Perhaps Shen Shi himself hadn’t realized it, but for him, even when faced with a Pasture Master of such caliber, there was an indescribable pride.
Even though he knew clearly how terrifying a Pasture Master could be and worried deeply about it, this did not diminish his pride, which was a confidence derived from instinct.
He believed that even a so-called Pasture Master couldn’t possess the mighty power akin to a Time Crystal.
Therefore, if Human Civilization can continuously maintain its progress, it will be able to keep developing further through the time difference brought by the Time Crystal.
This development is supposed to be endless.
Shen Shi has always believed this.
Human Civilization has the potential to surpass the Mude System, surpass the Pasture Master, and even surpass more powerful civilizations.
But now, this potential seems to be showing obstacles not exposed during its previously weaker times.
If the development speed of Human Civilization keeps slowing, until three thousand years bring almost no progress, then the role of the Time Crystal will essentially disappear.
There are already signs of this now.
The harvest Shen Shi gained from Gus Land would be difficult to obtain even in the Future World three thousand years later.
Moreover, the incumbents present have already begun to show signs of laziness and surrender.
If something isn’t done to change that, the future of Human Civilization will already be determined.
Even the Time Crystal would be powerless.
At this moment, Shen Shi, for the first time, was grateful for the extremely high status he had established over the past three hundred years.
At least at this moment, after he issued a warning, some wavering incumbents changed their minds again and resolved to keep striving.
Partly because they agreed with Shen Shi’s words, and partly out of reverence for everything Shen Shi was.
Currently, the power Shen Shi holds in his hands is enough to determine the direction of the entire Human Civilization’s upper echelons.
After the meeting ended, Shen Shi gathered a group of people.
Among them were Tao De, Yulan, and many other top humans, including incumbents who are ardent supporters of Shen Shi, occupying half of the Human decision-makers.
"We must understand a fact: Even if we rely on the Es Civilization and abandon our human identity, we will not become our true master. Don’t forget, above the Es Civilization, there is still A-level Civilization, and above A-level, there are Pasture Masters. Although the destruction of the last B-level Civilization is far in the past, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist!" Shen Shi clarified his core belief in the opening sentence.
"We understand this; destiny can only be controlled by our own hands, and power also." Someone immediately responded.
Through the consciousness link of the Primordial Energy World, Shen Shi could perceive that this person’s will was exceptionally firm.
Actually, at this moment when the Es Civilization has neither appeared nor brought any impact, the Human Civilization’s level of influence isn’t high. At least now, including in the recent highest meeting, the vast majority of top humans have not considered siding with the Es Civilization.
They don’t even know what kind of civilization the Es Civilization is.
However, Shen Shi felt the need to emphasize.
"When we are exposed before the Es Civilization, relying on the potential and uniqueness we demonstrate, we will inevitably be targeted by the Es Civilization," Shen Shi said. "At that time, under the gradual infiltration of more advanced civilizations, weaker civilizations will find it difficult to maintain their purity, and completely resisting the Es Civilization will bring us greater disasters. Therefore, to change this future belonging to members of the Mude System, we must take two routes concurrently. One of them is to enhance our confidence in Human Civilization, and at the same time conduct some degree of cultural guidance and evolution. We do not seek to evolve our culture to the level of overcoming the Es Civilization in the short term, but at least, before the cultural war arrives, we need to have basic resistance capabilities."
Everyone was solemn and memorized Shen Shi’s words in their hearts.
Clearly, the word "war" further deepened their impression.
Actually, the term cultural war is not unfamiliar to Human Civilization; it appeared prominently during the Earth Star Period. It was an invasion at the ideological level, which, although not as intense and cruel as a hot war, brought about equally significant impact and results.
And in the Interstellar Society, cultural wars are even more brutal.
The development of Primordial Energy Technology has made the originally profound Consciousness Domain an immensely powerful force. The destruction brought by this force is no less than that of various powerful Interstellar Weapons. It can be imagined that once we completely lose ground in the cultural realm, it is tantamount to handing everything, including our own consciousness, over to the enemy.
This terror is actually akin to becoming a Primordial Energy Battery.
"I know, such a war feels both familiar and unfamiliar to everyone," Shen Shi’s consciousness watched everyone. "It is familiar because we can recognize the essence of this war; it is unfamiliar because we cannot comprehend the methods of this war. It seems only to exist in battlefields of advanced civilizations and involves some powerful technologies that we have yet to understand. However, even so, we must try our best to adopt methods to resist. Furthermore, the other way is, before this war starts, let’s try our best to become stronger, not only in cultural soft power but also hard power!"