Chapter 323: Education
Due to his agreement with Gaia, Bai Mo did not interfere with the various matters raging hotly outside. Instead, he quietly adapted to his drastically surging power alone.
The complete return of Primal Matter led to a significant increase in the intensity and precision of his psychic power, finally opening the path for him to interfere with the microscopic world.
However, he quickly discovered that his primordial spirit, having grown rapidly by absorbing external energy, was in a similar state to someone who cultivated by piling up resources and consuming pills: the precision of his power control was noticeably lacking, with a distinct sense of unnatural growth.
Therefore, he believed his primordial spirit needed thorough refinement to regain effortless control, as if it were a limb.
During this period, with nothing pressing to do, Bai Mo focused most of his attention on researching methods for "Spirit Refinement."
South Africa, Justice.
"Mr. Hou, are you interested in becoming our comrade?" A red light mass conversed with a red ocean before it.
"We share similar goals. You wish to create a righteous nation where everyone abides by the law, while we intend to change this world of vast disparity between rich and poor, reversing the major trend of eternal classes forming. We aim to make the wanton exploiters completely disappear from this world, ensuring ordinary people are not forever confined to the position of the exploited."
The light mass representing Chen Kedi conveyed this message.
Although Hou Zi shared similar ideals, his desire to challenge the Huaxia Federation's bottom line had faded considerably since he was overwhelmed by Bai Mo's power two years ago.
By a few months ago, after personally witnessing the demise of Maysuo, his last shred of wishful thinking had vanished entirely.
He was confident he could at least maintain an undefeated stance against others, but against Bai Mo alone, Hou Zi believed that even his current self would have no chance of victory against Bai Mo from two years ago.
The other major powers had surely reserved enough trump cards with the might of their entire nations to contend with such threats; he was at a disadvantage in terms of power.
"To deal with powerful monsters, we must create an even more powerful hero!" Chen Kedi was not particularly surprised by Hou Zi's words.
As one of the most famous and powerful superhumans to escape from the Huaxia Federation, intelligence on Hou Zi was innumerable. Chen Kedi, through various channels and with a little effort, had already obtained detailed information.
"What do you need me to provide?" Hou Zi knew very well that the other party must have something they wanted by approaching him.
"Nothing. We are revolutionary comrades, not engaged in a dirty exchange of interests. To show our sincerity, I believe we should offer some suggestions for your ideal nation, Justice."
"I believe the laws you are implementing have betrayed the true intent of law," Chen Kedi said righteously and sternly.
"Continue."
"The true intent of law lies in using punishment to educate others not to violate relevant regulations. But I believe that under your system, the aspect of education seems to be missing. Relying solely on physical memory brought by violence is insufficient. Have you noticed? Those who have been punished feel more hatred in their hearts than reflection."
"What do you think should be done?" Hou Zi had managed Justice for several years by encompassing all supervisory powers. He had indeed noticed this situation but didn't pay much mind to it: first offense, first punishment; repeat offense, repeat punishment, until death.
After being disciplined by the laws he represented, those who survived often revealed not regret, but a face full of hatred. Instead of reflecting on their mistakes, they focused more of their thoughts on hating those who enforced the law.
Consequently, outside Justice, there were several similar anti-Hou Zi organizations, gathering many who had suffered losses there. They formed an anti-Hou Zi alliance, aiming to completely eradicate this major malignancy on the African continent.
However, these failed individuals, like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, almost always ended up vanishing completely into the red mist, becoming nourishment for Hou Zi's strength.
"Hand over these criminals to us for education. After being reformed through the education of the Red Radiance, they will become law-abiding good citizens with proper values."
"Education, you say..."
After some discussion, Hou Zi decided to hand over those who violated his rules in Justice for the next two months to Chen Kedi's people for education, treating it as a test.
He had no favorable impression whatsoever of the Huaxia Federation's corrupt power system, and his views were similar to Chen Kedi's, who sought to change the situation where a small minority controlled everything and let ordinary people be masters of their own homes. Therefore, when they made their suggestion, Hou Zi did not directly refuse.
However, Hou Zi had never considered that his reliance on absolute power to punish those under his rule who violated the rules was, in essence, nothing more than an absolute dictatorship.
"How is it? What are the effects of the first batch of suppressive vaccines?" In the United Nations laboratory, a group of people nervously gathered around the few experimenters emerging from the decontamination room.
To combat this Spirit Devourer storm that had spread worldwide, the major powers had, in the shortest time possible, jointly established a laboratory pooling biochemical experts from various countries to specifically address this incident.
Under a virtually unlimited supply of resources, after nearly a month, the experimenters, working under immense pressure, finally achieved their first breakthrough.
For every day of delay, two thousand more cultivators worldwide died in agony. Furthermore, the power of Spirit Devourer carriers in their incubation period would weaken, and both of these factors directly shook the foundation of their rule.
"It's only effective for forty percent of the test subjects," said one of the scientists from America, heavy-hearted.
Because the Spirit Devourer directly threatened the safety of the entire ruling class, and with the urgency dictating expedient action, some cruel things naturally followed to accelerate progress.
The time required for vaccines to transition from animal trials to human trials was too long; they simply couldn't wait. According to the current situation, in half a year, perhaps all superhumans except for the strongest few would be dead. Thus, the entire research and development was built directly on human trials from the very beginning.
Large numbers of death row inmates and slaves emerging from wartime chaos were secretly transported from various countries' underground laboratories to the United Nations laboratory, replacing the function of lab mice.
Most scientists in the laboratory whose consciences were not yet extinguished expressed considerable indignation upon learning that there would be no animal trials, and that humans would be used exclusively instead.
Comments