Chapter 2620

Clark is worthy of being a reporter. He used a large number of metaphorical words and emotional expressions in the process of expounding his thoughts. If it were written into a book, it would be quite moving.

But the biggest reason Schiller made such a judgment was that he was very good at summarizing. Whether it was summarizing the gibberish of those mental patients or summarizing Clark's beautiful, rich, and gorgeous rhetoric, it was one of his essential professional skills.

Clark's mental journey can be summarized as: he was originally a supporter of social rules, similar to saying this house is built very well, but occasionally it peels a bit of paint, so I will take out my ability that transcends humans to help them repair it, which can be considered having a sense of participation.

But after going to Mexico, Clark discovered that some existing rules in this world are not creating a happy life for humans, but are making humans go hungry.

It might be because of his farm family background, or it might be because the scenes Clark saw at that time were indeed too stimulating. In short, Clark simply couldn't accept the fact that humans had to go hungry.

So he changed his conceptual goal. Speaking of it, it's simple: don't let humans go hungry, and let the land under humans' feet grow food that can feed them.

As for the problem of violent means, although Clark spoke very tactfully, the central idea was actually that whoever makes humans go hungry will get beaten.

It's just that because he is a Kryptonian with a super brain, he can beat people in a fancy way and can control it very well.

If we talk about a deeper level, the vast majority of Supermen are Gods of the World. They are maintaining the stability of social operation from a higher level, but since they stand higher, it means they are not in the human collective.

So the means they adopt are more like adjudication, similar to a judge in a court. They are not in the same group as the accuser and the accused. Precisely because they are higher than them, they can maintain fairness.

There are also some Supermen who choose to be a jury, using their own power to influence the outcome of the trial, which is a gentler way.

They choose this method naturally because they themselves are too powerful. They don't need to move to naturally stand at a higher level. As long as they are not specifically corrected, they are born as a judge.

Speaking in detail, they really don't have many common points with ordinary humans. It's not that they look the same and follow the same values, so they are really the same. Otherwise, the mutant problem wouldn't have developed to this point.

The gap in power levels is enough to destroy all common points.

But Clark is not. He found a simple common point between himself and ordinary people: everyone has to eat.

It might sound ridiculous, but this made Schiller admire. Clark indeed has a kind of innate keenness. He instinctively grasped the key to the problem.

They work on the same land, harvest the same crops, make the same food, and fill the same stomachs. Who can say that these two kinds of people are different?

Schiller knows that this is also the approach China takes toward mutants, and it is precisely the approach that Europe and America cannot take.

People have to eat. Magneto is powerful enough, right? Now that he can't grow grain in the Andromeda Galaxy, didn't he still run back? He can indeed not eat by turning into a magnetic field, but what about his subordinates? What about the subordinates' subordinates? Are they going to walk for half a lifetime and still be alone?

If you don't give them food, they can't work. If they have food, anyone can work. This is a simple truth. It is precisely because they have always upheld this theory that mutants have always disappeared and been nowhere to be found in the East.

But Europe and America have no way to adopt this theory because the foundation of their nation-building is class segregation and infinite subdivision.

Even if there isn't that much difference between ordinary people, they have to forcibly create many kinds of differences, let them stand in teams, and then attack each other. How could they let mutants, who are physiologically different, unify?

Speaking of which, ordinary people and mutants have unified, and even the two sides have unified. Who will they deal with?

So the "seeking common ground while reserving differences" upheld by the East doesn't work here. Here, if there is no difference, they have to create a difference. Even if you don't have an abnormality, you are abnormal.

Back to Clark, he only went to Mexico once and self-taught a theory that could even unite Kryptonians: people have to eat.

Kryptonians might indeed not need to eat as frequently as humans, but they have a more fatal weakness: their power comes from the sun, and humans also cannot live without the sun.

Since both have the need to maintain survival, why can't they unite? Why can't he regard himself as one of them?

Even if Clark jumps out now and says he is one of the Green of All Things, the Green of All Things can't refute it. Kryptonians can grow by sunbathing, and plants also need to sunbathe to grow. Why do you say we are not the same kind?

Regarding oneself as a part of humanity has many obvious benefits. First of all, he will become much more humble.

