Chapter 787

Chapter 787: Level of Civilization

Huaxia, Haigang City

Lin Jiang’s mind was racing. Every time he met with Xia Qingshan, he was highly focused. He needed to gather useful information from Xia Qingshan’s words.

"Can the development of technology surpass the development of the cultivation world?"

"I don’t know. I’ve never seen a technological planet before, but the Dual Vector Foil you once mentioned, if a planet could create it, then it would definitely surpass the cultivation planets I’ve seen. That kind of Dual Vector Foil is a rule weapon; even I can’t do that now."

"That’s science fiction; I was just joking."

"Science fiction, science fantasy; without a theory foundation, it is just fantasy."

"Haha, you are right! I hope that kind of planet doesn’t appear; otherwise, Blue Star cannot withstand the Dual Vector Foil."

"That may not be true. Just because I can’t do it doesn’t mean I can’t stop it, but I need to become stronger."

"Do you want to devour the cultivators?"

"For now, I can hold on. There are currently fifty-eight cultivators above Blue Star Tao Achieving, not more than a hundred. I won’t act against them because I still need you to plunder other planets; you can rest assured about this."

"Fifty-eight already? The demon race is so strong?"

Lin Jiang exclaimed because he knew that Ying Continent only had four Tao Achieving, and Huaxia only had twenty-eight. So, does that mean the demon race has twenty-six beings above Demon Emperor?

"No matter how strong the demon race is, they won’t start a war. In this, the demon race’s interests align with yours."

"Hehe, I promised the Demon Queen I could consider giving it a planet. You wouldn’t make a promise too, would you?"

"Yes, what’s wrong?"

"Nothing much, it’s good."

Lin Jiang really wanted to say, "Who do you think you are?" but he held back. After all, this guy treated Blue Star like his own home, so there was no need to argue about it.

"That’s enough talking for today, I have to go now."

"Wait a minute, please give me the teachings you left before. You know, after the spiritual energy recovery, a lot of the cultivator’s heritage was lost."

"Okay, the information will appear on your computer."

Xia Qingshan nodded and then disappeared.

Lin Jiang opened his computer and found that there was a lot more content inside, especially some techniques, secret skills, pills, talismans, items, and formations; everything was very complete.

Lin Jiang quickly called Cao Ying and asked her to bring some blank jade slips to copy this information.

"This is the Taixu Divine Light, the alchemy legacy of the Danxia Sect. There are many wonderful things here. Where did you find this?"

Cao Ying’s eyes sparkled. There are many ancient cultivation techniques, even secret arts from the Green Emperor era.

"Xia Qingshan gave it to me."

"Has he appeared again?"

"Yes, look! The Primordial Thunder Technique from the Thunder Emperor era has shown up. This technique has been lost for at least hundreds of thousands of years. The lineage of the cultivation world truly comes from him."

Lin Jiang said that one of the techniques is called the Primordial Thunder Technique, a famous skill from the Thunder Emperor’s time.

"I suspect both the Thunder Emperor and the Green Emperor have met Xia Qingshan."

"There is no doubt about it. It was definitely his plan to help cultivators and the demon race balance the laws of heaven."

"You can only trust his words thirty percent."

"One is already too many."

Lin Jiang shook his head and said, "Three is too much, two is nonsense, one is already too many."

Cao Ying fell silent instantly. Is it really okay to openly doubt Xia Qingshan like this? Does she not fear he would find out?

"I want to practice these secret skills."

"Feel free to practice, organize these things, and teach others. I have awakened for over a thousand years, and my spiritual energy recovery has taken almost as long. Technology and civilization have grown tremendously, but studying the Immortal Language is not as good as during the cultivation era; it should develop further."

"What else did he say?"

"Not many words, but very important. We must prepare for interstellar war; this is unavoidable."

"Are we really going to fight? Who is the enemy?"

"I don’t know yet, but we are continuing to expand into the universe, and we will eventually meet them."

Lin Jiang said, "There are many known alien civilizations now. His hometown counts as one, Yang Luo’s hometown counts as another, and Xia Qingshan’s hometown counts as a third. That’s at least three."

"We don’t know what the outcome will be. If we encounter a powerful enemy, we might…"

"There’s no need to think about maybes. We will take it one step at a time. Don’t rush; we have plenty of time."

