Chapter 1000 The Most Important Thing

After Nilasong finished speaking, Li Tianran felt his originally gentle and restrained gaze instantly turn into a sharp sword, falling on his face without any concealment. The sharpness of this gaze made it difficult for him to meet it directly.

This gaze was full of scrutiny, as if piercing through Li Tianran's soul, seeing everything in the depths of his heart.

"You should be very clear who the bond between the Triangle Tower and Crazy Breath Island is. As the king of the Triangle Tower clan, as the leader of human civilization, my relationship with Hanhan is the strongest, and nothing can change it." Li Tianran took a deep breath and replied, word by word, "So the kind of change you're talking about won't happen at all."

Nilasong leaned back, reclining lazily on the sofa back, a smile returning to his face.

But this smile was not a joyful, gentle smile, but a very complicated one, like an experienced elder hearing a junior who has not yet entered society describing their beautiful vision and ambition for the future.

It was the attitude of an old man who had experienced vicissitudes, facing a young man who had not experienced the cruelty of the world expressing his immature thoughts.

That smile was not ridicule, but an emotion similar to "you are adorably silly, adorably naive."

Li Tianran frowned.

Nilasong's attitude made him a little puzzled.

As he said, cooperation is a choice that benefits both sides, the Triangle Tower and Crazy Breath Island, Hanhan and Li Tianran. In that case, there will be no more wars between the two sides, and Hanhan will not have to waver between her race and Li Tianran, falling into a dilemma.

This is beneficial and harmless.

As for the changes and rifts that Nilasong mentioned…

Li Tianran believed that with his power in human civilization, he could definitely nip these things in the bud!

"You're too confident." Nilasong shook his head. "Even if, as you said, under the suppression of you and the king, human civilization and the Triangle Tower can coexist in the future... but what if, I mean what if, you die?"

"Can you guarantee that your successor will be the same as you?"

Nilasong's words made the atmosphere of the entire negotiation suddenly tense.

"You may think I'm not polite enough, but death is unavoidable for all creatures... even apostles will die. There is no creature in the world that can truly be immortal." Nilasong stared at Li Tianran with bright eyes and asked, "So, Mr. Li, if you die, can you still guarantee peace between the two races?"

"Yes, if I die, I will choose a successor who shares my thoughts. He will strictly carry out my will and let peace last forever." Li Tianran was not angered by the other party's words. He thought about it very seriously for a moment and answered truthfully, "In fact, I have thought about this a long time ago. I have already chosen a successor who shares my ideals, his name is Ding Lu. Of course, he is not yet able to shoulder the heavy responsibility, but I have been training him."

Nilasong laughed.

Among the core members of Crazy Breath Island, he of course knew that Ding Lu was the most suitable person to take over Li Tianran's position during peacetime.

Bai Jingyan was obsessed with scientific research and unable to extricate himself.

Lan Ning joined Crazy Breath Island for too short a time and could not convince the public at all.

Qin Yiming... was too playful and not steady enough.

As for Lu Chi... his character was too aggressive. If it was during wartime, he was undoubtedly the first choice for successor, but if he were to take over Li Tianran in peacetime, his ambitions would inevitably expand uncontrollably, and he would launch a war as quickly as possible to annex all alien races.

As for Tang Su and Yuan Wen, there was no need to mention them. Although their status was not low, it was impossible for them to become leaders.

After thinking about it, only Ding Lu, who had a firm and gentle personality, was the best choice for a successor in peacetime.

Like the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty in the Yanhuang Federation, he fought all his life, laid down a huge territory, and achieved hard-won peace, but when choosing the next emperor, he still did not choose his more militarily capable second and third sons, but instead chose his eldest son, Zhu Gaochi, who seemed mediocre and honest.

Because in peacetime, the country needs a gentle emperor even more.

When humans and the Triangle Tower coexist in the future, if Li Tianran dies unexpectedly, then if the two races want to continue to coexist, they also need a gentle human leader.

"The character of living beings can change." Unexpectedly, Li Tianran's words did not move Nilasong. Instead, he said meaningfully, "A ferocious creature can also be taught to become a pure and harmless pet! But at the same time, a kind and gentle person can also be turned into a vile and domineering guy under the constant influence of the outside world."

"Most importantly... even you may change in the future."

Nilasong stretched out his old hand and pointed to Li Tianran's chest, "If your power really surpasses the Triangle Tower in the future, can you really guarantee that human civilization and the Triangle Tower will enjoy the same status and treatment?"

"Power is a monster, and all creatures that come into contact with it will be changed imperceptibly. Perhaps one day in the future, you will feel that it is very unfair to see the Triangle Tower, which is far less powerful than you, still sharing power and interests with you. You will feel very angry. You feel that you are clearly the strongest, but you still have to let others take away your authority."

"As long as this emotion arises a little, it cannot be eliminated. It will slowly magnify in your heart and eventually completely change you!"

"You will tear up your promises, you will abandon your family, you will use your own power to forcibly conquer us, and you will make yourself the only emperor on Blue Star!"

Nilasong's emotions became more and more agitated.

"Do you think I would use force against my loved ones because of power?" Li Tianran suddenly interrupted Nilasong's words and said, word by word, "Do you know that everything I have done from the beginning is just to protect my loved ones from harm!"

"The Pioneers, Crazy Breath Island, the Kunlun Giant Ship, the identity of the human leader... all of this that I have fought for is not for me to show off my force, not to fight for power! But to have the confidence to allow myself, my relatives and friends to live better in this chaotic world!"

"If you say that one day in the future, I will turn my force against my loved ones and friends because of power..."

"You say I will go to war with Hanhan for the position of the only emperor..."

Li Tianran stood up, his gaze extremely oppressive, and at this moment, he completely suppressed Nilasong's aura: "This is an insult to me!"

The atmosphere of the negotiation suddenly became stiff.

It seemed that the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder.

Nilasong laughed again, "I don't want to argue with you, but over the long years, I have seen too many examples of infighting for power. In your human history, there are also many examples of brothers killing each other and fathers and sons turning against each other in order to seize power."

"Before the several Great Annihilations, our apostle civilization also tried to cooperate with an intelligent civilization on Blue Star at that time. At that time, we wholeheartedly believed in them, providing them with technology and resources, and the other party was very grateful to us and made statues for us."

"At that time, that race was... that's right, it was the Lizardmen! Because of the close cooperative relationship between the two sides, the Sky Apostle also allowed his child to mate with the leader of the Lizardmen to give birth to offspring. At that time, our biotechnology was already very advanced, and the problem of reproductive isolation was very easy to solve for us."

"The relationship between our two sides was extremely close, and the leader of the Lizardmen was also a very upright, kind and intelligent creature. In the cooperation, it did many things that moved us. Later, the six apostles even had the intention of merging the two civilizations."

"During that time, the Lizardmen's technological level improved rapidly and soon approached us, even surpassing us in some areas..."

"At this time, the other party's attitude towards us slowly changed. They began to restrict our power and began to deprive us of our interests in the cooperation."

"The leader of the Lizardmen also changed. It began to become ferocious and domineering, and finally brutally killed its spouse and the offspring born with them, leading its people to launch a war against us, asking us to submit to them or be completely annihilated on Blue Star."

"In that battle, the apostle civilization was almost completely wiped out."

"From then on, we never dared to believe any promises from intelligent creatures again!"