Metamos, the edge of Orion's cantilever, a planet with a very harsh environment. With no massive satellites to help it rotate steadily, the planet's rotation is very unstable, and like a spinning top that is about to fall, the axis of rotation shifts a lot every once in a while.

The shift of the axis of rotation causes the once north and south poles to become hot equators, and the once equators to become icy north and south poles. This drastic change in the environment, coupled with the super storm, has made the life here evolve to be extremely strong and survivable.

In the ocean of Metamos, there is a huge plant called "Antimisia", whose root system is deeply rooted below sea level, and can even be rooted in the rocks of the seabed, in order to get more light, the huge canopy of "Antimisia" is a full ten kilometers in diameter.

It is a paradise for life.

When it is cold, Antimisia will automatically find a warm and comfortable area, that is, it will automatically swim with the changes of the planet's axis of rotation.

In order to avoid being blown off by strong winds, the canopy of "Antimisia" does not exceed a meter above sea level. And the Medamos civilization lives on this huge plant. They are shaped like sixteen-clawed octopuses, muscular, and have suction cups attached to them, all of which are physiologically resistant to all-day winds.

Intense inspections of the "Quinton" are continuing with no results for the time being...... Many of the high-ranking people retreated to a conference room and discussed with great interest, and the province interfered with the work of the soldiers.

The fat man's voice was slightly low: "One Antimisia is a complete ecological chain. This plant is home to our primitive times. ”

"When we develop higher intelligence, our brains are already extraordinarily developed. And because of the ability to read brain waves, members of society basically communicate with each other. ”

"You know, we used to be a ...... In a world without lies, we don't have our own secrets. ”

"Think of it as a transparent mind."

What happens when everyone in a world has mind-reading?

The people in the room were quite surprised and started talking loudly.

Yu Yifeng was also shocked in his heart, thinking: "An interesting sociological model. ”

The first answer is excellent, a world full of truth, goodness and beauty. All social progress will be extremely fast, and all the dark sides will have nowhere to hide. ”

“…… What if the new human beings suddenly evolved this ability to read everyone's mind at such a time...... It's likely to be a big mess. If a man is not a saint, who can be without fault? ”

"But human beings are extremely adaptable, and if it were true that all human beings were like this, and if they continued to develop without extermination, it would be possible to develop into a better society, a society where there are no lies, and everyone can understand each other without barriers...... he thought.

After a while, after hearing everyone's various discussions, Yu Yifeng thought that his idea just now was too good.

The second answer is very poor, in other words, it is more flexible and advanced to conceal some ideas than if everyone can read the mind, which not only provides a buffer zone for the direct conflict between the individual's will and social norms, but also gives the individual more power to choose. All information is transparent, which is a good thing, and it is not necessarily a good thing. ”

"If it was in ancient times, information transparency began......," Yu Yifeng thought for a while, "It may be affected by religious factors...... There are too many variables to judge. ”

Hearing everyone's discussion, Hei smiled and said, "It's wrong, it's all wrong!" If everyone had been like this since time immemorial, there would have been no social shock or anything like that. Because we will think that the world itself is like this, and that individuals are inherently interconnected. ”

"If I had to come up with a metaphor, our civilization ...... It's like a nest of ants. In the beginning, the individuals were very scattered, but when the society gradually formed, because of the ability to read each other's minds, a collective will appeared like an ant's nest! ”

"Each of us is just a mediocre ant, a screw in the development of society. In the case of each individual who can read minds, the individual will is actually very, very weak, and although our brains are very developed, it is limited to allowing us to do more complex work. ”

When talking about his former civilization, Hei was slightly proud.

He didn't feel that this phenomenon was wrong, but rather had a sense of pride in what had been great.

Almost everyone was stunned, such an individual without self-will, it sounds a little pitiful?

Nowadays, the new human beings are gradually tending to a kind of comprehensive freedom, except for special periods of time when they will be called by the government, people can basically choose the jobs they like.

And this "Medamos civilization" turned out to be a national screw, and it still looks like "it was like this", what is this?

