1946 Data and Computing Power
That was true.

Up until now, Meng Chao could still say that the Kindling, or rather the Contribution Points System that was lurking deep in his brain, had brought more good than harm to him and the Dragon City civilization.

However, the conversation grew increasingly strange, and Meng Chao still did not feel safe enough to let his guard down.

“Can I assume that… your judgment is going to decide a civilization’s life and death? Meng Chao cautiously asked.

“For example, once you determine that there’s no hope for the Dragon City civilization, you’ll launch a space-based orbital strike without hesitation to completely destroy our civilization?”

“No. To be accurate, it’s not ‘my judgment,’” Zero corrected him.

“It’s a future with a high probability of happening. It’s something I foresee.”

“You can foresee the future?” Meng Chao asked.”

“With enough initial data and powerful computing power, anyone can predict the future.”

Zero said, “Anyone can predict where a stone will fall if they see it falling in a parabola. Anyone who sees a white and fat baby can be certain that it will die within one or two hundred years.

“Such predictions are not a hundred percent accurate. The stone may be intercepted, and the baby may be nourished by spirit energy through genetic modification and live for three to five hundred years. But generally speaking, the answer is obvious.

“The more information we have and the stronger our computational ability, the more we can deduce future possibilities with exhaustive testing. If we still can’t find a solution for a certain civilization after thousands or even billions of future deductions, is it wrong for us to conclude that it’s doomed to be destroyed?”

“The question is, where did you get so much information about the Dragon City civilization?” Meng Chao continued to ask.

“A single flap of a butterfly’s wings today could cause the Dragon City civilization to undergo a drastic change tomorrow. Can you control the shape of every butterfly’s wings and the frequency of their flaps?”

Zero smiled.

Several hundred colorful pillars of light shot out of her crystalline body and formed vivid light screens around Meng Chao.

Then, a huge amount of information gushed out from the screen and rushed into Meng Chao’s brain.

“Ever since you appeared before my eyes, I’ve been paying attention to you, our weak but tenacious heirs who grew up on exhausted planets with sparse spirit energy.”
Zero said, “When the most heroic and outstanding soldiers of Earth fought fiercely with the aberrations infected with the ancient virus, they were completely annihilated in the underground rift. However, I preserved the remains of many elite warriors.

“There were also a large number of citizens who were swept away by the flood. When they died, I was fortunate enough to obtain some of their brains that had not rotted yet. From the remaining brain cells, I extracted a large amount of information about Earth and its people.

“After that, you discovered the ancient ruins and began to explore it.

“Many explorers have died tragically, and many explorers have heard my call and thrown themselves into my arms.

“Their emotions, memories, thinking patterns, and desires have further enriched my database, which has allowed me to understand you deeply. Finally, I can build a vivid and lifelike ‘virtual Dragon City.’

“In the past few decades, this ‘virtual Dragon City’ has been repeatedly deducing the real Dragon City’s future on an unknown level.

“Although I haven’t been able to describe the future exactly, I’ve obtained some valuable information.

“For example, when you first awakened, you obtained the three basic force execution methods, and the perfectly upgraded Hundred Saber Technique. They were all results that I deduced based on the physiological structure of Earthlings, the expected progress of Dragon City’s spirit energy research, the trend of your clash with the monster civilization, and other factors.

“Even without my help, given decades of time, there’s a high chance that you can derive new martial arts techniques on your own. I’m just helping you to speed things up a little.

“Of course, to predict all the future possibilities of a glorious city with tens of millions of people, such information alone is far from enough.

“That’s why I’m being honest with you and telling you the truth.

“I need your help, Meng Chao. I need you to continue carrying out your mission as a Fire Relayer. Help me gather more information and lend me your computing power. You need to constantly predict Dragon City’s future and find the best solution among countless plausible answers. As the master of Dragon City, you need to implement the best solution and save your civilization.”

Meng Chao was lost for a moment.

“In my thousands of future deductions, I failed every time. No one escaped the apocalypse. W-Wasn’t that your doing?”

“No.”

Zero explained, “Although you have made thousands of attempts, you have failed to resolve the internal conflicts that would inevitably lead to the civilization’s self-destruction every time. Similarly, you have neglected many chronic external problems.

“Many a time, a civilization that seems to be thriving and powerful has already embarked on an irreversible path of death.

“To save my precious energy, I had no choice but to use the space-based orbital strikes to stop your deductions in advance. Because if you had continued those deductions, you would’ve been wasting your time.

“Believe me, I want to see the Dragon City civilization blaze a new path that no one has ever seen before. As long as there’s a chance of survival, I won’t respond to the Holy Light Temple’s prayers and send the apocalypse.”

“So, so…”

Meng Chao’s throat seemed to be covered in rust, and he sounded extremely bitter. “I haven’t found the answer even after thousands of reincarnations. Is Dragon City destined to have no hope?”

“No, I told you that I would launch a space-based orbital strike in the real world if a certain civilization really loses all hope, not just in the ‘virtual simulation or apocalyptic nightmare.’”

Zero calmly said, “There’s still hope for the Dragon City civilization, but we need to make more deductions that are longer and ten times or even a hundred times more accurate.

“To do this, we need to collect more data and computing power.”

“Data and computing power?”

Meng Chao was slightly stunned, and his eyes immediately widened.

The scene he had just witnessed appeared before his eyes again.

Lu Siya, Long Feijun, and all the members of the rescue team were bound by the crystal threads that were full of life. They were either hanging upside down in the air or embedded in the crystal rocks as if they were going to be integrated with the ancient ruins, just like… the surrounding strange big-headed babies.