I'm the boss because I have a harem of anime characters.

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Good heavens, North Carolina actually drew a story about his struggles with Lexington and Saratoga. The art style is excellent, the subject matter is novel, and it makes you want to go all out and create a tornado. It would be a shame not to get a Phase Rush.

"Beizhai, you..."

"It was an artistic creation last night."

Although Bei Zhai was expressionless and seemed indifferent, Qin Shan could clearly sense her unhappiness. Didn't he see that Bei Zhai deliberately raised her hand to show off her wedding ring when she spoke?

Both are marriage ships, Admiral, you're biased.

Although Beizhai didn't say it outright, the meaning was clear.

"So, the Admiral hopes that after Bismarck returns, the two of us can satisfy you together, right?"

"That's of course the best... no, no, I haven't thought of it that way."

"I understand, Admiral. You mean I can do it alone."

Good grief, you're trying to squeeze both ends, aren't you?

"Ahem, alright, let's go check on that alien first. By the way, did you remove that thing from his head?"

When it comes to serious matters, Bei Zhai still knows what's important and what's urgent, and said seriously: "It's because it was demolished that the alien named Banmian was obviously acting strangely after he woke up."

How abnormal is it?

"This needs to be seen by the Admiral himself."

Section 62: Join Free Earth Now!

"Let me out! I'm going to kill those insects! I'm going to kill them all!"

Inside the solitary confinement cell, Banmian roared like a madman, veins bulging on his face, like a wild beast. "Has he gone mad?" Qin Shan looked at Bei Zhai.

The current situation looks like a failed treatment.

"The surgery was successful, and I can assure you that his brain was not damaged in any way. However, the inhibitor has a limited and affected effect on memory. I estimate that he has now recovered his previous memories, which is why he is somewhat emotionally distraught."

As Bei Zhai spoke, she showed Qin Shan the various post-operative data, all of which were normal and green. There were no physical problems, but Ban Mian was clearly unable to communicate normally at this point, so Qin Shan directly used a spatial restraint to restrict him, followed by a bucket of cold water poured over him. The effect was remarkable; Ban Mian was completely stunned.

"Are you feeling better?" Qin Shan asked.

"Mmm, mmm... mmm."

Banmian nodded, and then Beizhai put the translation device he had made on him.

The language system of Free Earth has been deciphered. As long as Banmian doesn't speak some outlandish dialect like Chaoshan dialect, normal translation shouldn't be a problem. Therefore, it's only a preliminary version, hence its size is like a helmet. And while Banmian was being put on the helmet, he clearly resisted, but ultimately he obediently put it on because he couldn't move and couldn't refuse.

"Do you understand what I'm saying?"

Ban Mian nodded coldly and said, "Yes."

"Aren't you going to introduce yourself first?"

"Class Face, a member of the Resistance Month."

"Resistance Moon? Aren't you the fleet commander of Free Earth?"

"Heh, bah, I don't recognize the identity of a dog."

"In other words, you are a rebel as defined by the Free Earth government."

"There shouldn't be any information about the Resistance Moon in the spaceship's database, huh? That's something those insects would do." "So your name is fake too?"

"No, the name is real. My name is Banmian, the commander of the 7th Armored Combined Brigade of the Resistance Moon. My last memory before I was captured was that the group of 'smashing' attacked the headquarters with the help of traitors, and I was in charge of covering the rear."

"You hate Free Earth."

"Disgust? I fucking hate it! I want to crush that damn bastard, that capitalist dictatorship that's all in the name of freedom!" "I see. Well then, I'll just tell you straight: we're aliens."

"Okay, I got it." The classmate's expression faltered.

Qin Shan nodded. No matter what, the other side was an interstellar civilization. Since they were interstellar, encountering aliens was normal, so they naturally wouldn't be surprised by their identity. "I'm very curious about Free Earth. Could you give me a brief introduction? It would be even better if it were about Free Earth's history." "Do you want the history of what our government calls rebels, or the official history of Free Earth?" "We've already looked at the official history. Frankly, it's mostly slogans and descriptions, but very little actually useful data. Such unverifiable historical records are worthless to us. So I'd like to hear your views on Free Earth, the more detailed the better."

As he spoke, Qin Shan released the shackles from the front of the class.

Banmian, now free to move, nodded and asked, "Could I have something to eat first? I'm hungry." Ten minutes later, Banmian enjoyed a pork chop rice that Qin Shan had ordered from Earth using Meituan.

