The vast, glittering stars congregated into glittering torrents that spread to all directions in the dark universe. Together with the unstoppable wars of conquest, the star map of the Imperium of True Human Beings today was gradually formed.
It was exactly the scene that was surging and circulating on the dome of the central hall of the National Museum on the west side of the Emperor's Mausoleum.
With his hands behind his back, Li Yao stood at the center of the National Museum, his eyes gradually moving from the expansion map of the Imperium to the front.
Right in front of him was a black throne embedded with gold dragon stripes. There was nobody on the throne, but a black Crystal Suit was sitting on it majestically, with the protruding horns protruding out like an iron jungle. It was indescribably brutal and dominating.
It was said that it was exactly the weapon that Blackstar the Great used to dominate the world and shatter the stars.
Appreciating the black Crystal Suit at a close distance, Li Yao had the feeling that Blackstar the Great's coffin was about to collapse.
Li Linghai, queen of the Imperium, had taken the risk to return to the capital. Naturally, she had made full plans and would not return to the royal palace recklessly to be killed.
Inside and outside the Emperor's Mausoleum, millions of Imperial Guards, surplus generals, and disabled veterans, as well as countless indignant people, were the safest place in the capital at this moment.
Therefore, she had stayed in the place with the excuse that she had stayed to comfort the soldiers who had been wronged.
For some reason, she even regarded the National Museum as her temporary base and transformed the office area of the staff on the top two floors into her secret meeting room and command center.
Li Yao was Li Linghai's personal guard nominally, but he was well aware that Li Linghai had inherited the Supreme Emperor's legacies and was an unparalleled being who boasted the legendary "Destiny Technique". Her combat ability was far higher than his, and she did not need his protection at all.
Except for the occasional play in front of other people, Li Yao was quite carefree. He spent the next few days visiting the National Museum of the Imperium of True Human Beings and gaining a deeper understanding of the history of the Imperium of True Human Beings. He was even able to observe the many relics of Blackstar the Great at the closest distance.
Naturally, it was something that he had never dreamed of before he snuck into the Imperium of True Human Beings on his own.
Li Yao couldn't wait to send his dreamlike experience back to the Xing Yao Federation and give Ding Ling Dong and Jin Xinyue a huge surprise.
It was a pity that ever since "Manjusaka, the City in the Sky" was blown up by him, he had been staying with Li Linghai, Lei Chenghu, and hundreds of other Immortal Cultivators. It was truly impossible for him to leave and look for a place where he could establish his super-remote communication base. Therefore, he had no chance to reach out to his hometown.
He could only suppress his belly full of laughter and slowly release it in the future.
Li Yao walked up the stairs to the third floor of the National Museum. When he reached the window of the Emperor's Mausoleum, he discovered that Li Jialing was staring at the crowds who were worshipping Blackstar the Great.
"You've been staring at these people for the past few days."
Li Yao walked over and said, "You look like you're thinking about something all day long. Why? What are you thinking about?"
"Nothing."
Li Jialing shook his head and was silent for a while. Then, he couldn't help but say, "I just feel that those people are both pitiful and pathetic. They are being made use of anyway, just like I have been made use of since I was born."
Li Yao was slightly dazed. He said, "I don't know if or not the queen is making use of those people, but for me, I'm sincerely trying to help those people fight for what they deserve, whether it is military credits, dignity, or just … the right of survival.
"Perhaps this method is a bit too extreme and extreme. It might even bring about extreme risks. However, they can no longer survive. This is their only chance, their final chance."
Li Jialing looked at Li Yao, somewhat in surprise. "They are the Immortal Cultivators."
"Yes, they are the Immortal Cultivators."
Li Yao sighed and said, "The Immortal Cultivators are naturally the greatest enemies of the Cultivators. Besides, those 'surplus generals and commanders without an army' are not the most benevolent men and women. Many of them are the most heinous bandits in their hometown. Some of them are even executioners who suppress the resistance of the people in bloodshed.
"But those are two different things. No matter how many unpardonable crimes they committed, at the very least, they have made contributions in resisting the invasion of the Holy League and defending the civilization of mankind.
"Whatever their motives for participating in the Imperium's counterattack are, even if it is only for personal fame and fortune, objectively speaking, without the Immortal Cultivators' sacrifice, it is possible that the stars in the universe would've been occupied by the puppets of the Holy League. They might've even collected enough resources and energy to resurrect all the Pangu people. That would've been the ultimate, irreversible disaster for the civilization of mankind.
"Contributions cannot offset sins, and sins should not cover contributions. Those people are both criminals and contributors. I'd like to see those Immortal Cultivators stand on the podium to be punished for their sins in the past, and I would even like to see them punished in person, but I would never like to see them kicked away and die silently like dogs in the shabby alleys after sacrificing everything for the civilization of mankind.
"Do you understand the difference between the two?"
Li Jialing thought carefully for a moment and nodded his head.
