As he became involved in more and more affairs, Zhang Yang realized that relying solely on contracts to restrain others could work for a time, but not forever.
The most dependable relationships were, of course, with the Star Lords of Territory No. 0786 whom Zhang Yang was now cultivating. These were his truly loyal subordinates.
They had been given human identities, were loyal to Blue Star, and had received the Ancestral Star's grace. They felt loyalty toward the Ancestral Star and a sense of belonging.
Star Lords originally had no wills of their own. The Cosmic Elders Council had assigned them wills and memories merely to help them understand their identities and duties.
Zhang Yang had simply made those memories more complete. As time passed, everything would become second nature.
People had seven emotions and six desires. For that which had nurtured them and bestowed their wills upon them, they could give everything they had, even at the cost of their lives.
Some people would sacrifice everything for family, while others would do so for love or friendship.
When Zhang Yang implanted memories in them, he followed that Confucian saying: "At birth, human nature is good. By nature we are alike; through habit we grow apart."
Everyone on Blue Star could recite those words. They meant that people were kind when they were born, with much the same innate nature, and only developed differences because of the environments they grew up in.
Zhang Yang's actions were meant to make these Human Race Star Lords love the Native Universe, Blue Star, and the Human Race from the bottom of their hearts, and want to protect all of it, whatever the cost.
Zhang Yang recalled a spirit he had seen amid countless civilization simulations-a steel-like will that had won countless great, miraculous