Civilization

Civilization is a virtual cosmic simulation game, where the player chooses a Cultivator civilization, with the aim of guiding and evolving it, to make it the strongest cultivator civilization in the cosmos ... is presented into the *Magical Equipment Exposition*, based on the Nerve connection Technology, it is played inside game cabins...

among the playable civilizations, there are:

*Curly Dragon civilization*

*Medicine Fork civilization*

*Martial Meritocrats civilization*

*Sand Primitive civilization*

is played by Li Yao

*The names of dozens of different civilizations were listened. When the player focused their eyes on any name, detailed information about the civilization would be displayed, including the population, distribution of resources, social form, number of experts, and so on.*

*“‘Civilization’ is a cosmic simulation game,” Li Yao explained. “The player will choose a civilization of Cultivators, play the role of the highest decision-maker, and decide the progress of the civilization!*

*“Every civilization of Cultivators has its unique skills and resources. Some of them boast abundant crystals, and some others have tremendous relics of the Star Ocean Imperium. However, the civilizations are faced with all kinds of problems, too, such as a shortage of resources, population boom, asteroid collision, and even the invasion of demons or descent of extraterrestrial devils. As the highest decision-maker, you will have to select the most appropriate strategy and deal with the problems one by one!*

*“We have provided almost a million selectable strategies. You can consider yourself to be infinitely free in the game, not bound by any rules such as morals, laws, or ethics. You can do whatever you want as long as you can bear the consequences of a certain strategy!*

*“The game has hundreds of different victory criteria. The one with the highest difficulty is to make a civilization of Cultivators survive thirty thousand years and radiate to at least a hundred Sectors nearby.*

*(Chapter 1306)*

*The game ‘Civilization’ had two different versions, one for the Cultivators and another for ordinary people.*

*In the version for Cultivators, the transmission speed of information was ten times higher than that in the ordinary version, thus significantly reducing the time cost.*

*(Chapter 1307)*

“We can even say that there are two Star Glory Federations. One of them exists in the universe for real with a material body, while the other one is a ‘virtual federation’ that exists in crystal processors and light circuits, which rages, dies, and rises again time and time again. When the real federation and the virtual federation overlap, that will be the ‘mega’ federation. Only the Star Glory Federation in such a state can expect to challenge the Imperium and the Covenant Alliance with only seven Sectors!”

Li Yao grew more and more interested. “We learned a thing or two about ‘Civilization’ on Firefly. It does not seem as magical as you claim.”

“How is it comparable?” Ling Xiaole said. “The key is not the game itself but the database that contains all the information of almost a hundred billion people in the seven Sectors of the Star Glory Federation and the corresponding links. The entire database and the links will never be open to outsiders. What the outside world can touch is merely a dull, monotonous game instead of an erratic and unbelievably real virtual world.

“Only the new worlds that are completely melded with the federation will be connected to the links of ‘Civilization’ and included in the database so that the entire virtual world will be open to the local people.

“If, one day, Firefly officially becomes part of the federation, the people onboard will naturally sense the magnificence of ‘Civilization’. Of course, Special Representative Lin, you have the privilege to enjoy it in advance now.”

Li Yao and Heiye Lan looked at each other. Heiye Lan asked in great confusion, “How can a game help you resist the Imperium and the Covenant Alliance?”

“As I said, it is more than a game; it is… a brand-new way of living and wisdom sharing for mankind,” Ling Xiaole said carefully. “Ever since the New Federation was founded a hundred years ago, the people of the federation have been thinking about one question. How can the potential of the ordinary people be best utilized so that the ordinary people’s numerical advantage can be transformed into a strong force on par with, if not above, the Cultivators?

“The Imperium of True Human Beings takes ordinary people as ‘hominoids’, nothing more than livestock and pets. The Alliance of the Holy Covenant regards all human beings as ‘tools’. Of course, the federation is different from them. Ordinary people are also the owners of the country and the masters of their own fate!

“But we are not purely idealists. In terms of physical strength, retention, computational ability, combat ability, and many other aspects, ordinary people cannot compete with Cultivators as individuals, which is a fact that we do not deny.

