A fiery light spot flew south. In surprise, Ji Hao found that Suiren's flying speed was only slightly slower than Ji Hao's flying speed with the golden bridge. In terms of flying speed, Suiren was even faster than Xiang Liu and Wuzhi Qi.
What surprised Ji Hao even more was that he only asked Man Man and Shaosi to go with him, but Suiren conveniently brought Yuan Li along as well. The silver-haired water monkey was curled up in the firelight, slapping its own head hard. No one knew what kind of complicated and perplexing questions it was thinking about.
Man Man, Shaosi, and the others all looked at Suiren with extra respect and admiration.
Ancient human emperors, the ones who led the humankind from ignorance to civilization, Suiren was only a legendary figure. But now, he suddenly showed up right in front of their eyes. How could they not be excited?
However, because of Suiren's great background and reputation, none of Man Man, Shaosi and the others dared to say anything.
Flying for a while, Suiren finally started talking, "Marquis Yao, do you understand?"
Ji Hao grinned embarrassedly and nodded heavily. He understood what Suiren meant just now. He understood why Suiren did this, but Ji Hao had his own reasons as well. Both of them did this for the good of the humankind, but in some ways, they had different ways of thinking.
But of course, Suiren was an ancient human emperor, while Ji Hao had the memories of his previous life. It would be strange if their ways of thinking were the same.
"You will be a very good lord, a very good chief, and even on the battlefield, you will be a very good general who cares for your subordinates. But you will not be a good general, and you will not be a good leader." Suiren said slowly, "In this respect, Si Wen Ming is better than you, and all the other princes who have been competing with him."
"Uncle Wen Ming is a good man indeed." Ji Hao agreed.
"I mean, he's tougher than you. He's willing to let human beings bleed and sacrifice. For the greater good of the humankind, he's willing to let human warriors bleed." Suiren turned around, looked at Ji Hao, and said, "But you … You've been protecting your warriors too well. This is really not good."
Ji Hao remained silent. He could only laugh embarrassedly.
"If the human race wants to become strong, if they want to prosper, they must go through trials and tribulations." Suiren continued slowly, "The humankind has to understand that everything, including food, armors, weapons, talismans and magic treasures, has to be produced by ourselves. Only by mastering the production method of those things can the humankind own wealth."
"What you're doing can make a small number of people temporarily stronger, but from the perspective of the entire human race, what you're doing will only weaken the inexhaustible learning ability and creativity of the human race." Suiren patted on Ji Hao's shoulder and said blandly, "I know you mean well, but your method isn't right."
"Si Wen Ming did a good job. He knew that you were a promising young man. Therefore, he dared to give you more responsibilities. He dared to let you lead such a large-scale elite force to the north."
"What you have to face is not only the water-kind army, but also the Yu Dynasty built by the non-humankind. You will face countless challenges, countless life-and-death battles. It's very possible that you will fall in this process. But if you survive, you will be one of the most important ministers of the humankind for many years to come. "
"Not only you, but also those warriors around you. This is a test, and also an opportunity."
"A long time ago, Emperor Fuxi said that the humankind is a strange kind. If the humankind is allowed to live too comfortably, the humankind will decay speedily. But as long as the humankind is given a certain pressure, no matter how strong the pressure is, the humankind can never collapse. Therefore, Emperor Fuxi said that the more disasters there are, the more disasters there are, the stronger the humankind will be. "
"The flood this time has indeed caused great losses to the human race. However, as long as we can get through this, another bright and beautiful world awaits us." Said Suiren seriously, "This is a tremendous test. Countless heroes will rise up along the tide, but you're protecting them like chicks in a chicken coop."
Ji Hao spread his hands. He didn't know how to respond to Suiren.
Suiren and Emperor Fuxi chose to strengthen the humankind with the pure law of the jungle, to strengthen the humankind.
But Ji Hao …
Ji Hao grinned embarrassedly again and said, "Perhaps, I'm too soft-hearted … I don't want my friends to die like this."
Suiren looked at Ji Hao seriously and said with an indescribably heavy tone, "Marquis Yao, believe me. We've been through thousands, millions of times more than you … Every one of us has been through too many, too many deaths. But for those who died, they traded their deaths for the lives of more people, for the prosperity of the entire humankind. So, who can't be sacrificed? "
Pointing at Ji Hao's heart, he continued seriously, "Maybe one day, it will be you, or me. Who can truly live forever? At least, I don't believe that anything can truly live forever. Even in this world, can it truly exist forever? "
"If we don't want to die, a lot of people have to fight, to kill, to die. Only when many brave human beings are willing to die and have the courage to do so, can our humankind grow and prosper. A humankind without warriors and heroes will never have a future. "
"You've been protecting them meticulously, but aren't you killing their future?" Suiren sighed slightly and said, "Therefore, I happen to have something to do, but I can't do it myself. So, I can only let you do it."
Slapping heavily on Ji Hao's shoulder, Suiren continued with a deep voice, "Try your best to do this. Think about what I said. In the future, there will be more, more important things for you to do."
At last, he said to Ji Hao, "Remember one thing. As long as it's not an unnecessary sacrifice, as long as we don't waste lives on purpose, no matter how great the sacrifice is, we can afford it, and we dare to make it."
The fiery light flashed across the sky while Ji Hao carefully thought about Suiren's words. Combined with what he had done in the past few years, Ji Hao felt that he had indeed protected the people around him too well.
After an unknown period of time, the fiery light dimmed abruptly. In front of Ji Hao was still a vast expanse of water, but on the boundless water surface, a hundred-thousand-miles-wide dark swirl had been roaring and spinning crazily.
"This is Huai River … That's a water eye of Huai River." Said Suiren in a deep voice, "After receiving your message, Emperor Shun sent quite a few powerful warriors to try to sneak in, but none of them came back."
"We want to figure out what's hiding in the nine water eyes of Huai River and the other few great rivers."
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