Myriad Paths

Zhongwei can easily pass through the human body, buildings, and even the world. It is difficult to be observed and cannot affect other substances under normal circumstances.

So, with its bird-like and fish-like appearance, it was named Zhongwei Bird.

In fact, it is quite casual, but naming civilizations has always been like this.

You know, many worlds don’t even have names, they are all numbers.

Yan Cong continued to explain Zhongwei Bird to the others in the team.

Li Qi was also listening attentively.

However, while listening, the fortune teller You Xiong Gong suddenly asked: "Why are many of these habits speculations? Don’t we know them yet?"

As a technical expert, Yan Cong shook his head: "That’s for sure. To be honest, so far, communication with Zhongwei Bird has been very difficult and abstract. Both sides have difficulty understanding each other and can only communicate through complex mathematical language. After all, mathematics is common anyway, but even mathematics is difficult to convey real news."

"Why?" Now even Li Qi was a little curious.

Yan Cong continued to explain: "Because it is really completely different, the second-grade world must have its own special features. The thinking of the middle-micro birds is fundamentally different from ours, and we cannot communicate."

"At first, we thought the language was different. In fact, we joined forces with the spirit path and found a third-grade spirit path master. We hope to establish a mental connection with the middle-micro birds through the other party's attainments in pure thinking, bypass the differences between the two sides in the material world, directly break through the senses and the five aggregates, and conduct a thorough spiritual dialogue."

"This is not difficult. To be honest, it is very simple. However, after establishing a spiritual dialogue, we found that even if it is purely a communication of thinking, we cannot understand each other."

"Communication of thinking cannot be understood?" Li Qi was surprised.

Others also showed surprised expressions.

All the people around were fifth-grade, and everyone certainly understood what this meant.

For example, the word apple has three different pronunciations in Chinese, Japanese, and English.

Although they don't speak the same language, if they can communicate with each other, they can reach a consensus on language if they can telepathically communicate. Although they speak different languages, their thinking is the same, and the things they can refer to are the same. In the end, they can all embody the concept on the 'apple'.

Because the language is different, but the thinking is the same.

However, if the thinking is completely different, then there is really no way to communicate.

This degree of difference can be said that even if you and the other party are in tune with each other, all you can feel is complete distractions. It is really impossible to understand. It is not just the difference in species, but the difference in the underlying structure of thinking.

"Completely different thinking... It's really hard to imagine." You Xiong Gong thought about it and finally chose to give up.

It's hard to imagine what completely different thinking is.

"It's hard to imagine, but it's not completely different. At least the mathematical language is the same. As long as the arithmetic is passed, you can communicate more simply through arithmetic." Yan Cong said.

"However, other than that, I can't understand it. Let's talk about it when it happens." He shook his head.

Li Qi nodded.

He has begun to look forward to it.

Races with completely different ways of thinking, what will this look like?

Li Qi has never forgotten his original intention. From the beginning of his cultivation, he wanted to see more Taoist sects. Even though he has seen the great Dao of the world, many Taoist sects outside the domain are also very interesting.

Now, a second-grade world, an ally of Wu Dao, and such a strange existence...

It is really exciting.

"By the way, second-grade worlds...are they all so strange? I am still young, and you are all older than me. Have you ever come into contact with a higher-grade world?" Li Qi asked the others around him.

Zongren Shao Chi said: "High-grade worlds all have their own characteristics...Pah, I said nonsense. Without their own characteristics, they can't become high-grade worlds at all. But if you come into contact with high-grade worlds, you should be more Zhu people, right? Why do you ask us?"

Li Qi smiled bitterly and spread his hands: "So I said, it's because I'm too young..."

Yes, generally speaking, Zhu people are responsible for communicating with these worlds, but...Li Qi is an exception.

He is too young and hasn't encountered those things yet...

In a sense, Li Qi has a lot of experience. After all, not everyone can deal with second-grade and third-grade people.

But in fact, his experience is still too poor for Zhuren of the same level.

Zhuren of the same level have seen much more foreign scenery than Li Qi, which is the experience accumulated over time.

Moreover, it is difficult to make up for it, because it was before the Human-Witch War.

After the Human-Witch War... I am afraid that many civilizations will never be seen again, and a new pattern and new appearance will be developed at that time.

However, at this time, Yan Cong spoke.

As the second Zhuren here, he said: "In fact, the high-quality world will not change much. They are still very capable of maintaining themselves, so it is good to go to see it later. I have come into contact with some high-quality worlds, and I can only say... They are all very strange."

"How strange?" Li Qi asked curiously.

Yan Cong recalled: "Well, they are all civilizations that can stand firm in the universe on their own. They must be very capable. I have a deep memory of the All Things Realm. The reason for this name is that this race is a bit similar to the Star Official, but not quite the same."

"The world of all things is the third level. There is only one kind of life on it, which is a symbiotic species. Each individual has a complete ecosystem inside, and they do not have 'sanity'. In other words, they are all like savage beasts. Unconscious body, but still developed a high-level civilization, and the technology and cultivation methods are very powerful. "

"How can you develop civilization and technology without sanity? How can you do it?" Several other team members, including Li Qi, also became curious.

"Smartness is not necessary for development. For them, self-awareness is a shackle. They have extraordinary instincts. They can communicate with all species solely by relying on instincts. They rely on instincts to develop technology and rely on instincts to find optimal solutions to problems. , you talk to him, and he can reply to you, even lie, and judge your danger level, but he is actually not conscious at all, just like an automatic answering machine. "

Li Qi felt a little incredible and asked: "If there is no consciousness...where does their subjective initiative come from? What motivation do they use to pursue the path?"

This is a very important question. If you don’t have the subjective will needed to follow the path, how can you move?

