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Chapter 790 The Power of Pushing a Button

"Is that person also the name of the human god?" Xia Shou asked.

"That's right." Jin Fenglong, "Sit down."

Xia Shou sat down and said, "You seem to have a disagreement."

"What did she say to you?" Jin Fenglong asked sideways.

So Xia Shou repeated to Jin Fenglong exactly what he had heard.

"That person was just using conversational skills. Her example is indeed simple and easy to understand, but your current situation is completely different from the person who pressed the button in the example."

"So that's really my situation?"

“Not exactly, but it’s not wrong to understand it that way, it’s just that your situation is more complicated.

Just pretend that you really have that button and the situation is exactly what she described.

If you press it, it will trigger a world war, causing countless casualties.

If you don't, the two countries will continue to confront each other peacefully until the end of the world ten thousand years later.

These premises remain the same, the only condition I would add is that you are not the only one who knows that you have control over this button.

In the two countries, many people know that you have a button that can determine the future of mankind. Among these people, there are those who have the same ideas as you, those who have different ideas, and even those who are crazy.

So what do you think will happen next?"

Xia Shou fell into deep thought. Once this condition was added, the choice became complicated.

Jin Fenglong did not give Xia Shou time to think, and said: "Your sleep time is limited, so I will announce the answer directly.

You have button control, and everyone wants you to make the decisions they want you to make.

Mrs. Doerr would rather you not press this button, but I would rather you press this button.

Yes, in this hypothetical scenario, I am the one who wants to start a world war, even if it results in the painful deaths of 99% of humanity.

In this hypothetical scenario, I am a madman who wants to start a war.

Besides me, there are some selfless saviors who care more about the continuation of mankind and do not care about the life and death of this generation.

Besides them, there are other people with different thoughts.

There are all kinds of people in the world, so there will definitely be some who want you to push your buttons and some who don't.

And now, I know your thoughts. I know that you are willing to give up the future of mankind for a short period of peace. Will I respect your choice?
No, I won't. I was very angry when I heard the news. I will make you do things according to my ideas at any cost.

But only you can press this button, so I have to find a way to make you compromise.

So I started to figure out what you were thinking, and finally found out that you didn't want your family and friends to die on the battlefield, so you chose not to press the button.

That makes things easy. I will use the lives of your family members to threaten you!

I will go to your house later and kidnap your parents, your brother, and all your friends and colleagues. I will kill one of them every ten minutes, using the slow-slicing method. Unless you press the button, they will have to die in the most painful way.

Will you press it at this time? "

"The premise of this choice is a bit extreme." Xia Shou sighed.

"Yes, but this is closer to your situation. My example may make you a little uncomfortable, so let's add some milder conditions to it. Now I have kidnapped your relatives and friends, and my requirements for you are the same as before. But in addition to asking you to press the button, I have another special measure, which is a benefit for you.

As long as you press the button, even if the two countries go to war, I will put you and your family in the rear and let you enjoy the highest level of food, clothing, housing and transportation. You and your family will be absolutely safe until our country is completely defeated.

If so, would you push the button?"

"Then I should press it." Xia Shou said without hesitation, "Although starting a world war may cause many innocent people to die, at least I have protected the people around me, and these people's deaths are not in vain. At least human civilization will continue in ten thousand years."

Jin Fenglong nodded, clapped his hands, and looked like, “Look, the results are out!”

"That's right. The person who gave you the example set the conditions too idealistically. In fact, the situation you are facing is more complicated than the options I just enriched.

In the example just now, even if I promised to treat your family well, what if I don't have the ability to do so? My behavior may cause dissatisfaction on the other side, and the people who don't want to press the button will protect your family in advance, causing my kidnapping to fail. Will you still listen to me?

Not anymore, right?

The situation changes so rapidly. Although the initiative is in your hands, it is not actually in your hands, because you have things and people you care about, and you cannot completely control everything you care about, so you will definitely be affected indirectly.

Let me tell you something realistic now. If you really agree with Mrs. Durr's idea, give up killing gods, and plan to live a peaceful life by keeping yourself safe, then there will definitely be someone who will stop you from living a peaceful life, and Mrs. Durr cannot guarantee all of this.

Maybe... someone important to you will be killed."

Xia Shou frowned slightly; he heard a hint of threat in it.

Jin Fenglong saw through Xia Shou's thoughts in an instant and explained: "I am a psychologist. Even if I really have this plan, I will never tell you and make you unhappy. The reason why I say this now is precisely because I will not do such a thing. I just want you to understand this cruel reality.

But if I don't do it, someone else will. Human beings are diverse, and there are all kinds of people. No matter what choice you make, the party that opposes you will find ways and use any means to make you change your decision.

Now that you agree with my idea, Mrs. Duer and other people who disagree will do something extremely cruel to force you to submit.

But now, have you noticed? I gave you psychological counseling, analyzed various situations for you, and Mrs. Duer was also very nice to you. We didn't do anything extreme to provoke you. Why do you think this is?"

"I understand." Xia Shou understood, "Because my position has not been determined yet, overstimulating me may backfire and make me fall to the enemy camp, so now is the stage of winning me over."

"That's one of the reasons. Another reason is that neither of us knows the other's overall strength.

I want to threaten you, but if the other party is stronger than me and can completely stop my threat, then not only will I not be able to threaten you, but the exposed hostility may also cause you to defect to the other side.

So we're all playing the good guys.

But in the end, you have to make a decision, and before you die, someone has to take action.

Because once you die, you can't press the button, so the "Press Pie" will do everything it can to make you press the button before you die.

On the other hand, the "no-press faction" will do everything they can to prevent you from pressing the button, and even... kill you directly to prevent you from having the chance to press the button!

The moment of full-scale conflict will surely come, but before that, you still have a chance. Our current stalemate is precisely your chance!"

Xia Shou's eyes gradually brightened up, he understood Jin Fenglong's hint.

"If...if I grow strong enough during this period, and even establish the Third Reich, then I will no longer be the individual holding the button, and no one can threaten me. I can make free decisions based on my own will."

“You finally understood… That’s what I meant!
If that day ever comes, don’t forget that I’m sitting here analyzing the situation for you earnestly.” Jin Fenglong said.

Xia Shou leaned back on the sofa and sighed: "So why is the button in my hand? Is it because of that power?"

"I think you should have discovered it. Yes, that is the fundamental reason why you became the button holder." Jin Fenglong said seriously.

(End of this chapter)