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However, after listening to what Yuan Yu said, Mint's first question was: "Who is the committee composed of?"

Regarding this question, Yuan Yu is a bit difficult to answer: "Well, the committee is made up of some theoretically absolutely selfless people, and there are a lot of people."

"What is 'absolute selflessness'?" Mint couldn't help questioning, "I don't believe that people can be absolutely selfless, after all, people are still animals."

"Indeed, it is difficult for a living person to be completely selfless." Yuan Yu admitted, but said, "But theoretically, a dead person can."

When she said this, Mint couldn't help feeling chills down her back: dead?Could it be that the fleet committee is composed of ghosts and ghosts?Are there really such things as ghosts and ghosts in the world? !

Seeing Mint's eyes widen in surprise, Yuan Yu realized that his thinking was wrong, and quickly explained: "Dead people do not refer to ghosts, but refer to the consciousness of people who do not exist in the state of living people. After the body of a citizen of the fleet dies, the consciousness It will flow into the fleet's 'general brain' and become a member of the committee."

These words made Mint extremely astonished, he had never heard of such a "waste utilization". "There are a lot of people" is indeed not a lie, how can there not be so many dead?

After trying to digest this fact, Mint asked again: "But the 'dead' are absolutely selfless? And the consciousness still exists, so they can't be regarded as really dead. Don't they want to protect the interests of the 'General Brain'? Or put your own consciousness into some kind of machine, let the living be ruled by the 'dead'?"

"Do you think it's a sci-fi movie from the parent star era?" Yuan Yu couldn't help laughing, "The reason why the committee is completely selfless is because the citizens of the fleet can only spend one year in the committee, and then they still have to come out and start a new life. Humans, and there must be many living people in their family and friends, so there is actually no reason to make a decision to oppress living people. Moreover, the state of the committee members is completely detached from the influence of genes on consciousness, and the environment of the total brain makes There is no impediment to the communication between the members of the committee and the means for the members of the committee to obtain information, and in this state and environment, memes that benefit the fleet collective will undoubtedly achieve absolute dominance.”

"Wait," Mint asked incredulously, "You mean, people can be resurrected after death? No, it means that people can be reborn after their body dies?"

"That's right, transferring the consciousness from the general brain to another body is equivalent to leaving the committee." Yuan Yu nodded.

Mint suddenly remembered what Yuan Yu said at the beginning, "I haven't been to a few colonial planets in this life". It turns out that she said "this life" is really not a superstitious reincarnation, but that she hasn't been to a few colonial planets since her latest rebirth.

"This is really..." Mint sighed in surprise, "It's incredible."

"If you join the fleet, you will get used to it very quickly." Yuan Yu said with a smile, "It is almost impossible to see aging people in the fleet, because ordinary jobs have requirements on the health of workers."

"That means there will be a lot of children?" Mint asked curiously.He guessed that if many people were reborn before they were old enough, there must be many children.

"No." Yuan Yu said, "Although there is no lower limit for the rebirth of the fleet, few people will choose to be reborn in a young body. Sometimes it is very troublesome to be a child. But there is a biological age for rebirth. The upper limit, that is, the state of full sexual maturity. It may be different for bodies with different genes and cultivation methods, but once a body in cultivation is fully sexually mature, it must stop cultivation, or input consciousness into it to complete rebirth, or induce to a dormant state, sealed pending the end of its owner's term on the Council."

"Why is that? Can't people be reborn older?" Mint asked suspiciously.

"Actually, it is to prevent people from deliberately shortening their living time." Yuan Yu explained with some helplessness, "Including me, many people really want to join the committee. In the head of the head, it is much more enjoyable than in the real world. In the head of the head The brain can access all the information in the fleet, can instantly understand all the theories known to humans, Iss and Geer, truly feel the technological and literary treasures possessed by the fleet, and have nothing to do with anyone in the committee. Barrier-free communication...if there is no upper biological age limit for rebirth, these people will be reborn into an aging body, and then return to the committee after a few years."

She added: "Before joining the fleet, this happened to Iss—oh, I seem to have forgotten to tell you, Iss himself has the characteristic of gathering consciousness and rebirth after death - at that time, Iss Civilization is still in the era of the mother star. Because of the emergence of a large number of new literary and artistic works caused by a literary revolution, ISs have lost interest in the real world. During that period, the number of ISs alive in the world could not even reach the lowest point The level of 100, so the productivity has declined rapidly, and the industrial level has fallen back by at least [-] years. It can be said that they almost destroyed themselves because they were immersed in the virtual world formed by consciousness.”

"This is really terrible." Even though Mint said so, it was a bit hard to imagine.He felt that if he could be put on the committee once, it would definitely give him a better understanding of the situation.However, it seems that if he can't pass the review of the committee, it is definitely impossible to join the committee.

Mint reflected on himself for a while, and the real thought in his heart was indeed that he wanted a better life and hoped to join the fleet.He didn't know what he could do for the fleet, or what the rest of the fleet would need him to do.He has not been able to take into account the overall interests of those people he has never met, and now he can only see his own needs—oh, maybe there is Yuan Yu, but the reason why he considers Yuan Yu is only because Just a personal admiration for her.

Mint felt that he would definitely not be able to obtain the committee's permission in this way, and couldn't help but feel disappointed.No matter in Zhuyu or this Qiandao, he would know nothing on the colonial planet. If it weren't for Yuan Yu, he might never know that there is a fleet in his life, and he would never see Geer, and he would never hear about the angels. Yisi, who is as gentle and beautiful as him, but maybe has eight arms or legs.

He knew that the fate of the pedestal class was limited, and it was written long ago by the social rules of the colonized planet, but he really wanted to go and see the fleet, see what the life of the fleet citizens was like, and look at the current situation. Geer, who escaped the rule of the imperial power, looked at Yisi, who was as beautiful as an angel in the legend.

He expressed this request to Yuan Yu, but he didn't expect Yuan Yu to agree immediately: "Okay, it just so happens that I should go back."