Chapter 264 Rule 26
The creatures that have been discovered in the Milky Way are mainly silicon-based and carbon-based, but there are also many other life forms, such as radio wave energy creatures like Kachuca, as well as liquid life forms, gas life forms, metal life forms, semi-metal and semi-biological life forms, etc. Among them, there is a kind of creature that only exists in legends, but no one has ever heard of seeing it with their own eyes - the neutron life form.
It is said that this creature lives on the surface of a neutron star. Because of its huge gravity, the electrons outside the nucleus are squeezed into the nucleus, which means that the body of this creature is made up of neutrons. Since the composition is extremely high-density matter, the volume of the neutron life form is reduced while entering a high-energy state. Therefore, their height is less than one millimeter, but they weigh 180 kilograms. The main reactions in their bodies are not chemical reactions but nuclear reactions, and all life activities are one million times faster than humans!
Neutron life forms have a very special body structure and their thinking speed is as fast as lightning. Language conversation is no longer enough for their normal communication. Therefore, this kind of life form will directly use consciousness to communicate, and this way of communication is completely free of any language or ethnicity restrictions. No matter what race they are or what language they know, they can communicate smoothly through consciousness.
——The above content was mixed in with the countless data that Rongyuan downloaded from Biqiu Star, and recorded in books like anecdotes and miscellaneous talks, so its authenticity cannot be verified. Rongyuan was not interested, but Wandou took the time to read all of them. When he heard Kachuka mention this term, he immediately remembered it.
However, the reason why neutron life forms only exist in legends is because people in the alliance have explored countless neutron stars in the universe, but have never found any traces of the existence of this unique life form.
After Pea finished speaking, he concluded: "In general, the characteristics of neutron star life are very similar to those of microns. However, they are smaller in size and their mass is far less heavy - a speck of dust is heavier than a micron."
"So that's just a legend." Rong Yuan said, "But there's no smoke without fire. The people who wrote these records may have seen the ancestors of the Micron people. If I have the chance, I'd like to go to the Neutron Star and take a look."
"Is it just a neutron star?" Wandou knew Rong Yuan very well and asked worriedly.
"Ha." Rong Yuan couldn't help laughing and said excitedly: "Of course, if I encounter a black hole, I would also like to jump into it like a moth to a flame. Aren't you curious? Can black holes really make time stop or even reverse the flow of time and space?"
Pea said with a straight face: "I'm not curious about things that can kill you." Pea now doubts whether Rong Yuan's decision to leave the earth is correct. It is already worried before it even starts its journey.
Rong Yuan laughed: "Don't worry, I won't be impulsive - I will definitely be well prepared before going. If things can't be done, just get out of here in time. Besides..." He paused for a moment, and when Wandou looked up curiously, he smiled and said, "Aren't you still by my side?"
[With you here, you will definitely be able to help me in time when I am in danger.] Rong Yuan did not say this out loud, but Wandou understood it completely. Although it does not have an organ like a heart, it suddenly understood what it meant to "feel warm in my heart".
At this moment, not to mention that Rong Yuan was just booking a future adventure with it, even if he asked it to die, Pea would willingly agree.
…
After Kachuka left, Rong Yuan didn't plan to pay attention to the outcome of their relationship with Kayul Corporation. He bought a special life form scanner from the mall and scanned the entire Earth. He confirmed that there were no alien species left on Earth except for the suspected alien micron people and the extremely rare Baise dragonflies .
He then destroyed the wormhole connecting the solar system to the alien universe.
The space near the solar system is very desolate, and the nearest star system is four or five light years away. If you just drive a spaceship to travel, it will take a long time. There are no intelligent creatures comparable to humans in the surrounding galaxies. It can be said that if this wormhole is destroyed, it will become very difficult for the Kayul Company or the Interstellar Alliance, no matter what purpose the alien visitors have, to visit the earth. When the cost is too high, they will naturally abandon the planet and give the earth a long enough period of undisturbed development.
Of course, this will force humans to slow down their pace of interstellar development in the future. Perhaps for a long time, they will believe that humans are alone and unique in the universe.
But Rong Yuan didn't take this little pretentious emotion to heart. He didn't think that humans were ready to come into contact with extraterrestrial intelligent life. Compared with the countless creatures in the universe, they were too weak. The worst thing was that most of them didn't realize how weak they were.
