Xu Le walked towards the tree.
Huai Caoshi heard the sound of footsteps, but she didn't turn around. She picked up her book and stood up from under the tree.
Xu Le was silent for a moment, and then he said, "Actually, I'm a bit surprised. Why did you choose this place?"
Huai Caoshi turned around and calmly looked at him. A sincere smile appeared on her usually cold and detached face. However, this sincere smile appeared on the face of this terrifying highness. It really was a bit hard to get used to.
"Since I dared to come to the Federation, it naturally wasn't just because I dared. I also made some preparations beforehand."
The morning fog nestled against the wetland and slowly moved. It seemed thin, but when layered together, it was enough to block the military satellite surveillance from outside the atmosphere. This was the core area of the wildlife reserve, the area where the Federation's surveillance was the weakest.
Xu Le withdrew his gaze from the depths of the morning fog and looked at her with a smile. He didn't know what he should say.
Sensing his current complicated emotions, Huai Caoshi paused for a moment, and then continued with a smile. "However, the density of the Federation's surveillance still far exceeded my expectations. If it wasn't for the help that woman of yours gave us, which also far exceeded my expectations, I really don't have the confidence to stay here for long."
Xu Le knew that she was referring to Zou Yu and that little blue instrument. He scratched his head and explained, "She's not my woman."
After saying this, the two of them sank into silence again. The atmosphere under the tree became a bit strange, or perhaps awkward. Regardless of whether it was Xu Le or Huai Caoshi, neither of them were people with extraordinary emotional intelligence like Shi Qinghai. They didn't know what they should say, what kind of topic they should choose to bring this morning fog conversation onto the right track.
From a certain perspective, Xu Le and Huai Caoshi were extremely familiar with each other. They had spent a lot of time together in the Empire, participating in intense debates and those terrifying gambling games. They even fought side by side during the rebellion, playing out scene after scene of mythical mecha battles in that ocean-like mulberry forest.
However, this kind of familiarity was between enemies. Regardless of whether it was him or Huai Caoshi, neither of them forgot the electronic explosives planted on his body by the intelligence agency, as well as those cruel punishments. If it wasn't for those twists and turns and coincidences, back then, Xu Le would have killed the other party at all costs. Huai Caoshi was the same. Moreover, in that white courtyard, they had both tried it before.
. and now, they were going to admit their relationship?
Xu Le thought of what Huai Caoshi had said in the snow beside the military prison in Qingcheng. His gaze couldn't help but become somewhat perplexed and helpless. He had been lonely for many years after losing his family when he was young. It was as if he had just slept, and when he woke up, he found that he had an older sister in the distant universe, and it was very likely that he would have many more relatives.
Waking up with a start from a dream and instantly entering another strange dream was a mental shock that not everyone could accept immediately. Even he, who had the thickest nerves, was silent for a long time. Therefore, he asked a question that seemed particularly clumsy in this tense situation.
"What book are you reading?"
Huai Caoshi didn't answer. She turned her wrist and turned the cover around. On it was the name of the book, Love in the Charter Era.
Xu Le scratched his head and sighed. "You're the princess of the Empire. The people in the Federation who want you dead are countless times more than the people who want me dead. Yet, you're actually interested in reading a romance novel?"
"This is a literary novel. According to the introduction, the author once won the Nebula Award."
Huai Caoshi calmly corrected him. "I still have some difficulties in reading the Federation language, but that doesn't stop me from seeing a lot of metaphors in this novel. The author used the fear and resentment towards The Glory Of The Charter as a carrier of love. It's very brilliant and wonderful. You've lived in the Federation for so many years, yet you haven't read this novel. I'm very surprised. I think you need to strengthen your plan in the humanities in the future. "
"Generally speaking, those who stand outside the wall can easily find metaphors from the meaningless missions done by those who are inside the wall."
Xu Le argued. He didn't notice that he was still subconsciously standing in the Federation's position.
Huai Caoshi smiled mysteriously and didn't continue the topic. "I don't know how long I'll have to wait for you under this tree, so I prepared a few books. The Federation's reading experience is quite good. This is indeed better than the Empire's."
Xu Le's eyes moved to the bottom of the tree and saw a thick stack of books. He could vaguely see the names of a few books. There was the Charter Chronicles and George Carlin's Research.
Noticing his puzzled expression, Huai Caoshi explained, "Ever since I entered the Federation, especially the capital ring, I've observed a lot of details that prove the difference between the Baijin Dynasty and the Federation. The Federation is very powerful. To defeat such a powerful enemy, one must first understand the enemy. These folksy books that the intelligence agency doesn't really care about are very good research materials in my opinion."
After pausing for a moment, she looked into Xu Le's eyes and said, "Of course, now that the one who understands the Federation the most has appeared in the Baijin Dynasty, you will be in charge of these matters from now on."
This highness' tone was calm and normal, as if she was saying that it was his turn to wash the dishes at home tomorrow, but Xu Le understood what she was trying to say.
The siblings under the tree in the morning fog were without a doubt the two people who believed in the simplest and most direct creed in the universe. As long as the initial awkward and awkward atmosphere was broken, their communication would become very simple and direct. That was why Xu Le simply shook his head and didn't explain too much.
