Chapter 100, Political Commissar Guo’s Iron Ambition (Part 2)
The sun sets in the west, and the afterglow is like fog.
Under the dazzling fire clouds, the mountains and sea were dyed a bright red. It looks like a dream, so unreal.
The last rays of the setting sun fell slantingly on the beach, blending with the mottled yellow sand. Wave after wave of turbulent waves crashed endlessly against the tall and solid seawall, rolling up countless pieces of white foam, and then slowly receded.
In a food stall on the reinforced concrete seawall, Levi and Political Commissar Guo sat face to face on simple plastic seats, admiring the waves of the blue sea while enjoying a fairly sumptuous dinner - gathering with tourists from all over the world, they were so strange. Compared with Arnus City, which is full of business travelers from all over the world and is full of cafes, restaurants and food stalls, there is no high-end entertainment place in Torch Port, a highly militarized fortress port. Even if the landowner, Political Commissar Guo, invites guests for dinner, the only other place he can find is this unique sea view food stall in the city besides the canteen of his work unit.
However, the so-called eating by the sea, the various fresh seafood from other worlds listed on the menu at Torch Port, a food stall with an unspectacular appearance, do taste very good after some on-site cooking. In addition to the two "special dishes" recommended by Professor Guo, the fried sea lizard steak and the giant spider crab, the sea shells, sea cucumbers and sashimi seasoned with vermicelli juice, as well as the crystal plump fish roe, are also delicious. move. In addition, some exotic fruits whose seeds are spread by sea currents also contain unexpected delicacies under their strong, waterproof shells.
In order to entertain Levi, Political Commissar Guo opened a bottle of treasured Dark Elf raspberry wine. But perhaps because "distance creates beauty", Levi was more interested in the seaweed wine brewed by travelers from local materials in Torch Port. This stuff is brewed from a special local seaweed that is rich in sugar and mixed with spices. It has a gorgeous and luxurious lavender color and a subtle sea smell, which makes Levi very addicted to drinking it.
"...Haha, thank you for your hospitality! I didn't expect that there are so many high-quality delicacies in this place! It's really surprising!"
After having a full meal, Levi slowly drank the last curry seafood soup while casually chatting with Professor Guo, "...but what surprised me even more was your mobilization speech just now! Oh, it was really Exciting! However, isn’t this central idea a bit too intense and cruel? At first glance, it doesn’t sound like what an old party member said, but rather like a warmonger promoting militaristic ideas..."
"...War monger? Why does this sound a bit awkward? When did the Bolsheviks like us, who claim to smash the old world, be regarded as pacifists? I am not the kind of person who cares about love and peace all day long. The little bourgeoisie at the mouth..."
Political Commissar Guo curled his lips and said, "...I don't remember preaching that white leftist ideology when I was taking a Marxist philosophy class."
"...But even so, haven't the party and the country been preaching that peace and development are the main themes of the times, and we must love peace?"
"...Haha, how many years ago was that? In the 19th century at the latest, Europeans had been talking about loving peace all day long, but then they were killing people in the colonies. While fighting two bloody world wars in Europe?”
Political Commissar Guo blinked his eyes, "...Since the birth of human civilization, war and peace have been inseparable twins. Countries rise and fall in war, and civilizations are destroyed and revived in war. Without the cruelty of war, how can it be seen? How valuable is peace? ”
"...Well, anyway, you have made up your mind to stay in this world. No matter how you propagandize and mobilize, whether you advocate fascism, feudal imperialism, hedonism or anarchism, the country will not talk too much about you. The ground is entangled.”
Li Wei spread his hands and decided not to argue about this topic anymore - Chinese people have always been accustomed to being high-minded about matters that have nothing to do with them, whether it is individuals or the government, "...but, having said that, Political Commissar Guo, you are already so old, how come you still have such energy? Instead of enjoying family happiness at home, you join a group of young people to travel and conquer other worlds?”
"...How to say this...? In life, there are always some ideals and pursuits! Although in the end ideals still have to succumb to reality."
