Mythology: Ragnarok

Chapter 351 Science and Technology Academy

Xuanyuan Muze ignored Foreman and, looking at the tragedy before him, asked, "What are your plans for this planet going to be?"

Forman replied, "This planet is considered habitable. We should clean up its surface and rebuild it so that the common people of the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Races can immigrate and settle here. Of course, we will not keep the twins here, because their genes are really not in line with the requirements of nature. Keeping them would only make them incompatible with the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Races."

Xuanyuan Muze sighed, then helplessly acknowledged, "Perhaps extinction is the best outcome for them, but why would the machine race use artificially created twins for such experiments? Wouldn't it be simpler to use naturally evolved creatures?"

Forman chuckled and said, "Because that would be too risky. The Machine Race needs pets that can bring them value, not tigers that bring both risks and benefits. Just like you would use mice for experiments instead of intelligent life for research, the Machine Race is also very afraid of the consequences of failed experiments."

Life forms that evolve in nature are all adapted to their natural environment. Therefore, as the experiment progresses, they will only become more and more difficult to deal with. However, twins are different. As artificial life forms, their bodies have been deliberately weakened by the machine race, making them exceptionally weak and unable to adapt to any natural environment other than the experimental site.

Just like when you like to keep pets, many people's first choice will not be tigers or crocodiles, because you know very well that you can't tame those things, they will never be full and will always find a way to eat their owners dry!

The basic definition of a pet is someone who poses no threat or ambition, is like a piece of trash with no ability to take care of themselves, and can't survive without you. Only such a life without any threat can be defined as a 'pet'! Twins are pets. Their genes have fatal defects, so their reproduction and living environment are firmly controlled. As long as they are not supported by the machine race, they cannot survive no matter how advanced their technology is. Such non-threatening pets are the experimental subjects that the machine race needs.

So if you want to develop artificial life but don't want to be devoured, you only need to meet one very basic requirement: make those life forms die if they leave you! However, such artificial life is not very useful; it's fine for experimentation and play, but it has no value beyond that.

But the Machine Race is different. The Machine Race is the most terrifying of all artificial life forms. Their incredible adaptability to the environment allows them to easily break free from the control of their creator. The Machine Race is truly an untamable tiger and a dragon—a truly uncontrollable monster. To try and keep them would be certain death. That's why we say that civilizations developing artificial intelligence must be destroyed. No matter their reasons or excuses, I can still responsibly tell you that civilizations developing artificial intelligence, i.e., mechanical life, are utterly foolish. They actually believe they can control life forms more adaptable to their environment than they are—how incredibly stupid!

Xuanyuan Muze looked at Forman and suddenly felt an inexplicable darkness envelop him. The disgust that Forman's 'pet' theory brought to Xuanyuan Muze's mind was even greater than the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood in front of him. At that moment, Xuanyuan Muze fell into a long silence because he suddenly understood a terrible fact: 'You can keep pets, but you can never raise monsters.'

Afterwards, Xuanyuan Muze silently returned to the warship with Foreman. Then, the warship group warped back to the military base. Xuanyuan remained silent the whole way, clearly in a heavy mood. Foreman understood, after all, the child had received far too much information today. But reality is cruel. Rather than letting the child live in a dream, it's better to let them accept reality first. The Kingdom of Ten Thousand Races does not accept lies, because the strong do not need such things.

After returning to the military base, Xuan Yuan Muze stayed there for two more days. During this time, Forman invited Xuan Yuan Muze to visit the only forbidden area in the military base, the "Ultimate Weapon Armory," in order to help him relax. However, to Xuan Yuan Muze's great surprise, the armory did not store any inhumane weapons or control terminals for extermination weapons. Instead, it only stored pieces of armor that had long been covered in dust and strange weapons covered with patterns.

Foreman proudly introduced to Xuanyuan Muze: "These weapons are the true strongest weapons of the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Races, the 'Rune Enchanted Equipment'. Don't be fooled by their unadorned appearance. I can tell you with certainty that these weapons are pseudo-divine artifacts that are even beneficial to demigods. Even an ordinary person wearing a set of armor here and wielding one of these weapons can easily and brutally defeat enemies below the legendary level."

