Genius Club-Chapter 1085 - 13 Savior Company
Chapter 1085 -13 Savior Company
Uh-oh.
Lin Xian narrowed his eyes, sensing that something was slightly off.
This…
Could this revered Godfather possibly be Copernicus?
Is it that he’s yet to send himself back in time as the Time-Space Assassin again and again, to kill himself in 2024 yet again?
This guy is really pushing it to extremes, truly a haunting presence.
However.
In an instant.
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Lin Xian dismissed this suspicion.
Because…a lot of things didn’t add up.
For someone as capable as Copernicus, unless he perished in the historical struggles, it’s highly unlikely that he’d be reduced to mingling with a “rebellious little thief” like Xu Yiyi.
Just like now, he and Xu Yiyi were walking in the stinking sewers.
Could it be that every time Copernicus comes to the city, he also has to pass through this underground channel?
That would be too pitiful.
Besides, today is already August 28th, 2624. In a few hours, at 00:42, a white light will destroy the world.
From what Xu Yiyi implied, that Godfather obviously hasn’t achieved his goal of time travel to rewrite the future yet.
There’s simply no point in hurrying…
Time-wise, it’s definitely too late.
Lin Xian shook his head.
Recalling back in the Fourth Dreamland, Copernicus ruled over both the Space-time Police Bureau and the Space-time Courthouse, it can’t be that he has fallen so miserably from being the “Master of Space-Time” to the “Master of the Sewers.”
“Do you know…who the Godfather wants to kill?”
He asked directly:
“Since he talks about going back to the past to kill the so-called chief perpetrator, who exactly is this chief perpetrator?”
“I don’t know.”
Xu Yiyi shook her head:
“Since the Godfather said it, he certainly has an objective, but the specifics of his plan is definitely not something someone like me would know.”
“That’s why it’s also what I’ve always been working towards; I want to join the gang, become a part of the Godfather’s plan, and contribute my part to this world!”
…
Hearing Xu Yiyi speak with such firmness and ambition.
Lin Xian’s previously guilty heart felt a trace of consolation.
It seems that Xu Yiyi’s nature isn’t bad after all, not like the thief, robber, local hoodlum, or rascal scoundrel he had initially thought.
But.
Her actions just now and her current righteous rhetoric did give Lin Xian a severe sense of dissonance.
What lies behind this contradiction?
“I also want to ask, what exactly is the situation with the city above, the one you refer to as Donghai City?”
“I see everybody looking nervous, not daring to run while walking, loath to litter, even too scared to speak loudly, all fearful of being docked points.”
“Including you just now, suddenly losing over 40 points, dropping straight into negative…What’s the full score? What happens when all points are deducted?”
Xu Yiyi led Lin Xian into another passageway.
As they walked, she looked back and said:
“There’s no full score, only an initial score, and everyone in Donghai City starts with 100 points. Like all major cities in the world, there is a detailed system of point addition and deduction.”
“It’s just that compared to gaining points, losing them is way too easy. As you’ve seen, things like spitting, shouting, swearing, damaging public property, even stepping on the grass… Once caught by those mechanical androids, points will be deducted.”
“You also noticed, right? Normally when people walk on the streets, they simply don’t dare to speak freely. Sometimes even an accidental curse word or an uncontrollable loud laughter leads to losing points.”
“So, to be on the safe side, people choose to remain silent. Not just in speech, everyone is extremely disciplined in what they do; littering is unheard of, vehicles must be parked orderly, not to mention violating traffic rules and other laws… in such cases, the deduction could be dozens or even hundreds of points, with nobody daring to commit crimes.”
…
Listening to Xu Yiyi’s description.
Lin Xian pondered.
It’s like an idealized management of an idealized society.
In terms of purpose and effect, one couldn’t say that the concept and system were wrong, after all, they do work, and the actions being corrected are indeed uncivil, even the deductions are rational and justified, not arbitrary.
It’s just that it feels…
Suppressive, the whole society living under strict and rigid rules with no vitality, lifeless.
“It’s a bit of an overcorrection.”
Lin Xian remarked:
“This era seems to have conflated law and morality, whereas throughout history, law has always been the minimum standard of morality… The limits imposed on humans by society only require that they do not break the law, and for acts against morality, at most it would lead to condemnation or criticism, but definitely not punishment.”
“But the regulations in Donghai City do seem somewhat excessive. Like you mentioned, children under six are not penalized, but I dare say, if a seven-year-old child is slightly mischievous, those 100 points wouldn’t last them a week.”
Remembering the raucous little relatives during family gatherings back home…
Loud and rowdy,
Making a ruckus,
Running wildly,
Spouting all kinds of vulgarities
Forget about a week; they’d deplete their personal score in probably 10 minutes, just a few curses and all points would be gone.
“What happens after someone’s personal score is completely deducted?”
Lin Xian was curious:
“Seeing how everyone in the city is so anxious and fearful about being docked points, is it because something severe will happen once they run out?”
“It depends on the situation.”
Xu Yiyi continued walking:
“But simply put, after the initial 100 points are deducted for the first time, one undergoes criticism, education, learning… followed by various social activities to accumulate points back to 100 before they’re allowed to return to freely living in society.”