"It's very simple. To live, their instincts come entirely from the ultimate goal of 'survival'. If they need higher cultivation and stronger technology, then their instincts will drive them to try. You know, they just don't have the It’s just sanity and self-awareness, but it’s not that they don’t have advanced intelligence. In fact, the creatures in the world of all things are terrifyingly smart. They can easily understand most technologies and master sophisticated and complex methods.”

Li Qi listened and nodded thoughtfully.

Indeed, he is now at the fifth level after all, so he can still understand this kind of existence.

To illustrate with an example, it is like the human body.

The human body's immune system is exquisite and complex, and can deal with all viruses in the universe, but it does not require an extra "self-awareness" to operate this system. Everything runs on instinct.

These immune systems are extremely efficient, and all their actions are top strategies for survival and species continuation. They are smart, flexible, and even advanced. Their complexity exceeds anything created by human self-awareness, but they can easily do it with just instinct. operation.

Some people may wonder, how can we talk to other beings without self-awareness, or even learn from dialogue? But don’t forget, people can still talk and even walk when they are sleepwalking. Where is the self-awareness at this time?

He is sleeping.

So, self-awareness is not necessary.

Get rid of self-awareness, then there will be no selfish desires such as greed and selfishness, and you will not even feel the interference of emotions such as joy and happiness. You can simply rely on instinct to drive your body and understand the universe with a very high IQ. Like a super ant nest.

Ants are very methodical and smart. Ants can even herd aphids and build complex ant nests with aerodynamic and mathematical structures.

But ants have no self-awareness. They don't know what they are doing. Everything is just instinct under natural screening.

"Can this kind of civilization actually develop to the third level?" Li Qi shook his head. The world is really huge and full of wonders.

"It is indeed incredible, but they did it. There is another one that I think is very powerful, which is the speed world. This is the name given by Zhizhu himself, a second-level world." Yan Cong said with a smile.

"Extreme speed? Are they very fast?" You Xiong Gong expressed confusion about this name.

No matter how fast you are, you wouldn’t have to give it this name, right? Can you still pass things like Liesu, Jintai, and Immortal Road faster?

Yan Cong shook his head and explained: "It's not that the speed is fast, but that the speed of life is fast. If they don't achieve immortality, their lifespan will only be three millionths of a second. From birth, reproduction to death, it will only be a millionth of a second." Three seconds."

"Even if they achieve immortality, they generally only live eight days. After eight days, they will die from the collapse of their Taoist hearts caused by their long lifespan, just like those seventh-level people who have lived for tens of millions of years."

"What are they made of? Ordinary matter can't be like this, right?" Li Qi immediately realized this.

"Yes, they were born in a collapsed quasar. The matter on it is different from ordinary matter. The half-life is extremely fast. Their bodies are composed of these materials and will decay rapidly. For them, that is Death of old age.”

"Because of this, their development speed is very fast, very, very fast. They can be promoted to the seventh level in three millionths of a second, and at the same time, they will die of Tao Heart collapse within eight days."

"Within eight days, they must be promoted to the sixth level. After the sixth level, their minds can last for sixty days."

"They can only live for about a hundred years until the fifth level. If they want to truly achieve the immortality we know, they need the third level. After the third level, they can survive for a long time without being affected by their own fast mind. "

"However, this is only in our eyes. In their eyes, our existence is all in slow motion. Their minds are far beyond ours, their reaction speed is extremely fast, and they also have an advantage in battle. They are very good at constructing Complex and precise techniques are only limited by the shackles of the material realm. It is difficult for them to break through the limits of heaven, but it can almost be said that their actions are completely close to the limits of heaven, and it is difficult to deal with them at the same level as the fifth grade."

"But combat power is only secondary. The most important thing is the speed of development. This is a very young civilization. It has only been developed for a few hundred million years, but they are already in the second-level world. It is really...as fast as lightning." Yan Cong He shook his head and sighed.

Their somatosensory time far exceeds that of ordinary lives. For the mortals among them, three millionths of a second is a lifetime. Ordinary seventh-grade people can only live for eight days before they die from Taoist heart collapse caused by too long a time.

Li Qi thought and smiled bitterly. It would probably be very painful for this race.

Their sense of time is very fast, but this world is not that fast.

The world cannot keep up with their speed, including their own bodies. Once they leave the world they are in, external matter has a speed limit, and they must overcome the delay caused by the limit of heaven.

In other words, for this race, everything in the outside world has a huge delay. Even if they just want to control their own bodies, they will feel obvious lag, unless they maintain the law of heaven at all times. The state of extreme acceleration, but obviously this is not realistic.

They must endure the extreme difference between thinking and reality, and endure the torture of extreme loneliness. You know... even if they are just waiting for a spaceship outside the territory, it is common to wait for more than ten years.

For this civilization, waiting for more than ten years would cost their lives. Doesn't this also limit their range of movement? After all, it is common for thousands of years to travel outside the realm.

It is almost impossible for them to leave their own world. Only those of the third and fourth grades, who are no longer affected by time, can leave their hometown and venture outside the territory.

There are gains and losses.

"It takes hundreds of millions of years to reach the second level... It's really scary. Could it be that the first level is also very fast for them?" Shaochi sighed.

"I don't know, but I think that promotion to the first rank cannot rely on time stacking." Li Qi guessed.

Having said this, Li Qi looked at the time and clapped his hands: "Okay, the rest time is over, let's set off."

Li Qi spoke as the captain, and the others immediately stopped chatting, then took their places and set off again.

After two months of traveling, they could already 'see' the super ruins.

A huge gravitational source that can pull all matter within tens of millions of light-years into rotation.

It is also the nest of the medium and small birds. This magical civilization lives on the visual interface of Guixu.

"We've arrived, prepare for the ceremony." Li Qi got up from the flying boat.

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