"So to speak, you are rather great!"
Li Yao said. "Can you tell me what exactly you are learning in the Holy Light Academy?"
"We are learning how to identify and deal with 'dangerous goods'."
Thangka said, "For example, for the food that is packaged in fancy packaging and tastes particularly colorful and tempting to commit crimes, we have to peel off their packaging, mince them, and mix them. After the taste is removed and only the nutrition is kept, we will refill the food.
"As for the plastic toys, silk clothes, and cosmetics that are of no use at all, we will simply burn them.
"The so-called 'works of art' are the most dangerous things. Our mentors told us that 'works of art' symbolize human beings' worship for extraterrestrial devils and the intuitive reflection of 'chaos' in human beings' subconscious. They must be destroyed as soon as they are discovered.
"Of course, there are also a lot of things that boast great value, such as the magical equipment and jade chips that the people of the Imperium use. After careful examination and erasing the evil information in them, they can be given to the warriors of the Holy League."
"Interesting."
Li Yao said, "Anything else?"
"Also, we will learn the complicated relationships among the people of the Imperium, such as parents, relatives, families, and the interest groups large and small that are established based on such relationships."
Thangka said, "Our mentors told us that the people of the Imperium attach great importance to the groundless things such as' parents' bloodline 'and' family honor '. They are too obsessed with passing on their genes without caring about the fatal defects in their genes, which leads to a very serious misallocation of resources and class consolidation. There are even grudges, conflicts, and wars among families. As a result, the Imperium, which occupies the most resourceful world in the universe, is divided into internal strife and wasted tremendous precious resources for nothing. After a thousand years, not only did the civilization fail to make a leap, but it also deteriorated day by day. Grandpa Yao, is it true that the people of the Imperium waste precious resources on unsuitable people without limits just because' someone is my child '?"
"Well …"
Li Yao was of a mind to touch his nonexistent nose. "That's right, but it is too complicated to be explained in a few words."
"Also, we will learn the social status quo and the social class structure of the Imperium of True Human Beings."
Thangka said, "According to our mentors, the Imperium of True Human Beings is a filthy, stinky, and evil country. It is an exploitative, oppressive, and cannibalistic society. The powerful live a luxurious and extravagant life every night, while the weak, on the other hand, can only crouch in the dark, damp crevices and make a living on the residue that the powerful leak from the fingers of the powerful. They will never be able to make a name for themselves.
"Furthermore, the powerful have the right to toy with the weak as they please, overstepping the authority of the gods and treating the weak as their own slaves. Is … Is this true?"
"Alright. Now that you put it that way, I also feel that the Imperium of True Human Beings is an out-and-out 'superstitious country'!"
Li Yao said, "However, speaking of which, is there no such phenomenon in the Alliance of the Holy Covenant where the powerful bully the weak? Didn't you say just now that there are different grades in the nursery and even the professions in your country? Many people are injured or even killed during the training of their talents! You are qualified to retain advanced logical thinking abilities and keen feelings, but the 'soldier bees' and 'worker bees' are not. Is that not exploitation and oppression? "
"How is that the same?"
Thangka was slightly stunned. She said, "Of course, the people of the Holy League have different professions and levels, but that is just a division of labor. There is no distinction between nobility and inferiority. The 'soldier bees' and 'worker bees' of the lowest level, the special professions such as' Purgers' and 'Lurkers', and the leadership such as' commanders', 'chancellors', and 'Ultimate Benevolence Masters', we are all the most beloved lambs, the most loyal servants, and the bravest warriors of the gods. We are all the same!
"In order to build a better world with limited resources, it is true that many people of the Holy League have to work hard in the harsh environment, but every bit of their work is used to improve the natural environment, excavate more primeval relics, and restore the magnificence of the Pangu civilization in the past. None of it is used for the personal desires of the commanders, the chancellors, and the Ultimate Benevolence Masters, because we do not have any 'personal desires' at all!
"In the evil Imperium of True Human Beings, when the miners at the bottom level were struggling deep inside the cold, dark mines, the owners of the mines and the leaders above them were squandering resources in their splendid palaces without caring about anything else.
"In the Alliance of the Holy Covenant, when the miners are working deep inside the mines, the special professions, the commanders, the chancellors, and the Ultimate Benevolence Masters are suffering the same sufferings. They are living the same poor and holy life, devoting themselves to the most sacred cause.
