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Li Yao was greatly enlightened. "That explains a lot. In Senior Su's eyes, the overall interests of the civilization of mankind are above everything, even your motherland, the Imperium of True Human Beings?"
Su Changfa hesitated for a moment and said, "The overall interests of the civilization of mankind are certainly above everything, but the Imperium of True Human Beings represents the supreme interests of the civilization of mankind. The two are inseparable! You don't have to fool me about that! "
"I don't think so."
Li Yao sneered. "Senior Su, has it never occurred to you that the 'Path of Ultimate Benevolence' is indeed a creepy idea, and the human beings under its control will lose their feelings and become lifeless puppets!
"But why are so many people in the Imperium of True Human Beings still devoted themselves to such an unimaginable theory, allowing the Covenant Alliance to rise against the overwhelming suppression of the Imperium despite the overwhelming suppression of the Imperium?"
"Do you not feel that the tyrannical governance of the Imperium is an important reason for everything, too?
"It is exactly because you consider 99% of the ordinary people to be 'hominoids', existences no better than animals, that you savaged and exploited them blatantly, making them live a miserable life!
"That is why they are willing to abandon everything and join the 'Path of Ultimate Benevolence'!
"Even becoming a puppet is better than being your slave! Perhaps, this is what a 'hominoid' of the Imperium thinks!
"The more you exploit the ordinary people, the more the ordinary people will run away from you and resist you. The strength of the Holy League will snowball and grow bigger and bigger!
"The stronger the Holy League is, the more you have to exploit the ordinary people cruelly in order to compete with the Holy League!
"Such a vicious cycle is like an enormous swirl at the center of the cosmos. The Imperium will never be able to escape from it!"
Su Changfa burst into fury. His eyelids twitching for a long time, he took a deep breath and said coldly, "How can the national affairs be explained in a few words? As you have seen, the hominoids were created for the purpose of 'tools' in the first place. It is their nature to be enslaved!
"They are all untrained dogs, greedy beasts! No matter how well we treat them, they might still be controlled by the Path of Ultimate Benevolence in the end! "
"Forget it. Now that you've seen through my intentions, I don't want to argue anymore. You are free to give me to the Flying Star Sector!"
"In any case …"
He sneered and said, "It's easy to kill me, but if you want to extract the key information from the depths of my memories, that will depend on whether you have the means to do so!"
"I don't want to argue with you, Senior Su. I don't want to tell who is right and who is wrong right now, either. I am in the Nascent Soul Stage myself, and I know very well that it is extremely difficult to change the belief of a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator!
Li Yao said sincerely, "However, can you consider the problem from a different perspective, Senior Su? Why don't you buy 'insurance' for your belief?"
"Buy insurance?"
Su Changfa was stunned. "What do you mean?"
"Here's the thing —"
Li Yao explained patiently, "In your belief, Senior Su, you must believe that the true path of immortality is the most correct path for the civilization of mankind, and that the Imperium of True Human Beings will certainly defeat the Holy League, defend the civilization of mankind, and reign over the entire universe, right?"
"Of course!"
Su Changfa nodded solemnly and added, "I will carry out the true path of immortality with my life and make everything a reality!"
"Let's say that your opinion is 99% likely to be correct, Master Su. But what if?"
Li Yao looked at him in the eyes. "What if there is a 0.01% chance that you are walking further and further on the wrong path and the Imperium of True Human Beings can never defeat the Holy League? What should you do then?"
"Senior Su, there's no need to puff yourself up at your own cost. Other than you, we have a few other sources of intelligence that know that the Imperium of True Human Beings is not in a good situation right now. Even if it is not perilous yet, it is still far from being able to completely defeat the Holy League!
"The Imperium of True Human Beings has been dragged into the swamp of war. You know the perils inside the Imperium better than I do, Senior Su! Can you really face your belief frankly and say that there is not the slightest problem with the true path of immortality, not even one ten-thousandth of it? "
Su Changfa was rendered speechless for a moment.
Of course, he could deceive Li Yao or anybody else, but he could not deceive his own belief.
"You have another source of intelligence?"
For a moment, Su Changfa seemed to have aged ten years again. He mumbled, "Have you been in touch with other Immortal Cultivators? Impossible. Absolutely impossible! "
"Of course, I can't tell you that."
Li Yao said frankly, "I only hope that you can consider it carefully, Senior Su. If the Imperium of True Human Beings does fail and is completely swallowed by the Holy League, chances are that the Xing Yao Federation, which upholds the 'path of Cultivators' and focuses on protecting the ordinary people, will become the last hope of the civilization of mankind!
"At the very least, I believe that, in the relatively peaceful environment inside the Federation, not many people will believe in the so-called 'Path of Ultimate Benevolence'!
