Chapter 318 Prisoner’s Dilemma

"But it's really hard to say. Just because I can't think of it doesn't mean that others can't do it. The United States has transformed a lot of spiritual techniques into psychic technology products. Even ordinary people can wear a set of power armor made by them. Finally, it also has a second-level high-level combat capability," Mous continued.

Although each country has gone its own way, after the Huaya Federation launched a classification of combat power levels that disregarded system restrictions, this simple and clear set of numerical classifications was quickly popularized.

This kind of thing related to national security, the major forces will not fake it and directly copy the original one. With reference to Huaya's assessment method, various countries have successively developed their own evaluation systems.

"I know."

"It's just a second-level high-level one, but in a life-and-death battle, our mid-level mage can defeat ten of them without any problem. Sora has great power, but lacks the thinking speed to match this suit of armor. Such a person , I have assassinated them too many times, and even after I stabbed them with my sword, they still didn’t react.”

"They are soldiers, so it doesn't make much sense to talk about fighting alone."

Although Bai Mo's avatar was not involved in research in this direction in the United States, he could also see from some relatively unclassified reports that this kind of power armor was equipped for ordinary soldiers, allowing each of them to It turns into a heavy firepower fortress, crushing the enemy's grassroots army on the frontal battlefield.

Once they reach a considerable scale, it will not be easy to tear a hole in their queue under heavy firepower. Soldiers equipped with single-person psychic cannons and heavy machine guns are definitely at the upper level of the second level combat power in terms of firepower output.

"I'm leaving." After the main purpose of coming here this time was achieved, he no longer wanted to waste time and reappeared from the psychic block.

"Don't you want to stay for dinner? There are many pretty young girls here." Mousse sent Bai Mo away with a smile.

He smiled and shook his head, without saying anything. He just let the clone disappear quietly outside the subspace.

The Reiki era is about to enter its eleventh year. After the emergence of Reiki, the two poles of the world are moving in two completely different directions according to their own national conditions.

The United States, which has always been a world leader in scientific research, has chosen the scientific path that can best utilize its own advantages, vigorously develop various psychic technologies, and prepare for the interstellar era in the next ten years. They have not put too much into it. My mind is on exploring the path of individual cultivation.

In the eyes of most of them, the concept of cultivation is quite idealistic, and it is a crazy plunder of the entire world's non-renewable resources. It will ultimately only lead to a decline in the level of the Force. It is a method chosen by barbarians.

As a civilized race, what they pursue should be to analyze everything, know everything, and use the knowledge that can be truly explained to make themselves stronger, rather than relying on those ambiguous and mysterious "insights."

In the past ten years, the entire middle and lower classes in the United States have been immersed in this trend of thought. Especially after the color revolution, their sense of superiority has become stronger. The media in society have exaggerated that only "ancient monkeys" can To engage in so-called "cultivation", as the locomotive of human civilization, we should look at everything in a scientific way.

There are even many promotional videos that put together clips of people heating spiritual stones to absorb spiritual energy with scenes of people smoking opium more than a hundred years ago.

It is precisely by relying on the propaganda of this kind of value export that the people of the United States have a huge sense of superiority over other countries that follow the route of resource consumption and individual cultivation.

Since the public generally has a disdainful attitude towards the so-called "ancient monkey cultivation", the United States-related cultivation resources are not consumed much among the people, so that most of them are actually concentrated in the hands of major chaebols, making These people have extremely abundant resources to follow the flow of resource consumption to continuously improve their own strength.

What the wealthy people long for more is an eternal class, a system in which the strong are always strong, so they collectively and consciously directed this drama that may last for two generations, making the people feel from the bottom of their hearts that studying science is the right way, and practicing plundering Those who gain power are heretics.

Because people with power are difficult to control, they may overturn the table at any time, but if researchers with empty knowledge lack the financial support of the plutocrats, all their plans will be nothing more than words on paper.

Therefore, in comics, stories such as power only magnifies responsibility and pain is unavoidable continue to appear, which makes more people think that the existence of mutants' powerful power is actually not much to envy.

As long as this trend of thought continues for twenty to thirty years, the eternal class with the major chaebols as the core and possessing both absolute individual power and huge wealth will be fully formed.

By that time, whether it is the so-called mad scientists or the various opposition groups born after the awakening of the lower class people, they will only be wiped out under the double attack of power and wealth.

Of course, everything benefits from the democratic atmosphere in the United States for hundreds of years. Even those who are already at the top of the country in combat effectiveness have not challenged tradition and used force to seize power and become dictators. Even former President Joseph, who once had the idea of ​​becoming a dictator, finally gave up the idea of ​​​​restructuring by force under the persuasion of his friends and chose to step down when his presidential term expired.

Of course, this is also something that has been repeatedly exaggerated by countless American comics - the result of power having nothing to do with politics. In comics, even the invincible beings have almost never seen an example of seizing power by force. .

But this is fundamentally different from Huaya, which has thousands of years of imperial history. In Huaya, from the bottom to the top, most people will have the dream of being an emperor. A great dictator who rules the world is the romance of the strong. Waking up to hold the power of the world, lying drunk on the knees of a beautiful woman has been sung for countless years.

It is precisely because of such values ​​that in the ten years after the emergence of Reiki in Huaya, the reshuffle at the top was extremely fierce. Everyone who was confident that they had enough power was ambitious and wanted to obtain power that matched their own fists, which made the political situation Several turmoils occurred, and finally the current triangular system was formed through the compromise of several giants who dominated the world.

Of course, there cannot be only one voice in the Huaya Federation. There are also many people who agree with scientific preaching and believe that this is the future of mankind. They tried to pursue their own path, but unfortunately there were not many supporters.

Just the opposite of the United States, Huaya's mainstream thinking is that power is the answer to everything. It can rely on the consumption of a large amount of resources to quickly gain powerful power. Why should it support slow results and invest in greater scientific demonstrations? .

If I invest resources in scientific research and others invest resources in myself, it is very likely that I will be hanged before the results of the research are produced. This is a prisoner's dilemma.

Most people are selfish after all. If you invest fifty yuan of resources in yourself, you will get fifty points of strength growth. If you invest fifty yuan of resources in the research field, everyone will get ten points of strength growth. Everyone knows which one to choose.