Shirou's clones number 30 million

While I was flipping through the comics, Nyaruko suddenly barged in.

To this, Shirou Yasaka could only sigh and ask:

"What is it now? It's already very late. If you want to borrow comics, let's talk about it tomorrow."

"No, it's my section chief at the Planetary Protection Agency. He needs to talk to you."

"Huh...? Your boss?"

Shiro Yasaka immediately put down his manga and took Nyaruko's phone.

"Hello, I am Yasaka Shirou."

"Hello, I just heard about your abilities and demands from Ktugya."

The voice coming from the other end of the phone was a male voice with a slight echo.

"You want Earth to join the Universal Union?"

"Yes."

"why?"

"Now that they know such an organization exists in the universe, they'll definitely try to find a way to join it, right?"

"The reason why Earth did not meet the rating criteria is not only due to technological factors, but more so to spiritual reasons. The spiritual quality of Earthlings has not met the standards for selection into the Universal Union."

"I will find a way to improve."

Shirou Yasaka said without hesitation:

"If it's because our technology is too poor, I can find a way to bring Earth into the space age."

"If it's because individual strength is too weak, I can pass on cultivation methods to propel Earth into the martial arts era."

"I can find ways to improve technological level, physical strength, and mental strength."

There was a long silence on the other end of the phone before someone spoke again:

"The spirit I'm referring to is not individual strength or mental intensity."

"What is that? You don't mean moral standards, do you? I don't believe everyone in the universe is a moral exemplar."

"That's not the case. Moral character is something more tangible; if you don't meet the standard, you don't meet the standard."

What exactly is moral character?

In that instant, Shirou Yasaka suddenly thought of the word "san".

This word comes from the Cthulhu Mythos and stands for sanity, which means mental (sound).

In a game, if someone's sanity reaches zero, they will go completely insane and can never be saved.

"You're not referring to sanity, are you? Because Earthlings have such low sanity that they go berserk upon seeing any of your true forms, making it impossible for them to join the Universal Alliance?"

"That's roughly how it goes."

That makes things a bit tricky.

San value is not mental strength, nor can it be represented by a single term, but it is roughly equivalent to rationality or intellect.

Even without directly confronting the Cthulhu mythos, a person who witnesses an excessively brutal death scene without warning, or who suddenly encounters a major upheaval and loses all their property, social status, family, or lovers in a short period of time, will lose all their rationality.

"If that's the case, what if I could find a way to increase the sanity level of Earthlings..."

"Why must we join the Universal Alliance? Avoiding contact is also a form of protection for Earthlings."

"If we truly never come into contact with each other, there will be no criminal organizations coming to Earth to traffic people."

Shirou Yasaka paused for a moment, then said in a deep voice:

"Humans also protect some endangered animals and enact strict laws to combat poachers."

"For example, if someone can keep a panda at home, they will be praised by countless people."

"But if you ask the panda itself, I think... it would definitely prefer to live a carefree life in the forest rather than be kept by humans."

"In my opinion, the current situation of humans is not even as good as that of pandas."

“At least pandas know they are being raised by humans, while humans don’t even know that there are other living beings in the universe.”

"Even if a criminal organization from outer space were to break into Earth and kidnap some people, no one would know."

“Thieves kept breaking into the house and stealing things, and the police kept going in and out without permission, but the homeowner was completely unaware.”

"Others may be able to ignore this, but I can't help but care about it."

After a two-second silence, a burst of laughter suddenly came from the other end of the phone:

"In that case, go ahead and do it. If you can really do it, I will help you submit an application to the Universal Union."

"However, your abilities will be completely exposed by then."

"So far, it's just been a small-scale operation, but in the future... it might lead to problems that even our planetary protection agency can't solve."

"We'll see when the time comes," Yasaka Shirou said casually.

After hanging up the phone, Nyaruko immediately rushed over excitedly.

"Shirou, what are you planning to do? Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Why are you so happy?" Yasaka Shirou asked, looking surprised.

