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Chapter 69 Civilization Choice
  Night falls.

Ji Xiu in the study was still looking through the files with great concentration, unaware of the passage of time.

Practicing with Zuo Yi over the years has greatly improved his physical fitness. Even if he doesn't eat for several days, it will not affect his normal activities.

But the hunger is still there.

Looking up at the time hanging on the wall, Ji Xiu saw that three days had passed since he looked through the files. At this moment, Ji Xiu got up and left the study, and came to sit cross-legged in front of the ancient tree of fear deep in the temple.

After taking a deep breath, he placed his hand on the surface of the ancient tree of fear.

Suddenly, wisps of blood-colored energy overflowed from the surface of the tree, seeped into his body along his pores, and followed the flow of blood to his limbs and bones.

The feeling of hunger gradually disappeared during the practice, and the fatigue caused by not sleeping for several days also faded away with the help of fear energy.

His mental state quickly returned to its peak.

The ancient tree of fear in front of him was planted by Zuo Yi himself, precisely to pave the way for Xia Gengzhu's future.

The Ancient Fear Tree, like the Statue of the God of Fear, can absorb the power of fear from the fear formations arranged in the five major cities, and turn it into fear energy for consumption in practice.

But without the protection of the fear seal, the process of absorbing fear energy will become increasingly painful.

Both body and soul will be corroded by the power of fear during the process of cultivation.

Ji Xiu hasn't felt this yet.

However, it can be seen from Zuo Yi's later state that this cultivation model is destined to be difficult to last for a long time, which is why Zuo Yi urgently wants to take back the Seal of Fear.

Absorbing energy instead of eating, Ji Xiu quickly reached the limit of his body's endurance.

Withdrawing his hand, he stood up and returned to the study to continue reading the files. The consumption of fear energy in his body would last for several days.

During this period, his physical fitness will increase significantly.

If this training process is extended to decades, he will eventually be like Zuo Yi and have the combat power to compete with the members of the Divine Heritage Team.

It's just that this process is not assisted by the Seal of Fear, and it may fail when the soul transforms into the God of Fear.

One of the tasks Zuo Yi left for him before leaving was to retrieve the lost Seal of Fear as soon as possible. If he couldn't find it, he would gather the power of the Yu Jingguo Prehistoric Research Institute to repair the sensing device.

Without thinking about the problem, Ji Xiu came to the desk and sat down.

The category title of the dossier he was looking at this time was "Humanity's Future Choice". There were 17 volumes in total. He had already read five volumes before this.

The above records in detail the types of prehistoric civilizations compiled by Zuo Yi through the information provided by the Institute of Prehistory, as well as the "technology" born under different civilizations.

In Zuo Yi's eyes, the knowledge excavated from prehistoric ruins is a treasure left to mankind by history, and it is also an important shortcut on the road to the rise of mankind.

He divided the techniques for exploring discovered prehistoric remains into 17 types.

Among them, four technologies left over from prehistoric civilizations have been initially applied to reality.

These four technologies are the scientific and technological civilization technology used in Starlight City and Mist Sea City, the alchemy and mechanical civilization technology used in Mechanical Crown City, the life weaving civilization technology used in Kuiwu City, and the elemental resonance civilization used in Beijing City. technology.

In addition to these four technologies left over from prehistoric times, there are 13 other technologies left over from prehistoric civilizations, including star guidance civilization, crystal network civilization, soul peak civilization, and void exploration civilization, which have not been promoted and applied.

Even among the four civilizational technologies that are being applied, humans are only in preliminary development and are still in the initial stages of exploration.

In Zuo Yi's eyes, every civilization technology here is a shortcut to the rise of the human race. Some of the ruins civilizations even contain relevant information about the god-slaying technology. This shows how powerful the ruins civilization was when it still existed.

But in Zuo Yi's eyes, all these knowledge and technologies cannot be realized.

The reason is simple: resources are limited.

It is not difficult to light up the technology tree after acquiring knowledge. What is difficult is that the process of climbing up and exploring will consume a lot of resources.

The technology itself is just a blueprint. Obtaining the blueprint does not mean that the technology depicted on the blueprint can be successfully used. Every step of progress requires supporting infrastructure and industrial facilities.

