Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 202 The Meaning of the Flag (Part )
"That's all right."

Song Shi didn't take it seriously and casually took a can from the opened beverage carton next to him. The introduction said it was a product with some kind of synthetic fruit flavor.

"He's just a peak third ring player. He won't have any impact on the overall situation. Even if I leave him alone, I can kill him in a few years."

He didn't open it, but just held it in his hand. When he said "kill him", the young man's tone was as if he was discussing which pre-made fast food to eat tomorrow morning.

"Not necessarily." Cha Ke Luo said seriously, "Nan Xin is in his prime, he is only 40 years old now. If he waits a few more years, he will have the hope of entering the fourth ring."

Song Shi spread his hands: "So, what?"

Chakoro laughed out loud.

He smiled, opened a can of drink, drank it all in one gulp, then reversed himself and threw it back into the box: "Aren't you going to ask why I didn't attend the celebration party?"

At the banquet celebrating the successful deployment of the extension, the commander-in-chief of the Enlightened Ones only appeared for a short while at the beginning, then left the open-air venue and stayed in a nearby room.

"Okay, why don't you attend the celebration banquet?" Song Shi followed suit and said, "Let me guess the reason for life and death?"

Cha Keluo was stunned for a moment, and was really surprised: "You are so good at guessing?"

——Guess why I know that?
Song Shixin thought.

However, in this life, the two of them knew each other much earlier than in the previous life. At this point in time, perhaps Chakoro's ideas are different from those in the previous life, so I am really interested.

Immediately, he nodded, pondered, and slowly spoke: "Song Shi, what is your opinion on 'life and death'?"

When asking this question, the man looked at the young man in front of him seriously.

"——Death is the end."

Without hesitation, Song Shi answered: "Although it can be said that with inheritance, beliefs, files and other things, a person's past and existence can be passed down for a long time, achieving the so-called 'immortality'. But in the final analysis, for that person himself, at the moment of death, he has completely ended."

"You only care about your past and not your reputation after death." Cha Ke Luo nodded slightly: "I have read a little bit of your book, this is probably what it means, right?"

"It's actually different, but... it's okay to understand it this way." Song Shi hesitated for a moment, then nodded. He said calmly: "So the last words are the last thing a person can leave before his life ends. Since I have taken his life, if conditions permit, I can give him a chance to leave a last word."

"I see." Chakoro nodded.

After a while, he spoke softly:
"Once the extension of the geothermal power plant is deployed, we can roll out the energy supply network and make preparations for capturing the fifth district. This is a very important strategic fulcrum, and we succeeded."

"This is a big victory. Everyone should be happy. I am happy too."

"But the celebration banquet. No, it's not about the celebration banquet. I just think that we shouldn't treat 'life and death' like this." The man paused for a moment and chose a word: "Don't care."

"I'm not saying that after our companions die, we have to cry all day long, put on a face that can't wait to tell others how sad we are, and be stuck there for a long time, standing still, and being crushed by resentment."

Chakoro turned his head and glanced outside. People were celebrating there with great enthusiasm and noise. "There are many people who are not celebrating with laughter and the thought of 'don't be sad, you must move forward'. They really think that their companions' deaths are worth it, so they should be happy. Not only them, not only the Enlightened Ones, but too many people are like this."

"In the corporate alliance, people nowadays don't care much about life and death."

He seemed a little tired and sighed, "But I think it shouldn't be like this."

"This is the current state of value." Song Shi propped up his chin with one hand and said casually, "Some people may hesitate to exchange their life for 400,000 credit points, but if they only exchange half of their life, the queue will be able to line up from here to the fifth district in one breath."

"I have to pay back the installment loan for my prosthetic body and the loan for my company and school. I have to renew my offline services every month. Even if I completely ignore reality and immerse myself in the virtual network all day, I still have to pay for the nutritional supplements, electricity, internet and membership services of various platforms. Which one of them doesn't cost me credit points?"

Song Shi leaned back in his chair and said lazily, "What can a mere life do? How can it compare to credit points?"

