I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 537 Goodbye Chen Sanliang

Unity of knowledge and action, enlightenment!
Zhang Chen seemed to realize that his true nature was awakening. The shackles of the past were being broken off bit by bit. Even the distorted concepts brought to him by the 21st century seemed to be constantly being broken. The bad ideas brought by Confucianism were eliminated one by one.

While his family was repairing the house, Zhang Chen used the earth escape technique to enter the next city. Walking in the city, Zhang Chen looked at the spirits of the people on the street and couldn't help feeling emotional.

Although the people in the city were still living in misery and their eyes were filled with numbness, at least everyone's spirit was calm, and they were not as panic-stricken as those in the territory of King Pingbian.

Zhang Chen walked on the street, watching the people coming and going, looking for a place where he could buy and sell maps. However, after walking through more than a dozen streets, Zhang Chen did not find the map he wanted.

He was thinking wrongly. Maps were rare in this era and were absolutely strategic materials. Who would sell them?

Especially in this era without map navigation, once you master a map and become a guide, it can be a lucrative career, enough to support you for several lifetimes.

"I'm in trouble. Do you want me to steal the map? But now that I have decided to turn my mind into reality, how could I do anything illegal?" Zhang Chen stood on the street with a dazed look on his face, looking around. Just when he didn't know what to do, his sight suddenly stopped and he saw a figure sitting by the window in a restaurant not far away. The most important thing was that he was very familiar with that figure.

"Why is he here?" After seeing the figure, Zhang Chen's pupils shrank involuntarily and a hint of disbelief appeared in his eyes.

Who did he see?
Someone who should never appear in the North!
Chen Sanliang!
"Shouldn't Mr. Chen be preaching in the north now and preparing for the opportunity to prove his faith? How come he appears in this city?" Zhang Chen's eyes were full of disbelief, and a bad premonition began to rise in his heart.

Opposite Chen Sanliang, there sat a tall figure. However, due to the line of sight, Zhang Chen could not see the other person's face clearly. The two of them were talking and laughing, toasting each other, and it was obvious that they were having a very lively conversation.

At this moment, Chen Sanliang seemed to notice Zhang Chen's gaze, turned his head to look at the street, and saw Zhang Chen standing in the middle of the street. After the two looked at each other, Chen Sanliang was stunned, and then said a few words to the person opposite, and then saw that person say goodbye and leave. Then Chen Sanliang turned around and waved to Zhang Chen outside the street.

Zhang Chen walked towards the restaurant with a gloomy expression. When he came to the private room where Chen Sanliang was, he took a deep breath and regained his composure. He pushed the door open and walked in, and saw Chen Sanliang sitting at the table, drinking slowly.

Compared with when they parted a year ago, Chen Sanliang's temperament has changed greatly. He is no longer the haggard image he used to be. His body is well-proportioned and his face is rosy. Even the gray hair on his head has turned black. He looks as if he has returned to his thirties when he was full of vigor and vitality.

His clothes had changed greatly. He was wearing luxurious brocade, like a young master from a wealthy family.

"You are too slow. We haven't seen each other for a year. How come you just left King Pingbian's territory?" Chen Sanliang said in a gentle voice. He motioned Zhang Chen to sit opposite him, and told the waiter to remove the leftovers and replace them with three dishes and a soup, as well as new wine.

"I have family with me, so I can't use any tricks. I can only come here step by step." Zhang Chen looked at Chen Sanliang. The other person's hair was meticulously groomed and he looked quite majestic.

Chen Sanliang suddenly realized what was going on. He poured a glass of wine for Zhang Chen, put down the wine pot, clinked glasses with Zhang Chen, and drank it all in one gulp. After putting down the empty cup, he picked up the wine pot again and added more wine for Zhang Chen. Then he said to Zhang Chen, "I heard the news before that Jin Dou fell into the hands of a human race, causing the Hupo Pass to be breached by refugees, and hundreds of thousands of refugees escaped. I was surprised that there was such a master in the North who could make Jin Dou fall. But now that I see you and calculate your itinerary, it should be you who attacked the Hupo Pass, right?"

Although Chen Sanliang did not witness Zhang Chen take action personally, he was sure that Zhang Chen was definitely not an ordinary person. How could a person named Huli Daxian, who he was always thinking about and whom he did not dare to face directly and who even did not hesitate to bestow the Luopo Bell to deal with, be an ordinary person?
"It's me!" Zhang Chen nodded without denying it. There was no need to deny it. He had now mastered the ninth-level skills and had some confidence. He was not too afraid of exposing himself.

