Resurrection of all mankind

Chapter 252 In Perfect City, even breathing costs money

"No no no."

On a huge metal platform.

Michelle shook his head and explained, "People who absorb Compound 42 will neither experience any physical pleasure nor become physically dependent on it."

"The power of Compound 42 lies in that it can make the absorber omniscient and omnipotent for a short period of time."

"That feeling of knowing everything and being in control of everything is what makes absorbers unable to stop."

Is he omniscient and omnipotent?
The moment he heard the words "omniscient and omnipotent", Xie Shen immediately thought of Li Xiu, who was able to restrain himself from being tempted by the omniscient and omnipotent chair after sitting on it.

——The reason why Li Xiu was not tempted by the chair was simply because his willpower was strong enough.

If it were any other subject, they would lose their mind due to the influence of the omniscient and omnipotent chair and would never be able to escape the control of the chair.

In other words.

The feeling of omniscience and omnipotence can be as addictive as some drugs.

Mental addiction.

Thinking of this, Xie Shen couldn't help but complain to Michelle: "If the effect of Compound 42 is just to make people feel good and addicted to it, then why don't the Perfect City officials directly define this thing as contraband?"

"It's simple," Michelle replied, "Because the original purpose of the official research and development of Compound 42 was not to make people feel good, but to help the natives develop superpowers."

"Help the natives develop super powers?"

Xie Shen suddenly realized what was going on and said, "So, the people under you all have superpowers because they took Compound 42?"

"That's right." Michelle nodded and said, "In fact, those who took Compound 42 did not really have super powers."

"They only temporarily gained the ability to absorb and control the power of the law."

"For example, the cloaked man Eugene who was killed by you before."

Michel gave an example: "The power of the law he mastered is the law of force."

"So to outsiders it appears as super powers like flight, super strength, super speed, etc."

"And Eugene's boyfriend, red-haired fire-controlling man Tony Vogt."

"As you can see, the law of power he controls is the law of fire, so he has the ability to generate and control fire."

"Of course."

Michelle finally added: "Although Compound 42 can allow people to control the power of the law, it seems like they have gained super powers."

“But since the degree of control is very low, the user may not be able to defeat even Yuanying and Jindan cultivators, let alone the Divine Transformation cultivators.”

"So the people of our Perfect City have always treated Compound 42 as a pastime."

"At most, when we are sent to other planets, we can give them to the local natives for use."

"After the natives' combat power is improved, they can help manage the planet to some extent, right?"

Just as Xie Shen was talking to Michelle, bursts of extremely strong power of laws suddenly surged out from the giant metal platform.

The power of these laws completely enveloped both of them.

The next second, Xie Shen felt that the scenery around him was distorted.

The world was spinning.

When everything returned to calm, Xie Shenfang discovered that he had been teleported to a reception hall.

All I heard was a burst of electronic synthesized sound in the hall.

[Consciousness identification in progress, please wait]

【Soul checking in progress.】

【Verification completed.】

【Dear Mr. Michelle Bright, welcome to the city of perfection. 】

[It is detected that your account balance is only 8701 points, please recharge as soon as possible! ]

Ah this
After hearing the electronic synthesized sound, Xie Shen subconsciously glanced at Michelle beside him.

He frowned.

"Didn't you say before that you had more than 10 points in your account?"

"How come the actual amount is only a little over 8000?"

"Well," Michelle said awkwardly, "I was afraid you would kill me, so I acted like a big shot and reported a falsely high number."

in the hall.

As Michelle was speaking, she heard the electronic synthesized voice again.

【Cargo identification in progress.】

[Dear Mr. Michel Bright, we have detected that the life form you are carrying has reached the late stage of the Spiritualization Realm. You will need to pay 4200 points upon entry.]

【Will it be deducted directly from the account? 】

"Yes!"

Michelle didn't hesitate to respond.

at the same time.

Xie Shen also discovered a very interesting place.

——Although he has always shown his true form since arriving in the secret world, the system of the Perfect City still cannot detect his true level of cultivation.

The Perfect City misjudged Xie Shen as a 'late stage cultivator of the Spiritualization Realm'.

This seems to be a point that can be exploited.
Xie Shen was thinking about something when he saw a metal ring suddenly fly over from the wall of the reception hall.

The metal ring contained a very rich power of law. It was a law ring officially issued by the City of Perfection, used to restrict the actions of cultivators in the God Transformation Stage.

Seeing the Law Ring flying over, Michelle hurriedly urged Xie Shen to remind him, "Why are you still standing there? Put it on quickly."

The latter put the ring on his wrist as he was told.

At this moment, Xie Shen, who was wearing the bracelet, heard the electronic synthesized sound coming from the hall again.

