In this life, Gao Gong had not never dealt with Observer civilizations.
Previously, when he rescued the Ogrima people, he had come into contact with that "Higher-Dimensional Observer."
And during the Ascension War before that, the group of "background radiation monsters" compressed into mechanical code by Du Zhaodi had actually been an Observer civilization as well.
But as a minor branch of civilization, Observer civilizations had one characteristic.
At the fourth tier, there were fourth-level Observer civilizations; at the fifth tier, fifth-level Observer civilizations; at the sixth tier, sixth-level Observer civilizations. In fact, even in the information civilization's holy land, the "Quantum Island," Gao Gong had seen the legendary eighth-level Observer civilization.
At the time, Gao Gong had only thought, What the hell? What exactly did you observe? You can even observe level eight!?
And that led to another characteristic of Observer civilizations.
Namely, their "growth curve" was closely tied to the objects they observed.
For example, if you observed a genius species like the Ogrima people, you could observe a "quantum brain."
If you observed that "corpse of a cosmic god," you might even observe a "corrupted divine system."
But if you observed an ant, then even after observing it for your entire life—it would still be an ant.
You could not gain any inspiration from it.
This was also a disadvantage of Observer civilizations. In game terms, they were civilizations that found it extremely difficult to activate a "collective mindset" through their own power.
The more tricks the observed object could pull, the stronger their evolutionary ability would be, and vice versa.
Thinking of it that way, the players—or, more accurately, the Fourth Calamity—perfectly met the requirements for observation.
They had almost no evolutionary shackles, an absurd ability to cause trouble, and even a "shadow personality" backed by