Here Zuo Yi uses the process of humans making airplanes as an example.

At that time, the goal of mankind was to build airplanes, but the process of building airplanes went through several stages.

Including the exploration of materials and process technologies, which are used to manufacture aircraft and high-performance aircraft main body materials. Others include the research of aerodynamics, structural mechanics, thermodynamics, etc., followed by the exploration of various CNC equipment needed to manufacture aircraft. ,etc.

The summary is that it requires the joint progress of the scientific research system, education system, industrial system, and other dimensions to turn a technology into reality.

This determines that the advancement of each technology requires the investment of huge resources in order to achieve success.

Before Zuo Yi was a multiple-choice question.

There are many civilization technologies left over from prehistoric civilization in Yu Jingguo's territory, but the whole country can only selectively develop some of the relic technologies, and cannot acquire them all.

Technology can be improved, but resources are limited.

Talent can be cultivated, but time is limited.

Resources and time, these two factors limited Yu Jingguo's exploration and discovery of prehistoric relics. Especially after Zuo Yi learned the historical secrets of the Kuroshio natural disaster, he realized more clearly that the exploration of prehistoric technology could only be A multiple choice question.

With limited resources and time, Zuo Yi believes that the most correct approach is to choose a civilization technology to focus on development.

For example, if you choose scientific and technological civilization technology, or choose alchemy and mechanical civilization technology, other technologies will not be developed in depth, and all your energy will be used to add points and grow a civilization technology.

But before making a choice, Zuo Yi couldn't tell which prehistoric civilization technology was more suitable for humans.

As a result, five cities and pilot tests of four development models emerged.

The purpose of this is to select the civilization model that best matches the development of human race from the numerous prehistoric civilization technologies, and pave the way for the feasibility of the final choice in advance.

Regarding future choices, Zuo Yi used illusions to simulate the war performance of multiple civilizations and technologies at their peak. The imaginary enemy was the Kuroshio natural disaster.

The first is scientific and technological civilization.

That is, the civilization technology used by Starlight City and Wuhai City.

Through the information provided by the Prehistoric Research Institute, Zuo Yi imagined that the human race would increase technological civilization to its peak and establish several powerful steel legions.

It has quantum pulse cannons, anti-matter weapons, orbital strike platforms, space jumping devices, and a series of powerful technological weapons that only exist in descriptions of ruins.

In addition to destructive weapons that can perform range strikes.

In terms of individual soldier missions, soldiers do not need to personally join the battlefield. They can control robot warriors through the mind link helmet to join the battlefield and perform tasks. Even if the controlled robot warrior is destroyed, a new robot warrior can be replaced instantly without worrying about their own safety. .

The types of weapons that can be controlled also include nanorobot swarms, combat aircraft, mechas, and other types of weapons.

As long as there is the imaginary torrent of steel, the human race will not be afraid of provocations from aliens. They will use war to obtain more resources for technological research. They will continue to expand based on the technology discovered in the ruins. Perhaps in the future, they will be able to fight against the Kuroshio natural disaster. powerful technology.

The second is the demon refining army conceived based on the alchemy and mechanical technology used in Mechanical Crown City.

The power of alchemical technology lies in the ability to enchant, which can add powerful magical properties to very ordinary items and change the structure of the material itself. For example, an ordinary shield can easily withstand rocket attacks after being strengthened and enchanted, without leaving any trace on the surface. any trace.

Based on archaeological discoveries, Zuo Yi conceived the Demon Refining Legion to be a huge group of warriors armed with all aspects of enchantment.

The weapons held by the warriors are endowed with alchemical properties such as sharpness, armor-breaking, and penetration. The armor on their bodies is enchanted with elemental resistance, and their helmets are enchanted with spiritual resistance... The entire legion has strong defense and combat capabilities.

In addition, there is also an alchemy machinery legion composed of a group of warriors who specialize in controlling alchemy machinery. The alchemy core engraved inside the machinery can supplement the warriors with amplifying alchemy enchantments at any time.

