Su Changfa's voice was more and more excited, and he looked more and more excited. When he mentioned "Blackstar the Great" in the end, he was almost roaring with his face flushed, as if the main gun of a starship had fired four times in a row. Smoke was popping up everywhere!
Together with the roars, an enormous spiritual puppet dozens of meters tall slowly crawled out of the infinite sea of stars from the Grand Illusionary Land behind him!
The pure black spiritual puppet was very similar to the Black Crystal Suit that Wuying Qi had been wearing, but the aura around it was hundreds of times more powerful. It was almost like an eternal, undying cosmic storm had been condensed around him as his cape and his flag!
The black giant opened its hands and covered the entire universe, almost occupying the entire Grand Illusionary Land. The suffocating pressure was slowly released from the Grand Illusionary Land to reality, making Li Yao feel that the gravity had been increased by dozens of times!
"Ah!"
Although Li Yao already knew the answer in his heart, he still exclaimed cooperatively.
If the Cultivators' ideology of "protecting the ordinary people" was to be refuted, the first three examples would be enough. There was no need to add more.
The fourth story that was told in the end was about the "founding ancestor" of the Imperium of True Human Beings. Through the history of Blackstar the Great's "miraculous rise", the magnificence of the Imperium of True Human Beings was exaggerated and the brainwashed people's sense of identity for the Imperium of True Human Beings, the Immortal Cultivators, and Blackstar the Great!
Through Su Changfa's narration that contained hypnotic techniques, the immersive experience in the Grand Illusionary Land, the original art settings and the cutscenes drawn by so many masters of art among the Immortal Cultivators … It was very easy for normal people to be mired in the soul-stirring, twisted, and bizarre story, and they could not help but imagine themselves as "Blackstar the Great".
Once they accepted such a setting, when Wuying Qi rose to the throne and melted with the Imperium of True Human Beings in the end, it would be difficult for normal people to extricate themselves!
Li Yao pretended that he could not extricate himself. His breathing was fast, his lips were shivering, and his bloodshot eyes were full of admiration.
Su Changfa burst into laughter and said gloatingly, "Exactly. This is the path to the rise of the Imperium of True Human Beings. This is the undying legend of the 'First Citizen of the Imperium'!
"Under the thunderous suppression of Blackstar the Great, the Holy League and the rightful government of the Star Ocean Republic were nothing but ghosts that could not withstand a single blow. They were swept away as easily as crushing dry weeds!"
"The center of the cosmos has been united again!"
"This is true unification! Instead of sleeping in the same bed and dreaming different dreams as in the past, they are now like different metals and minerals that have been completely melted into the sharpest alloy tank of the civilization of mankind after being smelted at an extremely high temperature! "
"The Imperium of True Human Beings today includes hundreds of the most prosperous and prosperous Sectors at the center of the cosmos. The super experts in the Yuanying and the Divinity Transformation Stage are as numerous as carps in a river! A super heavy battleship that can easily suppress a planet is like a sky full of stars, impossible to estimate! "
"The comprehensive national strength is more than ten times higher than in the Star Ocean Republic!"
"More importantly, this is a country that is fair, honest, vigorous, and full of hope. Abandoning the outdated rules and formalities of the civilization of mankind in the old days, every citizen of the Imperium is burning their life and making an unremitting effort for the development of the civilization of mankind!"
"Any Immortal Cultivator, as long as they are strong enough, will be able to distinguish themselves in the Imperium of True Human Beings and rise to a high position no matter what their background is and whether or not they have committed any unpardonable crimes in the past!"
"Even if they were the humblest slaves yesterday, as long as their spiritual root is awakened and they make some military contributions and exchange for the corresponding citizenship, they will be able to climb up step by step until they become ministers, lords, kings, and even rule over an entire Sector!"
"Such examples of slaves becoming generals and soldiers becoming Sector Masters are too common in the Imperium of True Human Beings to be counted as hairs on a cow!"
"Fellow Cultivator Li, think about it. Even Wuying Qi, our founding emperor and the eternal first citizen of the Imperium, was not born at the center of the cosmos but an out-and-out foreigner!"
"Then, why can't an Immortal Cultivator from the Flying Star Sector establish a career in the Imperium of True Human Beings and dominate the universe?"
"Those who survive a great calamity are bound to have good fortune in the future. You've experienced many hardships and survived in the end, and you've met us. Perhaps this is the will of the heavens in the unseen world. It's an opportunity bestowed upon you, and you're about to achieve a great fortune!"
