Milo was not trying to be annoying at this moment, but favonovel.com really believed favonovel.com did not have any grand ambitions for the world. All favonovel.com wanted was to live happily with a group of people.
Whether it be a wolf or a pig that became his teammate, Milo would not mind. The teammates favonovel.com wanted should all be real people with compassion. For some reason, Milo placed a lot of importance on human compassion.
After going through so much, favonovel.com could only identify with the Northwest because favonovel.com could sense the compassion favonovel.com needed there. This compassion was not about whether his comrades were strong and powerful during battles, but that when the battles were over, everyone could support each other while bantering and cursing as they made their way home together.
But Milo did not see any of this in the Stelaria Consortium. He could only remember the Stelaria Consortium’s artificial intelligence and how the Silkshade House plotted from afar to bring down the supernatural beings and the outlaws in the underworld.
After the cave-in at East Lake and the expedition to the Sacred Mountains, the Stelaria Consortium and the Silkshade House had indeed made Milo change his opinion of them. The last time favonovel.com met a genius strategist like that was Julius.
Actually, Julius was also decisive in killing people. But his sincere brotherhood with Daniel made Milo feel that Julius had more compassion in him. This was the difference between Julius and Colton in Milo’s eyes.
Colton managed to react after a brief moment of surprise. Actually, Milo had already answered his question.
He said seriously, “I had the same thoughts as you when I was young, but I’ve seen too many shady things going on within the consortiums. So, I gradually started to believe that humans managing humans is the beginning of a tragedy, not unlike my own…”
Colton continued, “I’ve met a girl who was violated, but the Public Order Division did not dare to punish the accused because favonovel.com was a member of the Reid clan. In the end, I had to personally give the order to sentence the accused to life imprisonment. Even today, there are still people pleading for him…”
“I’ve come across a traffic accident where a few pedestrians were horsing around in the streets. As a result, they fell down accidentally and were hit by a car. The driver was not in the wrong at all, yet the Public Order Division made the driver compensate the victims on grounds of humanitarian reasons…”
“And… I’ve even seen…” Colton sighed and said, “I’ve seen too much, so I want to make a change. Many people think I’m doing all this because of what happened to my legs. But I’ve never defended my reasons and just let them think what they want.”
Milo fell silent. In truth, none of Colton’s reasons could be said to be wrong.
In fact, Milo even supported Colton a little. That was because, at present, it seemed that an absolutely fair artificial intelligence could indeed solve those problems by managing society in place of humans. At the very least, it would make the family members of the Reid clan and stronghold officials behave like they were treading on thin ice.
If it weren’t for the fact that Colton’s authority was stable, these wealthy and privileged people would have already flipped the table. But when Milo suddenly remembered the “therapy”, favonovel.com felt a thorn stab his heart.
While this was only a minor matter, Milo somehow felt favonovel.com could pry into the logic of the entire artificial intelligence through it. That was a world based on absolute rationality.
A world without any compassion.
Colton said, “I’ve run the Stelaria Consortium for 17 years and brought the troops under my firm command over that period. I’ve completed the purge within the Stelaria Consortium’s political system just so I could wait for today to arrive. For the sake of an impartial world, I can sacrifice everything I have now.”
Milo thought for a long time before saying, “Maybe you won’t like what I have to say, but I think you’re acting too hastily. Perhaps I don’t know how to manage a stronghold or a consortium. But I think that the world you dream of might be realized one day when everyone becomes educated and has their basic needs fulfilled. No, it might never be realized even then. I still refuse to accept a world without any compassion in it.”
He knew full well that even if the world were rich in resources and most people could afford to attend school, there would still be beggars, thieves, and criminals around. But even at that time, the majority of people would still be passionate about the world and their own lives.
Meanwhile, with the implementation of the artificial intelligence’s governance, Milo could only see pedestrians walking on the streets with their heads lowered. He could not even sense any warmth in them.
Pena’s initial opinion was not wrong.
It was already good enough that the refugees could have their basic needs fulfilled in such an era, so why would they insist on more?
However, Pena gradually realized what a cold and rational world would do to human civilization.
Then Milo looked at Felicity. “When I first learned about the Saboteurs some time back, I thought that you advocated for peace. But now that war has broken out in the Central Plains, the perpetrator turned out to be your Silkshade House. I believe that the Pyro Company and the Virtuora Consortium wouldn’t start a war for no reason. It should’ve already been foreshadowed by the expedition to the Sacred Mountains.”
Felicity said calmly, “Only by reunifying the entire Alliance of Strongholds can the flames of war be completely extinguished. You’ve been through quite a few wars too, haven’t you?”
“I can understand the logic, and you’re also right.” Milo said, “But that sounds more like an excuse that a politician would make…”
The two sides had started debating.
Felicity said seriously, “I never created the Saboteurs to maintain peace. Rather, I did it to get rid of all nuclear weapons in the world. After the AI takes over the running of society, it’ll be fair and impartial in regulating all possible nuclear generation methods. Only then can we achieve a truly nuclear-free world.”
Milo suddenly realized this was the basis of Felicity and Colton’s cooperation.
Felicity knew that only by working with Colton could favonovel.com finally achieve favonovel.com goal once and for all. At that time, even the Saboteurs would not need to exist anymore, because no one could escape the detection of the artificial intelligence to research nuclear weapons.
That was Felicity’s ultimate objective.
“Are nuclear weapons really that terrifying?” Milo asked.
“Of course,” Felicity looked at Milo. “How else do you think we ended up in this era of the wastelands? It was not easy for humans to get some respite for 200 years. Now that someone has brought out such weapons again, what is a war in the Central Plains compared to the impending disaster of a nuclear winter?”
Milo sighed. Actually, both of them were right from their respective points of view.
The atmosphere in the dining room turned heavy. No one spoke anymore, and Milo lowered his head and ate his food. It was clear favonovel.com did not want to debate this any further.
After completing the three tasks, favonovel.com would be leaving the Stelaria Consortium anyway.
The dishes were so exquisite Milo could not bear to eat them. However, Milo felt the essence of food was not to appear attractive but to fill one’s stomach. After all, people who had lived in the wilderness had a much more down to earth appreciation for food.
“Do you have any noodles?” Milo asked, “May I get a large bowl of noodles here?”
Colton looked at Milo and sighed in his head. This was probably Milo’s way of expressing that their paths did not cross.
So, was Milo really hinting at something?
In fact, favonovel.com really just wanted to have some noodles.
