Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 776: A Test Subject of Luck Value

What the Pegasus Civilization leader spoke of was something Xiao Yu had also noticed during this period of time. Xiao Yu discovered that during the reconstruction work, the people of the Pegasus Civilization always seemed absentminded, and an atmosphere of decadence and muddling through was constantly spreading. When it came time to get off work and rest, some entertainment venues would be packed. All kinds of drug-type drinks, things similar to alcohol in Earth’s era, sold in huge quantities. At night, drunkards carrying bottles could be seen wandering everywhere on the streets. Even things similar to drugs in Earth’s era, which were severely cracked down on, showed signs of spreading, and the crime rate was continuously rising.

All of this showed a kind of social mentality of indulgence and numbing oneself through the days. People were restless, not thinking of progress, immersed in debauchery and unable to extricate themselves. As long as they could enjoy today, they would not hesitate even if they died tomorrow. In Xiao Yu’s view, this was abnormal. A vigorous, thriving civilization should not be like this.

Xiao Yu had noticed these things, but he had not spoken with the Pegasus Civilization leader about them. After all, Xiao Yu did not understand the Pegasus Civilization. Perhaps this situation was simply the normal state of the Pegasus Civilization. Now, with the Pegasus Civilization leader personally bringing up this issue to Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu could not help but begin to ponder.

Xiao Yu once again thought of a term, Luck Value.

“According to the idea of Luck Value, after a civilization suffers a severe blow, its Luck Value will fall. For example, when the Pegasus Civilization was defeated by me at the beginning; for example, when the Specter companion was killed by a Neutron War Star, causing my Luck Value to be low; for example, now, when the Pegasus Civilization has been grievously damaged by the Sweepers Civilization. Could it be that making a civilization decadent and lose its drive is also a manifestation of low Luck Value?”

Xiao Yu vaguely sensed that his previous understanding of Luck Value might have been somewhat off.

“Whether something is good or bad seems to have no absolute definition. If it happens at different periods of time, it can have different impacts. That is to say, the same thing might be a good thing in one period, and a bad thing in another. Then what is the benchmark that distinguishes these two situations?”

Receiving his technological support, the Pegasus Civilization’s technology made a qualitative leap. This should have been a good thing. But Xiao Yu saw that this matter did not seem to bring too much positive change to the Pegasus Civilization. People more often used the newest technology to develop more exciting, more fun entertainment devices, to manufacture more expensive and more exquisite clothing and decorations, to create more comfortable living environments, and even used it to develop drug-type items that caused greater bodily damage yet brought stronger pleasure. This was abnormal. Xiao Yu felt the Pegasus Civilization should not be like this.

“When Luck Value is high, bad things may become good things. When Luck Value is low, good things will also become bad things. Then… what determines Luck Value?” Xiao Yu silently thought.

The death of the Specter companion was without doubt a bad thing. But if one removed its negative impact, if, because he had lost his reliance, he was forced to struggle for survival in the dark universe and ultimately relied on his own ability to reach the scope of a Level 7 civilization, then would the death of the Specter companion not have turned from a bad thing into a good thing?

And his strong technological support for the Pegasus Civilization had originally been a good thing, but the Pegasus Civilization turned this good thing into a bad thing.

Xiao Yu sighed softly. Xiao Yu had to admit he could not figure this out.

“Perhaps what the Micron Civilization said, that Luck Value originally does not exist, and that Luck Value can be changed, these two sentences originate from here. As long as I understand this problem, I will have found a way to change Luck Value, and I can eliminate the negative impact that the death of the Specter companion brought me.”

“Then, how are you responding?” Xiao Yu asked the Pegasus Civilization leader.

“I have never encountered such a problem before.” The Pegasus Civilization leader sighed. “I don’t know what to do. In terms of public opinion guidance, our government has always had relevant departments, but now it seems their effect is not very great. We are promoting spirits such as being positive and enterprising, strict self-discipline, and courageous dedication, but the results are minimal. I have a premonition that the Sweepers Civilization is not the greatest crisis we will encounter. This matter is. If we handle it poorly, the spirit of our entire civilization will collapse. And if the civilization’s spirit collapses, our Pegasus Civilization will not be able to hold on.”

