"Teacher, I'm not a narrow-minded nationalist. I'm not even human. That's why I can't be like you, teacher, because my surname and blood have such a high sense of identity with ancient China. I can only make an independent analysis of the objective facts that have taken place in history from my own point of view. ”

"Facts have proved that during the development period of ancient China, there were indeed many combat heroes who were brave and fearless, and looked at death as if they were at home. In peacetime, we can also see many soldiers, medical personnel, firefighters, and rescue team members in ancient China knowing that there are tigers in the mountains and prefer to go to the tiger mountains. ”

"The people of ancient China would not ask the leader to make trouble for salary before setting off for a rescue task that required a race against time, and always wanted to complete what they could do first, and then consider other things. Those ancestors can always clearly understand what kind of battle is an important battle, and what situation must be fought with their lives. Whenever the need arises, there will always be someone who stands up from the small. One moment he may have been just a mortal, but the next, he was a warrior who could block a machine gun with his chest. ”

"After the end of World War II, under the difficulties of internal and external troubles, ancient China completed the 150-year path of other countries in 70 years, and completed the largest postmodern industrialization process in human history. None of this is a pie-in-the-sky blessing, but indeed a miracle of civilization accomplished by all the people in this country. ”

"There is no such thing as an uncaused. There must be a reason for the birth of miracles. The reason for this is the historical precipitation that has never been broken in ancient China. It allows people who have grown up in this history and culture to have compatriot empathy that can transcend life and death, and to have the spirit of sacrifice and fearless courage that others seem to be incomprehensible. It is so thick that it can be the cradle that will eventually give birth to the common collective wisdom of the entire human civilization. ”

"The fertile soil of 5,000 years of history has cultivated the will of human beings to unite across classes in the true sense of the word. This unity transcends ethnicity, complexion, and creed, and it is natural to be invincible, invincible, open up mountains, and control floods. This solidarity is different from the 'freedom, peace, and love' that people in other systems that were dominated by capital at that time. Under the guidance of this unity and vision of the whole civilization, ancient China, which gradually became a world leader, did not indulge in hegemony, but always exercised self-restraint with a high sense of responsibility and took the interests of the whole civilization as the highest criterion. ”

Of course, in the transition period between civilization from the 21st century to the 22nd century, there were some biased trends of thought born in ancient China. But these currents of thought are harmless and cannot shake the fundamentals. Fortunately, during this period, the sage became the supreme spiritual leader in the fields of science and technology, economics, politics and military affairs. His own high degree of self-restraint and the 'bowl of water' strategy that he insisted on no matter what, played an extremely crucial role in the unity of civilizations. ”

He not only insisted on telling the truth and doing real things, but also did not fear the evil words and slander of others, and insisted on treating those who failed to keep up with the backward in time with a generous and benevolent attitude. At the same time, he maintained absolute superiority at all levels, built an overwhelming power system, and effectively prevented destabilizing factors. ”

"Time has proved the correctness of the sages, and also proved that the ideology of the ancient people has the highest sense of the times, the most far-sighted and forward-looking, and the strongest sense of civilization mission."

"I do not deny the ideological height of the sages. But I believe that the sages themselves are only one of the individuals in the Chinese civilization. His thinking is based on his life experience and the cultural attributes in which he lives. His life experience and cultural attributes are based on the historical precipitation of the ancient country. ”

"It was the thick historical and cultural soil of ancient China that first gave birth to the personality of the sages, and finally the sages themselves, the culmination of human civilization and thought. Without the sages, there would be no our present. But there is no past, and there are no sages. ”

Tang Xiaao, who was too precocious, explained his comprehensive outlook on life and society to Zhou Donglai from his personal perspective.

