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Chu Ge blinked his eyes for a long time, but couldn't find any loopholes in the words of the national teacher, so he could only frown and said, "So, you are indeed sincere and loyal to human beings?"

"absolute."

The national teacher sighed and said, "I am already old. Measured by the age of human beings, I have entered the twilight years, not to mention the cruel torture I suffered in the heavenly laboratory in the early years, leaving behind my body and soul. A chronic illness that cannot be cured, I don't know how many days I can live.

"As an old man who is inevitably going to exhaustion, I gradually learned to know myself and reality, and learned to reconcile with the imperfect world. Yes, for a young monster, elf or alien intelligent life To put it bluntly, the idea of ​​'overthrowing human rule' may be very tempting, but at my age, it is impossible for me to be so passionate and dizzy, to do some meaningless and stupid things that are destined to fail.

"Living in the form of a vassal race of human civilization, a good helper, a small partner, or even a pet is the best ending for us alien beings who have awakened wisdom. I don't want to think about anything now. The Rat Clan, who have become humanized, lead this road, so that they can submit to human beings docilely, and hope that people of insight among human beings can abandon their prejudices and accept them.

"Mr. Chu, I heard from Miss Feng just now that you are a 'dove' among human beings, and you are more inclined to reconcile the worlds and races than to kill them all. They don’t have too much prejudice, and even become the spokespersons of many immortal cultivators, oh, cultivators, it seems that there is no reason to be suspicious of me and the Rat Clan, and they should be overly vigilant.”

"I don't have any prejudice or vigilance against the Rat Race."

Chu Ge whispered in his heart, I am only prejudiced and wary of you, an old and cunning dog monster. Although you disguised well, I always feel that you are the kind of traitorous and loyal, who treats rats and humans alike. The guy who plays around.

Of course, this cannot be said directly, Chu Ge thought for a while, and said, "I'm just curious, what kind of path do you want to lead the so-called rat civilization to, and what role can they play in the human world?"

"Too much."

The national teacher said, "Just say that you are looking for the nests of mutated insects underground, as well as the remains of the celestial laboratory, and even Dr. Virus himself, and the help of the rat tribe is indispensable.

"Hundreds of meters underground, you can't see your fingers all the year round. It is full of poisonous gas, cross-flowing groundwater, narrow rock cracks and extremely unstable geological structures. It is not suitable for human survival and combat. Even if you have the most advanced heavy engineering equipment, every time you go The resources to be further burned are astronomical figures-this is still not in contact with the main force of the other party. In case you come into contact with a real bug swarm, snake demon or doctor virus, at that time, what will be burned will not be resources, but life and blood.

"Using the Rat Clan can greatly save your resources and prevent the young lives of soldiers from being wasted in vain. The Rat Clan can act as your precursors and cannon fodder to help you fight the most difficult and cruel battles, and the last Rat Clan will die Before the last drop of blood, you don't have to worry about the safety of the underground defense line at all, and judging from the strong reproductive ability of the Rat Race, it is very difficult for them to shed the last drop of blood."

The national teacher rubbed his paws, with a loyal and flattering look for human beings.

For some reason, this appearance aroused Chu Ge's disgust.

Although Chu Ge had said similar things to President Yu and Lieutenant Colonel Wu, Chu Ge always felt that he and the national teacher had different meanings.

Perhaps, it was Chu Ge who thought of the countless ignorant rat tribes, bewitched by the national teacher, scrambling to rush towards the swarm of insects.

He always felt that there was something common between humans and Ratfolk, which was damaged and insulted.

"Can you convince the Rat Race to serve humans and sacrifice at all costs to defend the human world?" Chu Ge asked.

"Of course, the Rat Clan regards humans as gods, and it is the Rat Clan's greatest honor to die for the gods." The national teacher replied.

"But we are not gods."

Chu Ge said coldly, "It's not the creator of the Rat Clan either."

"so what?"

The national teacher asked slyly, "The Rat Tribe thinks you are. This way can make them loyal to you and live a happy and meaningful life. Why do you need to tell them the truth?"

"But it's not—"

Chu Ge recalled the conflict with himself once again. The rat tribe named "Golden Tail" held a grenade and jumped towards the bloody mouth of the golden monster python. "Isn't this deception and enslavement?"

The national teacher looked at Chu Ge with very strange eyes.

There were three points of bewilderment and seven points of pity in those eyes, like looking at an innocent child, let alone why this innocent child came to contact it on behalf of the authorities.

"Deceit and enslavement? Congratulations, you have said the essence of 'civilization' in one sentence."

The national teacher said slowly and unhurriedly, "The so-called civilization is originally deceit and slavery, both of which are indispensable.

"In the past few days, I have read a lot of your human works explaining the origin of civilization, and there is often mentioned a term called 'imagined community'.

"The tigers in Dongshan will never regard the tigers in Xishan as the same kind, and the lions in South Plains cannot share the same hatred with the lions in North Plains. However, human beings who live in different regions and are obviously not related by blood can use this kind of 'imagination' Incredible ability to regard oneself as the same tribe, the same nation, and the same country, and even willing to shed blood, self-sacrifice, and dedicate everything for this fictional, invisible and intangible "imagined community"— —This is the reason why the first human beings were able to unite and defeat wolves, tigers and leopards that are stronger than you.

"However, after thinking about it, isn't the so-called 'imagined community' just a deception? Isn't the process of primitive humans imagining tribes, nations, and countries just like 'a lie repeated ten thousand times becomes the truth'?

"Yes, I did deceive the Rat Tribe into worshiping a god that does not exist, but in the dark, wet, rugged and dangerous environment of the underground world, apart from such deception, there is no other way to break up the chaos. Will all the Rat Races unite and form an 'imagined community' to resist threats far bigger and crueler than them?

"Without such deceit, the Rat Race civilization would not have been born, and the Longtooth Kingdom would have been even more impossible to establish. The Rat Race would either perish in cannibalism, or fall into the belly of various underground predators Meal, even if they managed to escape by chance, they would still be alienated into ferocious beasts that drank blood, how could they stride forward along the path illuminated by the light of wisdom?

"In fact, what I told the Rat Race is no different from the various beliefs in the early history of mankind. It is not only a 'white lie', it is simply a 'necessity for survival'."

Chu Ge had never thought about the problem from such a perspective, and was speechless by the teacher.

"As for 'slavery', it is more normal. Slavery is civilization, and civilization is slavery."

The national teacher was calm and eloquent, "If human civilization is regarded as a model for all civilizations, then the higher the level of civilization, the higher the ability to change the external environment and the higher the efficiency of internal enslavement.

"Those muddle-headed beasts, no matter how vicious wolves, tigers and leopards, would never think of enslaving their own kind, nor would they think of enslaving aliens who are weaker than them.

"You can see ligers and tigers brutally killing cattle and sheep, and you can also see them killing each other in order to compete for female animals, but you will never see ligers and tigers feeding cattle and sheep, lashing them with leather whips, and It is impossible to see a lion who eats all day long and does nothing, but is born with the power of life and death.

"The world of beasts is generally equal, the strong prey on the weak, natural selection, everything speaks of strength, and there is never the concept of 'slavery'.

"Only a unique primate like human beings can master the ability to enslave alien races without a teacher at the moment of awakening the fire of wisdom. It is by herding cattle and sheep, raising pigs and dogs that you can prosper and prosper. , become the master of this planet.

"However, wait a moment, with the development of civilization, enslaving alien races alone is far from enough to meet your needs. Even in the early days of your civilization, when it should be 'human beings are inherently good', enslaving the same race, It just appeared in a natural and righteous manner.”