After all, the Wasteland was not a real computer game, and a territory was not a function built out of code.
The humans living inside it had not been branded with labels like "farmer," "soldier," "merchant," or "engineer" from the moment they were born.
They had different ways of thinking and independent lives that no one could easily control.
Naturally, establishing a complete territorial system became an extremely contradictory and cruel task.
A huge human settlement needed people to take the initiative to become farmers, soldiers, and the lowest-level laborers.
Some might even need to become beings at the very bottom, sacrificing their own interests.
Su Mo had never considered using force to arrange everything. The history of the past had already proven more than once that dictatorship would only lead a collective toward inevitable destruction.
Therefore, a beautifully packaged "perfect system" was very necessary.
It would guide the ever-arriving survivors to willingly and happily enter those complicated low-end industries, becoming part of them and contributing their talents.
Ideally, as long as this complete system of rewards and punishments continued operating, the system that followed would remain in use until the end of the game, or until humanity perished!
"This system is much gentler than the Identity System I originally envisioned. It's even gentler than the modern system on Earth. In modern times, just buying a home would leave a laborer paying off a thirty-year... Ahem, I'm getting off track, getting off track."
"In short, debt is a relatively gentle term. It will divide the residents of the territory into several levels."
"At the very bottom, and owing the most, are those I call 'Third-Level Debtors.' These people will have various low-end jobs to choose from, but if they choose jobs without risks, they'll face the predicament of never being