After more than ten minutes, Ash was almost healed and the hovercraft stopped.
But An Nan did not open the car door. He took out a remote control and pressed it. A drone rose from the rear compartment. It seemed to be a special model, flying silently up to a height of more than ten stories.
"The orc magician just now lives here." An Nan introduced, "His plan tonight is to study from 8pm to 4am, then enter the virtual world in the education cabin, spend three hours in the virtual world, and leave school at 7am to go to work."
Ash commented: "It's a very fulfilling life."
"His wife thinks so too." An Nan pressed the remote control, and a curtain of light was projected into the air: "This is the picture from the drone... I don't mind it very much, but you can't see the picture if you lie on my legs like this."
"Ah, so the treatment is over?" Ash sat up with sudden realization: "I thought..."
Before Ash could figure out what was going on, he was attracted by the scene on the screen.
In the drone footage, a shocking battle was taking place - the orcs were beating up a naked blond man, and next to him was a female elf in pajamas with her hands tied, hiding aside in fear.
Without much introduction, Ash understood in an instant that the two sides in this battle were the pure love orc warrior and the yellow-haired minotaur.
"Orcs and elves can have children? Aren't different races infertile?"
Ash was the first to notice this - he remembered that the reproductive segregation among races in the Blood Moon Kingdom was very serious, so humans, ogres, goblins, orcs with strong reproductive abilities were highly prevalent, while elves and veela with poor reproductive abilities were quite rare.
"The reproductive isolation was broken hundreds of years ago," An Nan said. "A long time ago, people believed that babies with the blood of all races could obtain the talents of all races. In order to receive the rewards for the Weaving Ceremony, the magicians in the past have been studying the miracle of breaking the reproductive isolation."
"But the result is not so ideal - the newborn will only be dominated by one racial bloodline, and the other racial bloodlines will be silent."
"Now all newborns will be vaccinated and given adjustment shots. After more than a decade of genetic adjustment, the birth isolation will be broken when they grow up. There may be some families that adhere to tradition and do not take adjustment shots, but in the broad social consensus, the existence of birth isolation is similar to that of disabled people."
As he spoke, An Nan glanced at Ash.
Ash blinked his eyes——Am I disabled now that I can’t get a fairy pregnant?!
"Moreover, the priority of racial bloodlines is highly random. For example, this orc-elf couple, their children could be orcs or elves. So after so many years, elves, sirens, etc., which were originally minority races, are almost catching up with humans and orcs in terms of population proportion. This couple, for example, has an elf daughter, but she is being fostered at her grandparents' house tonight and is not here."
An Nan looked at the light screen and said, "Inter-racial couples like orcs and elves are not uncommon. In other words, same-race marriages have become less and less common in recent years."
At this moment, Ash realized that there were indeed huge differences between Gospel and Blood Moon - the two countries not only had different levels of technology, but even their humanistic systems had an irreconcilable gap.
Biological adjustment is not just as simple as breaking reproductive isolation. Just as the prohibition of blood ties will create a society with all orphans, biological adjustment will also become the cornerstone of racial integration.
Blood Moon's "Bloodline Prohibition Law" and Gospel's "Biological Adjustment" are almost completely opposite social changes.
The former not only retains racial differences, but even elevates racial differences to individual differences. Everyone is a lonely individual, and no stable relationship can be established between people; the latter completely breaks racial segregation, all cultures are integrated, and the racial contempt chain disappears completely - if a human's mother is a mermaid, can he shout out "humans are nobler than mermaids"?
At this time, the blond man in the picture seemed to say something, and the orc warlock hesitated for a moment, but did not let him go. Instead, he tied up the blond man with a rope.
"What did he say?"
"He said he was someone from the Kelm family. In short, he was very influential." An Nan said, "He can pay points and money as compensation."
"How did you know?" Ash dug his ears and said, "There's no sound on the screen."
"I can lip read."
"Wait, wasn't the blond man's back to us? How did you see his lip reading?"
“It just takes a little imagination.”
“So you’re just making it up…”
At this time, no one knew what the blond man said, but the orc warlock was enraged. He kicked the blond man against the wall, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood. Then he rushed up and beat him again.
Ash was looking quite amused at first, but the smile gradually faded, and he suddenly asked, "Did you know from the beginning that this would happen?"
"Yes." An Nan said, "The reason why I asked you to drive away the orc warlock is that I need him to go home and see the scene of his elf wife cheating on him."
"Didn't you just say that both parties in this marriage are the most suitable candidates for each other? Why did this kind of betrayal happen?"
“That depends on how you define ‘best fit’.”
An Nan gently stroked her earrings. "For example, if there is a female elf who is playful and loves men, how would you choose a suitable partner for her?"
"Men who are equally playful?" Ash guessed, "And then everyone can play their own games?"
"Wrong." An Nan said, "Your pairing violates the basic principle of marriage: mutual benefit. Two equally playful people get together, and although there is no harm, there is no gain either, just like not getting married. Moreover, betraying your partner is also part of the fun. If your partner doesn't care about your betrayal, then cheating is meaningless."
Ash looked at the scene on the screen, and there was no smile on his face. "So, the most suitable match for the playful female elf should be a dedicated, motivated and capable male orc?"
