Extraordinary pedigree

Chapter 825: Human-Gis Philosopher Academy Agreement

Listening to Xia Xiu's words, the expression of the Giszer representative, Verok Zar, did not fluctuate much, but an indescribable complex emotion emerged in his amber eyes.

He lowered his head slightly, as if he was considering his words.

After a moment, he said calmly:

“Any race that is separated by a wall eventually forgets what’s on the other side of the wall.

Time makes their memories fade away, and reality makes their cognition distorted.

The Gis people and us Gis philosophers have the same origin, however, today, our culture, beliefs and ideas have long gone in opposite directions.

We all want 'unity', but the problem is - we want them to return to reason, while they want us to surrender to the sword and the throne."

The voice of the Githzer representative was low and calm, as if stating an unavoidable reality.

He looked at Xia Xiu and continued:

"We have never stopped conveying our ideals to the Gith people. We hope that they can get rid of the rule of Vlaakith and return to a society based on wisdom and order, rather than being controlled by the tyranny and fear of the Death Queen.

However, as you said, in their eyes, "peaceful reunification" is nothing but self-deception. We treat them as family, but they treat us as enemies.

Under the rule of Vlaakith, the Gith people actually called us with the insulting words that the Mind Drainer Empire used to enslave the Gith race in the past - they don't even know shame!

The contradictions have become increasingly intensified, and peaceful reunification is already a delusion. The expectations of both races on each other have long been exhausted by the repeated instigation of the rulers. Moreover, the biggest problem with reunification is..."

Verok Zar looked at the Lord of the Courtyard and said:

"——Both want to achieve unity, but neither wants to be assimilated."

Xia Xiu raised his eyebrows slightly, tapping his fingers on the table, his eyes full of meaningful amusement, and he took over the words of the Giszhe representative and sighed.

"Yes, this is also true for all the major human governments on Terra..."

He put away the smile on his face, his tone became calm again, and brought the topic back to the point:

"Before I mention cooperation, I have to be frank - Heaven is indeed extremely xenophobic, and you cannot be unaware of this.

The courtyard, as a secularized subordinate institution of the Kingdom of Heaven, is more tolerant due to secularization, but it still adheres to the core principles.

We are founded on the principle of human supremacy, and that will not change.

In the ideal blueprint of the Kingdom of Heaven, the existence of non-human races is not unacceptable, but the premise is that they must have strategic, economic or military value. "

Xia Xiu paused for a moment, his eyes slowly swept over Velok Zar, and then said:

"More importantly, they must accept the 'Qiming Dictatorship' established by the Administration."

The fingertips of the Giszer representative tightened slightly, and his palms fell on his knees. On the surface, he still maintained the usual calmness and restraint of a Giszer. However, deep in his heart, a complex and intense thinking was quietly taking place.

Although Xia Xiu's words were not intimidating, the political implications contained in them pierced the most sensitive nerves of the Giszers like a sharp blade.

[Qiming Dictatorship] - This political system founded by the Lord of the Courtyard has been studied countless times by the Council of the Gis philosophers.

Zar, the representative of the Githulhu people, recalled what he had collected from the secret network of the heavens and all realms about the political plans formulated by the Fourth Sword Bearer of Heaven and the Lord of the Courtyard.

Under this system, Hugh Abraham, the Lord of the Court, is not just a ruler, but a true supreme ruler, an absolute tyrant who carries power in his crowned body.

The fundamental principle of the [Enlightened Dictatorship] is that Hugh Abraham, the Director of the Administration, is the sole decision-maker. All administrative, military and legal powers are concentrated in him, and he is not constrained by any parliamentary, religious or aristocratic system.

This not only means that the order of the plane is forcibly promoted by the will of Heaven, but also means that all dissenting voices will be quickly suppressed. Any form of separatism, independence tendencies and political autonomy of non-human races are absolute taboos.

On the surface, this regime is extremely inclusive at the economic level.

In order to promote economic prosperity and stability in all planes, the Courtyard of the Midst has implemented open market liberalization with the permission of Heaven, and even allowed non-human races to enter the economic system in some special areas to share resources, technology and markets with humans.

