Chapter 1616 Occasionally There Are Still Miracles

"Why?"

Cheng Xuansu rubbed the handle of the gun with his finger for a long time, smiled lightly, looked at Cui Lingfeng's face seriously and said, "I should ask you this question, Mr. Speaker, what kind of fanatical spirit is it to be able to Support your morbid belief, make you firmly believe that the "Republic of the Star Sea" still exists, and firmly believe that the "Firefly" made of hundreds of scrap copper and iron can sail for another thousand years, and even return to the Star Sea one day Go to the central government to defeat the extremely powerful real human empire?"

"Tang Dingyuan is right. The Xinghai Republic died a long time ago. It was already dead when Wu Yingqi rushed into the Supreme Council a thousand years ago and declared himself the speaker! The Firefly is just its corpse. We are nothing but insignificant little bugs living in this decaying corpse!"

"Go back to the center of the Star Sea and revive the Star Sea Republic? Impossible, stop dreaming!"

Cui Lingfeng stared at Cheng Xuansu, his eyes were like two sharp hooks, he wanted to hook her head to see clearly, his voice was deep but full of despair: "Xuansu, even you Think? Even if this is really a dream, it is not just my dream, but the dream of thousands of people including your father! Your father, and countless heroes like your father, for this dream, They poured their whole lives without complaint or regret, and gave their all! Just to leave a little hope for...that great country a thousand years ago! How could you, how could you think so?"

Cheng Xuansu's face was full of indifference, but the light in his crystal eyes became deeper and deeper, red and purple, and purple and black, and he said coldly: "Again, that man is not my father, and the hope of the so-called 'Xinghai Republic' is just What do you have to do with me, you old and immortal, self-deceiving fantasies?"

"Perhaps for you, the 'Star Sea Republic' really represents a great history, many things, everything about you! Many of you were born in the middle of the Star Sea and grew up in the heyday of the Star Sea Republic. After enjoying its power and prosperity like my sperm provider, and then you were packed into the hibernation warehouse like zombies, hibernating all the way to this day, you will naturally never forget the old country that has long been annihilated."

"But what about me?"

"I was born on this cold, dark, cramped and damp ship. As long as I can remember, I have faced endless disasters. Today is the leak of this cabin, tomorrow is the explosion of that pipeline, and the day after tomorrow is artificial. Famine caused by greenhouse malfunction!"

"Behind our buttocks are thousands of imperial pursuers, and in front of us is a dark sea of ​​stars that no human being has ever set foot on, and our broken ship is rusting and rotting day after day, with no hope in sight!"

"That's all, that's all. You still want to use the 'glory of the Star Sea Republic' to deceive yourself, and tell jokes about 'go back to the center of the Star Sea'!"

"Just because I am that man's daughter, because his blood flows in my body, and because of your nonsense, I have 'voluntarily' accepted the most rigorous training since I was five years old. , constantly pushing the limits, trying to turn myself into a 'hero' like that man, until the end, but turning myself into... now this scarred, half-human, ghost-like appearance!"

"Then, after realizing that I have been deceived and that what I have been fighting for half my life is just a complete joke and will never be realized, wouldn't it be a normal reaction to choose 'betrayal'?"

"You ask me why I chose the Empire of Humans? Hehe, it's very simple. I've had enough of the days on the Firefly! The dull air, the small cabins, the food that tastes like chewing wax, and the fear day and night, as if A dark voyage with no hope in sight like a headless fly... I have had enough of all this!"

"I have dedicated the first half of my life to this rotten corpse of the Star Sea Republic. In the second half of my life, I want to change my way of life and live like a real person!"

Cui Lingfeng's current appearance also looks like a zombie that has been dead for a long time. He hissed: "Even so, even if you really... don't want to stay on the Firefly, you can still choose Star Federation!"

Cheng Xuansu snorted: "What's the difference between the Xingyao Federation and the Xinghai Republic? You are destined to be unable to resist the conquest of the Real Human Empire. I have already fled once, and I don't want to be a second-time bereaved dog. I don't even want to die! Everything you want, everything!"

Cui Lingfeng said sadly: "So you betrayed your compatriots and degenerated into a cultivator?"

Cheng Xuansu looked at him sarcastically: "What's the difference between a cultivator and a cultivator? Naturally, everyone would say, 'A cultivator is the sword of human civilization' and 'A cultivator is born to protect ordinary people', but ,Is the truth really like this?"

"If you cultivators of the Star Sea Republic are really so great, then with the support of ordinary people, what chance does the former Wu Yingqi have to usurp the power of the Supreme Council and become the 'Black Star Emperor'?"

