Chapter 2157 Immortal Cultivators of Different Classes

The queen's shocking conclusion made Li Yao stunned for a while before shaking his head: "I'm afraid it can't be so simple. Even if an ordinary person's strength is very weak, he is...'skinny monkey', but after all, ordinary people have the largest number of people, and they gather together to form a tower." , accumulating less and becoming more, doesn’t it have the greatest squeeze value?”

"It's correct in theory, but you overlooked one point, that is, the so-called 'squeezing' also has costs."

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

Li Yaodao: "Humans are not monkeys after all. The gap between the so-called 'original' and 'true' is smaller than I imagined. I know that the empire has countless cruel secret methods that turn humans into various deformed and ugly appearances, even Removing human organs and replacing them with psychic prosthetics is to make ordinary people into a form more suitable for exploitation, is Her Royal Highness trying 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 benefit of these original people. You must know that the psionic puppet industry in the empire is highly developed now, and it is possible to refine various puppets in large quantities that are not too expensive. If the original people cannot Catching up, not turning themselves into all kinds of deformed and ugly forms that can work efficiently, they will only lose out in the cruel competition and be reduced to the end of starving to death. Not only will they starve to death, but even their family members will not be spared. .

"In the history of the empire, there are many such examples. Some mine owners were merciless and did not strengthen and transform the original miners in the mine in time, which kept the mining cost high and could not adapt to the fierce business competition. In the end, they went bankrupt and closed down. annexation.

"After others annex such a mine, they will often send a large number of psionic puppets to replace the human miners. Guess what will happen to these human miners replaced by machines?

"So, it is precisely for the survival of these lowest-level primitive people that the experts and scholars of the empire have racked their brains to develop various technologies for human body enhancement and mechanical transformation, so that the primitive people have the ability to compete with psionic puppets, and even possess The special abilities that the psychic puppets do not possess have kept most of the original people's jobs until today, allowing them to survive at least.

"Many times, relying on moral principles and benevolence and kindness alone cannot solve any practical problems. Regardless of the actual situation, raising the minimum wage standard and working environment hastily will lead to further deterioration of the living conditions of the bottom people. Such a simple truth , I don't believe that you, as a god, don't understand."

"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. There is a 'degree' for everything. The imperial authorities like you are completely irresponsible and completely push the people at the bottom. The approach to brutal 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 bottom, but the premise is that there must first be a strong central government that has the ability to directly control every big thousand. The policies of the world, every resource planet, every family and sect are good. If the government orders do not come out of the sky, 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 to the low-level immortal cultivators, Yuanren are skinny monkeys. Those high-level immortal cultivators, that is, the powerful and powerful, are not very interested in directly oppressing The lowest level primitive people.

"On the other hand, the Empire of True Humans has ruled the Star Sea for thousands of years. For thousands of years, the way of cultivating immortals has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Even the original people deeply believe in the theory of 'the weak eat the strong' and regard the way of cultivating immortals as a natural principle.

"Under this state of existence, the original people will not complain too much about their fate. Who told them to be too weak? Once they are used to their own weakness, they will not have too many extravagant expectations. Most of the original people All resigned to their fate.

"The happiness of human beings often does not depend on material things, but on mentality. Believe it or not, in many highly developed worlds in the empire, there are very mature and stable social operation rules, and a sample survey is conducted on the original people there. , their happiness index is not low.

"Most of the original people think that life is like this, and they should be content. Compared with the war-torn era, the ancient Xiu era, the 30,000-year dark age ruled by the demon clan, or the miserable life of homelessness and precarity under the rule of the Covenant Alliance, Their current fate is much better. Therefore, the Starlight organization has been tossing for hundreds of years without causing 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, but just tell you a fact.

"The fact is that the original people are not the class in the empire who are most dissatisfied with the status quo and most want to change their destiny. They are truly oppressed the most, and they are the most aware of the fact that they are 'oppressed'. They still have enough wisdom, courage, and even Those who have the combat power to change the status quo are middle and low-level immortal cultivators in the Qi refining stage, foundation building stage, and even a part of the alchemy stage!

