40,000 Years of Cultivation

The empress’s shocking judgment made Li Yao stunned for a while before shook his head and said, “I’m afraid it can’t be so simple analogy. Even if the power of an ordinary person is very weak, it is... a'skinny monkey', but after all, the number of ordinary people is the largest. , Accumulate less and make more, don’t you have the greatest squeeze value?"

"That's true in theory, but you have overlooked one point. The so-called'squeezing' also has a cost."

Li Linghai said, "When the management cost greatly exceeds the value that can be squeezed out, this kind of squeeze is uneconomical. It is as if humans can indeed use many secret methods to transform the skinny monkeys into fierce and strong biochemical beasts. , But in fact, no mine or army will do this, and the cost is too uneconomical."

Li Yaodao: "Human beings are not monkeys after all. The gap between the so-called'primitives' and'real people' is even smaller than imagined. I know that the empire has countless extremely cruel secrets that turn humans into all kinds of deformed and ugly appearances. The purpose of removing human organs and replacing them with psychic prostheses is to transform ordinary people into a more suitable form for crushing. Does Her Royal Highness want to deny this?"

Li Linghai said lightly: "Do you think this is the so-called'squeeze'?"

Li Yao said, "Isn't it?"

Li Linghai said: "Even if it is, it is for the good of these primitive people. You have to know that the empire's psionic puppet industry is already highly developed, and it is possible to refine various types of puppets that are not too expensive in large quantities. If the primitive people can't To catch up, do not turn themselves into various deformed and ugly forms that can work efficiently. They can only lose out in the cruel competition and fall to starvation-not only they will starve to death, but their family members are also Not immune.

"In the history of the empire, there is no shortage of such examples. Some mine owners have been soft-hearted and failed to strengthen and transform the primitive miners in the mines in time, making mining costs high, unable to adapt to fierce commercial competition, and eventually went bankrupt and went bankrupt as a whole. Annex.

"And after others have annexed such mines, they often transport large quantities of psionic puppets to replace human miners. Guess what will happen to these human miners who are replaced by machines?

"So, it is precisely for the survival of these lowest-level primitive people that the experts and scholars of the empire racked their brains to develop various human body strengthening and mechanical transformation technologies, so that the primitive people have the ability to compete with psionic puppets, and even possess The special abilities that psionic puppets don't possess are only able to keep most of the original people's jobs until today, so that they can survive.

"Many times, ethics and benevolence cannot solve any practical problems. Regardless of the actual situation, rashly raising the minimum wage and working environment will further deteriorate the living conditions of the lowest-level people-as simple as that. I don’t believe that you, as a god, would not understand it."

"Of course I understand."

Li Yao gritted his teeth, "But this is not the reason why you can transform a living person into a steel spider. Everything has a degree. Imperial authorities like you are totally irresponsible and completely push the people at the bottom. The approach to cruel competition is too much!"

The queen’s eyes flashed, and she took a step back: "Perhaps you are right. The empire does have a great responsibility to the people at the lowest level, but the premise is-first, there must be a strong central government that has the ability to directly control everybody. The policies of a large world, every resource planet, every family and sect are only good. If the government orders do not come out of the celestial pole star, it is useless to talk about the spirit and philosophy.

"All in all, this is not the focus of our discussion today. The point is that compared with the bottom-level cultivators, the primitive people are skinny monkeys. Those high-level cultivators, that is, the clans and powerful people, are not much interested in directly oppressing. The primitive man at the bottom.

"On the other hand, the real human empire has ruled the Star Sea for thousands of years. For thousands of years, the avenue of cultivating immortals has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"Under this state of existence, the primitive people would not complain too much about their own destiny. Who would call them too weak? When they are used to their own weakness, they will not have too many extravagances. Most primitive people All confessed their fate.

"Mankind’s happiness often does not depend on material things, but on mentality. Believe it or not, many highly developed worlds in the empire have very mature and stable social operating rules. Sample surveys are conducted on the primitive people there. , Their happiness index is not low.

"Most primitive people think that life is like this, and they should be content. Compared with the tragic life of wandering and precarious life under the rule of the Covenant Alliance in the war era, the ancient repair era, the 30,000-year dark era under the rule of the monster tribe, Their current fate is much better-therefore, the Starlight Organization has been tossing for hundreds of years, and it has not caused too much trouble.

"Of course you can think that this is the result of the empire's long-term brainwashing. I don't want to argue with you, just tell you a fact.

