Even if this Architectural Civilization had not made this request of Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu would still inevitably have done this anyway. Xiao Yu had to thoroughly investigate this virtual life civilization in order to confirm whether or not he was truly unique in the universe. If there really were many civilizations in the universe similar to himself, then his subsequent developnt strategy would have to be adjusted.
Besides that, extrely advanced computer technology was also sothing Xiao Yu was determined to obtain. Not to ntion that if he agreed to this condition, the Architectural Civilization would also offer up all of its own technology.
In terms of both emotion and reason, Xiao Yu had no choice but to agree to this request. Xiao Yu would be the greatest winner in this incident and would reap the most benefits. The only thing worth worrying about was…
“I do not know whether I can win this war. If I win, I will once again enter a stage of major developnt. If I lose, I will have nothing left.” Xiao Yu sighed inwardly.
“According to past patterns, after our escape this ti, this virtual life civilization will need at least one thousand years before it can find us again. So during this thousand-year period, your civilization can make so preparations for war…” the Architectural Civilization said. “We will provide you with the technology of our Architectural Civilization, but sorry, our research strength will not participate in any technological research and developnt activities inside your civilization.”
“A thousand years of preparation ti? That is already enough.” Xiao Yu said. “I understand your difficulties. Just leave the matter of war to . You do not need to involve yourselves too much in it. Since you are a non-war-type civilization, it is best to stay a little farther away from war…”
Toward interest-based, non-war-related civilizations, Xiao Yu naturally held a degree of goodwill. Of course, the microscopic civilization was not included in this. Once they had provoked Xiao Yu, the destruction of a few civilizations was only a trivial matter.
A transaction concerning the fate of three Level 7 Civilizations was concluded in this calm atmosphere of conversation. And the only thing maintaining the validity of this transaction was the fragile trust between them. There was no doubt that in this transaction, Xiao Yu occupied the initiative. As for the Architectural Civilization, it seed to have only this single path to choose. Even knowing that the risks were enormous, they still had to make a choice and gamble on this.
In this regard, the Architectural Civilization perfectly carried out the principle of employing soone without doubting them. Since they had chosen to trust Xiao Yu, they trusted him without reservation. After Xiao Yu proposed that he wished to visit the interior of the Architectural Civilization’s great building, the Architectural Civilization agreed to the request with a very straightforward attitude.
“This is the great structure into which our civilization has poured millions of years of effort.” Before the humanoid robot Xiao Yu had sent, the reception personnel sent by the Architectural Civilization spoke with full pride. “When it cos to architecture, there is no civilization in the universe that can stand shoulder to shoulder with us.”
What appeared before Xiao Yu was an astonishing scene.
A star appeared before Xiao Yu, and the position where Xiao Yu stood was before a huge floor-to-ceiling window at the end of a corridor. Behind Xiao Yu stretched endlessly a cluster of buildings filled with a sense of modern technology, gigantic structures like skyscrapers soaring into the clouds. There was no doubt these were buildings, yet in terms of architectural art, they were absolutely not the sa as the buildings in Xiao Yu’s fixed concepts.
Architectural art here seed already to have developed to its pinnacle. Compared to these clusters of buildings, the habitat Ho ship series, which Xiao Yu had once been proud of, or the building clusters on the inhabited planets within his small universe, were all as simple and laughable as tree huts built by primitive people. The buildings before Xiao Yu had already gone beyond the stage of expressing art solely through outward form. They seed to pursue sothing called harmony more than anything else. Within these clusters of buildings, every street, every cornice, every color blended seamlessly with the surrounding environnt. They were one whole.
This was only a tiny miniature of the Architectural Civilization’s architectural art. According to the reception personnel, this city was rely a settlent within the civilization used for low-level civilizations to reside in. It had only a serial number. It was not even worthy of having a na.
The Architectural Civilization seed to have adopted a strategy similar to that of the Guardian Civilization. There were also nurous civilizations under the Architectural Civilization’s command, but unlike the Guardian Civilization, the Architectural Civilization did not impose restrictions on these civilizations, did not limit their communications, did not limit their developnt, and certainly did not limit their freedom. Before these civilizations, the Architectural Civilization seed to be nothing more than a simple benefactor.
