At first, Alice and the others found it hard to accept the "dictatorial" system Chen Mo had proposed, even though they themselves would hold absolute dictatorial power!
But after Chen Mo laid out the pros and cons, they wisely chose to follow his suggestion and implement dictatorial rule!
Bennett's example was still fresh in their minds. Not all survivors were as kind and selfless as they were. Compared with handing power over indiscriminately and placing humanity's future in the hands of people whose true nature they did not know, it was safer for people like them to "dictate" things.
Besides, this did not really count as true dictatorship!
As chairwoman, Alice held the highest authority, but the others, as members of the committee, also had the right to restrain and supervise her.
They all believed in Alice's character, but even if she made a wrong decision, they could still veto it.
It was more like a parliamentary system, except with far fewer people—only the old members who had escaped the prison with Chen Mo, plus Jill Valentine. Excluding Chen Mo, there were only eight of them in total.
But that was already enough to ensure sound decisions. With the completely rational Red Queen assisting them, it was definitely far more reliable than a grand council of over ten thousand people!
Yet relying on a system alone was not enough to completely eliminate the schemes of ambitious people, so Chen Mo left behind two additional safeguards!
The first safeguard was the clone soldiers!
When J.A.R.V.I.S. had taken control of the undersea base, there had still been several thousand clones inside who had already been produced but had not yet been activated. Chen Mo had not chosen to destroy them. Instead, he altered their memories and turned them all into loyal soldiers!