sbdcsierra Chapter 474 Light and Shadow
Chapter 474 Light and Shadow
"Dozens of tons of star potatoes, but no seasoning seeds at all. What are you thinking?"
Meng Ke glared at this unreliable cheap dad.
Yan Feng helplessly spread his hands. "You can turn a single seed into a warehouse full of seeds in just over ten minutes, but you simply can't comprehend the hardships we ordinary people endure. You won't believe me, but I put in a lot of effort and spent all my savings to acquire these dozens of tons of star potatoes."
He also didn't want to be pointed at and accused of only sucking his daughter's blood, so he spent all his family wealth and used some tricks to get these.
Meng Ke stopped complaining. She didn't know how deep the water was behind her cheap father, but the money must not be much.
"Okay! A few dozen tons is fine, I'll find a way to give you half a star."
Yan Feng was thinking this way, but he still felt a little embarrassed: "That's not good! How about you count your technology as a stake."
Meng Ke sneered: "Didn't you say this planet is mine too? You're planning to demolish it before we even cross the bridge."
"Tear it down? Who dares to do it? I'll beat him to death!"
Yan Feng is trying to please his cheap daughter by being nice and cute, but there is nothing he can do!
Meng Ke looked at her cheap dad rubbing his hands with flies, and felt it was an eyesore: "Be more normal and talk about business."
"Yeah! Right! Let's get down to business! Let's get down to business! I'm going to give you the inheritance rights to the planet right now. When I die, remember to treat the people on the planet well."
Meng Ke was just talking about it, not yet at the point of snatching someone's retirement star: "No need! You can keep this star for your retirement!"
Yan Feng instantly became a playwright, looking at an unfilial son with a look of deep sorrow and indignation: "Keke! You can't just ignore an old lonely widower like me. Planet Z512 is the planet that pays for my retirement. If you don't ignore me anymore, I'll end up on a garbage planet."
Meng Ke was already quite experienced in developing planets, so he ignored the man's nonsense. "When I first started building planets, I was always in negative equity. I also took out loans for years, and only just broke even last year. What are you crying about?"
Yan Feng was also willing to take risks. He was a professional at crying poor, so he sent all the internal information of the planet to Meng Ke.
Meng Ke opened the information with doubt. There was too much internal information, so she should have sent it to the team behind her. However, this was the internal information of Yan Feng's private planet after all, and it would not be easy to pass it on. So she spent interstellar coins to hire Xiao Xingyun to quickly analyze and summarize it for her.
Xiao Xingyun is worthy of being the main brain's clone. In less than a minute, he compiled a summary report of only five pages.
Meng Ke read through the report quickly. With her own experience in developing planets, she could understand the professional data and various analyses and comparisons in the report.
"How about it?"
Yan Feng didn't think his cheap daughter could really finish watching the whole thing, and he had already prepared himself to cry. It would be best to secure this long-term free labor force.
Unexpectedly, within three minutes, Meng Ke grasped the core of the matter and asked him a question he really wanted to avoid: "Why are there alien races on this planet, and why do you treat them better than humans?"
If Yan Feng dares to betray the human race, don't blame her for being rude.
There is no room for compromise on racial stance.
This is just like the previous life's advocacy of animal protection: as long as it doesn't affect human safety, they can coexist peacefully. However, if an animal dares to harm or even kill a human, no matter how protected it is or how precious it is, it must be paid with blood! There is no room for negotiation.
Yan Feng touched his chin, hesitating whether to tell Meng Ke the truth.
Meng Ke had already sent a message to He Facai: "Please arrange the planting robot first. Wait for notification if you want it to be sent over."
In other words, if my cheap dad doesn't explain this matter clearly today, not only will he not be able to help him develop the planet, but even the relationship between father and daughter will not end.
Yan Feng saw the unprecedented seriousness in Meng Ke's eyes, and knew that he had to tell the story.
"Alas! Actually, strictly speaking, these foreigners are also human. They are just a combination of humans and foreigners, so they look a little weird. Are you racist like the other alliance members?"
Meng Ke glared at him. "You can't use moral blackmail on me. I have no morals! Don't confuse me. What I'm asking is why these people are treated better than pure humans."
If Yan Feng treated everyone equally, Meng Ke would not even mention this matter, but being harsh on the human race is not acceptable!
Yan Feng sat on the bench in melancholy, looking up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, revealing a melancholy expression. Just as Meng Ke was about to get up and leave impatiently, he finally spoke: "Have you seen foreigners in the army?"
After saying this, he felt that his words were not quite right, so he changed his words and said, "They don't look human in appearance, but they are actually soldiers of the human race."
Meng Ke had participated in major wars, so of course she had seen them. At first, she thought they were war pets in various forms. Later, when she saw them bleeding from injuries sustained in battle, she realized that they were all flesh-and-blood warriors.
At that time, she was amazed at the strength of the human race, which could attract other races to serve us.
I didn't expect that these warriors were all human.
"Isn't there racial segregation? How could humans and foreigners produce hybrids?"
Yan Feng squinted at her and said, "You're talking about antiques from years ago. The racial segregation of organic life machines has been broken long ago!"
Meng Ke nodded: "Alright! Even if you believe in planetary technology, how do you overcome the aesthetic differences between different races?"
She remembered that some foreigners were extremely large and their appearance was hard to describe, okay?