However, even so, the core principle of [human supremacy] remains unbreakable.

Under this system, non-human races can obtain certain economic and social rights, but they will never have true political autonomy.

They must accept the relative management of the Kingdom of Heaven and recognize the ruling status of angels. They only have the right to participate in politics but not the right to govern.

In some cases, tribes even need to give up some of their cultural traditions in order to adapt to the social order established by the Kingdom of Heaven.

"--Although humans have superior political and military positions, other friendly races enjoy equal rights with humans in economic and social affairs."

The Administration’s official propaganda has always emphasized this point, creating a secular image of a fair and enlightened heaven to all the heavens and worlds.

[The Qiming Dictatorship] is an extremely realistic system, an imperial system full of power calculations and macro-control.

The "equality" given by heaven has always been equality based on "obedience".

Verok Zar knew very well that he could not make decisions for the Council of Philosophers on his own.

The position of the Giseljas has always been to "cautiously approach" the Kingdom of Heaven rather than to completely surrender.

Their actions this time were indeed carried out with the attitude of licking the heaven and the earthly court, but this does not mean that they are completely unvigilant against the angels.

There are factions in the Council of Philosophers that support "using the power of Heaven to eliminate the Lich Empire and unify the Gis race." However, at the same time, some members of the Council are worried that Heaven will eventually incorporate the Gis philosophers into their ruling system and completely deprive them of their autonomy.

——The tragedy of the Gisyan people is a living lesson for us.

The silence of the Githulhu representative, Verok Zar, lasted for a few seconds. He knew that he could not show any hesitation or uneasiness in front of the golden tyrant.

He slowly raised his head, his deep amber eyes narrowed slightly, and finally, he remained respectful as always, and slowly spoke:

"I have heard of your institution's system for a long time, and I am well aware of its stability and strength."

“However, we philosophers also cherish our clan’s thousand-year heritage.

Any proposal for cooperation must be balanced with the survival of our race."

His choice of words was still full of caution, neither expressing a clear rejection nor directly expressing submission.

Instead, it uses "balance" as the core concept, suggesting that the Giszeks wish to maintain a certain degree of autonomy.

Verok Zar adjusted his sitting posture slightly, as if to ease the tension in his heart.

He thought to himself that his next words would determine the future direction of the Giszers, and the Lord of the Courtyard in front of him - the Fourth Sword Bearer of Heaven, was by no means someone who could be fooled.

The representative of the Giszhe adjusted his demeanor and finally met the pair of golden eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything, speaking in a solemn but respectful tone:

“We, the Council of Philosophers, are willing to use the power of the Courtyard to recapture the Gis foreigners and achieve true unification of our people.

At the same time, we are willing to work with the Court to completely expel the threat of the Soul Sucker Empire from the Star Realm and clean up that long-polluted territory."

He has expressed the vision of the Gissists:

They are unwilling to be just a bystander hiding in the corner of the astral plane. They want to reshape the unity of the Gis race, and the courtyard is the fulcrum for prying history in their eyes.

As soon as he finished speaking, he flipped his palm slightly, and with a flicker of light, a piece of white paper appeared in his palm.

The texture of the paper was different from that of ordinary parchment. Instead, it was more like some special medium that had been processed by magic. Extremely fine silver lines appeared on its surface, faintly visible under the light of the astral realm.

Verok Zar handed the paper to Xia Xiu respectfully, his voice still steady and solemn:

"This is the cooperation agreement drawn up by our parliament."

Xia Xiu gently stroked the cover of the contract with his fingertips, feeling the imperceptible lines on the surface of the paper. This was a specially processed standard human document material, with a faint psychic fluctuation still remaining on it. Obviously, before the Giszhe people delivered it, this contract had been carefully reviewed and confirmed countless times by them.

He slowly turned to the first page, his golden eyes quickly scanning the text with scrutiny and speculation in his eyes.

The title of the contract was printed on the cover:

Human-Gis Philosopher Academy Agreement

Xia Xiu raised his eyebrows slightly and continued to read on. The long agreement could be summarized into the following eight points:

First, the academy recognizes the suzerainty of the courtyard and accepts the courtyard's overall leadership, including science and technology, military, diplomacy, etc. The courtyard will provide protection, while the academy needs to provide technological support to promote knowledge sharing across the galaxy.

