Guilliman discussed some important arrangements with the great sage Belisarius Cawl.
The launch of the fifth phase database will greatly promote the implementation of these plans.
The expansion of the empire will continue to roll like a snowball, and eventually become a super invincible behemoth.
This is just a modest beginning.
The expeditionary force not only expanded the empire's territory, but also continuously absorbed advanced technologies and development concepts from various universes, making the empire more diversified.
The conquered universes did more than simply expand the empire's rule.
First, it expands the living space of human beings and enhances people’s sense of happiness.
Second, the resources obtained make people’s lives better and strengthen their sense of belonging to the empire.
Third, the different development paths of various universes have brought a lot of inspiration to the Empire's Mechanicus and related scientific research units.
It allows the empire to create a large number of new technologies even without relying on databases.
The expansion of civilization is vital.
Many people advocate peace, but peace is a chronic poison to a huge empire.
In the short term, people will celebrate peace.
But after a long time, they will become suspicious.
I feel that the world is full of injustice, that my talents are not appreciated, and that I have no channels for advancement.
Over time, they will lose confidence in everything and become eager to use war to prove their own value and redivide interests.
It's not just the empire, it's the same for companies too.
Once the business stops expanding.
Employees in the company will feel that they have no room for advancement.
You can only grab the few spots that are available.
In order to keep their positions, those executives will also start to be on guard and even take preemptive action.
Companies will soon be caught up in endless infighting.
Eventually, all their strength was exhausted in internal strife and they were harvested by their enemies in the business field.
After a long conversation, Belisarius Cawl left Guilliman's study.
Guilliman watched the Great Sage leave, his heavy expression did not improve as the conversation came to an end.
The opening of the Phase 5 database is a good thing.
But the auxiliary elf also brought bad news.
The 10th-order database promised at the beginning of activation does not actually exist.
The auxiliary database has only been completed to the sixth stage, and the following four stages only have general theories and directions, but no definite data and research results.
When the fifth-stage database was opened and after in-depth study and understanding, Guilliman obtained a passage left by the creator.
"Later generations, when you see this message, you must have made some achievements. Please make good use of the gifts we left behind. The future of the universe is infinitely wonderful, and it is waiting for your exploration and cognition. The old road has come to an end, and the individual legends created in the mythological era will also become a thing of the past. Now, you have a better choice. If you perfect this road, you will go further. Don't let us down, and don't let down mankind."
The database only stores audio data and no video data.
The existence of the Creation Database seems to be trying its best to erase its influence on future generations.
Judging from the existing information, it should have been left by the pioneers of the human race.
The Empire's understanding of the history of the heavens is unclear.
We can only infer that the heavens have undergone an unimaginable amount of time to evolve, with the universe being born and developing again and again, and then coming to an end and being reborn again, over and over again.
After a long period of time, the heavens gradually entered the civilized era.
Civilizations at this stage generally make use of subspace.
Learning knowledge about the subspace and controlling its power should have been very popular at that time.
The numerous paths of cultivation that appeared in Universe 03 are the relics of that era.
Don’t think that just because Universe 03 was destroyed by the Empire, it means that the extraordinary civilization is just that sparse.
Any creature who thinks like this is foolish.
The birth, prosperity and decline of extraordinary civilizations are important processes in the evolution of the heavens.
Just like biological evolution has to go through single-cell, multi-cell, aquatic, terrestrial and other stages.
A civilization needs to go through tribes, slavery, feudalism, industry, and then move out of its own planet, into deep space, into the galaxy, into the universe, and finally out of the universe.
If we look at the previous stage from the perspective of a later comer, we will inevitably feel that that stage was backward and ignorant.
But they don’t know that they are just an insignificant existence in the history of evolution.
Extraordinary civilization prevailed, and countless paths of cultivation were opened up, which were so brilliant and glorious that they were difficult to describe.
At this time, a group of pioneers realized the limitations of the extraordinary path.
It is also possible that some civilizations have repeatedly challenged the status of those extraordinary civilizations with the help of technology, making them realize that the road to excellence has come to an end and it will be extremely difficult to move forward.
