Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 506 - 150 Green Forest is Really

Chapter 506: Chapter 150 Green Forest is Really

Xiang Shan looked at Daijiu Tai’a’s war chariot and said, "Judging by your appearance, you also seem to have some understanding of history before the Sublimation Wars, right?"

Daijiu Tai’a replied, "I know a little bit."

"You know history? Then I’ll test you," Xiang Shan said, "Do you know how many continuous plans the Superman Enterprise had?"

Daijiu Tai’a answered, "Three, perhaps. The Benchmark Human Remodeling Surgery based on genetics, the Human Cyborgization Project based on engineering, and the Friendship Project based on cognitive science..."

Xiang Shan looked extremely displeased, "What a mess. Indeed, there was a series of plans based on cognitive science, but it has nothing to do with the so-called ’Friendship Project.’ The ’Friendship Project’ is an evolutionary psychology project concerning social interaction..." Xiang Shan held his forehead. "’Friendship Project’ is a project that discusses human social relationships from an evolutionary psychology perspective. The ultimate goal of this project was to make human communication more convenient... It should be like that, right?"

Is this project related to the "Consensus Therapy"?

He felt a headache. On one hand, it was due to the loss of memory; on the other hand, Xiang Shan had to admit that by the late 1960s, his control over the Superman Enterprise had started to falter. The Superman Enterprise of the 60s was not the same emerging tech hegemon of the 40s. It was hard to tell if there were projects intertwined with complexities that had been conducted without his knowledge.

And these details he didn’t know back then ultimately converged into the Tyrant’s authority.

However, at least one thing was certain.

He had fought for what was right.

Xiang Shan extended four fingers, "There were four major plans in total. You actually only knew about two—’Benchmark Human Remodeling Surgery’ and ’Human Cyborgization Process.’ The one based on cognitive science was called the ’New Cultural Trend,’ and the last one was ’Second World Network Cyberspace,’ which aimed for a completely covert second world on the net. Of course, to establish such a world, it required significant breakthroughs in cognitive science, so some people included this plan under the ’New Cultural’ category."

From this perspective, "Second World Network Cyberspace" is not regarded as a "second space" built upon reality, but purely as a cultural phenomenon.

Xiang Shan did not force his contemporaries to conform to a unified standard in viewing this issue. He did not even know how later histories would summarize it. He was just talking about what he knew.

Having said that, Xiang Shan bent down two fingers and continued, "The two truly consistent plans of the Superman Enterprise were only ’Benchmark Human Remodeling Surgery’ and ’Human Cyborgization Process.’

The significance of ’Benchmark Human Remodeling Surgery’ lies in reducing the daily energy needs of humans, indirectly improving the capacity of the primary industry. Ah, that’s not quite right, more precisely, it’s about changing the definition of the primary industry. Perhaps your generation only knows this, but does not have a clear understanding of it—that long, long ago, humanity’s primary industry was ’plant cultivation, inefficient fixed solar energy’ and ’animal husbandry, even less efficient use of solar energy fixed by plants.’ And what we did was directly integrate the more efficient electric power industry into the primary industry."

Xiang Shan bent down another finger. He waved the last remaining finger, "Whereas the Human Cyborgization Process is about eliminating the frailties of humankind, allowing humans to exploit the abundant resources within the Solar System at a lower cost. This process will give birth to countless positions, countless markets, countless productions, and consumptions—it is an opportunity for transformation."

Daijiu Tai’a hesitated for a moment, then said, "But the founder of the Superman Enterprise did not win the ’second round’..."

"That’s our problem," Xiang Shan spoke without any hint of wavering or hesitation, "Remember what I just told you. In that era, there was not much difference between the strong and the weak. The strong were only a bit stronger than the weak in some aspect, and then ’the favor of the era’ magnified these differences a thousand times over."

With his last finger still raised, Xiang Shan tapped his own head, "You’ve probably realized by now. The one in front of you is the Flying Divine Pig most favored by the era. But besides that, we are no different from the weak."

"But, since you’ve lost the ’second round’ and even the ’third round,’ why not let someone else try?"

"Because I can see through what you’re up to at a glance," Xiang Shan said, "What’s the deal with the Green Forest size limits? Do you really have no idea?"

Daijiu Tai’a did not respond.

But Xiang Shan couldn’t stop himself, "The Green Forest groups are usually about a few hundred people, right? And they are accustomed to operating in small teams, with many Green Forest Men teaming up in parties of just a few. It’s all too natural."

"Because humanity lived in this state for tens of thousands of years."

Humans—or rather, "late-stage Homo sapiens," lived in this condition for a very long period.

It was only after entering the civilized era that human communities began to grow in size and collective activities became more complex.

But humanity has only been in the civilized era for four to five thousand years.

Such a short span of time is not enough to cause significant genetic changes in humans.

Many people have an intuitive understanding of small numbers like three, four, five, six, seven, most likely because in earlier times, our human ancestors hunted in groups of that size. Their brains were only required to process that many companions at the same time.

Whether it’s the East or the West, ancient or modern, the main group in an adventure story tends to hover around this number. Humans instinctively feel that "this number of a small team makes sense." If, for some esoteric reason, the team has to be bigger than that, those people will mostly split into small groups for activities. If they have to appear together, then the spotlight will concentrate on just a few members.

This "few" generally means around seven or eight at most.

Additionally, if the group is in the dozens or hundreds, it is easy for humans to get an "intuitive understanding."

But beyond that, humans lack an intuitive grasp of numbers in the thousands or tens of thousands.

They can probably picture what "a hundred people" look like, but "ten thousand" becomes vague.

Because those numbers greatly exceed the upper limit of "tribe population."

The designer called "evolution" thought humans "temporarily" didn’t need to deal with such large numbers.

"I see that your biotechnology is quite advanced; it’s impossible that you aren’t taught evolutionary theory, right? You can’t possibly believe in creationism, can you? Surely not," Xiang Shan said, "This is something even I can see through. You couldn’t possibly be unaware.""

"The Green Forest is merely returning humans to their most primal state. Humankind’s instincts find this hunter-gatherer lifestyle, treating one’s own species as non-brethren, to be quite reasonable, just like forty thousand years ago."