Considering the appetite of superhumans, he ordered five portions, and Banmian lived up to expectations by eating them all, his expression softening considerably with the delicious food. "Delicious, so delicious! It's been so long since I've had real organic food."

"We've tasted the synthetic foods you eat every day. To be honest, your technology should be able to process synthetic foods to be almost indistinguishable from normal foods, right?" "We can, but you know how capitalists operate. Saving money is the priority. As long as everything else works, it's fine. Anyway, if you don't do it, there are plenty of people who will. Free Earth doesn't lack population."

"Are you willing to talk about this now?"

"Of course, where to begin?"

When was the Free Earth Government established?

Ban took a deep breath and began to recount a completely different world history.

In 2050, humanity, having ended World War IV, entered the cyberpunk era. A new generation of capitalist aristocrats controlled everything in the world, creating a new world that they considered sufficiently free.

Human gene banks and artificial uterus technology mean that the powerful no longer need to worry about labor shortages. Moreover, the children born from these artificial uteruses receive various forms of indoctrination and brainwashing from a young age, and are then assigned to work in various factories when they grow up, providing a paradise-like life for a select few.

To prevent uncontrollable riots, the humans born in these artificial wombs were processed into a short-lived species with an average natural lifespan of no more than forty years. However, the result of this overdraft of genetic potential is that they are physically stronger and better able to be fully exploited. Even so, the vast majority of them will die at the age of thirty-five, working themselves to death.

Sometimes, the powerful and wealthy kill these short-lived species simply to watch them die from exhaustion, thus demonstrating their superiority and power over life and death. Life has become a meaningless bargaining chip that can be used indefinitely.

However, when the data is large enough, even the slightest difference in the data can accumulate into variables that were previously unimaginable.

Indeed, even though those capitalists and powerful figures tried their best to restrict and control, change is a matter of probability. You can't eliminate mathematical probability. So, within the short-lived human population, powerful opponents quickly emerged and launched an armed revolution against the capitalists and powerful figures. This is the birth of the Resistance Moon. They were born in the largest artificial palace gene pool on the moon and thus used the moon as the symbol of the resistance organization.

To combat their short-lived genes, members of the Resistance Moon underwent comprehensive modifications, using various machines compatible with human capabilities to fight the genes, and nanobots to prolong gene fragments. Furthermore, in order to gain the means to fight against the Free Earth government, the Resistance Moon developed various human modification technologies to their extremes, even uploading consciousness to connect the minds of everyone within the organization, forming a unique large collective system.

Thus, one of the most dramatic scenes in human history unfolded.

Capitalist elites versus communist machines clashed in a fierce battle across the galaxy. The Resistance Moon called it the "First Armed Revolution of Independence," while the Free Earth Government called it the "Intelligent Machine Rebellion."

Neither side considers the other to be human, and both sides are willing to do anything to eliminate the other. The ideological struggle between humanity has been escalated to the extreme, and the two sides are locked in a life-or-death struggle.

The team remained remarkably calm about the headquarters being exposed, as the Resistance Moon had many backup headquarters, and it was common for traitors from both sides to betray each other. Everyone was used to it; it was just a matter of changing headquarters and starting over. Free Earth had suffered from this kind of loss before.

"In other words, if I let you go back, you will return to the Moon of Resistance and continue the previous battle."

“Of course!” Banmian replied without hesitation.

"In that case, wouldn't you like an ally?"

"Allies? In your words, you are indeed allies worthy of respect."

The respect that Banmian talks about is not ideological, but rather based on power.

The ability to silently and perfectly capture four armed ships from Free Earth is terrifying anywhere. Of course, he didn't know that Qin Shan only had six people under his command at the moment.

Qin Shan believes that the question of whether planetary civilizations can be allies with interstellar civilizations is not a problem at all.

Free Earth and the Moon of Resistance, strictly speaking, are not interstellar civilizations. They do not have the ability to travel between stars after leaving the space wormhole. Don't think that sub-light speed is fast. On a cosmic scale, it is just like an ox pulling a cart. If they want to truly break free from the constraints of space and become a true interstellar civilization, they must at least have the ability to travel faster than light or travel in higher dimensions.

Because in higher-dimensional space, the distance between any two points in the universe can be compressed to the point of instantaneous teleportation.

