Huang Ji's voice continued. "To desire something and be unable to obtain it—that suffering tormented the Yiqi Civilization for twenty million years."
"In the end, it forced them to choose a counterattack so humble it was almost pathetic."
Lin Li's mouth twitched. Objectively speaking, it really was pathetic.
A mature civilization would not do something like this. Suicide? Placing their hopes in someone else? No wonder their potential was so low.
But from another perspective, it was also an act of great resolve and wisdom. They did not even care about their lives, handing their souls over to NPCs? Was that really something people could come up with? "In the depths of that utter despair, the Yiqi Civilization offered up their souls. They entrusted their dream to the Shi Ge Mu Civilization. Though they were merely NPCs, they were outstanding in every respect."
"A Sarira created many such background civilizations to populate his universe. The Shi Ge Mu Civilization was a π-level civilization modeled after one from the real universe. It was highly independent and self-reliant, while its technology and knowledge were all supplied by A Sarira, drawn from the knowledge reserves of countless powerhouses, including A Sarira himself. Everything was made to resemble reality."
"It could be said that the Shi Ge Mu Civilization was no ordinary NPC. It was more like the background setting of a final boss in the Virtual Universe."
Lin Li understood. A Sarira had established many powerhouse-level civilizations within the Virtual Universe. Their memories had been carefully written, and their patterns of thought had been gathered by A Sarira over countless years. They were absolutely not the sort of NPCs whose stats had simply been maxed out as a cheap shortcut.
Once these memories, knowledge, and thought patterns gained souls, even if their intelligence