AMRWFA -Chapter 354 Are the Invaders Aliens?

Thinking back to what Ruan Yaoyao had previously seen—something like the “rules of cosmic survival”—something suddenly flashed through her mind.

【Are the invaders… aliens?!】

【Are they a higher civilization?!】

She recalled the “Dark Forest Theory” she had once read, as well as various imagined classifications of civilizations in the universe. The more she thought about it, the closer she felt she was to the truth.

So now the question was: if the invaders were aliens, and they could not directly invade Blue Star, then what method were they using to invade?

【Storyline control?】

【Like acting as a “god,” forcibly arranging some IQ-dumbing plotlines?】

【But why would they do that?】

【Because of the rules of cosmic survival—direct invasion isn’t allowed, so they make us ‘devolve’ ourselves until we fall outside the protection of those rules, and then they can invade?】

【Then how do they even do this “storyline control”?】

Ruan Yaoyao had no answers. Neither did Qin’s ministerial team in their ongoing meeting. The only thing they now knew was that they had been targeted by “invaders,” and these invaders were very likely a high-level civilization.

They were not their opponents at all.

But it wasn’t completely hopeless. After all, if the other side could only invade through “storyline control,” that meant they still couldn’t directly enter.

As long as they could find a way to “solve” the storyline manipulation and keep themselves within the protected threshold of cosmic survival rules, then the invaders would be unable to act.

“Also, if we really want to completely solve this, we may need to upgrade Earth’s civilization. I’m not sure what level we are now, but clearly we are not yet capable of direct ‘diplomacy’ with them. We are still in a ‘protected state,’ which means we are a newly born civilization, or in an early developmental stage. Our level is still too low. Only by upgrading can we enter the field of cosmic civilizations and completely cut off their ability to invade us.”

“But how do you know that entering the cosmic stage means diplomacy, not a larger invasion?”

“Obviously, they are sneaking around and not daring to reveal themselves. That means what they’re doing is not legal. There must be some kind of cosmic alliance governing rules—like our UN Security Council.”

“That’s still the same. Truth is only within the range of cannon fire. If we are not strong enough, even if we enter their system and gain temporary protection, they could still sabotage us in secret, just like now. They could make us violate cosmic rules so we lose protection. Only if we become strong enough—or even become rule-makers ourselves—can we truly protect ourselves.”

“But that’s all just speculation. Even if we want to upgrade civilization, how do we do it? Technological ascension? Since we moved from horse-drawn carriage civilization to automobile civilization, we’ve only gone from ships to oceans and planes to skies. Transportation hasn’t seen any truly revolutionary breakthrough.”

“We went to space.”

“We did go to space, but can we build spacecraft? Compared to theirs, ours are on completely different levels—it’s not even the same category.”

……

The meeting room quickly erupted into argument again.

“Can we switch to cultivating immortals instead? Isn’t cultivation possible now?”

That single sentence suddenly silenced everyone.

Yes. On the technology path, they seemed to have hit a bottleneck. Even though humanity kept shouting about scientific progress—moving from sea to sky, from the internet age to the information age—when they looked closely, had there really been any truly revolutionary leap?

From walking on two legs, to horses, to carriages, and then to cars, trains, planes, ships, and high-speed rail…

But regardless of whether it was cars, trains, planes, ships, or high-speed rail, had the energy source really changed?

Oil?

Diesel?

Natural gas?

Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)?

Electricity?

Hydrogen?

……

Heh.

Even controlled nuclear fusion, antimatter energy, dark matter energy, space-based solar power, thorium molten salt reactors, or atmospheric plasma electricity—all of them were either extremely difficult or still in research stages, with no breakthrough in the short term.

The most fundamental energy source hadn’t changed. So how far had Blue Star’s technology really advanced?

At best, they were still digging at the foundations.

If they could overcome it, space exploration might be possible. If not, then so-called “spacecraft” would remain nothing but dreams.

On one side was the technologically clear but extremely difficult path of scientific ascension; on the other, a vague but seemingly more hopeful path of cultivation ascension. For a moment, no one knew which to choose.

“Maybe we should invite Miss Ruan to hear her thoughts.”

At that moment, someone asked in confusion: “Why can’t we do both? Develop technology and cultivate immortality at the same time? Whether it’s science or cultivation, both depend on talent anyway. Not everyone can be a scientist, and not everyone is suited for cultivation…”

Just choose whatever suits you.

After all, with over a billion people in the country, they were not short of manpower.

With so many people, surely a few geniuses would emerge.

“Achoo—”

“Achoo—”

“Achoo—”

Ruan Yaoyao sneezed several times in a row.

【Who is cursing me so badly?】

Rubbing her nose, she came out and saw many people gathered outside Lansu Town.

Just as Liang Shishi and Ruan Zhihe thought she would be surprised or confused, Ruan Yaoyao instead gave herself an explanation:

【Right, when a piece of land suddenly appears on Blue Star, of course everyone would panic. And since the country is responsible, they must have come to inspect it.】

Then she turned to Liang Shishi and Ruan Zhihe and asked if she could “go through the back door.”

Because she saw someone next door trying to leave, but soldiers were stopping them, saying they couldn’t leave until the investigation was complete.

Ruan Yaoyao glanced over—it was a “survivor,” a tour guide from a travel group visiting Lansu Town. Out of the entire group, he was the only one left; everyone else had disappeared.

Liang Shishi quickly said, “Aunt Xu, you don’t need to go through the back door. You have official credentials—just register normally.”

【Oh, special department—special treatment for special cases!】

Ruan Yaoyao nodded as if she understood completely.

Liang Shishi and Ruan Zhihe could only laugh and follow behind her as they left.

Although the “truth” was a bit different, it still led to the same result.

After getting into the car, Ruan Yaoyao asked, “Has that ‘Pure Body’ person left?”

“Yes, they’ve already sent people to take them away.”

“Is it like Lingling? They’ll do background checks first, and if everything is fine, then they’ll be key cultivation?”

She was still thinking about her apprentice.

Tasks like field missions were too dangerous. Although Lu Lingling had special abilities, honestly, they weren’t very useful in Lansu Town, so Ruan Yaoyao didn’t bother bringing her along.

The higher-ups were going to do a full examination and psychological evaluation, which suited her perfectly—she simply packaged the girl and sent her off.

【I wonder how that little girl is doing now…】