Second, the Gisizhe people must unconditionally provide 85% of the research results to the courtyard, and the courtyard will enjoy priority access rights, and can also specify the direction of technical support and pay certain technology transfer fees when necessary.

The courtyard can also set up a [Xuebang Research Center] to further deepen the cooperation between the two sides.

Third, the courtyard provides correction values ​​every year as scientific research subsidies, and at the same time sends senior scientific researchers to support the research work of the Gis philosophers.

Xuebang needs to open key facilities such as orbital research stations, high-energy experimental fields, and dark matter analysis centers to ensure maximum research efficiency.

Fourth, the size of Xuebang’s fleet will be reduced by 50%, and it is not allowed to develop “offensive military power” and can only retain a minimum number of self-defense forces. It is also prohibited to build cruisers and battleships, and the manufacture of all large ships must be approved by the courtyard.

In terms of defense, the Courtyard promised to "establish military garrison fortresses" around the Xuebang territory, deploy patrol fleets, and provide strategic support in emergencies.

Fifth, Xuebang must provide technological support when war breaks out, including a series of military technological support such as weapon upgrades, shield improvements, ship optimization, and war simulation data.

At the same time, they were not allowed to declare war alone, and all military actions had to be approved by the courtyard.

Sixth, the school must pay the scientific research results of the Ivy Technology Tree and specific strategic resources of the heavens and all realms to the courtyard as tribute every month, and the courtyard promises to ensure the economic stability of the school and provide necessary assistance when the school encounters a financial crisis or research stagnation.

Seventh, the academy cannot sign military treaties or alliance agreements with any third-party empires, and all diplomatic decisions must be approved by the courtyard. However, they can conduct scientific research cooperation with other vassals or technological forces with the permission of the courtyard.

Eighth, the prerequisite for signing the above treaty is: the unification of the Gis people and the Gis people, and the complete defeat of the Soul Sucker Empire in the astral realm.

Ninth, the contract is valid for ten standard Terra years and will be automatically renewed upon expiration unless either party proposes modification or termination.

If the future technological development of the school state reaches the standards of the courtyard, the two parties can negotiate to adjust the vassal relationship and even grant the school state greater autonomy.

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Xia Xiu tapped the contract cover lightly with his fingertips and couldn't help laughing.

It has to be said that the Giszers are the most "dog-licking" non-human force he has encountered on the battlefield of Ivy League.

——The world is so big, so there are naturally all kinds of strange things; there are unruly beasts like the Giz foreigners, and there are also gangsters like the Giz philosophers.

In the heavens and myriad worlds, there are forces that have kowtowed to the Kingdom of Heaven.

However, the vast majority of people hold a mentality of wanting both. On the one hand, they hope to obtain the protection, resources, and technological support of heaven, but on the other hand, they are unwilling to give up their independence and always want to leave a way out for themselves at the critical moment.

They want to be a whore while pretending to be a virtuous woman, and they want to take bribes while pretending to be a whore - this is the normal mentality of the powerful people in this land.

However, this is clearly not the case with the Gisze people.

Since they are going to lick the ass, they should kneel completely without leaving any room for negotiation, and even offer their chains voluntarily, allowing the courtyard to control their life and death.

The content of this contract not only unreservedly turned themselves into "scientific research vassals", but also proactively added various restrictions to ensure the courtyard's full control over them.

This is fundamentally different from the [Qiming Dictatorship System] - although the latter also emphasizes human supremacy and angel rule, it still retains a certain living space for alien races, and the nature of the Academic State Agreement is closer to a proactive technological dependence model.

A technological vassal is not a colony in the traditional sense, but a controlled scientific research country.

The academic states still maintain nominal independence and can continue to develop their own academic systems, social structures and cultural traditions, but all scientific and technological research must be open to the suzerain state and be subject to strict restrictions at the military, diplomatic and economic levels.

In other words, their "independence" is based on the independence of scientific laboratories, not on national sovereignty.