【Dear Mr. Michel Bright. 】

[The cargo you are carrying, the cultivator numbered 0326 at the God Transformation stage has been entered into the system. ]

[The points in your account will be consumed at a rate of 100 points per day. ]

【Please always keep sufficient balance in your account! 】

Consume 100 points every day? ?

The system's prompt left Xie Shen completely confused.

I couldn't help but ask Michelle, "The 4200 points the system just mentioned should be equivalent to the tax you paid for me when you brought me into the country."

"That's not hard to understand."

"But what does it mean to consume 100 points every day?"

"Brother, you don't know this," Michelle replied with a wry smile, "In Perfect City, everything, including the air, costs money."

"So from the moment we entered Perfect City, every time we breathe, we need to pay a certain fee to the Perfect City officials."

"In other words, the lower-class people who have a Perfect City account, including me, need to pay Perfect City about 50 points of breathing fee every day."

"As for outsiders like you."

Michelle spread her hands and said, "You heard it just now. As the person in charge of bringing you into Perfect City, I need to pay you 100 points of breathing fee every day."

Good guy.

Xie Shen was a little confused.

"Is it really necessary for the officials of Perfect City to collect such heavy taxes?"

"After all, even a monk like me who never cares about the development of science and technology can see it at a glance."

"With the current level of technology in Perfect City, even if more than 80% of the people in the city don't work, the city can still function normally."

"Isn't it?"

“Is it necessary for Perfect City to push you low-level people so hard?”

"The authorities are doing this just to make you work harder?"

When the two were chatting about this, Li Xiu's voice suddenly sounded again in Xie Shen's combat power detector.

He said, "If I'm not mistaken, more than 95% of the wealth in Perfect City should be concentrated in the hands of a certain organization, a certain company, or even a certain person."

"The remaining 5% of the wealth was distributed equally among other people in the city, including Michelle."

"even."

Li Xiu continued, "It is very likely that there are still quite a lot of people who not only have no assets, but are actually in debt." "It is just a city where private ownership has been developed to the extreme."

Private ownership?

Upon hearing this, Xie Shen subconsciously looked at Michelle.

The latter smiled bitterly again and nodded, "Mr. Li Xiu's analysis is absolutely correct."

"More than 90% of the wealth in Perfect City is indeed concentrated in the hands of one person."

"And people are all selfish, and they all have their own selfish desires."

“Just imagine.”

Michelle asked Xie Shen in return: "If the wealth of the entire city is concentrated in your hands, are you willing to share this wealth with others for free?"

“Let’s take a step back and say, even if you are willing to share, can you guarantee that everyone will be willing to share?”

"As long as the person who holds the wealth has a little selfishness."

"Then it makes perfect sense to charge a breathing fee."

Fine
After all, it was none of his business, so after asking roughly and understanding the situation, Xie Shen stopped dwelling on it.

He turned to Li Xiu and asked, "By the way, wasn't our Aldebaran invaded by the Agents? Was the matter resolved so quickly?"

"How is that possible?" Li Xiu said calmly, "Since Su Xing is trying to break through the bottleneck of the late stage of the Spiritualization and cannot spare time, I urgently dispatched Deng Bin, who was in seclusion, to the front line. Currently, our Earth forces are in a stalemate with the Agent forces, and neither can do anything to the other."

Is this a stalemate?

Xie Shen was a little surprised and said, "Our Earth forces have become so strong without us noticing?"

"You only sent out a cultivator in the Spiritualization Stage, but you were able to fight the Agent back and forth. Are the two sides evenly matched?"

"You have to analyze the problem based on the actual situation." Li Xiu explained to Xie Shen: "First of all, when we were at war with the Agents, the main battlefield was in our Aldebaran star system."

"So we are playing at home this time."

"We have great advantages in all aspects, including the mobilization of supplies and subsequent troop reinforcements."

"Not to mention, we are on the defensive this time, and we have the galaxy-level Flesh and Blood Spiritual Light Formation behind us."

"With such favorable conditions, we are still in a stalemate with the agents."

"This is enough to prove that the agent's strength is far greater than ours."

"Since the agent is much stronger than us," Xie Shen asked Li Xiu, "Are you not anxious at all at this moment?"

"There's no point in being anxious."

Li Xiu said calmly, "Many ongoing research projects in my laboratory have reached bottlenecks."

"Unless you can obtain technology related to the power of law from Perfect City to make up for the technical deficiencies on my side."

"Otherwise, it will be difficult for our Earth's strength to develop rapidly in a short period of time."

"In view of this, I will focus my attention on you again."

It's not just intentional or unintentional.

