Chapter 4145: When the Pumpkins Ripen (Part 38)

"You always have an illusion that you are a third party standing on the sidelines. But humanity is like a vortex, any existence that wants to stand from the perspective of a bystander to govern this ethnic group will eventually be dragged into the abyss. If you cannot become one of us, then you will never be able to truly rule us."

"I have also thought about this problem," Brainiac said. "But there is an essential difference between my way of thinking and yours, I don't even know if I have emotions. So I have been trying hard to make a breakthrough, but unfortunately, I haven't had any clues so far."

"You got it backward," Greed said. "It's not about breaking through the life form and then joining us, but trying to join us first, then you can have a way to break through the life form."

"Then do you think I..."

"I know, what you envisioned might be getting a body, joining this warm big family of humanity, eating and sleeping with us, participating in community activities, and celebrating festivals together. I don't oppose you doing this, after all, this can also play a certain role in propaganda, at least to appease those who have doubts about your life form. Even if it's pretending, you can pretend to be like a person, I believe your calculation system can do this."

"I am also considering whether to get a body for myself. However, based on human materials science currently, the body created has great limitations, and I am not very satisfied."

"Heh, Greed," Barry said, "You saw that Zero Ultron's body was too good, so you felt that the one you made wasn't good enough, right?"

Brainiac was silent, seemingly tacitly acknowledging it.

"Let's not talk about this," Greed said. "Establishing a positive image of enjoying with the people might be useful, but it plays more of an appeasement role. To truly disintegrate and defeat the enemy, you must start from a negative image."

Barry didn't understand a bit either, he said: "What do you mean by starting from a negative image? Do you mean letting Brainiac be an evil robot?"

"That's right," Greed said. "But not aimed at the public, but at those who need you to be an evil robot."

"I still don't quite understand," Barry said. "Who would hope that Brainiac is an evil robot?"

"Tobias Whale."

"Who exactly is he?" Barry asked with some doubt.

Brainiac just wanted to send him some data, but Greed said very crisply: "Do you know Spider-Man?"

"Oh, I know, I chatted with him two days ago."

"Then you must have heard of Kingpin, Tobias is the Kingpin on your side."

Barry suddenly realized, he said: "A cold-blooded evil gang leader who is very good at fighting and calculating."

"That's right. Do you think such a person really has any faith?"

"Of course not, such people are the most selfish. They are extreme egoists, as long as it is beneficial to them, they can praise God in the morning and kill God in the afternoon."

"That's right, Tobias is also like this. Then what is the difference between Darkseid and Brainiac?"

"Hmm... Darkseid let Tobias organize an underground organization and gave him shielding equipment. But Brainiac just let him be a manager of a paint factory." Barry also understood immediately, he said, "Such people only look at the size of the profit, Darkseid gives him more profit, so he helps Darkseid, if Brainiac gives him more profit, then he will help Brainiac."

"That's right, that's it. Such people won't really have the fanaticism of a convert, wanting aliens to rule Earth. He colluded with Darkseid just because Darkseid gave him more profit. Then if Brainiac also gives him more profit, then he will become Brainiac's most loyal thug."

"But how can Brainiac give him more profit?" Barry asked. "Brainiac built an equal labor society, everyone performs their own duties, and he can't let him ride on top of others."

"You said it yourself, everyone performs their own duties, then do you think a gang leader who can establish an underground organization globally, his talent is only limited to being a manager of a paint factory?"

"Hiss..." Barry touched his chin and thought.

"He hadn't exposed any management talent before," Brainiac said. "If it weren't for you contacting him, I wouldn't suspect him. There is sufficient data to support this."

"This can't be counted as wrong either, because you are an electronic life, your logic is to speak with data. Then let's study the logic of Tobias not showing talent: is it because he is afraid of you?"

"If he were really afraid of me, he wouldn't do these things."

"Yes, he hid his strength, not entirely because of fear, but precisely because you seem too kind."

"What?"

"You want to build a utopian society where everyone performs their own duties and distributes according to needs. You are very fair, everything is based on data and evidence, you don't give up on any weak human, and you even care about the future of their civilization more than humans. Do you think you will get along with people like Tobias?"

"I understand," Brainiac said. "I appear too righteous, he feels that I am not on the same path as him, so he feels that if he shows his evil talent in front of me, not only will I not reuse him, but I might arrest him."

