“They think I’m paving the way for you so that the Self-Help Association will be stronger in the future. While it’s true that I’m paving the way, it’s not for the Self-Help Association.”

Xu Zhiyi paused, then said softly, "Most of the members of the Self-Salvation Association will not participate in this promotion; they will all fail."

"fail?"

Su Lin frowned: "If you make your own people give up their promotions, won't that cause great damage to the Self-Salvation Association's strength?"

"Of course, but that's also the purpose of the self-help group: to gather more weak people, reduce the frequency of internal strife, make way for promotion, and give up resources to high-quality seed players."

Xu Zhiyi smiled slightly: "Otherwise, what do you think my purpose in creating the Self-Help Association was? Was it to make myself a king?"

Dominating in a survival game is definitely a bit abnormal.

After all, if the mechanism is willing, any change to a core rule can cause the powerful survivor force to collapse on the spot, making it difficult for them to unite and rally.

"Of course, I acknowledge that the Self-Salvation Society's slogan is correct; we do indeed fight for freedom and are not afraid to sacrifice ourselves."

"So the first sacrifice of the Self-Salvation Society will be today, although it will come sooner than I expected."

Xu Zhiyi looked intently at Su Lin: "But there's no other way. Someone has disrupted my plans, so I have to adjust them in time and reorganize the future resource allocation so that a more suitable and powerful person can represent us in the future."

Someone disrupted the plan... This sounded like it was directed at Su Lin, carrying a hint of reproach.

But Su Lin didn't care. He was still pondering what Xu Zhiyi had said. Judging from the beginning of the Self-Help Association's establishment, it did have a purpose, and Su Lin had been carefully searching for that purpose.

Now that Xu Zhiyi has openly revealed her true purpose, Su Lin finds it hard to fully believe her.

But upon careful consideration and analysis, this is indeed the case.

Most of the survivors who eagerly join the self-rescue association are those who lack confidence, are weak, or are greedy for small gains.

They either want to latch onto a powerful force and use its influence to protect themselves, or they need the low-risk effect of a collective blessing.

In survival games, such people, regardless of their current strength, are generally not considered "strong" and lack the necessary qualities to become "strong".

According to Xu Zhiyi, sacrificing such people to allow more strong individuals to advance is reasonable... but this reasonableness is based on the perspective of the "mechanism".

From a systemic perspective, this approach and initiative are necessary to cultivate more outstanding individuals.

Could it be that Xu Zhiyi is truly the mechanism itself?

Ke Linlin has basically confirmed that the mechanism was once a man who created or replaced its existence.

Su Lin couldn't figure out the reason for the time being. He put his thoughts aside and looked at Xu Zhiyi again: "I'll take it as you not lying to me. Then how did you get the members of the self-help group to agree to this condition?"

No one will easily give up their own interests, especially in a survival game where advancement is crucial to one's strength.

A slogan of sacrifice, a dream of dedication, cannot make humanity abandon its nature.

There must be a balance of interests, a reason that affects the entire self-help group and that cannot be refused, in order for people to be willing to follow this plan; otherwise, the self-help group will fall apart in the next second.

"It's very simple."

Xu Zhiyi chuckled: "I told them from the beginning that the new mechanism for the waiting area next time will be [death], [real death]."

"If you fail to escape, you will die and will not be able to return to the waiting area."

"That's a higher-intensity world competition, which is beyond the capabilities of most people. Even if there are losses from failing to advance this time, it's still much better than heading towards a future where you might die."

"At the same time, in order to make up for the losses of these people, I will increase the blessing power so that they can have the strength to face death as soon as possible."

Xu Zhiyi's casual explanation made Su Lin's pupils shrink.

"You know about the new waiting area mechanism next time?!"

And you say you're not part of the system? How could you know this in advance?

This kind of thing is like a new version of a game that hasn't been released yet, something that's in the development stage and about to be released. It should only be accessible to insiders!

"After all, I can make predictions, so it's not surprising."

Xu Zhiyi winked playfully at Su Lin, making Su Lin suddenly understand something. He slowly said, "A prophet, that's quite a nice identity."

"I think you haven't told Luohan and the others about this, have you?"

"Sir, you are very clever."

Xu Zhiyi narrowed her eyes slightly and said with a smile, "I don't want to undermine their courage. After all, when there are too few truly strong people, they can be created manually. Before stepping into a desperate situation, people will habitually avoid it and make sufficient preparations."

"But once you truly step into a desperate situation, even if you are not fully prepared, some people will muster up their courage, struggle and transform in the face of life and death, and become true strongmen."

"What if you die before you become stronger?" Su Lin suddenly asked. Xu Zhiyi replied calmly, "Sir, you should understand this better than I do."

"Sacrifice is necessary."