Individuals are powerful, respected, and occupy 99.9999 percent of the world's resources, but they have no way to improve the race.
In many cases, extraordinary civilizations have fallen into a state of stagnation, and even regressed.
This civilization may exist for millions of years and still maintain a tribal lifestyle and the lifestyle of an ancient feudal dynasty.
The development of underlying institutions and productivity is hopelessly slow.
Various factors such as family, bloodline, and inheritance also restrict the development of extraordinary civilization.
Geniuses who could drive the development of the times are wasted because of their background.
What everyone is fighting for are the resources for cultivation, and what everyone is comparing is the level of their realm.
They don't care whether there will be changes at the grassroots level.
The thoughts of those people were firmly imprisoned by extraordinary spiritual practice.
Unwilling to think about other possibilities in this world.
The power structure of the extraordinary civilization is very solid, and the lower classes cannot compete with those heritages and families with profound foundations.
They believe in the theory of bloodline and do not value individual efforts.
Even if ordinary people save every second to work hard and try every possible way to improve, they cannot compare to the achievements of the disciples of noble families and those with bloodlines in one day.
The brutal competition in cultivation and the backward way of inheritance suppress creative expression.
The theory of focusing only on combat power has killed countless talented people with potential who were unable to realize their potential.
No matter how creative a person is, if he does not have sufficient combat power, he will not be able to obtain resources and will not have the corresponding status, which greatly dampens people's enthusiasm for creating new things.
It is an inevitable trend for technology to replace the extraordinary.
Encourage innovation, refine the division of labor, and give more opportunities to those at the bottom who want to realize their ambitions.
Technology has a stronger ability to eliminate itself.
Once a powerful extraordinary being occupies the top of the ecological chain, it is difficult to eradicate him.
Because his natural lifespan became extremely long, much longer than that of an ordinary person.
Coupled with the powerful force, it is not difficult to fool and guide the direction of development of a civilization.
In addition, extraordinary civilization does not need universal education and various advanced knowledge.
Many people may be illiterate before they embark on the path of spiritual practice.
After mastering the cultivation techniques, he is also good at using spiritual consciousness.
There is a generation gap between illiterate mortals and practitioners who use spiritual consciousness, which causes the division of civilization.
The long lifespan of top-level organisms makes the transition of power extremely slow.
A wrong idea may continue for millions of years without being corrected, and may even become some kind of special unspoken rule.
But a scientific and technological civilization requires countless talents.
No matter how foolish those in power are, they have to cultivate enough elites to maintain a civilization from decline.
Just like the human empire before Guilliman awakened, no matter how corrupt the Terran Council was, it had to maintain enough human elites to slow down the decline of the empire.
It is an inevitable trend for scientific and technological civilization to replace extraordinary civilization.
It is also the greatest change in the universe in billions and trillions of eras.
Some of humanity's self-sacrificing ancestors realized this.
They began to slowly reform, trying to shift humanity from the path of transcendence to another path that was more suitable for the future.
Reform will lead to conflicts, which are likely to turn into wars.
Conservatives are bound to be unwilling to do so, believing that the supernatural is the way passed down from our ancestors and that technology is just a side job.
After a while, war broke out.
According to the existing data, Universe 03 is most likely a relic of the war.
With so many races, the path of human cultivation was forcibly destroyed.
If there were no twists and turns, who would believe it!
Imperial historians have reconstructed some of the history by piecing together those fragments.
Universe 03 should be a universe where human beings’ extraordinary civilization has developed to its peak.
The Brilliant Period even had connections and exchanges with other universes.
Some people have come into contact with the theory of scientific and technological civilization and believe that human beings should follow the path of scientific and technological development, give up spiritual practice, and give up the individual pursuit of eternity.
Because eternity represents stagnation and remains unchanged.
Such a world is suffocating and despairing.
They planned the Dharma Ending Age, trying to use this method to force humans out of their comfort zone, and also tried to cut off the path of human cultivation above the True Immortal level.
Some people are unwilling to do that.
Sorry, I really can't let myself give up eternal life and a high status to reincarnate and die.
Even the supreme being who claims to see through everything would find it difficult to accept such an ending.
Resistance is inevitable.