"Although I haven't seen what kind of life the Ultimate Benevolence Masters live, our mentors eat and live with us every day. Our food tastes exactly the same except for the difference in nutrition. Also, the mentors do not have any so-called 'entertainment' or 'enjoyment', much less the evil pleasure of toying with the bodies of the weak. That's absolutely impossible!
"As for the training of 'talent awakening', it is true that the casualty rate is very high, but everybody is treated the same, including the mentors and even the director.
"Most importantly of all, there are no privileges. Every test is absolutely open and fair. It doesn't matter whose child or whose parents you are. As long as you have talent, you will be sent to the appropriate post to serve the gods and make the best use of your strength. If you don't have talent, you will be purged in the temple and turned into a hard and holy 'cornerstone'.
"I'm told that it is different in the Imperium. In the Imperium, as long as you are the offspring of the powerful, even if you don't have any talent, you may be promoted to the important posts of command and management with tremendous resources. If you are the offspring of the weak, even if you are blessed by the gods and boast unparalleled talents, it is still very possible that your talents will be buried, trampled on, or even murdered. Is that true, Grandpa Yao?"
"I don't know how to answer your question."
Li Yao said, "Maybe so. However, the Imperium of True Human Beings has been carrying out reforms recently. I believe that drastic changes will take place …"
"Changes?"
Thangka asked, "Will it become like the Alliance of the Holy Covenant, where everybody is equal and there is absolutely no oppression, exploitation, or selfishness?"
"That seems rather difficult."
Li Yao said, "Hey, hey, hey. My little friend, you are asking too much!"
"As long as there is selfishness, all the changes will be useless. They will only be treating the symptoms but not the root cause."
Thangka concluded. "It seems that all the evils and drawbacks of the Imperium of True Human Beings that you said are true. I was wondering if there was really such a terrible country and such an absurd system in the universe. In comparison, the Holy Covenant is much more perfect! "
"Wait. My head is in a mess right now. Give me a moment to calm myself down."
Li Yao said, "It sounds like your course is rather complicated and difficult."
"It is indeed difficult, especially the part about understanding 'feelings'."
Thangka said, "Our senses cannot be too dull. If we are too dull, we will not be able to understand the dangers hidden in many items of the Imperium. You know that the traps of the extraterrestrial devils are not on the surface of the items but hidden in the seemingly plain words. We have to pick them out keenly.
"But our senses cannot be too keen, either. If they are too keen, we will be more likely to be affected by the extraterrestrial devils and end up as their slaves.
"All in all, of the hundred students who enter the Holy Light Academy, only one can persist to the 'ultimate test' in the end. The rest of them will be eliminated and sent to the holy temple for refinement and relatively simple jobs.
"In the last seven days — no, in the last six days, as long as I pass the test, I will be a real 'Purger'. So, I don't want anything to go wrong. Both myself and my monitor will be happy as long as we can become 'Purgers' successfully. Grandpa Yao, please help us!"
Li Yao was silent for a long time. His thoughts revolved and collided quickly like billions of spots of light.
"Listen, kid. Of course, I'll help you. But after analyzing what you said and comparing it with the intelligence I know, I've noticed something wrong."
Li Yao said cautiously, "Firstly, I feel that you and all the students around you have brain activities that are too intense. Really. In my senses, your brains are like colorful torches, which are entirely different from the cold, silent, and lackluster brilliance of the people of the Holy League that I've met before.
"Maybe you will say that it's a professional feature of the 'Purgers', but I still feel that something is wrong. Such Purgers are too dangerous.
"Secondly, I've been in touch with some 'Lurkers' before and know the structure of their brains and the features of their souls. The Lurkers do not 'suppress their feelings' but 'simulate their feelings'. They do not need to suppress their feelings because they do not have any feelings at all.
"I think, if I were an Ultimate Benevolence Master, why wouldn't I ask all the Purgers to adopt the same approach as the Lurkers?
"Thirdly, I have appeared. This in itself shows that there must be something very strange about this place, because every time I appear, it is always accompanied by strangeness, conspiracy, deceit, betrayal, disaster, chaos, and destruction. Will this time be an exception?"
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