Chapter 272: The Answer I've Always Wanted_2
For instance, the handling of recent conflicts.
According to human laws and regulations, all those who maliciously harm others will face severe punishment, and those who harm others' lives may even face cruel punishments ranging from the death penalty to being used as a Primordial Energy Battery before being sentenced to death again.
Based on these individuals' interests, even short-term immediate benefits, they should actively work to pardon these individuals.
Only then can they garner greater support from their own people.
Moreover, the reason is easy to find.
Just a simple "special handling during a just-integrated special period" is sufficient, or at worst, "for the long-term unity of human civilization" would be enough to convince a considerable number of council members.
Yet, these individuals did not do so.
Quite the opposite.
They are pushing hard for punishment, fully upholding the existing laws and regulations of human civilization, to the point where their attitude seems to serve not only human civilization but "Primitive Humans"!
It must be said, after such a maneuver, many council members indeed had their perceptions changed.
Even if it is staged.
But if such an attitude can be maintained, they are worthy of respect as human council members!
As such, the second future line seemed totally renewed after this meeting.
The powerful devices originally belonging to various B9-level civilizations gradually fell under human civilization within an extremely short time; some formidable individuals even had to accept their human civilization commanders, and under the deterrent handling, these outsiders had no choice but to compromise, some even becoming quite docile, as the status of Primitive Humans frenziedly surged.
Those Primitive Humans who had previously sought refuge in other civilizations regretted their decisions one after another.
Never did they expect.
After painstakingly leaving human civilization, they ended up having to return to it, and moreover, as clearly lower status. This back and forth resulted in tremendous loss for each of them.
As for Shen Shi.
The full benefits have not actually been seen, but he has already acquired massive benefits—information.
Information from the Starlight Civilization!
Shortly after Emperor Ji announced joining human civilization earnestly, he generously opened up the information database he brought.
Contained within are not just intelligence on the Starlight Civilization, but also a variety of unimaginable technical data, many of which are not so profound that human civilization cannot use them; in fact, not only human civilization but also other civilizations that joined human civilization benefit greatly.
And Shen Shi, who possesses the highest authority within human civilization, can naturally acquire these without reservation.
He copied all of them.
And at the first opportunity, brought them into the modern world three thousand years earlier!
"Hold the highest meeting, our development direction needs to accelerate further!" Shen Shi directly initiated the highest meeting in the modern world of human civilization three thousand years earlier again.
The purpose of the meeting is simple, yet crucial.
Which is to use the technical information from A-level Civilization to re-plan the development path of human civilization.
"I have acquired important information from A-level Civilization, naturally, from the Star Sea." Shen Shi merely opened with these words, leaving everyone at the meeting utterly stunned.
It should be known that throughout the lengthy past, Shen Shi had been devoted to shaping the Star Sea System as a powerful force capable of rivaling the Mude System, though it was not apparent.
Although the support for human civilization continues to upgrade, in recent years, especially since human civilization left the Galaxy, the intensity of support has decreased.
But now, what have they heard?
Technical information from A-level Civilization?
Within the Mude System, there are only three A-level civilizations?
"We have done nothing though." Some council members were even quite alarmed, "Why provide such enormous support all of a sudden?"
"Not entirely nothing." Shen Shi's mood carried unconcealed pleasure, "Haven't you forgotten the effect formed by the establishment of the Pirate Alliance and the Holy Land afterward? Although still weak, this is already a potential limitless interstellar social system prototype, in other words, regarding the Star Sea, we have gradually evolved from the previous status as mere investors to collaborators; thus, increased support is only natural."
This explanation, though barely acceptable to the present human council members, was only just.
Having entered the Starry Era for over two thousand years, with the continuous understanding of interstellar, their attitude towards the Star Sea has grown more complex.
Because it is too lavish.
Everything the Star Sea commanded could entirely be operated in a manner that is more efficient and beneficial to the counterpart rather than now, almost persistently supporting with no expectations.
Not to mention, there is Shen Shi, the Sage Saint, deeply involved.
The more they received, while delighted, the more some unease arose.
This unease has even gradually reached a point where it is difficult to conceal even within the highest meeting.
Shen Shi naturally sensed it.
He pondered briefly, then suddenly said, "Actually, as our strength increases, I have slightly understood some of the purposes of the Star Sea."
As this awareness spread, the venue instantly plunged into an uproar.
Each person's emotion had an extraordinary fluctuation.
Was the purpose of the Star Sea finally revealed?
To be honest, their feelings and stance towards the mysterious Star Sea were incredibly complex; after all, if not for the Star Sea, and Shen Shi bringing its support, human civilization would have long perished in the face of the initial crisis, and later, under the continuous support from the Star Sea, they grew stronger at an unbelievable pace, even successfully escaping the Galaxy and leaving the Mude System with the aid from the A-level Star System Jump Engine input by the Star Sea...
Too much.
They acquired too much from the Star Sea.
And what did they give to the Star Sea?
Almost nothing!
The initial loan reason given by Shen Shi, few believe it now, for indeed they never witnessed any loan repayment.
If it weren't for their inability to leave the Star Sea, if it weren't for Shen Shi as the intermediary, this issue would have been raised long ago.
But not mentioning it does not mean it is unimportant!
Now, they are about to know the answer?
As the initial emotional upheaval settled with the time deliberately left by Shen Shi, everyone's emotions gradually calmed, and all focused their consciousness on Shen Shi; no matter what the answer is, at least at this moment, knowing the answer is what they desire!
"This answer is related to the Holy Land." Shen Shi utilized a small technique of honesty learned from A-level Civilization, "In fact, when I first obtained the intelligence of the Holy Land from the Star Sea, I was equally amazed; you must understand the strength of the Holy Land, even to the point of being impossible for a powerful interstellar social system like the Mude System to ignore, yet why would these relic devices inform us and let us obtain it?"
Some informed council members even had an instinctive impulse to hold their breath.
Evidently, they had been eager to ask this question for a long time.
Why?
"Because the Holy Land can only be acquired by us humans." Shen Shi's consciousness entered everyone's hearts, "Our human civilization is not the ant-like specks in this infinite cosmos, perhaps from the perspective of strength; it indeed is so, but culturally, we are the most unique, a uniqueness established since the Earth Star Period!"
"——!"
This time, however, Shen Shi did not leave room for others to be amazed and shocked; he directly threw out the information obtained from A-level Civilization, from Emperor Ji, and from the Starlight Civilization.
"Our culture and our appearance are very likely consistent with the mysterious Relic Civilization! Our existence might also be related to them! And the Star Sea, long known through me of all this, this is the answer you have always wanted!"