Chapter 704: Rapid Civilization

Li Qi looked at the battle report from the front line. Where he was now was far away from the front line, and his contribution was enough to allow him to rest for a while, so there was no rush.

With the addition of Immortal Heaven, the alliance between Demon Dao, True Dragon and Wu Jin, the current situation of Humanity is not very good.

But...humanity has brought out a lot of weird things, such as...a lot of geniuses.

It’s really a huge amount, I don’t know where it came from…

But it seems to be related to Zajia.

In addition, the investment in the Demonic Way seems to be increasing, and the Humane Way seems to have to find a way, otherwise it will lose quickly.

Putting away the battle report, Li Qi looked down.

Skyscrapers, various flying locomotives below, a large number of automated facilities, servitors, and local aborigines covered in prosthetics.

The neon lights flashed, looking particularly dazzling against the dark night.

But it can’t be said that this is actually not cyberpunk, it’s just that the art style is more similar.

In the world of the Forward Alliance, they do not have giant companies, nor do they have humane laws. In fact, although their political system cannot be absolutely fair, it still has a very good promotion mechanism.

Of course, this is also necessary.

The personnel in this world change so fast that a group of people can be completely replaced within a few hundred years, and whether it is strength or anything else, it all depends on the development of the entire civilization and technology. Therefore, a smooth and fair promotion path is a must. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be able to achieve what we are doing now.

They are not powerful because of the strength of a certain strong person, but because of the strength of the civilization as a whole. It is this system that allows them to enjoy the technological improvements brought by the Fantasy Realm to the greatest extent.

"Why are you sitting here in the middle of the night?" In the room, Shen Shuibi rubbed her eyes and walked out.

Unlike Li Qi's light nightgown, she was still wearing a thick Taoist robe. Except for her hands and face, basically nothing else could be seen. Even her neck had to wait until she turned her head to see a trace of whiteness through the collar. .

This is her customary attire. She doesn't like the popular cyber-style clothes in this world, so she still wears her ordinary robes, which have faded.

It's really ordinary, the kind that ordinary people wear, with a simple Taoist bun, but without a hair crown.

"We have been in this world for seven years." Li Qi said while sitting on a chair.

Shen Shuibi walked up to his back, supported the back of the chair with her hands, placed her chest on the back of Li Qi's head, and said lightly: "What's wrong?"

"Look at the world. It has changed rapidly in seven years. The buildings in front of us have been demolished, rebuilt and demolished twice." Li Qi pointed to the high-rise buildings outside.

"So?" Shen Shuibi was a little confused.

"We seem a little out of place in this world. This world is changing too fast, and we are like two old antiques and two old wooden piles, unable to keep up with this fast world." Li Qi said.

"Immortals are like this to begin with. Is there any problem?" Shen Shuibi tilted her head and asked.

"You think about it, I have experienced too many things before, too long, and it can take thousands of years. However, now we seem to have encountered a world that is changing with each passing day, a vibrant civilization, and we still happen to be in it." Li Qi looked at the world outside: "The past seven years have been really mediocre. I want to spend a few years to join this world and experience this spirit and spirit of eternal progress. This may... allow old tree stumps like us... The mentality of the child, revitalize a little bit?”

Shen Shuibi didn't know what it meant, but she said: "I don't care. If you want to play, then go and have fun."

"It's not a play, but a serious practice. I think we are too insensitive to the passage of time now, just like the past seven years. Can you recall what we did in the past seven years?" Li Qi asked.

Shen Shuibi's face turned red and she didn't reply.

It’s really hard to reply, the rabbit is still very shy.

Li Qi ignored this and said directly: "But in the past, seven years was enough for us to do a lot of things. I didn't stay in Chang'an for seven years in total. This has nothing to do with cultivation, but I think, Our concept of time should not become more and more deviated from the normal flow of time, what do you think? Otherwise, even if the old tree stump is too light, it might turn into stone. "

‘Normal time flow rate’ is a very abstract concept, but it is very concrete when implemented.

Why do immortals live forever?

