The Absolute Rational Observer Cluster's thoughts stabbed like cold probes into the core reasoning behind the multiversal symbiotic network.
They cared nothing for emotional experience or moral stature, only this: over an infinite timescale, which model could maximize civilization's overall probability of survival, total accumulation of knowledge, and evolutionary potential?
It was an intensely pragmatic-and intensely difficult-test. In the short term and on a local scale, extreme templates often demonstrated astonishing "efficiency": sole supremacy could rapidly concentrate resources; eternal reincarnation could avert risks; perfect stasis could maintain minimal energy consumption...
Lin Ye's consciousness focused as never before. This was the crucial moment for turning an ideal into proof of "hard power."
"As you wish," Lin Ye replied, his voice calm and level, likewise stripped of emotional embellishment. "We will conduct a pure simulation beyond space and time. Please set the parameters: the initial number of civilizations, resource distribution, the frequency and intensity of external environmental disturbances, and the timespan. Run three models simultaneously-the 'multiversal symbiotic network,' the 'sole supremacy unification,' and the 'eternal reincarnation stableform'-and observe their long-term performance."
"Acceptable." The Absolute Rational Observer Cluster issued a succinct thought, instantly supplied an enormous quantity of parameters, and opened a special region of the Heart Sea. Its rules were clear, suitable for accelerated thought experiments.
The Prototype Light Orb, the projection of the Tower of Sole Supremacy, and the projection of the Ring of Eternal Reincarnation simultaneously projected finely detailed simulation models. A silent, immense "civilizational evolution sandbox contest" began.
Time within the simulations accelerated to a nearly infinite rate.
All the observers watched the three models evolve in parallel.
Early stage:
* Sole supremacy model: terrifying speed of expansion and integration. With high internal uniformity and strong execution, it swiftly conquered and assimilated large numbers of initial civilizations, concentrating resources