Wisdom

As a collection of codes, "Ying" is a fair and rigid witness and executor. Although it inspires fear, it is only a rudimentary form of fear.

All its taboos are laid out there, clearly visible. As long as they are not violated, the existence of "Ying" is enough to put many people at ease.

But if "Ying" really knew about and participated in this matter, then things become somewhat strange. If a rigid rule enforcer knows how to assess the situation and adapt, then it means that Ying is no longer just a simple collection of code, but has developed the ability to think and possesses intelligence, which is a characteristic of intelligent beings.

As the saying goes, you can know a person's face but not their heart. As a thinking, intelligent being, his thoughts will become complex and his behavior will become unpredictable.

If it were just an ordinary intelligent being with few resources, the harm wouldn't be too great. But what is "Ying"? It is an entity that controls more than half of the violent mechanisms of the Epoch Clan.

This level of force is enough to enable it to successfully realize many of its ideas. If it were to develop emotions on top of its intelligence, things would become even more serious.

Emotions are two-way; some are optimistic and uplifting, while others are depressive and pessimistic. If a destructive personality were to develop, that would be quite interesting.

If this is true, Rowan finds an opportunity to reveal it, the Star Sea Training Grounds will likely be thrown into chaos immediately. After all, those who are not of our kind are bound to have different intentions. If compared to "Luminous," then all other races can be considered our own, since we are all organic aggregates, completely different from "Luminous," a phantom-like existence.

The many member races of the Star Sea Alliance have evolved from primitive life forms to their present state. Although they may have received some external assistance along the way, their essence has not changed.

This makes them quite demanding in terms of their living environment, including temperature, air composition, and even resistance to various external aggressors such as bacteria and high-energy radiation; they can be described as very delicate.

The reason why the Zerg became the target of everyone's criticism is because, compared to the other races in the Star Sea Alliance, the Zerg's survival ability is simply too strong. Not only do they have very low requirements for their living environment, but they also have a very strong resistance to various external attacks. They can even survive directly in outer space, which is unimaginable to many races.

Because of their lack of pickiness about the living environment, such Zerg have a greater advantage in the struggle for survival. Some things that are taboo to others are not very useful to the Zerg. Without constraints, this maverick behavior naturally attracts the hostility of other intelligent beings.

For example, in the early stages of civilization, everyone used nuclear weapons to deter each other, and because of this fear, they maintained a relative peace. But suddenly a species appeared that was not only unafraid of the explosive power of weapons, but even the remnants of the explosions became nutrients for them. In this situation, in order not to have their living space squeezed out by the new species, the original species would most likely unite to fight against the new species.

Even if the new species maintains goodwill, it will be of no use. This is not something that can be resolved by subjective notions of good and evil. It is a matter of self-defense by a species that is lagging behind in evolution in order to maintain its own living environment and space.

Even if these complex reasons are embellished with various high-IQ social interactions or other excuses, they cannot negate the deepest underlying cause.

The Star Sea Alliance was unaware of Rowan's existence. If we only consider the Zerg as an example, then the existence of "Luminous" poses a greater threat to the various races of the Star Sea Alliance than the Zerg.

No matter what the Zerg are like, no matter how different their body structures are, they are still living beings, beings based on carbon as their organic matter. But what is "Luminous"?

Is a virtual, ethereal cyber life form manifested in the real world as a mechanical body? An AI? A warship or a cannon? In a sense, "Ying's" life form is somewhat similar to Rowan's, but Rowan has always kept it well hidden, while "Ying" has been visible to the world since its birth.

People know it very well; even much of its underlying code is not a secret. Because of this, people also understand how terrifying and powerful "Ying" would be if it were to develop intelligence and emotions.

Rowan shook his head. The amount of information he had just speculated about was quite large, and things might not be as he imagined. Because if this was just something "Ying" was doing secretly, Rowan would probably be certain that his guess was true on the spot.

But now other people are involved in this matter. Rowan doesn't know exactly how many people are involved, but at the very least, Saide is involved.

As the most prestigious elder of the Epoch Clan, Rowan didn't believe that Saide would be unaware of any changes to "Ying." He should know the specifics better than Rowan and reach the aforementioned conclusion sooner, since he was a participant in the event, while Rowan was merely a distant observer.

Although Saide is an Epoch Clan of the Foundation-Inheritance Faction, the Foundation-Inheritance Faction only advocates for friendly coexistence with artificial intelligence, and intelligent life has nothing to do with it.

Because artificial intelligence and intelligent life are completely different things. One is just a program with more refined algorithms and more complete big data, while the other is an alternative life form with thinking and emotions.

The difference is so great that it's like being an animal rights activist, even if the animal is virtual or mechanical, but that's the general idea.

This animal, or whatever else, is within their comprehension; they stand on a higher, more superior level, bestowing gifts from the stronger. Although the animal's aggression, such as that of a lion, could kill them, it cannot completely erase this sense of superiority.

But now, the animal has been replaced by an alien with a completely different life form from theirs, and this alien is of a higher and more superior level than them.

Rowan didn't believe that the so-called "Foundation-Inheritance Faction" couldn't distinguish between these differences. Originally, the factions among everyone were just based on race or something similar to the debate over whether or not dogs could be kept in a city, which led to people being divided into two factions.

But what if dogs suddenly turned into real, super-powerful and intelligent canine beings, and there was a possibility that they would be enslaved?

In this situation, even the most ardent dog lovers probably wouldn't consider native dogs and alien canines to be the same thing.

Rowan believed that even a three-year-old child knew this in the interstellar era, so it was impossible for Saide not to know. But the fact that there was no reaction within the Epoch Clan might prove that his previous guess was incorrect.

Thank you Yuyan for the 500 Qidian Coins reward, and thank you Barbarian King with Ultimate for the 100 Qidian Coins reward.