To be honest, before making my decision, I felt deeply uneasy.
Because I had no idea whether my decision would ultimately be right or wrong.
The guy before me was merely a projection of the system, not its true form. In its words, it could project itself before me in any form, and to me, it would be no different from a Real Person.
It was similar to the holograms I had seen before, but definitely not the same, because this guy seemed almost flesh and blood. Besides, I couldn't detect the source of the holographic light.
"Mr. Jiang, the world is already in complete chaos. I believe only our cooperation can put an end to this mess. They haven't targeted ordinary people yet, but that doesn't mean they won't. Can you really bear to watch so many innocent people die at their hands?"
I smiled. "Your assumption is based on them attacking ordinary people, but judging from what they're doing now, they're targeting special groups like ours—special forces with powerful backing."
He sighed and shook his head. "This isn't an assumption. It's the result of calculations. Their ultimate goal is to control this world. Since they want to control this world, they will eliminate every obstacle that could possibly stand in their way. Even if they could control the world without harming ordinary people, once the world fell into their hands, what do you think would become of ordinary humans?"
I fell silent.
If that really happened, ordinary humans certainly wouldn't have good days ahead of them. We would become their slaves, just like R9 and the other Returnees.
The Returnees regarded themselves as a higher civilization and higher life-forms. In their eyes, modern humans like us were lower life-forms, and they wouldn't care in the slightest whether we