In the dead silence, Ji Jue stared coldly and expressionlessly at that grinning face.
"You gathered a bunch of idiots to put on a monkey show, and you're asking whether I can accept it?" Ji Jue asked flatly. "Even if I can't, what would that prove? That I live among a pack of idiots?"
"Hm?" The examiner was shocked. "I have not set foot within Federation territory for a long time. Has the Federation changed so much that people no longer pick up lost items from the road?"
"..."
Ji Jue's expression twitched, and he fell silent.
The examiner looked even more shocked. "Do you think they did a good job?"
"..."
Ji Jue had even less to say.
To be fair, though... however stupid these morons were, they were still far better than the pile of trash at City Hall.
At least they were better than Xu Chao Xian, right?
If Xu Chao Xian hadn't been run over by a big truck, he probably would never have reached such heights in his entire life.
"No, what exactly are you trying to imply?"
Ji Jue frowned, growing increasingly wary.
"I'm not implying anything." The examiner shrugged. "At most, these are merely old stories that have played out who knows how many times. They have nothing to do with the distinction between Empires and Federations, nor much to do with history.
"If one had to put it into words, human history is really just people being stupid, making mistakes, being stupid again, then forgetting their old scars and doing it all over again—an endless cycle... I merely displayed its essence.
"This level of absurd farce doesn't even begin to compare with reality."
"But the key is—" the examiner asked, "can you stand to watch it?"
After a brief pause, he asked