Therefore, while the productivity of Free Earth and the Moon of Resistance is powerful, it is not so outrageous that Earth civilization needs to look up to them. They are also able to use many products produced on Earth.

The greatest technological advantages of these two regimes lie in the fields of energy and materials science, which are the areas most likely to hold civilizations hostage. Any breakthrough by either side would have a disruptive impact.

For example, the single-person mechs used on Free Earth all use small fusion reactors. If this thing could really become widespread, the greatly reduced energy costs would directly allow Earth's civilization to take off. Not to mention, building a space elevator to the moon would be no problem at all, and it could even be treated like its own backyard. Moreover, this backyard includes Mars.

This is still the possible change that Earth's civilization might undergo in the foreseeable future.

That's enough. With advancements in energy and materials science, the entire population will have a sufficient material foundation for becoming superhuman. Otherwise, the resources needed just to feed so many superhumans would be enough to cause a superhuman famine on Earth, then trigger a civil war among superhumans, and ultimately lead to the tragedy of a world war.

Absolutely not! Don't forget the Abyss Gate is lurking nearby, ready to pounce. If human civil war breaks out and the Abyss Gate sends its uninvited guests, are we going to repeat the story of our past lives?

The only problem is that the current group doesn't know that Qin Shan's strength is just a facade, while Qin Shan knows that he is actually relying on a few high-level superhumans to put on a show, and is not an interstellar civilization on par with Free Earth and the Moon of Resistance.

Therefore, in the process of cooperation, we must play to our strengths and avoid our weaknesses, and not let the other party discover that we are at a disadvantage in the overall civilized environment, so as not to give the other party the idea that they can control us.

What to do?

Chapter 63: Revenge™'s Whole World

Although Qin Shan proposed a win-win cooperation between the two sides, whether or not such cooperation can actually be achieved depends on the attitude of the Resistance Moon. In other words, the squad still has to be returned, as it is their bargaining chip in the negotiations with the Resistance Moon.

Qin Shan wasn't too worried about whether it would succeed. In any case, the current gains were enough for Earth civilization to digest for a while. At worst, after cracking the other side's sub-light speed travel technology, he could just go and steal the Free Earth government's stuff, take it back and continue reverse engineering. It didn't matter if they went slowly; the important thing was to go steadily.

However, before leaving, Banmian will also provide some assistance, such as helping to unlock various facilities inside the spaceship, making the reverse engineering on Qinshan's side smoother.

Anyway, this isn't Resistance Moon's technology. For Banm, making the Free Earth government owe them money is more satisfying than making money for themselves.

Holy crap! What kind of Tencent thinking is this?

Everything was going very smoothly, and Qin Shan's smile had become increasingly radiant lately.

As we all know, according to the law of conservation of smiles, when you are happy, someone else must be unhappy. Countries around the world are very unhappy right now; to be precise, the upper class and the wealthy are living in misery.

With the Dragon of Desire and the Pact of the Fallen exposed to the public, governments around the world are feeling immense pressure.

Not long ago, a truly depraved individual appeared in Paris, France. He was also an official in charge of the Paris Olympics. The reason he was willing to risk everything was that he encountered the same problem as the accountant who committed suicide in Japan.

To put it bluntly, the higher-ups take the money, and the accountants take the blame.

Under normal circumstances, accountants can only desperately endure this kind of scapegoating and then choose to use their own lives to plug the loopholes in the funds. This is the trend of accountants sacrificing themselves in officialdom.

But what if the accountant gained supernatural powers before he died?

The situation suddenly became interesting. The French accountant proved his awareness with his actions by going on a killing spree, wiping out most of the French officials in charge of the Olympics while they were having a meeting.

He stormed into the venue, then unleashed a flurry of punches – that's the accountant's fury! Take my 990,000 horsepower Ora!

Thus, France made history, becoming the first Olympic host country in human history to have its key personnel murdered by its own accountant during the preparation for the Olympics.

Such arrogant behavior naturally attracted the siege of the French army. However, this accountant was also a ruthless person. In the end, he chose to sacrifice his entire family and his own soul, and gained great power in a short period of time (Qin Shan did this on purpose). He directly killed two divisions of French troops, leaving only half a battalion. Moreover, none of the French soldiers he killed had a complete corpse left. The best that was left was only half a body.

The massacre of the military by the superhumans shocked the world and terrified the elites of various countries.

