After spending the night at Chester Barsham's house, Zhang Cheng restored the two satellites to their normal size early the next morning, put them in a fully enclosed truck, and wandered along Los Angeles alone.

It wasn't until near noon that he sat down at a roadside Mexican restaurant to sample the region's famous cuisine.

But before he could decide what to eat with the menu, a short-haired woman in a white knee-length dress suddenly walked in from outside, sat directly across the table, and greeted him in English with a slightly strange accent: "Good afternoon, Mr. Zhang." If you don't mind, can you tell me how you managed to get Speaker Cosmo in one day?"

"Hehe, the Speaker doesn't have the worst temper you think, and in a way, he's one of the best people I've ever met. Zhang Cheng pretended to smile mysteriously and spread his hands.

There is no doubt that the person who came was none other than another member of the Supreme Council who had entrusted him with mediation, Ms. Yvonne.

Although this woman was over forty-five years old, she still looked like a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl due to her elven blood, giving people a pure and beautiful feeling.

But in reality, the light magic she mastered was powerful enough to melt a modern ship made of tens of thousands of tons of steel in just a few minutes, which was called a humanoid mobile battery.

"Cosmo is easy to get along with? It's the funniest joke I've ever heard in my life. Thirty years ago, when I was a little girl who didn't know much about anything, he personally led a tribe of Indians trying to awaken the ancient gods who had been sleeping in the land. More than 1,500 people, including sacrifices, warriors, old men, women, and children, were all killed, even babies in swaddling clothes. By completely erasing all means of knowing the god's name, he resolved the crisis once and for all. How would such a guy think he was easy to get along with?" Yvonne asked with a sneer.

Obviously, the bloodline of the light elves in Norse mythology made her retain an inexplicable sense of justice and compassion, and she was full of disgust with the Speaker's near-genocidal methods.

Zhang Cheng spread his hands nonchalantly: "So what?"

We live in a world that has always obeyed the naked law of the jungle, where the strong set rules that are beneficial to them, and the weak can only obey and accept domination.

If the weak are not conscious, and even eager to do something to subvert the rule of the strong, then no matter how miserable the final outcome is, it is self-inflicted.

This is true of the underground world, and the same is true of the world of ordinary people.

Otherwise, what do you think is the reason for so many countries being invaded and bombed by NATO after World War II?

The reason is simple, firstly they are the weak, secondly they try to rebel and subvert the order established by the strong, and the end result is that the country is ushered in an inevitable war, a war that is destined to be lost from the heavy whether it is won or lost. ”

"So you're a social Darwinist and support Cosmo's way of doing things?" Yvonne frowned subconsciously.

She was obviously very dissatisfied with this answer, and her eyes revealed strong doubts.

"It's not about support or no-support. I am a person who has no fixed position, and as long as it does not infringe on my interests, I will unconditionally support whatever decision the speaker makes. Zhang Cheng held up a finger and corrected.

But then he seemed to remember something, and immediately added: "Of course, if you can make a condition that makes me happy, I will also support you, as if this mediation."

Also, with regard to social Darwinism, I do have a bit of a tendency to do that.

It is necessary to know that the competition of survival of the fittest is an objective law of nature, and it is a necessary prerequisite for promoting biological evolution, and a stable and comfortable living environment may be a good thing for an individual, but it is definitely a terrible disaster for a species.

But what is interesting is that in the modern world, many of the more economically developed regions are trying to improve their welfare, in some way to help the losers who have been eliminated.

The American education community has even put forward the slogan of making every child a winner.

They simply do not understand that this will have even the slightest positive effect except to reduce children's competitiveness, and will eventually lead to the inability to adapt to the brutal pressure of competition when they enter society, and eventually become swindlers, beggars, homeless people and criminals who make a living on government handouts.

Believe me, when human beings make a decision with some kind of kindness and compassion, generally speaking, the result will not be very good, even if it has a certain effect in a short period of time, but in the end it will be a complete tragedy 190%. ”

"Hmph! It seems that you, like Cosmo, have long been filled with coldness and death. Anyway, I'm not here to talk to you about that. Give, take, these are the rewards that have been agreed in advance, and I hope we will not become enemies in the future. ”

With that, Yvonne stood up and placed a shabby leather suitcase that looked very old on the dining table, turned around and disappeared into the crowd.

After she left for two or three minutes, Zhang Cheng casually ordered a few dishes, and then carefully put his hand into the box while no one was paying attention.

Moment!

My fingertips touched the dense array of ancient books, stone slabs, and rubbing-down murals, as many as thirty or forty copies.

Just as he was about to take out one to check it, he suddenly heard a female voice in his ear: "Hello, sir, can I sit here?"

When I looked up, it turned out to be a Latino girl about 20 years old, wearing glasses, and holding a thick stack of textbooks in her arms, like a high school or college student.

Since noon coincides with the peak dining season, this well-known restaurant in the local area has been filled with customers one after another, and the only option is to share a table.

"Absolutely!"

Zhang Cheng politely made a gesture of please, and then ignored the other party, took out an ancient book densely filled with Semitic symbols from the suitcase and looked at it.

Although this book is not from the ancient race of the Middle East more than 7,000 years ago, but a Manichaean priest of the Sassanid dynasty more than 1,500 years ago, through the collection and arrangement, recorded and preserved the supernatural powers remaining in some ancient Semitic ruins.

There are even detailed notes in many places, so that even people who don't know anything can complete some interesting magical rituals through the descriptions.

Waiting for food to be served is undoubtedly very boring, especially since smartphones are not so advanced at the moment, and there is no way to browse information on the Internet and there are no fun games.

So within minutes, the Latino girl across the table shifted her attention to the parchment page, full of vicissitudes.

Soon, an expression of surprise appeared on her face, and she couldn't help but exclaim: "Sassanid Pahlavi language?!Oh my God! This is an ancient book of the Sassanid dynasty in the Middle Ages!"

"Huh, you can understand!" Zhang Cheng raised his head in surprise.

After all, after the complete Arabization of Persia, Middle Persian was not readily accessible to anyone, and only a very small number of experts and professors could barely understand part of it.

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