Yang Yu didn't expect that he would be turned away before he could even finish his words.
"May I ask why His Majesty the King rejected us so clearly?"
The Slime King replied: "From a long time ago, we in the Slime Kingdom have not asked about the affairs on the ground, and we don't want to be involved in the disputes on the ground."
"You don't have something like an oath, do you?" Yang Yu asked tentatively.
"There is no oath, I just don't want to get involved in the dispute above." The Slime King answered firmly, "This is the cornerstone of our Slime Kingdom's continuation.
We slimes are quite weak when we are born. It takes a long time and a little bit of accumulation to reach a certain level and fight against other monsters.
Our slime moves quite slowly, and its attack performance is not very high, so we can only defend passively.
The cubs are extremely fragile, and the mother moves slowly and can only passively defend. This means that our cubs will be constantly plundered by various fast-moving monsters, eventually leading to our extinction.
Ancient slimes either choose places that are difficult for other creatures to inhabit as their bases of survival, evolving into various unique forms of slimes to occupy ecological niches; or they reproduce in large numbers, eat everything edible, and at the same time fill the appetites of other monsters to avoid extinction.
Our group of slimes is undoubtedly the luckiest slime.
Originally, our ancestors survived by relying on the strategy of unlimited reproduction.
However, there are too many wars, and many people who want to improve their strength will attack our ancestors who are able to multiply in large numbers.
No matter how high their reproductive efficiency is, even if they reproduce asexually, they cannot withstand the influx of people.
A group of slimes accidentally fell into the cave we are in now.
In this cave, they enjoyed unprecedented security. They used it as their base and only crawled out to eat.
Even so, the risk of being killed while foraging is extremely high.
If you can stock up on food during safe times, you can avoid having to go out to look for food as often, which is what our ancestors did.
By chance, a slime awakened its intelligence. He saw that the seeds brought into the cave actually took root and sprouted under the illumination of fluorite, and a green plant grew. So he came up with the idea of growing food inside the cave.
That is the beginning of our history.
In such a barren cave, the strategy of unlimited proliferation would only lead to self-destruction, so our reproductive efficiency began to become low, and in order to resist diseases, we also evolved sexual reproduction.
Gradually adapted to life in the cave.
Like you humans, we entered the agricultural civilization, from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age, and then from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, step by step arriving at the present time.
We must preserve our hard-earned civilization. Since we can be self-sufficient, there is no need to venture outside.
There is no need to repeat the same mistakes as the civilization outside.
When all life outside is destroyed, we slimes will definitely be able to continue to survive. If this star explodes, we slimes can also rely on the technology we will develop in the future to build spaceships, fly out of this planet, take root on other planets, and spread the fire of civilization."
After hearing what the king said, Yang Yu couldn't help but imagine the scene of a group of slimes driving a spaceship out of this world.
Slimes do not have the same size and bone restrictions as humans, and can pass through various gaps in machinery. If they control spacecraft, maintenance will be very convenient, and they do not have to worry about lack of oxygen. As long as they can ensure food, they can adapt to various ecosystems.
Um.
Slimes might be a race better suited to space than humans.
Um
Halfway through his imagination, Yang Yu suddenly felt something was wrong. How did he hear the word "spaceship" from the slime? Did the slime know such advanced knowledge
No, the Slime King said before that they entered the agricultural civilization and experienced the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age.
The more Yang Yu thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. Most people in this world assumed that the world was created by a goddess. No one mentioned the Stone Age and agricultural civilization at all, as if the world had been like this from the beginning. The Slime King mentioned these two words, which meant that in their cognition, human beings did not come into being overnight.
In addition, Yang Yu also recalled the Slime Academy City he had seen not long ago. Although it was just a quick tour and Yang Yu could not understand the slime's language, he could tell from the size of the slimes and their attire that they seemed to have divided education into several levels. Could it be elementary school, junior high school, and university
If we go back to Academy City and let He Meng translate the knowledge of Slime and the others, what discoveries will we make
"Your Majesty, it seems that you know a lot about human affairs. According to what you said, you should have had very little contact with humans. Why do you know so much about humans?"
Facing Yang Yu's question, the Slime King did not hide anything.
“Since we slimes gained intelligence, we occasionally dream of strange scenes, which are the history of you humans.
Our scholars still don't understand what's going on, but they believe it should be some kind of enlightenment.
A slime once said that the fate of mankind will be intertwined with our fate.
Therefore, scholars who study human history and learn human language came into being.
Meeting you in this manner is also the result of believing in enlightenment.”
The Slime King's words solved several of Yang Yu's questions at once, but also brought up new ones.
Yang Yu immediately thought of what was wrong with those sparkling fluorites on the road.
Combined with what he touched in the Rose Empire, a bold guess formed in Yang Yu's mind.
The reason why slimes were able to build such a kingdom was all thanks to the knowledge left by ancient humans through fluorite.
This way, everything makes sense.
Restraining his excitement, Yang Yu slowly spoke to the Slime King:
"After hearing what His Majesty said, I suddenly became interested in the human knowledge you have studied. Can I take a look at the human knowledge you have collected? Perhaps I can correct any mistakes you have made."
Putting his hand on his chin, the Slime King pondered for a moment and said:
"You just want to see how much human knowledge we have, right
I can give this to you as a reward, but after you understand it, you must leave the Slime Kingdom immediately and promise not to spread the affairs of our Slime Kingdom to others.
If you break the agreement, even if you are my daughter's savior, I can't guarantee that I won't do anything to you."
The Slime King was aggressive, but Yang Yu did not back down and did not agree to the exchange conditions.
After coming here with so much difficulty, if he fails to invite these reinforcements, the subsequent operations will be greatly affected, so Yang Yu was unwilling to do so.
It seems that he is one step closer to the truth he longs for, and Yang Yu will not miss such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
(End of this chapter)