Chapter 38: The Original Sin of Arrogance
And the style of Theosophic Heavy Work is completely different from sin.
If the original sin of sanity is greed, then Thotro is arrogance—
It's not just the triple solar disc that divides people into four distinct classes of power...... It can be seen from Ringo's endorsement that Thotronic does not care so much about human rights.
The other psionics of the Sky Island are either criminals, heroes, or white gloves of the Enforcement Department. But in any case, the status is at least not low.
But in the Isle of the Sun, the empty island ruled by the Thot psionic power that the people are most familiar with, the psionics have faded their mysterious aura and become consumable tools.
Those "battle suits" need to undergo various permanent transformations before they can be worn. And after the company closed down and the project was aborted, those who had undergone a deep transformation and could not adapt to other new suits could only be forced to lose their jobs. Even if the project is in progress, if the suit is updated, many of the previous changes will be meaningless, or even weakened.
Not to mention, there are experimental-grade suits that have been tentatively developed, which are usually only used by the test subjects themselves. It is possible that after assembling and obtaining data, it is only a few days later that a new product with a more optimized product is phased out. After the technical support of the old suit is cut off and the version update and maintenance are stopped, it may not even be possible to obtain parts for repair.
As a salesman, a live advertisement, an experiment, and an endorsement model, Lin Yi must not be able to accept private transformation as he wants. In that case, there is no doubt that the expressiveness of your own products will be weakened, and you may even be exposed by the other company. Even if it is the best value for money as a consumer to mix different modifications, Ringo can't do that – that would undoubtedly be a breach of contract.
And after graduation, how long can the suit be used before it is obsolete, or to what extent is the version updated and then the old modifications are obsolete...... None of this has anything to do with your own efforts. Because there are so many psionics, they're just consumables.
If it is for the sake of truth, for optimization, for the sake of performance, scholars can not hesitate to let the renewable resource of "humans" be consumed.
In the face of greater truths, the life and death of individuals do not care about their honor or disgrace.
And based on this idea, other evils will also be born.
For example, what Ringo is now telling Russell about Sun Island's open secret - the so-called "population optimization" doctrine.
Sun Island is an "optimizationist" society that has completely severed the gates, clans, and kinship.
In Russell's understanding, it was a social Darwin's philosophy with intelligence, scholarship, and research at its sole core. The "physicalization class" of the triple disc is to continuously eliminate the degraded superiors and collect the "benign mutants" born from the subordinates, and put them into the first disc for breeding. The whole triple disc is like a set of giant petri dishes.
Although wisdom cannot be completely inherited through blood, and there is a very small probability that parents with the same spiritual relatives will be born from completely different spiritual relatives, whether it is intelligence, talent or spiritual adaptability, it is obviously related to genes.
So, Sun Island has a special kind of underground trade...... That is, borrowing seeds.
The sperm of some scholars, wise men, and doctors, as well as high-quality sperm bought from other empty islands and smuggled in refrigerated transportation, were sold at high prices on the black market in the second and third rounds. Many families will use artificial insemination on the black market to try to create smart children with a higher probability and change the fate of their parents.
It's like if you can't draw the goods by drawing a card, you just buy an initial number......
Again, there is another, deeper sin based on this situation.
That's the human trade.
Male or female, native or out-of-islander...... The mercenaries of Sun Island will specialize in hunting highly educated talents with a doctorate or above. They didn't have to capture the Doctor to kidnap them for money or technology...... Even if the Ph.D. were to serve them, they might not be able to research anything of value. Or they simply don't have the resources to support research that produces debriefing.
It's like stealing expensive phones and computers, removing CPUs from them and extracting tiny amounts of gold – it's a business that doesn't offer any value for money at all. These mercenaries hunt the Doctor in order to smuggle them to the second or third disc to sell their offspring. It's like matching a horse with a breed, and if you don't get pregnant, you don't even have to charge money. From this point of view, most of the people who were captured were male doctors...... Because the breeding efficiency will be higher.
"In addition, Sun Island also has a business called 'Replacement Child'......"
After being coaxed by Russell, Lin Yi sat on the edge of the bed with him.
The girl put her hands between her legs and propped them up on the edge of the bed. And the upper body leans forward at a dangerous angle, as if it is about to fall down at any moment.
"I'm a replacement."
"What is a replacement?" Russell asked.
"I told you before...... The doctors of the first disc also had to be sent to the second disc to be raised after giving birth to a child. And those who can be sifted out of the third disc are the best geniuses. They stand out in the educational environment of the third disc, and it is usually easier for them to show their excellence in the second disc.
“…… So, there will be some 'doctors'. Because of their children's poor academic performance, they were disappointed, so through the company that did the 'replacement child' business, through the chip living transplantation technology, the chips of the two were exchanged to make the social identity exchange. That is, to secretly replace your stupid child with a smarter child in early childhood, to ensure that the child can enter the first disc.
"In addition to the Doctor, there are also big businessmen who do business in the second round...... They will also buy a smart child directly to exchange identities with the child they have born. ”
"But you've also finished your studies at Nephthys University."
Russell's voice became a little softer: "You're not bad. ”
Lin Yi suddenly tilted his head and took a deep breath.
"yes, I'm not bad ......"
She muttered under her breath, "But I've done my best." ”
There was a faint sadness on the raised little face, but there was not a trace of tears in her eyes.
"From that exchange until the time I was enrolled in college, they would send me some money and living expenses on a regular basis. I didn't think much of it at the time, that is, I had a sister who was much smarter than me. But in the final exam of my freshman year, I took the twelfth place in my class. Didn't even make it into the top ten.
"I haven't seen them since...... Tuition fees are gone. ”
Lin Yi smiled wryly.
Her voice was low, as if she was drunk, and as if she was muttering, "I was paying for my tuition by participating in experiments." Because I'm still holding my breath...... Thinking, how can they look down on me so much? I just didn't study seriously, and if I did, I could still be in the front row.
"I must be admitted to graduate school and get a doctorate. Not to impress them, but to let them know what they have given up. ”
For the first time, Ringo's voice became so calm.
It's not as cute and tactful as usual, nor is it as soft and greasy as it was just now.
Instead, it becomes low and ordinary, sounding intellectual—metaphorically reminiscent of the voice of a young teacher who has just graduated and has come to teach junior high school.
This should be her true sound. This cold tone is the tone in which she speaks normally.