He actually told me a great deal about their underground world.
They called themselves the Ancient Shu people.
But when I asked whether the Ancient Shu Kingdom truly existed, he shook his head. He said they were not a kingdom, because they had no concept of a nation there.
Their social management system resembled a clan system.
But compared to a clan system, it was far more advanced and civilized.
In their Underground World, decisions were made by an organization called the Council of Sages. The Council of Sages had twenty-nine members, who determined the laws and resource distribution of their world. Of course, the Ancient Shu people also had to work to earn compensation, with different divisions of labor and oversight mechanisms.
"Compared to you, our world is far more just and fair. You should know that whether something is just and fair depends on whether those handling it have selfish motives."
I smiled. "Are you saying none of your people have selfish motives?"
"You could say that. Don't laugh. We have no hierarchy of power or status, nor is there any great disparity between rich and poor. A selfish person cannot survive in our world; he would even become the target of everyone's scorn. That is why we have continued the Council of Sages system for thousands, even tens of thousands, of years."
"Tens of thousands of years?"
He nodded. "Perhaps ten thousand years sounds unbelievable to you, but you should have realized that our civilization is different from yours. We emerged on this planet as early as ancient times, perhaps even earlier. Originally, we lived on the surface just like you, but after several great destructions of Earth, we had no choice but to move underground. Later, when humans appeared on the surface again, we reached an