"Cough, cough. Cough, cough, cough, cough."
Li Yao coughed and interjected, "Who is Ding Ling Dong?"
Deep wariness and the most desperate fear beamed out of Fei Qi's eyes. He looked behind everybody with his hollow eyes, as if Ding Ling Dong were standing right there. "She — she is the vanguard of the Xing Yao Federation's invasion of the outer space and the greatest executioner of the Federation. She is a cruel, bloodthirsty, unpardonable she-devil!
"Wherever the she-devil goes, she brings endless slaughter and destruction. Quite a few Sectors have been ravaged by her. Countless innocent people have been killed by her Colossus, Draconic Phoenix. The entire universe is shuddering in fear because of the she-devil's hideous smile …"
"Stop!"
Li Yao frowned. "Don't be so dramatic. Just get to the point. What did Ding Ling Dong do to the 'Uranian Ring Sector' to make you hate her so much?"
"She destroyed our brilliant and glorious Uranian Ring civilization single-handedly!"
Fei Qi bellowed and breathed quickly. He stammered, "She — she …"
"Don't be hasty. Take your time," Long Yangjun said softly.
Long Yangjun said softly. A few curved needles appeared on her fingertips at some point and pierced into the back of Fei Qi's head without a sound.
Fei Qi shivered slightly. His breathing gradually became steady, his pupils slightly dilated, and his voice became clear, too.
Under the manipulation of Long Yangjun's unique technique, he had entered a half-hypnotized state in a trance, where he would confess everything in his subconsciousness without knowing it.
Such a technique was similar to the one that Meng Chixin and Wu Suiyun applied to Heiye Lan.
However, Heiye Lan was an elite expert of the Imperium of True Human Beings who had reached the beginning level of Yuanying. Fei Qi, an outcast of the Uranian Ring civilization, was not even as good as one of Heiye Lan's little fingers. Naturally, his performance was even worse than hers back then.
"At first," Fei Qi mumbled, "we did not know the existence of the she-devil, much less her notoriety in the sea of stars. She snuck into the Uranian Ring Sector on her own and hid herself in the complicated mines on the surface of our mother planet at some point.
"This is how the Xing Yao Federation invades. First, they send out a small team or even a single person to infiltrate. Then, they work together from the inside and take down the enemy in one fell swoop!"
"At that time, we did not know that our homeland had been targeted by the cruel Ding Ling Dong and the Xing Yao Federation."
"The second phase of the Uranian Ring project is being actively pushed forward. We are preparing to build a second Uranian Ring that is taller, larger, and more splendid outside of the original First Uranian Ring as the newest foundation of our civilization!"
"Both the Heavenly Light Race and the Earth Brute Race are working tirelessly to achieve this great goal!"
"At the critical moment, there was no telling when rumors started among the dutiful, dutiful miners of the Earth Brute Race in the underground mines!
"Some of the miners began to complain that their working hours were too long. They were basically working day and night. On average, they had to work sixteen hours a day for a month."
"Sixteen hours a day?" Li Yao asked. "Then, how long is your day?"
Fei Qi replied, "According to the standard time of the Star Ocean Imperium, it takes about twenty-seven hours and a few minutes for our mother planet to revolve on its own. Therefore, a day for us is slightly longer than a standard day. It's only sixteen or seventeen hours of mining. Is it a lot? It must be noted that in the Uranian Ring, many designers, writers, and artists can work for three days and three nights if they are fully devoted to their work! "
Li Yao turned around and glanced at Qi Changsheng and Wan Mingzhu.
As he expected, the two 'leaders of the peasant uprising' sneered maliciously.
"Some of the miners are also complaining about their personal safety. They claim that accidents are frequent and that the death rate of the miners is too high. They quit!"
"The death rate is high?" Li Yao asked again. "How high is it exactly?"
Fei Qi hesitated for a moment, but under the stimulation of Long Yangjun's nerves, he still revealed the truest, most undisguised feelings deep inside his brain. "In fact, it is not very high. According to the precise calculation of our mining engineers, the annual death rate is only around 5%. It is no higher than 10%.
"The Earthly Brute are all very fertile. Which one of them doesn't have at least ten children? For the sake of the great Uranian Ring of our civilization to be built as soon as possible, everyone has to contribute and sacrifice themselves. What is a ten percent mortality rate? Seniors, we are all Immortal Cultivators. Don't you think it makes sense?
"Besides, the death rate will not be so high forever. After the second Uranian Ring is established, the Heavenly Light will have a larger and more comfortable living space, as well as more advanced training rooms and research rooms. We will be able to focus more on the development of our civilization unhurriedly. We will not have to worry about the population explosion and the limited living space.
"By then, our civilization will be even more prosperous. Naturally, there will be a lot of benefits for the Earthly Brute Race, too!"
