radicalducati Chapter 37 Upgrading Life Level and Transforming Life Form
Chapter 37 Upgrading Life Level and Transforming Life Form
"For example, in all these years of development, you have never thought of using technology to improve your life level or change your physiological structure, such as making your body completely adaptable to the environment of the Chaotic Era, or increasing your lifespan and changing your reproductive patterns."
Generally speaking, the development direction of the Trisolaran civilization was not too problematic, but some aspects were not handled well.
In short, they are not perfect; they could have done better.
But this has nothing to do with the Trisolarans, since it's all because of the rule: "Higher dimensions forbid, no passage ahead!"
Cheng Yuan smiled and said, "I know you've thought about it, but you haven't even entertained the idea. But now that I'm here, we need to correct this wrong direction. From today onward, we should study the path of life's evolution."
"Many people like to pit technology, or scientific progress, against individual development, arguing that while civilization's science is very advanced, individuals within that civilization remain weak and at a low level of life."
"The most classic example is that in many science fiction movies and novels, there are often civilizations with advanced technology, but scientists who are very weak and can be easily captured and slaughtered."
"That doesn't make much sense. Why must scientists be bespectacled, pale-faced scholars in white lab coats, instead of muscular hunks or superheroes who can punch through steel?"
"When facing the enemy, can they only passively cooperate or be slaughtered without any power to resist? Why can't those scientists use technology to improve themselves and strengthen their own armed forces?"
There is a strange notion that scholars are weak and not combatants, therefore they are not good at fighting.
But this is very unreasonable. It's one thing for a low-level civilization to be like this, but scientists from an advanced civilization possess so much knowledge, yet they don't know how to strengthen themselves, elevate their life level, and equip themselves with some powerful weapons?
The ideal scenario should be that the higher the level of civilization, the stronger the individuals within that civilization who possess more knowledge should be.
Cheng Yuandao: "The normal development of a civilization should be such that as the technology of the civilization develops, the individuals in the civilization will become stronger and their life level will become higher and higher, rather than the civilization's technology developing rapidly while the life level of the individuals in the civilization remains stagnant."
"The strength of civilization and the strength of the individual should not be opposed, but rather complementary. The advancement of civilization and technology elevates the individual's life level, and the individual's improved and stronger life level can in turn promote the development of civilization better and faster."
"Leaving aside other improvements, even the simplest increase in individual eating efficiency can impact the development of a civilization. If individuals in a civilization eat in shorter periods, wouldn't they have more time to study, think, and work?"
The officials thought about it and realized it was true. Since the time allotted each day was fixed, less time spent eating meant more time to do other things.
This is just a very simple improvement. If there were improvements such as faster thinking speed, stronger memory, and higher comprehension, how much faster would the development of civilization be?
Cheng Yuan continued: "The ultimate achievement of civilization should be used by individuals within that civilization. The ultimate form of civilization should be that every intelligent individual within it is part of the civilization itself, possessing all the knowledge and technology of the civilization, and given the right conditions, capable of creating all the creations of the civilization themselves."
The Trisolaran rulers' brainwaves were oscillating violently. This wasn't just the Supreme Ruler's fantasy; it was theoretically achievable, though that would require a civilization to reach an extremely advanced stage of development.
In fact, the Trisolaran civilization has already made initial progress in this area, which, according to the classification of fantasy novels about cultivating immortality, belongs to the early stage of this type of civilization.
"This is the direction of development I plan for civilization: the direction of life evolution. The level of individual life needs to be improved along with the development of civilization, otherwise it will become a weakness of civilization in the future."
Iron Man's armor is very strong, but its weakness is also obvious: Tony Stark, who wields the armor, is an ordinary human.
"in addition……"
Cheng Yuan glanced at the Trisolaran governors in the room, but instead of immediately revealing this "other" point, he asked a question: "What are your views on humanity, or rather, on the human life form?"
The brainwaves of the officials paused for a moment. None of them were stupid; in the blink of an eye, they understood what Cheng Yuan wanted to say to them.
The Trisolaran Prime Minister asked, "Your Excellency, do you intend for us to transform our life form into that of humans?"
Cheng Yuan nodded and said, "I do have this intention, but whether you choose to do so is up to you. I will not force you to transform into humans."
"As you should already realize, humans exist in all three planes we've visited so far. And to be frank, in all the myriad worlds, the human life form is the absolute mainstream."
"If you do not transform into human life form, you will lose a lot. In many mythological worlds, the human life form is the innate Dao body, the most suitable physique for cultivation, and other races often cultivate into human form."
The officials did not ask why.
What other reason could there be?
It is certain that the life form of the higher-dimensional creators was humanoid, so the dominant life form in the world they created was naturally humanoid.
Human-shaped life forms are not necessarily strong or well-developed in every world, but they are certainly the most widely distributed in all the heavens and myriad worlds, with human-shaped life forms existing in more than 99% of the worlds.
There's been a man-made disaster; people are everywhere.
There's nothing we can do about it; the higher-dimensional creators are in human form, so naturally there will be some bias.
If the Trisolarans could also create lower-dimensional worlds, then the mainstream life forms in those lower-dimensional worlds would be the same as theirs.
This is very unfair to other life forms, but what can we do about it? Should we not choose the version set by the developers and instead choose the bottom-tier hero?
This isn't a game. You can play tens of thousands of matches with a weak hero and become a master, and there's a slight chance you might be able to beat a top-tier player.
Besides, there's no need to go against the grain. We were all created by a higher-dimensional creator. What's wrong with transforming our life forms to resemble those of the creator god?
Some civilizations and races are unaware of these things and have no chance to transform their life forms to higher-dimensional creators.
Just as the Trisolaran Prime Minister was about to transmit his thoughts in speech, Cheng Yuan said again, "Although I have the intention to have you transform your life form into that of humans, I do not want everyone in civilization to do so."
"First, this is the original form of your race, which has a profound meaning for you; second, your current life form may have the opportunity to develop into the ultimate life form; third, it can form a contrast with the human life form, so that if one day in the future it is found that the path of transforming into the human life form is not feasible, the seed can still be preserved."
"So, you can discuss and decide among yourselves who is willing to transform and who is willing to retain their current life form, and then submit the list to me."
The Trisolaran Prime Minister said, "Your Excellency Supreme Ruler, we will discuss and decide on this matter ourselves later. Thank you for your suggestion!"