Did the world end today?

Chapter 294 Exploiting the World
Ten minutes later, in the park's cafeteria.

Zhang Liming listened to Lin Xu's narration with great interest, then shook his head and asked:
"So you mean I created a digitally centralized world, turning people into tools, measuring everyone's value with pure, absolute data, and then trying to use these numbers to make the whole world as efficient as possible?"

Lin Xu nodded and replied:
"Based on the information Aishwarya obtained, this is most likely the case."

After Lin Xu finished speaking, Zhang Liming shrugged, leaned back in his chair, and said:
"Then I can only say that I haven't reached my full potential in that world."

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Lin Xu stared at Zhang Liming and asked:
"What do you mean?"

"That's what it means!"

Zhang Liming seemed to suddenly become interested. He sat up straight, hooked his finger, and said:

"Look, the bug correctors will have the highest authority in 2029, which is four years from now, right?"

"In that world, it took me four years to obtain the highest level of authority, and another four years to officially launch my own plan."

"But in reality, four years is enough time to do a lot of things."

“The most typical point is that genetic engineering does not need to wait that long at all—four years is enough time for him to fully roll out the genetic modification project.”

"Four years have been wasted; think of all the manpower!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Xu suddenly couldn't help but shiver.

But Zhang Liming seemed completely oblivious and continued talking with great interest.

"Furthermore, given the level of technological development in that world, is 'human beings' really that important?"

"Unmanned productivity has already achieved self-sustaining operation. Too many people will not only fail to bring positive benefits, but may even become a drag."

"The idea of ​​building a 'city of creativity' is good, but in the end it's too soft-hearted."

"These people should be put to good use."

"They've already mastered the Akubieri technology, right? Then these people can be deployed into space to carry out interstellar pioneering work, solving the problems of insufficient initial infrastructure and the inability to deploy unmanned production capacity."

"There are many advantages to doing this – on the one hand, it can further increase the speed of resource acquisition and improve productivity to a limited extent."

"On the other hand, more importantly, interstellar pioneering can consume a lot of unnecessary redundant population, greatly reducing the difficulty of management."

"When the difficulty of management is reduced, the internal friction in society is also reduced."

"Resources that would otherwise be wasted can be saved and invested in more useful areas."

After Zhang Liming finished speaking, Lin Xu felt a chill run down his spine and up to the top of his head.

He stared intently at Zhang Liming and asked:
"No, I mean, you're not really thinking of doing that, are you?"

Zhang Liming rolled his eyes.

"This is just a thought experiment!"

"I am a Taoist practitioner. How could a Taoist practitioner do such a beastly thing?"

"I'm just making some deductions based on the route he has already chosen."

"Didn't you say that their world might only be four months away from being reborn?"

"Once these steps are completed, we might be able to save these four months."

That's true.

Lin Xu nodded thoughtfully, then said:

"Limiter technology is still four months away, that's true, but what about high-dimensional adaptation technology?"

"This is not a problem that can be solved in a few months."

"So actually, it's not that they are only four months apart, but that they can only see four months ahead."

".Reasonable."

Zhang Liming nodded helplessly, acknowledging his defeat.

“Then I can’t help you—so theoretically speaking, when the huge threshold of ‘dimensional adaptation’ is in front of you, that world cannot possibly survive.”

"After all, even if we exhaust all our resources, the only thing we can solve is the limiter problem."

"Dimensional ascension. That's something for the next world."

"Only when there is only one starting point in a world, which is the point in time when the limiter was born, is there even the slightest possibility of dimensional ascension."

"Yes."

Lin Xu picked up the teacup beside him, took a sip, and said with feigned disappointment:
"Sigh, I already told you this a long time ago, but you didn't believe me."

"Then you'll have to hit that wall before you realize you're wrong."

"But what's the use of knowing you're wrong when you've already suffered so much damage?"

"It wasn't me!"

Zhang Liming retorted, both amused and annoyed:
"It's Zhang Liming from that world, not me!"

"I'd like to tell him too, but the problem is, how should I say it? Through a higher-dimensional portal, or by sending him a message in a dream?"

"If I could do that, I would have done it long ago—no, if I could do that, not only me, but I would also drag the founder into it and give him a good slap to wake him up."

"Unfortunately, although I am a cultivator, I truly do not know any Taoist magic."