Many people laughed dryly, incomprehensible, but acceptable.

Because if you think about it carefully, it seems quite normal, and in the case of national mind reading, personal will will indeed be suppressed.

Black paused, and continued: "Of course, complex brains make us always have all kinds of ideas. This individual difference is indelible. Moreover, the mind-reading ability of a single individual is limited to the surrounding area, which is quite limited. ”

"At the beginning, that is, in the primitive period, our thinking form was relatively simple, there were no rules and regulations, and everyone still relied on instinct to do their own thing. And our collective will was also quite chaotic in ancient times, limited to the most rudimentary division of labor, such as predation, cooperation, driving away predators, and so on. ”

"The changes in the development of society are slow and complex, and we have not experienced any slave society at all, because of the existence of the large plant Antimisia, ingestion of food is a very simple thing. As long as Antimisia does not fall, we are not in danger of starvation. ”

But the Medamos civilization is not without natural enemies.

According to the law of cosmic sociology, if a species wants to evolve intelligence naturally, there is a high probability that it is not the top of the food chain, nor is it the bottom of the food chain. In a situation of stress and spare energy, life will occasionally favor the strange attribute of wisdom.

Because of the strong winds, the creatures on land are generally short and close to the ground, but some creatures in the ocean have a tendency to become larger and larger.

The natural enemy of the Medamos civilization is the giant tortoise!

The giant tortoise, an amphibian reptilian creeper, is more than 30 meters tall and has a mass of more than 220 tons if measured in the units of a new human.

They are the true overlords of the seas, eating everything from simple plankton to the massive Antimisia. When they eat Antimisia, they often take it with them, and eat the Medamos who have no time to escape.

This is not the most important thing, giant tortoises often come in groups, and a more than ten kilometers long, extremely lush "Antimisia" is also in danger of being eaten up, and the Medamos will not be able to survive at this time.

Beginning to gain wisdom, they can only stand up to protect their civilization against the terrifying giant tortoise.

In this case, the strength of the individual is no longer important. It is necessary to develop a stronger social system, not as loose as it was, otherwise there is a danger of extinction!

"Only the smartest and strongest individuals can climb to the top of society, and that's natural. Everyone knows what it thinks, whether it is selfish, whether it is depraved. This is also a tradition that existed in our primitive times. ”

"These intelligent individuals, in the course of war after war, began to try to summarize what is good and what is bad, and they began to formulate various rules and regulations to standardize the whole society and play a more powerful role."

"After this series of systems is formulated, because of the transparency of thinking, everyone can only follow it. In this way, a stronger collective will was slowly cultivated. ”

"We gradually defeated all life on the planet...... The huge and terrifying giant tortoise has been exterminated by us through the efforts of generations after generations. Because the soldiers' thinking is extremely unified, their brains have no distracting thoughts, and although they can be afraid and sad, they can overcome it. ”

Black is describing their distinctive social system in great detail.

"Where, then, did the weapons of your primitive times come from? How to smelt? Could it be that a weapon made of plants can kill hostile creatures? Yu Yifeng asked.

"Some of the minerals are obtained from the ocean......

Hei thought for a moment and said seriously: "There are certain metal stones in the ocean, some of which are even metal elements, which can be directly polished and used. There are also some weapons that are indeed made of plants, and Antimisia is able to withstand great storms, and in fact the sanctions are extremely hard. ”

Answering this question, he continued: "After the extermination of our natural enemies, our population began to grow massively, and geniuses, generation after generation, revised our rules and regulations to keep our collective consciousness up to date...... Everyone needs to survive better, this is normal, it is the norm of genes. ”

"Gradually, the original ecosystem has become difficult to support a large number of people. Because of internal struggles, and because of something else, we have to open up a larger ecosystem, which is ...... Landing on land ......"

"This is the transition from antiquity to medievalism."

"But isn't your civilization plagued by religion?" Professor Sean, a cosmic sociologist, asked, puzzled.

"Absolutely!"