However, the Earth will die one day. Long before it dies, the resources that the Earth can provide for human survival will become less and less, and the environment will become increasingly difficult to survive in. If the human race still survives by then, it will only be a matter of time before we abandon the Earth and look for a new home.
For the future, Rong Yuan exchanged a [Wormhole Seed] and placed it near Mars. It will take about a thousand years for this seed to gradually mature and grow into a stable wormhole that can allow large-scale interstellar fleets to pass through. The exit at the other end of the wormhole is set near the Landia Empire, which is famous in the Milky Way for its tolerance and justice and whose race is very similar to humans.
The Landia Empire and Earth were located at the two ends of the core of the Milky Way, with a straight-line distance of nearly 100,000 light years. With such a long distance, the value of this seed was naturally very high, and Rong Yuan's merits were instantly reduced by half.
Before, when Rong Yuan used infrasound to drive away the Baise dragonflies, he knew that even though he adjusted the frequency to reduce the lethality, a large number of Baise dragonflies would still die because they could not escape in time. Therefore, he was prepared to have a large amount of merit deducted or even be struck by lightning. But in the end, his merit did not decrease, but increased by more than three times because of saving the world again.
The reason lies in a new rule in the Merit Book:
[Rule 26: If the purpose is survival, or it involves the survival and continuation of the species, when the contractor's behavior causes the death of other life forms, the merit value calculation will record good deeds instead of evil deeds, and will record additions instead of subtractions.] Rong Yuan has always known that the rules of the "Merit Book" have not been fully developed, but he thought that the first 25 rules on Earth were the end, and the rest might appear after he leaves Earth, or after he develops and trains his string force to a higher stage.
This newly added rule can be said to explain many of Rong Yuan’s previous questions.
He can see people's merits, so he knows very well that farmers harvest wheat and corn, butchers slaughter pigs, cattle, chickens and sheep, and they can be said to kill a large number of creatures, but their merits are not much different from those of people who eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha's name. They are also high and low, but they are not outrageously negative. In addition, when people wash their hands while walking, sitting or lying down, they kill bacteria on their hands, when they dry their quilts, they kill countless mites, and when they walk, they accidentally step on ants and insects. If all of these merits are deducted, then no matter how much good deeds are done, the merits of everyone will definitely be negative, but in fact, this is not the case.
The reason is simple: humans act this way in order to survive.
In order to survive, we need to eat fruits, vegetables, grains and meat, so killing them to fill our stomachs does not affect the level of merit; in order to survive, humans need to maintain cleanliness and hygiene and have normal physiological activities, so the various creatures "killed" in this process will not lead to a deduction of merit.
Similarly, if we reverse the process, tigers and leopards eat people because they are hungry, bacteria live in the human body to absorb nutrients, mites live on the surface of human skin and reproduce, and ants gnaw on river banks to build their homes, causing floods, their merits will not be deducted either.
——It’s all just for survival.
The eighth rule of the Merit Book: [If the contractor intentionally causes the death of other life forms without the purpose of survival, then the merit value will be deducted by 50-∞; if the contractor intentionally causes the death of other life forms without the purpose of survival, then the merit value will be deducted by 100-∞.] This "intentional" is really profound, and it has long been a hint of this new rule. However, Rongyuan used to think that the calculation of merit is based on results, but now it seems that it may not ignore the motivation, but there are too few "reasonable motivations" that can be tolerated by it.
——For one’s own survival, or for the survival of the race.
Even if the reason is "I killed others to protect my family", it will not be accepted by the "Book of Merits", and there will be no leniency when deducting merits.
However, Rong Yuan still has a question that has not been answered - the amount of merit is very important to him as the contractor, but what use is it to others?
Is it to provide a filter for selecting contractors for the Book of Merits? Or is it to indicate whether contractors should provide help or ruthlessly kill? Does it have any meaning for the person who has merits?
For ordinary people, those with great merits may live in poverty and die a violent death; those with very low merits may enjoy wealth and prosperity and die of old age. Whether doing good or evil, how much merits do they have, and what value does that number have for them?
There must be.
Rong Yuan silently told himself that although he had not discovered it yet, he would definitely figure it out in the future.
There are too many secrets hidden in the Book of Merits . What he has seen and understood now is just the tip of the iceberg. So what he wants to pursue in this life is not only the boundless universe, but also the countless secrets hidden in the Book of Merits.