They don’t want to care about what the future of mankind will be like.
All they care about is their own path and the results of their practice.
I have worked so hard to get to this position, and now you tell me that we should die together and leave this world to ordinary people.
Is this a joke
Those who opposed the reform created various realms with the Supreme Realm as the center, including the Immortal Realm conquered by Karga, the Great Yang World, and so on.
Want to use these to fight against the Dharma Ending Age.
As for the mutations after reaching the level of True Immortal and above, some historians believe that it was the work of the reformists, while others believe that it is very likely that the path of cultivation first saw terrible mutations such as mutations of flesh and blood and distortions of the soul, which then, under the stimulation of some scientific and technological civilizations, became an important factor in prompting the emergence of reformists in the human supernatural civilization of Universe 03.
No one knows what happened afterwards, but this group of top extraordinary people all disappeared.
The Dharma-Ending Age created by the reformists was not completely successful, the technological reforms had no basis, and the path of spiritual practice for mankind was destroyed.
The human race that was suddenly extinct was slowly replaced by other races.
Those ancient holy places were also taken away and became places owned by others since ancient times.
Human civilization gradually declined and became a vassal of other races.
Until the coming of the Empire.
This is the historical speculation about Universe 03.
If we want to know what really happened, we can only do so by going back in time and returning to that period.
No matter what, it is an inevitable trend for technology to replace the extraordinary.
Many civilizations are trying to take the path of technology and the path of integrating technology with the subspace.
Reincarnation game, Ultra Universe, Supreme God, these are all attempts.
Combine various scientific and technological concepts with subspace and try to find a new path.
None of these paths is superior to another. At the end of the endless road of truth, no one can be sure where the next brick of truth will be laid!
As for those who want to use the subspace tides to re-establish extraordinary civilization and restore mythology, they are all doomed.
Guilliman walked back to his desk from the door, opened the system interface, and called for the auxiliary elf.
Yes, host.
"Can you enter new knowledge?" Guilliman asked in a deep voice.
He had a plan in mind.
There has never been an eternal dynasty or an eternal monarch in this world.
Humanity hopes that Guilliman can continue to rule the human empire, but Guilliman does not want to do that.
He is worried that one day he will become a representative of pedantry and conservatism.
Just like the former mentor of the Assassin's Court - Van Grych.
He launched a dictatorship on behalf of humanity, assassinating other High Lords of Terra.
In the first eighty years, he worked hard to make the human empire glorious again.
But in the last twenty years, he turned into a madman, almost destroyed everything again, and even refused to give up his power.
He believed that the empire would be doomed without him.
Guilliman was now in the same situation.
Everyone thought, what would the empire do without him
One day, he would think so too.
Consider yourself unique and indispensable.
At that time, who will stop this madman
Yes, host.
"Enter all the knowledge of the Empire into your database." Guilliman ordered, "At the same time, I will grant you authority second only to mine, but you must not interfere with the fate of mankind, unless they are clearly in a crisis that they cannot solve and are likely to cause self-destruction. Only then can you choose a qualified host again and guide him to use that knowledge and authority to save mankind."
Understand that this command has been written into the underlying data code and will become one of the most important rules of the auxiliary elf.
Guilliman nodded.
Once the sixth-stage database is opened, the auxiliary system will be of no use to him.
He would find a way to separate the system and place it in the Empire's divine brain matrix, allowing it to read all the knowledge and leave it to the next successor.
The empire may be destroyed one day, just like the countless civilizations that mankind has destroyed, disappearing in the long river of history and becoming just a small splash of water.
In the distant future when they disappear, those poor people may fall into darkness and despair again, looking up at the stars and praying for salvation.
At that time, another successor will emerge and do what I once did, bringing humanity out of the abyss and pushing them forward.
After giving the order, Guilliman closed the system interface, sat in his seat, and thought about what his successor would be like!
clever
cunning
Cruel and ruthless
Or kindness and love
"Let it be," Guilliman whispered.
The person who created the system and kept the knowledge database for himself may have thought about the same question.
Thinking about what role your creation will play?
How will humans live in the distant future
Thinking about whether your successor has enough ability?
Guilliman smiled at the thought.