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#1294 - Chapter 1294 Failure and the Highest Ideal
“The remnants tainted by Chaos?”
“Yes.”
The First Dragon sighed, glancing at the remains of these human remnants who had found release. A rare hint of pity showed in her eyes.
Then, her body began to twist, transforming into a transparent human form.
“These people are the greatest source of regret for Emperor Ren.”
“Because these humans were Emperor Ren’s kin.”
“But he failed to save them before the end of the world arrived.”
“He couldn’t even save half of his own human nation.”
“Human nation?”
“What’s that?”
“The prototype of the Human Empire?”
Wu Wei, long accustomed to the unification of humanity, couldn’t quite grasp the concept of a nation.
“No.”
“A nation is a country formed by different humans based on customs, language, geographical conditions, and certain other factors.”
“You can think of it as the different countries between elves and dwarves.”
“It's just that these humans belong to the same race, but are hostile and attack each other.”
“I see.”
Wu Wei raised his head.
“That’s very foolish.”
“Aren’t they afraid of external enemies?”
“It is very foolish.”
The First Dragon nodded:
“They are afraid.”
“But what can be done about it?”
“Human nature dictates that humans will become independent from each other due to the pull of interests.”
“According to Emperor Ren, the birth of human nations is inevitable.”
“So, he later chose to create a unified human empire in the Age of Lords?”
“Yes.”
The First Dragon recalled Emperor Ren’s past words, picking out a passage he once said.
“Humans can only truly unleash the full potential of their race under a unified banner.”
“And the education he received also promoted this idea.”
“He always loved humans, believing that humans could unite under one banner, under the rule of a strongman, overcome all obstacles, and move towards greatness.”
“But he was wrong!”
Wu Wei smiled, looking at the First Dragon.
Unlike the sorrow in the First Dragon’s eyes, Wu Wei’s eyes were full of playful mockery.
“Isn’t it so?”
“Humans are always the same.”
“Humans don’t deserve to have any dreams higher than their perception of reality.”
“Not just humans, all living beings don’t deserve it!”
“There is only one reason: humans, like other living beings, possess the most basic human nature.”
“And human nature will bring about division.”
“The desires brought about by division will cause human nature to split into divinity and demon nature.”
“Divinity and demon nature, war and peace, greed and desire.”
“Once division begins, it will never end!”
As a lord of the abyss, Wu Wei may not understand so-called philosophy.
But the problem is.
He understands desire.
In the endless abyss, he had seen too many desires.
Desire made the fallen stronger, but it also made them sink deeper into their own desires.
Moreover, in the endless abyss, Wu Wei had never seen any living being not succumb to his desires.
Whether it is a lowly imp like a plaything, or a powerful fallen angel.
Even the most supreme abyss dominator also has his own desires, that endless desire for knowledge.
Therefore, after fully understanding desire, Wu Wei ridiculed the supreme dreams of living beings.
“You’re not going to say that Emperor Ren, that idiot, wholeheartedly believed that he could lead humans to create a world similar to a utopia in the new world after abandoning the original world, are you?”
“In that world, he would create a unified human world, and in the identity of Emperor Ren, lead this human world to advance through the entire Age of Lords?”
“He couldn’t really be thinking that, could he?”
“Yes.”
The First Dragon lowered her head, because Wu Wei guessed very accurately.
“Then he is completely wrong.”
“The utopia he established is just a false utopia.”
“Because his method of rule is an unrealistic illusion that places all hope of rule on the individual!”
“A false and disgusting illusion!”
Wu Wei said viciously.
“And this kind of rule is complete dictatorship!”
“No matter what kind of species, once it chooses a dictatorial rule, then this race will immediately fall into the most miserable situation.”
“Do you know why I say this?”
“Because what dictatorship brings is bound to be unlimited expansion of ambition and extreme xenophobia, and all of this will ultimately lead to one consequence.”
“That is to bring about despicable wars that are bound to fail externally and deceive internally!”
“The Human Empire that I hate is such a distorted product!”