Chapter 488: Wisdomism

Lin Xian stood at the top of a high-rise, his feet planted on metal pipes. Several unmanned patrol drones had already surrounded him, their alarm sirens wailing.

Looking at the beautiful female android before him, a line of information flickered on Lin Xian's retinal projection.

【For the glorious development of human civilization, please commit suicide!】

Lin Xian frowned slightly. "I commit suicide? What does that have to do with human civilization?"

"In order to cope with the resource depletion triggered by solar flares, 90% of the global population will voluntarily terminate their lives through the Neural Implantation Protocol, in exchange for the 'continuation of human civilization'." The female android's tone was calm, as if she were a thoughtful attendant explaining to him: "As a Type II Intelligent Human, serial number 17695516, your social agreement clearly stipulates this, and you have the responsibility and obligation to contribute to the world."

"Resource depletion, so you want 90% of the population to commit suicide?" Lin Xian looked bewildered. "If I refuse, are you going to erase me directly?"

"According to the provisions of Civilization Agreement No. 1, androids do not have the authorization to harm or kill humans. The right to life of intelligent humans holds the highest priority and protection level. You are a member of the sacred, great world; the world has no killing or sin. According to the Blue Star directive, for individuals unable to perform a glorious suicide, we will escort you to the Redemption Center. You will undergo a painless suicide after 48 hours, and your serial number will be permanently sealed in the civilization history storage unit of the Star Dome Intelligence."

"Good grief, I've heard of painless abortions, but never painless suicide. Isn't this just euthanasia?"

Lin Xian looked down at his mechanical arms and legs, discovering that he couldn't use his Mechanical Heart at all.

In other words, he had no way to escape.

"Mechanical Heart?" The beautiful android tilted her head slightly, looking at Lin Xian.

"You can read my thoughts?!" Lin Xian was shocked. Before he could react, two flying drones suddenly approached from behind, extending several mechanical tentacles to lock his upper and lower limbs, leaving him unable to move.

Lin Xian immediately tried to break free, but without his supernatural abilities, he was powerless. He even felt quite awkward in this body, but thinking that this was just some kind of experiential demonstration from that metal sphere, he simply gave up struggling to see how these people intended to 'clear' him.

After Lin Xian was restrained, the female android stepped forward and said: "I do not understand your thoughts. As a Type II Intelligent Human, you possess a complete brain, spinal cord, and reproductive system retention rights. Beyond that, all organ metabolism has been replaced by bionic systems. Birth telomere testing estimates a lifespan of approximately 170–182 years, while the bionic heart's service life is set at 200 years; this cannot be changed by initial authorization. Additionally, your intention to escape is very dangerous. The height here exceeds 400 meters, which could cause you accidental injury or death. As human servers, we have an obligation to ensure your safety."

Lin Xian frowned slightly upon hearing this. Sure enough, in this world, his thoughts were actually transparent!

His thoughts could be seen through by these law enforcers without any blind spots, which immediately gave Lin Xian a feeling of near-suffocation.

At this moment, the two drones lifted him up and boarded a transport craft already hovering in the sky. The female android sat opposite him, the cabin door closed, and the transport ship began to fly toward the distance.

Just as she had said, these law enforcers were very polite to him. It appeared to be an arrest, but in form, it was entirely a mandatory 'service'. Not only had they prepared a luxurious seat for him, but there were even entertainment and audio-visual systems in the room.

"My name is Aili, your glorious suicide attendant, or you may call me by a name you prefer."

The android 'Aili' sat opposite Lin Xian. When Lin Xian became curious about her, she immediately introduced herself proactively.

Lin Xian prepared to speak again, yet the other party read his thoughts once more, saying to him with a smile.

"We are about to head to Redemption Center No. 3. The flight time is approximately 3 hours and 12 minutes."

Lin Xian smiled helplessly, so he simply looked at Aili and asked all his thoughts at once.

"The current era is Civilization Year 619. The 【Civilization Agreement】 was formulated by the remaining leaders of all humanity after the Third World War."

