Ji Xinghe, who is already seventy years old, said that he would live for another seventy years.

But what he really wants to say, just like what he is doing, can be summed up in just two words - fight!

The cage, which according to the rules should not be opened, was unlocked when Ji Xinghe's hand fell on the door.

After entering Ji Xinghe and giving the order softly, the magnetic shackles that bound Aida Kang lost their power to restrict it. The battle started without any surprises and ended with no unexpected results.

As Aida Kang said, it is no longer a match for Ji Xinghe because the treatment it received was not comprehensive. On the surface, it seems to have no injuries, but its internal organs are extremely damaged.

If it were not maintained by the power of Qi, Aida Kang might die at any time.

It is precisely because of this that the energy and body functions it can use are not as good as Ji Xinghe's.

Naturally, defeat is inevitable.

Aida Kang, who was lying motionless on the ground, looked up at Ji Xinghe standing beside him, and asked again: "Is it interesting?"

"interesting."

Ji Xinghe's answer was exactly the same as before, but the meaning was very different.

Because the direction of Aida Kang's question is very different from just now.

But not everyone can understand their dialogue.

When a person in power speaks, he always likes to be like this, being secretive and shrouded in mist, allowing the people below him to analyze and guess with great effort, just like those reading comprehensions he did when he was a student.

But this is wrong.

Many times, the reader's understanding during the reading process will be greatly different from, or even conflict with, the author's thoughts at the time.

The reason can be said to be that among a thousand readers, there are a thousand Hamlets.

It can also be said that people only want to see what people want to see, and they only want to believe what people want to believe.

Ji Xinghe doesn't want to be the one in power, just like Aida Kang thinks that the current Ji Xinghe should not be a reckless man, but what Ji Xinghe did is just like a reckless man.

An active federal lieutenant general can be promoted to general at any time because of his military exploits in Battle Scar Canyon. His military rank can be said to have reached the pinnacle of the federation.

The number of gold stars used as the distinction between generals, three-star generals, and five-star generals has just been explained by Li Yuanba: it has no meaning to Ji Xinghe.

So after answering Aida Kang's question, he expressed his thoughts in front of Aida Kang and in front of people who had signed the highest-level federal confidentiality agreement.

"The universe is boundless and vast, and the stars are like sand. Among the endless galaxies that exist dependent on the stars, there must be endless life, as well as endless civilization created by endless life.

We humans and you orangutans are not unique, but two groups that meet by chance among all living beings. With the development of science and technology, the footprints of life begin to travel across the universe, and this chance will gradually become a necessity. Because all living things

All lives, after possessing wisdom, will yearn for the stars and the sea.

Or perhaps, the reason why life can possess wisdom, evolve and develop into a smart civilization is just because when life is still ignorant, it inadvertently sees the sea of ​​stars in the sky.

Therefore, the ultimate goal of intelligent life and the civilization in which it lives must be the stars and the sea."

Ji Xinghe seemed to be giving a speech, and what he said seemed to be scientific principles, with some philosophical implications.

He is not a professional scholar, nor is he a scientist who can be called the glory of human wisdom, but precisely because of this, what he thinks and says is what most people are willing to believe.

Because not everyone is a scholar or a scientist.

Whether in the Federation or the Empire, those who can claim the title of wisdom and glory are only a minority among the minority, and the Empire is even less so.

So from this point of view, Aida Kang's thinking mode is not much different from that of an ordinary person like Ji Xinghe.

“The vast universe and behemoths like stars can only be described as sand and dust, let alone intelligent life and the intelligent civilization it creates and maintains?

The encounter of intelligent civilizations is inevitable by chance, but in terms of the time scale of civilization's continuation, this inevitable is just a wave in the Milky Way. In our history of more than five thousand years, we have only encountered you, an outsider.

Star wisdom civilization. Are you not like this?

So, there is nothing to worry about.

Yes, your civilization may have existed for less than five thousand years, and you have encountered two alien civilizations, us, and the so-called advanced civilization that gave you technology.

As you become more proficient in applying jump gate technology, we will also gradually master the jump gate technology, and the pace of interstellar exploration will become faster and faster. This accidental necessity, from a probability perspective, will show an exponential improvement.

From a rare occurrence in five thousand years, to a rare occurrence in a thousand years, to a once in a hundred years or even shorter.

But so what?"

Ji Xinghe looked at Aida Kang and asked, without waiting for an answer, he continued to talk to himself.

He didn't just tell Aida Kang.

