After listening to Kandeli ramble on for a long time, Xue Xi summed it up this way: the former slave system had indeed provided some incentive for the lower ranks of the Human Race, but by now, it had become somewhat corrupted. To abolish it, someone else who had made major contributions to the Human Race would have to take the opposing side.
Xue Xi understood. The old man had been dropping hints the whole time: if she wanted to abolish the system, she would have to step forward and spark a wave of resistance. Among the entire Human Race, she was the only one with both the time and the influence to do so.
After much deliberation, Xue Xi steeled herself. Once she and Blue Sister had worked out a detailed plan, they posted a new rule at the Huaxia Restaurant and across all their virtual storefronts.
[Huaxia Restaurant Notice]: Slave traders are forbidden from dining at this restaurant. We will also use information gathered across the Virtual Universe to identify everyone involved in Star Pirate activity and the slave trade. Anyone on that list who wishes to dine here must free the slaves in their possession and make suitable arrangements for them. All slave planets and races are part of the Human Race. We urge everyone to act accordingly!
Of course, Xue Xi didn't expect a single notice from her restaurant to eradicate the system completely. But there were very few among the Human Race's upper and middle ranks who hadn't eaten at her restaurant.
As the saying went, it was easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but hard to go from extravagance to frugality. People who had grown used to the flavors at the Huaxia Restaurant and enjoyed the benefits of accelerated cultivation and other effects