While talking with Xie Shen, Li Xiu did not deliberately avoid Michelle who was standing beside him.

So Michelle, who had been listening for a long time, patted his chest and said to Xie Shen: "Brother, after selling you this time, I can earn a lot of points in one go."

"This is all thanks to you."

"So to thank you, I am willing to take out a portion of the points from my profits to purchase technology related to the power of law."

"Once I get the technology, I will deliver it all to Li Xiu as soon as possible."

"Do you think this will work?"

Li Xiu seemed to have been waiting for Michelle to say this.

Seeing that he had made a promise, he hurriedly instructed Xie Shen to give a spare combat power detector to Michelle.

Besides.

Li Xiu also promised Michelle many benefits, such as permanent residency in the Aldebaran system and a planetary starship that she could pick up at Aldebaran at any time. In addition, if Michelle encountered trouble in Perfect City, she could come to the Aldebaran system to seek refuge at any time.

Although these were just verbal promises, Michelle was still extremely excited about these benefits.

He said to Xie Shen, "Then there is no time to lose. Follow me now to the Tower of Laws that supplies energy to the entire Perfect City!"

"Are you going to sell me out right now?" Xie Shen was stunned when he heard that. "Didn't you just say that you would take me to a nightclub to broaden my horizons beforehand?"

"Uh," Michelle said with a smile, "Later, we still have to go to the black market to help Li Xiu buy the technology drawings related to the power of law."

"That's going to cost a lot of points."

"So let's not go to the nightclub for now."

“I have to cut back on my spending.”

It is true.

Xie Shen nodded without saying anything more. He followed Michelle through the metal platform teleportation array in the reception hall. After several transfers, they soon arrived at the bottom of an extremely large tower located in the central area of ​​Perfect City.

——This tall tower is exactly what Michelle called the "Tower of Laws" that supplies the power of laws to the entire city.

From a distance, the Tower of Law looks like a giant mushroom, with a slender base and a bloated top.

Michelle led Xie Shen into the tower.

Not long after, a female cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage, who was also wearing a law bracelet, came towards him with a bowl of tea.

Xie Shen could sense that "the tea contained a very strong power of laws, and it was most likely some laws related to 'sleep'."

Normally, when a cultivator reaches the Golden Core Stage or above, he is almost immune to all poisons.

After reaching the Nascent Soul stage, even the poison prepared by practitioners would hardly harm him in the slightest.

Needless to say, when you reach the Spirit Transformation Stage.

At this time, the cultivator who has acquired spiritual consciousness can easily expel all toxins that have invaded the body with spiritual consciousness.

But having said that.

The cup of tea served by a female cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage could be easily knocked down even by a cultivator in the Spiritual Transformation stage.

Because what is mixed in this tea is not ordinary poison, but the power of the law of sleep.

The female cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage who works in the Tower of Laws is obviously a knowledgeable person.

She saw at a glance that Xie Shen had a cultivation level no less than the Spiritualization Stage, so she bowed and said, "Senior, please."

"After drinking this cup of tea, someone will naturally send you to your workplace."

"You can only regain your freedom after you have worked for Perfect City for 800 years."

"If you have any other questions, you can ask them here first, and then drink this tea."

Before entering the Tower of Laws, Xie Shen had already asked Michelle about all the relevant details after selling himself.

He immediately responded, knowing what was going on: "I have no problem."

The female cultivator nodded upon hearing this and once again made a "please" gesture to Xie Shen.

The latter didn't say much, just picked up the tea in the cup and drank it up decisively.

Less than a second after the tea entered his stomach, sleepiness like a tide, carrying with it the power of the law, attacked Xie Shen's sea of ​​consciousness.

Xie Shen didn't want to fall asleep and become passive, so he silently practiced the "True Explanation of Mortal Power" technique to absorb all the sleepiness principles in his body.

While practicing the technique, he did not forget to close his eyes tightly, and pretended to be asleep, thus deceiving the monk in front of him.

...

I don’t know how much time passed like this.

After being moved around many times, Xie Shen only heard an old voice in his ears.

The voice said, "That's enough, fellow Taoist."

"The staff in the tower have gone far away. You don't have to pretend anymore."

"You can deceive the ordinary people in Perfect City, but you can't deceive us, the Divine Transformation Stage cultivators."

"I can tell at a glance that you were never in a coma from beginning to end."

Although Xie Shen's pretending to be unconscious had been exposed.

But out of caution, he pretended to have been unconscious for a long time and opened his eyes in a daze.

He looked around and found that he was now in a luxuriously decorated room equipped with all kinds of entertainment and living facilities.

There were two other cultivators in the room, who also had law rings on their wrists.

The one who just spoke was one of the two monks.

(End of this chapter)