"Yes." An Nan nodded: "With an elf wife, the orc magician feels very happy and has motivation to work; and with an orc husband, the elf usually has the love of his partner and can secretly seek excitement when needed. Both parties have gained happiness. This is a mutually beneficial and suitable marriage."
"But what if they are discovered?" Ash pointed at the light screen and said, "Can this be called a suitable marriage?"
"If we hadn't intervened, what do you think would have happened?"
It seemed that he had been sitting for a long time. An Nan crossed his legs and changed his sitting posture. He straightened his back and relaxed his body and said calmly: "The orc warlock went to work at seven in the morning. When he returned home at five in the afternoon, he saw the virtuous elf cooking. At six o'clock, the elf daughter also came back from junior high school, and the family had a happy meal together."
"Under the guidance of the Gospels, the family will go to the grave happily without any incident that could destroy the family."
Gospel.
An idea gradually formed in Ash's mind: "The elf asked the Gospel how to hide it from her husband?"
"I'm glad that you're gradually catching up with me." An Nan smiled and said, "But it's still not right. If I'm not mistaken, the elves learned techniques like "counter-reconnaissance" in their secondary education, and then used the Gospel to check for flaws, which is enough to ensure that the orc magician will be kept in the dark for his whole life."
"Does an orc never doubt? If he has the slightest doubt, and then consults the Gospel..."
"Would you suspect that your pillow would open its bloody mouth and bite you?" An Nan said, "Human thinking cannot transcend cognition. In addition, orcs are not suspicious by nature. As long as the web of lies is dense enough, he will never be able to escape."
"But wouldn't the Gospel become a tool for betrayal?" Ash shook his head as he finished speaking: "No, from the very beginning, pairing the orcs and elves together was already harming them!"
"Who is being harmed? Didn't the orc gain a virtuous wife? Didn't the elf gain a husband who loves and cares for her?" An Nan asked back, "Betrayal is just a small matter."
"So what's the big deal?"
“Being discovered is a big deal.”
"This is unfair!" Ash spread his hands and said, "The orc did nothing wrong, why should he have to endure this--"
"The orc is not a good person either." An Nan said, "He cares a lot about his reputation, so he will secretly suppress and slander outstanding subordinates at work. He will ask the Gospel for advice on how to keep his position. If he sets traps for his subordinates... the losses he causes to others may be greater than the losses caused to him by the elf's derailment."
Ash frowned, vaguely aware that An Nan would cast a miracle on him next - a miracle that could drive him more than the contract.
An Nan continued, "Everyone has their own selfish desires, everyone has their own stance, and everyone wants to encroach on the interests of others. If everyone rubs against each other based on their own selfish desires, then most of the resources in society will be consumed in internal strife."
“So, is there a system that can regulate everyone’s desires so that everyone can be happy?”
A book appeared in An Nan's hands.
The corner of the eldest lady's mouth tilted upwards, as if she was disdainful and helpless.
"Under the guidance of the Gospel, lifelong education, lifelong labor, and lifelong marriage weave a flawless social network. In this network, everyone hurts others to satisfy their own desires, but everyone is also secretly hurt by others."
"But it doesn't matter. The Gospel helped them weave a perfect lie so that they didn't know they were being hurt. The orc magician's subordinates didn't know they were being framed by their superiors, and the orc magician didn't know his wife was having fun while he was teaching."
"Just like the seamless traffic on the ground and the orderly drone routes in the sky, this huge network of relationships has been operating carefully but flawlessly, with concealment filling the gaps and lies lubricating and removing rust."
Ash was stunned for a long time, and finally uttered: "So, we who disrupt their daily lives are actually doing bad things?"
"Listening to the gospel will make you happy," An Nan said, "but correspondingly, hearing our noise will make you unhappy."
At this time, the orc warlock delivered a heavy punch, knocking out several of the blond man's teeth.
Ash suddenly said, "No, we have to go and save people!"
"Weren't you enjoying what you saw just now? Why did you want to save——"
"I just want to save this orc warlock!" Ash said, "If he continues like this, he will get killed. There's no reason for him to be captured by the red hat!"
"Then don't worry." An Nan said, "I have investigated. Although this orc magician has a bad temper, he has never killed an animal since he was a child. He is also a production magician in the company. Even if he is angry, he will generally hold back."
Ash was relieved immediately, but he felt something was wrong: "Generally speaking?"
"If someone wants to embarrass him," An Nan said leisurely, "then don't blame him for getting so angry that he loses his mind."
Buzz!
Suddenly, the sound of a flying vehicle was heard in the sky. Ash looked up and saw through the transparent roof of the vehicle that several magicians wearing red hats were whizzing through the air. The boots on their legs spewed out blazing blue flames to propel them forward, helping them walk in the sky!
The red hat's warning resounded through the sky: "Criminals in Room 3506 on the 35th floor of the Holy Spirit Building, please stop your criminal behavior immediately, raise your hands and lie on the wall, otherwise the red hat will use coercive measures. This is a warning! Holy Spirit Building..."
Oh no.
Ash saw that the eyes of the orc warlock in the drone footage were almost red. The arrival of Red Hat would undoubtedly trigger conflicts. Originally, the orc warlock and the blond man could have resolved the issue privately, but Red Hat's global broadcast let the entire building know that something had happened to the neighbor of Room 3506!
"He really cares about his reputation," said An Nan.
Boom!
There was no sound coming from the drone footage, but Ash seemed to hear the sound of life being shattered.