Volume 10: Ancient Battleship Chapter 509: The "Reward" of the Undead Crew
Demeter was slightly startled, as if she had not expected Ke Lan to ask such a question. After about three seconds, she replied: "The decision is yours."
"That is to say, I can decide who is eligible to enter and explore Ruins S-019 by selling tickets. I can even run this place as a tourist attraction... I think those young masters and young ladies from wealthy families will fight over such a ticket."
"You are free to choose your operating model and we will not interfere," said Demeter.
"But, aren't you worried that I will sell tickets to people from heretical sects?" Ke Lan asked again.
This is a tricky and sensitive issue that both sides have to face - since the Undead Crew has decided to let Ke Lan be fully responsible for the operation of the S-019 ruins, the ancient battleship "Aguna Tor", then in the process of pursuing maximization of interests, it is natural that some things that go against the Undead Crew's position are inevitable.
You know, in the old era, some businessmen would even sell important materials to people in the enemy country in order to make money - in the eyes of capital, interests always come first, and nationality and morality cannot constrain them. If there is no powerful violent machine to control them, the power of capital will definitely become the culprit of world unrest.
After all, there are few ways to make money faster than making money from war.
Demeter looked at Ke Lan and said, "You have witnessed many atrocities committed by the heretic sect. Its founder, the 'Prophet', has even had a direct conversation with you. You should know that he has chosen a crazy path with no future. He and his heretic sect will eventually be destroyed. Otherwise, why do you think the crew would give up such an opportunity to allow all humans to evolve into higher-level creatures... The strength of an individual is not the real strength. The strength of a civilization is the foundation for a race to gain a foothold in the universe."
Although she did not answer the question directly, Ke Lan had to admit that her words were far more convincing than a direct answer like "We believe you".
Ke Lan even had reason to believe that the Undead Crew should have a trump card more valuable than "Aguna Tor"... This so-called "reward" might also be a part of the assessment.
"Haha, I was just joking." Ke Lan showed an extremely hypocritical smile, "But I am a little curious, why did you give me the operation rights of the S-019 ruins instead of directly sending a member to take over the battleship? To be honest, I am a layman. If you want to talk about rewards, you can just give me a credit card with unlimited credit and no repayment... Anyway, to you, credit points are just a bunch of data."
"If you think so, you are totally wrong." Demeter replied, "Credit points are essentially the same as paper money in the old era. Although the central bank can increase fiscal revenue in disguise by printing more money and temporarily alleviate the financial crisis, the consequence of doing so is to accelerate the collapse of the social financial system. In the old era , there were more than 200 countries and regions and dozens of world-class economies in the world. Despite this, several economic crises broke out... Now, we only have one ark and a population of less than 100 million. The risk-bearing capacity of such a social structure is very weak. People are very sensitive to these things. If the purchasing power of credit points fluctuates significantly, then the entire human society will immediately fall into chaos."
"So even you can't just print money recklessly?"
"Of course not." Demeter nodded. "Although I think that giving you an unlimited credit card will not affect the financial structure of the Ark as long as you don't use this card to buy up assets and shares of major consortiums and only use it for daily consumption, but we can't set this precedent. The total amount of credit points circulating on the Ark is currently in a state of dynamic equilibrium... A good cycle has been formed between the Ark officials, major consortiums and the public, and this unlimited credit card is equivalent to a bug in a perfect computer program. The Undead Crew will not allow this bug to appear. Even if it will not have any impact on the operation of the program for the time being."
"It seems that being a leader requires a lot of consideration," Ke Lan said.
It seems that these guys are obsessive-compulsive and perfectionists who cannot tolerate even the slightest mistake.
However, this also shows the difference between them and the Prophet - if the Prophet were to be the ruler of the Ark, let alone maintaining the economic system, it would be good if he didn't send everyone to the experimental table.
It is estimated that the entire human civilization will regress directly to that dark slave society.
No... calling it a slave society might be an exaggeration. The prophet is definitely a loyal supporter of Darwinism. If the disguise of a "religious organization" is removed, the heretical sect is more like a group of animals where the strong prey on the weak. The strength of an individual represents the absolute right to speak... In their eyes, the same kind can be a partner or an enemy... or even...
"food".
It is very difficult for ordinary people to survive in such a group... The core idea of Darwinism is "survival of the fittest", but when the external environment becomes harsh to a certain extent, even those individuals who could have been considered "excellent" will have to face the fate of being eliminated... According to the prophet, as long as a few people... even if only he himself, completes the final evolution, it can be considered a "victory."
As for other individuals, they can all be sacrificed or even abandoned.
If the Seed of Corrosion had not set high requirements for the physical condition of the "container", Ke Lan estimated that the heretical sects would have been fully "containerized" long ago...
For some reason, a terrifying thought suddenly popped up in Ke Lan's mind: If the Ark had not established the "crime of exile" in the first place, but executed all , then would heretical sects have no soil to develop at all?
Anyway, the survival rate of exiles is less than one in ten or two in ten. For most people, it is no different from the death penalty.
Did the Ark's top brass establish the "crime of exile" in order to deter the public, or to prevent criminals from taking extreme measures because they are desperate?
Or are they using these exiles to explore uncharted areas of Alpha?