The purpose is to have more time to go to Zhudao, to have more time to do my own things, to not be bothered by time, and to have a lot of time to do what Zhudao needs.

All of this points to the same purpose, which is 'immortality is to gain more time'.

So, if you become a wooden pile or a stone, does your time really increase?

Suppose there is a species that can live for ten thousand years, but its perceived time flow rate is only one hundred years. In the eyes of others, its movements are extremely slow, a hundred times slower than ordinary people.

Then, compared with the speed world mentioned earlier, that is, the seventh-level race that can only live eight days, who has more time?

Obviously, the speed world will have much more time than this stone man, even if he actually only lived for a few seconds.

Li Qi now feels that he has a tendency to live like a wooden pile.

Many years have passed easily, but has he really done anything during these many years?

The immortality of an immortal should be used to accomplish a great feat that can only be accomplished by a hundred generations.

Rather than letting time turn him into stone, turning him into a slow, stupid, self-righteous "immortal" who waits for time to pass but actually does nothing.

Now there is a good opportunity in front of him. Facing this ever-changing world and this progressive alliance, Li Qi feels that he may be able to reconnect his gradually slowing concept of time with ordinary people.

"Well... what you said makes some sense, but how are you going to do it?" Shen Shuibi asked.

"First, participate in the operation of this society, live like ordinary people here, integrate into their fast-paced life, and first change this habit of sitting still for four or five days of meditation." Li Qi said with a smile, then stood up and waved his hand.

His clothes also changed accordingly, becoming a set of the most common clothes in the progressive alliance now. It is a rather avant-garde set of clothes, suitable for sports, somewhat close-fitting, with separate upper and lower body parts, and various plug-in holes on it, which can be directly connected to various mechanical devices. Of course, there is nothing now.

"Are you ready to go out now?" Shen Shuibi asked.

"Almost, let's go check the situation first. Just do it when you say it. There's no need to drag it out." Li Qi said goodbye to Rabbit and walked downstairs alone.

Rabbit just looked at him blankly.

She didn't shake her head until Li Qi opened the door and then closed it.

Hmm... Li Qi's strange ideas are quite interesting.

As for this side, in addition to restoring his normal sense of time, he also plans to use this time to consolidate his cultivation.

But Rabbit should not feel anything about this. After all, she is a natural immortal, and time has always been like that for her. She doesn't feel a sense of separation from her current situation like Li Qi does.

Li Qi's time used to pass very slowly, and now it passes very quickly, but Rabbit has no feeling about it. She thinks it's all the same.

On the other side, after Li Qi went downstairs, he looked at the flashing neon lights outside, some people walking on the street, and the hovercrafts flying by.

People come and go, roads intersect, and crowds of people come. Large tram public transportation is like a current in the urban ocean, passing through this bustling city.

Li Qi saw that some girls were smiling, holding drinks sold on the street in one hand, wearing those sci-fi glasses, or simply artificial eyeballs, looking around.

There are also some adult social animals on the street scratching their heads, worrying about work. Even in this world, hard work is still indispensable.

The young people who are laughing and joking are having a lot of fun on the street. They are hitting the air. It should be in their field of vision that a complete virtual game is projected into reality.

There are many pedestrians on the street, but everything is not completely linked to virtuality. In fact, Li Qi did not access those virtual scenes, but he could still see many decorations from reality.

They are immersed in virtuality, but they have not forgotten reality. Virtuality is just an embellishment of reality.

Looking at the restaurant again, the aroma was wafting, and the food they cooked was real food, not some kind of nutritional paste plus seasonings. This also confirmed the above idea that the Forward Alliance was not immersed in the virtual world. Although their virtual reality was very developed, it was still only a part of the real world.

Li Qi just stood on the street and watched until dawn, and he was unaware.

In the sky, there was a grating composed of neon lights. Further up, there was the sky and the world barrier of the world, with stars on it, which were the lights lit by the star officials.

Looking down, there was the world of mortals.

The prosperity of the world and the rolling life were all in sight.