The advantages of this model are obvious - it is more flexible and easier to manage than colonization.

If a world is directly incorporated into the Courtyard's colonial system, the Administration will need to invest a lot of administrative resources in governance, appoint commissioners, maintain order, carry out cultural assimilation, and even consider the possibility of various resistance movements and political unrest.

But technology vassals are different, they have only one goal - scientific research!

All social operations revolve around scholarship and development, rather than the struggle for political power.

Most importantly, the Xuebang model can attract civilizations that do not want to be involved in the Ivy League Wars.

Not all civilizations drawn into the Golden Tree want to engage in high-intensity military conflicts, especially those peaceful factions that focus on academics. They are willing to sacrifice military power in exchange for a better living environment, and the Giszers are one of them.

They don't want to be part of the war, they want to survive the war.

Therefore, it is not a bad idea to choose a sufficiently powerful force and take the initiative to become its vassal.

However, one of the contents of this agreement made Xia Xiu reveal an intriguing smile.

[The above treaty is signed on the premise that: the Gisyans and Giszeks complete unification, and the Soul Sucker Empire is defeated on the front line of the astral world. ]

Xia Xiu sneered softly, tapped the clause with his slender fingers, and his eyes became meaningful.

This is a typical case of getting something for nothing.

The Gis philosophers obviously knew that their own strength was insufficient. They had neither the ability to defeat Vlaakith nor the ability to unify the Gis people in a short period of time. Therefore, they threw this condition to the courtyard, trying to let the courtyard complete this "prerequisite", while they only needed to sit back and reap the benefits.

In other words, if the Courtyard agreed to this agreement, then the Courtyard would not only need to fight against the Mind Drainer Empire, but also have to help the Gith people deal with the Gith foreigners.

It’s high, indeed.

This is equivalent to saying:

"——We are willing to become your scientific research vassal, but the prerequisite is that you must first help us eliminate our biggest enemy, and then let us take over the Gis foreigners smoothly."

If the courtyard agreed, then they would be using a treaty to exchange for the courtyard's military intervention, letting the courtyard fight a war of unification for them that they should have fought themselves, and they would only need to sit back and wait to reap the fruits of victory.

Moreover, even if they cannot reach unification in the end, they can still keep the excuse of "no agreement reached in the negotiations" and continue to maintain the status quo, and the Courtyard will not gain any direct benefits from this treaty.

If the courtyard really completes its content, the Gisze people will most likely act in accordance with Ivy's golden rule and become vassals honestly.

Ten years later, ten Terran years later, the contract ended. Although the text said "automatically renewed upon expiration", but...

Who can predict what will happen ten years from now?

On the surface, this agreement means that they are kneeling and licking the courtyard, and they are kneeling smartly and decisively, and even kneeling for their own future.

They chose to drag the huge courtyard into the water and let the courtyard do everything for them.

The stakes are their own status as “technological vassals” – for ten years.

They are willing to sacrifice ten years in exchange for a complete Gis race, a future without the threat of the mind flayers, and a bargaining chip for their own independence.

But... these guys are still too naive.

Xia Xiu was happy because he was certain of one fact:

——The Kingdom of Heaven has decided to eat up the Giseljasper, even if the four monarchs come, it will be useless!

These Gisze people are gambling.

They bet that the Courtyard would help them unify, that the Courtyard would destroy the Soul Sucker Empire, and that ten years later, they would still be able to retain their autonomy, be able to gracefully exit the Courtyard system, and restore the independence of their parliament.

But they forgot the most important truth - since ancient times, gamblers have never had a good death!

The profits earned from gambling today may not be guaranteed to be in your hands tomorrow.

As long as you are a gambler, as long as you dare to continue gambling, one day, the dealer will make you lose everything!

The Giszhe people are not ordinary gamblers. They are the kind of super gamblers who dare to play stud in front of the dealer!

Did they think that after ten years, the courtyard would let them go?

Do they think the status of a university state is negotiable?

Did they think that the courtyard would help them deal with the Gis and the mind flayers within ten years, and then just walk away, allowing them to develop independently?

Innocent!

So naive it makes people laugh!