Chapter 2332 - 1162: Infiltration

Chapter 2332: Chapter 1162: Infiltration

On the other side.

The Twelve-Winged Mechanical Angel descended in the night sky upon a corner of the city.

Logically speaking, her flamboyant appearance should have been quite conspicuous. Fortunately, the Highest Level Optical Camouflage System she carried allowed her to easily achieve invisibility.

Elsa stood on the rooftop, overlooking a bustling area below.

It was a hotel, also the place where the missing personnel previously mentioned by 02 had stayed. However, at this moment, several police hover cars were parked at the hotel’s entrance, and a group of heavily cyberized police officers had already set up a cordon at the entrance. The glowing neon lights of the projection-style barrier were striking in the night.

Ordinary Intelligent Mechanism Bionic residents had long followed the evacuation order and left the area, unable to defy such commands as they responded according to pre-set fixed procedural rules.

However, some true city residents did not stay away. Instead, they deliberately approached to see the commotion.

After all, life was really boring for everyone. Besides performing their Heavenly Duty, all that was left was eating, drinking, and entertainment. It was rare for such unexpected incidents to occur, and the Alliance citizens were always particularly enthusiastic about these unusual events.

Fortunately, due to the rarity of reproduction directives, the population of the Alliance was not large. Despite the immense size of this Mobile City, fewer than one million Alliance residents lived here; the rest were Intelligent Mechanism Bionic People responsible for maintaining the city’s operations.

So, even though the hotel was located in a bustling downtown area, the total population of this region was not large, and there weren’t many people watching the excitement. However, as onlookers took out personal terminals to take photos and post videos, it’s likely that things would soon become even more lively.

Alas, in this era, the Alliance folks were indeed idle. To catch a glimpse of excitement, someone might drive from the suburbs straight to the city center. Every time something like this happened, people would swarm from all directions as if they had caught a whiff of rotting meat.

"Tch, this is all the result of forced equality."

Elsa shook her head, thinking to herself.

Due to the Alliance’s notion of equality, all Alliance people were destined from birth to have a relatively stable life. They didn’t need to worry about their livelihood, as the system would arrange everything for them.

Even if you were a complete failure, the system would assign you a Heavenly Duty, assign you a partner, assign you housing, and assign various living resources. Even if you chose to do nothing, the system would support you until old age, ensuring you lived worry-free, healthy until death.

Yes, the social welfare of the Alliance had reached a point where money was unnecessary, for there was no need for transactions. If you had any demands, you could directly apply to the system, and as long as it didn’t violate human rights, the system would quickly meet your needs.

The latest clothes and bags, the Highest Level light computer terminal, the most luxurious cars and yachts, the most lavish gourmet meals, and more — these things could be delivered to you by bionic robot couriers once you made an application.

Therefore, theoretically, no one had to worry about material desire. They could detach from the low-level pleasures of physiological cravings and dedicate themselves to some higher pursuits.

Yes, this is what Priests and Nuns of the Church of Machinery often referred to as self-worth. A person must leave something behind to prove their existence, right?

And the best way to achieve self-worth was to perform the Heavenly Duty assigned by the system. All Heavenly Duties were comprehensively calculated by the system based on personal talents and interests to find the most fitting job. As long as you perform your Heavenly Duty, your Talent will be utilized, and your interests will be satisfied.

If your Heavenly Duty is to be a painter, then create paintings that can be passed down through generations. If you are to be a writer, then write works that everyone praises. If you are to be a worker, then contribute to the construction of the Alliance. If you are to be a farmer, then cultivate the sweetest fruits and vegetables...

Isn’t this beautiful? This is the perfect Heaven envisioned by the idealists who founded the Alliance.

Unfortunately, ideals are beautiful, but reality is harsh.

Because not everyone pursues some elusive, beautiful high-level goal of self-realization once their material desires are satisfied. Most people actually choose indulgence and decadence, or simply decide to do nothing.

After all, trying hard is really exhausting, and once the idea of doing nothing takes root, one finds boundless freedom in the world.

Sloth is indeed one of the Seven Deadly Sins inherent to humanity.

As a result, the high welfare of the Alliance did not build that beautiful Heaven, but rather bred a large batch of rotten parasites, squandering precious resources recklessly, indulging in desires and pleasures all day long.

They could even take the trouble to come from afar just to see some excitement, undoubtedly because they were simply too idle and bored.

The Alliance had once fretted over this, and some ambitious individuals had admonished the slackers against wasting their Life. However, the slackers retorted — why strive when effort was pointless? Ultimately, those great artists and singers were no better off than people like them who did nothing, and anything they possessed, they could simply request from the system. So why bother working hard?