"The strongest in the world, do you know what you're saying?" Number 2 couldn't help but interject. He was also a boy, and besides being as young as Number 6, he also had a more obvious air of arrogance.
However, this time, number 6 did not step forward, but instead quietly observed number 2.
"Otherwise what? Do you think you are?" Shi Yin glanced calmly at number 2 on the far left.
Her expression remained unchanged, yet there was a distinct hint of mockery in it.
"If you think you are, why were you arrested?" Shi Yin raised her chin. "If you're not, what right do you have to speak?"
Number 2's face stiffened, and his face immediately felt burning hot.
He had only just obtained the system and had just opened the newbie gift pack; he hadn't even started to grow stronger yet. How could he possibly withstand so many police officers? These people detained him without saying a word, and he didn't even have a chance to resist.
Moreover, we are still in a society governed by the rule of law, not in the realm of the apocalypse. How can resistance now possibly yield any good results?
Ji Chuan's expression was rather strange.
From the moment he met Shi Yin, he felt that Shi Yin was a cold person. He thought that Shi Yin's character was probably aloof, reserved, not talkative, ruthless, and the type who acted without hesitation.
After all, Shion beat him up the moment they met.
It really flew!
Thinking back to how he flew out and broke a tree, Ji Chuan still feels a dull ache in his ribs.
But now, Ji Chuan felt that Shi Yin's verbal skills were just as good, and she slapped Number 2's face hard with just two sentences.
That's right, why are you jumping out if you don't have any skills? The premise of Long Aotian is that he is a dragon, and you are at best a mudfish.
"Considering that some of you are relatively young, I may need to reason with you a little." Shi Yin tossed aside the documents she had picked up and said slowly, "It's best not to mess with someone who can easily obtain your information."
"The fact that I can easily obtain information about all of you means that you are all under my control. Your resistance and resentment are futile against me."
"So is this a forced recruitment?" a girl asked timidly. She was number 3, and she looked quiet and uneasy, as if she was still hesitating.
“That’s one way to put it, since you only have two choices in front of you,” Shi Yin said. “I originally planned to announce this news a week before the end of the world, but you are a special case, so I can tell you in advance.”
“You people who had superpowers before the apocalypse are all very special. Although you are all weak to me, it is undeniable that you all have potential.”
“You have two choices.” Shi Yin leaned back on the sofa and held up one finger.
"First, contribute all your strength to help the nation fight against the apocalypse. Friendly reminder: I know all your strength and details. I don't think you want to know the consequences of disobeying."
"Second, you still insist on believing in yourselves and decide to establish yourselves as kings. I will not object to or force you to do so, but I will imprison you until the end times begin."
"Why should I?!" someone immediately exclaimed.
Are you going to lock them up here until the apocalypse begins? How are they supposed to survive? How are they supposed to stockpile supplies? How are they supposed to complete their missions?
Isn't that just waiting to die?
Some of them have systems, some have money, and the methods they can basically think of are to live in cramped quarters, build fortresses, hoard supplies, and try to complete missions. In the apocalypse, they either form small teams or directly join powerful warbands.
Now, Shiyin is keeping them locked up here until the end of the world begins, which is a waste of almost half a year.
These six months are the only precious period during which they can develop peacefully. If we wait until the apocalypse begins before letting them out, what's the difference between that and creating a newbie account right in the boss pit?
"You have no other choice now. Absolute power means absolute command and authority." Shi Yin casually rested her forehead on her hand. "Some of you are reborn, some of you have systems. You understand this better than I do. Otherwise, why would you declare yourselves kings?"
"To do more work and suffer more?"
Absolute commands represent absolute authority, and authority implies benefits and rights; no one is unaware of this.
"I will not force anyone to cooperate with the country. Of course, you can become independent in the future, but I will draw a boundary and throw out all those who are unwilling. The country will refuse all help, all contact, and all support."
"What's the difference between this and leaving us to fend for ourselves?" someone immediately complained. "In the end, isn't this just forcing us, or else they'll throw us out to die?"
"Otherwise what?" Shi Yin retorted, "So what if you got a cheat system? Aren't you still living off the country's benefits?"
"Without the operation of the state, where would you get the money for circulation? Where would your supplies and food come from? Who would renovate your houses, and where would the materials come from? Who owns the military equipment, technology, and signal towers? Isn't every single one of these things a contribution from the state? What, are you eating your fill and then cursing your mother?"
Everyone: "..."
"You think you're something special, that you're the main characters. You get so worked up over this little difficulty. What makes you think you're the main characters? If you can't even overcome this little difficulty, what makes you think you can defeat the apocalypse?"
"Even if you are individually strong enough, have enough protagonist halo, and are strong enough to be overpowered, at the end of the world, only you will survive, everything will turn to ashes, and you will stand alone on the ashes."
"Could this be victory?!"
Shi Yin's words left everyone speechless. With each sentence she spoke, the atmosphere in the interrogation room grew even more tense.
By the end, Ji Chuan was almost out of breath.
The interrogation room fell silent; no one dared to breathe.
"The protagonist must go through two things: first, overcome difficulties, and second, defeat the villain. You cannot overcome the difficulties, but I, the villain, am right in front of you. You cannot even hurt me in the slightest. So how can you have the right to complain here?"
“Of course, you have a third option.” Shi Yin chuckled. “I know where your systems are, and I have a way to retrieve them.”
"As long as you raise your hands and are willing to voluntarily remove the system and become ordinary people, then you will be the ones who are protected. You don't have to worry about being abandoned by us, or being used by us, and you don't have to bear my pressure here, or be forcibly sent to the front line to do some dangerous missions."
"Three options, choose one."
The meeting room fell silent again for a brief moment.
Shi Yin glanced at Ji Chuan out of the corner of her eye. Ji Chuan changed his posture and subtly moved his fingers.
Shi Yin understood immediately and couldn't help but sneer inwardly. Some people really can't come up with anything new.
"If none of us agree, we'll have to stay here until the end of the world, right?"
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