CHAPTER 397: CHAPTER 239: CULTURAL ASSIMILATION

Under such circumstances, hiding the relics and being unwilling to share them through the Alliance inevitably offends the core region of Gus Land, as this truly harms the interests of Gus Land.

Moreover, by this time, other forces have roughly understood why Gus Land agreed to the Alliance proposed by Human Civilization.

As long as Human Civilization can make them reveal these relics, this Alliance is actually beneficial for Gus Land.

Human Civilization is playing both sides!

However, every force can easily see that the key lies in the information held by Human Civilization.

"How do they even know about these relics?" Some people can hardly imagine.

One should know that some of them are relics acquired thousands of years ago, when Human Civilization had not yet emerged.

Undoubtedly, the trump card held by Human Civilization is certainly extraordinary!

It’s as if there are no secrets within their species against humanity.

This is most likely a powerful relic.

It might even be a relic capable of silently extracting intelligence from the minds of their leaders.

What they can think of, Gus Land can certainly think of as well. The fact that Gus Land hasn’t acted despite possessing such powerful relics speaks volumes about what it means.

"The strength of Human Civilization is probably no longer just in the peripheral regions." Many peripheral forces have come to this realization.

In fact, they are not wrong. At this moment, although Human Civilization may not yet have access to higher-level permissions, it has already transcended the peripheral permissions. Once it exhibits the potential of a B-level Civilization or the ability to trade, it can truly enter the core region.

Just like Human Civilization three thousand years later.

From this point, the matter of the Alliance no longer stirs any waves.

At such a level of civilization, there is no room for feelings; once Human Civilization shows strength, there’s no resentment or thought of testing or trying. To some extent, Shen Shi uses the future advice brought by Time Crystal for a moment of "bully tactics." Otherwise, based purely on the current strength of Human Civilization, it’s insufficient to hold such status, let alone compete with so many peripheral forces.

The moment when details of the Alliance were finalized under the direct arrangement of Shen Shi, the future changed once more.

This time, the strength of Human Civilization proceeds with further growth.

More than a thousand key technological breakthroughs have reached the realm of B-level.

However, this is not the key!

At this level, Shen Shi can clearly see that during this process, the influence of Es Civilization on Human Civilization is also increasingly significant. This influence is not confined solely within the Solar System but also starts affecting Gus Land, and it indirectly begins to interfere with Human Civilization’s culture.

Just as some peripheral forces within Gus Land, over long periods, even begin to gradually integrate into Gus Land, their logical thinking and vital cultural components have become inseparable from Gus Land.

Human Civilization is the same.

Even from the memory of Sage Saint Shen Shi, the influence of Es Civilization is everywhere within the present Human Civilization.

Curvature Engine, Jump Engine, human body modification, Primordial Energy Cultivation...

Almost all the critical fields and technologies involve Es Civilization, and in the process of technical development, they continuously integrate into all aspects of Human Civilization, into its newborn culture.

Shen Shi feels that he’s beginning to guess the underlying crisis hidden within the "friendly and enthusiastic" attitude of the Es Civilization, or rather, these B-level Civilizations.

——It’s an attempt to completely devour Human Civilization, from its culture to its very body!

"I should’ve realized earlier..." Shen Shi muttered to himself.

In this vast Cosmos, why are concepts of race so strong?

Naturally, it’s because of the influence of culture on Primordial Energy.

Anyone who wants to become a true Master of Primordial Energy cannot detach from their race; even each Master of Primordial Energy can only utilize and absorb the power within their own race. This rule almost consolidates every race into an inseparable whole.

However, the so-called technical development aims to make the impossible possible.

Clearly, as the level of Primordial Energy Technology advances, completely devouring other races and fundamentally transforming them into a part of oneself is not impossible!

And traces of this can already be seen in many places.

Iwen is the first example Shen Shi encountered!

Clearly not belonging to humans, yet after having Shen Shi as her master, she integrated the culture of Human Civilization into her Primordial Energy World, becoming "half-human," and once she became a Master of Primordial Energy, she could similarly utilize the strengths of other humans.

In a sense, isn’t this another form of cultural and racial identity consumption?

Because at this moment, Iwen, fundamentally, no longer belongs to the race from which she was born!