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Chapter 387: I Am The State

"So this is why you hoped we'd never have to use it?" As the artificial bloodline within her body was activated, Chen Xi felt an inexplicable surge of memories, including the complete history and effects of this ability. "Getting killed once certainly isn't a good experience."

"So-called bloodlines are actually a form of information transfer," Bai Mo mused, a thought suddenly occurring to him. "If I could transform all knowledge, from elementary to middle school, high school, and even university, into instinctive memories that flow through generations of humanity like breathing, what kind of speed would human development achieve?"

"After suffering a fatal injury, one enters a state of suspended animation for ten days, and during this time, even if the body is burnt to ashes, it can be revived?" Wiping away the tears from her eyes, Chen Xi quietly asked Bai Mo, referencing the memories that had inexplicably appeared.

"Look at the flowers on your hand," he said, regaining his composure.

Hearing Bai Mo's words from the side, Hua Qing secretly glanced at her wrist. The floral patterns encircling it had once again grown dim.

"One, two,... nine. Only nine flowers left." She keenly noticed that the spot where one flower had previously been was now replaced by a blank space.

"So, we still have nine lives?" Chen Xi quickly caught on as well.

"You've worked for me for ten years, so I'm giving you ten chances, consider it severance pay." Bai Mo's figure gradually emerged from the white light. "As long as the one who kills you isn't stronger than me, the revival will be effective."

"But if there are clearly ten chances, why was the name I received 'Phoenix of Nine Lives'?"

"That joke was too dry... but at least I can confirm you haven't gone completely mad." Chen Xi suddenly turned serious.

"Do you know, when I heard you were going to create some Destiny System, Xiao Qing and I both thought you'd completely lost your mind after disappearing for over a year."

"I've always been very clear about what I'm doing."

"Anyway, I definitely can't accept this damned system. Not to mention being controlled all day, what can a property limit of one million Huaxia coins even buy..."

"Housing is allocated, medical care is almost free, and there are inexpensive public canteens. Shouldn't the question be how to spend the money?" Bai Mo failed to understand the thoughts of his former subordinate.

"Not everyone is as desireless as you. A mere million could be completely spent on a few luxury items. Clothes, watches, jewelry, cosmetics—they're all bottomless pits. And don't even get me started on the artworks that even I can't understand..." Chen Xi, who came from a wealthy background and had never lacked money, likewise couldn't comprehend Bai Mo's perspective.

"And not many people are truly willing to be regulated by the system like schoolchildren forever, even if their material lives might be better than before. Hope and freedom—those are the carrots dangling before us."

"For the sake of so-called hope, countless people desperately mold themselves into the form capital demands, learning everything that can multiply their wealth, transforming into a group of working elites. They tirelessly pursue this path, even to the point of death from overwork."

"But in the end, aren't they just dogs serving capital, their slave owner? What's the point of that? Becoming slaves of the system, at least they wouldn't live such exhausting lives."

"I take back what I just said, it's impossible to reason with you! Without hope, humanity simply won't have the impetus to move forward!" Chen Xi frantically scratched her head, turning her once beautiful long hair into a fluffy mess.

"Aside from creating waste, luxury goods have little actual value. They are nothing but trivialities hyped up by people poisoned by consumerism, and a vast amount of productivity is actually squandered."

"In the world under my rule, the concept of 'brands' won't exist. All products will have only one mark, one set of standards: qualified or unqualified. No cell would care if the protein molecules forming its cell membrane were a brand-name product." Bai Mo began to murmur to himself again.

"Monopoly only leads to inefficiency, don't you understand that?" She organized her thoughts, continuing to try and persuade Bai Mo.

"Do you truly understand the four characters 'I am the State'? A human body has only one dominant will, yet everything within it operates with extreme efficiency; it never becomes inefficient due to any monopoly."

"You intend to treat the entire society as your organism, with each individual as your cell? And the so-called Destiny System is essentially a nervous system, responsible for transmitting all arrangements from the central hub? Is that what you're thinking?" After understanding Bai Mo's meaning, Chen Xi suddenly felt a chill run down her spine.

"I want to try and see if this path can be realized."

"That's impossible. Humans are living beings with strong self-awareness, not just single cells driven by instinct. Such an organism is destined to fall apart; a monster with countless independent wills will surely disintegrate."

"That's why I need the power to suppress everything, to let my will override everyone else's thoughts. Are you trying to stop me now?" Bai Mo said with a smile.

Chen Xi quickly shook her head. After ten years of interaction, she clearly understood the person before her. If she uttered a single "yes," Bai Mo would immediately and mercilessly erase her.

"Never, ever come back." Bai Mo said no more, only leaving that single sentence, and then led the two captives behind him out of the base.

"He didn't even kill the guard soldiers in the base. It seems he's truly set on this path," Chen Xi said, watching the soldiers struggle to their feet after the white light vanished.

"Sister Xi, why would you say that?" Hua Qing, who had remained silent until Bai Mo left, quietly asked.

"Why would a person pointlessly destroy their own cells? Let's go. We'll return to the United States and make preparations ahead of time. Perhaps in a few years, we'll have to escape to the Moon; he's already unstoppable."

The three flew through the air. Bai Mo toyed with the dozens of points of light revolving around him, seemingly making final adjustments.

"What do you need us to do?" Ji Er Ke Fu asked, getting straight to the point. The fact that the other party hadn't killed him surely meant there was something he needed them for.

"How's this system?"

The expression between Ji Er Ke Fu's brows already told the answer. For a big shot accustomed to enjoying life and power to suddenly become a captive whose life and death were no longer his own—it would be a miracle if he could remain at ease.

He spent nearly half an hour, only then managing to generally finish reading the detailed description and introduction of the entire system, and was once again shocked by Bai Mo, who had designed it all.

"The entire real world will be transformed into a game by you, with three threads—survival points, morality points, and Contribution Points—woven within the system into a net that will encompass every person, from birth to death."