Extraordinary Pedigree.

Chapter 931 Moon Meeting
Since the fourth sword-bearer of the Kingdom of Heaven has set the precedent, the other heroes naturally have nothing to worry about.

Xia Xiu said that they could discuss route issues other than "Operation Kick-off" today, so these heroes naturally had to take the opportunity to have a good chat with this new political rookie in the Kingdom of Heaven.

The fifth hero was no longer silent.

His steady and deep voice echoed in the conference hall, as gentle yet powerful as the geothermal heat gushing out from deep in the rock.

He leaned forward slightly, his eyes fixed on Xia Xiu's tall fighting figure, his tone carrying a calm caution and gentle insistence:
"Since you have mentioned 'the route is the key', I will venture to say a few words about it. I hope it will not be intrusive."

He slowly raised his hand and lightly touched the emblem on his chest with his fingertips. It was the emblem of the Pluralistic Cooperation faction - composed of twelve interwoven star orbits, symbolizing the coexistence of multiple sources, multiple poles, and multiple lines.

"In today's increasingly fragmented Terran regime, pluralistic cooperation is indeed gradually marginalized, and is even regarded by many as the remnant of idealism. However..."

He changed the subject slightly, his tone was firm:

"Although many countries have their own selfish motives in this Star God Advent event, they are still willing to allocate resources, transfer technology, and open up orbital intelligence and ground gravity traction data in the interests of the greater good."

"We cannot deny that at a real life-or-death moment, 'cooperation' is still a viable route."

"I hope to use this lunar meeting to have a frank and in-depth discussion with His Excellency, the Fourth Sword Bearer of the Kingdom of Heaven, who is a possible future decision maker."

“No matter what your and my initial stance was, we should all face up to one point: the influence and integration of the Kingdom of Heaven today is a rare opportunity.

It can become a hub to unify partial fronts, helping those forces that have been divided to be incorporated into the overall strategy against Chaos and Destruction. "

Saint Martin the Fifth said:

“Collaboratism doesn’t have to die.

If Terra still has room to accommodate diversity today, then in the face of more complex crises in the future, our Kingdom of Heaven may be able to guide not only the will of Eden... but also the in-depth direction of the destiny of all mankind."

These words are both a question and a political token.

The Fifth Hero was not asking for a statement - he was just reminding Xia Xiu: If you really want to sit on that chair in the future, you can't ignore the word "cooperation".

Xia Xiu listened quietly to the Fifth Hero's speech, his eyebrows slightly lowered, and his fingers tapping lightly on the edge of the round table.

This means that he is thinking.

Xia Xiu did not find it ridiculous what the Fifth Hero said, because pluralistic cooperation had its foundation and fertile soil for existence.

In fact, pluralistic cooperation did not originally come from heaven. It has a prototype, and its prototype comes from Terra’s left-wing idealism - world federalism.

This doctrine and the utopian doctrine of heaven have similar needs to some extent. They both face a fundamental problem:

“Should humanity transcend nation-states and establish a unified, global political community?”

The representative of world federalism is a [Crown] of the Terra medium-sized lineage named Harold Laski, who calls on the think tanks of the major lineages to communicate with each other and jointly establish a "global constitutional government."

Their demands and claims are that humanity should not be divided into sovereign states, but should establish a world government that transcends states.

Their goals are equally noble: to end war, eliminate poverty, unify legislation, and establish global rule of law.

They believe that as long as the major spectrums are willing to allow think tanks to communicate with each other, the power of the spectrum will naturally break national boundaries;

With the power of genealogy, humanity will be bound by a unified information network, energy system and common goals.

Some of their demands are similar to the Utopian Program (Program 2) of "eradicating all disputes within Terra by absolute force", and they all hope to establish a unified human regime.

It's just that Heaven wants to establish the "Heavenly Dictatorship" regime through violent revolution; while World Federalism hopes that the countries of Terra will give up their disputes and take the initiative to establish a unified world federal regime.

Pluralistic corporatism was born out of this.

The [Knights of Saint Martin], to which the Fifth Hero belongs, has actually been committed to promoting diversified cooperation. They also have in-depth cooperation with the [World Federation Movement], the spectrum of Terra's left-wing idealism.

