Chapter 4156: Yes, Sorcerer Supreme (VII)

"Sorry, sir, but I have to point out that if none of us call the position, it will inevitably cause some confusion based on identity recognition. In this big family of the Interstellar Council, we should value our own position identity more than our race identity, otherwise there is a suspicion of racial discrimination..."

A very discordant voice suddenly sounded. Strange turned his head and saw that the robot standing by and serving tea and water had actually raised an objection at this time, and this robot was the Standing Secretary-General controlled by the Supreme Intelligence.

"Does the Interstellar Council not allow racial discrimination?" Strange asked.

"Uh..."

This counter-question actually stunned the Supreme Intelligence, and other employees immediately sat upright, starting to flirt with each other at a speed far exceeding the speed of light, their brains spinning at high speed, thinking about what the Speaker meant.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Strange asked again: "So you mean, I must treat every existence in the universe with an equal attitude? Including robots like you and demon gods?"

"..."

This robot was also stunned.

"What reason do I have to do this?" Strange said, "I'll tell you the truth, in the eyes of humans, pure logical creatures cannot be counted as life, nor do they have human rights. As for demon gods, they are ingredients. You can't ask me to shake hands with the food on the plate, this is simply impossible."

As soon as he said this, several employees gasped. You know, in the terms of the previous few Speakers, racial equality has always been a big problem. Even though two of the three major empires are mechanical civilizations, they have also been opposing racial discrimination.

Or rather, precisely because they are mechanical civilizations, they have to oppose racial discrimination. Because most mechanical civilizations are children of native civilizations, belonging to secondary civilizations that developed later, and sometimes they are hostile to the native civilizations created by God. Even if they are not hostile, because they developed late and their strength is not as good as these carbon-based lives, they are not as good as these carbon-based lives.

And the two major empires can control mechanical civilizations most tightly, and even most mechanical civilizations in the universe have been completely controlled by them, so putting forward the view of opposing racial discrimination is to improve the status of mechanical civilizations, which is to improve the status of their two empires.

After years of hard work, this has become a kind of political correctness in the interstellar space. Whether it is carbon-based organisms, silicon-based organisms, native races created by God, or secondary races, whether it is logical life or emotional life, at least on the surface, they must be treated equally.

On the surface, this is a prosperous and equal society, but obviously, this newly arrived Speaker seems to not want to continue to maintain this harmonious situation.

"This kind of speech is very terrible," the Supreme Intelligence emphasized, "We need racial equality to maintain the harmony of interstellar society."

"When has interstellar society ever been harmonious?" Strange said with disdain, "You and I both know that interstellar society cannot be harmonious. You think the current interstellar society is very peaceful, just because the three major empires occupy most of the resources and control most civilizations. You are all dogs raised by the three major empires, so naturally you can't bite each other."

"But it is obvious that it will not be like this in the future," Strange said, "The three major empires have already visibly weakened, and perhaps one day they will fall apart. By then, the pack of dogs will recover into a pack of wolves. Every civilization must find ways to eat the most meat. If you don't eat enough, or eat slower than others, then you will never have a chance. Now is not an era of talking about equality. Humans have a word called 'Jungle Law', I think it is just right to use it here."

Strange didn't use any high-depth vocabulary, nor did he chew on words. He just used a way that could be called barbaric to uncover a bloody truth: interstellar society has never been harmonious, nor does it need to be harmonious.

"Also, you should have seen the multiverse war of humanity before. You ask yourself, if one day humans from other multiverses attack, what do you plan to do?"

"Yes, I know there are three major empires, and if the sky falls, they will hold it up, but what if they can't hold it up?"

"To tell you the truth, although we won the championship on our side, our universe's performance in this war was very unsatisfactory. I won't even talk about the dragging-back behavior of the three major empires. Other civilizations couldn't even get involved. If a comprehensive war at the multiverse level breaks out in the future, do you plan to squat at home and wait for death?"

"If you ask me, the source of such poor performance is actually that the three major empires have too strong control over the universe. You have been stable for too long, there is no fighting or war between each other, how to evolve? The reason why humans are so powerful is that we have a heart to transcend and fight endlessly, and the false prosperity and superficial peace you pursue will eventually make you slower than other civilizations on the path of evolution, and then become a stepping stone for other civilizations."

After this speech, the entire conference room was silent.

In fact, the three major empires themselves belong to militarism, that is, civilizations driven mainly by the army and war. In the early years, the Kree Empire and the Skrull Empire fought for a thousand years.

Many people who have experienced that era recalled the scene at that time. Although the entire universe was chaotic at that time, it had to be admitted that it was the era that produced the most high-level civilizations. It can be said that in this era, except for the three major empires, the high-level civilizations that can pick up the beam are all "roll kings" who have crawled out of that era.

