at another habitable planet within the galaxy, and started the mighty interstellar migration and development..."
"However, any development is accompanied by the breeding of problems. Although the vast majority of social problems are expanding and the mad growth of resources has been concealed, the wise men within the empire have realized the hidden worries behind prosperity...
The speed of human evolution is difficult to adapt to faster and faster development.
Although the contradictions can be transferred and suppressed in a short time, as the speed of upper-level technological exploration slows down, they know that the backlog of contradictions will explode sooner or later..."
"And if these worries are only focused on the future, then some other practical problems are imminent and need to be resolved urgently."
Lin Tuo raised his eyebrows: "The real problem?"
Governor Ueno nodded and said:
"Yes. One is that with the increase in the number of interstellar immigrants, the society of the new star immigrants and the homeland has begun to separate, alienate, and become a separate faction.
This situation was not prominent in the first generation of immigrants, but when the second and third generations of immigrants appeared, it became more serious. These people were born and grew up on the new star, and lacked enough for the "distant" home star. Cultural identity and closeness.
And the old human social form, organization and management, it is also difficult to control the terrestrial territory. "
Lin Tuo nodded, this is not difficult to understand.
The management difficulty of organizations of different sizes is different.
As the territory expands, the original administrative structure will definitely need to be adjusted. A typical sentence is "the emperor is far from the sky". If the territory exceeds the management capacity of the old organizational structure, problems will definitely occur.
The following statement by Governor Ueno also confirmed this:
"At that time, although the interstellar transition was achieved, the long-distance communication technology was somewhat backward, the new star was highly autonomous, the resource delivery to the parent star began to decrease, and the hostility between the two planets appeared faintly, which made the upper empire very nervous at that time. "
"The other problem is the utilization of resources.
In the past, through the plundering of new stars, there was a huge waste of resources in the operation of human society. This refers to not only material waste, but also manpower, equipment and computing power...
The various regional organizations within the planet hold each other, and the information between the two planets is not smooth. Many things can be done with high efficiency, but in fact, it takes a long time and the repeated circulation of various regions...
The wise men found that, in the final analysis, the original society is still not adapting to the new era. "
"There are many similar problems...and in order to solve this problem, people began to try to give supercomputers higher authority, trying to use a huge central computing power to deploy the resources of the two planets...
In theory, if it can be successful, this will solve multiple problems in one fell swoop... It is also in this context that the first emperor was finally born. "
Governor Ueno recounted a little sadly:
"This was not all smooth sailing, and many people within the empire opposed it, but after a complicated and long struggle, it was finally implemented."
"Of course, human beings are not without vigilance. After all, the spiritual invasion in history has left enough lessons.
Therefore, at the beginning of the birth of His Majesty the Emperor, its bottom layer was bound by restrictions to prevent it from causing harm to humans... You should be clear about these. "
Governor Ueno looked at Lin Tuo.
Lin Tuo did not deny: "Yes, this is also the point where I wonder why the taboo experiment can pass."
Governor Ueno smiled and said:
"I'll talk about this later. Let's continue to tell the story... In short, after a series of struggles, His Majesty the Emperor was finally born and took the lead in orbiting the home planet.
This project was also initiated by the parent star, and there was a lot of resistance on the new star, which is why the emperor did not successfully deploy on the new star..."
"However, when the wheel of history turns, no one can resist.
Just as the wise men deduced, as the emperor gradually replaced the old human organization structure, the resource allocation of the entire parent planet, and the efficiency of transaction processing increased dramatically.
And in a short period of time, through high efficiency, the overall strength of the parent star was greatly improved, so that the new star was successfully suppressed and the original hostility was resolved...
It is in this process that the empire becomes an ‘empire’..."
Governor Ueno seemed to be worried that Lin Tuo would not understand, and emphasized:
"Before, the empire did not have an emperor or a governor, nor was it a'monarchy', but a political party represented by votes from all over the world... In fact, as of today, it is still a vote. The so-called'emperor' is not capable of following his own preferences. Rage and thoughts enforce any rules."
Lin Tuo nodded, he knew this.
The experience in the Ueno star area is vivid enough.
In other words, this empire is not another empire, and its essence is very different from the social form in which the emperor he is familiar with holds the highest power.
"Go on," he said.
Governor Ueno pursed his lips, and the steady voice continued:
"During this process, the people of the empire fully realized the emperor's abilities and advanced system. Compared with the superiority of the old system, the new star also ushered in the first governor who belongs to the emperor's subordinate."
