"That's not what I meant!"
Meng Xiaolang blushed and said, "I just thought, I just thought, wow, let me calm down, that is to say, if grandpa invites Li Yao, this 'Three Realms Supreme, Federation Legend' might really come to our house for dinner What?"
"It's not 'possible', I've really been here.
Of course it's here, not your dad's splendid mansion."
Meng Jiang said with a smile, "It's just that Li Yao has been in the hibernation warehouse for nearly a hundred years.
Based on his apparent age, he is nearly a hundred years younger than me.
With his gray hair, I think he is his grandfather."
It’s more than enough, and getting along with everyone is a bit...weird.”
"Wow!"
Meng Xiaolang imagined the vulture Li Yao eating in his grandfather's inconspicuous barber shop, maybe squatting where he was now.
He gave up thinking and didn't know what to say at all.
He just kept talking. , "Wow!"
"Why, don't you dislike our 'Legend of the Federation' the most?
You keep clamoring all day long to surpass him and be ten times more powerful than him."
Meng Jiang said deliberately, "Why did your attitude turn 180 degrees today?"
"That's because I thought Li Yao was Grandpa's 'enemy that can never be defeated', so I wanted to help Grandpa get revenge.
Otherwise, who would not understand that the great hero of the Federation is also the symbol of our hometown for no reason!
" Meng Xiaolang smiled happily at first, then suddenly thought of something, his eyebrows curled up again, and he said nervously, "Oops, if Li Yao and grandpa don't have any conflicts, and there is no need for me to help grandpa avenge him or regain his reputation, then grandpa still supports it.
Shall I go to the center of the sea of stars?”
"You have to ask yourself this question, ask your heart, why do you want to join the army and fight?"
Meng Jiang looked at Meng Xiaolang and said calmly, "Is it for money and status, for thrills, for herd mentality, where everyone else is going, so you go too, or for some kind of competitive mentality, where no one else can choose, but you are?"
I was selected, so you want to go?”
"this--" Meng Xiaolang looked hesitant and fell into troubled thinking.
"Actually, you don't need to ask.
Grandpa has been thinking about this issue for a long time - in the past half month, the publicity outside has become more and more lively.
It seems that the Federation may fall into a new war.
Even if you have not joined this mysterious team, A new fleet, but joining the Liaoyuan Fleet or other ordinary fleets is very likely to be involved in the whirlpool of war. " Meng Jiang muttered, "Although your father is embarrassed to come to see me, your mother sent me several letters from Linghe, giving me the opportunity to advise you not to serve in a dangerous army - they know , you just listen to me.
"But, haha, your parents and you, including those people on the street outside who are sometimes excited and sometimes dejected, you are all the new generation of federal people, but grandpa is an old immortal who came from the 'old federation' in the Tianyuan era.
The two generations of federal people are different, so different.
You will never understand our mentality, and our understanding of 'war' is also very different.
"You, the new generation of federal people, have grown up in a safe, stable and prosperous environment since childhood.
You have never experienced what it means to be precarious, what it means to be destroyed in an instant, what it means to be inescapable.
You have experienced a hundred years of peace, and even though you have experienced three hundred years of peace, In the 'Sky Ring War' ten years ago and the recent 'Federal Defense War', the war only swept across the starry sky and was limited to the federal army and cultivators.
It did not have much impact on the people living on the planet.
Influence.
"So, you 'New Federalists' often view war with unrealistic romance and exaggerated panic.
It is too... naive, like children who cannot control their emotions and do whatever they want.
"In a word, you don't have the pain of war, and you don't know what it feels like to have a burning butcher knife stabbed into your internal organs.
“And what about the old Federation a hundred years ago?
"It must be hard for you to imagine that at that time we only had one planet, Tianyuan Star, and there were wormholes everywhere connected to the Blood Demon Star.
There was no difference between the 'frontline' and the 'rearside', especially in the wilderness. , an overwhelming tide of beasts will appear at any time, and you will be in close combat with the vicious enemies every minute.
"In such an extremely harsh environment, we have no intention of worrying about gains and losses, the timing and cost of the expedition, the enemy's strength and negotiation conditions, like today's New Federation people.
These things do not exist.
Yes, no matter cultivators, soldiers or civilians, it’s just one word, put your head on your belt and do it!
"At that time, it was easier to die than an ant.
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The destruction of a city was no different from the withering of a weed.
Even our civilization has been struggling in blood and fire for five hundred years.
The Starry Federation may also perish at any time.
"In the face of all this, we have neither time nor energy to panic, hesitate, or weigh.
