Chapter 2: The Meaning of the Existence of the Undead
"Don't want to help the undead? Why is that? Captain Zode couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Mo Ran's words. After all, he himself had helped the undead many times. Naturally, he didn't think as much as Mo Ran thought.
"The undead will destroy all living things, we are living beings ourselves, help the undead to fight the gods, and in the end we still have to face the undead. There's no way we've helped the undead that they won't deal with us. Mo Ran said in a deep voice. There is also the fact that Mo Ran himself doesn't like the mercenary profession, which may also be related to his education since childhood.
"Then do you know the meaning of the existence of the undead? Or, do you know the meaning of life? Hearing Mo Ran's words, although he didn't know Mo Ran's past, Captain Zod knew how he should explain it. After all, not many people know these things.
"Isn't the purpose of the existence of the undead to destroy all living things?" Mo Ran was stunned, he felt that Captain Zod should know more about the inside story. When the captain asked this question, that is, when he wanted to explain, Mo Ran could only say what he knew.
"Do you think so?" Captain Zod smiled, then glanced at Rog, who was carefully putting away the starsand.
"Do you think the universe is conscious?" Captain Zod asked, and a large cosmic image appeared behind him, but Moran didn't remember that there was such a map in the cosmic image he studied.
"How is it possible for the universe to have a consciousness of its own." Mo Ran immediately said, after all, in human cognition, if some things do not have a clear behavior, most of them are unconscious objects.
"With your current technology, you humans should already know that the universe is constantly moving towards a state of heat death." Captain Zode reached out and waved his hand in the three-dimensional image behind him. All the stars in that image are evolving. "From what you know, the universe is evolving into disorder." In the image, there are collisions between galaxies, galaxies swallowed by black holes, and similarly, many galaxies are born, but far fewer galaxies are born than there are galaxies that disappear.
And you should also know that the activity of life is inseparable from the use of some objects. For example, the smelting of metals, etc. The image behind Captain Zodd is transformed into some scenes of metal smelting, which of course is very different from the earth. Behind Captain Zod, the metal smelting is a huge circular platform, using the energy of the stars for metal smelting, and such scenes are everywhere in a star field.
"To make things that were originally out of order become orderly, in the process, the entropy value is increased. That is, the universe is moving closer in the direction of disorder. "The three-dimensional image zooms out again, becoming the entire universe, and Captain Zod's figure disappears into the three-dimensional image." This is an unchangeable fact brought about by intelligent life. Because the existence of intelligent life makes the universe move faster towards a state of disorder. β
When the captain explained, Mo Ran just found that the entire projector evolved in an extremely fast way, and finally the whole universe gradually dimmed, leaving only darkness.
"We are now observing as a kind of advanced life, and there are still many mechanical civilizations in the universe, and they are destroying the universe faster. In a word, they make the universe die faster. After all, the entropy of the universe as a whole is constantly increasing. Captain Zod said in a deep voice. When the entropy of this universe reaches its maximum, it is also the time when this universe perishes. β
Looking at the cosmic projection that had completely disappeared, Mo Ran had never thought about such a question. They also don't care about issues that far away.
"Although the undead have been fighting against the Protoss and are constantly exterminating one civilization after another, you must know that they also have their own rules of conduct. They will only wipe out the most powerful civilizations in this universe. Captain Zod said in a deep voice. After all, the more civilized the life form, the greater the damage to the universe. In the territory of the undead, there are many more small civilizations than the Protoss. β
Hearing this, Mo Ran was a little stunned. The civilization of the earth is also a small civilization, but why is it also targeted by the undead? Mo Ran didn't ask this question.
"The undead eliminated those powerful civilizations in order to make more small civilizations develop better. Slows down the time when heat death arrives throughout the universe. But the Protoss doesn't care. They only have their own development in their eyes, and the life and death of those small civilizations have nothing to do with them. So, do you think that it is really justice that the Protoss harmed the entire universe? Is it really selfish for the undead to destroy those powerful civilizations? β
Mo Ran was stunned, he couldn't answer Captain Zod's question. But as a being, he still has to protect his own existence. Even if such an existence would affect the lifespan of the entire universe, he had no idea of ending his own life.