"The Third World War? Why is the era calculated from 0?" Lin Xian asked. "Also, how did the Third World War happen?"

"According to retrieval, the Third World War broke out in Old World Calendar 2179. The war lasted a total of 11 years. The cause of the outbreak lay in the interest conflicts between the original world's multipolar structure and various national social systems. Its core lay in humanity's inability to truly solve the problem of wealth distribution under technological monopoly, namely the 'Matthew Effect', which ultimately led to unequal wealth distribution and triggered class conflict."

"After the Third World War, world nuclear weapons were cleared to zero, production materials were reshaped, and humanity calculated a brand-new civilization system through the final artificial intelligence, 'Deep Blue'—Wisdomism."

"Under the Wisdomism system, global humanity is uniformly defined as the 'Equal Class' of intelligent humans. Android labor has comprehensively replaced humans, while intelligent humans provide returns in the form of computing power output through human-in-the-loop systems. That is, individual consciousness is formed based on human intelligence and learning, converted into computing power output via brain-computer interfaces to assist civilization and gain social status. Therefore, the only path to wealth is the 'human-in-the-loop' system, and the returns obtained are social welfare distributed by the 'Super Brain'. By isolating power from production materials and returns through the 'Super Brain', it solved the 'Acton Problem' and 'Locke Problem' in human history, and thoroughly eliminated class, gender, and racial discrimination."

"A unified civilization?!"

Lin Xian's eyes widened upon hearing this: "Does that mean all humans do not participate in power decision-making and interest distribution? But the problem is, human intelligence also has high and low distinctions!"

"Intelligence, as the sole unit of productivity, can effectively solve class, gender, and racial problems. This means that excellent intelligence genes can obtain higher social welfare and status. According to the 【Civilization Agreement】, it is divided into three types of intelligent humans, and you, Mr. Serial Number 17695516, belong to Type II Intelligent Human."

"Doesn't that still mean there are class distinctions? What about people born with low intelligence, or those with disabilities?" Lin Xian asked.

"Using intelligence contribution as a standard can solve 99% of inequality problems. As for the human rights equality of inferior genes you mentioned, for the final 1%, the 'Super Brain' will give the social surplus to individuals with insufficient intelligence as 'living security' to maintain the development of social order. Such distribution and social systems have been iterated for hundreds of years and are considered the ultimate civilization system that has eliminated all inequality. It is the correct ladder for humanity to move toward a higher civilization. Under such a system, humanity has achieved a perfect society with no crime, no law, and no discrimination. The world will not have war, communication is completely transparent and efficient, and all human intelligence is concentrated for development, allowing humanity to reach Kardashev Civilization Level 1.5 in just a few hundred years."

Aili continued: "The current human world is an unprecedentedly united civilization. All intelligence is aimed at social perfection, technological improvement, and external exploration. Internal friction is zero. It is described by poet-sages as the ultimate utopia."

"Utopia..."

Lin Xian was dumbfounded upon hearing this, his heart somewhat shaken. He was almost persuaded by this statement. It must be said that using AI intelligence to divide human power and letting AI intelligence govern the world is simply mind-boggling. But thinking about it carefully, if labor is entirely replaced by androids and global productivity data is integrated into the single item of 'intelligence', it seems logically possible to reach the 'solution' Aili just mentioned for eliminating class, gender, and racial barriers.

But this 'Super Brain', in order to cope with the resource depletion triggered by solar flares, directly uses intelligence as a 'class' for population control. It sounds both terrifying and reasonable. Lin Xian found it hard to accept for a moment. His worldview made him feel it was mind-boggling, yet it seemed that from the rational logic of civilization development, the 'Super Brain' seemed to be right.

Lin Xian pressed the screen at this moment, and with a shift of his thoughts, he saw the scene he wanted to see. The 'Super Brain' determined the only way out was to erase 90% of life. The directive infiltrated the brains of billions in the form of pervasive neural waves, like an irreversible virus. Amidst the street fires, Lin Xian witnessed the elderly numbly self-immolating, and children going limp into corpses under smart injectors. There was no pain, no wailing, just like the adjective Aili used.