“Therefore, the core of the question, and the core of the Star Glory Federation’s competitiveness, is how to concentrate the ordinary people’s strength in the highest efficiency!

“The game ‘Civilization’ is the federation’s answer to that question.

“Display all the problems that the federation faces during its development, as well as the lessons of the rise and decline of other Sectors in the form of a game, and invite the majority of the hundred billion civilians to release the sparks of their mind. They are not required to give the right solution because even the most bizarre mistakes that they make in the game have their own value.

“As a result, through the special network that is ‘Civilization’, the brains of a hundred billion people are connected. The sparks of their thinking congregate into a brilliant ocean. The change in quantity leads to a change in quality. Eventually, the most optimal strategy is found. Also, both ordinary people and Cultivators can try to understand the philosophical concepts such as society, war, continuity of civilization, and so on. They can learn to understand the dilemmas and the idea that everyone is responsible for their country. In the end, they will grow into warriors who fight for themselves, for their patriots, and for the future of humanity!

“Although the federation has a population of a hundred billion, every individual matters, be they Cultivators or ordinary people. Everyone’s effort may change the federation and the future of mankind. This is what ‘Civilization’ tells us!”

(Chapter 1649)

“We don’t know whether or not we can achieve it,” Ling Xiaole said, “but we will work hard to make it happen. Also, after a hundred years of development, ‘Civilization’ has long grown from the maddest design in the beginning into a virtual platform that covers every aspect of the society. It is now a new Sector made of crystal processors, light circuits, data, and telepathic thoughts.

“The people of the federation live in seven different Sectors in reality. We may be hundreds if not thousands of lightyears away from each other. Our customs and living environments are vastly different. It is quite difficult for us to be called one people and one civilization.

“However, in the virtual world, even people living on two different sides of the federation can still hug each other without obstacle. They can share their experiences with each other, pass on their wisdom, and eventually view the universe in the same way.

“Therefore, many believe that ‘Civilization’ is the federation’s actual territory, and the virtual platform is the most important eighth Sector for the federation!”

Heiye Lan looked at Li Yao again. Seeing no objection, she continued asking, “Then, how does the world of ‘Civilization’ run? Is anybody free to participate?”

“Of course. The world of ‘Civilization’ is divided into many levels. All the people of the federation can, and must, take part at the bottom level.” Ling Xiaole smiled. “Every person in the federation will get in touch with ‘Civilization’ when they are in elementary school. Of course, it is still a real game at that time. We have inputted a lot of knowledge about nature, mathematics, and other disciplines into the game so that the teaching sessions can be conducted in a more interesting way.

“Have you ever heard of ‘applied problems’? Does the mathematic education on Firefly involve ‘applied problems’? If so, you may consider ‘Civilization’ at this time to be an all-encompassing and ever-changing applied problem.

“In the virtual world, the kids learn the fundamental information about the seven Sectors of the federation. They learn to distinguish between the basic minerals on the various resource planets. They will understand the gravity and oxygen difference between different planets. They will also be able to calculate the path programming to jump from the Uranian Ring Sector to the Heaven’s Origin Sector in the ‘fastest mode’ and in the ‘most energy-conserving mode’.

“As they slowly grow up and their brain matures, the content added to ‘Civilization’ becomes more and more complicated. The grandiose narration and the trivia around them is included.

“The children can manage the entire country as the ‘Speaker of the Federation’. They can also lead the most magnificent fleet of the federation to battle as the ‘commander of the Burning Prairie Fleet’. Of course, the more grandiose the narration is, the more blurred the granularity and the less real it will be. If they want to be more delicate and professional, they can be the owner of a certain mine on a resource planet, the captain of a certain small carrier, or the mayor of a town on a planet that is yet to be developed, so that they can manage all the affairs in their tiny territory.

“In those cases, we retrieve the data of real mines, carriers, and towns from our database for them, including problems that they are going to face. The keys to all the problems lie in the knowledge of the various disciplines that they have learned.

