Luo Qi could not help asking, "Since your war is already over, why haven't you lifted the blockade on the Profound Heaven Nebula? Why not release the war proxies you created?"
He had never imagined they would leave such an enormous pit lying around for themselves to fall into.
The Regional Administrator spread his hands. "First, there are zero civilizations near the Profound Heaven Nebula capable of approaching that region. And the space-level civilizations that accept my guidance all know it is my ancestral homeland."
"Second, we do indeed have the ability to create a civilization with intelligence and creativity at will, but our own conscious judgment now tells us we have no right to decide that civilization's destruction. That civilization acquired space technology directly, without the corresponding level of social thought. Rather than let them die, we would prefer to give them a chance to come to their senses within the blockade. If, one day, both sides set aside their war and study space technology together, they will be capable of escaping the Profound Heaven Nebula and joining the ranks of the great space-level civilizations. That would be an excellent outcome for us as well."
"And you, Luo Qi, an intelligent being from the Three Six Seven Stellar System who converted from flesh and blood to an intelligent machine, were also among those I observed."
"Your planet was once chaotic and violent. Its entire social system was controlled by the economy, while the economy was manipulated by a shortsighted minority. The individuals who made up its civilization were generally ignorant and bereft of courage and individuality. Five thousand years of development fell far short of the pace achieved in the forty years preceding 2052."
"If you had not forcibly broken through Water Blue Star's rigid, entrenched class system, allowing