Huai Caoshi looked into his eyes quietly. There was no disappointment or anger as she said, "I know you don't have much feelings for the Empire. After all, you grew up in the Federation and received that rotten education. In your eyes, the Empire's system is primitive and backward, dictatorial and barbaric, so your unwillingness to serve the Empire should be a very real and instinctive reaction."
"It wasn't rotten education." Xu Le looked back into her eyes and said, "I've been to the Federation. I've seen the Li Ban Star that is currently undergoing a reformation. I've also seen the lives of the Empire's lowly people like pigs and dogs, as well as the miserable scenes of tens of millions of rebel soldiers being crushed into minced meat."
"In my opinion, even though this Federation isn't perfect, to the extent where it is sometimes disgustingly dirty, no matter what, it is still a bit better than the Left Sky Star Region."
Huai Caoshi's eyes narrowed, her gaze gradually becoming sharp. "If a butcher puts on a mask of hypocrisy and changes the method of killing a pig from a knife to an electric shock, could it be that this proves that he isn't a butcher?"
Xu Le said in a low voice, "Even if it is a pig, at the very least, it will die a bit more comfortably. This is an extremely small change, but it is actually an extremely important difference."
Huai Caoshi stared into his eyes and slowly put her hands behind her back. She turned around and raised her head to look at the indiscernible end of the morning fog. Calming down her emotions, she said in a low voice, "If you value this change so much, then all the more you should come home with me. Only in this way can you complete this change."
Xu Le followed her gaze and looked into the depths of the morning fog, not knowing what was there. After a moment of silence, he replied, "I know myself very well. I know that I absolutely don't have the ability to change that star region."
"On the other side of the morning fog is the electronic wall." Huai Caoshi said, "When I first came in contact with this information, I found it hard to understand. The people of the Federation built such a long electronic wall. Why exactly? Did they want to turn humans into monkeys in a zoo for the wild beasts to watch?"
"Later, when I found out that these electronic walls were to protect the wild beasts from being hunted down by humans, I was truly shocked. I really didn't expect that it was actually based on such a ridiculous reason."
She did not hide the contempt and mockery on her face at all. "Life can only advance through competition. The Federation thinks that they are protecting the ecology by doing this, but they are actually going against the laws of nature. How arrogant."
"The weak are prey to the strong. This is how it should be said in the language of the Federation, right? These wild beasts are not as strong as humans, so they should be eaten. Life is a process of constant elimination and selection. If this process is forcefully interfered with, in the end, it can only become the current Federation. After ten thousand years of development, there is actually no qualitative leap. It is just like the pool of stagnant water in front of you and me, without the slightest ripple. "
Huai Caoshi turned her head and looked coldly at Xu Le. "Although the Empire is currently at a disadvantage, as long as it is not destroyed, in at most thirty years, it will be able to completely surpass the Federation. This is the reason."
"We eat meat, and they eat compounds. How can we not win?"
Her voice was still indifferent and calm, and the language of the Federation was still somewhat stiff. However, these words, especially every word in the last sentence, carried an unquestionable sense of firmness when they were spat out from her thin lips. When they landed on the surface of the wetland, killing intent spread out, startling a few gulls and herons. White wings hid in the fog.
A civet cat that was crouching by the pool for its morning drink looked down warily at the tree, then turned around and ran away in fear. Further away, a pride of lions in the long grass appeared to be somewhat restless. The male lion was biting the neck of the female lion, but he did not dare to take a step closer in this direction.
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"I think it is progress for the strong to take the initiative to leave space for the weak to survive."
Xu Le looked at her back that was thin but gave off an extremely strong feeling. After a moment of silence, he said, "Besides, the relationship between the social classes of human beings is not completely the same as the relationship between human beings and wild beasts."
"That's why I said that the education of the Federation is rotten. There has never been absolute equality in human society, not in the Empire, not in the Federation, not in the past, not in the present, and not in the future."
Huai Caoshi turned around and looked at Xu Le expressionlessly. "Don't be too naïve. Even the natural human rights that you often speak of are nothing but a joke in my eyes. Why can't the commoners learn the zhenqi that flows in our bodies? Because this is a gift that the Creator has only given to us. Do you think this is also equal? "
"Don't tell me that the Lees of Philadelphia are also members of the royal family of the Empire."
Xu Le subconsciously added, and then both he and Huai Caoshi fell into silence at the same time. This was because a similar conversation had once occurred on the Red Rose and in the Sang Hai. At the time, Xu Le had mocked and asked in the end if he was also a member of the royal family of the Empire.
The conversation was still the same as before, but the answer was completely different.
"We've discussed this question before." Xu Le's eyes drooped slightly. "Perhaps we are truly born to be the most powerful people in the universe, but this does not mean that we are born with some sort of special privilege."
He pointed to the blue sky above the fog and said, "The Charter computer is capturing me. It is stronger than me. Should I surrender to a computer?"
"If I am not willing to be enslaved by it, why should I enslave others?"
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