The summary is that this is an armed force that improves its combat effectiveness through group enchantment technology. The characteristics of enchantment allow this legion to fight with ease in different environments, with almost no shortcomings. Then there is the Life Weaving Army conceived by the life weaving technology used by Aoigo Castle.

Compared with the powerful legions formed by the technology of the first two civilizations, the characteristic of the Life Weaving Legion is that it can perfectly utilize the power of nature and use the life weaving technology to create new plant life and become its own combat power.

For example, there is a giant war tree that is as large as a city, a guardian spirit tree that can spread healing energy when moving, and a shadow vine that can throw entangled vine balls.

Others include the Storm Tree that can control the power of wind and thunder, the Soul Thorn that can directly cause damage to the enemy's spiritual consciousness, the Flame Garland that can release a large-scale fire attack, and the Marine Algae that can become a mobile land fortress in the ocean. , poisonous moss that can create poisonous mist, and so on.

The power of life weaving technology is that it can change the life structure of plants through life weaving. In the ruins records alone, there are hundreds of plant-based war arms that can be weaved, which are suitable for various environments such as land, sky, and ocean. combat strategy.

According to the descriptions left by the relics of prehistoric life, life weaving technology can also be used to transform the environment.

For example, a large number of plant spores are released. These spores will quickly grow into spreading green moss after landing on the ground. In a short time, a forest shrouded in plants can be created, turning the enemy's home field into one's own.

Life at its peak can weave civilization, and can even use the abilities of hostile forces to weave combat plants that can restrain the opponent's system.

For example, a hostile force has a powerful ability to control the thunder element and can release the thunder element to cause large-scale destruction and damage. The Life Weaving Civilization can analyze the structure of the elements released by the opponent and create a thunder element-resistant plant that is immune to the opponent's elemental damage. .

Finally, there is the elemental resonance army conceived based on the elemental resonance technology used in Northern City.

Thunder and lightning, earth, wind, rain, fire, light, darkness, life, death, etc.

Mastering the power of various elements as war spears is the hallmark of the Elemental Resonance Legion.

The envisioned Elemental Resonance Legion has ultra-long-range strike capabilities. According to the description of the ruins, it can even release elemental disasters at specific locations thousands of kilometers away. For example, it can condense a death storm over the main city of a hostile force, destroying the entire city. Carry out indiscriminate group-wide attacks on a city, or gather skyboloids to carry out horrific bombings on the city.

These four peaks of civilization and technology all have infinite possibilities, and they are also one of the paths Zuo Yi pursues for the rise of the human race.

In addition to these four technologies, there are many other civilization technologies that have not yet been applied. Zuo Yi has deduced the concept of legions formed by the pinnacle technologies of these civilizations in the file.

For example:

The Void Summoning Legion is based on Void Exploration Technology.

This technology can control the void life outside the world to become one's own combat power. According to the description in the ruins data, when the technology reaches its peak, it can even allow the cultivator to perfectly master the void energy to bless himself, and obtain a powerful body comparable to the void creatures.

The Psychic Network Legion is based on the top of the mind technology. This civilization technology can communicate across space regardless of distance. It also has a series of powerful warfare methods such as mind control, mind projection, and mental storms.

The Molten Legion was built on the basis of Molten Core technology. The prehistoric civilization that possessed this technology had extremely high forging skills. Although there was no training method, it could directly give itself powerful powers by forging the "Molten Core". combat effectiveness.

It is equivalent to skipping training and directly creating a powerful engine for your body.

If interpreted from the perspective of a cultivating civilization, the life that creates the Molten Civilization does not require the process of cultivation and growth. The golden elixir (Molten Core) is mass-produced through forging technology and directly installed and used by the tribesmen.

During this process, the Molten Core will be perfectly integrated with the body, quickly increasing the installer's physical strength and allowing him to gain powerful strength.

Others include the Ghost Army based on Shadow Technology, the Nightmare Army based on Dream Weaving Technology, the Star Army based on Star Guidance Technology, and so on.

The ultimate goal of every technology in Zuo Yi's eyes is to form a powerful war legion.

Then, through the war legions' external plunder, spiritual resources are brought back for technological research and development, and then the new technologies obtained through research and development continue to arm the human legions, improving their external combat effectiveness, forming a positive cycle of external plunder and internal technology research.

