Someone once said that investing in agriculture could earn ten times the profit; investing in commerce, buying and selling jewellery, art, and crafts could earn a hundred times the profit; investing in politics, supporting a prince to become king, could earn a thousand times, or even ten thousand times the profit.
Of course, before investing in politics, one had to know the ins and outs of the other party. If one met a cold-hearted person, not only would one not be able to earn any profits, one might even be willing to pay with one's life.
André might not have invested in politics before, but now he had a monopoly business in front of him, and that was trading in the same city as the Mind Flayers.
He controlled the only way they could communicate with the outside world, so as long as it was an urgent matter, no matter the price, the Mind Flayers could only accept it silently. There was no room for negotiation.
In fact, this business was not much different from robbing people on the road. The only difference was that one relied on force, while the other relied on intelligence.
As a cautious Mind Flayers, Susk did not trust anyone easily, but after trying to put a small stone through the barrier and into the semi-plane in the multi-dimensional bag, he was so excited that he could not control himself.
The four tentacles on his face seemed to have gone crazy, and at the same time, he shouted through the telepathic connection, "How is this possible!
How is this possible!
You actually managed to open up the connection between Eddisin and the semi-plane!
Something that we have not been able to do for thousands of years has been done by a mere human … "
"Hehe, why is it impossible?
You must know that any wizard with a spellcasting level of 13 and above, and who has systematically studied the knowledge of teleportation and planes, can easily do this.
Facts have proven that many things that seem difficult are not impossible, but that the correct method has not been thought of. That's all.
Although your race has very high intelligence, but in terms of open thinking, you are far inferior to wizards.
Indeed, psionic powers are a strange and incomparably powerful force. They can even create something out of nothing, interfere with matter, and turn the thoughts in one's mind into reality.
From a certain point of view, this already involves the realm of the Creator. But have you ever thought, or rather researched, about the principles behind psionic powers? "
Andre was lying on the back of the chair in a very comfortable position as he talked to the phantom floating in front of him.
Perhaps it was the first time he had seen a rare intelligent species like the Mind Flayers, so he was a little excited mentally. He wanted to put aside all the strange stories and learn more about this monster that fed on the brains of intelligent creatures.
"Principle?
Research? "
Susk stared with his pupil-less eyes, completely unable to understand what the human in front of him was trying to express.
All the wisdom, knowledge, and experience of the Mind Stealers came from the mastermind. It was a special life form formed by the accumulation of the brains of countless dead Mind Stealers. After thousands of years of accumulation, it had surpassed the ordinary and entered the extraordinary level.
Every Mind Flayer did not need to study anything from birth to death. As long as they developed according to the experience in the mainframe, their psionic abilities would naturally grow stronger with age.
As for the principle of psionic powers, they had never considered it at all. Just like how most humans would never think about why they could walk upright, this part of the ability had become an instinct hidden in their genes with the passage of time.
Looking at the Mind Flayer's slightly dazed expression, André smiled and shook his head. "You don't seem to understand the meaning behind these two words. That's fine. I'm in a good mood today and can take a little time to explain.
According to my understanding, there is no power system in this world that is built out of nothing.
Be it warriors or mages, they have all gone through a long period of development. They learn from the chaotic and disorderly phenomena at the beginning, and then form little by little theories. Then through studying these theories, they develop all kinds of skills.
For example, warriors would think about how to train to make themselves stronger, have better endurance, jump higher, and run faster. So many martial arts schools were born.
Priests, on the other hand, would think about how to perfectly integrate their thoughts with the god they served, so that they could obtain more and more powerful divine spells. Therefore, they developed all kinds of strange domains according to the different factions and priesthoods of the gods.
That is to say, every profession developed through constant exploration. Even the mages, who lost a lot of information, created many new arcane spells in the long years.
But what about you?
From the moment you Mind Flayers were born, you were already set with a fixed template. You meticulously followed the arrangements of the Cortex Prime, never doubting yourself, and never considering the reason why your Mind Flayers were born. You just repeated what your predecessors had done over and over again, like a pool of stinking, stagnant water.
It is because of this that you have been firmly trapped in the cracks of the material world for so many years, and yet you can't think of any solution. "
"No!
You're talking nonsense!
We are the world's most perfect creations!
We are wise!
Calm!
We completely obey the will of a leader!
We are ten thousand times more powerful than you humans who are dominated by desires and busy with internal strife all day long! "Susk retorted angrily.
As a Mind Flayer, he couldn't accept being looked down upon by a slave race, even if some of the words made sense.
André spread out his hands indifferently, "Don't get so worked up, I'm just stating a fact.
Do you know that in biology, perfection means the loss of the possibility of evolution?
Perhaps you're right, we humans are always controlled by desires. Perhaps one second we are very good friends, and the next second we become enemies over something.
But it is this imperfection that gives humans unlimited possibilities.
Have you heard of the Chaotic Collision Theory?
The original state of everything is a pile of seemingly unrelated fragments, but after this chaotic state ends, these inorganic fragments will organically come together as a whole.
We may be greedy, we may fight endlessly, we may never be able to escape the control of our desires, but we have the most imaginative brains.
How do you know that these seemingly low-class actions aren't the prelude to the evolution of a higher life form? "
As the last word left his mouth, Susk seemed to have been hit hard by a hammer. His entire body shook slightly, and his brain worked quickly, passing the words word for word to the mainframe.
He couldn't believe that a human who was only fit to be a slave could come up with such a profound theory.