Deep Space Wandering Fleet
Chapter 385 - 383: Perhaps Too Lonely

Chapter 385: Chapter 383: Perhaps Too Lonely

Human civilization in the Kunlun Mountains was itself a civilization filled with benevolence and a sense of justice, at least that’s what Zhang Yuan believed.

He sat in his seat, brewed himself a cup of tea, and through the glass, he could still see the distant starry sky.

Because the centrifuge of the Captain’s Room was constantly rotating, the scenery outside the window was slowly changing. This part of the starry sky was a bit different from what one could see from Earth; the 88 constellations had long since lost their original shapes. Constellations like the Big Dipper and Ursa Major couldn’t be found anymore.

This patch of the starry sky contained the numerous rise and falls of countless civilizations, only humanity was unaware of it. Many stories, perhaps buried among the myriad stars, no one cared about these past events.

Zhang Yuan was filled with thoughts, what concerned him most was whether the ideologies of these higher interstellar civilizations would influence humanity itself.

Some civilizations were filled with good intentions, but inevitably, some were full of malice.

Some civilizations did not mind giving a small help, offering an opportunity, like the Gaia Civilization, the Enlightener Civilization, and even humanity itself, because such help brought pleasure. But surely, there were also civilizations that perhaps, like the German Leader, would annihilate an inferior race on a whim.

Even though humanity hadn’t encountered such civilizations...

But if they ever did, it would be a huge crisis for the survival of the species!

"Thankfully, humanity is now part of the interstellar civilization, even if we encounter powerful opponents, we have the strength to fight. The Badit Civilization has explored within this one hundred light-years for a hundred thousand years without encountering such abnormal civilizations. Maybe we won’t meet them so easily either..."

"Maybe that super-life ZERO-XZ didn’t tell lies, many of the high-level civilizations are composed of a single will super-life. It’s only civilizations with a single will where behaviors could be so emotive."

Human civilization, in fact, couldn’t achieve this. With so many people and so many ideas, it was already good to adhere to a middle ground.

If unwarranted massacres happened, surely heaps of people would oppose; multi-willed civilizations are just that complicated.

"Hey, hey, what are you thinking about? It’s already ten o’clock at night!" A familiar female voice came from beside him, he turned his head and saw it was his wife, Lin Xuanyuan.

Zhang Yuan stood up to make her a cup of tea, smiling, he said, "Oh, I was just thinking... why do the Enlighteners do what they do? What exactly is their purpose?"

"If all the life planets in this star domain have been visited by the Enlighteners, that really is an incredible thing. If we reach the next planet with intelligent life, perhaps we could again find traces of Enlightener civilization, don’t you find that kind of journey interesting?"

"To some civilizations, like humans, the Enlighteners merely drove humanity’s ancestors out of Africa and then a glorious culture developed."

"For the Gleize Civilization, they just made them aware of the existence of ’Science’ as a methodology, causing a huge variable."

"But for other civilizations, like the Badit and the Riley, they employed a certain level of genetic modification. Though why they would treat them differently is unknown, it seems everything was done to allow these civilizations to advance a little bit..."

Lin Xuanyuan couldn’t help but laugh, "What you are most envious of must be the Badit people possessing a lifespan of five thousand years... gaining such a long lifespan for no reason, it’s like a pie falling from the sky that just happened to hit them!"

"Yes... without such long lifespans, the Badit Civilization would have become thoroughly corrupt by now... they are still a capitalist society. Even now, we only live for about three hundred years."

Zhang Yuan looked towards a bright star in the distance, continuing, "But, there’s nothing to envy really, the more interference one receives, the more their own path is restricted. The Enlighteners couldn’t have foreseen humanity’s deep space plans, wandering plans, or transcendent projects fifteen thousand years later. But they might have foreseen the current state of the Badit Civilization, including the internal materialism."

"The Badeit Civilization is the Badeit Civilization, and humans are humans. It’s not necessarily true that the genetically modified Badeit Civilization has more potential than humans."

"If we could reach the trading market of the Huantai Civilization, we would be able to further understand this aspect... The trading market of the Huantai Civilization has been ongoing for millions of years and should know this part of history."

Zhang Yuan spread his arms, as if embracing the future, "I really look forward to it. By then, we will be able to know the real name of the Enlightener Civilization and understand what kind of civilization it really is... There are always civilizations with different ideas in the Universe, which is precisely the charm of this starry sky. If everything were dull, it would be meaningless."

"Even if I don’t live to see that day, dying on the journey in pursuit of the truth, I won’t regret it."

"I know the answer!" Lin Xuanyuan suddenly blinked, her expression serious.

"What answer do you know?"

"Yes! Do you want to hear it?"

"Then tell me." Zhang Yuan inwardly commented on his wife’s unpredictable character; did he really not know her?

She sat down quietly, her hands cupping her face, speaking somewhat desolately, "It’s because... it’s too lonely!"

"Too lonely?" Zhang Yuan asked curiously.

She spoke in a slightly sad tone, "Yes, the Enlighteners must be a very powerful civilization..."

"They’ve seen the rise and fall of civilizations and witnessed the prosperity and solitude of the Universe. Even civilizations like ours or the third-level and fourth-level civilizations in the interstellar trading market are just as naive to them..."

"That’s why they would do such things, giving a little help to the young civilizations, to make the Universe a bit livelier, for the better... Who knows what might happen in the future?"

"Your thought is very feminine... but it’s romantic!" Zhang Yuan said as he sat down on the chair.

After this conversation, Lin Xuanyuan also fell silent, and the two just leaned together, quietly watching the stars.

Women’s thoughts are always different from men’s, perhaps her idea is more correct?

The Universe is so vast, so complex; just the Milky Way alone has hundreds of billions of constant stars, and there are hundreds of billions of galaxies like the Galaxy Star in the entire observable Universe.

Trying to guess the ideology of all civilizations with human thinking is somewhat laughable. Maybe the other party is just too lonely and does not need any major benefits.

Lin Xuanyuan suddenly said, "But, the Enlightener Civilizations mostly failed, the Gleize Civilization hasn’t escaped its predicament, the Riley Civilization remains the same without any progress, even unaware of the occurring ecological crisis... The Badeit Civilization, we also don’t know whether they are good or bad. As for humans, if it weren’t for a low-probability event, they would have already been just an ordinary civilization."

Zhang Yuan sighed, "Perhaps, the Enlightener Civilization also knows that their actions are likely to fail... Ordinary civilizations are the majority, there are many things that external forces cannot change."