Chapter 804: Chapter 36 We are Pioneers (6200)_4
"In my view, Inscriptions and many Origin Structures are essentially some sort of program designed by a super civilization, omitting all complexities and rewriting the world in the simplest way, then throwing this power they derived from transforming the world out there for other civilizations to freely use their âprogramâ."
"Isnât this just a form of artificial intelligence?"
"But for the vast majority of Terra People, all of this resembles ânatural lawsâ and âLogosâ... No one has considered these things."
"Everyone is unaware of the true principle behind it, but only knows the most superficial âphenomenonââeveryone knows that friction can produce fire, but why friction causes fire, that explanation is too complicated."
"Adalbert, we are Pioneers."
"We are doing the âcomplicated stuffâ right now."
Adalbert went from initial dumbfoundedness to shock now.
What Ian said was something even he hadnât thought of throughout many years of his research career.
It wasnât that Adalbert wasnât intelligent or lacked the spirit of scientific inquiry.
In fact, the fact that Adalbert could offer so many suggestions about Ianâs plan demonstrated his profound critical and scientific spirit.
But for Terra People, Inscriptions were merely a way to mobilize Origin Quality and Spirit Energy Fields.
Just like lighting a fire to boil water, or apples falling towards the ground.
This was an instinctive recognition embedded in the deepest layer of their Bloodline long before their civilization had taken shape.
However, how long might it take for a species to develop intelligence and then form a civilization?
Merely a few million years...
For the scale of the universe, thatâs just a brief moment.
Creatures born in the Terra Universe might never think about these things.
But Ian wasnât like this.
He transmigrated.
He had the memories and knowledge of another universe, a completely different âcognitive comparison system.â
He could.
And Ian knew.
He knew of a super civilization in this universe capable of creating the âStar Prison Tianyuâ, and almost all the stars in the sky were covered with this prison.
He knew this universe was vast and boundless, and the civilization capable of such a feat was almost indistinguishable from God.
Therefore, he could guess and doubt these things that to others seemed as âtruthâ.
"We Humans are not a species that can directly see the Logos; what we see with our eyes, is like looking through a mirror, all illusory and hazy."
At this moment, Ian softly recited the Maxims that Hiliard had initially guided him on The Path of Sublimation:
He started to smile, pure and sincere like a child: "Therefore, everything can be falsified to cultivate the truthâjust as the Origin Structure of Magical Beasts replicated by artificial intelligence is âfalseâ compared to the real Magical Beast Origin Structure, but still can achieve ârealâ effectsâthis is all the same."
"Adalbert, you asked me how to ensure artificial intelligence isnât exploited for personal gain... The answer is quite simple."
Ian looked calmly at the Deceased Monarch: "Just donât let anyone other than you and I know that an artificial intelligence capable of turning people into âSublimatorsâ exists, completely black box the matter."
"For the people of future generations, the ability to become Sublimators through meditation and meeting specific Rules and conditions, in essence, is no different from trading with some great existence in the Domain of Void for power."
"Even this great existence, to the people of future generations, is just a ânatural lawâ."
"But... even if we stop talking about this now..." Adalbert was now thoroughly subdued by Ianâs thoughts, yet he still murmured: "Surely there will be clever people in the future, they will discover the truth of all this... They will find out."
"Isnât that a simple matter? Clever people have discovered ânatural lawsâ and summarized them for use. Whatâs the big deal?"
"Even now, we canât be sure that the various âtruths and lawsâ weâve discovered are not some sort of rules set by some super civilization."
Ian spoke calmly, even indifferently: "Moreover... first, Terra must have a future, and we must also successfully create the Arcane Pathway."
"What lies in the future is for the future to decide, even Prophets canât manage that much."
"At the end of the day, my aim..."
âIs only to ascend Above the Sky.
âThat is all.
[If my actions affect the beings of the future... I wonât say Iâm sorry]