“Sometimes, even I myself have some doubts. The universe is so dark, so vast. There are so many powerful existences. In just one Milky Way Galaxy alone, there are many existences stronger than us. We overcame all kinds of hardships and obstacles along the way and finally developed to today, successfully entering the scope of a Level 6 civilization. We originally thought we were strong enough, but just a small fleet of the Sweepers Civilization defeated all of our civilization’s military strength. The Sweepers Civilization is only a Level 6 civilization. Above Level 6 civilization, how many stronger civilizations exist? Is our struggle truly meaningful? Perhaps this time we muster courage again and rebuild the entire civilization again, but who can guarantee we won’t encounter this situation again afterward? Facing an unknown future, do we choose enjoyment now, or choose bitter struggle that may still end up with nothing?” The Pegasus Civilization leader spoke faintly. “This is the main problem currently troubling our civilization.”

“The people can lose confidence. As the leader of the entire civilization, you cannot lose confidence.” Xiao Yu said. “Even if you have already lost confidence, you cannot show it. This is a basic quality of a leader.”

“I know.” The Pegasus Civilization leader said. “I will find a way to respond to this situation.”

“The response methods I can think of, I believe you can think of them too. Even the ones I haven’t thought of, with your staff, you should be able to find them.” Xiao Yu said somewhat helplessly. “Facing a real enemy, I can devise many plans, but facing this kind of spiritual and psychological matter, I truly don’t have a good method. This is a field we have not touched before. I hope you can rely on your own strength to make some positive and meaningful exploration. Within what I can do and within the scope of my abilities, I will help you with all my strength.”

“Alright.” The Pegasus Civilization leader also sighed and cut off contact with Xiao Yu.

“Perhaps I can treat the Pegasus Civilization at this moment as a test subject. By observing their progress and changes, I can obtain some information about Luck Value.” Xiao Yu thought.

At this moment, Xiao Yu had already reached the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy. The stars here were very sparse, and most were aging red giants. Xiao Yu did not stop here, but continued forward, ultimately entering interstellar space between galaxies.

There was no clear boundary between the Milky Way Galaxy and outer space. Gas clouds inside the Milky Way could, with the Milky Way’s motion, reach different positions. But one general trend did not change, the farther Xiao Yu traveled forward, the lower the concentration of gas originating from the Milky Way became, until it fell so low that Xiao Yu could no longer detect it. At that point, Xiao Yu knew he had truly left the Milky Way Galaxy.

By now, several decades had passed since Xiao Yu began this voyage. With the help of the Pegasus Civilization’s industrial foundation, Xiao Yu was rapidly restoring his industrial strength. The construction plan for Planet-Class ships had already been put on the schedule. After Planet-Class ships would come Star-Class ships. Xiao Yu planned to manufacture Star-Class ships by the time he reached the Ursa Major Dwarf Galaxy.

Compared to Xiao Yu’s vigorous development, the Pegasus Civilization had not changed much. Xiao Yu had originally proposed using his enormous computing power to help the Pegasus Civilization complete tasks such as clearing ruins and post-disaster reconstruction, but this was rejected by the Pegasus Civilization leader, “Let us do these matters ourselves. Forced labor can temporarily slow the spread of that bad mentality. If life is too comfortable, our people will sink faster.”

So Xiao Yu only set aside a region within his small universe as the Pegasus Civilization’s territory, then withdrew all his strength from there. Xiao Yu took on the role of an observer, quietly watching every tiny change in the Pegasus Civilization. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

What surprised Xiao Yu was that the Arrow Beasts were actually extremely interested in Mars within the Solar System. They unanimously demanded to remain and live on Mars. Xiao Yu naturally agreed to this request. So the Arrow Beasts carried out a series of transformation activities on Mars, including reactivating Mars’s core so that it once again had plate movement; with Xiao Yu’s help, collecting large numbers of icy comets within the small universe to give Mars oceans again; searching Xiao Yu’s gene bank for plants and animals they liked, cultivating them, then releasing them on Mars; altering Mars’s landforms so that it once again had environments such as mountains and canyons, plateaus, hills; pushing Mars closer to the Sun to increase the solar radiation it received; increasing Mars’s mass; increasing atmospheric gas concentration, and a series of other projects.

The Arrow Beasts’ enthusiastic excitement formed a sharp contrast with the Pegasus Civilization’s growing decadence. Within the same small universe, the situations of these two civilizations were completely different.

“Back then I once made a wish to transform Mars into a green life-bearing planet. Now it can be considered that I have fulfilled that promise, only it was completed with the Arrow Beasts’ strength.” Xiao Yu sighed lightly as he thought, “Fine, fine. Within the Solar System, there really should be one more life-bearing planet.”