Chapter 1608: Conversation between Gu Chen and Feng Yuan

"Speaking of this, it's a bit of a long story."

Listening to Prime Minister Manabe's question, Arus was a little unable to answer for a while. After all, this issue has become a consensus in the star field where the L77 star is located, and no one has thought about the reasons behind this consensus for a long time.

If Prime Minister Manabe really wanted to know the answer to this question, Arus would have to think about it carefully.

"It's okay. I specially took a day off to visit you two."

In response, Prime Minister Manabe just smiled and said that he had plenty of time today.

After all, since they can contact alien civilizations through Arus and Amelia, Prime Minister Manabe naturally needs to prepare more time so that he can learn more useful information.

"Is that so? Then please allow me to think about it for a moment..."

Seeing that Prime Minister Manabe really wanted to know the answer to this question, Arus had to quickly use his brain.

After a moment, he began to answer, "The rule prohibiting advanced cosmic civilizations from establishing diplomatic relations with surface-level civilizations is known in the universe as the [Cosmic Peaceful Coexistence and Harmonious Development Convention]. Simply put, it's the principle of [non-interference, no active contact, only observation and research]. The exact time it was formed is no longer verifiable."

"And the reason for such guidelines is mainly due to the following aspects."

"First, it's to protect the natural evolution of civilization. Active contact could disrupt the independent development of surface civilizations, and even cause social unrest or technological dependence. For example, if you humans were to come into contact with alien technology too early, you might lose control and destroy yourselves."

"Secondly, it's to avoid [civilization contamination]. We must understand that the ideology, technology, or culture of an advanced civilization could have an overwhelming influence on surface civilizations, potentially depriving them of their right to make their own choices."

"Third, it's to prevent contact from becoming a gateway for invasion. Some cosmic civilizations have used the guise of establishing diplomatic relations to conceal their true intentions of invasion, and they've often succeeded. Therefore, avoiding contact is also a way to screen whether a civilization has ulterior motives, and it also prevents such contact from being exploited maliciously by others."

"The reasons are broadly limited to the three above. I can't quite recall the details. If Prime Minister Manabe is interested, I will provide you with the relevant intelligence as compensation."

Arus racked his brains and finally recalled what he had learned many years ago.

But even so, Prime Minister Manabe said he was enlightened.

However, Prime Minister Manabe still had some doubts in his mind, so he continued, "If such a consensus exists, why are there still so many invaders in the universe? For example, Earth alone has suffered invasions from no fewer than dozens of alien races in the past decade."

"This is a very realistic issue. The laws of the universe are actually very similar to the laws of nature: the survival of the fittest. Wars are ubiquitous for resources and profit. Civilizations that are powerful yet able to restrain themselves and abide by the laws of the universe are extremely rare in the universe."

"If human civilization were to one day officially set foot in the starry sky, we would see the largest number of civilizations in the universe competing for resources. I'd never even heard of something like the Kingdom of Light you mentioned before."

Arus was also very moved by Prime Minister Manabe's question.

L77 was once considered a powerful planet, but it was attacked by the even more powerful Magma people. If the star region of L77 was within the range of the Kingdom of Light, the invasion could have been completely avoided.

It’s a pity that the universe is too big and the Kingdom of Light is too small to cover the entire universe.

Afterwards, accompanied by Gu Chen, Prime Minister Manabe and Arus talked a lot. When two people in the same leadership class get together, they naturally have as many topics as they want.

Before he knew it, the sun had already set in the west, and Prime Minister Manabe reluctantly left the MAC team's exclusive medical center.

Today's conversation with Arus left him wanting more, but unfortunately he had other things to deal with and didn't have much time to continue chatting with Arus.

Today's conversation also finalized the items that Arus would use as compensation.

Technology and other things don't account for a large proportion, only some rare materials and very safe crop seeds as compensation, which does not violate the consensus observed by lawful civilization.

After a short period of leisure, life returned to its usual busyness, but Gu Chen was finally able to take some time off.

Mainly, he was concerned about Feng Yuan's situation.

After Feng Yuan went to see Yamaguchi Baizi that day, he had undergone very obvious changes when he came back.

At first glance, it doesn't seem to be a bad thing, but it feels like Feng Yuan has become a Buddhist.

This is a nice way of putting it, but to put it bluntly it's a bit of a slacker.

Although the work was still done well, the focus was clearly shifted to Chengnan Sports Club.

Moreover, what Gu Chen saw in Feng Yuan was not the figure of a warrior, but an ordinary sports club coach.

So Gu Chen felt that he needed to have a good talk with Feng Yuan to understand what Feng Yuan was thinking at the moment.

So on this day, Gu Chen found an opportunity to go to the Chengnan Sports Club, intending to have a good chat with Feng Yuan.

So, after he explained his purpose to Feng Yuan, the two of them came to the rooftop of Chengnan Sports Club.

Standing by the fence at the edge of the rooftop, looking at Tokyo outside, neither Gu Chen nor Feng Yuan spoke.

Gu Chen was waiting for Feng Yuan to speak, while Feng Yuan was thinking about what to say.

During this period of time, he has been constantly thinking about it, but no matter how much he thinks about it, he cannot come up with an acceptable explanation.

So after the two of them were silent for a while, Feng Yuan finally spoke: "Advisor, do you think that the power I have now was obtained through nurturing?"

"Feed?"

Hearing this, Gu Chen immediately frowned, thinking that Feng Yuan was experiencing self-denial.

"Ah, as my father said, then every crisis I experienced was nothing more than a plan planned in advance by Dark Tiga. Am I nothing more than an unwitting puppet?"

"So, can this scarred body of mine still be considered a warrior's medal?"

"And what of all those battles in the past in which I risked my life?"

For a moment, Gu Chen didn't know how to answer these questions.

He could tell that Feng Yuan's words no longer contained hatred for Dark Tiga, but were filled with strong self-denial and self-doubt.

So Gu Chen thought about it and took out something from the lining of his clothes and handed it to Feng Yuan.

PS: The Eddie chapter will start around the 25th of this month