"Sir, do you seem to be having a good time recently?" Zhang Chen looked Chen Sanliang up and down.

"You also know that when the demons entered the northern land, countless powerful families defected to the demons. Shamans, doctors, musicians, and craftsmen were all captured by the demons. In this way, naturally there are people who weave silk for me, and there are people who build palaces for me, take care of my daily life, and help me cook delicious food. Of course, my complexion is good." Chen Sanliang said with a smile.

Chen Sanliang was laughing, but Zhang Chen was not laughing, because he couldn't laugh. All this came at the cost of bloody flesh and blood.

"Are you blaming me? Do you think that everything I enjoy now is built on a sea of ​​blood and corpses?" Chen Sanliang asked back.

Zhang Chen sighed deeply, picked up the wine and drank it all. Although he did not directly answer Chen Sanliang's question, his attitude explained everything.

"Your vision is still too narrow." Chen Sanliang laughed.

"I'd like to hear your opinion, sir." Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen put down his wine cup and looked at Chen Sanliang.

"The so-called struggle for great power, the struggle between the human race and the demon race, is nothing more than the infighting between the powerful and the wealthy, and just a redistribution of interests. Look at the territory of King Pingbian, the local noble families have defected to the demon race, and they are still alive and well. Only the ordinary people are suffering. What does this show?" Chen Sanliang asked.

Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this, and shook his head in astonishment: "What does it mean? I don't know! Please enlighten me, sir."

"The powerful and wealthy have no national boundaries or races. In their eyes, there are only interests. As long as the benefits are enough, they can be demons today and humans tomorrow. What they care about is not their own identity and status, but their own interests. Their identity and status change with the interests." Chen Sanliang said with a smile.

"Today I will teach you the most important lesson on behalf of your master: people can be led to follow but not to know. The so-called loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and defending the country, are used to brainwash ordinary people like you, so that you grow up under the brainwashing of this kind of education and become puppets in an information cocoon." Chen Sanliang said: "Han Suzhen only taught you the surface of knowledge, and only taught you the things that the rich and powerful use to brainwash you. The real high-level essence was not passed on to you." Chen Sanliang's face became serious at this time:
"Think about it, what is the essence of war?"

Zhang Chen stared blankly at Chen Sanliang, his mind full of confusion. To plunder? For money? To expand territory and establish a career? But he always felt that none of these answers were right, as if they were a little off.

"Haha, for what?" Chen Sanliang asked with a smile.

Zhang Chen shook his head: "For profit!"

"For whose benefit?" Chen Sanliang asked.

"Of course it's for the benefit of the general public." Zhang Chen responded to Chen Sanliang without even thinking.

"Wrong! Absolutely wrong! Extremely wrong!" Chen Sanliang waved his hand to interrupt Zhang Chen's words: "This is the brainwashed thinking you have formed after being baptized by the thoughts of those corrupt scholars. War is for the interests of the powerful."

"What? Sir, what you said is pure heresy. Could it be that the invasion of the demons is also for the benefit of the powerful?" Zhang Chen retorted.

"You! You have really been brainwashed. Let me ask you, King Pingbian owns the entire north land, and summons the people of the entire north land to form an army to fight against the demon clan. Whose interests are he protecting?" Chen Sanliang asked.

Zhang Chen fell silent at this time, with countless thoughts flashing in his mind. After a long time, he said helplessly: "Student...student...please give me some advice, sir."

After seeing Zhang Chen's performance, Chen Sanliang nodded: "You haven't been brainwashed too deeply, otherwise I would never say a word to you. King Pingbian and the countless dignitaries in the north only protect the interests of the dignitaries."

Afraid that Zhang Chen didn't understand, Chen Sanliang began to explain in detail: "What do the common people have? Two acres of thin land? Add in taxes, how much can be left after a year? It's barely enough to have enough to eat. And those powerful people, they have the right to use and occupy this land, this land is their asset. The common people can run away, but these nobles can't run away!"

