Next to a reef on the sea, there was a pergola made of coconut leaves. It was where the Octopus Empire's temporary palace was located, and a kingdom conference was being held there.
After listening to the replies and suggestions of the two scouting octopuses, Twelve Arms was silent for a while.
"Your Majesty, I agree. The humans here are so stupid, it's time for us to lead this world!" An octopus minister waved his eight claws and said excitedly.
The other octopuses were also discussing. For a moment, the crowd was excited under the pergola.
"If we want to rule the humans, we must solve the problem of breathing on land." Some octopus ministers had already begun to plan the next step. "This world seems to be a low-magic world. Many octopuses have lost the ability to breathe on land. We need to change our genes to evolve breathing organs on land."
"Quiet, quiet." Twelve Arms waved his thick tentacles. "What did I tell you before? What is the 12-word motto of our Octopus Empire? "
The octopuses calmed down, and an old octopus probed, "Tell the truth, be an honest octopus, and do honest things?"
"That's right, the elder answered well. Even if the world is different, we can't deviate from this policy. What you're saying now, does it conform to the 12-word motto?" Twelve Arms said seriously.
At this time, Octopus A, one of the two scouting octopuses, hurriedly defended himself.
"Your Majesty, we're telling the truth. The humans we've seen are stupid and stupid, and they don't even have basic scientific literacy."
"Oh, according to the teachings of the Heavenly Book Teacher, you've made a mistake of generalizing. You haven't seen enough humans. You've only seen a few fishermen in remote places, and you've used that to define the entire human race. That's obviously wrong. Do you know our current situation? "Twelve Arms said calmly.
"I don't know." Octopus A's eight claws had already drooped, and he answered weakly.
"We've only solved the problem of survival and built a large fishery, but we've lost the mysterious power of the past. We're just a group of octopuses with ordinary strength. We can deal with those large sea beasts, but it's impossible to launch an operation to conquer the humans on land. How many octopuses can go ashore for a long time now? Not even one in a thousand. "Twelve Arms laid out the information.
The octopus minister who first suggested "octopuses grow lungs" took the opportunity to say, "Your Majesty, do you mean that as long as we solve these problems, we can start conquering the humans?"
Twelve Arms was silent. It finally realized that it could not completely control its own kingdom. At this time, it missed the Heavenly Book Teacher immensely. The other party would definitely be able to give it an answer.
"Why do you have to conquer humans?" It decided to understand the minds of its subjects.
"If we conquer the humans, we won't have to spend money to buy jars in the future …" an octopus said matter-of-factly.
"But humans will resist, they will choose non-violent non-cooperation." Twelve Arms retorted.
"Then give them violence," the octopus said confidently.
"…" Twelve Arms felt a headache coming on. It was originally just an octopus that wanted to stay quiet, but now that it was involved in such a topic, it was a little out of control. "The humans occupy the land, and we occupy the sea. It seems like we can get along peacefully."
"Your Majesty, you're too honest." A powerful octopus shook its head. "Once the humans develop, they will be like the humans on Earth. They will pollute the sea, and we will have no place to settle down. Our descendants will have to eat fish full of plastic … Therefore, even if we don't compete with them for land, we'll be in trouble sooner or later. Instead of that, it's better to strike first. The human sages once said, those who strike first will control others, and those who strike later will be controlled by others. "
"That's right, Your Majesty, you can't give up this great opportunity just because of our past friendship."
"That's right, Earthlings are Earthlings, and this world is this world. This opportunity can't be missed, it won't come again."
Everyone spoke one after another. Twelve Arms was confused. For the first time, it realized that all of its clansmen were so ambitious? Didn't they love digging jars the most?
"Since you want jars that don't cost money, why don't you make them yourself? We have eight hands, we can make them faster and better." Twelve Arms persuaded.
"Alright, we can make our own jars, but we absolutely can't trust humans. They will harm us sooner or later."
