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Chapter 100: Political Commissar Guo's Iron Ambition (Middle)

The sun is setting, and the afterglow is like fog." 『Nature'.2.

Beneath the dazzling fiery clouds, the mountains and the sea were dyed a bright red. It looks dreamlike, but it's not real.

The last rays of the setting sun spill diagonally on the beach, blending with the dappled yellow sand. A surging wave, endlessly crashing against the tall and solid seawall, rolling up countless fragments of white foam, and slowly receding.

In a food stall on the reinforced concrete seawall, Li Wei and Political Commissar Guo are sitting face-to-face on simple plastic chairs, admiring the waves of the blue sea and enjoying a sumptuous dinner — compared to the city of Arnous, where tourists from all over the world gather, business travelers from all over the world, and cafes, restaurants and food stalls, there is no high-end pastime in the highly militarized fortress port of Torch Harbor. Even if the landlord Guo is invited to dinner, in addition to the canteen of the unit, he can only find this unique sea-view food stall in the city.

However, the so-called eating the sea by the sea, in the food stall of Torch Harbor, which is not amazing, all kinds of fresh seafood from other worlds listed on the menu taste very good after some on-site cooking. In addition to the two "specialties" recommended by Professor Guo, such as fried sea lizard steak and giant spider crab, sea shells, sea cucumbers and sashimi seasoned with sour fruit juice, as well as plump caviar, are also appetizing. In addition, some otherworldly fruits that spread their seeds through ocean currents also contain surprisingly delicious flavors beneath their sturdy, waterproof hard shells.

In order to entertain Levi, Commissar Guo opened a bottle of treasured Dark Elf Raspberry Wine. However, perhaps because "distance produces beauty", Li Wei is more interested in the seaweed wine made by the traverser in Torch Harbor. Brewed with a blend of spices, a special local seaweed rich in sugar, it has a magnificent and luxurious lilac hue and a subtle smell of the sea that makes Levi addicted.

“…… Hehe, thank you for your hospitality! I didn't think there were so many great delicacies in this place! It's a bit of a surprise! ”

After drinking and eating, Li Wei slowly drank the last curry and seafood soup while chatting casually with Professor Guo, "...... However, what surprised me even more was your mobilization speech! Oh, that's exciting! However, isn't this central idea a little too intense and cruel? At first glance, it doesn't sound like the words of an old party member, but rather like a warmonger who sells militaristic ideas......"

“…… Warmonger? Why does that sound a little awkward? When did the Bolsheviks, who claimed to smash the old world like us, also be regarded pacifists? I'm not the kind of little bourgeois who talks about love and peace all day long......"

Political Commissar Guo pursed his lips and said, "...... I don't remember preaching that kind of white-left ideology when I was in a Marxist philosophy class. ”

“…… But even so, haven't the party and the country been propagating that peace and exhibition are the main theme of the times, and that peace should be loved? ”

“…… Hehe, how many years ago was that the old yellow calendar? By the nineteenth century at the latest, Europeans had been talking about their love of peace all day long, but then they had not fought two bloody world wars in Europe while killing people in the colonies? ”

Political Commissar Guo blinked, "...... Since the birth of human civilization, war and peace have been inseparable twins. Nations rise and fall in war, and civilizations are destroyed and revived in war. Without the cruelty of war, how can peace be precious? ”

“…… Well, anyway, you have already made up your mind to stay in this world, no matter how much propaganda and mobilization, whether you advocate fascism or feudal imperial ideology, or hedonism or anarchism, the state will not be too entangled with you. ”

Levi spread his hands and decided not to argue about the topic anymore - Chinese has always been in the habit of hanging high on matters that do not concern him, whether it is an individual or a government," ...... However, then again, Political Commissar Guo, you are already so old, how can you still have such a spirit, not to enjoy the joy of family at home, but to form a group with young people to travel and conquer another world? ”

“…… This one...... How so? In life, there are always some ideals and pursuits! Although in the end, the ideal still has to be subordinated to reality. ”

Political Commissar Guo raised his neck and took a sip of raspberry wine, and said lightly, "...... In the past few decades, I have been dragged down by my family and children, and I can't just try to be happy on my own, no matter what dreams I pursue. Now, my wife has died, my son has started a family, and I have grandchildren, and there is not much in the world that I can't reassure me. Now that I have the opportunity to start from scratch in another world, it is a wish to simply take advantage of the fact that my body is still strong and fight hard to break through......"