"Since Master Su's true path of immortality is for the highest interests of the civilization of mankind, wouldn't it be an insurance policy for the future of the civilization of mankind if the strength of the Xing Yao Federation is increased? If the Imperium fails, the Federation will be able to continue resisting and keep the fire of the civilization of mankind burning for a while longer! "
Su Changfa was silent, deep in thought.
"Also, even if we do not consider the overall interests of the civilization of mankind but the national interests of the Imperium of True Human Beings, it will be of great benefit to your country if we cooperate fully with you to strengthen our capability, Senior Su!"
Li Yao was still as eloquent as ever.
This time, Su Changfa couldn't have been more surprised. He was amused. "I knew that Fellow Cultivator Li was shameless, but I didn't know that you could be so shameless! My first impression of you was indeed correct. You are a natural-born Immortal Cultivator! It is truly a waste of your talents in shamelessness to be a Cultivator!
"Come on. I'm all ears. What benefits can I bring to the Imperium if I tell you the critical intelligence of the Imperium and the usage of the war base?"
"It's true that the Imperium of True Human Beings and the Xing Yao Federation are in a very subtle hostile relationship," Li Yao said frankly. "If the two of us are the only two forces in the universe, every secret that you reveal will be feeding the enemy and betraying the motherland, Senior Su!
"But right now, there are more than two forces in the universe. There are three forces — the Imperium, the Holy League, and the Federation!"
Su Changfa picked his ears and yawned. "Did I hear it right? Compared to the Imperium and the Holy League, your tiny Federation counts as a 'force'? There should be a limit to your arrogance!
"Of course, the Federation right now is far from being comparable to the Imperium and the Holy League. But don't you have high hopes for our development potential, too, Senior Su?"
Li Yao boasted shamelessly. "With the relics of the Pangu civilization, and with the tremendous techniques and secrets of the Imperium that Master Su brought to us, we will certainly rise at the speed of light! In the end, even if we cannot be a tripartite, we will at least be a critical variable! "
"What benefits will it bring to the Imperium?" Su Changfa asked coldly.
"No benefits at all," Li Yao said frankly. "There will only be great harm. Our beliefs are incompatible, and we both consider ourselves the 'rightful successors of the civilization of mankind'. A 'war of orthodoxies' is bound to happen between us sooner or later."
"Then, why should I help you?" Su Changfa asked curiously.
"Because while we bring great harm to the Imperium, we will bring even greater harm to the Holy League," Li Yao said.
"The Cultivators and the Immortal Cultivators are of the same origin after all. We both believe that human beings are the dominators of the universe and that the interests of the civilization of mankind are paramount! However, we differ greatly on the concept of 'civilization of mankind' and the approaches to maintain it!
"But getting to the bottom of it, we are all 'supremacists'. We can sit down and communicate peacefully like right now!
"The Holy League, on the other hand, is completely different from us!
"Controlled by the Path of Ultimate Benevolence, they are trying to reestablish the ruling order of the Pangu civilization in the universe. That is absolutely intolerable for both of us!
"Just think about our experience in the relics. The Pangu and the Holy League are our common and most dangerous enemy!
"Therefore, if the Federation is fifty percent hostile to the Imperium, it is at least ten percent hostile to the Holy League!
"Senior Su, I'm just speculating. Right now, in the competition between the Imperium and the Holy League, the Imperium is perhaps at a disadvantage. Is that right?"
Su Changfa blushed and sniffed, but he did not give a reply.
"Then, wouldn't it be a good thing for the Imperium of True Human Beings if a new force that is highly hostile to the Holy League shows up at this moment?
"Yes. It is unlikely that we will ally with the Imperium. We may even fight the Imperium!
"However, when we destroy one starship of the Imperium, chances are that we will destroy two starships of the Holy League! When we kill an Immortal Cultivator, chances are that we will kill a couple of people of the Holy League, too!
"I think that, in a game, the party at an advantage is always reluctant to see any unexpected variables because it will be a sure win if the situation goes on according to the current rules!
"On the other hand, the party at an disadvantage will always welcome new variables that can bring the two parties back to the same starting line and even turn the tides, right?"
Su Changfa's face was gloomy.
It was a fact that the relic of the Pangu civilization had fallen into the hands of the Cultivators. The Federation, which owned the relic of the Pangu civilization, was destined to develop into a rather impressive force in the next hundred years.
Just like Li Yao said, a chess piece suddenly rolled in from the outside of the chessboard in a universal chess game.
The old Immortal Cultivator quickly calculated what kind of amazing changes the chess piece would bring to the two parties in the game — the Imperium and the Holy League — after it gained a firm foothold on the chessboard.
Pondering for ten minutes, Su Changfa took a long breath in relief and said slowly, "If I am willing to cooperate with you to some extent, how will you treat me?
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