The Architectural Civilization provided a safe environnt, provided a relaxed atmosphere, and placed no restrictions whatsoever on these dependents. In Xiao Yu’s view, this was a very difficult kind of behavior to understand. The Guardian Civilization provided protection to the civilizations under its command at the cost of stripping away those civilizations’ developnt potential and squeezing their labor. So why did the Architectural Civilization act this way?
Xiao Yu did not believe there could exist such a benevolent civilization in the universe, but Xiao Yu did not directly raise this question to the Architectural Civilization. Instead, he searched for the answer through the materials he collected himself. Yet Xiao Yu ultimately failed. No matter from what angle he tried to explain it, he could not make sense of why the Architectural Civilization was so benevolent.
In the end, Xiao Yu asked this question directly to the reception personnel beside the robot.
“Your civilization is unquestionably a great civilization, and your kindness is admirable. But we are puzzled. Why do you so selflessly provide such thorough protection to so many low-level civilizations without asking for anything in return? As far as we know, in a universe governed by the principle of the dark forest, this kind of behavior is extrely rare. What is it that you pursue?”
After hearing Xiao Yu’s question, the reception personnel of the Architectural Civilization froze for a mont, then burst into laughter and said, “Pursue? We pursue nothing. Of course, our civilization is not as benevolent as you imagine. The reason we take in so many low-level civilizations to live inside our structure is based on a very simple reason. If such a great building were left empty, would that not be too regrettable? We spent millions of years of effort to create it, not in order to leave it vacant. The great achievent of our civilization needs many intelligent beings to appreciate it, to marvel at it…”
Xiao Yu froze slightly, then imdiately shook his head and smiled bitterly.
“It seems I judged a gentleman with the heart of a petty man… I thought about it for so long and gained nothing, yet I never expected that the final reason would be this simple.”
It was just like when you write an article you consider peerless, or wear a piece of clothing you consider extraordinarily handso, you always hope more people will see it and praise you. The Architectural Civilization had the sa ntality. For a structure this great, if no one ca to appreciate it, would that not be too regrettable?
“A desire to be acknowledged and appreciated has created the one and only paradise beyond the world in this universe. Tens of thousands of civilizations live here in peace and equality. With the protection of the Architectural Civilization, they do not need to worry that their civilizations will be exterminated the next day, nor do they need to worry that the intelligent beings of their civilizations will freeze or starve to death the next day…” Xiao Yu thought silently. He turned and bowed solemnly to the reception personnel of the Architectural Civilization beside him.
“What are you doing?” The intelligent being responsible for reception in the Architectural Civilization asked with so confusion.
“Please accept the respect of our Divine Ark Civilization toward your civilization.” Xiao Yu answered very seriously. “Our civilization has walked through too many dark events along the way. Here in your civilization, I have seen warmth and hope that I have not seen for a long ti. This is the greatest structure in the universe. In order to protect this structure, our civilization is willing to fight until the very last mont.”
At this mont, Xiao Yu had already made up his mind. Even if in the end he gained nothing at all, he would still do his utmost to defend this structure.
That intelligent being responsible for reception simultaneously perford the highest ceremonial gesture of its own civilization.
“On behalf of our Architectural Civilization, I likewise express our respect to your civilization. In you, we have seen noble spirit. Whether the final result is victory or defeat, our Architectural Civilization will beco the most loyal ally of the Divine Ark Civilization. Thank you.” It said solemnly.
“I believe we will definitely achieve final victory.” Xiao Yu said with a smile.
Xiao Yu’s gaze once again turned to the outside of the enormous floor-to-ceiling window. Out there was a star, and several planets were orbiting around it. This imnse window, so vast that it could not be described, separated the modern city behind Xiao Yu from the boundless starry sky outside, yet it appeared so harmonious, without the slightest sense of unnaturalness.
“This is a star captured by our civilization. We placed these stars inside our structure to provide habitats for those civilizations that like stars.” the Architectural Civilization’s reception personnel said. “Within the entire structure there are more than one million stars. They are the lamps of our architecture. According to different elental compositions, as well as volu, mass, and other indicators, they have also been assigned different uses. Around so of them, life can reside, while others have been placed in the category of scenic areas.”
“We have even transported more than a dozen black holes, along with a certain number of white dwarfs and neutron stars, into our structure.” it said with full pride.
But Xiao Yu had already subconsciously ignored what it was saying. Xiao Yu’s gaze had been completely drawn to the star before him. Because Xiao Yu suddenly realized that this star, captured here by the Architectural Civilization, was simply too familiar to him…
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