Saying this, he smiled and invited Levi, "...... Would you like to stay with you? With your rich experience in traveling through other worlds many times before, as well as as your legendary qualifications as a veteran traveler, who once worked as a paladin in medieval Europe, chatted and laughed with the popes and kings, and pulled up a secession force in the late Ming Dynasty, it is absolutely easy to enter the ...... of the leadership core of this 'Otherworldly Conquest Army'."

“…… I'll just forget it! War and death, famine and destruction, I've seen too many such things. My heart is tired! ”

Hearing this, Li Wei hurriedly waved his hand and refused, "...... What it's like to travel through another world, am I still unclear? Now, I just want to live the second half of my life in peace with my wife and children, and those things that smash the old world and create a new era are still handed over to more energetic and enthusiastic young people! ”

“…… Are you tired of wars and adventures and have become peace-loving? Professor Guo raised his eyebrows, "...... If you don't want to, I certainly won't force you, but ...... One thing, I have to warn you, even if you stay on Earth, you may not escape the war! ”

“…… Belch? Political Commissar Guo, what do you mean by that? It's not going to be peaceful everywhere on Earth, and I know that, of course. But ......"

Levi frowned, "...... As long as you don't go to those war-torn places, the peaceful environment in the country should still be fine, right? ”

“…… Well, I don't know if you know that as early as 1887, Engels predicted the ...... of the First World War"

Political Commissar Guo did not talk about this issue directly, but played with the wine glass and recounted a distant history," ...... Engels wrote in his writings at the time: 'For Prussia and Germany there can be no war other than world war. It would be a world war of unprecedented scale and intensity, in which eight million to ten million soldiers would kill each other and eat all of Europe cleaner than a swarm of locusts at any time. The great devastation of the Thirty Years' War was repeated in three or four years, and throughout the Great 6, with famine and pestilence everywhere, the general barbarism of the army and the masses of the people by extreme misery, and the uncontrollable disarray of our man-made institutions in commerce, industry, and credit, which ended in general bankruptcy, and the collapse of the old state and its intergenerational statecraft, so that the crown rolled to the ground and left unto be reclaimed'...... At that time, all the European intellectuals who read Engels's article thought that he was alarmist, and almost no one took it seriously. But decades later, Engels' prophecy came true.

Engels was able to make such accurate predictions more than 20 years ago in the First World War, not because he was a prophet of any god or a wizard with the blood of a prophet, but because he made accurate judgments and precise deductions about the inherent defects of the capitalist system.

In the same way, I can predict that in the near future, the largest human death event in the history of the earth will inevitably erupt! It may take the form of war, it may be massacre, it may be famine and pestilence, but it may be a combination of many disasters...... This is because, with the current level of science and technology, production capacity and distribution system possessed by mankind, it is almost impossible for the earth to safely carry 10 billion people for a long time......"

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ps: Recently, there is an interesting news that Nyingchi in Tibet is going to build a city, and the state says that the population on your plateau is not enough to meet the standard. Who knew that Nyingchi changed its report and included the population of the northeastern state of India in southern Tibet next door - do you dare to say that southern Tibet is not our territory? Then the local population is naturally also the population of Nyingchi. The relevant departments were desperate, but due to the issue of political correctness, they could not refute it, and now Nyingchi has successfully established the city.

In addition, I deeply mourn the death of Daisuke Sato, the author of "School Apocalypse", this masterpiece of shaking milk and selling meat that has been worn out by the protagonists of all parties, it seems that it is the same as Dream of Red Mansions, and there is no hope to finish the book. In order to commemorate him, let's write more scenes between Mr. Shizuka Jukawa and Minami Rika in the finale. Well, maybe we should discuss it with the writers who have passed through the "School Apocalypse" and write a eulogy for "In Memory of Daisuke Sato"?

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