Free Web NovelChapter 534: Chapter 307: Finally Found You_2
Don’t even mention interstellar civilizations, even a civilization in the Earth Star Era, once thoughts are liberated and feudal systems are abandoned, would be more efficient than this Noah Empire.
However, Shen Shi still easily guessed the reason for such a phenomenon.
"This is the shackle of thought, the limitation of Primordial Energy," Shen Shi whispered in his heart, "No wonder, in such a long interstellar civilization, it’s practically impossible not to uncover the field of Primordial Energy Technology. Most intelligent beings, after living ten times beyond their original lifespan, will start pondering the essence of life and thought, then uncover the secrets of Primordial Energy, and move towards the realm of Primordial Energy. Yet, there’s not the slightest trace of Primordial Energy Technology in the Noah Empire. They are suppressing thought with this oppressive ritual, using primitive hand-to-hand combat methods to direct the release of emotions... The Emperor consciously suppresses the birth of Primordial Energy Technology. Indeed, he is in panic."
Shen Shi slightly squinted his eyes. After realizing this reality, he already knew what to do next.
In the time that followed, Shen Shi behaved just like a real son of the nobility.
Except for some slight "violations."
Perhaps due to non-standard etiquette, or perhaps due to emotional outbursts in battles, sometimes he would unexpectedly display a level far beyond his usual capabilities... He was deliberately creating a trend, a trend of spontaneous awakening of Primordial Energy brought about by the instability of thought.
As expected, some people appeared before him under the guise of doctors.
"Doctor, am I sick?" Shen Shi asked in a deep voice, also carrying a touch of half-hearted etiquette.
"Yes, you are sick," the doctor in front of him, dressed in a black uniform, resembled a priest more than a doctor by the customs of Blue Star.
"But I’ve never felt better," Shen Shi’s voice grew even deeper.
"It’s an illusion, it’s dangerous," the doctor said.
"Are you sure?"
"I am sure."
"That’s because you’ve never truly experienced this feeling," Shen Shi suddenly raised his head, his eyes starting to swirl like a haze, his body seemingly splitting into two parts, one half being standard interests, the other being wantonly, joyfully, laughing as if the shackles were freed.
——Thought invasion!
Such a simple thought invasion, performed personally by Shen Shi, who might already be the strongest individual in the entire known universe, should make the doctor in front of him, and even the whole civilization, feel proud.
And the result was equally clear.
The invaded doctor finally experienced the feeling Shen Shi described, a pleasure akin to liberation. Everything he did and believed in the past seemed so ignorant to him now, ignorant to the point that it’s impossible to return to the previous level.
"Yes..."
The eyes of this doctor also seemed to turn into a haze, and like Shen Shi, he too appeared to be divided into two parts.
And these two parts spoke simultaneously:
"I understand."
Shen Shi smiled without saying another word.
A very simple thought invasion, but with effects akin to a virus. In a world where Primordial Energy Technology is extremely weak, nearly non-existent, no one can evade or resist it, maybe because it’s the evolution of thought, the rebirth of consciousness.
The essence of Primordial Energy is a deep understanding of self, a reality that cannot be changed by any means.
Shen Shi walked back to his place lightly. He wanted to know what the Emperor would do when he realized this sham Space City has become the reality he feared the most.
But whatever action is taken, it would expose his own information.
With each reveal, Shen Shi would get a little closer to him.
This is how advanced civilizations crush lower civilizations, even with Shen Shi alone, he can easily change everything about the Noah Empire.
Next, it was just waiting.
It was not a long wait. When one day, Shen Shi noticed on the street that some people had started to move with light, slightly etiquette-violating actions, he knew it was almost time.
On that same day, a piercing alarm echoed throughout the entire fake Imperial Capital. Everyone was ordered by automated armed machinery to stay in their residences. The Emperor’s voice continuously sounded with the alarm, announcing that a mysterious and terrifying virus was spreading within the Imperial Capital, forcing them to use the most primitive method to isolate the virus.
This was undoubtedly laughable yet correct.
The thought virus is still a virus. Even such a powerful civilization cannot stop the destruction of a thought virus, or, one could say, forced evolution.
With the spread of the thought virus, Shen Shi could already easily guide some people’s cognition and emotions.
More and more voices of dissatisfaction towards the Empire, the Emperor, and the etiquette began to emerge.
"The Emperor has been deceiving us!"
"Those redundant and useless etiquettes are stifling our power, restricting our thoughts!"
"Thought is so powerful, hand-to-hand combat is so laughable!"
"The Emperor is just a thief who stole the power of the ancestors!"
"Get rid of him, get rid of this so-called Emperor!"
These voices, even if they initially existed only in the mind or whispered by someone in a deserted corner, over time, as more people thought this way, a resonance of consciousness would emerge with the activation of Primordial Energy. Everyone would realize that they weren’t the only ones thinking this way. In fact, everyone was, and their powers would be linked together in an unprecedented manner under the influence of the thought virus, ultimately forming a storm that would sweep the entire planet.
If Shen Shi’s prediction was correct, at this moment, the Emperor must be panicking, scared, and furious.
"I must destroy that place! I must!"
This person looked no different from other Noah People and didn’t even wear those complex clothes filled with noble rules and etiquette, but simple and comfortable tight clothing.
However, if someone came here, they would discover that in this real Imperial Capital, the real Noah’s Palace, apart from the Emperor, there wasn’t any meaningful intelligent life.
There were only countless densely packed intelligent machines, entirely controlled from thought logic to consciousness.
Yes, the Emperor didn’t allow anyone to come here.
Only those with weak consciousness, almost void of Primordial Energy, who would remain controllable by him even if they developed Primordial Energy, would qualify to exist here.
But now, the Emperor’s anger had crossed countless light-years with his emotions, reaching the fake Imperial Capital where Shen Shi was!
He wanted to destroy this place.
He activated the destructive weapon he had set long ago. Just a simple press would utterly destroy the existence that inexplicably awakened countless Primordial Energy controllers.
——It should have been so.
But reality was that even though the Emperor pressed the button and made the decision, there was no change in the space city the size of a planet.
This was also deserved.
With Shen Shi here, how could a self-destructive device go unnoticed? Even relying solely on the devices on Iwen, he could easily discover and control everything here.
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"Finally found you."
Shen Shi’s mouth curled into a smile, his light voice transmitted back via the Primordial Energy linkage, carrying a hint of surprise, yet bringing infinite fear to the Emperor.
"Who are you?" He screamed like a madman, but received no response.
Truth be told, at this moment, Shen Shi’s emotions indeed had a touch of surprise.
Although he still didn’t know exactly what kind of Relic Device the Emperor controlled, he had already seen its effect.
It covered thousands, even nearly ten thousand light-years!
Such a vast distance that, even strong as Shen Shi was, he could only achieve instantaneous communication relying on the Holy Land, yet the Emperor controlled more than one "fake Imperial Capital" and could easily transmit his voice, his consciousness over here.
