Lin Qing felt a strange sense of panic upon hearing his words.
From the moment she was born, the concept of a nation had been a distant thing.
The Nine Dragons had shattered the old world's order. Although the name Donghua Nation was still used here, it was merely out of habit.
Dragon Heart City was the true name of this place.
This was especially true for the common people, who knew only of their families, not of a nation.
And as the controllers of their families, both the Lu and Lin families could arbitrarily control all resources that once belonged to the nation.
For example, a newly discovered rare earth mineral.
But at this moment, hearing Chen Luo’s words, Lin Qing finally understood his meaning.
The nation he spoke of was not a nation of families, but a grander nation encompassing everyone.
"Heaven and Earth are not benevolent; they treat all things as straw dogs." This was not contempt, but the impartial treatment of all things by heaven and earth.
A nation was the same, not showing favor to one family or surname, but treating every individual who constituted the nation equally.
What the young man disliked was not this world,
but the numb spirit in the eyes and the withering soul in the hearts of these people, who were just like him.
He believed that any system was merely a tool.
Tools were just means; the purpose of using them was what mattered.
Chen Luo's former homeland, Dayan, also temporarily could not solve the problem of wealth disparity,
but he knew, and believed in, the purpose of Dayan's progress as a nation.
Many people, willingly or unwillingly, had shed blood and sweat for the nation's prosperity.
But the progress of the nation, bought with that blood and sweat, should also be in pursuit of the happiness of all who constituted it.
Just as Dayan's greatest change from its first thirty years to the present was the improvement of the people's living standards.
While across the sea, the world's number one, in this past century, the biggest change had been their indulgence in gender transition games.
After all, when the Beautiful Country spoke of gender issues, the upper echelons did not need to solve any practical problems.
Because whether it was dilapidated subways, dirty slums, or a thoroughly rotten "happy education," reform always required money.
And although that money came from the people of the Beautiful Country, the upper echelons did not believe it should be spent on the people.
After all, chatting with the people about gender issues and collecting votes was enough. Spending money would be too sentimental.
Chen Luo's thoughts were naturally unknown to Lin Qing.
But his two simple sentences made Lin Qing feel an extremely peculiar power.
In the young man's heart, there seemed to be a distant nation.
It was something that made Lin Qing feel a slight unease.
But when she turned to look at Chen Luo, she saw the young man simply propping his chin, gazing calmly out the window.
His words from earlier seemed like an illusion.
A difficult silence fell in the car. Even Lin Yue, who was driving, sensed the awkward atmosphere.
But when she saw her sister and Chen Luo create distance, she felt a hint of happiness.
Chen Luo, gazing out the window, was contemplating his profession: "Human Emperor."
Was the Human Emperor a bloodline?
Was a single family the Human Emperor?
Of course not.
Was the Human Emperor a single person?
Yes and no.
The one whom the hearts of the myriad people yearned for, that is the Human Emperor.
If he lost the hearts of the myriad people, the Human Emperor would be nothing more than a solitary ruler.
Chen Luo gazed at the thoroughly mutated capitalist society before him, gaining a deeper understanding of the Human Emperor.
If this world, without the interference of the Doomsday Game, had continued to develop for a few more decades before being incorporated into the game,
when all wealth and resources were completely consolidated by the Nine Dragons, their leader, Long Jiu, might also have obtained an extremely special and unique profession.
"Heh, all resources belonging to one person, even people themselves become a resource."
"That profession would be the 'Ultimate Controller'."
Unaccountably, Chen Luo felt an instinctive aversion towards this Long Jiu, whom he had not yet formally met.
"Are you also an outsider?"
"The world became as you liked it, and you even resisted the first act of the apocalypse."
Chen Luo gazed at the middle-aged man with white hair and black eyes on the large screen in the center of the plaza, his gaze becoming deeper:
"Enough, let me see more. Let me truly see this world."
"If possible, I wouldn't mind coloring this world with my own hue..."
In the strange silence of the car, Lin Qing suddenly shivered.
In that instant, she felt as if she had perceived a grand and immense gaze.
And in the depths of an inexplicable void,
within a colossal pure white light cluster, complex runes flickered incessantly.
In the backend of the Doomsday Game, amidst the flow of vast amounts of information, a judgment invisible to Chen Luo flashed by:
[Game World Number Nine, the destiny perturbation of Conqueror Chen Luo continues to increase, triggering hidden missions chance increases.]
The silver sports car slowly drove through the streets of the new city, which remained bustling even in the dead of night.
The people lining the streets couldn't help but cast envious glances at the sports car, which only appeared online.
Some cars were said to be "born with cars." In another sense, they were things that could not be reached even with a lifetime of effort.
As the sports car drove into another street, the clamor abruptly vanished.
This was the aristocratic district of the new city. Only families that had produced a Soul-Heart user were qualified to reside here at this time.
A moment later, Lin Yue drove the sports car to the gates of a luxurious manor.
As the gates slowly opened, the sports car traveled for several more minutes before arriving before a lavish mansion.
Chen Luo noticed that within the surrounding manors, traces of battle still remained.
It seemed that Miss Lin had also encountered an attack before the rescue.
The car door was abruptly pushed open. The bold second daughter directly stepped out, then pulled open the rear door and happily pulled Chen Luo out:
"Here! Brother Chen! This is my home!"
The elder sister, however, silently walked to Chen Luo's side.
All the way, Chen Luo's words continued to echo in her mind.
She was an intelligent woman, and a woman with sharp intuition.
She had a feeling that this young man, who likely came from another world, would stir up a new storm across the world in the days to come.
And she needed to make a choice.
The strange atmosphere made the cheerful Lin Yue unable to help but quiet down. She looked at her sister with a strange expression.
Then, Lin Qing performed a solemn bow to Chen Luo and said with utmost seriousness:
"Mr. Chen, Yueyue and I owe you our lives, so no matter what path you choose in the future, we will support you with all our might."
Chen Luo glanced at the astute woman with a half-smile.
No, at Lin Qing, who looked mature but was actually just a young girl:
"Is that so? Even if I have to be enemies with the world?"
Lin Qing did not hesitate at all, her eyes fixed directly on Chen Luo, and said earnestly:
"Even enemies with the world!"
Lin Yue, standing beside them, looked at her sister and the young man's conversation with a bewildered expression.
Why were they talking about being enemies with the world?
And why did her sister and Chen Luo always like to look into each other's eyes!!
It was me first!
Before the bewildered Yueyue could sort out the relationships, the doors of the luxurious mansion before them suddenly opened, and a petite figure in a princess dress lunged towards the three of them:
"Waaah! Big Sister! Second Sister! You're finally back!!"
"Hey! Uncle! Who are you?"