Changxing's opinion, to a large extent, is consistent with the opinion of the search and rescue team and Wu Xiaoqing.

Long before entering this civilization, the entire search and rescue team had already formed a decision when they discussed it at the preparation meeting - they were going to prepare a game team on Earth.

On Earth, the purpose of the game's first appearance is said to be to simulate war. The world's famous early games, chess and Go, are essentially highly conceptual simulations of warfare that evolved from weapon deduction.

This kind of simulation may be far from the real war, but it still has a huge effect on cultivating everyone's awareness of war. Obviously, a master of Go can easily understand the subtle influence of the strength of troops on victory or defeat in a war, and a person who is proficient in chess will obviously be extremely concerned about the safety of his command headquarters if he directs a war......

In a real wargame, the commander can easily optimize and improve the decision-making of the war through a certain set mode.

Especially for this kind of war between the BC civilizations, in fact, people's initiative in the war can be said to be negligible. Although it has only been a few days since they came to this galaxy, in the past few days, relying on a "spaceship", Wu Xiaoqing and they have cultivated some simple concepts of the starship era. Take Changxing and Changbai, the two people they saved.

After a battle is lost, whether it is the winning side or the losing side, it will not be like the battle on Earth, in the past, to clean up the battlefield or rescue and kill combatants, the first thing everyone needs to do is to go back and resupply.

Yevgeny once described this peculiarity of interstellar warfare - the armies of both sides are marching in a desert ten times larger than the Sahara Desert, the entire desert is monitored by satellites of both sides, and the actions of both sides are transparent to each other, and there are no secrets at all. The most critical thing that the armies on both sides need to do is to fight for the only water source in the desert.

In the interstellar world, these water sources are undoubtedly planets.

A planet can provide almost all of the material supplies to the army, and most importantly, it can also provide cover and gravity. Gravity in space is like a source of water in the desert – saving the military's most precious propulsion fuel.

It can almost be said that interstellar battles are fuel-saving battles between the two sides - whoever can complete higher, more efficient combat actions with less fuel will have the upper hand.

It's easy to understand why people like Changxing and Changbai are so difficult to get support from their own armies - because rescuing them requires a lot of fuel resources, while the other party, because of their geographical advantage and initiative, can complete this exchange with a much higher efficiency.

And there is no doubt that it is difficult for humans to compete with AI in such a combat mode - there is almost no inspiration in this combat mode, and as a combat participant, everything is already predestined from the moment the ship leaves the planet - what route they need to take, what route the enemy will take, and where they will meet...... The battle simulator can even help them calculate a win rate......

War becomes a game of pure probability, sometimes they can win, sometimes they lose, but in fact, the essence is the same - because victory and defeat have no clear meaning, they will not gain any positions, captures and land, and the only thing that increases the war is nothing more than a small piece of interstellar garbage in the galaxy......

This mode of battle is actually more like the naval battle on Earth, in the era of sail warships, before the two sides make up their minds to dispatch the main force to face off, most of the battles are small and medium-scale router battles, chase battles...... Before there is absolute superiority, neither side will invest the main force in a decisive battle, and even if it does, it may not be able to win.

From this point of view, such a war seems to be easy to calculate and plan - the two sides only need to compare the resources at their disposal, as well as the exchange ratio on the battlefield now, and it is easy to draw a conclusion about the battle.

"This kind of thinking is only half right," Changbai explained, "and it is likely that the brain is planning war with this kind of thinking...... But for our federation...... We can't do it. ”

"Can't do it?" Wu Xiaoqing was very surprised, "Is it because this kind of calculation is complicated?" Judging from what Wu Xiaoqing knows now, it doesn't seem to be too complicated. The way the BC civilizations fought each other was mathematically simplified, and could almost be seen as some kind of idealized mathematical model. The weapons and aircraft used by both sides in the war were basically produced under the same industrial standard......

This is simpler than some of the strategy games he's ever played, and there is not even a difference in class between the BCs - the only weapon used by both sides is the attack ship. Other than that, most other weapons are based on planets, or planetary orbits.

"Not because it's complicated, but because it's too simple," Changbai said, "I don't know if your civilization has ever experienced this...... For those involved in the battle, the most terrifying battlefield is not a battlefield as complex as a labyrinth, but as simple as a slaughterhouse...... The battle between us and the Mind is like the two sides gambling on life and death with probability, when you sit in the attack ship, the computer has actually told you everything, you have a series of choices in ABCD, each choice is followed by a different probability number, everyone will choose the best, we will, the Mind and the Body will also ......"