Black pondered for a moment, as if constructing the language: "In the Middle Ages, we began to develop our culture. That is, from the one on land, the real origin. ”

"We are afraid of death, we are afraid of hunger, we listen to the collective wisdom, and there always seems to be a warm dream in our ears...... It's all puzzling. ”

"Our civilization is called the 'Metamos Civilization,' and the 'Metamos' is our god. We used to think that the divine Medamos connected us.

"But then ......"

These land octopuses have found in long-term practice that once they leave the collective, this collective consciousness disappears, and this consciousness changes with the change of rules and regulations......

It's weird.

So, a wise man named "Alborg" put forward this idea: gods do not exist.

Gods are made up of thoughts shared by everyone, which is why this phenomenon arises.

"Isn't blasphemy, then, a sin? Put it in any civilization,......" Yu Yifeng asked with a frown.

Hei hurriedly shook his head: "That's true!" But our civilization was very lucky, and at that time, the claims of the gods had not yet been completely solidified, and there was still room for discussion. ”

"It is also because the thinking is highly pure, and there is no blasphemy in this series of crimes. So the individuals of that era did not know what to do with the wise man Aalburg. ”

"Doubts about the gods were a big deal at the time, so they were listed and discussed separately, and were called ...... Aalburg Conference. ”

Miraculously happened, and in the meeting, when many individuals doubted the existence of the gods, the collective consciousness began to doubt the existence of the gods...... At this time, these octopuses realized that the god Medamos, which may not exist, may really be their common thought.

"When most people hold this view, Medamos really doesn't think he exists!"

The myth of the gods began to darken, and a great deal of culture was born, as some scholars described in their poems: "Rejoice, we are our own gods!"

Turning to God for help is better for ourselves!

"Still, we still name our own civilization after 'Metamos...... She is still our collective consciousness. ”

Hearing this series of remarks, Yu Yifeng felt incredulous for a while. He still couldn't figure out how this strange society worked......

But from these simple messages, he believes that such a society is undoubtedly the darling of the entire universe.

From the point of view of civilization as a whole, it is quite powerful, and the disordered diversity of individuals tends to disappear and is replaced by a clear hierarchical classification.

Because the new human civilization is also moving towards a transparent society. This was achieved through a great deal of hard work, and the Medamos civilization, because of its innate superiority, was able to achieve it directly.

In an opaque society, each individual wants to find the most suitable job for him, which is expensive and inaccurate. Not to mention the waste of social resources, it has not yet reached the level of optimization.

Just like the Earth Age, and the vast majority of low-level civilizations, everyone is too treacherous and falls into the prisoner's dilemma in game theory, and the development of individuals is good and bad, but the whole civilization is punished the most.

But in a transparent society, this situation will no longer exist, and the gap between high and low capabilities, who can do it and who can't, is clear at a glance, and it also greatly accelerates the division of labor.

Of course, complete transparency is a very cruel thing for the will of the individual. You don't even know there's such thing as freedom.

I heard Kuro continue: "This is the process of moving from the Middle Ages to the Early Ages. ”

"Our land branch is getting stronger and stronger, and it quickly swept across the globe, free from religion, without any exploitation and the like, and naturally flocking to the arms of technology."

"The whole era began to change rapidly, and with only a hundred years of scientific progress, we have caught up with achievements that have not been achieved in the past 10,000 years combined. The world is changing day by day, and we are beginning to challenge the vast majority of natural disasters. ”

"We are born with the ability to understand more complex neuroscience, and we have even invented mind amplifiers that can increase the scope of mind reading and make the collective will stronger and more powerful."

In this understatement, Yu Yifeng seems to see the rise of a great civilization. This is not just innately superior, but also the result of great men, wise men, and all sorts of coincidences.

Whenever this moment comes, he always has a feeling like the rising sun. Although the black is an understatement, there is a kind of wetness in the corners of the eyes.

"Naturally, we look to the stars."

"Although we have encountered some obstacles, as long as the collective will does not fall, we are still ...... It took three hundred and forty-nine years. ”

People have seen a civilization whose race value is countless times higher than its own......

Towards the stars, the various traps of the big filter, for them, are just a trifle.