Chapter 280
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Chapter 280: The Discontent of the Federation’s People
“I’m going out to break through to a higher major realm. There might be a very astonishing phenomenon in the heavens and the earth, so please don’t come near.”
Yi Chen greeted Bai Ruo Xin.
“Is it very dangerous?”
Bai Ruo Xin felt a bit anxious.
She had been staying inside the flying treasure, so she naturally knew about Yi Chen’s situation.
This was the first time she saw Yi Chen intentionally holding back at the peak of the ninth level before breaking through, choosing to create a Defensive Skill first.
“Like the Heart Tribulation Stage, there should be a Tribulation during this breakthrough. I’ve prepared well this time, so it shouldn’t be a big problem.”
Yi Chen confidently explained and flew out of the flying treasure.
Then, he didn’t stop, leaping over the island and flying deeper into the ocean.
……
“Hey, Yi Chen suddenly came out.”
“I wanted to see his current realm, but the scanner on the Large Battleship can’t detect his condition anymore.”
“There’s an energy shield around him.”
“Since our human federation has a Large Battleship monitoring the entire exile planet from the atmosphere, it’s normal for him to create a skill to block the scanner’s detection.”
“Although Yi Chen can be a bit petty and selfish, our federation offered an outrageous amount of compensation, which relates to the significant interests of all humanity, and he still refuses to reconcile. But I have to say, his ability to create new skills is truly remarkable.”
“It’s been less than four months since Lu Qingxian confronted him. Even if all that time was spent on creating new skills, he has only taken less than four months to successfully create a new skill.”
“Sigh, I wonder how long he will continue to feel conflicted.”
The audience in the live room was amazed yet somewhat frustrated.
With different stances, their lines of thought inevitably diverged.
Not to mention, the council controlled all media narratives, with relevant personnel guiding public opinion.
This led to the majority of the federation’s people feeling that Yi Chen was blowing things out of proportion.
To avoid wasting resources, coupled with the Large Battleship constantly coming and going from the exile planet to escort heavy criminals, it easily created a huge vulnerability for rescuing those criminals.
Therefore, the human federation legislated to deprive all descendants of heavy criminals on the exile planet of their human rights.
Although this was somewhat unfair to the descendants of heavy criminals, the very existence of the exile planet was because the federation abolished the death penalty; it could serve as the safest prison for all of humanity, ensuring no vulnerabilities could arise.
Without the exile planet, the descendants of those heavy criminals would not even be able to exist.
In prisons, it was impossible for heavy criminals to flourish and have descendants like they could on the exile planet.
Depriving them of their human rights was seen as the cost they paid for obtaining life and the right to survive.
After thousands of years, the people of the human federation had long become accustomed to and accepted that the humanity on the exile planet was inferior, living without human rights, akin to savage wildlings.
In this context, streaming the daily lives of humanity on the exile planet was completely without issues.
Just as no one would think to seek the opinion of kittens and puppies when live streaming them, it was about the same.
In the eyes of all federation citizens, the biggest mistake of the human federation was not granting Yi Chen the welfare and rewards he deserved immediately after he created various new skills, allowing the public to rapidly evolve and vastly extend their lifespans through stealing his knowledge.
But as stated in the announcement from the Federal Parliament, the human federation was in a time of internal and external troubles, and Yi Chen’s personality was not very good.
At that time, confronting Yi Chen was necessary, but they had to beware of him sabotaging the newly created skills, which could seriously affect the development speed of the human federation.
They had no choice but to temporarily delay the confrontation, even sending in fake heavy criminals to the exile planet to try and get close to and control Yi Chen.
However, in the end, that plan did not succeed.
From start to finish, Yi Chen suffered no losses.
On the contrary, the Federation Military invested a large amount of high-quality spirit materials and spirit mines.
Many fake heavy criminals rose to positions of power, contributing greatly to the Flame Mountain Tribe.
Without these fake heavy criminals, in just a few years, Yi Chen would not have been able to develop the Flame Mountain Tribe to such an extent, especially since he had no time or energy to manage it, relying solely on the visionless native humanity led by the high priest.
It can be said that the incident with the fake heavy criminals not only brought no loss to Yi Chen but also provided him significant benefits.
In summary, the only mistake of the human federation was failing to grant Yi Chen the corresponding welfare and rewards promptly when he made great contributions.
But the reason was quite understandable.
Moreover, after the confrontation, the Federal Parliament offered outrageous compensation terms.
The vast majority of the human federation’s people couldn’t understand what more Yi Chen could be dissatisfied with.
Just his status as a member of the royal family, with privileges and territory, was enough to overshadow any debts owed.
Because of this, Yi Chen’s reluctance to reconcile caused discontent among the federation’s people, who felt he was making a big deal out of a small issue, disregarding the major interests of all humanity for a personal grievance.
……
If Yi Chen knew the thoughts of the human federation’s people, he would surely just laugh it off.
Logically speaking, fairness has always been something the strong bestow upon the weak.
From whose perspective matters, as the strong define their status.
From his perspective, while the federation steals the skills he created and benefits from vastly extended lifespans and continuous evolution, they don’t even treat him as a founding master but instead try to send people to get close to and control him.
The human federation does not regard him as one of their own, so he cleverly removed the human federation from his list of kin.
It’s that simple.
If he had no qualifications to resist, acknowledging the identity of a strong individual within the human federation, he would surely resign himself to accepting the fairness distributed by them, signing the appropriate contracts with the Federal Parliament at the first opportunity.
The problem is that while he currently lacks the capacity to resist, he possesses the potential to do so.
His choice is naturally to find a way to buy time and break free from restraints.
One day, he plans to return as a strong individual and explain fairness to the human federation, letting them experience the rules he establishes.
Finally, after flying hundreds of miles over an endless ocean, Yi Chen stopped moving forward.
To prevent the ocean creatures below from being affected, he soared upward until he was suspended in midair.
From Yi Chen’s perspective, he showed great mercy to the ocean creatures below, wasting his time to save them from disaster.
But from the perspective of those ocean creatures, they could only spit on Yi Chen in contempt.
Why come here to frighten us instead of threatening other creatures elsewhere for your Tribulation?
The weaker fierce beasts could only shiver and gratefully appreciate that Yi Chen gave them a chance to live, while those without the heart of a strong creature might even thank him for his mercy.
However, if they encountered an old master in closed-door training, that elder might emerge, slap Yi Chen dead, and believe it was punishment for disturbing his secluded cultivation.
……
Sitting cross-legged in midair,
Yi Chen quickly entered a meditative state.
Spirit energy surged into his body like a tide.
With his extraordinary talent, everything flowed smoothly without any bottlenecks.
Within a thousand miles,
Clouds rolled and waves surged.
The sky darkened,
Becoming gloomy and frightening.
It seemed as if the apocalypse was about to arrive.
