"So!!" Su Ye looked at Old Man.
Su Ye finally understood why The Empire was so powerful in this world, yet had never moved against the neighboring empires.
Because The Empire knew full well that it had the strength to unify the entire world, but what would come after unification?
Endless internal strife, until The Empire returned to the state of ages past—division after long unity, unity after long division.
That was the true reason The Empire had never acted against the surrounding nations, or even all the empires of the Main World.
Before, Su Ye had thought The Empire had some misgivings.
But now Su Ye understood. It was not that The Empire could not do it, but that it could not afford to. One could easily imagine what an empire without external pressure would eventually become.
Throughout history, every powerful dynasty of The Empire had ultimately died to internal conflict. Without exception, powerful dynasties all met the same end.
As for foreign invasions?
The premise of foreign invasion was The Empire's decline in strength. And how did The Empire's strength decline? That hardly needed explaining.
In the end, The Empire needed external pressure. Otherwise, given the nature of its people, once that pressure vanished, there would be only one outcome.
"All right, I understand." Su Ye took a deep breath and nodded.
"So The Empire's main efforts are still focused on keeping the country suppressed." Su Ye spoke with both exasperation and relief.
Old Man looked at Su Ye, then nodded.
"That is indeed the case."
"Then isn't The Empire afraid of losing control? They aren't idiots either." Su Ye could not help asking.
"Losing control? There is nothing in this world that The Empire cannot handle. The only thing The Empire cannot handle is itself," Old Man