"But in the end, we're going to die in this game of probability. I don't know if you have a coin there, a metal currency with a different pattern on both sides. Now it is only used as a memorial. Our battle is like a coin with a part of the intellectual body, guess heads and tails, guess the right one survives, and then change the opponent and continue to guess......"

"Russian roulette." Wu Xiaoqing almost subconsciously spit out the word.

"What?"

"One of the words that our civilization describes this way of fighting, you can put six bullets in one weapon, and one way is to put in only one at once, and then take turns firing ......"

"That's right," Changbai understood quickly, "that's how it feels." The scariest thing is that you are the only one in this gamble who cares about your own life and death, your opponent, and has no feelings...... For the sapient body, the death of a battleship is nothing more than the loss of two nerve cells in his life...... But for us, death means everything. ”

Next, under Wu Xiaoqing's intentional inquiry, Changbai began to talk about this war, he told it from the perspective of a soldier, and at the same time as he spoke, there was also a supplement from the Second Earth Archon - he was more representing the Second Earth, many people's views on this war.

From these conversations, Wu Xiaoqing quickly realized that B civilization was very different from what he imagined......

Before they came here, most people's speculation about this civilization that was more developed than Earth would first be that it was a more united, more high-spirited, and more groundbreaking civilization.

Consider what this civilization has already accomplished - they have completely ruled the entire galaxy, and have built and used entire industrial systems on almost every planet on them.

They are able to build ships that travel between galaxies, and they can even build ships that colonize between galaxies—either of these feats would be unimaginable for Earthlings.

In the consistent thinking of the people of the earth, the productive forces of a civilization must be closely related to the relations of production, and since civilization B can make such great progress, their social state is countless times better than that of the earth.

But from Wu Xiaoqing's entry into this virtual "earth" and listening to some of the social scenes described by Changbai and the second consul, Wu Xiaoqing seems to have some kind of illusion - this great civilization seems to be on the eve of falling apart.

"For most people, this war is just a product of government leadership," the voice of the SAR interpreter even carried the subjective attitude of the other party when he said it — that was undisguised contempt, "but for us, the so-called war ...... In fact, it is just a show by politicians. ”

"Performance?"

"Yes, the show," said the Second Consul, "like a military exercise...... In the language library you sent, there is a word called killing chickens and monkeys, yes, this word is very accurate. ”

"Who do you mean, declaring war on the AI, when the target is actually you?"

"The virtual community dominated by our three virtual planets," the Archon raised his voice, "this feud has been going on since the first appearance of the virtual community. Now, to stop us from pushing the process of citizenship...... The government even did not hesitate to frame the AI and start a war! ”

Wu Xiaoqing felt his scalp tingle when he heard it - this was not what he expected, the content of the conversation, such a scene, also made him a little overwhelmed. He felt the urge to disconnect almost immediately, to quit the virtual world. But the search and rescue team did not give him any warning — indicating that the search and rescue team itself did not think it was justified.

Before coming to this virtual world, the search and rescue team held a special meeting to determine the tone of the action this time - they came as messengers of civilization, and if they could, they should try to avoid getting involved in the political struggle within this civilization. So Wu Xiaoqing came this time with the idea of understanding the customs - but judging from the current situation, the other party obviously doesn't think so.

"These topics...... It seems that you shouldn't say it to me, an outsider," Wu Xiaoqing carefully stated his position, "We don't know the situation inside your civilization. ”

"I don't know, it doesn't matter," the Second Archon said, a little excited, "I'm here just to ask, what do you think about the civilization that you can travel between galaxies, about the overall consciousness of the members of the civilization, or rather, the dataization?" Is this the only way for civilization to improve itself? ”

"This question cannot be answered!" The other party did not continue to speak, this was the answer given to Wu Xiaoqing by the search and rescue team, "It's too sensitive!" And it's suspected of leaking! ”

Wu Xiaoqing understands that this is like not being able to tell the earth whether other civilizations have been destroyed by nuclear war - whether the answer is or not, it will cause unnecessary shocks. It's like not being able to tell a poor person whether he will be rich in the future – it's a mistake to say it or not.

"I can't answer your question," Wu Xiaoqing said frankly, "The problems encountered by civilization can only be solved by civilization itself." ”

Speaking of which, the second consul also stopped acquaintance. At this time, the submersible seemed to have just left the tunnel, and the scenery outside the porthole turned into darkness again, just when Wu Xiaoqing was about to be in the dark, thinking about how to guide the next topic, Wu Xiaoqing suddenly saw that the darkness outside the window was pierced by several bright pillars of light, and just when he didn't know what was happening, several "faces" suddenly appeared on the outer wall of the window, one of which obviously saw a few people sitting inside, and excitedly slapped the glass shell of the submersible......