"Even if you make up your mind and run to participate in an R-rated variety show to grab the bonus, you still have to go through a lot of auditions first. Even if you want to risk your life, it depends on whether it's worth it." Trading life for money.

In today's corporate alliances, the first thought that most people have when seeing these four words is no longer "is it suitable?" but "is it worth it?".

".Yes." Chakoro was silent for a moment, then he slowly straightened up and said word by word: "So, I want to change this."

"Because of the fear of life and death, people gather together to form a society. And for the same reason, the order that maintains the cornerstone of society is born. We exist because of life and death."

The man crossed his fingers and clasped them together: "Life and death is the final and most important bottom line, but the company trampled on this bottom line wantonly, making everyone start to not care and only pursue consumption and credit points."

"This is wrong," he said calmly. "I want to reverse this."

"Many people cannot understand why I want to invest so much resources to seize control of Lightforge City. They are all good guys. Even if they don't understand, they are willing to sacrifice their lives for an order."

"Giant companies such as Fubo Energy have been operating in Zhuguang City for decades and have accumulated a huge foundation. It is extremely difficult to seize it. Even if we succeed in seizing it, the subsequent occupation will be extremely difficult. As for its value, owning a city does not increase the value of the Enlightened Ones much. Being dispersed enough is our advantage. Is Zhuguang City special? Does it have any extraordinary significance?"

"My answer is, yes, it is special, it just has this meaning."

Chakoro's pupils lit up slightly, as if he saw a difficult yet glorious future.

"The huge structures built by Fubo Energy, the two completely different climates in the city, the server arrays in the suburbs, the factories that work all night long...When anyone talks about the company, they will definitely mention Zhuguang City, a miracle created by the company itself."

"Forged Light City has become the symbol of the company. It is one of the entities that make the company exist." Chakoro said calmly and firmly: "I will smash this entity and build a brand new city on its ruins. Here, life and death will be respected, people can live with dignity and see a bright future. It will become a beacon for the enlightened, standing on this land and telling everyone another, correct possibility."

"Song Shi, although we have known each other for a short time, the reason why I tell you this."

Chakoro paused, then he knocked on the table. Invisible ripples spread out, isolating the inside and outside of the room. "I am not speaking as an enlightened being at this moment. The current Chakoro Vaughan is a pure psychic."

"Song Shi, you are very strong, the kind of strong that is unreasonable."

"You are different from, no, we are different from most people, even most psychics. We are confident that we can see the pinnacle of psychic power. Mountains will fall apart for us, the sea will boil with a thought, and we can hold the city in our palms. And it is not difficult to crush it."

"The me of now and you of the future, until we fall, we will definitely influence the operation of the entire world."

When a star is stationed in the starry sky, even if it does nothing and just exists there, the light and heat that it continuously emits, which is enough to burn for tens of millions of years, will be enough to easily change the environment of planets tens of millions of miles away.

"This is our strength." The man said slowly, "But I prefer to call it 'responsibility'."

"This is not a warning or exhortation. It's just..." He thought for a moment and said in a gentle tone, "a little advice from me as a pioneer who has gone further. I hope that before you reach the fifth ring in the future, you can think about the meaning of this 'power'."

"Arrived at the fifth ring." Song Shi narrowed his eyes and suddenly said, "Destined death."

But then he stopped, chewed up his original words and swallowed them back.

"No, no need to explain." Song Shi sat up calmly and smiled slowly: "I will go and see for myself whether the so-called 'destined death' really exists - I will break it."

"As for what you mean by thinking about 'power'"

Song Shi looked at the man: "Cha Keluo, I don't reject what you said just now, but I may not follow it... If you and I were the kind of people who could be changed by a single sentence, we wouldn't be sitting here."

"But." The young man pointed his index finger at his heart. The heart that was soaked in psychic energy was beating vigorously and boiling in the burning blood.

He smiled and said:
"——If at that time, you think I am wrong, you are welcome to try to kill me."

(End of this chapter)