The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse-Chapter 687 - 680: Cognitive Bias

Xinghe seemed to have been dealt a heavy blow; her complexion was pale, and her mind was drifting as she just stared motionless at the medical pod.

"Xinghe, Xinghe?"

Responding to Gao Yuan’s repeated calls, Xinghe finally lifted her head and then, still in a daze, said, "It’s so simple, yet so complicated..."

"What?"

With a blank look on her face, Xinghe said, "To think that merely smearing blood was all it took, so simple, and yet, as an explorer, I failed to realize that the secret was that straightforward."

"Uh, not just you, none of us realized it because how could aliens’ high-tech be as simple as blood identification, right? You know what blood identification means, don’t you? It certainly wasn’t the direction we were considering; that’s way too simple."

Still with a vacant expression, Xinghe said, "But do you know how complex the technology behind such a simple identification method must be? First, it requires genetic identification technology to store a massive amount of information in this carbon-element single-quality crystal. After completing the genetic identification, the information is displayed. I can’t imagine what kind of technology this is, and this diamond surely doesn’t show any energy reaction, right? Then how can a simple carbon-element single-quality crystal display text images and visible light? How is this achieved?"

The simplicity on the surface is not so simple, or rather, anything that seems very simple is actually not that simple at all.

Gao Yuan felt that the fact that blood could reveal the image was established and that there was no need to delve deep into the technology behind it, but Xinghe’s words made him realize that there might indeed be more complexity to it.

"Perhaps this is not a diamond, it just looks like one."

This time, it was Yang Yi speaking because he was also pondering Xinghe’s words, unable to understand or even imagine the reason why blood could reveal the image, so he could only explain it with the simplest reason.

Xinghe shook her head and whispered, "This is a diamond, a carbon-element single-quality crystal. I identified it the moment I saw it; there’s no doubt it’s a diamond."

Yang Yi spread his hands and said, "You’re saying it just needs blood to be dripped onto it? Is that right?"

After a long thought, Xinghe finally said, "I’ve got it. It’s energy reflection technology! Is this a controlled antimatter slow-release effect? But that’s not right; this would require dark matter. So in addition to blood, there must be other triggering conditions. Damn it, I’m not an immortal who has lived through a glorious era; my mind shouldn’t be rigid, but the knowledge system I know doesn’t include this, could it be that the Health Faction has really achieved stable storage of dark matter and even accomplished a controllable annihilation process? Is that possible?"

Xinghe had evidently fallen into cognitive dissonance, a state usually occurring when one is extremely confident in their own beliefs, but the facts encountered severely challenge previous assumptions. This often happens to very knowledgeable individuals.

An ignorant person would never realize their own ignorance, so the realization of ignorance comes from those who have reached a certain height and have a clear understanding of themselves.

So to get Xinghe out of her dilemma, all that was needed was to divert her attention.

"Xinghe, what’s important now is to figure out how we can get to the place where the diamond was found, not to verify what technology the diamond used, right?"

From a scientific and technological standpoint, Yang Yi certainly couldn’t compare to Xinghe, because her basic knowledge was something humans could possibly understand only after tens of thousands of years of exploration and discovery.

It’s like modern humans, with thousands of years of accumulated knowledge, naturally have an advantage in knowledge over ancient people, and that advantage is overwhelming.

But when it comes to judging things, thinking about conspiracies and schemes, Yang Yi is no different from Xinghe, and in fact, most people here are stronger than Xinghe.

Why? Because humans spend most of their energy on intrigue, war, and other self-serving activities, they are not disadvantaged when facing the Celestials, and might even be stronger.

So Yang Yi was always able to pinpoint the crux and find a solution to the problem in the shortest possible time.

Xinghe took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "The method for making sure the diamond works, I have thought of it now. The two black diamonds are indeed significant. The ancestor who designed and made the diamonds to serve as keys would certainly not have needed Revelation, or the medical pod, or the fluctuation from my mecha to activate it. The two black diamonds should be what activates the red diamond’s energy part. Now that we have the medical pod as a substitute, we don’t need the black diamonds."

Xinghe’s thought process was now on the right track, so Yang Yi just nodded and said, "Please, continue."

"We need to return to that cave. I don’t know whether the Ark is inside, but I do know that all secrets will be uncovered there. If only my mecha, or Revelation, or the medical pod, or the Type 59 Improved Energy Vehicle is still operational, then we’ll be able to find the Ark."

After saying this, Xinghe spoke seriously, "So the most important item now is the Ram’s Star of Fortune, and then Revelation, the medical pod, my mecha, the Type 59, any one of these that can be preserved is sufficient."

"In that case..."

Yang Yi looked towards Gao Yuan and said in a low voice, "You keep the Star of Fortune. We’ll spread out and each safeguard an item that can trigger the Star of Fortune. Let’s start the evacuation now. The Serpent People won’t rush to attack the Type 59, so Xinghe can stay here, but what’s the best evacuation strategy?"

Yang Yi fell into deep thought, but at that moment, Xinghe spoke with a bitter look, "I’m out of options now, and so is Gao Yuan. Neither of us can use the Star of Fortune, it might even backfire on us."

"I see, then we’ll just keep it on the Ram."

After saying this, Yang Yi couldn’t help but add, "Speaking of which, I can only say... the Ram really is lucky, the key to saving the world has been hanging around his neck all along."

In a low voice, Gao Yuan said, "You take the Ram and the Ark of the Covenant, as well as Revelation. Leave now. Xinghe and I will stay here. We’ll both stay. If the Serpent People do launch an attack, we’ll still have hope."

Yang Yi spoke solemnly, "That does seem like the best plan, our vehicles are destroyed, but the closest reinforcements are just twenty kilometers away. Just getting a vehicle will do. So... let’s go with that, good luck to you."