Rebirth of the Super Battleship

Chapter 779: Controlling Others and Controlling Yourself

That stranger Moir did not recognize was Xiao Yu.

“I’m truly sorry. I violated my promise and interfered in your civilization’s affairs.” Xiao Yu manipulated a small ship to carry the dying Moir out of the Pegasus Civilization, murmuring to himself in his heart. “I care a great deal about the Pegasus Civilization’s affairs. I want to see you pull yourselves together again, so someone like Moir, I do not want him to die.”

Moir was about to die, but he had not died yet. With Xiao Yu’s superb biological technology, Xiao Yu very easily pulled Moir back from the edge of death. After Moir opened his eyes, what he saw was a soft white light, and the silhouette of an intelligent being who, although not the same as the lifeforms of his civilization, was clearly someone with good cultivation and a high level of civilization.

“Who are you?” Moir asked.

“I am Xiao Yu.” Xiao Yu replied. “The leader of the Divine Ark Civilization. Back then, it was precisely in order to save me that your civilization ended up in this situation.”

“Oh, I see. Are you doing well?” Moir asked with a smile.

“I’m doing well.” Xiao Yu fell silent for a moment, then nodded.

“That’s good. Our civilization finally fulfilled our promise and repaid your kindness.” Moir said with a smile. “Did you save my life? Did you bring me out of our civilization?”

“Yes.” Xiao Yu replied. “Record your life. Record what you want to tell your compatriots as well. I will deliver it to your civilization. This place has a comfortable environment. You can recall the stories you experienced here with peace of mind.”

“Alright. Thank you for your help.” Moir said. “Can you give me some paper and a pen? Compared to electronic tools, I prefer the paper and pen of the ancient era. It helps my thinking more.”“Alright, I can satisfy your request.” Xiao Yu nodded. A moment later, a robot walked into the room and brought what Moir needed. “You can summon me at any time. Any request you have, I can satisfy.”

Xiao Yu’s projection disappeared. Moir said softly, “Thank you.”

After that, Moir picked up the pen and began writing lines of text in his civilization’s language on the paper.

“I am Moir. I was born more than eight hundred years ago… At that time, our civilization was not like what it is now…”

Moir kept writing. Aside from necessary rest and eating, he kept writing and thinking. His thoughts turned into lines of text through the pen in his hand, appearing on the paper, ultimately presented before Xiao Yu. Other than manipulating robots to deliver necessary supplies to Moir and clean the room, Xiao Yu did not disturb him.

“…I think the meaning of civilization lies in letting more people live better. Our technological development, what we strive and struggle for, is precisely because of this goal. We are working hard to build a more reasonable mechanism for the distribution of power. We are working hard to create more materials and a better environment. We work hard to improve our technology. All of this is for ourselves. What we struggle for is not to make our civilization extraordinarily powerful, though the strength of a civilization is indeed the foundation of stable life, but it is only a means and not the purpose.”

“I have witnessed the decline of our civilization with my own eyes. I have seen people who were once kind-hearted become the villains they are today. They extort and blackmail, they are base and shameless, they do every evil, but I believe they have only temporarily lost their direction. In their hearts, there is still a longing for a better life. Our civilization has become like this, and each of us has responsibility. Precisely because of this, each of us has even more responsibility to build our civilization better. I do not want to see people who enjoy helping others fall into the trap of bad people in the end. I do not want to see honest and trustworthy people toyed with by scoundrels in the end. I do not want to see people who follow the Rules trampled underfoot by those who disrupt order…”

“My compatriots, wake up. Our civilization has reached the most urgent moment…”

Moir kept writing. A chapter of nearly one hundred thousand words, Moir finished it in less than three days. After finishing this article, Moir seemed to collapse, walking straight to the large bed beside him and falling asleep. His manuscript still lay on the desk. Xiao Yu manipulated a robot to walk over and gently take away the manuscript.

