Next to a reef on the sea, a sea awning made of many coconut leaves is the temporary palace of the Octopus Empire. At this time, a kingdom meeting was held here.

After listening to the reply and suggestions from the two reconnaissance octopuses, Twelve Claws remained silent for a while.

"King, I'm asking, the humans here are so stupid. It's time for us to lead the world!" A minister octopus waved his eight claws and said excitedly.

The other octopuses were also talking, and for a moment, under the pergola, the crowd was excited.

"If we want to rule humans, we must solve the problem of breathing on the shore," some octopus ministers have begun to plan the next step. "This world seems to be a low-demon world. Many octopus have lost the ability to breathe on the shore. We need to change our genes to evolve the respiratory organs on the shore."

"Quiet, quiet," the twelve claws waved their stout wrists, "How did I tell you before? What is the 12-word proverb of our octopus empire?"

The octopus calmed down, and an old octopus tentatively said: "Tell the truth, do the honest, and do the honest things?"

"That's right, the elder answered well. Even if the world is different, we cannot deviate from this policy. What you are saying now is in line with these twelve-word proverbs?" Twelve Claws said seriously.

At this time, the two octopus horns that were reconnaissing the octopus quickly defended themselves.

"Master, what we are saying is honest, the humans we meet are stupid and stupid, and they don't even have basic scientific literacy."

"Oh, according to the teachings of Teacher Tianshu, you have made the mistake of generalizing from a single point. You have not seen enough humans. You have only seen a few fishermen in remote places to define the entire human being. That is obviously wrong. And do you know our current situation?" Twelve claws said calmly.

"I don't know." The eight claws of the octopus had already drooped and he answered weakly.

"We have just solved the survival problem and built a large fishing ground, but we have lost the mysterious power of the past. It is just a group of octopus with ordinary power. It is okay to deal with those large sea beasts, but it is impossible to launch a conquest against humans on the shore. How many octopus can be ashore for a long time now? None of the thousand are out of the 1,000." Twelve claws put out this information.

The octopus minister who was the first to propose the "octopus lungs" just now took the opportunity to say: "The king means that as long as we solve these problems, we can launch conquest actions against mankind?"

The Twelve Claws were silent. It finally realized that it could not fully control its kingdom. At this time, it missed the teacher of Tianshu extremely much, and the other party could definitely give it an answer.

"Why do you have to conquer humanity?" It decided to understand the thoughts of these subordinates first.

"If we conquer humans, we will not have to spend money on buying cans in the future..." an octopus said naturally.

"But humans will resist, and they will choose to not cooperate non-violently." Twelve Claws retorted.

"Then give them violence." The octopus made a resounding statement.

"..." Twelve claws said with a headache. It was originally just an octopus who wanted to stay quietly. It was a bit beyond control when it came to such topics. "This human being occupies land, we occupies the sea, and everyone seems to be able to live in peace."

"King, you are too honest," said a powerful octopus. "Once humans develop, they will pollute the sea like the earthlings, leaving us nowhere to settle down. Their future generations must eat fish full of plastic... Therefore, even if we do not compete with them for land, we will be in trouble sooner or later. Instead of doing so, it is better to take the initiative. The sages of human beings said that the first mover will control others, and the later mover will control others."

"Yes, you must not give up the great opportunity now because of your previous friendship."

"That's right, the earthlings are earthlings, this world is this world, and you must not miss the opportunity, and you will never come again."

Everyone was talking, and the Twelve Claws were dizzy. For the first time, it discovered that all its tribe members were so ambitious. Don’t they like to drill jars the most?

"Since you want jars that don't cost money, why don't you make them yourself? We have 8 hands to make them faster and better." Twelve Claws persuaded.

"Well, we can make the jars ourselves, but we absolutely cannot believe humans. They will harm us sooner or later."

"This is not the case. I remember there are many good people among humans." Twelve claws insisted.

"Master, you will be slapped in the face soon." An old octopus shook his head.

Obviously, losing extraordinary power, the authority of the twelve claws has declined a lot. In the past, there were not so many voices who dared to question in person.

The twelve claws in the past could not be beaten and could not be escaped. Now, if there are about a hundred pieces, they will catch them.

At this moment, three octopuses swam all the way to the sea pergola.

"The king is not good. The batch of big pearls we just collected with great effort was deceived by humans!" The three octopuses cried.

"What's going on? Twelve claws asked.

"That's it..." one of the octopus began to speak.

The story is simple. In order to buy wood for shipbuilding and rope for fishing grounds, they agreed to a group of fishermen to pay the bill with pearls.

However, these fishermen said that they were poor and could not afford to buy wood, so they had to get a deposit before ordering the goods.

So these young octopuses who were influenced by the twelve claws believed them when they heard what they said sincerely...

Finally, they waited and waited, and a month had passed, and no one came.

It was not until I met another group of fishermen and heard their envious comments that I realized that the group of fishermen who had taken their pearls had already taken the pearls to the big city to enjoy their happiness, and they did not receive goods everywhere.

In fact, this seemingly simple scam is often deceived by humans in the 21st century, let alone them.

So it's really no wonder that these octopuses are stupid.

"As it turns out, these damn humans are just a group of liars at heart. They are not like us at all. They are smart and honest, and they punish humans..." An octopus said indignantly.

Twelve claws looked at this guy with contempt. How honest octopus is there? There are not many at all, it is only one.

It said seriously: "Don't generalize by the side. There are bad guys among humans, and evil badges in octopuses. We must identify those with high credibility. Teacher Tianshu said that trade is like this. Develop 10 trade objects, and then select 1-2 of them who can maintain their credibility, cooperate for a long time, and slowly cultivate trust. This is normal for this first cooperation. The next time it is divided into small batches of transactions, and only one pearl is given at a time, so the loss will be small."

When the three octopuses heard this, they said embarrassedly: "Yes, what the king said is that we were lazy this time and gave them a lot of deposits. Next time we won't, we will trade with those humans separately."

"King, you want to make an idea. What are we going to do now?" an octopus minister urged.

"Well, we should still insist on self-development as the main focus, carry out exchanges and trade with mankind in moderation, and at the same time look for land development in other places, instead of rashly launching a war of conquest." Twelve Claws made the decision.

"The king is wise." A group of octopus looked at each other, thinking that this decision was not wrong for the time being.

After all, the problem of getting ashore is not solved. They are like navys and cannot occupy land, they can only control the maritime power.

After the Kingdom Meeting ended, the octopus ministers in groups of three or three left.

One of the red octopus and a blue octopus walked together. The octopus had strong mimicry ability, and no one knew what color they were originally.

After a long distance from the sea awning, the two octopuses began to discuss.

"Our king is no longer used to this world, we need to change a king." Red Octopus said first.

"Yes, it has lost its former strength and lacks a positive and enterprising mentality, which is not conducive to the development of our octopus clan." The blue octopus swung a wrist foot.

"It is still very useful for the time being. After all, it is still very strong. Let it take the position of the king first. After this early stage of development, we will replace it." Red Octopus continued.

"Well, it was not originally from the big octopus tribe, but just a wandering sign. In the past, it had great power on the earth and spoke. Now the world is different. It depends on its brain and ferocity. It must be replaced by a cunning and vicious octopus to be the king, so that our octopus tribe can become the ruler of the world." Blue Octopus suggested.

"That's right, let's contact the former tribal octopus leader separately. I remember there was a guy who was quite suitable." Red Octopus agreed.
Chapter completed!