Zhou Donglai tasted something else from it, "Xiao Tang, are you saying that the leader of mankind is not the individual sage, but the history of ancient China?" ”

"It's not. Teacher, this is back to the philosophical speculation of chicken or egg. I believe that in the critical historical stage, it is still necessary for a great leader with otherworldly strategic thinking like the sage to complete the mission of unifying the will. After all, if the wisdom of the crowd is regarded as an individual, the level of consideration of the problem is actually not deep enough. ”

"Civilization needs a variety of leaders with a real sense of responsibility, mission, and ability, such as scientific leaders, opinion leaders, thought leaders, military leaders, political leaders, and business leaders, to help ordinary people improve their thinking and avoid wasting resources as much as possible. This resource includes both matter and energy in the narrow sense and the limited free time at the disposal of each person in a limited life in a broad sense. ”

"We were fortunate in the past to have a sage who had all the characteristics that all of these types of leaders need, so he was a great leader."

"But in our fleet, the former military leader is General Qin, and now it is the teacher, the personal ability leader is Teacher Tong, and the scientific leader is Emerson...... But unfortunately, even though Teacher Tong has achieved extraordinary achievements, she still cannot be compared with the sages. ”

"Teacher, the influence of you and others within the fleet is all superimposed, and it is still not as good as the sage. This is the core cause of the outbreak of civil unrest. Civil strife has indeed increased the average military literacy of the fleet, and this is our gain. But if there was a second sage in the fleet, perhaps without going through civil strife, we would have fared better in the last campaign. ”

Zhou Donglai responded: "Yes." We need leaders like the sages, but alas...... Never mind. It's too late today. Don Jr., you rest early. ”

Zhou Donglai hung up the communication, opened the personal diary system, and began to quickly enter his reflections and summaries.

The original intention of his master and apprentice's conversation today was to cultivate Tang Xiaao, but he never thought that he would be awakened again.

After thinking for a long time, Zhou Donglai opened the internal information system again, checked the Imperial Weekly Report that he had just received one ten-thousandth of a second ago, and looked through the latest scientific research progress and the comprehensive report of the leadership of the core content of current politics, military, and economy.

After a long time, Zhou Donglai sighed secretly and said to himself: "It's really not okay to go on like this." ”

The birth of a leader like Chen Feng has too many chances, and there is no possibility of replication.

To borrow a phrase from the sage Chen Feng himself.

According to Noshi, he once said at a small gathering of the founding team of the Salvation Society: "I can't help it, and I don't want to raise myself so high." I'm even trying hard to weaken my presence. But I must share what I have gained from the future in advance and lead civilization forward with it. Now is the information society, and even I can't hide the truth forever under the cover of the sands of time. ”

"What I do will definitely be discovered and studied by future generations of historians, and I will definitely be canonized. I can't stop that. After my death, as long as the war between humanity and the compound eyes is not over, and humanity has not yet stepped out of the galaxy and entered the real era of the universe, it is theoretically impossible for human beings to give birth to characters who surpass me. ”

"It's not just about ability and talent, it's about the fact that I've done so much work as a relayer of civilization. Before the advent of the Great Cosmic Generation, it is impossible for others to surpass me in terms of workload and achievements. I don't want that, and I'm sure you don't want to, but it's an objective fact that can't be changed. ”

In short, the objective fact means that after the philosopher Chen Feng entered the embryonic resurrection state and disappeared along with the entire primitive genetic research institute, mankind had to enter an era of leaderless dragons and no true leader.

This is true for the Imperial Headquarters, and it is also true for the Nameless Fleet.

It is not denied that many great figures have been born in the long years and infinitely vast territory, such as ***, Lai Wenming, Sergei, Qin Guang, Yang Guoding and others, including the current Tong Ling, Emerson, Zhou Donglai, and Ophoros Cage and Sorent Cage, who were short but did leave a strong mark in the history of the fleet.

Each of these people has his own achievements, and none of them can be underestimated.

However, no matter how radical the historian is, who studies certain fields and whose scope of research is limited to certain periods, cannot juxtapose these names with the sages.

One might think that in every timeline in the past, humanity has gone through a similar leadership window and has passed through it like this.

But the "successes" of the past are not worth emulating, because no matter how far humanity has made in the last nine timelines, it still failed in the end.

