Chapter 2647 Pessimism
Lars couldn't understand Duran. It seemed that Duran was the source of chaos. He had no goal, but just wanted to make the world chaotic and unpredictable. This was not just for humans, but for all intelligent creatures in the world, including goblins.
Duran was so powerful and unpredictable.
But forget it. Chaos was a challenge and an opportunity for goblins, because only chaos could weaken humans and other creatures, and allow goblins to fish in troubled waters. If you want to change the current situation, introducing new forces is an inevitable choice, and chaos is the new force.
Duran looked at Las, who had become a goblinist, and thought that maybe he shouldn't show him the story of another timeline, although he was really miserable in another timeline. He was indeed deeply hurt by the greedy adventurers, and everything he experienced could be said to be sad and tearful.
Duran didn't think that Las would destroy humans, but of course Duran didn't say that he couldn't destroy humans. Duran increased the power of goblins, but didn't teach them how to use their power, so destroying humans was a very good choice.
Not only goblins choose this, but spider civilization will probably choose to be enemies with humans when it develops to a certain extent. It is difficult for Duran to change this point, because violence is the universal language of all races.
Not to mention that different races have different interests, even within the same race, there are many contradictions and various voices, and it is often difficult to unify the voices. It is necessary to come up with a standard that everyone can agree with. At this time, violence becomes a low-cost unified standard. As long as it is life, everyone will understand violence and can clearly accept the ranking of violence.
For example, many two-dimensional fans like to discuss the combat effectiveness of characters in different worldviews. The public has its own reasons, and the wife has her own reasons, so the best way is to let the author fight and decide the winner. It is to use violence to resolve disputes and unify differences.
If different races want their demands to be accepted, then violence is the easiest way to do it. As long as they can win, the standard of the winning side is the correct standard.
Of course, victory does not mean correctness, just as correctness does not mean advancement.
But as a standard that everyone can accept, victory is correct to a certain extent.
"I don't know if the deterrence of the brave is enough." If the current situation develops, a war is inevitable, and it is a multi-force competition like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The brave man's big move is not enough.
At present, no matter which race, they all advocate violence and do not believe in peaceful rise. They all try to defeat the enemy and build their own strength.
This reminds Duran of the story of "Fifty steps and laugh at a hundred steps".
This is the story of Mencius and King Hui of Liang. King Hui of Liang complained to Mencius about how hard he worked to govern the country. Wherever there was a flood, he would immigrate there and send food there. He was dedicated and responsible. However, looking at the world, even just looking at the neighbors, the population of Wei was not more than that of its neighbors, and the economy of Wei was not stronger than that of its neighbors. He felt that he had made a wrong decision after all, and his efforts were not rewarded.
Mencius said "Fifty steps and laugh at a hundred steps", which means that the political governance of Wei and its neighbors was rubbish. Although King Hui of Liang was a little better than his neighbors, he just ran fifty steps to laugh at his neighbors who ran a hundred steps. Naturally, his national strength would not be stronger than his neighbors.
Mencius's meaning is very clear. When governing a country, you cannot compare the bad, you cannot stare at the neighbors. You must take root in your own country and seek benefits for your own country. If you only stare at your neighbors, if your neighbors are too bad, then you will not know how to make progress.
However, in reality, different countries and different ethnic groups are just competing to be worse. Duran looked around and found that humans, demons, dragons, spiders, goblins, and elves all compete to be worse. Even if goblins and spiders are newly added, they can't avoid competing to be worse.
The ultimate mode of competing to be worse is that I knock you down with my fists, I am more correct than you, I am more advanced than you, I am better than you, my blood is purer than you, and my thoughts are stronger than you.
So Duran has long disdained to use force to conquer others, because conquering others by force is just a mode of competing to be worse. To prove that you are right, you have to be subtle and quietly bring others into your own rules of the game without them noticing.
Humans, demons, elves, spiders, goblins, dragons, these races are currently trapped in the quagmire of competing to be worse. Of course, this is because the politics of most races are very naive, and they cannot understand that their behavior is actually competing to be worse.
Just like the gods often say stupid humans, and get a sense of superiority by despising humans, but the stupidity of humans cannot prove the correctness of the gods, so the behavior of gods is often more stupid than that of humans.
Only by taking root in the characteristics of one's own race, developing with peace of mind, checking for loopholes and filling in gaps, and absorbing the advantages of other civilizations, can one's own civilization continue to evolve. If you only think that you are better than others, then this race has no future.
It's a pity that Las, a high school student, doesn't understand Duran's good intentions.
Duran didn't say a word about such a complicated truth, it would be strange if Las could understand it. He is just a reincarnated high school student, not a political genius. If he really learned it by himself, he would definitely be better than Liu Bang.
However, as a riddle man, some things cannot be said too clearly. If you say it clearly, you will be a mentor of life, not a riddle man.
The leader knows the truth of this world. Did he say it? No. Ariel knows the truth of the world. Did she say it? No. The elf chief knows the truth of the world. Did he say it? No. The man in black knows the truth of the world. Did he say it? Still no.
They all knew the truth about the world, but they all chose to conceal it, instead of brainstorming to find a way to save the world without fighting.
They are all very pessimistic. They have all experienced helpless times and faced irreversible doomsday. They don't think that they can rely on the masses to solve problems, and they are not good at uniting others.
Now Duran has not taught Las anything other than power, so Las naturally doesn't know that destroying humans is just a comparison of badness. It is the right way to develop goblins and make goblins a synonym for greatness.
It is estimated that the only person who can understand in this world is Julius, a brave man who has accepted Duran's teachings for many years. Duran taught Julius a lot of things as a grandfather, not only sword skills and deterrence, but also taught him that the heaven is vigorous and the gentleman is self-reliant. From individuals to races, self-reliantness should be the main thing.
Julius also accepted it, so he needed to establish a peaceful deterrence, because only with peace can he build the human race with peace of mind, unite the human race to develop technology, find the box, and achieve the achievement of "protecting the box is protecting the world".
The road ahead is full of thorns, but fortunately Julius is still young, so he can take it slowly.
After the spider army retreated, Julius and the Demon King set out on the road together. On the way, they naturally talked about what would happen after the peace between the human race and the demon race. They said that the human race would no longer compare with any other race, but only with themselves, and they should concentrate on development and strive to improve.
The Demon King thought that it would be strange if he could do it. She didn't believe that the human race could have this ability. It was not that she underestimated Julius, but human nature destined that the human race could not be so motivated.
However, Julius had made up his mind, so no matter what ridicule and obstacles he faced, he would work hard to go on. Seeing the hero so determined, Ariel was a little impressed in her heart. After all, the spirit of doing something knowing that it was impossible was always admirable. The goddess whom she respected as a mother also had a similar spirit.