A friendly relationship based on rationality and pragmatic interests has always been a powerful tool for Malaysia and Singapore to avoid narrow-minded racism or communitarianism.

Sir, this is your first visit to Malaysia since assuming the position of Chief Executive of Singapore. In the future, Malaysia hopes to maintain this good bilateral relationship with Singapore.

Together, we will shape a new era of geographical, historical, cultural, regional, and geopolitical relations between Malaysia and Singapore.

On the surface, the Malaysian leader appears very respectable.

They used almost entirely traditional diplomatic language.

Prior to 2013, Singapore's largest trading partner was Malaysia.

However, after 2013, China became Singapore's largest trading partner, a relationship that continues to this day.

Malaysia's attitude towards Singapore is not as friendly as one might imagine. Issues such as water supply, customs, immigration, quarantine, and sovereignty over Pedra Branca have led to periodic tensions between the two countries.

Compared to Malaysia, Singapore is a tiny country, but in terms of national strength, Singapore is no less powerful than Malaysia.

The fact that over 70% of Singapore's population is Chinese is a thorn in Malaysia's side.

In Singapore, under Lee Hsien Loong and Lee Ching Ling, an elite system of governance was implemented, while Malaysia adopted a race-based policy.

Singapore developed into a developed country within two generations, while Malaysia's development has been much slower.

This is a severe verdict on how Malaysia treats its non-Malays. Embarrassing to the Malay elite are the thousands of highly qualified non-Malays who, after moving to Singapore, helped the city achieve unprecedented economic success.

After the monks took over Singapore, Malaysia dared not make any moves.

Because of Zheng Li's pinpoint detonation capabilities, for a country like Malaysia with its system, it is practically a weapon of mass destruction comparable to a nuclear bomb.

If you can't afford to offend them, you can at least avoid them.

After the official communication concluded, the private communication with the Malaysian royal family became much more direct.

"Sir, I would like to ask you a question: if one abandons the physical body, is it possible to achieve immortality in the virtual world?"

For this member of the ruling royal family who has never experienced material pressure, his biggest concern at his age is always how to achieve immortality.

"It is impossible to achieve with current technology."

To achieve immortality in the virtual world, one needs to be able to store the soul and memories in a relevant medium.

But it's meaningless; such immortality is meaningless.

Drifting endlessly in the darkness, never finding an end.

The royal family members sitting opposite Zheng Li showed expressions of horror. "Isn't it possible to access the virtual world through some kind of technology?"

"Can.

However, you cannot guarantee that the virtual world will operate forever.

Moreover, in the future, hackers in the virtual world will be able to pinpoint your exact location.

Once the storage medium containing your soul and memories is found, you are powerless to resist.

Many people have similar ideas, but the final results are not very good.

To achieve immortality, the most reliable method is to integrate the body, soul, and memories into a unified whole.

Of course, it's easy to extend one's lifespan, but it's impossible to live forever.

Or rather, I've never seen it before.

Forever is a terrifying word, and in the context of Earth, forever also has an expiration date.

For the wealthy, they can live as long as they want their wealth to sustain their privileged lifestyle.

"Sir, I've always been curious: the universe is so vast, why haven't we encountered any aliens?"

Perhaps you are.

But given the vastness of the universe, isn't it too little to only include you and the extraterrestrial civilization you represent?

This wasn't actually the question the royal family wanted to ask; rather, it was someone in America who instructed him to ask it.

This is also a question that has puzzled many science fiction writers over the years.

Because in their conception, they envisioned all sorts of alien civilizations, and that humanity would one day travel through the universe.

Then there will be battles or trade with various alien civilizations.

After reviewing his memories, Zheng Li said:

"There is a theory on Earth called the Great Filter Theory."

It is roughly the case that there are critical links in the process of civilizations developing from planetary civilizations to interstellar civilizations that have been seriously underestimated.

These stages act as a filter; even though many forms of life or rudimentary civilizations have arisen in the universe's past, they have not been able to bypass these stages to continue their development and become interstellar civilizations.

"Sir, what are the specific steps involved, and is it possible for Earth to overcome them?"

"The fundamental reason is that technological development has reached a bottleneck, and intelligent life forms are unwilling to continue to invest a lot of resources in the field of scientific research."

Without prior investment, technological research is not linear; it's not a matter of how much you invest guaranteeing a return.

However, when a true crisis is imminent, it is too late to solve the problem once relevant signs are detected, whether by going to space or solving it internally.

Then they either perish or fall back to the primitive era, repeating this cycle once again.

There are still many difficult steps to overcome.

This goes against the inherent desires of intelligent life.

Zheng Li spoke very frankly, and also gave examples.

Although the mage civilization itself has limited interstellar travel capabilities, it has a strong ability to communicate with civilizations in interstellar space.

They have communicated with many civilizations in the universe, but less than one in a thousand of them have actually reached the interstellar age.

Another important reason is that the number of people being supported is increasing while resources are insufficient, which leads to a decline in social vitality.

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