Urban Sims

What are the people like?

Different people have different opinions on this issue.

They are a group of stupid, weak sheep, tools that can be exploited, and ignorant and insignificant ants - so smart politicians say.

Since ancient times, those who win the hearts and minds of the people win the world. The people cannot be bullied and can be used by the people. The masses contain infinite power - a certain great man said this.

The people can be manipulated, guided, and deceived. In short, those with high political skills can control the people like puppets because they are indeed stupid - some people say so.

But if in the interstellar era, the people have not yet formed their own judgment, they can be easily deceived by the low-level tricks of those politicians, and they continue to elect second- and third-rate politicians with eloquence and incompetence to power... In this era, these The people have no hope or future.

What is the fundamental reason why the development of Erqi Star has been frozen for nearly three thousand years?

The people's wisdom is not yet enlightened.

The wisdom here does not refer to the wisdom of IQ, but the wisdom of wisdom.

People are less intelligent and are easily influenced by ideology, incited by politicians, trapped in some welfare policies, and made decisions that harm collective interests based on the likes and dislikes of individuals or a small group of ethnic groups.

As a result, you can see some small countries that are not big in the first place holding independence referendums every day, you can see the conflicts between locals and foreign immigrants, and you can see that populism continues to be rampant.

Even some intellectual elites who are generally considered to be "high IQ" show a level of brainlessness in terms of public intelligence, which is really surprising.

So, what kind of "people's wisdom" can be said to have been "enlightened", which can be said to have formed its own judgment.

Take the simplest example:

The municipal government of a city has a sum of money. This money can be used for two purposes. The first purpose is to provide welfare to the citizens of the city and each person is given 100 yuan. The second purpose is to build a bridge to facilitate citizens' travel.

If the citizens are allowed to vote and decide on the use of this money, if they choose "Purpose 1" and each citizen is given a benefit of 100 yuan, then the people of this city can basically be regarded as "uninformed people."

If you choose "Purpose 2" and build a bridge to facilitate travel, it means that the citizens of the city have a certain degree of "wisdom."

The main manifestations of the undeveloped wisdom of the people are that they are short-sighted, easily impulsive, easily led to a rhythm, and fall into a state of collective unconsciousness.

The main manifestations of people's intellectual enlightenment are long-term vision, rationality, independent thinking ability, not being easily led by others, and having their own judgment at all times.

Just like the Blue Star Federation, during the expansion of administrative stars, signs of rebellion appeared in dozens of colonial stars, but they were all easily suppressed. No large-scale rebellion occurred on any planet - even if some planets The owner of the ball promised endless benefits and tried his best to win over people's hearts, but he just couldn't win a hard-core team that would obey orders.

Why is this happening?

Because the idea of ​​​​unification has long been integrated into the "people's wisdom" of these colonial planets, the vast majority of people will not follow a few powerful people who are blinded by interests and go all the way to darkness.

It is impossible to win over a few middle-level people and then lead a group of people below to rebel like in ancient times. In the interstellar era, it is simply impossible.

The fundamental purpose of Yun Xinghe's test on Erqi Planet was to test the "people's intelligence" of this planet.

Is it irreversible?

As the source of all disasters, the Erqi people hated Lan Li so much that they wanted to eat her flesh, drink her blood, and torture her to death. More than 99% of the people supported the verdict of her guilt.

But in the final voting result, just over 50% of the people chose forgiveness and acquittal.

Why do so many people make decisions that are completely opposite to what they think?

Instead of choosing to release the anger held in your heart, return the suffering you have endured to the person who caused it.

It's really easy to punish that woman, just press the "guilty" button.

but……

Rather than punishing that woman, Erqi wanted to have a future.

A promising future.

Even if they don't know the two paths provided by the aliens, which correspond to the two results, they can't guess the aliens' true intentions.

But they have suffered enough, and this time they are willing to let go of everything and have a good future.

So most of them, after going through a struggle, finally chose to forgive.

For the first time, the Erqi race finally showed some "wisdom".

"Brother, the Erqi people have put down their hatred. They should be able to stay in their homeland. The road they get must be the first one, right?"

Holding her brother's arm, Yun Qiaoqiao shook it several times and said.

Yun Xinghe shook his head: "Actually, I haven't thought about which path the trial result corresponds to. I'll make arrangements after I report this galaxy to the Federation and ask for its opinion."

"Brother! Give the Erqi people some hope. They are miserable enough. Let's stop staring at their planet. Isn't there another planet in the habitable zone of this galaxy? We just want that one."

Yun Qiaoqiao said coquettishly that she sympathized with the Erqi people very much, and especially hoped that this civilization would bid farewell to suffering.

"Xinghe-kun, the Erqi people are very uneasy right now. They are all waiting for a result. Let's give them a happy ending, just like the ending of a good movie." Xianglan Mikoto also pleaded.

