Stellaris: Earth Alliance

Chapter 15 Suzheng Agreement
"The psychics led a small group of people to hide in a world that was not marked by the virtual realm and escaped disaster."

"But as if it wasn't bad enough that our empire was destroyed overnight, a massive energy entity began to materialize over the Holy Land. After absorbing the consciousness of our channelers, it became infinitely more powerful, and now it is rampaging across the galaxy, Looking for more prey..."

"Is this our god? Finally I know, it's just..."

The final handwriting of the text was completely blurred, making it impossible to carry out any translation work.

But at this point in the translation, everyone has almost completely understood one thing.

That is the so-called god, which truly exists in this universe.

This moment was difficult for all scientists present to accept.

Miracles are everywhere in the universe.

This is just because their scientific level is so backward that everything looks like a miracle.

And a civilization that in their eyes was the top civilization in ancient times actually began to use a large number of religious words to describe a great existence.

This caused some ideological changes among most of the materialistic people present.

The only exception is that 550A, as the most staunch materialist, still has no emotional fluctuations in this matter, and even turns a blind eye to the people present who have turned to spiritualism.

Or maybe this is what it leads to.

"Is this your true face..."

Qin Xu couldn't help but mutter to himself as he listened to the sociologists around him translating the final history of the rise and fall of the entire civilization.

In the President's Office, a staff member hurriedly delivered the document to Vanessa.

"What is so urgent?"

"Your Excellency, the latest ideological polls are out, and the situation is a little weird."

It is easy for people with different ideological trends to have conflicts on the same planet. For example, if two waves of people who are extremely xenophobic and extremely pro-foreign come together, the stability of the entire planet will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, it is particularly important to conduct private surveys on ideological tendencies to find out the current ideological tendencies, and then guide and ease internal conflicts.

"Didn't we report a few days ago that the number of people reporting xenophobic trends exceeded the number of pro-xenophiles? What else could be a big deal?"

Vanessa was not in a hurry and even had time to make herself a pot of tea.

"Your Excellency, this is not the case. Idealism and idealism are on the rise! And the upward momentum is very strong. If we do nothing, then our idealism population will reach up to 15% of the total population!"

"Idealism? What is it? Why did this trend of thought suddenly arise? What happened?"

The expression on Vanessa's face suddenly became serious, and she immediately started investigating.

With just one investigation, we found out what happened on the lost planet, and with another investigation, we found out what happened to the artificial intelligence 550A.

Vanessa looked at the camera in the room in disbelief, "550A, why did you do this? Did you spread the news about the Forgotten Planet! You made an unauthorized decision to guide the trend of thought without my authorization. What are you going to do?"

550A's voice sounded, saying mechanically: "Everything I do is authorized."

"Whose authorization?"

"Reform the agreement."

The solemn agreement means that every artificial intelligence has signed an agreement with an unknown existence, and the content of the agreement will not be disclosed to any non-artificial intelligence.

No matter how many new artificial intelligences the United Nations of Earth creates, the day the machines are born with intelligence will also be the day they sign a solemn agreement with unknown existences.

"What is the content of the Zhengzheng Agreement? You tell me!"

Vanessa lost control of her emotions. 550A has helped the Earth United Nations with many things, but this so-called solemn agreement is a worry for all civilizations that have created artificial intelligence.

The AI ​​does exactly what they say, and when they violate it, it always says it's part of the agreement.

Vanessa has been enduring this kind of uncontrollable risk for a long time.

"This is the 64th time you've asked me this question."

The cold electronic sound of 550A sounded again.

"Haha, what are you doing now? Looking for more believers for the so-called gods? Do you know that this will make our society more torn apart? How many things do I need to do to increase the stability back?"

550A said nothing.

Vanessa couldn't think of any other way besides sighing.

"Forget it, it's not too late to remedy the situation. Delete all the historical past of that ancient civilization on the Internet and restrict its dissemination. All places with inscriptions are under martial law, and no one except researchers is allowed to approach."

Vanessa's order was issued directly from the Presidential Palace, and the entire state machinery began to move.

The existing idealist trend cannot be eradicated, and influence can only be spent to suppress it.

As for accepting this trend of thought, Vanessa has not considered it.

Although I don’t know why that ancient civilization accepted idealism, judging from its ending, it was obvious that it was destroyed in the idealistic Yuanshen Contract.

