Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 517 When in doubt, quantum mechanics

"Because she is an investor, and a very wealthy one at that."

Yin Quan explained, "In fact, the world under the Guixu civilization was first invested in by their private investors. Our pioneering team was just there to keep watch... This is a legal requirement within the Galaxy Alliance to ensure that they do not commit any illegal or criminal acts. You can understand it that way for now."

Fang Xianyu then asked, "I'd like to know, how does this kind of investment generate returns?"

"The lowest level of approach is, of course, the return of natural resources, but charitable investment groups like theirs generally don't do that. Moreover, there are many procedures required for mining natural resources in star systems where civilizations have already formed, and the approval process within the alliance is extremely complicated. Unless they engage in private, illegal mining, which would violate alliance law and usually the common laws of various star systems, the consequences of being caught would be far outweighed by the losses."

"The better ones are developments like tourism and transportation hubs, but that's usually the target of our pioneering team's projects. Private investors like them probably aren't too interested in that, since they don't have that much freight work."

"Of course, there is a third option, which is also the most difficult. As far as I know, what Nuwa and her people are doing is actively promoting the independence of the Guixu civilization, at least to make this civilization develop as quickly as possible to the point where it is qualified to 'be on the table', so that it can obtain more benefits—whether economic or political. At least the Guixu civilization is already inseparable from 'Nuwa,' isn't it?"

It was still Yin Quan who was speaking. After he finished his introduction, he even smiled frankly: "Of course, we haven't been with the pioneer team for very long, so this is all hearsay. If it were our team leader, he could probably explain more to you."

Fang Xianyu thought for a moment, then tentatively asked, "Could I meet your commander?"

Yin Quan shook his head regretfully: "It was possible, but he's on vacation and not in the Guixu Realm, so I can only apologize."

Fang Xianyu paused for a moment before continuing, "Alright, then I'd like to ask, what does 'serving on the table' mean?"

"According to the assessment, the Guixu Galaxy civilization as a whole is at the F-level civilization, which is the lowest level of civilization, just entering the stage of intelligent species forming and living in communities... while the Blue Star System civilization is actually higher, and can be counted as an E-level civilization—just included, because we usually set the watershed of E-level civilization as whether it has carried out organized and purposeful space exploration and construction on the basis of F-level civilization... Of course, the specific assessment is definitely more complicated, I am just giving a brief description for understanding."

"The so-called 'being on the table' refers to the minimum requirement for joining the alliance, which is that only C-level civilizations are deemed to meet this requirement. Normally, C-level civilizations are considered... Let me think how to explain this..."

Yin Quan frowned, pondered, and slowly said, "It probably means having the ability to pioneer or migrate among stars, and also developing the ability to survive and develop without being limited to natural celestial bodies as a foundation... It's not absolute, but we can understand it that way for now!"

Although Yin Quan's words were easy to understand, Fang Xianyu still had many doubts in her heart.

For example, if the existence of the Guixu Realm is merely an "investment project," then why not simply teach them all the technologies directly and build it using their more advanced civilization model, instead of letting the Guixu Realm develop such a backward society on its own?
Even worse, what "chosen ones" will they capture from Earth to "reform" the Ruins of Return?

Let the "indigenous people" save the "indigenous world"?
This just doesn't make any sense!
“It’s very simple. If we completely copy the civilization model in the Alliance to build a low-level civilization, that’s not aid, nor investment, but destruction.” Unexpectedly, Yin Yang answered Fang Xianyu’s doubts as if he could read her mind. She even added, “Don’t misunderstand, I don’t have mind-reading abilities. It’s just that your expression is too easy to guess. Besides, we’ve answered similar questions before.”

Yin Quan continued, "Biological evolution takes time and a certain cycle. If they just want a civilization that is the same as most civilizations in the alliance, then why come here to invest or provide aid? They could just find an unclaimed star system that has not yet given birth to life and settle down there!"

"In fact, even though there are already thousands of civilizations in the alliance, every new civilization that has developed to the point of being 'on the table' is something to celebrate. It's like a natural ecosystem; the more diverse the civilizations, the more stable it is."

"One last question," Fang Xianyu looked directly into Yin Quan's eyes and asked, "What exactly is the relationship between the Guixu Realm and Blue Star?"

Yin Quan replied: "A symbiotic relationship—a former symbiotic relationship."

"Doesn't that sound amazing? Civilizations can coexist."

"In reality, the Blue Star civilization is much more stable. They are located in different star systems, and because Nuwa has been constantly trying to 'take the oranges' in the Guixu Realm, they have always been in a state of neither reality nor illusion. To put it extremely, they are a mass of data that is moving towards reality."

"But Blue Star isn't. The galaxy Blue Star is in, oh, I think it's called the Solar System? Or the Milky Way?"

"No, the Blue Star civilization named it 'Pisces–Cetus Supercluster Complex,' and it doesn't have a fixed code yet. The temporary code reported to the Alliance is p $?G:0#Y..."

The last code Yin Yang mentioned was something Fang Xianyu couldn't understand; it was like gibberish and seemed to have no real meaning.

“In short,” Yin Quan continued, “the Blue Star civilization was actually Nuwa’s real target, but there are laws within the alliance that prohibit destructive development and devastating guidance of star systems that have given birth to intelligent life—including cultural destruction and annihilation. So they established a new Blue Star-like civilization in another universe, namely the Guixu civilization.”

"Another universe? A parallel universe?"

"You could also understand it this way: the selected outcome of the multiverse is similar to the many-worlds interpretation (MWI) in quantum mechanics of Earth's civilization. A copy or split of the universe in which Earth's civilization resides only becomes a given fact when it is selected. Your current state is a state that is in the process of being selected..."

"There is a thought experiment in the Blue Star civilization called 'Schrödinger's cat.' I think you should know that before the box is opened, the cat in the box is in a state of being both alive and dead. And this is exactly the state of the Guixu civilization you are in."

"Of course, the actual situation is more complicated, but... let's just understand it this way for now!"