Simulating the Universe, Starting with Speedrunning Greece

With his strength, it was Sparkdacus, not him, who should be protected.

But if he was just a weakling, if Spartacus really wanted to take action, could those weak fighters in the Colosseum stop him?

When the staff left.

Before Ye could speak, Spartacus spoke first: "Were you the one who provoked the beast in the arena just now?"

Night: “That’s right…

I just gave it a push from behind."

Spartacus: "Thank you..."

Apart from prey, he would not kill opponents without resistance. No matter why the other party wanted to provoke the beast, it did help him and he did not have to make a choice against his will.

Ye: "No need to thank me. Come and work for me, Spartacus. Your strength should not be buried here, fighting for others' amusement. Instead, it should be used on the battlefield to build glory for yourself."

Spartacus shook his head and refused without thinking: "No. I am not interested in glory or anything like that. I'm sorry to disappoint you. You found the wrong person."

Ye: "Are you not interested, or do you not want to leave?"

Spartacus' body shook violently - all his muscles tensed up... that was a sign of him being ready to get into a fighting stance at any moment.

Chapter 165: Dragon's Grip, my friend! It's all in it!

Ye: "Don't be nervous... You haven't been exposed yet, no one here will do anything to you."

Spartacus: "...! What do you know?"

At this time, Spartacus was considering whether his purpose had been discovered. If so, he would have to break through the arena by force, look around for his imprisoned compatriots, and then lead his men out of Rome.

But Spartacus was not sure at this time, so he led so many people to fight.

If they could find the right time to catch Rome off guard, it would be fine. But if they were discovered, they would not know where their compatriots were being held, and they would lose precious time to escape. Once they were surrounded by the enemy...

Even if he is exhausted, he will not be able to protect his compatriots, and may even cause them to lose their lives.

Ye: “A man who is ten times stronger than a lion or a tiger is willing to be bound here as a slave.

For the entertainment of the nobles and slave owners, they fought with wild beasts in the arena.

With your strength, if you want to escape, I don't believe you can't leave.

No one is born to be enslaved. Your heart longing for freedom tells me that you are hiding here, waiting for something...

Let me guess, you are waiting for a time, right? What is that time? "

That night he spoke quietly, and his words struck Spartacus straight to the heart.

Especially the sentence 'No one is born to be enslaved', which made Spartacus' blood boil, and the sentence 'a heart longing for freedom', in my heart - is there a longing for freedom!

That's right...

Until now, although Spartacus has been fighting to save his compatriots, he actually has no clear goal in life, he is just doing things to save people...

But Ye’s words just now reminded him that he had finally discovered his true nature and longed for freedom?

No, more than that, he also longs for a world without oppression and to liberate his fellow countrymen who are suffering like himself.

Night: "What powerful warrior does not desire to establish honor for himself on the battlefield, Spartacus - it's not that you don't desire honor, but you have a heart that cannot tolerate darkness.

You could have escaped alone, but you saw the darkness of the gladiator world and the suffering of your compatriots who were oppressed and enslaved, so you chose to stay and wanted to rescue your companions, am I right? "

Spartacus: "That's right... Since you can understand this, you should know that I will not follow anyone, nor will I be loyal to you and become your slave."

Seeing this, Spartacus simply made things clear.

Although he had some good feelings towards Ye because of what happened before, and his attitude towards him was not as bad as towards other nobles, he would not let others buy him like other slaves.

He is free. His soul and body tell him so and shout loudly that he is a free man and is definitely not a tool to be bought and sold by others.

No one has the right to disregard his own will and control his power.

However, Spartacus was stunned by Ye's words next.

Ye shook his head and said, "I don't need you to be my slave...

I just simply admire you.

We can be friends even if you don't want to pledge your allegiance to me."

Ye admires those idealists who throw themselves into the fire even though they know it is impossible. Although they are destined to end up in tragedy, their brilliance is unquestionable.

Ye would not learn this kind of stupid behavior that is bound to lead to death, but this did not prevent him from appreciating the nobleness and beautiful spirit of mankind.

"Friend...?" Feeling the sincerity and purity in Ye's words, Spartacus' heart trembled and he let down his guard.

"Okay. I'd like to be your friend." Spartacus said.

After that, Ye really did not talk to him about the issue of loyalty, which made Spartacus gradually let down his guard. Especially in the chats with Ye, he learned a lot of new ideas.

Such as class divisions, why there is oppression between people, and why they cannot live together equally.

In this process, the more we understand and deeply analyze the nature of human beings, the more despairing it becomes, and we discover how hopeless human beings are.

Unless classes disappear, humanity cannot achieve true equality.

The existence of human beings itself will lead to the continuous emergence of classes, unless human beings are exterminated from the root!

Spartacus naturally wouldn't have such crazy ideas.

But Spartacus found that it was not as painful as he had imagined - in fact, what he wanted at the beginning was just to save his compatriots, and now he wanted to go further and save those exploited slaves.

Because I have suffered and seen the darkness, I don't want others to go through the same hell again.

Precisely because he had humanity in his heart, Spartacus, who had been caught in the rain, not only did not think of taking away other people's umbrellas, but instead wanted to open an umbrella for others.

He settled for the next best thing and just wanted to eliminate the existence of slavery.

But after Ye's analysis, he also found out how difficult this was and it was almost impossible for him to accomplish it alone.

In other words, in this era, the conditions for completion are simply not met.

That is a process that requires countless years of struggle and fighting to change.