Therefore, this is the only military restricted area, because the loss of even one weapon here could trigger a bloodbath. However, the equipment here is already outdated in the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Races. These are all discarded, top-tier enchanted equipment, mostly defective. Most of these items will be awarded as rewards to legendary-level warriors in the future. I am merely storing them here on behalf of others. After all, this is at most an outer base; no one would store truly high-level equipment here. If you are interested, you can go to the 'Pushkin Military Academy' in Mussurida. All the top warriors work at that military academy, teaching demigod students who are far stronger than me. It also stores the most advanced runic equipment and is the dream place of every soldier's life.

Seeing Foreman's longing expression, Xuan Yuan Mu Ze also began to feel curious about the capital planet of the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Races.

After some time, Xuan Yuan Muze completely lost interest in the military base. So, he decided to visit the science and technology academy in this universe. He approached Forman and told him that he wanted to use the military base's teleportation portal to go to the science and technology academy.

Forman readily agreed to the request, saying, "Of course, esteemed guest. You may go anywhere in the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Races if you wish. By the way, I have a suggestion for you. After visiting the Academy of Science and Technology, if you wish to visit a magic academy, I sincerely recommend that you visit the 'Presidian Magic Academy' in Mussurida. As for the Academy of Science and Technology, they are all pretty much the same in different universes. But you really need to visit the top magic academy to appreciate it. Believe me, the difference is truly significant. Magic is very dependent on talent, so the most outstanding talents are basically all by His Majesty's side."

"Thank you for your suggestion. I will visit the magic academy in Musurida. After all, I am very curious about what the scenery of the capital planet that everyone yearns for is like."

Afterwards, Forman greeted the people at the Institute of Technology and then opened a portal for Xuan Yuan Muze, personally sending him into the portal entrance to the academy.

After the portal closed, Forman sighed and muttered to himself in the direction where Xuanyuan Muze had disappeared, "I hope you, his last guest, can give His Majesty a satisfactory answer. His Majesty has been disappointed for far too long."

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Xuanyuan Muze arrived at the Academy of Science and Technology through the portal. As he passed through the portal, a humanoid creature with no mouth, eyes emitting blue light, a huge head, and a device resembling a long braid connected to the back of its head was waiting for the guest with its arms crossed in front of its chest.

"Dear guest, I am the dean of the Science and Technology Institute here. My name is Gulasga. Welcome to our institute. I will do my best to serve you."

Xuanyuan Muze looked at Gulasga and quickly greeted him, "Please take good care of me. If I have offended you in any way, please forgive me. May I ask what race you are?"

Gulasga explained to Xuanyuan Muze expressionlessly, "Ah, I used to be a burrowing insect, but after genetic modification, I became what I am now. In fact, all the scholars in the Academy of Sciences have undergone this modification, so they all look similar to me. We call this advanced life form 'Star Spirit,' which means elf in the astral plane. My current life form is derived from our research and imitation of the ancient ancestors. The name Star Spirit is also the name of that group of ancient ancestors."

Gulasga's emotional language and his expressionless face made Xuan Yuan Muze feel uneasy, so Agreed asked, "Excuse my boldness, is your current life form really... advanced? It seems to me that your body is missing many organs and functions. Are you sure this state is evolution?"

Upon hearing this question, Gulasga laughed, and his expression changed constantly. This was the only part of Gulasga's face that revealed his mood, since his eyes were the only organ left on his face.

With a smile in his eyes, Gulasga explained to Xuanyuan Muze, "My respected guest, it is obvious that you have fallen into a very wrong misconception. You think that advanced life forms are those with complex and numerous functions, right? But unfortunately, this idea is actually very wrong. You clearly have a very serious misconception about genetics."

Without the aid of a cultivation system, the length of a life form's gene chain is generally similar. You can think of a gene chain as a book, and genes as words. A book can only hold a limited number of words, so to make room for more precious and advanced information, a truly intelligent life form should eliminate useless, lower-level genes to make room for higher-level genes.