Seeing Zhang Liming's feigned regretful expression, Lin Xu was speechless.

You actually started acting?
It was the harmonious society that saved you.

If you hadn't been born into this world of Destiny Stones, you might already be just like him—
Of course, Lin Xu would never say these words aloud.

Even if he is completely unscrupulous, he still has to consider the feelings of his comrades.

Don't say anything that could undermine unity!
Zhang Liming said so much just to get his opinion and see if he could offer any suggestions, but the suggestions he made were far too outlandish and not very useful.
With that in mind, Lin Xu quickly tidied up the dishes on the table and prepared to leave.

Seeing his slightly disappointed expression, Zhang Liming suddenly spoke up:
Aren't you going to listen to my advice?

Lin Xu paused for a moment.

"The kind of suggestion that involves sending people into space to pioneer new frontiers using Akubierk technology?" "I think you'd be more interested in saying that to a tough Asian guy."

"No."

Zhang Liming rolled his eyes.

“All things arise together, and I observe their return.”

“Zhang Liming in that world did wrong, but that doesn’t mean that everything he did was completely without merit.”

"Is even the simplest example, such as genetic modification, necessarily completely wrong and must be eliminated?"

“Not necessarily.”

"Human beings are destined to ascend to a higher dimension after one generation, and genetic modification will only affect this generation."

"Before the malign consequences of the transformation become apparent, humanity can use dimensional ascension to completely escape the effects of those consequences."

"Don't you think this is actually a rare, workable shortcut?"

After he finished speaking, Lin Xu sat down again.

This point is very interesting.

To draw an analogy, genetic modification for humans today is like taking out a loan from an illegal loan shark company.

If you already know that this microfinance company is destined to go bankrupt and the person in charge is about to be arrested for illegal activities, what should you do?
Of course, we'll borrow as much as we can, at any cost!
Anyone can do something like taking advantage of a loophole.
Damn it.

That's really true!

Lin Xu stared at Zhang Liming in shock, while the latter raised his head smugly and then said:

"Actually, this plan is already underway in our main world."

"Isn't it just exploiting the times and the world by issuing bonds without regard to cost, overdrawing future credit without regard to cost, and squeezing every resource that can be squeezed without regard to cost?"

"However, since we only have one chance, we need to be a little more restrained."

"We still have to consider the uncontrollable risks to some extent, and we can't really mess things up and destroy the world."

"But your world doesn't use that."

"That world... at worst, we can just start over."

"Think development is too slow? Just overdraw your resources."

"Are you right?"

Lin Xu wanted to refute, but found that he really had no way to refute.

这 是
evil ways!

But it's a really useful unorthodox method!

He sighed again:

"You're really lucky to have been born into this world."

"Otherwise, I could execute you countless times without a single injustice."

"What execution!"

Zhang Liming said with great sorrow:

"I'm doing this for all of humanity, for the future of this world!"

"After all this hard work, pioneering spirit, and bearing the world's condemnation, they still want to execute me!"

"How unfair this world is!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Xu suddenly became somewhat stunned.

Although Zhang Liming in this world was just joking when he said those words.

But what about in another world?

Will Zhang Liming, there, feel a similar sense of resentment from the bottom of his heart?

Lin Xu let out a heavy sigh.

Zhang Liming.
This person is far too complicated.

He is not a "tragic hero" in the traditional sense.

I couldn't empathize with him, but I had to admit that he was indeed a remarkable person.
After calming himself down a bit, Lin Xu began to speak:
"Stop talking nonsense."

"Tell me now, what good ideas do you have?"

"Is there a technology similar to genetic modification that allows us to exploit other worlds?"

"Yes, I have."

Zhang Liming nodded and continued:

"But what I said may not be complete."

"Why don't we just call a meeting—and bring in all the official think tanks?"

"These strategies for exploiting loopholes may be used in another world, but they are not entirely meaningless to us."

"We can still use it even with a slight downgrade, right?"

It seems like it is.

Lin Xu immediately took out his secure phone and dialed the number of the head of the think tank team.

He didn't explain much, just said a few simple words.

"We've scheduled a plenary meeting at 2 p.m.; we have some important issues to discuss."

"We need to discuss how to more efficiently exploit this world and the other world!"

(End of this chapter)