"This principle is not difficult to understand, right?

"If you are a primitive miner, the most serious 'squeeze' you will encounter is nothing more than working in a dark mine for a lifetime. Unless you encounter accidents such as mine explosions, you can always save your life. Unless it is a last resort, no one will ask you to go to the battlefield. Just these "skinny monkeys" are a burden on the battlefield.

"Besides, you don't have the chance to receive enough education so that you can clearly recognize your own destiny and pain. In many cases, if you don't recognize the pain, there is no pain, isn't it?

"But the low-level immortal cultivators are different.

"The 'squeeze' they have to endure is very likely to be in a fragmented world somewhere, fighting with monsters that don't appear in nightmares. They may be swallowed by monsters every minute. After a year and a half During the time, it was slowly melted by the acid in the digestive tract of the monster, and did not die until the last month.

"Yes, there are many informal small mining farms in remote worlds in the empire. Work safety is very problematic. Mining accidents continue but the death rate of the miners is high, and it will not exceed the death rate of the bottom cultivators on the battlefield.

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

"You know, in the traditional education of the empire, the 'immortal cultivator' is regarded as the supreme ruler of the country and civilization. All middle and low-level immortal cultivators have high expectations of themselves, and they are all full of passion, ambition and full of enthusiasm. Those who are ambitious, such immortal cultivators, when they realize that they are just tools to be squeezed, can you expect them to be as indifferent as the original people?"

Li Yao was deeply attracted by what Li Linghai said.

He used to treat immortal cultivators as a monolith and the same interest group, but he had never tried to think about issues from this perspective.

After thinking carefully for a moment, he still slowly shook his head and said: "No, the original miners toiled to death in the dark mines, with no hope at all, but the empire does not have a very advanced 'contribution point' system, which is called 'regardless of origin , The strong are respected', ensure the unimpeded passage of the ascending channel?

"Every immortal cultivator has the opportunity to get a lot of 'contribution points' when he fights with the starry sky beasts in the fragmented world. After exchanging the contribution points, he will gradually upgrade step by step, and there is always a chance to become a peerless powerhouse. As for those who died in the People on the way, according to your theory, have no choice but to admit that they are unlucky, but they can't blame others."

Li Linghai smiled: "The contribution point system that claims to be absolutely fair, with an unimpeded upward path? Even I don't believe this kind of propaganda slogan, do you believe it?"

Li Yao blinked quickly: "I don't really believe it either, but... I'd like to ask Your Highness the Queen to explain in detail."

"In the final analysis, it is still a matter of making and dividing the cake. During the rising period, the cake is getting bigger and bigger, so naturally you can divide it in any way, but once the cake reaches the limit, or even slowly shrinks, no matter how you divide it, it will be uneven."

Li Linghai sighed and said, "The thousand-year development history of the real human empire can actually be divided into two five-hundred-year periods.

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

"At that time, the ascension channels for middle and low-level immortal cultivators were indeed unimpeded. As long as they dared to work hard and had a little bit of luck, yesterday's unknown people had the opportunity to rise to the top and become famous big shots. With the accumulation of resources, cultivate into an all-powerful strong man

"That was the golden age when the empire was full of vigor, forge ahead, and flourishing. Interest groups had not yet solidified, and the class was extremely mobile. Indeed, as you said, middle and low-level immortal cultivators were keen to participate in various wars and earn contribution points. Even To die in the most painful way in a fight, one can only blame oneself for not being good at learning, and will never blame others, let alone blame those high-level immortal cultivators for 'oppressing' them.

"but……

"Almost five hundred years ago, the territory of the real human empire had expanded to more than 90% of today's, reaching the limit, and the expansion of the 'cake' almost stopped. The situation in the next five hundred years will be completely different."