Chapter 435: Chapter 258: Primitive Primordial Energy Civilization
Shen Shi nodded.
"Those who choose to abandon their human identity shouldn’t worry too much," he said lightly. "This is also a process of separating the wheat from the chaff. I believe that once we get through this challenge, the entire human civilization will undergo a fundamental cultural transformation, perhaps even breaking through its original limitations."
This was not merely comforting words; it was indeed Shen Shi’s original thought.
The second future line has now become an independent world line, an independent cosmos, unable to be changed through timeline shifts. In other words, its cultural deficiencies have lost the possibility of being gradually compensated from the source, and under normal circumstances, the development of this civilization is highly restricted.
However, now, Shen Shi sees a certain hope emerging from this crisis.
Of course, Shen Shi didn’t notice a larger change; that was his confidence. After all, crises were not just appearing now, but Shen Shi only became aware of this crisis now because he now truly has enough confidence to lead human civilization out of difficulties, even breaking the cultural bottleneck of civilization.
This new confidence from Shen Shi, which differs from the past, also impacted Gong Chu. In Gong Chu’s eyes, it seemed as though the nearly omnipotent Sage Saint Shen Shi, once part of legend, had returned!
Gong Chu didn’t know whether this was his illusion, but he unknowingly gained courage and hope in his heart.
"Go do your tasks," Shen Shi instructed, then immediately traded the first batch of warships and devices to Gong Chu.
Yet he could already imagine that human civilization, suddenly receiving such a vast array of devices from the mysterious "Thirteenth," despite these devices not affecting the current balance among human civilizations, would nonetheless cause some civilizations to be wary.
If not handled properly, human civilization will still be in danger.
Fortunately, Shen Shi wasn’t counting on these devices to play a significant role. His main purpose in providing these devices was simply to fulfill the transaction with the Three-Day Civilization.
The first transaction has been completed; will the second be far behind?
No amount of B3 Level devices can compare to gaining a powerful B9-level Civilization as an ally.
At least maintaining human civilization’s existence and development as an ally.
Therefore, when some devices started appearing gradually in human civilization, Shen Shi came once again to the shop of the Three-Day Civilization.
Or rather, the base.
Upon entering, he immediately heard the collective consciousness’s communication voice.
"You’ve done well; with this batch of devices, we’re able to delay and replace human civilization’s plan advancement," the consciousness exchange of the Three-Day Civilization seemed to contain some element of language.
Clearly, it belonged to their own language.
Though consciousness exchange to some extent already surpasses the limitations of language, allowing one to convey intended consciousness to others in a very short time, this doesn’t mean language has completely lost its function. After all, most intelligent life forms still rely on unique languages for thinking, and efficient languages can also be incorporated into consciousness exchanges.
However, even after altering the Consciousness World and becoming human in soul, they still use their language for communication. This alone reveals the core of these outsiders.
—They only care about the trading market, not humans.
So Shen Shi didn’t develop any fond feelings for them because of the Three-Day Civilization’s words.
Everything is just a transaction.
Moreover, from his standpoint, it’s a misleading transaction.
Because the trading market simply can’t belong to them, which is something Shen Shi, having already obtained full authority over the trading market, can see very clearly.
"I’ve come this time for further transactions," Shen Shi declared directly. "This time, I need some truly top-tier devices, and as part of the transaction, I can provide humanity with further warships and weapons, at least B4 level."
Previously, the warships obtained from the Three-Day Civilization were only around B7 and B8 level.
While these warships could be rampant and fearless of any civilization under the B-level civilizations in the Mude System, they clearly fell far short against those strong B-level civilizations in the Mude System.
Even without considering the huge difference in magnitude, the technological differences alone were enough to enable these civilizations to easily overcome these warships.
In fact, within the current history of the third future line, almost all losses for the Pirate Alliance came from these B-level civilizations.
It can be imagined that once the Pirate Alliance truly possesses the top-tier warships, combined with the trading market, it would then be able to threaten these B-level civilizations and truly step onto the stage in the Mude System.
Thus, this goal and this transaction are extremely important.
However, it is clearly not something that can be easily accomplished.
"This kind of transaction cannot be achieved," the Three-Day Civilization’s response was as Shen Shi expected. "B4 Level devices cannot fundamentally change the plight of human civilization, and our goal is not to save human civilization, but merely to buy enough time; in this respect, B3 Level and B4 Level make little difference, thus the reason for the transaction’s establishment does not exist."