Xiao Yu saw the final hoarse cry of someone who still preserved that pure innocence in his heart within this evil society. He saw a person’s despair, and the most earnest hope for the civilization’s future.

“I hope your compatriots will ultimately wake up as you said.” Xiao Yu sighed softly. “I will help you publish this article. As for how the future will develop, it will depend on your civilization’s fate.”

Xiao Yu linked into the Pegasus Civilization’s core database and published this article on an inconspicuous small forum.

In a city of the Pegasus Civilization, a young man was casually browsing information on the network through his personal computing terminal when he inadvertently saw this article. Perhaps out of boredom, he issued a command to display the article before him. He began, using words as the carrier, to have a kind of exchange at the level of thought with an author on the other end of the universe.

He had originally planned to just glance at it casually, but he did not expect that once he started reading, he could no longer look away. At this moment, he received a communications request. After casually connecting, a vicious voice and the corresponding image were transmitted over, “The fat sheep is already corralled. Planning to do it tonight. Come gather here in one hour.”

“No. I have something to do. I can’t go.” The young man murmured. “I have something to do. Something…”

As he spoke, without waiting for consent, he hung up the communication connection.

Reading this article took him several hours. After finishing, he lowered his head and sat there, as if thinking about something. After a moment, he left his mark beneath the article, “How did our civilization become like this… Did we really used to be that brilliant? The weak could walk freely on the dark streets without worrying about being harmed. People could trade freely without worrying about being deceived… That really was a heaven-like life. But our civilization has become like this. What can I change by myself?”

A moment later, someone replied to him, “Facing an entire civilization, anyone is powerless. But although we have no way to change others, we can change ourselves. We have no way to make others not do evil, but we can control ourselves not to do evil. That is already enough.”

The young man pondered again for a moment, and there seemed to be an expression of enlightenment on his face. Xiao Yu knew that he had already planted a seed named goodness in this young man’s heart. One day in the future, it might take root and sprout.

A drunkard saw this article by accident. Perhaps because numbed nerves lowered his self-control, after reading it, he suddenly tossed away the bottle in his hand and burst into tears.

A thug held the money he had just robbed, joking casually with his companions while browsing the network casually. A moment later, he saw this article. Several hours later, he looked again at that money, as if he felt it was burning hot.

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Many people left their traces under this article. This unknown little forum suddenly became popular because of this article. Countless people poured into this forum. The massive data load caused this small website to crash for a time. This article was massively reposted and gradually began to spread across the network. The broader it spread, the more people saw it.

“In the past I also did such things. Someone kindly helped me, but in the next moment I stabbed a knife into his body. I suddenly feel very guilty. I shouldn’t have done that.”

“I cheated someone out of money. He told me that money was meant to treat his lover’s illness. Now I feel very sad. I don’t know how his lover ended up. I hope she’s still alive.”

“Our society is already like this. None of us can change it. We have no way to change others, but we can change ourselves, control ourselves not to do evil. If each of us can think like this, then our civilization will definitely become better.”

In less than ten days, this article had already spread across the entire network. At least one hundred billion views had been recorded, and at least three billion people had left their thoughts, and this number was still expanding rapidly. You should know, at this moment the Pegasus Civilization only had fewer than thirty billion people in total.

Using his real experiences, and using plain words, Moir wrote this article. Within those plain, unadorned words, there was a heart-shaking power, enough to touch the deepest place in people’s hearts. He told how, when the civilization underwent drastic change, he worked hard yet was mocked as a fool, ultimately gaining the nickname Fool Moir. He told how he helped a beggar yet was lured by that beggar into a trap. He told how he handed over the money meant to treat his leg injury, yet was later driven out brutally… But he never changed his original intention.

Moir said, “We cannot control others not to do evil, but we can control ourselves not to do evil.”

This article continued spreading on the network, finally drawing the attention of the Pegasus Civilization leader. In the midst of utter exhaustion, he suddenly seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, and he was invigorated.