"I use the demon tribe as an analogy, you may not be able to see the doorway in it. Then I assume that King Pingbian led the army to attack Marquis Pingbei. Whose assets did Marquis Pingbei protect? This piece of land belongs to the rich and powerful, and the people are just cattle and horses living in this piece of land. Even if King Pingbian conquers this land and eliminates Marquis Pingbei, for ordinary people, it is just a change of master. They still cannot enjoy those beauties, money, and power. However, under the righteous thought of Marquis Pingbei, they asked countless people to hold high the banner and enthusiastically join the army to fight against King Pingbian, and use their own lives to fight King Pingbian. And those great nobles... But they hid in the back and would not appear on the battlefield at all. The dead were all civilians. The real nobles would not go to the battlefield at all. When they really lost, the worst that could happen was that they would change their allegiance. What loss would that have for them? It was just that they changed from joining the Pingbei Marquis to joining the Pingbian King. What impact would that have on them? "Chen Sanliang said with a serious face: "Boy, remember, this is my last lesson for you: the people can be made to follow but not to know! You can brainwash the people with countless reasons, and several generations of people will form inherent views with righteousness. At that time, they will self-righteously maintain and follow them, and become an information cocoon that their descendants cannot tear apart from generation to generation."

Zhang Chen was struck by lightning when he heard this. He sat there in a daze, his entire thinking overturned by Chen Sanliang's words.

Yes, whose world is this?
This is the world of the rich! This is the world of the powerful! It can be anyone's world, but not the world of ordinary people.

They enjoy everything and own billions of assets, but they hide behind the scenes to control the people and force the penniless people to rush out to fight for themselves and protect their own assets.

For ordinary people, what difference does it make if the world changes? Aren't they still being exploited? From the Sui Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, isn't it still the same? The rich and powerful hide in the back, and the people are in the front. They use all kinds of ideas of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism to brainwash the people, asking them to protect their property with their cheap lives?
When the world is won, the people are still the people, and the powerful still use various ideas such as benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness to brainwash the people, making them work like beasts of burden while they serve as warriors who fight for them and bleed for themselves.

Zhang Chen felt that this statement made sense. For example, if we extend the timeline and compare the Tang Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty, what impact would the fighting between the two sides have on ordinary people? The people died in vain. They shed blood and sweat just to protect the wealth of the powerful behind them.

But the next moment Zhang Chen came to his senses. After all, he was a person from the future, and his thinking changed very quickly: "No! You are wrong! The demon tribe is different. The demon tribe implements a policy of killing all the people. If ordinary people do not resist, they will die! Sir, you are changing the concept, you are confusing me!"

This era is different from the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties in the past. In this era, there are demons! The demons are implementing a policy of genocide against the human race.

"I want to establish a demon kingdom and rebuild the world. With the wisdom of our human race, how can those demons compare with us? As long as you are willing to come and help me, we can build a human kingdom in the demon race. With the means and talents of our human race, we can turn the tables and make all the demons the best, and make all the demons enslaved by our human race and become our food. Humans are born with different classes, and there is exploitation. If we want to eliminate this exploitation, we must make everyone privileged and become exploiters. This goal was originally impossible to achieve, but now I have found a way. The demon race is the target I have chosen. As long as the human race can enslave the demon race, then the entire human race will exploit the demon race. At that time, everyone in the human race will naturally be powerful and everyone will be a big master!" Chen Sanliang looked at Zhang Chen with burning eyes:

"There may be casualties and bloodshed in this process, but it will all be worth it! As long as we can rebuild the world, we will be able to create a supreme race where only our human race is supreme and the other races are slaves. At that time, there will be no more exploitation of the human race. This will be the true heyday of our human race."

Zhang Chen heard what Chen Sanliang said, and a look of horror appeared in his eyes. He stared at Chen Sanliang with his eyes fixed, and a thought emerged in his mind: "Mad man! He is a genius, but also a mad man!"

"Destroy the human race, integrate into the demon race, and then dominate the demon race." Zhang Chen felt that Chen Sanliang's brain was probably broken. If he followed Chen Sanliang's logic, it would be equivalent to all countries in the future: surrender to the Charming Country, integrate into it, and rely on five thousand years of experience in power struggles to become the dominant force in that country. Is all this possible?

If Zhang Chen did not have the experience of two worlds, he would have been fooled by Chen Sanliang and completely deceived.

The other party's ideas and inspirations are indeed grand, but they are not practical. They are just pipe dreams. If I really believe what the other party says, the human race will probably never be able to turn things around.

The lamb is trapped by wolves and can never turn over.

(End of this chapter)