Capítulo 1249: Chapter 1249: I’ve Played My Hand, Now Hurry Up
The Sli King’s response was not unexpected by Yang Yu.
If the Sli King went out for a walk and completely fell for the delicious Clover, becoming Yang Yu’s captive and obeying Yang Yu’s every word, wouldn’t such a king be too unreliable?
At least from Yang Yu’s current perspective, the Sli King is still a fairly competent king, weighing benefits and harms.
“I understand His Majesty the King’s difficulties, but I believe that the Sli Kingdom, always residing in the stable underground, will instead lead to its demise.”
The Sli King gazed at Yang Yu and asked, “Why do you assert this?”
Taking out the crystal fragnts purchased from the plantation, Yang Yu spoke confidently:
“I speculate that the reason you can see human history is entirely dependent on this crystal.
The current prosperity of the Sli Kingdom is completely built upon this crystal.
The drawbacks of this approach are obvious.
I have seen your Sli’s teaching materials, and their content is fragnted and lacks a coherent system.
This leads to a significant increase in the difficulty of understanding the materials.
If this continues, I can assert that you will never be able to master human knowledge.
Building spaceships is nothing more than a fantasy.”
With Yang Yu’s words, the Sli King did not lose composure, replying:
“Only being able to see part of human knowledge is inevitable.
But I believe we will definitely grasp the truth.”
Yang Yu sneered disdainfully,
“So, do you plan to just wait and think that ti will solve everything for you?
Your Majesty has great belief that future Slis will definitely master technology, believing yourself to be just a speck of dust in the torrent of ti, so you’re not in a rush and let everything proceed naturally.
Obviously, you possess the societal foundation to step into the next phase, yet you remain in the feudal era.
In contrast, the humans you ntioned who are plagued by constant conflict have, through many wars, constructed a chain of ingenious ideas and have already surpassed you.”
Yang Yu glanced at He ng, who returned a look of “why are you looking at ”.
With a sigh of zero tacit understanding, Yang Yu held out his hand to He ng and said, “He ng, transform into a radio. Let them see human technology.”
With a resigned eye-roll, He ng leaped into the air, flipping as he first reverted to a Sli and then transford into a radio.
Yang Yu took a cassette from the system, inserted it into the radio, and the radio whirred and played lodious music.
The surrounding Slis were greatly shocked; they had only read about such sound-preserving devices in books, never expecting to see one in reality.
Yang Yu chuckled:
“Your Princess He ng had to consu a human creation to tamorphose into this device capable of storing sound.
I haven’t seen anything like it in your Sli Kingdom, even though your tools are evolving, you are still stuck in an agrarian civilization.
Therefore, I’ve lost interest in ordinary rewards.
The knowledge in your books should be enough for you to create similar devices, yet you haven’t.
After thinking it over, I concluded that your Slis lack the attitude to verify innovation—you’re too conservative.
Have you never considered that not all of the knowledge that appears in your minds is accurate, and the missing knowledge won’t magically appear soday…?
Practice is the only way to uncover true knowledge.
Uncorrected knowledge and unreplenished knowledge are your real existential threats.”
The semi-gelatinous matter that ford the Sli King’s body trembled faintly,
“After saying so much…
In the end, you’re still hoping that we Slis help you, that’s why you are speaking to us in this way.
You want us to engage with the outside world… Is it so you can profit as the interdiary?
Or, to achieve your undisclosed goals?”
Yang Yu smiled, maintaining a respectful deanor,
“As a human, I have no right to dictate the choices of you Slis; this is all just my humble opinion, a re suggestion.
If you ask whether I have any undisclosed objectives…
I can openly tell His Majesty that even if you refuse , I have other ans.
According to Sli’s legal code, unauthorized departure would be subject to severe penalties.
Even so, many Slis are eager to explore the outside world; their motives are clear to everyone present.
So Slis are willing to risk climbing to the surface for the elusive Clover.
Regardless, their prospects are grim.
But if they were offered an endless supply of Clover, might that persuade them to work for ?”
Yang Yu’s intentions laid bare, he silenced the crowd.
The Sli King was enraged, “Do you intend to drag my people into a war?”
“Using the term ‘drag’ is a bit much.
I’ve rely offered the reward I can promise without deceiving them.
They’re following entirely of their own volition.
According to your laws, I’m not engaging in any illegal activities.
At most, it might be a bit of a hassle when taking them out, but I believe it will be fine.
After all, you can’t prove that I’m taking Slis by force back to the surface.
Perhaps I’m just taking Slis for a stroll near the cave entrance.”
Watching the confident Yang Yu, the Sli King finally understood why Yang Yu wanted the legal code: he was using their spear against their shield.
Although the Sli Kingdom has strict regulations on leaving the kingdom, the Clover produced cannot satisfy every Sli, this is well acknowledged.
The higher-ups in the Sli Kingdom turn a blind eye to so Slis going out to gather Clover to maintain the kingdom’s balance and stability.
In this political context, if soone can suddenly provide Slis with a large amount of Clover, the outco is predictable.
Yang Yu would gain significant influence within the Sli Kingdom.
If Yang Yu hadn’t already shown such ability, it would be fine if other Slis were unaware, but…
No, he has definitely done so already.
He had just reviewed the Sli Kingdom for this very mont!
The Sli King, who fancied himself astute and impeccable in front of Yang Yu, a human, had decisively rejected Yang Yu, only to be outmaneuvered completely by Yang Yu.
Is this the treachery of humans?
The Sli King wobbled as he got to his feet, desperately trying to find a flaw in Yang Yu’s earlier words but could not think of a rebuttal, for fear that should he speak, countless flaws would spring forth from his mouth, becoming a weapon in Yang Yu’s hands.
Resigned, the Sli King decided to detain the insolent Yang Yu; as long as they could uncover the thod behind Yang Yu’s abundant Clover, tranquility would return to the Sli Kingdom.
Just then, Yang Yu delivered another brutal blow:
“Obviously, you can offer your people a better life, and allow the Sli society to soar in your generation, yet His Majesty the King chooses the most foolish way. Why is that?”
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