When the sun rose in the sky and its rays fell on the center of Azura, the whole city seemed to be a flower that had been blessed with a miracle, blooming shyly.
Traffic on the roads became dense, the sky began to be occupied by swarms of drones, and a peaceful and happy day began again for all races and people.
An Nan's car was still parked not far from the Holy Spirit Building. At this time, all traces had been cleaned up by the Red Hats, the suspect had been arrested, the body had been taken away, and the victim had been transferred to the hospital for psychological treatment.
Perhaps the orc warlock's experience will become the topic of conversation among neighbors in the next few days, but they will soon forget this discordant noise because of their fast-paced and fulfilling lives.
Ash and An Nan watched the entire process of the Red Hat enforcement in silence. When the first ray of sunlight fell on the car, it was like a slap in Ash's face.
The cult leader said slowly, "Is this the 'reality' you showed Harvey and Igulla?"
"That's about right." An Nan said, "I specially selected a few tasks that I think will touch you just right."
"Your real target is that blond man?"
"That's right. I would never have accepted a common assassination mission in the past. Even if my methods were completely legal, the Gospel Book would still lower my agency's rating. But it doesn't matter now. After all, in order to get you guys, the agency has been completely tainted. Let's just consider it a rotten deal."
“What’s your design idea?”
An Nan made a three gesture: "Confirm the target, find an agent, and then let the agent solve the problem."
"But how do you drive the agent?"
"Everyone has their own desires." An Nan said, "The Gospel will not ask you to suppress your desires. It will only help you to cover up your actions with lies. When you vent your desires, you will inevitably encroach on the interests of others. But under the cover of lies, you don't know that you have hurt others, nor do you know that you are being hurt by others."
“The network of relationships built by the gospel is so delicate and yet so fragile.”
"I just need to lift the curtain of lies, and what will happen next is the natural conflict of desires."
Ash asked, "So you can destroy anyone's life?"
"It depends on the situation. Different people have different levels of difficulty. And didn't I just say that doing this kind of thing will lower the agency's rating? Anyone with a little bit of ambition won't do this kind of task." An Nan said, "And not everyone has flaws. For example, the people on the List of Unlucky People don't have any social relationships that can be destroyed."
"Outsiders like you who have just come to the Gospel for a few days are also small flies that have not yet been caught by this net."
"But as long as you live the gospel, as long as you interact with others, as long as you have the desire to vent, sooner or later you will be deeply trapped in this network of relationships."
"You will use the Gospel to quietly hurt others, and others will use the Gospel to quietly hurt you."
"In fact, if you know nothing, you will be very happy. Your life is in a simple mode. The gospel is weaving a curtain of lies for you all the time, helping you to cover up the filth in reality and allowing you to embrace the happiness in your dreams. You can enjoy peace and occasionally vent your evil thoughts, and live a fulfilling life."
Purple Moth looked at the speeding traffic next to him and said softly, "With such a sophisticated social system, the gospel has reduced meaningless internal friction in society. In addition, with the list as a driving force, productivity has developed in leaps and bounds, and happiness indicators such as public security, resident satisfaction, and living standards will not decrease."
"Sounds good, doesn't it?"
An Nan flicked her amethyst earrings and squinted at Ash: "Do you like our gospel?"
Ash asked, "What do you think of Harvey and Igula?"
"Neither of them answered directly, but Mr. Harvey seemed quite angry, and Mr. Borgin seemed extremely happy."
"That's normal. Xavi doesn't like his life being controlled by others, and Igulla always thinks he can control anyone by relying on the rules..."
An Nan asked, "What about you, Ash? Do you hate this system, or do you want to take advantage of it?"
"I'm not naive enough to judge this social system that has maintained the stable development of the Gospel Kingdom for hundreds of years based on your one-sided statement." Ash said, "But you did achieve your goal."
"oh?"
"I will do everything I can to fulfill the Lord God's wish." Ash looked at the upside-down city above his head: "It's not to change anything, I just hope to have a bargaining chip that will not be changed."
