This World Is Not Romantic

I don't trust you, that's not the problem at all.

You don't trust me, that's the real problem.

On the way back to Juxia, Lian Feng couldn't help but recall Wang Ji's words, his young face, his calm expression.

She knew they had indeed taken things for granted.

Because of his youth, because of the "naivety" of his ambitions, because of his recent seemingly uninhibited behavior, they had forgotten what kind of mind it takes for a boy who was forced to become independent at the age of nine to grow into what he is today.

He may be lonely, he may be suspicious, he may be pitiful, but he is definitely mature.

More mature than almost all the children in the Super Soldier Company, even though he is the youngest.

He must know what he is doing at all times, and ability and desire should not be able to crush his heart so quickly.

He can clearly know that his own doubts and the degree of doubt he expresses can get him the feedback he wants, and get the information he wants from the feedback.

Moreover, he is growing faster than Lian Feng expected.

He seems to really understand a lot of knowledge that he shouldn't have understood so quickly, and he also takes the meaning of people like them extremely seriously.

He understands that his own Super Gene is different from the source of others, and he also understands the risk of gene authority that may be hidden in the dark—an Super Gene of unknown origin, it is hard to say whether the God from the source may have left a backdoor, possessing the authority to control the Super Soldier's gene system itself at any time.

It's hard to say whether Wang Ji's existence will expose important information about the Super Soldier Company, and it's hard to say whether he will be manipulated and defect at a critical moment.

Wang Ji's performance shows that he really understands these things.

And this also made Lian Feng couldn't help but think of the information from the Super God Academy that he had to borrow a large number of books every day. Although she heard that he seemed to be skimming through them, the demeanor he showed at this moment made Lian Feng have to think more—he might not be just skimming through them.

If he didn't really understand a lot, he wouldn't have been able to hide his intentions in his conversation with her and correspond so fluently.

When it comes to some professional knowledge, not understanding is not understanding.

The library of the Super God Academy may not have any advanced knowledge and technology, but all kinds of introductory knowledge and the vast majority of common sense are indeed available.

He also knows that he and others are worried about his problems, want to do tests for him, and also understand that there may indeed be risks involved.

Although they feel that they have a clear conscience, only ghosts can completely trust others.

Just like that local God, after thousands of years and countless events, he can be considered to have some trust in them.

But the distance that should be maintained still needs to be maintained, and even General Du Kao will take the initiative to keep a distance from that one.

What should they ask of a child? If he were ignorant, there might be some possibility of eliminating this risk.

Indeed, in the end, even if Wang Ji suspects them, he will not pose a risk to them when they have a clear conscience.

But their suspicion of him brings him risks concerning his bottom line safety... and a relationship of trust that, if he doesn't understand, is fine, but if he does, he may immediately become estranged.

But he has always been calm, without any particularly excited reaction.

As for the hidden risk... it's actually not that big.

"I'm arranging a second-generation gene potion for you here. If you've studied enough, you should know the concept of first-generation and second-generation Super Soldiers. Your physical strength is not high, which is what I've been worried about."

She couldn't help but recall her last words when they parted, and she couldn't help but recall his words:

"There's no need for that, not now... and not in the future."

Wang Ji did not forcefully take a Super Serum. Although it could be considered a Super Gene, in the end, he didn't use it.

It wasn't compatible.

According to the information he scanned, those serum backups were not only of extremely low quality but also incompatible with the God River Super Gene system.

If he used them, there would be trouble to deal with later.

After comprehensive consideration, he didn't take them.

He chose another path.

The night was half over.

The night breeze was gentle, and the leaves rustled in the campus.

A hint of coolness came with the stuffy heat. In the first room of the row of dormitories, the lights were still on.

At the computer desk, Wang Ji's fingers flew across the keyboard, his eyes occasionally flashing with a golden light, his mind racing through strings of code and images.

Several computers were on the desk, one displaying images, and another jumping with lines of code.

The world of data can be fraught with danger, with evenly matched opponents, or it can be so vast that one can go anywhere.

If one side's hardware and technology can completely crush the other, even transcending eras, making it impossible to shield or even detect, then the weaker side's home is entirely the other's backyard, free for the taking.

There is no morality in the victory or defeat of the data world.

Of course, if you let someone climb over the Network Cable and beat you up, it's your own fault.

Wang Ji has morals, but that was in the original era, which prevented him from doing anything bad.

But now, he can no longer use the original morality to restrain himself, because all the resources on this planet have already been labeled with names, and he only has more than 70,000 yuan in his card.

He once did mental preparation when he wanted to stir up trouble, and he subconsciously thought about whether it was immoral; later, he thought about invading Country A, treating the other party's various departments as nothing, and taking resources, and whether that was moral.

Later, he found that he should have been made stupid by his moral education.

In this world, it is the law of the jungle, the survival of the fittest, and then the strong formulate the rules and redefine morality.

This is an era where order is about to be broken. He will still abide by the bottom line in his heart, but these are not within his current bottom line.

Otherwise, he can only play with his 70,000 yuan.

"Mine, mine, all mine~"

Wang Ji scoured all the information and technology he could get, as well as the resources he could quietly deploy, muttering to himself.

But he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The more he understood this world, this universe, the more he felt that this world was not romantic.

Time can shatter all talent, everything seems to have been planned long ago, it is more powerless than the order of the Earth era.

Civilization, Gods, technology, tens of thousands of years, Super Genes.

He seemed to foresee a mottled and broken future, unpredictable changes, and tragic and cruel wars, bringing pain and suffering to his country and his compatriots.

This world is not romantic at all. Mortals who have no chance of coming into contact with Super Genes have no chance to struggle for their lives. Their fate is already decided.

At least in the original world, people could still take civil service exams and climb upwards.

But now, backward civilizations can only be beaten because their civilization is young; mortals can only watch Super Soldiers with envy, and can only be envious.

"Fortunately, I have a system. It seems this world is still fair." Wang Ji clicked his tongue and continued his happy life as a night owl.

Otherwise, no matter how talented you are, no matter how hard you work until you vomit blood, it won't be worth a bit of favor from fate, and you won't see a glimmer of hope.

Even further up, those whose Super Gene potential is not strong are already destined for their fate.

"Fortunately, my system seems strong enough. It seems this world is still fair."

Actually...

He knows that this world is inherently unfair. He doesn't want to gloat, as that would make him feel shallow.

He only knows that no matter what happens today, everything that might happen tomorrow comes from today's actions, for better or worse.

Himself, those he loves, those he protects.

The world has changed, and he must use every possibility to prepare for a rainy day.