So - Spartacus was driven into autism by the various thoughts and incisive analysis of reality that Night brought from the afterlife.

From the beginning, I regarded him as a genius and was impressed by his erudition. After seeing the truth of the world and the nature of class, I felt so heavy that I could not breathe.

Finally, I understand that where there are people, there will be struggles.

Spartacus: "Is it really impossible for people to understand each other?"

Night: ...emmmm

Of course there is. If you have a Kotobukiya like Naruto in the next door Naruto, and you can brainwash everyone to become true, kind and beautiful, it is not impossible.

Ye: "In theory, it is difficult to truly understand each other, but it is possible to understand each other to a relative degree."

Spartacus: "What do you mean?"

Ye didn't say anything, but just stretched out a hand and asked him to hold it.

Spartacus glanced at Ye, and also stretched out his hand to hold Ye's arm. The next moment, Ye suddenly exerted force...

The terrifying strength that had been strengthened several times and was continuously fed back by the red dragon suddenly burst out with power far beyond that of ordinary people. The power that burst out in that instant made Spartacus break out in cold sweat and feel extremely painful. He immediately responded with all his strength.

However, no matter how hard he tried, he could not break the cage.

Ye: "Everything is bound by rules...

The simple way to achieve a relative degree of mutual understanding is to be the one who makes the rules.

When you feel pain, you will take the initiative to resist, and this is the turning point for change.

When everyone has a common and powerful enemy to face, people's hearts will be united as never before."

what? !

Such extraordinary remarks attracted Spartacus, making him feel the truth that was absurd yet profound, dangerous yet within reach.

Spartacus was sweating from being pinched. His grip was strong enough to even fight against a mountain, but he couldn't muster the confidence to resist this man. No matter how hard he tried to increase his grip, he could still feel the pain in the middle phalanx of his palm. "What do you want to say?"

Chapter 166: Grand Duke Yiru defends his country but is betrayed

Ye: "It's very simple. When people have a common goal, they will rise up to save themselves. But this force is too strong, and people can't see the hope of breaking it. So they are desperate and can only choose to endure numbly.

If your power could be a little stronger and break all this, then you can turn the tables and become the rule maker.

When you are so strong that no voice can resist you anymore, everyone will have to choose to endure it numbly.

Then you can advocate for the world you want, where understanding is the norm, even if it’s forced.”

Sparkdax gritted his teeth and said with difficulty: "Wouldn't that be no different from the nobles who oppressed the slaves?"

Night: “Indeed—

But you are willing to oppress those with evil nature for the sake of those innocent people so that they can be happy.

Or maybe you know the solution but are naive and turn a blind eye to it.

You have power but do nothing, and watch innocent people who could have been happy under the new system become zombies who have lost their freedom, life, and ideals. Are you an accomplice of those evil people? "

This was sophistry—Ye knew it very well.

But forgive him, and use such soul-searching words to help Spartacus face reality.

If you just keep saving people, nothing will change in the end.

It is always the strong who can change the world, and when the weak gather together and treat the strong with the mentality of the weak, one day they will either become stronger or be swallowed and drowned by the desires of the strong.

There is no salvation you want there—!

Spartacus was shocked. He widened his eyes and suddenly looked at Ye in a daze...

If you have power but do nothing, are you an accomplice of evil? !

For the evil people, these remarks will only make them laugh and look down on others, and then they will say, "It's none of my business." Your mother gave birth to such a rotten thing as you, and you still have to come to me for blood recognition.

If inaction can be called evil, then if they actively do evil, then everyone is the savior of evil people, and the sin is enormous.

But for Spartacus, it is just like the saying that the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, which is full of the personal color of Western European heroism.

His life was spent struggling and fighting to liberate slave fighters and eventually all the slaves in Rome!

That passionate heart is definitely not just pure kindness, it also requires a strong sense of responsibility, the courage to save others and many other complex factors.

People like him who always want to save others do think that if they have the ability to save others but don't do it, that is evil...

He cannot face his conscience, his true self.

Spartacus' voice was trembling, and he was unable to utter a word of rebuttal. At this moment, his heart was deeply shocked, even more than the pain in his arm: "…………I——"

Ye: “If you long to liberate the slaves, it is to make people no longer oppressed and smile happily.

The essence is to make people happy and smile from the bottom of their hearts, Spartacus——

What if oppression itself no longer causes pain to people, or in other words, no longer causes pain to those kind and innocent people, but instead causes pain to those evil people, so that more people can smile from the bottom of their hearts? "

In that case - in that case...!

It was as if a fire was burning in Spartacus' mind, and he finally thought of an extremely sacred word. What kind of word could describe such a thing?

"Is it... a trial?"

Judgment! Judgment on the wicked!

If there really are gods in the world, there is no doubt that the gods are not only the world's greatest rulers and oppressors, but the king of gods is also the world's dictator.

But if they can really punish the wicked and uphold justice, then what is the meaning of the resistance of people like him?

“Let everyone smile from the bottom of their hearts…”

Spartacus was moved by these words.

Ye loosened his hand and finally left alone.

Spartacus felt a little heavy-although he did not agree to be loyal to Ye in the end, a new idea inevitably came into his mind at this time...

To check the oppressors, we must become the stronger oppressor, and to make everyone in the world free of oppression, we must oppress everyone without mercy and reach a mutual understanding of stability and balance.

Even if evil people have the intention, they will be restricted by rules and laws and unable to carry out their actions or achieve their goals.

What an incredible man... and his thoughts are even more incredible than his own.