CHAPTER 394: CHAPTER 237: ALL FOR HUMANITY_2

Shen Shi nodded once again.

Relics are actually divided into two types, one of which has significant value. The most prominent one Shen Shi knows is the marketplace terminal obtained by human civilization in the future.

This is basically a BUG-like thing.

And it’s a BUG within the Interstellar Society.

Ignoring distance for instant communication and large-scale teleportation, what does this mean?

Transporting materials, reducing transportation costs and time, facilitating communication... these are child’s play.

Imagine if someone could smuggle a relic into the main planet of a B-level civilization, and then instantly produce a warship, what would happen?

It’s just that human civilization is still too weak, and the trade market has constraints that cannot be exposed; otherwise, human civilization might genuinely possess the capability to threaten B-level civilizations.

But what if human civilization becomes stronger?

Even if reaching B-level civilization is just a distant goal, or even if there’s not such a huge disparity in strength, they might truly assemble a B-level warship?

In some ways, this is already considered cheating.

However, although there are such powerful relics, naturally, there are also relics that are not so powerful.

Another relic in Shen Shi’s possession, which can transform non-living planets into living ones, is already quite effective, but such effectiveness may not be particularly notable for civilizations like Gus Civilization, which can easily accomplish this with their own technology, possibly at a lower cost.

Apart from this, there are many more relics that are rather useless.

Shen Shi knows that a certain power possesses an almost inexhaustible Energy Core, yet the output power of that Energy Core is extremely limited, making its practical effects rather impractical.

There are also relics capable of creating portable space, yet the size of the space is not large at all, nowhere near the B-level curvature expansion technology.

For relics like these, research value far outweighs practical value.

For many low-level civilizations, they might not even recognize these as ancient relics or understand the concept of so-called ancient relics.

However, for Gus Land, which has the capability to conduct some level of research on these artifacts, their value is both identical and immense.

Thus, Yulan’s approach for penetrating Gus Land is straightforward.

——Extract these relics from the hands of other powers and present them to Gus Land.

"If we can clearly identify the relics that other powers possess, the success rate of this plan would greatly increase," Yulan stated finally, "On one hand, we can use this information to threaten other powers, who have gone to great lengths to hide these relics, naturally fearing Gus Land’s knowledge of them. On the other hand, this could bring greater benefits to Gus Land. According to Gus Land’s rules, they must reciprocate equally; this is both the explicit rule and the hidden one."

Interest exchange is one of the rare rules followed both openly and covertly.

Voluntarily offering interest can allow one to exchange for interest.

So, just as Yulan stated.

Even being awed by human civilization’s strong detection capabilities, capable even of detecting relics, Gus Land cannot do anything against human civilization, whether openly or covertly, because this is a proactive interest exchange by human civilization.

It can only be said that within this short period, the rules of Gus Land have been more or less understood by human civilization.

Of course, there is a need to grasp the proper degree of involvement.

Once you draw out Gus Land’s true master or the rule maker’s bottom line, everyone will understand what "absolute power that transcends all rules" truly means.

Nonetheless, these are not what Shen Shi worries about. For Shen Shi, who can foresee the future, grasping this "degree" is not difficult at all.

What he’s currently interested in is Yulan’s conjecture.

"It seems you think I can know about the relics hidden by other powers?" Shen Shi asked with interest. "Why do you have such confidence?"

"I do not have such confidence," Yulan shook her head with a modest yet confident smile. "I simply made bold conjectures about your unique abilities, Councillor Shen. After all, whether it was the initial detection upon arriving at Gus Land, the market attack at the start of trading, or the countless unknown situations you’ve discovered over these thirty years, all have demonstrated your strong information detection capabilities, which is also what outside forces believe. Therefore, the basis of my plan is a bold prediction about your detection abilities."

Shen Shi looked into his eyes, sensing his heart, and felt a bit of emotion.

Although Yulan did not say it directly, Shen Shi understood that Yulan was not the first in modern society to make "Prophet" predictions, nor would he be the last.

But it’s also unavoidable.

Initially, Shen Shi could push everything onto the unfounded "Star Sea" power, but as time progresses, with human civilization growing stronger, the secrets of the "Prophet" would inevitably gradually come to light.

By then, combining with some devices Shen Shi continues to bring, the secrets of "space-time transaction" may not be completely confidential.

Even now, some loopholes are difficult to conceal.

For example, the design style of some devices brought by Shen Shi, or certain special technologies’ compatibility with human civilization...

As the layers and quantity of space-time transactions grow ever larger, this is fundamentally unavoidable.

Faced with this possibility, the only thing Shen Shi can do is to continuously strengthen himself and the entire human civilization, becoming powerful enough that even if the secret is revealed one day, they have the capability to protect Time Crystal, the essence of the secret.

Therefore, Shen Shi wasn’t overly tense; this urgency had always been present.

"Your guess is correct. I do possess knowledge of some special relics. I will provide this information to you. When you return, further refine the plan based on this. Remember, this is absolutely confidential," Shen Shi said.

"Your Majesty!" Yulan suddenly kneeled on one knee, once again calling out "Your Majesty," her emotions visibly stirred, "I am willing to voluntarily engrave the Primordial Energy Steel Seal!"

"..." Shen Shi remained silent for a moment, then suddenly chuckled softly, "There’s no need for that; everything is for all of humanity."

"Precisely for all of humanity!" Yulan’s determination was resolute, "From the moment I learned about the true human history, I realized that the one who can truly change human destiny, and has been altering human destiny, is only His Majesty. Yulan has no other pursuits in this life, only hopes that human civilization can continuously grow stronger, until the Celestial Court becomes the true Celestial Court within this infinite Star Sea, and His Majesty becomes the true Celestial Emperor among countless civilizations!"

"..."

In that moment, Shen Shi somewhat understood how the emperors in history felt when their subordinates asked them to don the imperial robe.

He felt a bit moved, and a bit helpless.

Yulan before him was the same kind of person as Gong Chu, dedicating their life’s mission and pursuit to the glory of human civilization. Human civilization had many such individuals, and with the development and strengthening of civilization, there would be more and more people like this!

Lastly, Shen Shi still said only: "I understand your resolve, but just because I understand, there is no need to confirm it with something like a Primordial Energy Steel Seal. Go back and complete your task, fulfill your mission; that is where this resolve truly needs to be applied."