With three eyes fixed on him, even the Void Elder's thick old skin could not withstand it. He spoke with slight embarrassment:
"Actually, we weren't that determined to follow 'surrenderism' from the start. We held several secret discussions. The main problem was that we were already barely holding out against a single Mechanical Intelligence Crisis. If another enhanced version came along and we kept resisting, our nation would be destroyed!"
"Besides, Miss Gao said she could allow us to preserve the bloodline of the Alpha people. Beyond the information layer, we could continue to exist in carbon-based bodies. Even if our consciousnesses were uploaded, this carbon-based bloodline would still be worth researching. That was far better than the conditions offered by the Mirta people, and it would allow us to develop the potential of the Alpha people even further."
"Most importantly, if the Mirta people hadn't interfered back then, perhaps the information civilization path would have been the true destination of the Alpha people."
Yinghuo was stunned at first, then fell into deep thought.
Perhaps, seemingly, probably, that really was the case?
As a high-ranking member of Alpha, he had vaguely realized it long ago: the Alpha people's talent points had not actually been invested in mechanical technology. Their strengths lay more in the application of information technology—for example, the psionic hub, artificial intelligence, and big data. These things were not entirely unrelated to machinery, but how should he put it? If they had developed in this direction from the beginning, would things have turned out better?
"Who exactly is this Miss Gao?" he asked nervously.
The Void Elder glanced cautiously into the distance and spoke in a careful tone:
"I can't claim to understand her origins particularly well. The Grand Councilor knows more, but there is one thing I