"As long as we are unwilling to give up on the stars and the sea, we are destined to face this kind of encounter. And the encounter between different intelligent civilizations has only three results.

We and you are at war.

Us and them may also be at war, but this does not mean that the other two outcomes are impossible.

Peaceful coexistence and integration of civilizations are nothing more than learning from history.

If it's the other two results, what's there to worry about?"

Ji Xinghe asked twice: What is there to worry about?

But people are still worried, but they are no longer as worried as they were when they first heard the news about the so-called advanced civilization, feeling chilled to the bone or even desperate.

Yes, after humans know about the technology of jump gate and have started to research it, will they give up this technology?

The Empire already knows about the existence of the Federation and has been involved in a war that lasted for more than twenty years. Will it choose to help the Federation hide it when that civilization reaches the Empire Star?

Chance has become inevitable, so we have to face it.

There may still be some people who want to escape, but the stars and the sea are endless, and humans have not really left the solar system until now. Orangutans that can span an unknown number of light-years have not found a second planet that is suitable for orangutans and human beings can survive.

Planet.

Where to escape?

At this point, Ji Xinghe's speech can be said to be a success, just like the conversation he once had with Jackson.

He was not trying to convince Jackson to help him, but he was trying to convince him to make a certain choice on his own.

And it was precisely because he finally decided to make that choice that he became the legend he is now.

"You are right. I am now a federal lieutenant general. If I want, I can become a federal general now."

Ji Xinghe said a fact, whether he is willing or not, it just depends on how long or short the process is.

"But that's not really important. What's important is that when the water comes, the earth will cover it, and the soldiers will stop it. No matter what the future holds, no matter what kind of enemy soldiers the human world needs to face, I will be at the forefront."

Aida Kang looked at Ji Xinghe with firm eyes and suddenly said: "A mere federal general?"

There was no sarcasm in its tone, perhaps because it had just been beaten badly by Ji Xinghe, and it was afraid of being beaten again. Or maybe it was because, even it, Ji Xinghe should not be sarcastic at this time.

Li Yuanba outside the cage also suddenly spoke.

"He is not a federal general, but a general of the human world."

Aida Kang, who was lying on the ground, did not look at Li Yuanba and continued to ask: "What's the difference?"

"You have studied Dragon Language, and you should also have studied our history, so you should know that admiral and general are actually different."

"I really do not know."

"..." Li Yuanba felt slightly embarrassed and explained: "General is not a specific position, but a general term for high-ranking generals."

Aida Kang understood: "You want to say that Ji Xinghe represents the will of many federal generals, including you, so he is not a general of your federation, but a general of your human world? Haha... My evaluation is

, not as good as a general."

A general is different from a general. It is a specific position that the empire also has. Although it is not considered a general in the language of the empire, it has the same meaning when translated into dragon language.

The empire's general is similar to the federal marshal, the general who leads the generals.

Li Yuanba said that Ji Xinghe represents the will of high-ranking generals, while Aida Kang said that representation itself has no meaning. If it can be agreed to be represented by high-ranking generals, it is natural that it may be rejected by high-ranking generals.

The general is different. He does not need to represent anyone else's will, it is his own will that must be followed.

Therefore, Aida Kang is stirring up discord again.

But Li Yuanba did not turn Aida Kang into a cripple as he just said, because some things do not actually need to sow discord. Conflicts and confrontations have existed from the beginning, just conflicts and confrontations from generation to generation.

Group after group of people changed.

He just looked at Aida Kang lying at the foot of Ji Xinghe and said with a somewhat regretful tone: "You look like a dog now."

There was no sarcasm in the tone, but it was full of sarcasm that Aida Kang could not bear.

Aida Kang, who was born as a king, has the title of conqueror in the empire, sits on a fiefdom of tens of millions of square kilometers, and controls the life and death of hundreds of millions of orangutans. How noble is he?

At this time, Ji Xinghe was beaten into a dead dog. What he said was even more like a dead dog that knew it was going to die but was unwilling to give up and could only bark randomly.

Yes, we have already reached this point, so what’s the point of still saying this?

Maybe there is.

But Li Yuanba told it on behalf of Ji Xinghe: You are just barking.

The silence lasted for a moment after Li Yuanba's words, and was broken by Aida Kang who struggled to get up and sit down.

It is really tall. Even when it is sitting on the ground, it makes the guards outside the cage feel like they are being looked down upon. This is also due to its identity and strength.

But in fact, it is looking up at Ji Xinghe.
To be continued...