"I don't understand."
Zhao Layue said, "So many things, so much information-how could you process it all?"
Xu Le said, "I could."
Someone who had become one with the Charter's Radiance was an existence beyond human imagination, and was not entirely the same as the machine intelligence produced by the Charter Computer. In a certain sense, he truly was omniscient.
And within the reach of the Charter's Radiance, with his supreme, unrestricted authority, he truly was omnipotent.
The entire world was under his control, from warships, mecha, Spirit Stone mines, and laboratories to sanatoriums and meat stalls in black markets. No one could resist his will; they could only choose submission or death, and even choosing death was difficult.
"How was that any different from an emperor?" Liu S sui said with feeling.
Xu Le corrected him. "A god had far more power than an emperor, so vigilance was necessary."
Zhao Layue asked, "And then?"
"Next, I abolished the rule requiring humans to have chips implanted at birth. That was what Uncle hated most, and I didn't like it either. Wristbands or other devices replaced them, and it didn't matter if people didn't use anything at all. I also carried out some reforms of the social system and increased Little Fei's authority, but reduced the reach of the Charter's Radiance. I did a few relatively trivial things too."
Xu Le said, "I wasn't actually good at any of this. For the vast majority of it, human experts and scholars designed models, then Little Fei helped with the calculations and projections. Once they confirmed there were no problems, all I needed to do was say the word."
Jing Jiu agreed. "That was how a god should be."
Zhao Layue and Liu S sui could not help glancing at him, thinking, *You