Li Yao's Adam's apple was rolling up and down, as if he had swallowed almost twenty duck eggs. His saliva was about to burst out of his mouth.
"Then —"
Rolling his eyes, he asked carefully, "What kind of life do the ordinary people, or the so-called 'hominoids', live in the Imperium of True Human Beings? They take up at least ninety-nine percent of the population, right? Are they all slaves? "
"Of course not!"
Su Changfa was amused. "Although the slavery system is maintained in the Imperium of True Human Beings, we are well aware of the drawbacks of the system. From the perspective of boosting productivity, increasing work enthusiasm, and even stability and sustainable development, a single slavery system is not the best choice!
"In the territory of the Imperium, most hominoids are not slaves but free people. They are also burning, struggling, and working for the civilization of mankind proudly!
"We have only maintained the slavery system in a small area. Even in these fields, our sociologists, psychologists, and zoologists have been working hard for hundreds of years, and they have been continuously improving and optimizing the traditional slavery system!"
"All in all, the attitude of the true human beings toward the hominoids is not slavery but motivation and enlightenment!"
"Motivation and enlightenment?"
Li Yao was confused.
"Exactly. In fact, such a policy is for the hominoids' own good!"
Su Changfa nodded and said solemnly, "It must be noted that the hominoids are all human-shaped beasts driven by their instincts. They do not have souls. Their empty brains are filled with arrogance, jealousy, fury, sloth, greed, gluttony, and lust!
"If they are not restrained and left to their own devices, they will allow their desires to be magnified infinitely. They will wallow in virtual games, drugs, lust, and all kinds of meaningless entertainment, wasting their lives!
"Even if they realize that such a life is not right and want to think, they will not have the ability to think independently. They will only be brainwashed by the media and schemers who have their own plans!
"They think that they are very powerful and that they have made a certain choice under the control of their independent will, and they have been abnormally satisfied!
"In fact, they are nothing more than dandelions in a wild wind. They seem to be free, but they are in fact beyond their control. They are not flying with their own strength at all!
"If we get to the bottom of it, those animals need to be disciplined!
"They are like furiously burning wildfires. If they are left alone, it is very likely that they will burn down the entire world. However, if we make good use of them, they can also provide a powerful impetus for the advancement of the civilization of mankind!
"They are our close relatives and hatching pools after all. They are the advanced animals that are closest to us!
"As long as they are motivated and educated to get rid of their disgusting, vulgar interests and understand the significance of honor, responsibility, and mission, and to activate the forces of 'jealousy, greed, and fury' in their heads to the maximum in ingenious ways, they will become the best workers, farmers, and warriors, too. They will become tiny components on the enormous machine of the civilization of mankind, too!
"It's like a lazy dog, after careful training, can become the most excellent military dog and launch a suicidal attack without fear of death!"
"Perhaps, most hominoids will never awaken their spiritual root and become real human beings however they are trained. However, we will try our best to raise them into '99% human beings' so that their bodies and minds will be purged and sublimated to the maximum extent!
"For those ignorant hominoids, such a fate is the greatest blessing that they have earned for three lifetimes!"
Li Yao coughed hard.
"Cough, cough. Cough, cough, cough. It sounds not bad. However, are those hominoids … dissatisfied about it?"
Su Changfa raised his eyebrow and asked in surprise, "Why should they be dissatisfied? We have helped them get rid of the decadent, degenerate, and ridiculous life in the past and devoted them to a new, positive, and meaningful life. They have turned from a pile of mud that cannot be supported to a wall into something that looks more like a human being!
"They can't wait to thank us. How can they be dissatisfied?
"Fellow Cultivator Li, let go of the last bit of prejudice. Do not compare the slavery system in the early days of the ancient Cultivators that you read in some historical novels with our advanced, civilized, and modern slavery system. As a matter of fact, after our prodding and education, even the humblest slaves in the Imperium have a much better physical and mental state than many free people in the desolate space zones!
"We have conquered the desolate space zones and captured the locals there for education in order to help them, enlighten them, and save them so that they will realize what a great honor and pride it is for them to be part of the civilization of mankind!
"After prodding and education, the hominoids who have become '99% human beings' are the firmest cornerstones, the sharpest sabers, and the firmest fists of the Imperium. How can they be dissatisfied at all?"
Li Yao was lost for words. For a moment, he could not tell whether or not Su Changfa was speaking the truth.
Seeing through his suspicion, Su Changfa smiled casually. "Fellow Cultivator Li, if you still don't understand, allow me to explain with the most vulgar idiom."
"Please go ahead, Senior Su," Li Yao said.
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