"This, I don't think so. I remember that there are many good people among the humans. "Twelve Arms insisted.
"Your Majesty, you'll soon be slapped in the face." An old octopus shook its head.
Obviously, after losing its extraordinary powers, Twelve Arms' authority as a king had declined a lot. In the past, there were not so many voices that dared to question it face to face.
In the past, Twelve Arms could run away even if it could not win. Now, there were more than a hundred octopuses that could capture it.
At this moment, three octopuses swam all the way to the pergola on the sea.
"Your Majesty, it's bad, a batch of big pearls that we've just painstakingly collected has been swindled by humans!" The three octopuses complained.
"What's going on, tell me in detail?" Twelve Arms asked.
"It's like this …" One of the octopuses began to speak.
The story was very simple. In order to buy the wood used to build the ship and the rope used to build the fishery, they agreed with a group of fishermen to pay with pearls.
However, these fishermen said that they were very poor and could not afford to buy the wood, so they had to pay a deposit before they could order the goods.
Therefore, these young octopuses that had been influenced by Twelve Arms into honest people believed them when they heard their sincerity …
In the end, they waited and waited. A month had passed since the delivery date, but no one came.
It was not until they met another group of fishermen and heard their envious discussions that they realized that the group of fishermen who took their pearls had already taken the pearls to the big city to enjoy themselves. They did not go around to collect the pearls.
In fact, humans in the 21st century often fell for this kind of seemingly simple scam, let alone them.
Therefore, these octopuses could not be blamed for being stupid.
"As expected, these damn humans are a bunch of liars. They're not like us at all. We're smart and honest. God damn humans …" An octopus said indignantly.
Twelve Arms looked at this guy with a look of disdain. How many honest octopuses were there? Not many at all. It was the only one to begin with.
It said seriously, "Don't generalize. There are bad guys among humans, and there are evil ones among octopuses. We have to identify those with high credibility. The Heavenly Book Teacher said that this is how trade works. Develop 10 trading partners, and then select one or two of them who can keep their credibility. Long-term cooperation, and slowly build trust. This is our first cooperation, so it's normal for something like this to happen. Next time, we'll split into smaller batches and only give one pearl each time. This way, the loss will be smaller. "
When the three octopuses heard this, they said embarrassedly, "Yes, My King is right. This time, we were lazy and gave them a lot of deposit. We won't do it next time. We'll trade with those humans separately."
"My King, you have to make a decision. What should we do now?" An octopus minister urged.
"Well, we still have to stick to self-development and moderate trade with humans. At the same time, we'll look for other places to develop land instead of rashly launching a war of conquest." Twelve Arms made a decision.
"My King is wise." The group of octopuses looked at each other and felt that this decision was not wrong for the time being.
After all, if the problem of going ashore was not solved, they would be like the navy. They could not occupy land and could only control sea power.
After the kingdom's meeting ended, the octopus ministers left in twos and threes.
One of the red octopuses and one of the blue octopuses walked together. Octopuses were very good at camouflage. No one knew what their original color was.
When they were far away from the pergola on the sea, the two octopuses began to discuss.
"This king of ours is no longer suitable for this world. We need to change to a new king." The red octopus was the first to speak.
"Yes, it has lost its previous strength and lacks a positive attitude. It's not conducive to the development of our octopus clan." The blue octopus waved one of its tentacles.
"For the time being, it's still very useful. After all, it's still very strong. Let it hold the position of king for now. After this initial stage of development, we'll replace it." The red octopus continued.
"Well, it's not from the big octopus clan. It's just a wandering octopus. In the past on Earth, it was very powerful and it could speak. Now, the world is different. We need to rely on brains and fierceness. We need a cunning and fierce octopus to be the king. Only then can our octopus clan become the ruler of the world. "The blue octopus suggested.
"That's right. We'll split up and contact the previous tribal octopus leaders. I remember a guy who's quite suitable." The red octopus agreed.
Thus, a political conspiracy in the Octopus Kingdom began.
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