“From elementary school to junior high to senior high, the children of the federation have always been educated in such a way. Then, when they finally turn into adults, they will already be raised into basically qualified citizens of the federation who have a basic understanding of society and the world, and they will enter the world of the real ‘Civilization’.”

“I have another question.” Heiye Lan frowned deeply. “If it is just a game, it is destined to be unreal and not of much significance in guidance. If authenticity and educational purposes are what you pursue, the game will definitely not be interesting and attractive enough. Maintaining the normal functions of the smallest starship is enough to overwhelm even an adult Cultivator, what with dealing with all the data and contingencies. Are the children really into such a game, or has the federal government employed a certain compulsory approach to force the children to play the boring game?”

“How is it possible!” Ling Xiaole widened her eyes. “The federation worships freedom. How can the government use any compulsory approaches? Besides, no compulsion is required at all. ‘Civilization’ is a non-optional subject in the College Entrance Examination in the federation, and it takes up more than fifty percent of the total score. There are even cram schools for the game ‘Civilization’ on every street. Parents all take their children to those places, begging for their children to become game experts!”

(Chapter 1650)

“After the children finish all the basic lessons and pass the corresponding tests, they earn the right to enter the real world of ‘Civilization’. Different from the game, they encounter more compatriots that exist in reality than NPCs generated by the crystal processors. Everybody is like a butterfly on the other side of the ocean, and they can raise a storm by simply flapping their wings.

“The governments of all levels often publicize a lot of content regarding public decisions on the virtual platform, inviting everybody to play the game in different roles as ‘decision-makers’ and ‘decision-takers’. The issues can be great crises such as the invasion of the expedition army of the Imperium or insignificant trivia such as a certain public affair in their community.

“For example, if the local government of the Uranian Ring Sector intends to build a new fully-enclosed vacuum rail here, there will be a lot of points that require consideration. The distribution of the route, the location of the stations, whether or not it will affect people, whether or not anybody will be forced to move, the influence on house prices nearby, and even the future influence on the population in decades to come. It is not a bad idea to invite the specialists whose spiritual roots have been awakened to devise plans in the traditional way, but wouldn’t it be even better if the specialists have the first-hand data and even the ‘voice’ of the local residents during the calculation?

“In such a case, the local government can issue a quest named ‘Rail Construction Simulation’ in ‘Civilization’ and invite the residents nearby, or the experts who are adept at quests of such a type according to their profile, to accomplish it.”

(Chapter 1650)

Indescribable pride glowed out of Ling Xiaole’s watery eyes again as she said, “More than a hundred years ago, Vulture Li Yao, the greatest hero of the Old Federation, encountered the Immortal Cultivators of the Imperium on Kunlun. To brainwash him, the Immortal Cultivators showed him the historical decline of some Cultivators’ civilizations, including the Curly Dragon Civilization, the Medicine Fork Civilization, the Martial Meritocrat Civilization, and the Sand Primitive Civilization.

“When the game ‘Civilization’ was first made, the salvation of the three civilizations of the Cultivators became the content of the first batch of DLC.

“At that time, ‘Civilization’ had just gotten started, and the expertise of the players varied. Even the most professional politicians and the Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators with remarkable computational ability did not have many clear solutions to the problems that a civilization might encounter during a thousand years of development.

“Therefore, for decades, the highest difficulty of the few DLCs, as well as the more sophisticated, difficult, and real upgraded version later, were never conquered by anyone.

“However, hard work pays off. With the popularization of ‘Civilization’ and the participation of the new worlds, the players grew more and more professional than before. Finally, someone came up with solutions.

“What is unfolding in front of you is the prosperous views of the Curly Dragon Civilization, the Medicine Fork Civilization, the Martial Meritocrat Civilization, and the Sand Primitive Civilization that have developed for at least a thousand years under the control of countless experts of the game. Yes. We have achieved the expectations when Vulture Li Yao created ‘Civilization’ in the past and brought a brighter future to the worlds of Cultivators that have long perished!

(Chapter 1657)