Lin Jiang declared firmly, "Don’t think about bad things; we should stay positive."

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"With these jade tablets, the archaeologists can slow down their work. There’s no need to dig back and forth; it only annoys everyone."

Cao Wang, holding the jade tablets Lin Jiang sent, said, "The Huaxia archaeological teams have been active in the lands of the Five Allied Nations for many years. They have always wanted to dig up the ruins of various sects from the Age of Cultivation, which is quite bothersome since Huaxia doesn’t want to share those finds."

"Why don’t you ask about where these things come from?"

"When Ancestor Lin is in charge, who would dare question him? We just follow orders."

"You are a qualified subordinate."

"Haha, maybe."

"Let’s talk about civilization."

"Ancestor Lin wants to ask something."

"The levels of civilization."

"According to scientists, civilizations are divided into ten levels. The first level is called planetary civilization, which means being able to use all materials on a planet. The second level is called stellar civilization, which means being able to leave a planet and use materials from other planets. The third level is called interstellar civilization, which can travel between stars and cross galaxies. The fourth level goes beyond galaxies, and the higher levels are too far away from us."

"Based on this classification, civilization should be at a little above the third level, but it cannot fully reach the fourth level. Of course, this is seen entirely from a technological perspective. If we consider the development of Immortal Language, civilization might be a bit stronger."

Cao Wang explained that scientists have many definitions for aliens and alien technology. A tenth-level civilization is what is called a god-level civilization, but that is just a fantasy.

"What if we consider it purely from the perspective of developing Immortal Language?"

"It’s hard to think about. If it’s about practicing Immortal Language, even a second-level civilization would be difficult. With the speed of Tao Achieving and Transmigration Stage, it’s hard to leave the solar system."

"No, you underestimate practicing Immortal Language. Look at these jade slips. If we learn all the powerful secret techniques on them, reaching a second-level civilization is not hard, especially for the demon race. They have great talent, and flying demons can greatly improve their speed."

Lin Jiang said, "For example, the Demon Queen. She has the bloodline of the Peng Bird Clan and the Aurora Falcon. Her flying speed is terrifying. Leaving the solar system is not a problem. As for Pills, Talismans, Items, and Formations, their level in Blue Star is clearly not high. If it were a higher civilization, there might be even more amazing things, like the abandoned flying boats, which might also be able to leave the solar system."

"Are you saying there are even more powerful practices of Immortal Language?"

"Of course! Don’t you think our practice of Immortal Language is outdated?"

"Really? I didn’t think so."

"It is. So, for the next stage, the Spiritual Energy Research Institute also needs to continue studying Immortal Language to improve our practice."

"That’s really difficult. For example, to create a technique, the creator has to be extremely skilled, and many people need to practice to fix all the mistakes. It takes several generations, even more than ten generations, to make small improvements. This takes a lot of time."

"We have time, people, and money. We can experiment."

Lin Jiang said that he naturally knew this. Not only is it true for skills, but also for medicines. A good recipe takes many generations to perfect, but we cannot give up because it is difficult.

"Since you say that, I have no objections, but this matter is not my responsibility. You need to find someone else; I am already too busy."

Cao Wang said he had a mountain of things to deal with, and he couldn’t even finish his own, let alone take on this.

"Alright, I will find someone else. You also help me keep an eye on things. The Spiritual Energy Research Institute is very important; the elite of the whole country is basically here."

"Of course, as the first vice president of the Spiritual Energy Research Institute, I will do my job well."

"Okay, keep this jade slip. Please help me make copies for others. Don’t pass on the skills in it carelessly, and also make sure to arrange the Five Elements Bead matter."

"Understood. By the way, will the Five Elements Bead really not affect the flow of spiritual energy?"

"I don’t know. We will find out by trying."

"Okay, if it really works, maybe we can create a small world, setting up the flow of spiritual energy in the space ring. We could completely free ourselves from the dependence on this main world."

Cao Wang nodded and said that he had also added spirit veins into the space ring, but those spirit veins would wither on their own and could not self-circulate. If this Five Elements Bead could solve this problem, it would be a remarkable breakthrough, as it could not only be used here but also resolve the ecological issues that had troubled them for hundreds of years.

Once the ecological circle is resolved, perhaps other barren planets could be transformed into habitable ones, free from the limits of the cosmic environment.