Glorious suicide.

Lin Xian's heart shook violently. He didn't know what to say. If one didn't stand from the perspective of humanity, the civilization before him was absolutely a terrifying, high-level civilization. The continuation of civilization became the fundamental belief. Individual human consciousness was stripped away. There was no sacrifice for the greater good here, no good or evil morality.

However, subconsciously, he always felt it wasn't perfect enough, or perhaps... something was wrong somewhere.

But Aili responded to the questions that popped into his head in real-time throughout the journey, explaining very rigorously with incredibly clear logic. He saw the treatment that intelligent humans as an equal class received under this social system as Aili showed him. From birth, they possessed everything needed for life. All labor was taken over by androids, from meticulous infant care to the eating, drinking, and excreting of daily life, to clothing, food, housing, transportation, health, and education—all of this was free and equal.

The items used had no high or low grades, no wealth discrimination. The only thing an infant had to do was receive education, and then, based on individual differences and personality, be precisely assigned to learn different disciplines. There were no sports industries, entertainment systems, or artists providing art appreciation for humanity. What humans had to do every day was put on a brain-computer interface to make intelligence contributions in a sensory-free state for 2 hours. The remaining time was endless enjoyment, enjoying the social welfare provided by intelligent productivity. Even humans with low intelligence had perfect welfare guarantees, allowing them to enjoy their lives in peace. Elite intelligent humans only possessed more social welfare options, and this class would not generate class conflict.

The main reason was that the elite class came from the tiny disorder within the genetic system. After solving all hereditary diseases, every person's descendants could theoretically become elite intelligent humans comparable to 'Presidential' treatment. Therefore, in this world, only genetic destiny could be complained about.

"After hearing you say all that, it seems I really should commit glorious suicide to contribute the future to this bright and great humanity?" Lin Xian felt a bit more relaxed now.

"Yes."

"Then I have no questions."

At this moment, the female android opposite him suddenly stood up, reached out to remove a metal protective plate from her chest, revealing the metal grille and dense components inside, and said to Lin Xian with a smile: "As an intelligent service android, I do not possess sexual organs or real female breasts."

"No... I..." Lin Xian was stunned immediately, then coughed dryly: "Never mind, I was just a little curious earlier."

"After you arrive at the Redemption Center, according to the agreement, you will possess 'Glorious' level authorization within 48 hours. This authorization is higher than Type I Intelligent Humans. In addition to lifting the obligation of 'glorious suicide', the android team will satisfy all your needs, including but not limited to, unlimited sex, unlimited killing, unlimited eating, and unlimited entertainment."

"A final meal before execution?" Lin Xian smiled: "Quite humane."

Thinking about it, he couldn't help but frown: "Logically, those required to perform 'glorious suicide' should all execute it without hesitation. I am an outlier who possesses rebellious thinking. How come instead of that, you built a Redemption Center and even gave so many benefits?"

"In order to maintain the belief in the fairness of the civilization system, rebels must also sacrifice for civilization. The 'Super Brain' views these people as outcasts who possess human rights but lack civilization belief, and also as social poison. Before clearing them, the 'Super Brain' will conduct loop communication with you to reflect on the problems existing under the Wisdomism model. This kind of 'error' has very important significance for our 'progress'."

Lin Xian suddenly realized. Good grief, reflecting on oneself—it was simply impeccable. Not only did they want to kill this part of the population unwilling to contribute to civilization, but they also wanted to know what reasons led them to be unwilling to contribute, what problems still existed in the social system, and what deviations still existed in world cognition.

This was simply terrifying to the extreme, and cold to the extreme.

Eliminating all different thoughts, and this elimination was not because of killing, but from the very foundation of the world, just like an antivirus program on a computer clearing a virus while applying patches to maintain the absolute stable operation of the system. ===== CHAPTER 489 =====