"Alas! You! You are still too young. Do you know that when life is difficult, being able to survive is a blessing. What's the point of worrying about beauty or ugliness?"
Seeing Mengke's expression of disbelief, he casually opened the information of a new immigrant and showed it to her.
"This family's eldest son used to be a soldier under me, but he died in battle. Now their second son works under me. Look at them, they're both mixed-race, and no one looks down on anyone else. They live in harmony and happiness. How wonderful!"
Meng Ke felt that this person was talking at cross purposes: "So, you're trying to tell me that as mixed-bloods, we shouldn't look down on each other?"
"Of course not! Why are you so anxious, little kid? I haven't even gotten to the point yet."
"Look at his father. His ancestors were space pirates. You wouldn't have thought that he was a high-ranking officer on the ancient blue planet. Just to fight a bloody way out for the human race, he resolutely embarked on the path of robbery. Otherwise, why do you think that the human race is so powerful now, why don't they wipe out all the space pirates? This is the affection he showed, don't you understand?"
Meng Ke waved her hand: "That's off topic."
"Oh! Right! Back to the point, back then, life was tough for the human race. Encountering an alien race meant annihilation. Even the alien wanderers roaming the interstellar space could overthrow the human race. So, we had no choice but to resort to this. Alas! If I didn't tell you this, your generation would definitely despise us."
"No! I don't despise it. My children are almost starving to death and could be beaten to death by outsiders at any time. Why would I be so particular?"
Yan Feng clapped his hands and laughed: "Isn't it! I said that if we can become father and daughter, we must have the same values!"
With Meng Ke's attitude, Yan Feng became more and more excited as he spoke: "It is these brave warriors who are willing to give up even their beliefs just to continue their race that have made the human race what it is today. I respect them as real men!"
Yan Feng was extremely excited when he spoke of this, but soon, as if he had thought of something, his mood plummeted. "Whether it's voluntary or involuntary, if you deal with foreign races for too long, you'll inevitably leave behind offspring. You know how much the human race values their offspring. They cherish their descendants very much, but I'm afraid they never imagined that thousands of years later, the human race wouldn't be able to accommodate their descendants. Their descendants would be ostracized and ridiculed, destined from birth to do the dirtiest and most tiring work. Even if they are talented and go to the battlefield, they can only rush to the most dangerous front lines."
Meng Ke frowned and thought carefully about what he had seen. It seemed that those warriors who looked like foreigners were indeed at the forefront.
"Are you ostracized by all of humanity just because you look different?"
Meng Ke not only asked Yan Feng, but also asked Xiao Xingyun. She wanted Xiao Xingyun to find out the reason behind this. She always felt that this matter was not simple.
Yan Feng curled his lips and said, "Aren't humans visual animals? Do you think that looking like a monster isn't enough?"
"They're not monsters, they just don't look like humans in certain places, but they're not so ugly that they deserve to be ostracized. Besides, the military is a place where strength is respected, so how can we judge people by appearance?"
"If you don't believe it, I'll knock you down!"
Yan Feng waved his hand, as if he didn't want to have anything to do with a little girl like Meng Ke who was ignorant of the world.
Meng Ke was waiting for Xiao Xingyun's reply, and she didn't know whether the main brain would agree to share this information with her.
Yan Feng's right arm was lazily slung over the back of the bench, and with his left hand he subconsciously took out an apple that was not much smaller than his face and started to bite it, staring quietly into the air as if lost in some memories.
Just as Xiao Xingyun sent the analysis report, Meng Ke hadn't had time to read it when Yan Feng suddenly spoke: "You know what? The class divisions in the alliance have reached an irreconcilable point. No matter how talented an ordinary person is, it's almost impossible for them to gain a foothold. I'm the best example."
From childhood to adulthood, he dared not take a wrong step, because someone told him that poor people have no chance to make mistakes, and they must do their best in every step forward. Once he is timid and retreats, he will never get ahead.
Don't look at him as a jerk now, in fact, when he was in the military academy, he was a well-known cool and handsome guy.
Recruited into the Gu Family Army, he risked his life time and again to the front lines. He was not just a reckless man who only knew how to charge. Upon graduation, he had excellent scores in both the individual soldier and command departments. If the economy had not allowed, he was confident that he would have achieved triple excellence in the mecha department. Later, after joining the army, he made up for his disadvantages in mechas in just three years and became an excellent commander.
But what’s the use of being brilliant or working hard? If it weren’t for the supervision of the main brain, he would never be able to be promoted to the rank of general in his life.
What he didn't expect was that even with a mastermind, many things were still man-made.
When he left the military, he felt that his entire faith had collapsed. No one knew how dark he had fallen into at that time. He even had the idea of destroying the human race. Fortunately, he had a group of brothers with him, and he stuck to his original intention.
Now I think about it, it’s a good thing that I didn’t exile myself at that time, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to have the new life I have today.
"You must teach your cub well, otherwise I will beat him every time I see him."
Yan Feng suddenly said something so nonsensical that interrupted Meng Ke's thoughts. She looked up from her report and glared at him speechlessly: "If you don't like what I teach you, why don't you take the time to teach yourself?"
Meng Ke also felt that it was not enough to just receive education from an aristocratic family. It would be a good thing if her adoptive grandfather Yan Feng could help improve the education she was given.
Yan Feng raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect Meng Ke to be willing to let him have contact with her child.
"Are you really willing to let me teach them?"