Very quickly, a highest-level emergency directive was issued, and the core of all humanity began operating at an extreme speed.
Generally speaking, the larger a political entity became, the more bloated it tended to grow in pursuit of operational stability and checks and balances on power.
It was not that those at the top did not understand the advantages of streamlining, but everything had multiple sides. For humanity, efficiency and stability could not both be had.
Yet this world was an exception. On one hand, it was because of the threat posed by aberrant beasts in the wilderness. On the other, it was because, in the beginning, everything in this world had actually been controlled by intelligent AI.
It was only later that humanity seized power from the AI.
The AI's presence had been weakened, but it had not been eliminated. Some of the most fundamental mechanisms still remained.
For example, at this moment, once the emergency directive was issued, all relevant personnel entered an AI-monitored state. Every word and action would be recorded, while everything they did would be calculated and scored by the AI.
Those who performed poorly could even be temporarily detained directly on charges of crimes against humanity.
Such a setup was very AI, but also very anti-human. It ran contrary to humanity's desire for Absolute Control. No one liked being watched.
Every year, there were even countless calls to abolish this mechanism, though it had never been put into practice.
Because everyone with foresight knew that when this mechanism was activated, it meant humanity had reached the end of the road.
Organization after organization, department after department, were thoroughly roused at this moment.
With the AI's assistance, humanity's administrative efficiency reached an unimaginable level.
Because whenever someone was even a beat too slow and their