Under the impetus of the [Order of Saint Martin] and the [World Federation Movement], Terra reluctantly added a non-bottom-level genealogical consensus of the "Genealogical Criminal Court" in the Genealogical Think Tank in an effort to limit the increasingly rampant genealogical crimes.

Although this proposition has become dispensable in the increasingly tense situation in Terra, the contribution of left-wing idealism cannot be denied.

However, Heaven still respects Terra's left-wing idealism. At least Xia Xiu admires them very much.

However, although he admired them, Xia Xiu's political philosophy was different from theirs, and he did not agree with their propositions.

His political ideas are highly consistent with the Utopian Program. If he becomes the decision-maker, he will definitely be a loyal supporter of Program 2.

Let the major political parties on Terra give up their disputes and unite themselves?

This is even more difficult than the eighth supernatural war breaking out on Terra, where the Kingdom of Heaven challenges "all Terra kingdoms + the Four Monarchs + the Stars + the Red King + all existing gods, etc." and wins.

If Xia Xiu were to choose, it would be more reliable for Heaven to challenge the whole world alone than for Terra to spontaneously unite as a troublemaker.

These thoughts quickly passed through his mind, and then he spoke slowly, his tone was restrained and calm, and every word fell as steady as the authority of a scale:

"…Terra today is full of cracks left over from the old times."

"The Central Alliance's red tape and agreement binding, Edici's system of decentralization of public opinion, Oletin's frozen monopoly, Daeva's brutality and ruthlessness... all of this means that any 'multi-faceted cooperation' can only be a regional intersection, not a united front in the true sense."

His eyes became sharp.

"They will cooperate, but they will not surrender; they will borrow strength, but they will never support the bottom line."

"Behind every support is another chip for political investment."

Then, he changed the subject and responded to the Fifth Hero's question slowly and calmly, neither avoiding the question nor completely agreeing with it.

"As for my position..."

He smiled slightly, but there was no warmth:
"Of course I hope that the many regimes on Terra can unite in times of crisis. We are certainly willing to establish a cooperative front with them in some areas. There is no doubt about that."

"However, this battle line can only be built on one principle - 'unity and struggle'."

He looked down at the [Lever of Heaven] in his hand, which condensed thunderclouds and destiny, and seemed to reflect the power structure of the entire human lineage:

"No system, no regime, will give up independence and autonomy; neither will we."

"We can't trust them, and they can't trust us - that's the reality."

“On this basis, to establish a united front… we cannot rely on trust, but only on structural deterrence and symbiosis of interests.”

After saying this, he looked up at the Fifth Hero, his tone still calm, but he had already drawn a line:

“I do not deny the necessity of cooperation, nor do I ignore the value of cooperation.

But cooperation is not the goal, it is only a means, a temporary bridle to resist deeper darkness - all partners are ready to cut it off at any time and then go their own way. " "The leadership of the united front must be in the hands of the Kingdom of Heaven. If not, everything is off the table."

The Fifth Hero nodded slightly, and the emotions in his eyes seemed to have turned a page.

He is a pluralist corporatist who understands and accepts the ruthlessness of realpolitik.

He was actually quite satisfied with the response from the Fourth Sword-Bearer of Heaven, which was precisely worded, clear in intention, yet still left room for maneuver.

He knew Hugh Abraham's line.

The future secular system known as the "Qiming Dictatorship" had already been understood in detail in many internal proposals.

Unlike the Utopia faction's extreme religious exclusivity towards "Angel Oneness", Xia Xiu's Qiming dictatorship is more like a calm art of order:

It allows some non-angel lineages to participate, and as long as they pay the "resource tithe" that the lineage deserves, they can obtain partial political power.

cruel?

of course.

practical?

extremely.

The Fifth Hero knew that the "tithe" system was essentially a bargaining chip after compromising with the Utopia faction.

Without this system, the most hardline factions within Heaven would never allow any "non-angel" voices to be heard.

And now, Xia Zheng is standing on that extremely sharp steel cable, maintaining the most fragile balance between power, expansion and stability.

He exhaled slowly, and then responded seriously:
"In that case, I have no objection."