Here is still quoting the original words of the sage Chen Feng himself, "There is no need to quibble if you become a king or lose a villain." There is no essential difference between a beautiful defeat and a humble defeat in terms of results. As long as it loses, it proves that there must be something that is not done enough, and it needs to be improved. ”

Today, times are different.

Under different circumstances, human civilization must put forward new demands on itself.

Whether it's the social landscape, the demand for talent, or the culture of leaders, we must keep pace with the times.

In the past, until the eighth timeline, humanity was trapped in the solar system by the Dome.

At that time, although mankind was almost ignorant of the enemy's situation, it was this ignorance that saved people from worry, and people did not have time to think about it in their hearts, but only thought about what it was to accomplish a little more work, and there were no unrealistic expectations for the future at all.

In the past ninth timeline, the situation has become a little more complicated, and there have been many times of turmoil in the outer colonies.

But at that time, mankind was still pessimistic and had no vision for the future.

Never before has a core team taken on a major mission of the same caliber as the Nameless Fleet.

The age value of the Shadow Galaxy is about the same as that of the Nameless Fleet, but the development pattern within the Shadow Galaxy is highly similar to that of the solar system in the previous eight timelines, and there is no large-scale chaos, and the error tolerance brought by the characteristics of its galaxy civilization is much greater than that of the Nameless Fleet.

But this time, Zhou Donglai can take a little look at the overall situation, and he can find that the scorching war is different from the desperate war that was losing and retreating in the past timeline.

At present, mankind can neither see any hope of victory in the short term, nor can it be defeated quickly, and in the process of continuous entanglement and fighting between the two sides, the ideological and structural trend of human society has become more complicated.

The scorching war situation in the frontline galaxy is itself a trap.

In the process of confronting each other, human beings are trying to further absorb each other's core technologies, and at the same time, they are also using the war experience and technological advancement obtained from the front line to complete the scientific and technological reserves, and quickly transform them into continuously improving military strength, waiting to give the other side a ruthless blow.

But it is clear that, judging by the Devouring Worm and the Hive Giant Ship encountered by the Nameless Fleet, the Compound Eyes have never completely opened their true hole cards in the previous confrontations, and even in the long wars of the past nine timelines.

Many people should understand that humans are not victorious, but before they know it, they have also jumped into the pit they dug for the compound eye.

This pit is not a tactical intrigue or a strategic deceit, but an ideological trap at a higher level that involves the ideological trend.

Looking at all of humanity, no one is immune to it.

Unconsciously, too many people began to have a misconception in their hearts, thinking that human beings could not go all out to dismantle the slave legions that were stronger than the main force of the past, and that human beings had mastered the method of victory.

No one denies the defeat of mankind in the history of nothingness, but the history of nothingness that cannot be seen is indeed more shallow than the real history, and cannot form enough imprints of thinking.

And under the indoctrination of the consciousness left by Chen Feng, these people more firmly recognized the superiority of human beings as the core race of the universe.

When the string that has been tense in the hearts of people in the past is relaxed, it is easy to breed overconfidence.

Self-confidence is not a bad thing, but overconfidence can lead to laxity.

This is wrong.

The correct situation should be like this.

In a situation where there is no doubt about losing, blind confidence can be inspiring.

But when there is a real chance of victory, one should reclaim one's self-confidence and remain in awe of other advanced civilizations born in the boundless universe.

Everyone understands the truth, but the subtlety of the human heart lies in the fact that it is easier to know than to do.

This is a very obvious manifestation of the emergence of a fugitive doctrine called free will, which is actually blindly confident that you can survive by going out and exiting in the nameless fleet that has been lurking for a long time and has been separated from the main civilization for too long.

Within the empire, although there are a number of great think tanks such as the Imperial Government, the Salvation Organization, the Institute of Temporal Topology, and the Academy of Philosophers with strong executive power, and with the increase in per capita genetic awakening, it has also brought stronger innovation ability and productivity, but the problem has gradually been exposed, but the degree is not as obvious as when the Nameless Fleet is in civil strife, and the differences are slightly smaller.

