After hearing that, Li Yao slapped his thigh hard and exclaimed, "Yes, you are absolutely right. This is exactly what we discussed when we were in the Xing Yao Federation. Under the suppression of the Immortal Cultivators' belief that the strong prey on the weak, the entire civilization will only be exploited and exploited. The Divinity Transformation Stage oppresses the Yuanying, the Yuanying oppresses the Core Formation Stage Cultivators, the Core Formation Stage Cultivators oppresses the Building Foundation Stage Cultivators, the Building Foundation Stage Cultivators oppresses the Refinement Stage Cultivators, and the Refinement Stage Cultivators oppresses the ordinary people. If the ordinary people oppress and hurt each other in such a way, it will eventually evolve into a war of everybody against everybody!
"Such an Imperium of True Human Beings, despite having billions of Cultivators, a million starships, and hundreds of prosperous Sectors under its control, has wasted most of its strength for nothing. Naturally, it is no match for the Holy League. It is even barely enough to deal with a 'barbaric country' such as the Xing Yao Federation.
"It is exactly why I snuck to the center of the cosmos after such a long journey and swore to turn the Imperium of True Human Beings upside down!"
With a casual smile, Long Yangjun shook her head and said, "If you think that I'm only talking about the system and the ideology, and that the chaos is caused because the true path of immortality is too cruel, you are too short-sighted and narrow-minded.
"In my opinion, it is not a problem unique to a certain country or even a certain civilization, but an unavoidable, terminal disease caused by the humanity common to all intelligent lives.
"It is certainly the case for the Imperium of True Human Beings, but was it not the case for the Great Qian Dynasty in the Ancient Sages Sector where I once lived? The Star Ocean Republic was founded by the Cultivators, but was it different when it decayed and declined in the later years?
"There is also the thirty-thousand-year Great Dark Age of the demon race. It was too long ago for us to know exactly what the bottom-level people were like at that time. But we only need to look at the 'living fossil' that is the Blood Demon Sector. The Blood Demon Sector inherited the 'Four Pillars System' of the Great Dark Age and paralyzed the people with the groundless beliefs about 'destruction, rebirth, and immortality'. Had it not been for your arrival, wouldn't the bottom-level demons of the Blood Demon Sector have continued sinking in such lies?
"The Great Qian Dynasty founded by the ancient Cultivators, the Blood Demon Sector governed by the demons, the Star Ocean Republic founded by the Cultivators, and the Imperium of True Human Beings founded by the Immortal Cultivators … The four forces in different eras and worlds have four entirely different systems and ideologies, but the result is the same. Do you still think that it is not a chronic disease of humanity itself but just a problem with the ideology of the 'true path of immortality'?"
After pondering for a moment, Li Yao said firmly, "That is not the case for the Xing Yao Federation. I believe that the Federation will certainly carry out the true path of the Cultivators to the end. The strong will protect the weak, and the weak will support the strong. If the entire civilization is united, it will certainly be able to march to the unprecedented place that the Great Qian Dynasty, the Demon Beast Empire, the Star Ocean Republic, and the Imperium of True Human Beings have never set foot in!"
"Is that so?"
Long Yangjun said, "If the Xing Yao Federation is entirely different from the four countries above, may I ask what is the 'magical equipment graveyard' that you were born in? Also, I'm told that the Federation has an 'underground ghost market', too. Countless people live below the ground, too, don't they?
"Of course. You don't need to explain. I know that the underground cities of the Xing Yao Federation are often located on the surface of the earth. The environment is definitely not as harsh as that of the Imperium. Also, the Xing Yao Federation is working hard to improve the environment on the ground. Places such as the 'magical equipment graveyard' are fewer and fewer.
"But in my opinion, the Xing Yao Federation is just an isolated special case that does not represent the broadest humanity.
"When the Xing Yao Federation was born, it was under the serious military threat of the Blood Demon Sector. Every day was a moment of life and death. Naturally, the people could only be united. The strong and the weak supported each other and fought side by side.
"After the Xing Yao Federation defeated the Blood Demon Sector and just relieved itself of the pressure of survival, the Imperium of True Human Beings and the Alliance of the Holy Covenant, two behemoths, showed up. In the foreseeable hundreds of years, it was barely possible for you to defeat them. Naturally, the Xing Yao Federation could not abandon the concept of 'unity'.
"Also, because of a series of coincidences, including the existence of an anomaly such as you, the Xing Yao Federation discovered places with abundant resources such as Boneyard and primeval relics such as the secret police of Kunlun one after another. Both the resources and the technology of the Xing Yao Federation were greatly improved. That's why the Xing Yao Federation is in the golden age of development today.
"I've been thinking about a very interesting question. What if you weren't there? If 'Vulture Li Yao' and 'Father Li' did not exist in history at all, what would the Federation be like today? Would it be unable to bear the gravity of humanity and fall into the infinite abyss like the Ancient Sages Sector, the Blood Demon Sector, the Star Ocean Republic, and the Imperium of True Human Beings? Can the path of the Cultivators that you are so proud of really save a Federation without you? "
Long Yangjun's tone became softer and softer, and her face became more and more mysterious. In the end, she even seemed to be blowing at Li Yao softly.
