The Unrestrained Overlord
Chapter 56

Self and Nature

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Hearing Tian Yuanli's words.

The person on the other end of the phone did not answer directly.

Instead, he laughed outright.

As if he had heard a joke.

Only after quite some time did he reply:

"Not quite?"

"No, no, no. If he truly could surpass us, then bringing about a World War would actually be perfectly reasonable."

"What are a person's actions usually based on?"

"Morality comes second. Most importantly, they are based on their own abilities!"

"Someone without ability will usually only do utterly ordinary work."

"Someone with ability, on the other hand, will usually go and do all kinds of influential things."

"The main difference between them is nothing more than what they can and cannot do."

"It is about ability and inability, not whether they want to do something or not."

"Take many people, for example. Although they may appear to be good people and ordinary people, are they really voluntarily choosing to be good and ordinary?"

"Not necessarily!"

"It is very likely that they simply lack the ability to do bad things and know they would definitely be caught if they did, so they choose to be good and ordinary instead."

"If they felt that even if they robbed and murdered, the police still could not catch or investigate them, how would their actions change?"

"Take those seemingly simple and honest civilians, for example."

"Many of them appear simple and honest merely because they have no choice. The blows of reality made them simple and honest, while lives without choices made them stay in their place."

"Give them even a little opportunity, and perhaps their desires would swell on the spot, turning them into arrogant and spoiled people."

"Everyone has their own thoughts and principles. At the same time, their consideration of whether they can

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