Although the original Superman couldn't be considered arrogant, it mainly depends on who you compare him with. Compared with Batman, everyone is extremely humble. But from the perspective of ordinary people, the existence of superheroes itself is a product of arrogance. They fly around overhead without considering that ordinary people might pay the price for them when executing justice.

And once Clark chooses to completely join the human group, he will no longer be a superhero, but will strive to be a hero—the kind of hero that has appeared countless times in human history.

For himself, it can also further improve his mental stability. This kind of super "holy mother" is actually most afraid of making mistakes, because they look for reasons in themselves when things go wrong. Once they make an irreparable mistake, they might step into the abyss because of self-blame.

But if Clark regards himself as an ordinary person and finds that the world is too big and he is too small, he will understand that whether it is this land or this society, they have left enough space for someone's mistake, and it won't change because he actually has the ability.

The last benefit is actually the most useful one: Clark will no longer demand himself with a super-high moral standard that is close to a god. The previous moral standard not only limited his thoughts but also limited his means.

A group of people haven't made mistakes, but their existence will lead to one mistake after another. The previous Superman wouldn't care.

He wouldn't think of this. He would only think this is within the rules, think this is a product of social rules, and part of the anthill.

But Clark won't anymore. He realized that the existence of some people is a mistake itself, or rather, their existence is the root of one mistake after another below them, and he will strike hard at these people.

Because he stands from the perspective of an ordinary person, these people shouldn't exist. Since he is also a part of ordinary people and is also affected by the mistakes they produce, he should actively strive for his own interests like ordinary people.

Instead of turning a blind eye to these mistakes and these people's existence just because his own powerful ability can avoid the harm they cause.

Schiller and Clark want to become ordinary people in different ways. Schiller is bottom-up, and Clark is top-down. It looks like Schiller is more difficult, but in fact, it is not.

If one is far above humans, it is more difficult to realize and change one's situation, and wanting to integrate into ordinary people also requires paying more.

Because Schiller's process of integrating into ordinary people is a kind of treatment, but Clark's downward integration into ordinary people is a kind of sacrifice. If he wants to strive for rights and interests for himself by ordinary people's means, then he cannot completely rely on his superpowers anymore. That won't work.

Just like now, he can fly directly to the Andromeda Galaxy to help Magneto plow all the land, but does this have any meaning?

There are still many people in Mexico in this universe who can't eat their fill. This has no meaning for the improvement of their situation.

He can even choose to destroy the United States or threaten the United States to make them stop immediately, but if there is no United States, are there no others? Power will never have a vacuum.

Since this is the case, what he can do is infinite struggle, keep striving and keep maintaining, until all of humanity completely eliminates hunger and poverty.

Oliver's experience has already made him see that just swinging fists is definitely not enough. Take this recent accident as an example. If Clark goes, does it mean he just uses mind-reading to find out the real culprit behind the scenes and beats him up?

How to clear his suspicion of drug trafficking, how to make the public believe his self-proof, how to appease those who once ignited hope and were disappointed again, how to find the real culprit behind the scenes by peeling the cocoon—these are not things that can be done by dragging people out and beating them up.

Clark hasn't suggested it to Oliver either. He can completely protect Oliver and return to Mexico. Under his protection, Oliver cannot have any danger and can also have sufficient space to investigate and collect evidence, but Oliver is unwilling to go.

The things involved here are complex beyond Clark's imagination. Oliver talked to him simply for a few sentences. Although Clark couldn't fully understand the various theories of "the savior of the Mexicans must be themselves," he could always feel too much helplessness.

Since he chooses to stand with ordinary people, one day he will also encounter such helplessness. This is far from being solved by violent means, but is a conflict of consciousness and a collision of concepts.

So he can only choose to call on his super brain more, strive to think clearly about a certain thing first, and at the same time take violent means more restrainedly, so as not to startle the snake once he makes a move.

Today is clearly one of his attempts. Clark used so many psychological techniques in this conversation that Schiller was amazed, finally causing Magneto to suffer a mental shock.

Schiller believes this is just the first step of his plan. Once this super brain, which doesn't even turn in the minds of most Supermen, truly turns in a smart little brain, the brilliance it brings will be far from what the sun can compare to.