"If intelligent life is a virus in the universe, then the undead are anti-inflammatory." Captain Zod explained. "The more high-end the civilization, the greater the damage to the universe. And we only exist for our own benefit. If you join the Protoss, you'll most likely be used as cannon fodder. On the undead side, it seems that there are more corpses. In that case, how do you choose, or don't you go back? β
The three-dimensional image vanished, and Captain Zod's figure appeared in front of them again, but this time it was not a projection, but Captain Zodd himself.
This is not a simple multiple-choice question, at least Mo Ran doesn't know what he should choose at this time.
"Sooner or later, the universe will die, but the undead are slowing down this death. There is no right or wrong in this war, it is just that because of different positions, the outcome will be different in the end. That being the case, does it really matter who we choose to help? β
"Those are very far away, and what I do know is that if I help the undead, at least I can't get through it in my heart. If I were an enemy, I would never help him. Mo Ran hesitated. Although the meaning of the existence of the undead is known through Captain Zod, this does not prevent Mo Ran from choosing.
"Isn't there any other way than that?" When Rogge heard Mo Ran's choice, he knew that it was inconvenient for Mo Ran to ask at this time, so he could only ask Captain Zod.
Captain Zod hesitated. "Naturally, there is, and that is to help some small civilizations engage in certain skirmishes. Although the money is coming slowly, it seems to be the only way. "Of course, the small civilization that Captain Zodd said is also the kind of war of the sixth or seventh level civilization, and there are still many such wars in the universe. It's not easy to find, but there are still some of them. The fifth region is relatively close to the center of the known universe, and the number of planets where civilizations have been born is huge.
However, the vast majority of them are sixth- and seventh-level civilizations. As for the smaller civilizations, they are protected by the Protoss and the Undead, and they are not harmed by these high-level civilizations. This can be regarded as an unspoken rule, of course, if a high-level civilization breaks this rule, the Protoss and the Undead will naturally not let that civilization go.
This time there was no hesitation, although it might take more time, but at least there was no need to help the undead fight, as for helping the Protoss to fight the undead, Mo Ran was not stupid enough to that extent, it was no different from looking for death.
"Then Captain Law will help us." After a moment's hesitation, Moran said to Captain Zod.
"This ......," Captain Zod hesitated. In fact, they are no different from mercenaries in doing that, except that their position will not be as awkward as before, but many high-level civilizations are not friendly to mercenaries.
"All you have to do is drop us off when it's time to resupply, and we'll look for it ourselves." Mo Ran didn't know what the others would choose, but he would definitely leave and find a way to go back on his own. Now that you have a general direction, the rest is relatively simple.
But Mo Ran didn't know how naΓ―ve his idea was. After all, the situation he encountered so far was relatively similar to that of Earth, but they were now in the Fifth War Zone near the center of the known universe. Life here is even more strange, and there is no way for humans to survive.
"I can only offer a small amount of help, but do you really know the universe?" Captain Zod looked at Moran and whispered. "You see, the universe is much bigger than you know."
Considering the wording, Captain Zod really wanted Moran to stay on the ship, it was a big deal that he could hire them, and of course the price must be very lucrative. Even so, he didn't want them to take risks.
Mo Ran hesitated, and then looked at Rogge on the side. Rogge knew about the same thing as he knew, and Rogge was also hesitant at this time. They don't know what to expect. What's more, at most, they can only choose whether to stay or go for themselves, and they can't make decisions about the others.
"However, most of the things you need can be bought, but what you lack is someone who understands the universe." Captain Zod muttered. "Maybe I'll have a better way, but it will take a while. Of course, it won't be long. During this time, you can study the ship. β
"What's the solution?" Mo Ran asked. As soon as Captain Zod said this, it immediately occurred to him that he might have been too optimistic before, that there were too many things in the universe that he couldn't understand. As Captain Zod said, they don't lack courage, it's just that they lack someone who understands this universe. But at this time, it is impossible for Captain Zod to leave here to accompany them, and they have no such idea.
So after hearing that Captain Zod had a way, Mo Ran immediately asked, wondering what the solution was.