His tone was neither high nor deliberately respectful, but rather it was an expression of the positions of political allies, with a tacit understanding based on reason.

Xia Xiu nodded gently and said nothing more.

At this moment, the other three heroes were silent for a moment.

They began to think about the political direction that Eden hoped to guide behind this battle.

At this moment in the conference room, the remaining three heroes who had not spoken fell silent at the same time.

Silence does not mean speechlessness.

Their eyes were still fixed on the pale gold two-color light diagram emerging from Eden in the center of the round table - that was the planetary engine deployment diagram, a strategic blueprint for a full-scale advancement of mankind.

But at this moment, what they are thinking about is not just how to accurately push each engine into orbit, but the deep political intentions hidden in this strategy.

They all know very well,

This "Operation Kick-off" is not just a military exercise, it is also a political statement led by Eden.

Terra today - there has been no peace for too long.

A shitty alliance, internal friction, separatism, a nuclear shield of mutual suspicion, a parliament full of sophistry...

The younger generation of angels is losing patience.

They are tired of the rhetoric that claims to be secular and rational, and they are also tired of the disasters and degradation brought about by the so-called freedom and independence of the so-called Terra countries.

They are eager to create a victory that is shocking enough and great enough to once again write the legitimacy of the "Kingdom of Heaven" in the name of the utopian program.

They long for the title of "comrade" to no longer be limited to genealogy or bloodline, but to be applied to all human beings.

It's not about surrender, it's not about negotiation, it's about ending.

In the name of "comrades", end all disputes on this land.

The blond young man holding a staff standing opposite the round table is the leader of the Kingdom of Heaven who conforms to the times.

He is good at balancing positions, switching strategies, and building bridges between faith and reality. He is not a fanatic who talks about creeds in vain, nor is he a cold-blooded and selfish scheming strategist.

He is the one who will win, the one who will lead the Kingdom of Heaven into a new order.

This possibility of "winning" is something that cannot be rashly supported or lightly rejected.

Because they all understand: once the other party ascends to that high position, every word they say today, every silence, and every turn of their eyes will become a foreshadowing of the covenant and boundaries in the future alliance relationship.

At this time, the fourth hero of the Liberation Theology faction spoke.

The Liberation Theology faction has always been committed to allowing Eden to play a greater role as a think tank, and their level of "madness" in a certain sense is comparable to that of the Utopia faction.

At this moment, the Fourth Hero's voice echoed low but firmly in the conference room.

He didn't beat around the bush or cover up.

His tone was like the cold light flowing through his bronze-gold pupils. He went straight to the heart of the issue with the radical frankness of a doomsday reformer that is unique to the liberation theology school:
“Today, Eden has taken on a strategic load that goes beyond common sense. As a pedigree think tank, its miraculous judgment, strategic advancement, and even moral calculation logic far surpass other think tanks of the same level.

In the current fragmented political landscape of Terra, should we - with the help of this victory over the Star Gods - propose to the Kingdom of Heaven to formally propose that Eden carry out the "Supreme Program Structural Liberation"? "

He paused, glanced at Xia Xiu, and then said the second sentence that shocked everyone:
“Moreover, I think it’s time to end the old-style pedigree think tanks that are inefficient, mutually restrained, and fragmented.”

"Terra's pedigree and think tank seem to be a bit too much..."

"We hope that genealogical governance will be unique, and all think tanks will be in the image of Eden. We hope to launch a holy war, a merciful purge of the old order."

"Terra only needs one lineage from Heaven, and Terra only needs one think tank from Eden."

"Let Eden ascend and liberate all the lineages and think tanks of the human regime within Terra."

These words were so powerful that they were like a burning fuse that fell into the strategic layer in the center of the round table.

If someone had publicly said "disband other lineage think tanks" and "let Eden reign supreme" on any other occasion or at any other time, I'm afraid the front page of the Wandman Newspaper would have written:
"Inhuman rule is coming!"

“Does think tank governance mean the end of humanity?”

“Spectrum terrorism is back!”

The corner of Xia Xiu's eye twitched. He felt that it was not that Terra's pedigrees and think tanks were too many, but that you, the fourth hero, Saint Isodo, were a little too extreme.