We just move forward numbly and kill all the enemies in front of us.
Or one day, we will be killed by the enemy.
Survival or destruction will not matter.
No big deal.
"Grandpa said this to tell you that he will never stop you from going to the battlefield just because of your safety.
We, the 'Old Federation', have long looked down upon the separation of life and death.
Even the demise of the Federation took more than a hundred years.
What we have thought of countless times before is still the same saying, do it while you are alive and forget it when you die, it is not a big deal.
"But I still hope that you can think clearly, think extremely calmly for a few days, listen to the deepest voice in your heart, and find your own answer to why you want to go to the battlefield and what kind of person you want to be.
"What kind of life do you want to live?"
"grandfather……" Meng Xiaolang was at a loss.
He didn't expect his grandfather to suddenly become so serious and say such words.
"To tell you the truth, when he was about the same age as you, grandpa was once confused.
Speaking of which, he was a little influenced by 'Vulture Li Yao' - when you have a high school best friend like Li Yao, your heart It’s hard not to be agitated and not to be affected by him.”
Meng Jiang grinned and said, "Although I am a little embarrassed, grandpa still wants to tell you that at that time, grandpa was very envious, even jealous of him, jealous of 'Vulture Li Yao'."
"this……" Meng Xiaolang took a breath, thought for a while, nodded and said, "Well, if I were Li Yao's high school classmate, I'd be hard-pressed not to be jealous of him."
"Jealousy is jealousy, but our relationship is still very good, and I also know that my talent is limited and I can't compete with him in the way of cultivation.
So I thought, I want to be outstanding in my career and compare with him.
No one is better than anyone else, and is the number one in the federation.
In this way, I can hold my head high in front of him.”
Meng Jiang took another sip of wine, letting the hot taste reverberate in his throat, and whispered, "You probably know what happened next.
With my hard work day and night, my career got better and better.
Big, the 'Inspur' brand has expanded to the entire federation, and even across several worlds.
We have franchise stores even on the most remote resource planets.
I am getting closer and closer to my goal, but I have neglected my family and wife.
The distance between the children is getting further and further.
"In those few years, my relationship with your grandma and your father was very tense.
In fact, it is hard to say that your father has become what he is today without being influenced by my early years.
But I am still stubborn and only think about what I did to you back then.
The oath made by best friends has completely gone astray.
"It wasn't until your grandma became seriously ill and spent a whole year in the closed door of hell that I woke up from a dream and started to repent.
"What is the most important thing in my life?
Is it just a promise with my former best friend, not the people around me?
Is it more important to hold your head high in front of your best friend than the happiness of the whole family?
What's more?
, Li Yao is not that kind of person at all, he doesn’t care about my career at all.
No matter how big you are, are you the 'No. 1 Image Design Master in the Federation'?
We will always be best friends!
Me, I am not competing with Li Yao at all, but I am competing with myself, my own inner demons, and my own.
Confronted with vanity, inferiority, and jealousy, as a result, he almost lost his wife and children!
“From that day on, I became enlightened.
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"How Li Yao lives his life has nothing to do with me.
The number one label in my life is 'Meng Jiang', not 'Li Yao's best friend'.
Li Yao has his adventures, and I have my adventures.
My adventure is meeting your grandma, having your aunt, your dad, this... shit, and of course your sister and you.
"Compared with the adventure God gave to Li Yao, I think the adventure God gave me is more precious.
I already have my own adventure, so why should I compete with Li Yao?
"After realizing this, my life opened a new chapter.
Although my career did not reach new heights, I can be very proud to say that I spent every day honestly and happily.
I did not Living up to the adventure God gave me, I cherish my family and enjoy my happy life now.
I live out my true self.
I achieve '100% Meng Jiang', just like Li Yao lives up '100% Li Yao' Same.
"Understood, you are grandpa's most beloved grandson.
Grandpa supports all your decisions.
I just hope that you are not crazy for a moment, or be deceived by the propaganda in the media, or to become a super ten times more powerful than Li Yao."
Ridiculous reasons like "hero", but there is a voice deep in your heart that encourages you to fly to the center of the sea of stars every second.
No matter what setbacks or even the threat of death, you will never give up.
"Everyone has his own path in life.
If you hear such a voice, it proves that you are on the right path.
God will prepare unique adventures for you on this path, so you can bravely welcome it. and live '100% Meng Xiaolang', remember, you are you, you are Meng Xiaolang, not 'the grandson of Li Yao's best friend', let alone trying to live like '1000% Li Yao', that would be boring, I just want to See ‘100% Meng Xiaolang’, do you understand?”