"Because... if Earth joins the Universal Alliance, I can come to Earth even when it's not during a mission."

Nyarko instinctively hugged Shirou's arm and said with a smile:

"At that time, I will resign from my position at the planetary protection agency and come here to be a full-time housewife."

"You...? Haha... Sorry, I can't imagine what you'd be like as a housewife at all."

"Shirou accepted my confession?"

"No! I was just going along with what you said."

As he spoke, Yasaka Shirou glanced at the phone again, which had already been disconnected, and thought to himself:

It's not about technological level, nor individual strength or moral standards; it's simply a matter of insufficient sanity. This really fits the Cthulhu mythos.

To ensure that the sanity level of all people on Earth reaches the target, specifically, what needs to be done?

Enhance mental strength? Improve psychological resilience?

These measures all seem to only address the symptoms, not the root cause.

Ultimately, the reason why the sanity level is below standard is not because Earthlings are too bad, but because the standards on Cthulhu's side are too high.

No matter how unreliable Nyarlathotep may seem, she is still a member of the mythological system.

In other words, this is not a difference in sanity, but a difference in status between humans and gods, a more explicit difference in species.

In that instant, a thought suddenly flashed through Shirou Yasaka's mind.

perhaps......

Chapter 620 Plucking a single hair to benefit the world

Chapter 621, Section 620: To benefit the world by plucking a single hair.

The research institute where Shirou Hasegawa works in the world of demi-humans.

"Are you crazy?"

Wearing a white lab coat, Shirou Hasegawa stared in shock at Shirou Yasaka, who emerged from behind the Anywhere Door.

"This is the only way."

"This is utter nonsense!"

Previously, Shirou Yasaka proposed a method to increase the sanity value of all Earthlings.

Using their own blood and cells as raw materials, they developed a potion to enhance the species characteristics of Earthlings, enabling everyone to possess the rationality to confront the Cthulhu Mythos.

"This is the fastest and simplest way. Even demi-human drugs can be developed. This should be a piece of cake for you."

"Nonsense! Do you know what the consequences will be?" Shirou Hasegawa frowned. "If this is exposed, you will be torn to pieces by billions of people."

"Besides, we know you're doing good deeds for their benefit, but those fools won't understand you."

"They'll just think you're poisoning them, that you're an alien lackey."

"Isn't it better to just follow the old ways and keep everything the same? Why insist on doing something that harms oneself and benefits others?"

"I'm not that kind-hearted." Yasaka Shirou shook his head with a smile. "I'm not that kind of person who would sacrifice himself for righteousness, but why not do something that benefits the world even if it's just a small thing?"

"You're acting recklessly because you think you won't die, but nothing stays hidden forever. Once this is exposed..."

"It won't be exposed, just like what they did in the Ghoul World. A red rain of blood will suffice, and no one will notice anything unusual."

"Ha...you're dreaming! But imagination and reality are always different. So, I won't help you."

"Please!" Yasaka Shirou bowed deeply.

Hasegawa Shiro sighed:

"Hey...why bother? You're not a local, there's no need to be so kind."

"please!"

"Billions of people! To create a global bloodbath in a short time, based on our experience in the ghoul world, even draining all your blood wouldn't be enough. In other words, you'd die many times over."

"please!"

"After being bled to death, you continue to have your blood drawn, and then you come back to life... Although you won't actually die, the pain of death won't be reduced in the slightest. Is it worth it for a group of complete strangers?"

"please!"

"I haven't tested the limits of demi-human bloodlines yet, but even with demi-human bloodlines, the law of conservation of energy still applies. If there's no final resurrection..."

"Isn't there the Reverse Light Sword? Anyway, please!"

"Drawing so much blood might leave lasting effects. No, it definitely will. According to the principle of sharing among all Shirou, physical defects cannot be shared with others, nor can they be repaired through sharing."

"It's nothing serious, it's just some kind of low blood pressure or something."

"Heh... You're really selfless. It's such a waste that you didn't transmigrate into Emiya Shirou."