Entropy Decrease?
Wenren Sheng was slightly taken aback, then understood what the other meant.
Any closed system, if no external energy entered it, would have less and less usable energy until it finally descended into complete chaos.
To these Anomalies, humans were tools they used to reduce Entropy Increase.
So not only would they not drive humanity extinct, they would consciously or unconsciously indulge humanity in multiplying throughout the universe.
And their purpose in restricting technology, besides reducing threats to themselves, was also to prevent humanity from destroying itself.
At that moment, Big Black Pot noticed that Wenren Sheng seemed to be thinking about how to eat it, so it hurriedly spoke to divert his attention. "All right, that was only a small part of our lesson. We have many more courses, such as how to maintain rationality amid chaos and madness."
"I'm very interested in that." Wenren Sheng smiled.
Big Black Pot patiently began explaining. "All right, I'll talk about it now. We Source Spirits, the Anomalies you speak of, are born by chance in the Origin Realm. At first, we possess no intelligence at all. Later, we occasionally obtain Soul Fragments, fluctuations of consciousness, remnants of spirit, and all sorts of other miscellaneous things, gradually developing intelligence."
"Because we originate from the remnants of consciousness in the material world, our intelligence is often unstable and easily mutates."
"To maintain rationality, one must absorb knowledge and establish a correct worldview, outlook on life, and system of values."
Wenren Sheng was left rather stunned.
"What counts as your correct worldview, outlook on life, and values?"
"Maintain rationality. Reject madness."
"Cherish life. Live healthily."
"That sounds perfectly correct. Then why did you create so many disasters after coming to Earth?" Wenren Sheng asked.
"You have always lived on Earth. Why have