If he was ignorant of everything, then Ash could continue to live in the kingdom of the gospel in vain. But now that he had seen the net woven by the gospel, it was impossible for him to accept his fate gently.
If you think about it carefully, although the social systems of the Blood Moon Kingdom and the Gospel Kingdom are very different, they are both aimed at solving one problem: when productivity develops greatly, how to reduce the internal friction between the gears when society operates.
When everyone only needs to rely on simple labor to obtain enough materials to survive, the original family system will naturally collapse. People are selfish, and giving is against their nature. It was just that in the past, there was a shortage of survival materials, so everyone had to unite to survive. And because production labor took up most of the time, people had no chance to vent their desires.
When productivity develops to a certain level, two problems will occur: people will have more time to enjoy themselves and will pursue a better life; people will only need to spend very little time to support themselves and will not need to rely on others.
If these two problems are not resolved, social development will stagnate, the fertility rate will gradually decline, racial, class and regional conflicts will become increasingly acute, and social energy will be wasted in meaningless internal friction.
The Blood Moon Kingdom and the Gospel Kingdom gave two completely different answers.
The Blood Moon Kingdom chooses to step on the accelerator and rush to the bottom. It does not even wait for the family to naturally disintegrate. It abolishes the family first, making all the people orphans. Everyone starts alone. Then it advocates consumerism and forcibly prohibits all discriminatory behaviors. It then uses the Blood Moon Judgment, sugar, mud coffee, tea coffee and other mechanisms to induce the people to vent their anger. As for childbirth, it directly spends money to buy children.
The social progress of the Blood Moon does not rely on civilians at all. Outstanding civilians can be promoted to the second tribe of the Blood Moon through normal channels, and then enter research institutes and churches to contribute light and heat. Other civilians are fuel, and the entire society supports a small group of immortals.
The Gospel Kingdom chooses to cover up the contradictions. If society is a completely random chaotic game, then the Gospel is the only solution to this game. It adjusts everyone's desires, covers up all contradictions, and uses a sophisticated curtain of lies to allow everyone to live in a happy world.
Then use the gospel list to encourage progress, so that everyone has hope in life. People who are used to a simple life model will listen to the guidance of the gospel on issues such as fertility, employment, and education, so that society can always maintain a virtuous cycle.
By comparing the blood moon and the gospel, Ash finally understood what a terrifying miracle the Lord God had inflicted on the kingdom... no, it should be called a miracle!
The Blood Moon Master created a sustainable "Blood Moon Promotion System" that exhausts all resources, does not resolve any social contradictions, and even uses social contradictions to cover up the exploitation of the Blood Moon Clan, relying only on a small number of elites to promote social development;
The Omniscient Lord uses the absolute authority of the Gospel to forcibly suppress and cover up all social contradictions, making the well-educated people as obedient as sheep, and making work, childbirth and consumption all within the calculation of the Gospel!
Compared with the earth-shaking destructive power, this miracle that changes everyone's destiny from top to bottom can make people feel their own insignificance.
"I'm glad you're finally on the same side as me." An Nan said with a smile, "Sure enough, compared to the illusory inducements, I still have to threaten you with real weapons before you will willingly join my plan."
Ash glanced at her and said, "But Miss, is it really good for you to arouse our greed like this? I won't say anything, Igula and the others have never known what 'humility' means since they were young. They only know 'monopoly'. Or are you so confident in the contract?"
"The only purpose of a contract is to be torn up, but what replaces a contract may not necessarily be hatred, but may also be alliance."
An Nan extended his hand to Yaxiu: "Let us cooperate sincerely with ulterior motives."
Ash looked at her seriously and held her hand.
"By the way, we agreed that you would help me top up the game after I complete the task..."
"10,000 copper coins."
"No, 10,000 copper coins can only buy a pass and a monthly card. I also need to buy a large monthly card, a new member discount package, a limited-time gift package, and a pass level gift package. Otherwise, I can't reach level 1,000..."