"Xinghe-kun, stop nagging! Tell the Erqi people that their choice was right. They saved their home! They won!" Uehara Aika patted Yun Xinghe's shoulder heavily and said with two out of ten The tone said.

The three women took action at the same time. Yun Xinghe was a little confused and could only say: "Okay, okay, do as you say."

"Yeah!" The three women clapped each other's hands.

Five minutes later, just like Uehara Aika described, Erqi Star turned into a sea of ​​cheers.

…

Lan Li was acquitted and released because Yun Xinghe still wanted to see her. Three days later, Luo Xin took her aboard the transport spaceship and came to the Feitian again.

Living area, large living room.

Sitting on the sofa and drinking tea, Yun Xinghe asked Luo Xindao: "Luo Xin, what do you think saved the Erqi people this time?"

"they themselves."

Luo Xin said without hesitation: "They saved themselves."

"Yes, a civilization cannot solve its own problems and still wants to rely on other civilizations to help solve it. How is this possible?"

Yun Xinghe sighed with emotion. From the corner of his eye, he saw Lan Li standing aside. Her body seemed to be shaking slightly. He turned to Lan Li and said, "Ms. Lan Li, you don't have to apologize to any of your compatriots, but the three-eyed people , is indeed the biggest innocent person in your plan, your actions have hurt more than one civilization, you owe the Three-Eyed Man an apology."

Yun Xinghe had Dr. Heng brought over and placed it on the small round table in front of Lan Li.

"Are you Dr. Heng? You..." Lan Li opened her eyes wide and couldn't believe it. It turned out that the three-eyed man was so small.

She still has an impression of Dr. Heng, because Dr. Heng is the person with whom she has communicated the most.

She and Dr. Heng can be called "old friends" who have known each other for many years.

"Lan Li, you make me very angry. You harmed Zhiwei civilization and almost went astray. But we three-eyed people have never done anything to harm you. Why do you want to harm us?" Dr. Heng was very angry. Tone and temperament.

"I...I..." Lan Li lowered her head, speechless.

"We came here this time to punish your civilization and punish you! But..."

Dr. Heng's stern tone changed and his tone became gentle: "I still decide to forgive you. The past is in the past. My child, let go of all resentment. You are very tired. Take a good rest and start living your new life. .”

Dr. Heng's words were like spring rain and wind, hitting Lan Li's heart. The warmth instantly melted her ice-like heart into a big hole. Through this hole, the influx of The rain poured into her zombie-like shell. For a moment, she felt her heartbeat and temperature...

Tears gush out like spring water.

"Dr. Heng, I'm sorry, I was wrong..."

This woman was crying like a child at this time.

…

Two days later.

Through long-range quantum communication, Yun Xinghe reported the news of the discovery of Erqi Star to the Starry Space Exploration Bureau and communicated with the President's Madam.

The person in power was still President Malatya. After watching the video of "Introduction to the Erqi Planet", she opened her cherry mouth wide again and said with a look of surprise: "Captain Yun, you have found another planet with intelligent life. , and the technological level is close to reaching the interstellar level... This, only a few years have passed, you are really astonishing."

"This civilization is very close to the three-eyed man's galaxy, only four light years away." Yun Xinghe said.

"It's just that this planet, which is only one step away from emerging from the cradle, is willing to become a subsidiary civilization of the Federation? After all, they are not a junior civilization with low technology."

Malatya was somewhat concerned that this kind of civilization is only one or two technological explosions away from fully entering the age of interstellar navigation, and the Federation's fast fleet still has nearly two hundred years of sailing time before it can reach Erqi. Near the galaxy, if this civilization...

"Don't worry, Madam President, the three-eyed people will help us take good care of this galaxy. After the "Affiliated Civilization Agreement" was signed, they did not have the strength to tear up the agreement."

In the Yunxing River, the three-eyed people are now able to mass-produce super water droplets with a diameter of 10 meters, and the speed has also been increased to 0.5 times the speed of light. In front of the super water droplets, civilizations that have just left the interstellar space can be easily harvested by them.

Moreover, the current population of Erqi Planet is not large, only 500 million. The minimum standard for interstellar civilization to increase to more than 10 billion will take at least hundreds of years.

"In addition, this civilization may be very helpful to the Federation's interstellar development activities. They have a very special talent. They can retain most of their memories after sleeping in the dormant cabin for more than 2,000 years...their brains The structure is very unique.”

"Oh my god! This is an incredible talent. Captain Yun, please tell the leader of this civilization, President Malatya of the Blue Star Federation, that they are welcome to join!"

Malatya smiled and said, as the Federation discovers more and more intelligent galaxies, it is a consensus reached within the Blue Star Federation that cultural integration is better than military conquest.

The finishing talents of the Three-Eyed People and the starry sky exploration talents of the Erqi Stars will play their role in various undertakings of the Federation.

With the addition of these civilizations, it is foreseeable that the Blue Star Federation will definitely become stronger and stronger.

The condition is not very good, just watch the next chapters.