"The fact is that the primitive people are not the most dissatisfied with the status quo in the empire and want to change their destiny the most. They are truly oppressed and most conscious of the fact that they are'oppressed'. They still have enough wisdom, The courage and even combat power to change the status quo is the middle and low-level cultivators, including the Qi refining period, the foundation period and even part of the pill formation period!

"This truth is not difficult to understand, right?

"If you are a primitive miner, the most serious'squeeze' you encounter is nothing more than working a lifetime in a dark mine. Unless you encounter an accident such as a mine explosion, your life can always be saved. It is not a last resort, and there are not many people who want you to go to the battlefield, just these "skinny monkeys" are a burden on the battlefield.

"Moreover, you don't have the opportunity to receive enough education to make you aware of your own destiny and pain. In many cases, if you don't recognize pain, there is no pain, right?

"But the bottom cultivators are different.

"The'squeeze' they have to endure is most likely to be in a fragmented world, fighting with monsters that will not appear in the nightmare, and they may be swallowed by the monsters in the abdomen within a year and a half. Over time, he was slowly melted by the acid in the monster's digestive tract, and he didn't die until the last month.

"Yes, in many small mining farms in the remote world that are not formal in the empire, work safety is a problem. Mining accidents continue - but the death rate of miners will not exceed the death rate of the lower-level immortals on the battlefield, no matter how high it is.

"On the other hand, even if the spiritual roots have just been awakened, the lowest level immortal cultivators who are in the first stage of the Qi refining period have enough wisdom to think about the society they live in, think about their own future and future, and think about the whole world. !

"You know, in the traditional education of the empire, the'immortal cultivator' is regarded as the supreme master of the country and civilization. All middle and low-level immortal cultivators have high expectations of themselves. They are full of enthusiasm, ambition and fullness. Ambitious, such a cultivator, when realizing that they are just a tool for being squeezed, can you expect them to behave as indifferently as the original people?"

Li Yao was deeply attracted by what Li Linghai said.

He used to treat immortal cultivators as a monolithic piece and viewed it from the same interest group, but he had never tried to think about problems from such a perspective.

After thinking about it for a moment, he slowly shook his head and said: "No, the primitive miners work to death in the dark mines, and there is no hope at all, but the empire does not have a very advanced'contribution point' system, which is known as'no question of origin. "The strong is respected," to ensure that the ascending channel is unimpeded?

"Every cultivator who fights with the starry beasts in the fragmented world will have the opportunity to get a lot of'contribution points'. After the contribution points are exchanged, they will gradually upgrade step by step, and there will always be a chance to become a peerless powerhouse. As for those who died People on the way, according to your theory, have to admit that they are unlucky, but they can't blame others."

Li Linghai smiled: "The so-called absolutely fair contribution point system, an unimpeded upward path? This kind of propaganda slogan, even I don't believe it, you believe it?"

Li Yao swiftly blinked: "I don't believe it much, but... I still ask Her Royal Highness to explain in detail."

"In the final analysis, it's still the question of making and dividing the cake. When it's on the rise, the cake gets bigger and bigger, naturally, you can divide it any way, but once the cake reaches its limit, or even shrinks slowly, it will be unevenly divided."

Li Linghai sighed, "The millennium development history of the true human empire can actually be divided into two five hundred years.

"In the first five hundred years, the empire occupied the center of the star sea and rapidly expanded in all directions. Almost every year, a new world was discovered. Every year, it won battles, and every year it added new territories, new populations and various resources, and continued to form. The new crystal armor battle group and the Xinghai fleet, naturally, these territories, battle groups and fleets are accompanied by a large number of official positions and opportunities.

"At that time, the ascending pipeline of the middle and low-level cultivators was indeed unimpeded. As long as you dare to fight, and if you have a little luck, the unknown people of yesterday will have the opportunity to rise to the top and become famous and famous. With the accumulation of resources, cultivate to become a powerful person

"That was the golden age of the empire's vigorous, aggressive, and thriving empire. Interest groups have not yet solidified, and the class is extremely mobile. Indeed, as you said, middle and low-level immortals are keen to participate in various wars and earn contribution points. To die in the most painful way in the fight, I can only blame myself for not being good at learning, I will never blame the heavens and others, let alone those high-level immortals who are'oppressing' them.

"but……

"Almost five hundred years ago, the territory of the true human empire has expanded to more than 90% of what it is today, reaching the limit of the swelling of the'cake', and the situation in the next five hundred years will be completely different."