"Cut the crap. Do you really think that I'm an idiot? Such a hypothetical question will only lead me to your trap no matter how I answer it."
Li Yao said solemnly, "Perhaps humanity is indeed determined by the environment, but since the Xing Yao Federation today can trigger the bright side of humanity so brilliantly, you cannot say that humanity is only dark and evil. All in all, whatever you say, I don't believe that humanity is inherently evil. However difficult it is, I will try my best to make the Imperium and the Holy League be just like the Federation!"
"Then, you have chosen the longest, most tortuous, and most difficult path," Long Yangjun said gloomily.
"As your best friend, I truly can't bear to watch you struggle painfully on the path that is destined to fail, only to cry and give up in the end when your head is bruised and bleeding!"
"Stop!"
Li Yao frowned. "A 'best friend' like you is too terrifying. Let's just be 'normal friends' again!"
"Whatever you say."
Long Yangjun smiled. "All in all, from the Ancient Sages Sector to the Federation, and from the Federation to the Imperium, I've seen too much of the darkness of humanity.
"Life in the Ancient Sages Sector was extremely cruel. After a famine, the world was full of starving people. As a result, the barbaric rebels such as' Heaven Battering King 'Qi Changsheng and' Mother White Lotus Wan Mingzhu 'were born. But at that time, I thought that it was because the civilization was too underdeveloped and the life was too poor.
"When I came to the Imperium of True Human Beings, which was ten thousand years more advanced than the Ancient Sages Sector, it was obvious that there were abundant resources, and synthesized food could feed everybody. Most people had the entertainment and convenience that even the ancient emperors could not enjoy. But why did everybody still live such a painful life?
"In the underground worlds tens of thousands of meters below the ground, the five levels are like five worlds. Everybody is in great anxiety all the time. On one hand, they are worried that they will fall to the abyss that is even lower, but on the other hand, they are racking their brains to climb up by whatever means possible. But even if they climb out of the underground world and become Immortal Cultivators, so what? Don't they still have to scheme and brutalize each other incessantly?
"Perhaps, the pain of human beings does not come from the scarcity of resources but from the expansion of desires. Or rather, it is exactly because of the insatiable desires of everybody from the top to the bottom that the extreme scarcity of resources is reflected.
"Desires are exactly such things that can never be satisfied. The desires that can be satisfied are not real desires at all. Human beings are exactly such creatures that you will try to spend all the resources that you are given, right?
"Do you remember what I told you when I left the Xing Yao Federation? Human beings are extraterrestrial devils, and extraterrestrial devils are human beings. Everybody's brain is made of astronomical devils. The wriggling, struggling, and screaming of the devils constitute the feelings and desires of human beings.
"The more human beings feed the devils, the stronger and hungrier the devils will be. The bigger the appetite of the devils, the stronger the desires of human beings will be. It will be a vicious cycle that will never end.
"Hehe. What are the so-called 'extraterrestrial devils' exactly? Do they really mean 'extraterrestrial devils from a space zone far away from the three thousand Sectors'? That can't be right. Extraterrestrial devils are obviously everywhere, and they can come and go freely in the three thousand Sectors! Is it possible that there are no 'extraterrestrial devils' at all but only 'extraterrestrial devils of desire'?
"Don't stare at me like that. I'm not criticizing human beings because I consider myself a god. Like I said just now, I don't think that the intense feelings and desires are the unique shortcomings of the civilization of mankind. On the contrary, I think that they are probably a special gift that the Pangu and the Nuwa civilizations passed on to human beings.
"Perhaps, every civilization of carbon-based intelligent lives that boasted the ability of individual brain closure and independent thinking couldn't avoid the differentiation of individuals and the evolution of strength. Therefore, they couldn't contain the rampant craziness and walked toward destruction.
"The alliance of Pangu civilizations must've realized the problem. They feared their feelings and desires so much that they called them 'devils' and tried to seal their 'inner devils'. In order to avoid the emotional fluctuations in the overly complicated and dangerous environment, they even abandoned the exploration of the outside world and created tools such as' human beings' to explore and modify the universe for them. As for themselves … perhaps they were in a trance all day long, meditating state where they had cut off all feelings and desires?
"However, even though they did that, they failed to stop the surge of desires. There were still rebels among them — the Nuwa Clan.
"As the saying goes, things tend to go in the opposite direction when they reach extremes. The consequence of suppressing feelings and desires is the most complete indulgence! Led by the Nuwa Clan, all the intelligent lives in the alliance of Pangu civilizations who couldn't stand the lack of feelings and desires rebelled. In the end, the great destruction of the primeval civilizations was truly caused! "
"Wait."
Li Yao was more or less confused. "On one hand, you claim that feelings and desires are dreadful and will lead to the final destruction, but on the other hand, you claim that feelings and desires are unavoidable and that things tend to go in the opposite direction when they reach extremes. Then, which side are you on exactly?"
"Why are you being silly again?"
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