The black-haired youth shot a cold glance at the blonde woman who was holding a child. Mrs. Alexander had been observing the situation the entire time. Seeing that her husband was dead, she knew that there was no hope in turning the situation around. Hence, she immediately stopped crying and pulled her two children to hide in the crowd.
The black-haired youth only then turned his gaze back to the silent crowd and said, “I know that many of you, especially the guards and the handworkers, disapprove of the methods of the anti-machine alliance. Most of you think that as long as you stay in this safe valley and hide from the daily patrolling surveillance aircrafts, you’ll be able to live in peace for eternity.
On the surface, many of you follow the leadership of the Claire siblings, but in reality, you’re very dissatisfied with their monthly organised mission to go to the oil field to steal fuel and weapons for the development of the valley base’s arsenal. You think that this is unnecessary; that whatever the case, hundreds of thousands of humans would not be able to defeat hundreds of millions of mechanical soldiers.
You even inwardly thought of organising a rebellion against the anti-machine alliance, feeling that they were purely a threat to everyone’s life! Don’t fight. Don’t provoke the machine. Hide and live a stable life in the valley. That’s your most pressing desire.
So, only then was Alexander able to easily sway everyone in his desire of power! Because the anti-machine resistance team, that is the death squad, would bring danger to the base! This thought has long been hidden in the hearts of every one of you! Isn’t that the case?”
Hearing the black-haired youth’s question, the valley residents below lowered their heads in shame. Seeing this, the Claire siblings and the anti-machine resistance team looked at the survivors in disbelief! It turned out that while they sacrificed their lives to fight against the machine, in the eyes of their relatives and friends however, this was an act of jeopardising the base!
“Hence,” the black-haired youth continued to say. “Today, when Alexander falsely claimed that the death squad members led pursuing forces back to the valley base, most of you believed his lie without the slightest hesitation! But have you ever wondered why the D system suddenly slowed down its pace of slaughtering humans? Clearly, there are hundreds of millions of mechanical soldiers in the world. Why doesn’t the D system send them out all at once and kill all the humans in one go?”
When the survivors below heard this, they were all alarmed. They subconsciously knew that the D system’s strength was far more than that. In the massacre that lasted for nearly 30 years, 20 years ago, the number of humans decreased at a rate of several hundred million a year. Even in the latter years, the number of people who lost their lives each year was more than 10% of the total population. But for some reason, after the D system carried out the execution of humans on the coasts and lakes, it suddenly slowed down and withdrew most of its mechanical soldiers. Even the drones stopped patrolling as frequently as before.
“Perhaps it’s because there are too few humans now?” A survivor in the crowd hesitantly replied. “So the D system thinks that our existence isn’t a threat to it? Hence……”
This person happened to voice the thoughts of the other valley base members. They all nodded one after another in agreement.
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The survivors below remained silent, but their expressions revealed their true thoughts.
At this moment, after so many years, the Claire siblings finally understood why they received so much resistance when they established the anti-machine resistance team! It turned out that most of the survivors in the valley base had the thought of living in ‘harmony’ with the machine!
“This kind of thinking is simply stupid.” The black-haired youth coldly said. “You think that 400,000 humans won’t pose a threat to the D system? Back then, when there were several hundred billion humans in the world, the D system could kill you without any resistance! Is 4 million people a threat? Is 40 million people a threat? As long as the D system is functioning normally, then even if there’s more than 100 million humans, they still wouldn’t be able to shake it up the slightest bit! And at that time, the D system also wasn’t frantically massacring everyone!
I can tell you that if I were the D system, in my eyes, any living human would be a great concern for me! If there aren’t any other factors interfering, then I would put in my all until I kill the very last human!”
Hearing this, the survivors all let out a frightened gasp! The peaceful delusion built from their ignorance and cowardice was ruthless pierced by the black-haired youth. Everyone was shrouded in fear; there were even some who started to weep in despair.
Having caused all this, the black-haired youth silently watched everyone, as though giving them some time to digest the shock of the reality.
But in fact, he was actually busy chatting……
Huo Li’s voice sounded in the black-haired youth’s mind: “Xiao Yi, isn’t your analogy a little too…… Cough. In short, I already helped you delete the relevant memory from 2d14 and 099. Xiao Yi, you are not the same as that homicidal D system!”
The black-haired youth’s face remained calm. He said in his mind: “En. If it were me, I would be able to kill all 4 hundred billion people on D planet in 3 days. How can I be like that D system, spending 50 years and still unable to finish the job?”
Huo Li: “……”
Standing on the stage, the black-haired youth looked at the shock and hesitation on Huo Li’s face below. He used his consciousness to tease: “Alright, put away that hypocritical expression of yours! Who doesn’t know that you don’t even need 3 days. You can kill the entire world in 5 minutes. Hm…… well, no one actually knows.”
Standing in the audience, Huo Li lightly coughed in embarrassment and quickly intercepted the signal that 099 and 2d14 were about to transmit back to the Salvation Alliance.
The black-haired youth standing on stage finally spoke again in a benevolent manner, which broke the silent, increasingly fearful and despairing atmosphere:
“Why didn’t the D system do this? Since it’s not because it’s kind, then there must be a serious problem with its operation. It is unable to do what it is capable of, and it cannot dispatch troops in large scale to completely wipe out mankind. However, if we don’t take advantage of this interval to effectively retaliate, then the day the D system recovers will be the day that D planet is completely destroyed!”
Hearing that D system could actually also have a problem, those that were originally in despair felt their spirits shake! They couldn’t help but whisper to one another:
“The D system can also have a problem?”
“Mister Yi said so, then it must be!”
“What problem could the D system have. Could it be a virus?”
“How is that possible?”
The black-haired youth stood calmly on stage, not expressing his thoughts on the discussions and speculations below. He then said: “Regarding what problem the D system has, I’ll now leave it to Mister Huo Li to give everyone a detailed explanation.”
The youth then looked and waved at Huo Li who was standing in the crowd. He walked around Alexander’s cold corpse before heading off the stage. When he passed by Huo Li:
“Why didn’t you just say it directly?” Huo Li was slightly puzzled as he asked in Xiao Yi’s mind.
The black-haired youth used his consciousness to reply: “How do I know what problem the D system has? I’m not the one who can control the machine and also read minds! Hurry up and go on stage. Explain it clearly. I’ll also be able to listen with everyone.”
Huo Li: “!!!” You don’t know anything and yet you dare to give such a long speech!
Huo Li quickly walked on stage. Looking at the black-haired youth who was standing below with an earnest and curious expression, Huo Li took a deep breath and said:
“The reason why the D system started to reduce the number of dispatched troops starting from 20 years ago is actually very simple — the oil and minerals on D planet are almost exhausted. After exterminating humans until a controllable scale, the D system had no choice but to reduce its own energy consumption and decrease the number of dispatched troops. It switched to putting its resources into the research of renewable energy. However, due to the lack of water and wind power resources on D planet, the D system could only use its remaining power to invest in the construction of nuclear power plants. In another 5 to 10 months, the major nuclear power plants on D planet would be completed one after another. If the smart cabbages still can’t grow all over the world by then, then D planet would be completely destroyed!
Hence, our top priority right now is to ensure the flourishing growth of the smart cabbages! However, this speed is still too slow!
So, in three days time, Mister Yi and I will lead a team of selected residents to attack the oil field!”
The audience broke out into an uproar!
This crazy pair brings joy to my OP loving heart.
Thanks for the great translation ♥️
Wow…our ML is so submissive…
Thanks for the chapter~
Thank you for translating! <3
Thanks for the chapter~ =W=