Political Commissar Guo raised his neck, took a sip of raspberry wine, and said calmly, "...In the past few decades, I have been a drag on having a family and children. I cannot pursue my dreams regardless of my own pleasure. Now. Well, my wife has passed away, my son has started a family, and my grandchildren I already have children and grandchildren, and there aren’t many things in that world that I can’t worry about. Now that I have the opportunity to start from scratch in another world, I might as well try my best to make a career while my body is still strong. It can be regarded as a wish fulfilled..."
Having said this, he smiled and invited Levi, "... Do you want to stay together? With your rich experience in traveling to different worlds many times before, and as a senior time traveler who once served as a paladin in medieval Europe, Talking and laughing with the popes and kings, and having the legendary qualifications to pull up a separatist force in Australia in the late Ming Dynasty, it is absolutely easy to enter the core leadership of this 'conquering army of other worlds'..."
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"...I'll just forget it! War and death, famine and destruction, I have seen too many such things. My heart is tired!"
Hearing this, Li Wei quickly waved his hand and refused, "...What is it like to travel to another world? Am I still not clear about it? Now, I just want to live a peaceful second half of my life with my wife and children. Those who smashed the old world and created a new era Let’s leave things to more motivated young people!”
"... Are you tired of wars and adventures and have become peace-loving?" Professor Guo raised his eyebrows, "... If you definitely don't want to, I certainly won't force you, but... there is one thing, I I have to remind you that even if you stay on Earth, you may not be able to escape the war!”
"...Huh? Political Commissar Guo, what do you mean by this? There will not be peace everywhere on the earth, of course I know that. But..."
Li Wei frowned, "...As long as we 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 outbreak of World War I..."
Political Commissar Guo did not talk about this issue directly, but played with the wine glass and recounted a period of distant history, "...Engels wrote in his work at that time: 'For Prussia and Germany, except for the world war, There can be no other war than this. It will be a world war of unprecedented scale and intensity. At that time, eight to ten million soldiers will kill each other and eat up all of Europe at the same time. It will eat more than locust swarms at any time. The great damage caused by the Thirty Years' War was concentrated in three to four years. , and spread over the whole continent, were everywhere plagued by famine, pestilence, general barbarism of armies and masses by extreme privations, and our man-made institutions of commerce, industry, and credit were thrown into an uncontrollable state of confusion, the result of which was general bankruptcy, and the old country and its statecraft from generation to generation. It collapsed, causing the crowns to roll on the ground in dozens without anyone taking care of them... At that time, every European intellectual who read Engels's article thought he was alarmist, and almost no one took it seriously. Ten years later, Engels' prediction came true.
Engels was able to make such accurate predictions more than 20 years ago before the First World War, not because he was a prophet of any god or because he had a wizard lineage as a prophet, but because he understood the inherent flaws of the capitalist system. accurate judgment and precise deduction.
In the same way, I can also predict that in the near future, the largest human death event in history will inevitably break out on the earth! It may take the form of war, it may be massacre, it may be famine and plague, but it is more likely to be a combination of multiple disasters... Because with the current level of science and technology, production capacity and distribution system that humans have, it is almost impossible. Let the earth safely host a population of 10 billion for a long time..."
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PS: A recent interesting fact is that Linzhi in Tibet is going to be built as a city, but the country says that the population on your plateau is not enough and cannot meet the standards. Unexpectedly, the Linzhi local government changed the report to include the population of the northeastern Indian state next door to southern Tibet - do you dare to say that southern Tibet is not our territory? Then the local population is naturally the population of Linzhi. Relevant departments were shocked, but due to the issue of political correctness, Linzhi has been successfully established as a city. In addition, I deeply mourn the death of Daisuke Sato, the author of "School Apocalypse". This masterpiece of milk-shaking and meat-selling has been worn out by the protagonists of all parties. It seems that like Dream of Red Mansions, there is no hope that it will never be completed. . In order to commemorate him, please write more scenes between Teacher Shizuka Marikawa and Rika Minami in the finale. Well, maybe we should discuss with the writers who have gone through "School Apocalypse" and write a eulogy "In Memory of Daisuke Sato" together?