In the end, the feedback from the war allowed technology to reach its peak, surpassing prehistoric civilization and reaching a new height.

At that time, mankind will face the ultimate challenge of civilization: the Kuroshio natural disaster.

Zuo Yi doesn't know whether technology that has broken through the pinnacle of prehistoric civilization can defeat the Kuroshio natural disaster.

But what is clear is that any civilization technology can allow humans to grow into a powerful civilization that is not afraid of foreign forces.

Even reaching the peak of technology is not the end.

As long as they have enough resources and time, the human race can even develop its own characteristics based on the technology of prehistoric civilization, reach a higher level beyond prehistoric civilization and technology, and gain new powers that have never been described in prehistoric relics.

But the problem eventually returns to its original point.

Insufficient time and resources meant that in the early stages of human development, humans could only do multiple-choice questions and could not have everything.

It's like going to a civilized technology store with 100 yuan in his pocket. Zuoyi wants to own the dazzling array of products inside, but the balance in his wallet is only enough for him to choose one of the products to buy, and it is a loan purchase, because every time Each product is a set composed of countless parts.

Every time you repay (invest resources) after purchasing, you can get part of the civilization set.

The current pilots of the four civilization technologies in five major cities are like a paid sample testing process before formal purchase. Spending a small amount of money to purchase the most basic component of the civilization technology for trial use.

With Yu Jingguo's current weakening strength, even purchasing samples seems a bit laborious.

If a choice is made, it is difficult to change.

This is a loan investment that belongs to all mankind. After purchase, it takes a long time to pay the fees and gradually purchase the parts and assemble them. Limited time and limited resources make it difficult to turn around and start over.

This is also the reason why Zuo Yi has not made a decision yet.

Without detailed testing, making a choice based only on the information in the ruins is more like gambling, and the bet is Yu Jingguo's future.

Through the review of this file, it was discovered that Zuo Yi was under great inner pressure.

All of his choices were made with Yu Jingguo's future as a bargaining chip, and he was burdened with the future of the entire human race.

……

After reading the contents of the volumes about prehistoric civilization, Ji Xiu sighed with emotion, but at the same time, an idea emerged in his heart.

Zuo Yi can't do it, but with the ability to restart time, he can completely test the civilization technology envisioned by Zuo Yi.

For example, he used a timeline to test the development of technological civilization, establish the torrent of steel in Zuoyi's vision, and finally face the challenge of the Kuroshio natural disaster.

If it fails, restart and try again, change civilization and technology to lead mankind to start over, and build a new human civilization to challenge the Kuroshio natural disaster again.

As long as the restart is not blocked, he can test however he wants.

If you can't beat it, just restart it. At the worst, you can use another civilization technology to start over.

Technological civilization, void civilization, alchemy civilization... compete with the Kuroshio natural disaster in different ways.

According to Zuo Yi's description in the file, a total of 47 ruins have been discovered in Yujing's country, and there is a high probability that there are prehistoric ruins that have not yet been discovered.

The existing number of ruins allows him to reopen 47 times and use 47 different civilization technologies to fight against the Black Tide Natural Disaster.

Relying on the ability to restart time, he can bring human civilization to the pinnacle of a certain civilization's technology, and even master the pinnacle technologies of multiple civilizations at the same time.

After all, even if the test fails, the tested technology can be retained and applied in the next timeline.

Therefore, the development dilemma in Zuo Yi's conception does not exist in him at all.

Zuo Yi needs to consider too many possibilities when making a choice, but he can choose at will.

After reading this volume, he had a clearer understanding of the future development direction of mankind in Zuo Yi's vision.

The summary is to first select a civilization technology to focus on development, and then use the armed force established by this technology to violently attack the aliens in the outer seas and rob the aliens' resource areas, and then use the spiritual resources produced by the resource areas to feed back the development of technology, build stronger war power, and expand With the intensity of foreign wars and plunder, more resources have been obtained to continue to feed back technological development.

In the end, when the sequence of disasters awakened, they faced the challenge of the Kuroshio natural disaster sweeping the world.

　_(:зゝ∠)_In fact, civilized war is the main line of this book.

　　
  　
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