In the Empire, most people are still concerned about the overall interests of civilization, but there are still many people who are content to enjoy themselves.

Escapism with excessive inferiority and excessive conceit is still in its infancy.

There are even various scientific and unscientific sects in some sectors.

Under the complete imperial republic system, different vassal systems have also been produced in some star regions according to different natural and human environments, with different complex ideologies and cultural attributes such as military system, republic system, parliamentary system, religious system, scientific religious system, scientific system, industrial system, agricultural system, entertainment system, etc.

It was a mixture of many different systems to form a hodgepodge of imperial republics.

This complex overall environment is shaking the unified will of mankind.

This is a blunt knife cutting flesh, and it is also a potential crisis of internal division and disintegration of humanity.

It's inevitable. Because the human mind is uncertain and infinitely random.

Short lifespans are both strengths and weaknesses for humans. It is difficult for earthlings to rely on cloning and immortality to keep their ideology unchanged for hundreds of thousands of years, or even millions of years, like the compound eyes.

Nowadays, the people in the war zone and the people in the rear area are gradually diverging in consciousness, and this difference is intensifying due to the differences in the cognition and personality of various ethnic groups.

Many people of insight have already realized the problem, and even many people have turned to Zhou Donglai, a group of fleet members who have experienced turmoil, to learn from them.

This question did bother Zhou Donglai for several months, and it was also the reason for his discussion with Tang Xiaao.

Zhou Donglai once again began to reflect on the causes and consequences of the last civil strife.

He believes that although it was the teacher Qin Guang who made the plan and he himself who implemented the plan, there is no doubt that Tong Ling is the key to turning things around.

It is the existence of Tong Ling that the fleet can stabilize the situation at a critical moment.

The reason why the follow-up work can be carried out smoothly is also closely related to Tong Ling's strong strength and unshakable lofty status in the eyes of all fleet members.

After successfully withstanding the civil strife and turmoil, the fleet not only completed the training, but also re-strengthened the function of the management system, and made the fleet members clearly understand the nature of society, the value of beliefs, and the interrelationship between individuals and groups.

After the civil strife, the members of the fleet regained a dialectical outlook on life and learned to face up to their responsibilities.

In the key battles after the successful implementation of the Fleet Republic, there was no persecution, no power, and no suspicion, and everyone united as one to hate the enemy.

Everyone knows that whether they are moving forward for different beliefs or not, they must move forward and move forward towards eternity.

Because of this, the fleet was able to escape from the mortal situation created by the Eater and the Hive Giant.

Now that the fleet has been reduced to zero, everyone is divided into 12,000 troops, but under the stronger cohesion created by the fleet republic, Qin Guang is emotionally willing to believe that others will definitely be able to complete the convergence in 2960, but reason is telling him that he has to do something to prevent changes.

Forty years is enough time to change dynasties in slow-paced antiquity, let alone today.

Therefore, Zhou Donglai believes that his thinking is not only to feed the empire, but also to help himself.

Zhou Donglai thought about it for a long time, taking notes while thinking, and finally wrote a paragraph by hand.

"Only a great leader can be the spiritual pillar of mortals, so that mortals who are biased and have limited abilities can follow the right path without knowing all the truth."

"Humanity needs leaders. What leaders have left to mankind is not only those achievements that can be seen and touched, but an indelible spiritual force. ”

"A truly great leader is not easy to come by, and it takes too many factors such as the right time, place, and people to meet the standard. In the long river of time, civilization will inevitably face the situation of the leader being disconnected, so at least the spiritual power left by the leader must be passed on. ”

"The transmission of spiritual power should be transmitted from person to person, and cannot rely on artificial intelligence. Because artificial intelligence itself lacks emotions, nature does not teach everyone's true mental attributes. ”

"But what can we do to carve a spiritual imprint in people's hearts?"