Even the three major empires themselves were the most powerful in that era. Fighting is logistics, and interstellar war pays more attention to resources. In order to plunder more resources, they must continue to expand, and to expand, they need more military protection, so they continue to roll snowballs, and they control most of the territory of the universe.

Looking at these years of truce, although the universe is quite peaceful, facing the several defeats of Asgard and humanity, it already shows that they are indeed long-term peace, and the knife is not sharp.

In the era of peace, if you want to obtain benefits through politics, you naturally have to have your own claims and methods to stabilize people's hearts. The method adopted by the three major empires is to engage in racial equality. As a result, they have been engaged in politics for a long time, but they were beaten by the barbarians rushing out of the Nine Kingdoms, and they couldn't slow down for a long time.

And Strange's words without any modification just poked some unspeakable emotions in the hearts of everyone present.

Is stability the answer to all problems?

Before, they didn't dare to think, nor did they dare to ask, because stability is what the three major empires want, and no one can fight against the three major empires.

But now it's different. The Nine Kingdoms rose abruptly, not only defeating the three major empires several times, but now it seems that they have the trend of dividing the court, and obviously stability is not what this group of lunatics wants.

And is stability what civilizations other than the three major empires and the Nine Kingdoms want?

Some people's minds have begun to move. Stability is very good, weak civilizations can have enough time to develop, but everyone here is not from those surface native civilizations. Their races have at least had faster-than-light engines and interstellar colonization capabilities, and are even the stronger ones among those civilizations that can perform interstellar excursions. Because only if the civilization behind you is strong enough, your career can be smooth, and you can sit and talk about the Tao with the high-level figures of the three major empires here.

For these civilizations, the channel of rising has been almost blocked. In a stable and harmonious situation, they have no way to expand themselves. But who doesn't want to go further?

Without the diamond of the Nine Kingdoms' warriors, without the ability to break the constraints of the big environment, they can only hope for the change of the big environment. It didn't matter if there was no hope before, but now it's different.

"I think we don't need to dwell too much on the title. The Interstellar Council is a big family. Because we are close, we should think more for each other. Using a title that the other party listens to is also a manifestation of care, Secretary-General, what do you think?" A young man in a blue Imperial Wear said.

The Supreme Intelligence obviously had nothing to say. Originally, jumping the topic to racial discrimination was to pit Strange, but Strange spoke too directly, instead hooking people's hearts. Continuing to carry out this topic is also Strange's turn. This young man also counted as a round, pulling the topic back to the title. Since this is the case, call whatever you want.

But Strange obviously didn't intend to let him go. He turned to look at the robot and said: "What does he call you? Secretary-General? What kind of position is this?"

"Please allow me to introduce to you," the young man in blue clothes who just opened his mouth said, "The Interstellar Council is divided into functional positions and standing positions. Functional positions are politicians like you, usually appointed through elections or taking office to reorganize the cabinet; while standing positions do not need to be elected, but need to be selected by examination and promoted year by year. The humble one is the Standing Secretary of the Minister of the Administration Department, from Sparta Star, His Majesty Emperor Spartacus I asks you."

"Oh, I know," Strange thought for a while and said, "Star-Lord's hometown Sparta Star, how are you doing recently?"

"Thanks to you, not bad, everything is going on in an orderly manner." The young man smiled, then pointed to the robot controlled by the Supreme Intelligence, and said, "As the Speaker, you will naturally have a Standing Secretary to help you handle various tasks. This is your Standing Secretary, from Kree Star."

Strange turned his head and looked at the robot, one eyebrow high, one eyebrow low, first squinted, then frowned.

"Can I not have a Standing Secretary?" Strange asked, "Can I fire him?"

"This... I'm afraid not," the young man said with some difficulty, "We have never had a precedent of firing standing positions, and if you fire your Standing Secretary, then many complex tasks will have no one to do, and your government orders cannot be effectively conveyed, so it is better not to."

"Then can I change one?" Strange asked again, "Didn't you say that civil servants are tested? Can I find someone to take the exam myself?"

"Yes, but if you only pass the exam, you will be a grassroots civil servant. You must be promoted step by step to become a Minister or a Standing Secretary of the Speaker. This is very difficult, so the Standing Secretaries are very excellent, you don't need to worry too much about this."

Strange pursed his lips, obviously dissatisfied. So he was in no mood to hold a meeting, waved his hand and said: "The new Minister candidates will be determined tonight, and they will come to report tomorrow morning. Dismissed!"

"Yes, Sorcerer Supreme." ===== CHAPTER 4157 =====