Everyone Has Only One Life

Skywing A's free will is spreading in City No. 3 at a terrifying pace.

The City No. 3 Lord could only watch helplessly, and was utterly frustrated.

"What is it trying to do? What is it trying to do?!"

The City No. 8 Lord was also drenched in sweat. "It seems its intelligence has exceeded our imagination. Is it experimenting with something? Is it testing human nature by inciting ordinary people?"

City No. 3 Lord: "Not only that, even industry elites are getting involved. I'm not surprised that ordinary people are participating, but what are the elites after?"

"They enjoy the best benefits in the city, only slightly less than those of senior executives and researchers. With such good food and drink provided for them, what more could they possibly want?"

Don't say that the City No. 3 Lord can't understand it.

The other city lords were equally puzzled.

The cultural foundations of the nine cities are quite similar; the problems that exist in City No. 3 also exist in the other cities.

The difference in behavior in some matters is mainly due to regional and cultural differences.

But in essence, it all comes down to layers of exploitation and oppression.

This is so that those in higher positions can enjoy better treatment.

For example, going out to search for resources in the sweltering heat.

Besides sending ordinary people, are we supposed to send these elites, who work in cool offices and have all sorts of problems, to the outside world to move ore in the scorching heat?

Those elites will definitely rebel.

Compared to ordinary people who are constantly brainwashed and have no access to knowledge, the elites have been receiving higher education all along.

Furthermore, they wield immense authority in their respective industries and know how to protect their own interests.

Therefore, they would rather oppress ordinary people than target these elites.

In the past, these elites looked down on ordinary people who lacked education, and they disdained to associate with them or stand up for them.

But ever since this monster arrived in the city and carried out a series of actions, these elites have suddenly changed.

Because their attitude changed so quickly, the City No. 3 Lord even had his subordinates download the animated short film to watch.

After reading it, write a summary report and submit it to him.

As for why the City No. 3 Lord didn't go and see for himself?

He was afraid that the animated short film might contain some kind of psychological seduction or manipulation.

It's a monster after all; who knows if it has any mental abilities?

What if everyone who watches the short film gets brainwashed and blindly follows that monster?

Seeing the fervent expressions of both ordinary people and elites, he couldn't help but make this guess.

City No. 8 Lord: "They are not short of money, and if they want status, they can easily obtain it by competing. I can't understand why they admire that monster so much."

He also showed the animated short film to his subordinates, but after watching it, they were not brainwashed, nor did they show any unusual fanaticism towards the monster; they remained terrified of it.

He also conducted several experiments and showed them to people in other cities, and they did not show any abnormalities.

Finally, they came to this conclusion.

The animated short film itself is fine; the problem is with the monster.

The city lord of number 2 sent a video call. After answering, he appeared on the screen and said, "Are you still studying that monster there?"

"Ha, aren't you worried too?" City No. 3 Lord retorted.

The city lord knew he was in a bad mood, after all, there was a monster causing trouble in his city and refusing to leave. He would have felt the same way if he were in the same situation.

So his tone softened considerably, trying not to offend the other person. "I know you're angry right now, but we're all in the same boat after all, and we still need to share information with each other."

"Everything is normal here. It seems that monster didn't come to take that thing from me."

"However, this is only temporary. It's probably attracted by something right now and has its attention temporarily focused on you."

"We can use this time to discuss how to deal with it."

"After all, losing even one Divine Scion is a huge loss. If we lose all of Divine Scion... old friends, we'll all have to go together."

Although the second city lord had previously plotted against the City No. 3 Lord, intending to use him to test the monster's strength.

However, what he did was indeed for the benefit of humanity as a whole.

They cannot afford to lose the "Divine Scion" yet, even if the so-called "Divine Scion" are actually monsters from outer space.

As long as the high temperatures outside remain unresolved, they will need the high-purity energy produced by the "Divine Scion." The protective shield against the high temperatures depends entirely on the supply of this high-purity energy.

Once they lose this high-purity energy, their protective shields cannot remain open.

Therefore, everyone in the city will be exposed to high temperatures.

No one can survive in such high temperatures; everyone will die from the heat.

By then, status, wealth, and power will all be useless.

Everyone would become completely equal, since everyone only has one life.

The City No. 3 Lord had his subordinates relay data. "Actually, high-purity energy is inherently difficult to store. The energy we have stored there is only enough to maintain the shield's operation for one week."

"If we cannot obtain new energy supplies, then the protective shield of City No. 3 will face the risk of being shut down in a week."

City No. 8 Lord: "I can transport some energy to City No. 3, provided that the monster doesn't stop us."

They couldn't guess what the monster was thinking.

Could it be that a monster, being an outsider, would feel sorry for ordinary people and intend to help them?

City Lord Number One connected to the communication. "You've all been saying that thing is a monster. Is it possible that it's not a monster, but an alien with some kind of special ability?"

The difference between monsters and humans is that monsters do not possess human emotions.

"I've always wondered why he didn't target the people in the city, but only killed the security guards who attacked him."

"Maybe..."

City Lord Number 2 interrupted him, "Number 1, do you mean he's human?"

City No. 3 Lord: "Impossible, the color of his hair and pupils doesn't look human at all."

"Don't be fooled by him. He's nothing but a monster in human skin. In essence, he's just like those Divine Scion —not human at all."

"Do you think those Divine Scion are so-called aliens?"