"The emperor and the governor are both spiritually strong and can communicate across interstellar.
Therefore, those concerns were resolved one by one, and the entire mankind successfully passed this reform to avoid internal disasters, thus once again embarking on a period of rapid development. "
"People are gradually discovering that the emperor's ability is stronger than expected, not only in the deployment of resources, but also in providing services to all aspects of society, and even promoting scientific research.
Such as the material converter is a technological breakthrough achieved with the help of the emperor...
However, everything has two sides, and the emperor also brought many problems, one of which is the huge consumption of energy. "
"Spirituality? Or ether?" Lin Tuo asked back.
"Spirituality." Governor Ueno said earnestly, "Although the main energy source of the entire empire is ether, which consumes a lot of energy, the spiritual world is infinitely broad, and the reserves of ether are almost endless.
Moreover, after it is consumed, it will not disappear, but will return to the spirit world and cycle.
In contrast, although spirituality is almost indelible, it does not flow like ether... and the more the emperor has to work, the greater his need for spirituality. "
"In the beginning, the emperor's spirituality was not as strong as it is now, and even not as strong as me now.
However, as the empires hand over more and more work to the emperor and governor, in order to complete these tasks, we need greater spiritual reserves. However, spirituality is not as easy to collect as the ether..."
Lin Tuo interrupted: "So, your solution is to promote'contribution points'?"
Governor Ueno nodded:
"Yes. In order to obtain more spirituality to ensure the emperor's operation, after voting and passing relevant proposals, the empire began to promote contribution points and gradually replaced currency. All empire citizens can contribute their spirituality."
"The effect should be very good?" Lin Tuo said.
"Indeed," Governor Ueno sighed. "For a long time in the beginning, this plan solved the problem almost perfectly.
The emperor is getting stronger and stronger, the services he can provide more and more, the social efficiency is accelerating, and the people of the empire get better and better experience in the level of material and spiritual enjoyment, which in turn makes their spirituality positively strengthened. "
"In this process, the empire entered a second period of high development, expanding its territory to include more and more planets.
Of course, habitable planets are not so easy to find.
Therefore, people are also trying to create large-scale isolation covers to build artificially cultivated ecosystems on some planets with poor environments. "
Lin Tuo's eyelids jumped at hearing and realized that this should be the initial version of the "sandbox" technology.
Earlier, the other party also talked about material conversion technology.
As for the reduction of a large area...According to the observations in the Ueno Governor's Mansion, it should be related to the construction of a large Ethernet network.
This immediately gave him a feeling... as if... "Evolving Sand Table" is a collection of important technologies of the empire from generation to generation, a "integrated master".
Depressing his thoughts, Lin Tuo changed his sitting position and saw a trace of depression suddenly appeared on the illusory and rigid face of Governor Ueno.
The content of the narration also has a turning point:
"...Everything seems to be developing in a good direction. The territory of the empire is getting bigger and bigger, and the overall strength is getting stronger and stronger. Compared with the ancestors, the lives of citizens have almost reached an ideal state, and even realized within a certain area. The hegemony of the universe..."
"However, with the development of the empire, the spiritual light cluster inherent in the critical region corresponding to its planet has gradually shrunk."
Lin Tuo was surprised: "What do you mean?"
"Since you have reached the level of life detachment, you should know where the spirituality of mankind comes from." Governor Ueno said softly.
Lin Tuo pondered and said:
"According to my observations, human beings, or intelligent life itself, are like a converter between the physical world and the spiritual world.
Human beings were born in the material world, but the meridians of the body are innately connected with the power of the spiritual world. Every person has ether and spirituality in his body. The stronger, the more they have.
And through cultivation, he can take the initiative to absorb these two kinds of energy from the spirit world... However, after death, these two forces will return to the spirit world together with his soul. "
"Sure enough, you already know." Governor Ueno's illusory face was not too surprised:
"As you said, human beings, and even all intelligent life, are themselves a part of this great circulatory system. Life and death also affect the circulation of two forces between the two realms."
"As long as human beings are alive, they will attract the ether until it forms a steady state.
In the same way, as long as human beings are alive, they will attract spirituality, and that spirituality comes from the nearby ‘spiritual light cluster’ hidden deep in the spiritual world. "
Lin Tuo's expression changed: "Could it be that..."
"Yes," Governor Ueno sighed, "and the emperor, or the setting of contribution points, broke this cycle."
