bookbashuk Chapter 230 The Losses Caused by the Battle, and King Longjue's Admonition
Chapter 230 The Losses Caused by the Battle, and King Longjue's Admonition
Chapter 230 The Losses Caused by the Battle, and King Longjue's Admonition
The Lord of Chaos City remained calm, seemingly unaffected by Zhou Ze's words.
Zhou Ze took a deep breath and continued, "Back when my hometown had no contact with the universe, we didn't know enough about it."
"But after making contact with the universe, I never imagined that in this vast universe, with its incomparably expansive human territory and a civilization and society far more advanced than Earth, slavery would be allowed to exist."
"Slavery once existed on Earth, but it was abolished a long time ago. Admittedly, slavery still exists in secret on Earth, but at least it doesn't exist openly."
"It's hard to imagine that if we hadn't appeared on Earth, and if our few leaders at the pinnacle had inherited our legacy, all of humanity on Earth would have become slaves to the Noranshan family, who held the power of life and death over us—"
"We are utterly innocent. If it were a different race that enslaved us, that would be one thing, but even our own kind are subjected to such treatment. Senior, how can you expect me to have any goodwill towards our human race?"
"And when I entered the universe and saw those home planets enslaved by slave traders, generation after generation, their descendants being sold as commodities, how tragic that was! They were all human beings, members of our human race!!"
"Indeed, within our race, there are many life-bearing planets, and many humans, either due to the aftermath of battles between powerful individuals, or because of other races..."
Or perhaps for various other reasons countless people, or even an entire life-bearing planet, are destroyed, but the significance is entirely different.
"There is a huge difference between being innocently enslaved and exploited by one's own people and being affected by a different race or by the aftermath of a battle between powerful individuals."
Zhou Ze's tone became increasingly impassioned. Call him an angry young man or a saint, he was simply speaking according to his conscience.
"To be honest, everyone in this world is born unequal. Some are born as descendants of great beings, while others are just orphans from ordinary life-bearing planets. Some have extraordinary talents, while others can't even cultivate!"
"But at least, I believe that since we are all human beings, we are all equal members of the human race. We may have different levels of talent, understanding, ability, background, etc., which may lead to different identities and statuses, but we are all members of the human race. At the very least, everyone can see more or less hope when they are born."
"And those home planets are enslaved, generation after generation, their descendants are slaves, never seeing any hope. What a tragedy this is! It is the tragedy of the entire human race!"
"The stronger one is, the more they should not be expected to expand the territory of their race, protect humanity, or shelter the weak. At the very least, they should not wantonly harm their own people. If they have the ability, they should deal with other races. What does it mean to play the hero within one's own borders?"
"There's an old saying on Earth: 'Inner sage, outer king.' But the current strong among us humans don't cultivate their conscience; many don't even treat the weak as human beings, forgetting that they were once weak themselves—"
".....
Zhou Ze said a lot, all of which were his deepest thoughts, reflecting his views on his past and present lives.
After Zhou Ze finished speaking, the Lord of Chaos City remained silent for a long time, deeply engrossed in the silence. In a sense, the Lord of Chaos City was the ruler and de facto manager of the entire human race.
Giant Axe, by nature carefree, spent his days navigating the cosmic sea. Unless there were major events requiring his involvement, the Chaos City Lord was generally in charge. Zhou Ze quietly observed the changes in the Chaos City Lord's eyes—a mixture of sighs, anger, pain, embarrassment, and helplessness—before finally settling into a sigh. "What you've said is too idealistic. In reality, various relationships and interests are intricately intertwined, and our human race's situation isn't good either. We must unite with or win over the strongest among us—"
"And once this door is opened, it will be difficult to stop other powerful individuals from doing whatever they want—"
"Furthermore, for a clan, only the Venerables and those above them are the core and pillars; others merely help guard the territory—."
The Lord of Chaos City looked at Zhou Ze quietly and smiled:
"If you want to change all of this, then strive to improve yourself. When you become a pillar of your tribe and gain a voice, perhaps you can change everything—."
Zhou Ze said confidently and with a faint smile: "I believe that one day, even if it is just the abolition of slavery on the surface, the meaning will be completely different, just like the abolition of brothels in China on Earth."
In fact, for the Lord of the Universe, the Supreme Being of the Universe, and even most immortals, the so-called slaves have no meaning, unless it is the enslavement of the soul.
They may not care, but their descendants, relatives, and so on, certainly do care about the enormous profit chain of the slave trade.
Among so many immortals, there are many who, like Venerable Fire Erosion, dote on their descendants.
This is also why the Lord of Chaos City felt that things were complicated; he couldn't let these matters cause the core and pillar members of the human race to become disaffected.
After all, these beings were all arrogant and overbearing, and having grown up in such an environment, they naturally felt that slavery and many other seemingly unreasonable, but indeed truly unreasonable, systems were perfectly justified.
Humans are masters of internal strife; they find it difficult to act rationally when their own interests, or even the interests of their own family, are threatened.
Returning to reality from the virtual universe, Zhou Ze didn't dwell on his earlier words. He knew better than to dwell on things in a particular situation; otherwise, it would only cause unnecessary trouble.
Meaningless.
"Babata, send an email to King Longjue for me, saying that I have been assassinated and that the two leaders have been killed—"
"Okay, it's been sent."
Upon receiving the email, King Longjue immediately summoned his spaceship and rushed towards the location.
Before long, ripples appeared in the distance, and a moment later, a spaceship appeared out of thin air—it was King Longjue's spaceship.
Wow!
The hatch opened, and Prince Long immediately transformed into a streak of light and arrived in an instant.
"Thank goodness you're alright," King Longjue said with a sigh of relief as he looked at Zhou Ze, who was unharmed.
"The email was a bit unclear. Could you tell me more specifically what happened just now?" King Longjue asked Zhou Ze.
Zhou Ze recounted the events that had just occurred, though some details were naturally altered, such as how he survived the self-destruction of the immortal god.
After hearing this, King Longjue was secretly alarmed.
This apprentice is truly highly valued by the "Saint Master" senior. He was able to withstand a peak Realm Lord's soul technique with a cosmic-level attack, and he even survived an Immortal's self-destruction, appearing remarkably relaxed and unharmed.
"This loss is considerable."
King Longjue frowned: "This is a densely populated area for goods. The loss of nearly 1000 million Hunyuan units is a bit troublesome."
"The main problem is that your two leaders, the assassin Kosel, and the immortal god hiding in his world are all dead. There's no way to verify the truth! If even one of them were still alive, we could search their souls to see the facts, but since they're all dead, we can't confirm the truth."
"If the losses in my Wulong Star Region were small, less than 100 million Hunyuan units, I could easily handle it by myself. But now it takes five people in charge to deal with this matter. Because there are no witnesses left, Zhou Ze, you may be in some trouble."
Zhou Ze smiled faintly and said, "It's alright, I can cooperate with your investigation."
A person with a clear conscience has nothing to fear; one who acts uprightly and sits honestly is not like that rebellious disciple Luo Feng, who stole things on the side. Moreover, he is not a true disciple of the King of Yan, so there is no major problem.
King Longjue laughed and said, "Don't worry, I'm naturally on your side. After all, I'm also a member of the Virtual Universe Company, and you're a disciple of the 'Saint Master.' Although our Virtual Universe Company is secretly competing with the other four major forces, we still have to give your teacher some face."
"However, among the five of us in charge, the Demon King has always been the most domineering. The other four of us always give way to him. So whatever he asks, we should try to obey his orders and not provoke him, otherwise we'll be in trouble."