Look at this terrifying power. This means that if superhumans want to, the protective forces around them are completely meaningless. At most, they can just grab a nuclear bomb and blow it up with the enemy, but that would be mutual destruction. Most of the powerful and wealthy are afraid of death, okay?

That French accountant used a self-sacrifice strategy, sacrificing his entire family's lives and his own to gain terrifying power for a short period. Does this mean that if ordinary people had this opportunity, they would also...? This is terrifying! How did the world become like this!

What happened in Paris served as a signal, and soon after, news of fallen superhumans committing massacres emerged in various countries, albeit with different circumstances in different countries. For example, in China, a fallen superhuman sacrificed himself because of an unfinished building project, killing all the employees of the real estate company.

There are also those who become corrupted superhumans because of issues related to bride price, and then sacrifice themselves to kill the judge's entire family.

In short, the cost for one person to kill another has suddenly become "as long as you're willing to risk it, you can succeed."

If America's gun ownership is a battle royale, then the superhumans who fall from grace after being driven by a massive amount of contractual desires are like supersonic cruise missiles, fully embodying the principle that "we all only have one life."

"As I said before, the Dragons of Desire are a race. They have different understandings of desire and different ways of making contracts. For example, the Dragon of Desire in this case has made a contract with the desire for revenge."

The words of Fairy Yunmeng caused an uproar among the top officials of the Celestial Empire.

The scope of revenge is very broad. Anyone who feels they have been treated unfairly can seek revenge. According to Qin Shan's design, these revenge contracts are all one-time use. Using them means sacrificing oneself. In other words, if a person's hatred is so great that they are willing to exchange their own life for someone else's, it fully demonstrates the severity and necessity of the hatred. Moreover, there is no continuity after the revenge is completed (both the person being retaliated against and the target of revenge are dead), so it can be said to be a one-on-one absolute safety.

As for who can be contracted, the answer is naturally: "The right of interpretation belongs to Qin Shan."

Anyway, the Dragon of Desire can choose whatever it wants, and we don't have a say in it. Please try your best to eliminate anything that might bring hatred, otherwise, if one day a contracted fallen superhuman comes knocking on your door, you'll have to pray for your own good fortune.

With Qin Shan in control, the possibility of powerful figures causing trouble through revenge contracts is directly eliminated. Even if your hatred is strong enough, the dragon of desire won't come after you. As for why it won't come after you, go ask it. I don't know.

It's amazing to be both a contestant and the on-site referee!

Qin Shan's arrangement has another advantage: it allows ordinary people to get used to the existence of superhumans, while minimizing the exploitation of the middle and lower classes by the upper class, and even making them give up a lot of benefits. After all, the Dragon of Desire is watching. If you create too many enemies, you will easily be targeted. Those who do not know the truth can only be on tenterhooks.

Modern society's management capabilities and state power suppress many things. Sometimes we must acknowledge the reality that what is exposed is only exposed if the authorities allow it to be exposed. If the authorities do not allow it, then nothing will happen.

But now, Golden Eye Network makes the truth nowhere to hide, and the Dragon of Desire has brought the great revenge movement to the forefront. As long as the powerful and wealthy dare not act like humans, there will definitely be someone willing to risk everything to trade one for one with you, or even your whole family. The contract of the Dragon of Desire is unpredictable, and you can't guarantee that you will become a contractor. But the fact that the Avengers are superhumans is a certainty.

Many problems hidden in the dark side of society were directly exposed, because those vengeful and depraved superhumans didn't care how much noise they made before they died. Anyway, I'm going to die, so how great would it be to give the whole world a surprise before the final moment arrives? I'm going to destroy the whole world!

So issues like internet addiction treatment centers, unfinished buildings, land encroachment by developers, and other messy problems that could be suppressed and ignored in the past, are now...

You'd better pray that the dragon of hatred and desire doesn't find the other party.

This has truly thrown the world into chaos.

Section 64: Fairness Forged Through Bloodshed

The destructive power of superhumans was quickly proven around the world. Generally speaking, the more acute the conflict, the more terrifying the destruction caused by superhumans, and the greater the number of corrupt individuals.

For example, South Korea and Japan, their internal conflicts, if not gradually subsided, are at least irreconcilable. They are only suppressed by external forces (the dogs raised by American capital groups are naturally more ruthless internally). In addition, as developed countries, they are generally doing well, so there has been no situation where the official high-level officials have collectively opened their hearts or let their minds run wild (Abe: Arminus).