"Besides —"
Li Yao said, "Even if those 'surplus generals' committed unpardonable crimes in the past, the disabled veterans and the low-level Immortal Cultivators in the Refinement Stage and the Building Foundation Stage can still be … How should I put it? I'm not saying that they are not guilty, but I'm saying that it's not entirely impossible for them to become Cultivators if they have a different soil, a different system, and a different education model.
"It's impossible for me to kill all the Immortal Cultivators at the center of the cosmos, but I do want to find a way to completely destroy the soil where those Immortal Cultivators are raised."
Li Yao looked past Li Jialing's shoulder at the regular veterans of the Imperium who were paying respect to the giant statue of Blackstar the Great in neat steps. He had a lot of feelings.
Li Yao himself was a "disabled veteran" of the Xing Yao Federation. Both when he took the college entrance examination as a young man and when he was slandered as the Blood Devil after he returned to the Federation, he had survived the difficulties with the selfless help of the veterans.
He had a lot of feelings for the army and the veterans.
Although the Imperium of True Human Beings was an enemy, he could not hate the veterans who had sacrificed everything in the war against the Holy League and the civilization of mankind.
They were all disabled veterans, but the gap between them was too huge. What was wrong with the country? Li Yao could not help but be deep in thought.
"Aren't the four Kurfürst families too stupid and greedy? So is Prime Minister Dongfang Wang."
Li Jialing found it hard to believe. "Do they not know that their behavior is' shaking the foundation of the country 'and will lead to great trouble? Why didn't they take proper measures in advance? That's outrageous!"
"I can only say that reality is not a game. It's impossible for those in power to press a button and make everybody below obey the command without any discount like a machine."
Li Yao said, "Despite Blackstar the Great's formidability, weren't there still some people who pretended to be obedient and secretly betrayed him, resulting in the cancer that is the four Kurfürst families in the end? How can one insignificant Dongfang Wang control everybody below him?
"I believe that with Dongfang Wang's wisdom, insight, and wisdom, he must've known the consequences of dismissing the generals and ignoring the disabled veterans. However, everybody has their own opinions. Chances are that they will even steal the disability allowance that the leadership gives out. What can he do?"
Li Jialing frowned. "Dongfang Wang is known as' prime minister of iron and blood '. Can't he handle such a trifle? If somebody is bold enough to steal the disability allowance, just capture them and execute them!"
"What if the embezzler is an experienced expert in the Divinity Transformation Stage who has a lot of influence? Do they kill him too?"
Li Yao asked further, "If the embezzler is in the Divinity Transformation Stage of the Li family, and other Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators of the Li family have to protect him, can he kill all the Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators of the Li family? If the embezzler is in the Divinity Transformation Stage of the Dongfang family, can Dongfang Wang cut off his own hands and feet and kill the Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivator of the Dongfang family? Regardless of whether it's the Li family, the Dongfang family, or the other two families, all the experts of the four families have formed an unspoken rule that everybody in the world is greedy. What can Dongfang Wang do? "
After a long daze, Li Jialing asked, "Have those unparalleled experts with remarkable computational abilities never considered the consequences? Why are they all so greedy and shortsighted?"
"It has nothing to do with greed, stupidity, and shortsightedness. Getting to the bottom of it, it's a problem of the system. Or rather, it's a problem of beliefs that have been deviated from the root."
Li Yao said, "It is exactly because the Immortal Cultivators hold the idea of 'the strong prey on the weak, and the winner is the king' that the strong will be the winner, and the weak will be the loser, and the loser will lose everything.
"Therefore, any rational Immortal Cultivator has a strong motivation to plunder all the resources and interests in order to strengthen themselves without any scruples.
"As for whether or not such plunder is reasonable and legal, and whether or not it will cause any catastrophic consequences in the long run, they cannot consider that at all.
"It's because if they don't plunder crazily right now, they will be the losers and the losers in the short term, and they will lose everything in the cruel internal competitions. How can they talk about the long-term and overall interests?
"Most rational Immortal Cultivators with normal thinking abilities will certainly take advantage of any opportunity to increase their odds of survival. Also, it is often difficult for them to take out any resources that are in their pockets. That is something that will lower their odds of survival. How can a normal person be willing to do that?
"Perhaps, when the Imperium of True Human Beings was just born a thousand years ago, there were still some Immortal Cultivators with 'ideals and morals', namely the 'pure Immortal Cultivators' such as Lei Chenghu. However, in the protracted survival competition, those Immortal Cultivators were destined to be eliminated, just like the surplus generals and the disabled veterans who fought desperately would've been eliminated if we hadn't shown up.
"The Immortal Cultivators who sacrificed themselves valiantly and fought hard were all eliminated. Only the most selfish, shameless, audacious, and corrupt Immortal Cultivators survived. After such 'reverse screening' generation after generation, do I need to tell you what the Immortal Cultivators who have survived to this day look like?
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