"On the little Firefly, isn't the higher the level of cultivation, the better the treatment and the greater the power?"

"Ordinary people and bottom-level sailors live in small dark and damp cabins. Many people don't even have their own independent sleeping cabins, so they have to share one with their families and take turns sleeping."

"As for the high-ranking practitioners, whether it's your congressman or Tang Dingyuan's group of bridge commanders, you can enjoy treatment that is dozens of times better than ordinary people. At least you don't have to take turns squeezing a sleeping cabin, right?"

"There are nearly a hundred Nascent Soul monks on the Firefly, but I have never seen a cabin where a Nascent Soul monk lives, which is smaller than that of a bottom-level sailor. This is just a legal difference in treatment. As for the members of your staff Doing illegal activities, using power to collect materials, conducting black market transactions, etc., etc., etc., I am too lazy to say that if this is the case, what is the difference between a cultivator and a cultivator, and what is the essence of the Star Sea Republic and the Empire of True Humans? different?"

Cui Lingfeng's face turned red and then turned pale: "This, this is an extraordinary period, and it is a last resort!"

"Yes, it's an extraordinary time."

Cheng Xuansu smiled, "I still remember the last 'extreme period', because of the extreme shortage of food, the parliament at that time even made a decision that no one was allowed to conceive and give birth naturally, and the sperm and eggs had to be frozen, according to The material circulation on the ship and population changes are used to precisely control the number of newborns. I was conceived under this policy and was 'precisely controlled'. Does this seem like something a cultivator can do?"

The corners of Cui Lingfeng's eyes twitched, as if his heart was being severely ravaged, and he gasped, "It was a difficult decision, but we have no choice. The resources and space on the ship are just so limited. If the population is allowed to explode, In the end, uncontrollable violence will occur, and you will fall into a horrible hell of cannibalism!"

"Facts have proved that this policy is effective. We have survived a difficult hundred years, finally overcome the problem of food shortage, and brought our society back to normal and life again!"

Cheng Xuansu said: "Lord Speaker, do you think I am opposing the policy at that time? No, on the contrary, I very much agree with this policy. Under the circumstances at that time, we had no choice but to continue our civilization." The only solution!"

"After realizing this, I suddenly realized that I figured it out!"

"A lot of times, right or wrong doesn't make sense, and it doesn't make sense to cultivate truth or immortality, because we have no choice."

"The Firefly has limited resources and limited space, but the population growth can reach unlimited at any time. For the continuation of civilization, we have done a lot... There is no choice."

"In a broad sense, the entire human civilization under the helm of the true human empire is nothing more than a larger "Firefly" in the vast and dark universe? Perhaps, in order to allow the entire human civilization to continue, the empire You have to make a lot of choices, you have no choice!"

Cui Lingfeng was really stunned. After thinking for a moment, he trembled deeply: "You, where did you learn so much... deviant thoughts!"

Cheng Xuansu smiled: "Don't underestimate the wild country at the edge of the sea of ​​stars. Don't all the legendary masters of the world live in such a place? Lu Qingchen, the president of the 'Di Linhui', is really a respectful cultivator. There are scholars with deep research on Dao, and many of his ideas are deafening and enlightening!"

"Well, if you have nothing to ask, let's stop here."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Speaker... No, Uncle Cui, even though you have lied to me for decades with those lies, I'll call you Uncle Cui again! No one wants things to turn out like this, really, it's not a personal matter Enmity is not even a battle for the great way, I just want to live the life of a real human being that I should have long ago."

Cheng Xuansu raised his pistol and pointed it between Cui Lingfeng's eyebrows, "I remember that time, every time I practiced to the point of exhaustion and could no longer get up, you would encourage me and say that as long as I persevere to the end, miracles will surely be created!"

"However, unfortunately, I have really been for a long time, and I don't believe in the existence of miracles."

Cui Lingfeng's face was ashamed, and he looked as if his heart was dying, and he couldn't utter a word.

"that……"

Li Yao scratched his hair and raised his hand to speak.

"Um?"

Cheng Xuansu raised his eyebrows, and the red glow from his crystal eyes locked onto Li Yao, "Professor Rhodes, I'm sorry to involve you in this matter, it can only be considered your bad luck, do you have any last words?" ?”

"I don't have any last words, but I really want to say a few words."

Li Yao looked at Cui Lingfeng, then at Cheng Xuansu, blinked and said, "First, I think, the universe is so big, there are still things like 'miracles' occasionally."

"Secondly, between the two of us, there is indeed one person who is not lucky today, but it should...not me." (To be continued.)