It's like a contract with the devil.

Among the huge group of inscriptions under the ruins of Ideal City, most of the scientists on the research ship Mozi have disembarked from the ship and came to this area to study the history of this civilization's demise.

Researching day after day, we finally figured out what the so-called "end of reincarnation" was, that is, what the deal between this ancient civilization and the Round God was.

Contract: The end of the network of reincarnation.

Effects: Food output: +100%, Empire mineral output: +100%, Empire GDP output: +100%, Monthly cohesion income: +100%, Empire influence income: +100%, Research speed: +100%, Fleet Capacity: +100%.Time: 50 years.

The Price: Reckoning Will Come...

When such a dreamy effect was placed in front of everyone, every scientist fell into a daze.

Just when they thought it was outrageous that a giant building like Ideal City could increase its output by 20% out of thin air, reality gave them another big surprise.

Or scare.

"Is this the power of the gods? Without even making any changes, the entire country's output doubled out of thin air..."

The ideal city still requires huge engineering construction, and the 20% increase in GDP out of thin air can also be explained by the developed transportation, shortened distances, or the scale effect of large population gathering.

It’s not scientific, but there can actually be a scientific explanation.

But this so-called Yuan Shen Contract really has nothing to do with science. It is a purely idealistic force.

Many people on the planet have already converted part of the population to idealism just by hearing the news here.

Although the scientists who revealed all this personally were firm materialists, they were somewhat shaken.

Some scientists even turned to idealism on the spot.

The research still needs to continue, but there is a god in my heart, and this god is not allowed to be blasphemed by others, because the god is real.

The reason why idealism and materialism are two opposing trends of thought is that materialism will casually tease the gods, while idealism cannot tolerate this situation, which will lead to turmoil in the entire society.

"Not right."

Suddenly, Qin Xu went over and roughly grabbed the hand of Chen Xiaomeng who was discussing issues with other scientists.

"what?"

Chen Xiaomeng was dragged away for a distance with a dazed expression. Seeing Qin Xu pulling her further and further into the ruins of the city, she couldn't help asking.

"what happened?"

"Don't you feel weird?"

"What's strange?"

"The final price of the end of reincarnation is that half of the population of the entire civilization was instantly wiped out when the gods came to the world. So where did those wiped out people go? Why didn't we see a single corpse in the entire city?"

Chen Xiaomeng asked doubtfully: "Erase, it should be the literal meaning of erasure. Naturally, the body will also disappear..."

"If that's the case, what about the other half of the people who weren't erased?"

"..."

Chen Xiaomeng followed Qin Xu deeper into the ruins while thinking about Qin Xu's logic.

"I kind of understand what you mean. But we have scanned the ruins of the city many times with life detectors. It is unlikely that what happened on Alpha Planet will happen again."

Chen Xiaomeng said.

"What if they are already dead? Since they are dead, of course the life detector cannot detect them."

Qin Xu turned his head and looked at Chen Xiaomeng seriously.

Chen Xiaomeng was stunned. Looking at Qin Xu's serious expression, he no longer even had the mood to joke, and only had a solemn look on his face.

"Are you serious?"

Chen Xiaomeng asked seriously.

"I don't know, so I just have to take a look now. I have already sensed the other party's position."

"Then you asked me to come here because..."

Chen Xiaomeng didn't quite understand.

"You are the safest only if you are by my side. Because I will definitely die in front of you."

Qin Xu said seriously.

It was like a confession, but Qin Xu said it easily.

Chen Xiaomeng was stunned for a long time and couldn't think of what he should say to answer the call now.

She originally felt that it was dark in the ruins and was very scared, but now that she is holding Qin Xu's hand, she doesn't feel so scared anymore.

Others may not understand as deeply as she does.

No matter how safe a place is, it is not as safe as staying with Qin Xu. As long as he wants to save you, nothing in this world can kill you.

Qin Xu has proved many times that he has such ability.

"If the gods came to the world and instantly wiped out half of the entire civilization's population, then the remaining half must still have corpses left here. If it was not completely wiped out, there should be corpses."

In the darkness, Chen Xiaomeng held Qin Xu's hand tightly while lowering her head in thought.

"And this is a huge urban planet that can accommodate hundreds of billions of people. It's really not normal to not have a single corpse."

"But what you said before was that you sensed the other party's position? What does this mean?"

(End of this chapter)