Hmm...

It was pretty.

However, at this moment, Li Qi suddenly felt someone patting him.

He turned his head and found that it was a man similar to the sheriff. He looked very young and should have just joined the work. As for his cultivation... Not in the rank. Of course, if you count his equipment, he should be able to fight a weaker seventh rank, right?

This is the advantage of this world, mass-produced seventh-grade, but... correspondingly, their upper limit is also relatively low, but in the final analysis, their talents are difficult to reach the seventh-grade, and being able to ascend to heaven in one step, even if they can only live for a few hundred years, is also a blessing from civilization.

In a place like the world, they may not even be able to touch the edge of the eighth-grade.

Li Qi looked at the other party, thinking and calculating the other party's situation.

But for the other party... Li Qi was just standing there stupidly.

So, this young patrol officer said in their own language of civilization: "Friend, according to the monitoring, you have been standing here for four time rings, what's the matter?"

Time ring, the timekeeping method of this civilization, they divide a day into twenty time rings, corresponding to the position of the sun and the moon.

Li Qi came back to his senses and smiled awkwardly: "Ah? Has it been so long? Sorry, I'm a little dazed."

He was sick again, this is what he wanted to change, this sense of alienation in time, it's not good.

"Dazed? Also, why are you only wearing one set of clothes, where is the equipment? You didn't wear any equipment, so what are you doing here?" The patrol officer asked again.

I didn’t bring any equipment, I couldn’t even ride on the bus, and I couldn’t buy anything. What were I doing here in a daze?

Anyway, no matter how you look at it, Li Qi looks suspicious.

"I suspect that prohibited psychotropic substances may have been used. Please come with me and we will check your body fluids," the patrol officer said.

Li Qi was stunned.

Well, with the way he was dressed and the fact that he was in a daze for a few hours, he could be regarded as a drug addict!

But to be honest, if I think about it carefully, it seems quite similar.

That's not difficult for others. Li Qi nodded: "Okay, let's go."

With that said, Li Qi simply stretched out his hand and motioned for the other party to cuff him up.

He knew that he had almost understood the basic common sense of this world in the past few years. This civilization called the Forward Alliance would actually use this method to arrest unsettled elements.

This time, the patrol officer was in trouble.

"Uh... okay, come with me first. Have you eaten?" The other party did not choose to cuff Li Qi, but asked Li Qi to follow him and asked at the same time.

"Not yet." Li Qi responded.

The other party's expression clearly showed a trace of pity when he saw Li Qi, and he had no intention of cuffing Li Qi at all. He just said, "Okay, let's go first and have something to eat first."

He took Li Qi to a fast food restaurant on the roadside. The food culture here advocates careful cooking, so the meals are basically unrecognizable. A large number of local spices are added and reshaped into brand new ones. appearance.

For example, make the vegetables look like steaks, make the meat look like fruits, and so on.

how to say……

Molecular gastronomy?

That's pretty much what it means, but no matter what, it actually tastes quite delicious, but the raw materials can't be seen.

Some food was served, and after Li Qi thanked him, he started eating.

He ate his meal slowly, and the patrol officer just looked at Li Qi, analyzing the identity of this mysterious visitor.

I was in such a daze before, maybe I suffered some kind of shock.

He didn't have any external devices on his body. He was probably not used to being stripped naked.

The way he eats is quite elegant, and every move seems to have a special rhythm. It can be seen that the other person must have a background, not that simple, and is not a passerby on the street.

Just staring at Li Qi while eating, after a while, the patrol officer asked: "Brother, how did you end up in this situation? I see you looking dazed, but with your hands as steady as they are now, you shouldn't have any problems." What kind of psychotropic drugs were used, why is there nothing all over the body?”

"Oh, well, actually, I didn't install those devices. The main reason I came here this time was to try to integrate into society. I have always lived alone before, and now I want to try living alone. But when I came down, I saw The scenery outside is just a little addictive," Li Qi said with a smile.

The young patrol officer looked at Li Qi again.

Isn't it a mental illness?

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