Before Li Yao turned around, 'Heaven Battering King' Qi Changsheng could not help but sneer. "Is that so?"
Subconsciously, Fei Qi really considered all of them as the Immortal Cultivators of the Imperium of True Human Beings. Not noticing the mockery in Qi Changsheng's words, he simply went on. "Of course! Also, in order to make the Earthly Brute Race members work dutifully and behave themselves, we have been providing drugs that can calm them down, relieve their pain, and bring them happiness regularly. They are called 'Water of Happiness'. It is for their own good, too! After all, the members of the Earthly Brute Race are a bunch of vulgar, ignorant, and inferior people. It is impossible for them to enjoy the exquisite and astounding literature, music, art, and other elegant arts and derive high-level happiness from them like the Heavenly Light Race. We can only give them temporary happiness in such a simple and violent way to relieve their fatigue and depression. What's wrong with that? "
"It has been like that for a thousand years. Nobody has ever said anything about the 'Water of Happiness'. It is obviously a benefit for the Earthly Brute that the Heavenly Light has for the Earthly Brute. Countless neurologists, doctors, and pharmacists of the Heavenly Light have worked hard for the sake of developing the 'Water of Happiness' that is more efficient, safe, and stable. Is there anything to criticize about such a brotherhood?
"But right now, some of the miners are suddenly saying what the Water of Happiness is. It is a drug that corrupts one's nerves and mind!
"It is the most hilarious thing in the world. What kind of 'mind' can the Earthly Brute be corrupted? Besides, it is not like we are offering the 'Water of Happiness' to them. In many cases, they are the ones who are crying and begging us for it!
"Not only are the verbal rumors fine, but what is most intolerable is that we have discovered that a lot of the Earthly Brute Race members are planting food and herding animals in secret!"
"Wait!"
'Mother White Lotus' Wan Mingzhu shrieked. "What? Can't the Earthly Brute Race grow some food and raise some animals for themselves?"
"You may not know this, seniors," Fei Qi said.
"The situation of the Uranian Ring Sector is different from other Sectors. The surface of our mother planet was seriously damaged by the war. Poisonous fog, water, and all kinds of pollution are everywhere. There are also gene bombs buried deep below the ground that can be triggered at any moment!
"In such a heavily polluted environment, the food and livestock that are planted and raised in secret are highly toxic. If we feed on them for a long time, they will corrupt our bodies and corrupt our minds. We will become more and more filthy, lazy, stupid, evil, and weak. As time goes by, our civilization will be doomed!
"Therefore, for the future of the Uranian Ring civilization, and for the people of the Uranian Ring Sector to be smarter, stronger, and more determined, we naturally cannot plant food and livestock in the polluted areas recklessly."
"Then, what do you eat?" Wan Mingzhu shrieked.
"Naturally, there are unpolluted space plantations and ranches on the Uranian Ring where the Heavenly Light lives," Fei Qi said. "At least until decades ago, they were able to satisfy the daily needs of the Heavenly Light.
"Even on the highly-polluted land, we have gone through all the trouble to purify the land and establish a lot of unpolluted 'plantations' and 'ranches'. Even the humblest member of the Earthly Brute Race can enjoy the cleanest and healthiest food produced in our plantations."
"Got it," Wan Mingzhu said. "You control all the farmlands and ranches. If you don't provide food, the Earthly Brute Race will starve to death."
Blinking, Fei Qi said in confusion, "We are all natives of the Uranian Ring Sector. How can we starve the Earthly Brute Race to death? However, it is only natural that those who do not work should not eat. We are only asking the Earthly Brute Race to mine in exchange for food. "
"Of course," Wan Mingzhu sneered. "The exchange rate between minerals and food is very low. I'm afraid that they can only get one bun after digging out fifty kilograms of minerals, right?"
Tilting his head, Fei Qi thought for a long time. Then, he shook his head dutifully. "I don't know. I've never cared about such unimportant things."
"Go on," Long Yangjun said softly. "There was a riot and dissatisfaction among your miners. What happened then?"
"Then, there was a strike," Fei Qi said.
"On almost half of the Uranian Ring Sector, in the tens of thousands of mines, the Earthly Brute Race went on strike at the same time!
"At that time, we thought that the natural bad habits of the Earthly Brute Race were triggered again.
"After all, as I introduced to you just now, the ancestors of the Earthly Brute Race are lazy, ignorant, and disobedient guys. They are the dregs of the Uranian Ring civilization! The blood of laziness, depravity, excitement, and madness naturally flows in their bodies. Even though they have been educated by us Heavenly Light for thousands of years, they still can't completely overcome their own bad habits. Every few years, they will more or less go on strike. "
"In fact, it's just that their ignorant heads cannot control the uncanny turmoil in their hearts. It will be fine if they are allowed to make a fuss.
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