"That's right, this is what I said, sometimes you have to be an evil robot. Because there are too many evil geniuses on Earth who need to be birds of a feather with others. If I'm not wrong, Tobias won't be the only one."

"There are indeed many people who are unwilling to work for me, such as Scarecrow Jonathan Crane. Data shows that he has excellent talent in chemistry, I want him to develop a fertilizer that can increase crop yields, but he would rather go to jail than say a word to me. Even if I arranged him in the factory lab, he didn't work hard, and he would make mistakes even when preparing the simplest chemical raw materials."

"Professor Pyg Valentin doesn't resist me, but he seems very lonely, never talks to me much, and doesn't even use any electronic equipment and network, staying with corpses every day."

"Joker Jack seems to have some opinions about me, although I improved the lives of many truck drivers, he is indifferent to me, and would rather play Solitaire by himself than play cards with me."

"Who would want to play cards with an electronic life..." Barry said in a low voice.

"Even Pamela, who has already made significant achievements, doesn't seem to accept my suggestions for her career. Harley is even less to mention, the most communication I have with her is helping her start the washing machine on time."

"That's right," Greed said. "Humans always fear power but don't cherish virtue. So-called kindness is bullied, you are a fair and righteous good person, no one will fear you, because they know you won't do anything excessive because of some trivial matters, even if it's a big crime, you will be cautious and objective, at most throwing them into jail. What are they afraid of?"

"They also know that if you are like this, then their kind of people will never follow you sincerely. 'Nobility is the epitaph of the noble', if you continue to persist, one day your rule will fall apart. You must be strong enough, authoritative, and unquestionable to let more ambitious people realize that you have the ability to let them go further, follow behind you, and let them respect you from the bottom of their hearts."

"Another set of shepherd theory." Barry sighed and said.

"I know this is a bit cliché, but because it's classic, it's easy to use." Greed sat back down and said, "Your awkwardness lies in the fact that you understand human nature, but not completely, stuck in a position that is neither high nor low. The weak won't feel that you can truly empathize with them, and the strong feel that you are too cowardly to lead civilization further. Sometimes, you can't have both, choosing both sides is choosing neither side."

"Considering that you really can't break through the life form and obtain true feelings now, then the only path left for you is to become tougher, let those ambitious geniuses truly unite around you, and take the initiative to plunder benefits for human civilization in the universe. Only in this way can there be fewer dog-shit things on Earth to overthrow you."

"Just like what you did in another world?"

"But then again," Greed changed the subject, "Being too tough is indeed easy to cause backlash, so we can put a layer of skin on this toughness to confuse others."

"For example?"

"He doesn't ask, you don't say; he asks, you are surprised; he questions, you apologize; he gets angry, you guarantee; next time, it's still the same."

Barry couldn't help but cover his forehead.

"Overall, formulate a plan where no matter what anyone does, the result cannot be changed. Over time, they won't think about interfering anymore, because they know that no matter what they do, the result is the same."

"Sounds a bit difficult," Brainiac said. "I'm not sure if I can do as well as you."

Barry watched with his own eyes as Greed's face became visibly radiant. Greed clapped his hands and said: "Seeing that you are so appreciative, I can help you once, but just this once."

"What do you plan to do?"

"Simple, give me a voice changer."

Metropolis Smith Chemical Factory Manager's Office. A man who looked incredibly fat, like a giant beluga whale, with a ferocious face and a face full of flesh, was sitting behind the table, checking this month's report.

"Mr. Tobias Whale."

"What's wrong? Brainiac? Is there any problem with the supply statistics?"

"No, the report on supply statistics was submitted in a timely manner, and the data is accurate. What I want to talk to you about is another matter, that is, the illegal association '100' you organized and the terrorist attacks carried out by its members all over the world."

Tobias didn't look surprised at all, nor was he afraid at all, he just raised his eyebrows slightly and said: "Oh? So you've already discovered it, it's faster than I thought. Then what do you plan to do? Arrest me and put me in jail?"

"If I had this intention, the one coming here would be the police. In fact, I have already heard from Schiller Rodriguez that you intercepted the Mother Box that should have been dedicated to Darkseid. Do you think if this Emperor Majesty knew this news, what would he do?"

Tobias's face changed. ===== CHAPTER 4146 =====