Chapter 3231
"Can I call you 'Octopus Commander'?"
"To be honest, I have trouble telling which of you is who unless Aurora helps me, and I'm not very good at pronouncing your names either."
Actually, Lin Qi could do it. He just didn't want to.
Octopus Commander was a little speechless, but still agreed. "Of course, Mr. Lin Qi. You can absolutely do that!"
"Good. Octopus Commander, what do you think a god is, based on your understanding?"
The question caught Octopus Commander off guard. He recalled the education he had received on Octopus Planet, the legends, and the works of art he had seen.
Then, after slowly considering his words, he said, "A god is an omnipotent and incomparably powerful being."
Lin Qi did not contradict him. Instead, he nodded and said, "That's a very broad definition. In what way do you think omnipotence is expressed?"
"Control over life?"
"After going out this time, I realized that in the field of life sciences, we may already be at the forefront of the universe. Of course, that also has something to do with them lacking what is most fundamental to us."
"If mastering life and creating life are expressions of omnipotence, then..." Lin Qi shook his head. "Even ordinary people like us can do that."
The life sciences of the Earth Star Civilization were indeed astonishing. The strangest and most absurd thing about those mad scientists was that they could always find the right direction.
That was not to say their technology was vastly superior to that of the universe's civilizations. In fact, it might not be superior at all.
But science itself was a super-maze, and every civilization stood at a different point within it.
Being closer to the maze's exit did not necessarily mean one would be the