"Han Nation valued not only the present but also the future, so the Han Nation People understood very clearly that wisdom would always surpass brute force. They summarized the laws, refined techniques, and accumulated terrifying technological foundations. In many situations, they far surpassed the Sea Nation and Barbarian Nation."
"Even when the Han Nation was mired in crisis, it could rely on its powerful social relationships, excellent culture and civilization, and surviving technology to grit its teeth and withstand drastic change."
"But the problem is, as you've seen, the advancement of technology depends almost entirely on 'existing conditions and environment.' If humanity had unlimited resources and unlimited room for development, the Han Nation would be a terrifying monster that would inevitably grow without limit. But when the 'existing conditions and environment' no longer allow the Han Nation to grow, frantically accumulating technology cannot break through the predicament."
"Technology, so to speak, consists of the laws behind phenomena. The Han Nation People wouldn't clumsily go wherever there was grass. Instead, they would discover the laws governing the growth of plants, cultivate crops, and decide their own food supply. The Han Nation People constantly studied tools, then studied the next kind of tool, accumulating them one by one and continuously adding to their foundations. As I said earlier, if this addition could continue, it would inevitably become more and more terrifying. The problem is that no world would give them such an opportunity."
"Most Sea Nation People aren't very different from the Han Nation People. They either focus only on phenomena, focus only on the laws behind them, or care only about themselves. But a very small number of people don't focus on phenomena at all. They don't even focus on the laws behind phenomena. They focus on the laws behind those