Chapter 997: Battle for the High Tower (32)

The commotion in the mine tunnel was soon calmed down, because Merkel walked over with people. Finding the miner slaves who fell all over the ground, Six-Horn shivering in the shadow mine, and the two red demons who had just climbed up from the ground, Merkel was somewhat confused about the current situation.

But at this time, Morun immediately ran over and nodded and bowed to Merkel: "Lord Merkel, I am very sorry! Didn't I scare you?!"

"I have said how many times, don't call me Lord." Merkel sighed and looked at Morun and asked: "What exactly happened? Why did the Shadow Vine suddenly erupt?"

Morun turned his eyes, and then showed an angry expression and said: "There is a Shadow Monster who does not obey the arrangement and wants to destroy production. After I discovered it, it kept quibbling. I wanted to take him back to prevent him from hindering other groups from working, but he turned and ran..."

"I chased him to the vicinity of the shadow mine. He plunged into it and deliberately stimulated the Shadow Vine, wanting to kill us all. Lord Merkel, you must make the decision for us!"

Morun showed a sad expression and said: "You just finished arranging the work today, and I was planning to arrange production tasks according to what you said, but he made such a mess. Perhaps, he was dissatisfied with your grouping arrangement, so he wanted to drag our hind legs!"

"I know, you are very busy at work, and there are many tasks waiting for you to arrange. We will get him out and take him away. The third group has always understood the importance of unity. We will definitely take him back and educate him well..."

Morun deliberately used many vocabularies that Merkel had used before. These vocabularies were relatively rare in the Underworld, such as production, unity, work arrangement, etc. In his view, it was easier to gain Merkel's trust and prove that he had listened to his class seriously.

However, even if Merkel was an action agent, he had also received regular ideological education. He could see at a glance that Morun had not changed his thinking, so he knew that Morun's words could not be fully believed.

"I see. How about this, you go back first. I will take this Shadow Monster back to the general command post. If he is dissatisfied with the work arrangement, I will transfer him to another group. If he wants to destroy production, I will educate him."

After Merkel finished speaking, he was about to approach the shadow mine. Morun was anxious in his heart. He knew that this Shadow Monster had heard his plan, and in his view, this plan had to be absolutely confidential, because it must be unexpected to have a chance of successful assassination.

"Wait a minute, Lord Merkel! The state of the Shadow Vine is unstable now. If you approach it, there may be danger. Let us do it!" Morun had a flash of inspiration, stepped forward to block Merkel's way, and turned to approach the shadow mine with a dagger.

Batman, who witnessed all this from the perspective of God, frowned even deeper, because he knew that the body of the Shadow Monster was very fragile, and he had a fatal shortcoming, that is, the eyeball located in the center of the tentacle, which is their core organ. Just one knife, and this poor Shadow Monster would lose his life.

Merkel looked at the Shadow Vine that was still twitching, and also seemed to feel that it was not a good idea to approach it rashly. He did not know what the red demon was planning, and felt that it was a good thing to let them take this frightened Shadow Monster out first. After all, if the Shadow Vine went crazy again, the miner slaves here might all be in danger.

Batman, who was tied to the stone pillar, began to struggle constantly. After finding it fruitless, he turned to look at Shiler and asked: "Let me down."

"Do you want to save him?" Shiler asked without raising his head: "Want to save your poor friend?"

"But, Batman, do you know?" Shiler turned to look at Batman and said: "Have you ever thought that these two demons might be the righteous side?"

"Of course, their motives are impure. They want to kill you because they want to be the boss themselves. But in a certain sense, their plan is what we really want to see. Do you know why?"

Shiler raised his head, looked around the interior of the mine mountain, his gaze seemed to penetrate the mountain body, looking at the thick fog in the sky of the Underworld, and he opened his mouth to say: "Pressing on the heads of these slaves is not only the mine mountain, but also you."

"You, Batman, the new master of the mine, the new general, the hero who saved them from fire and water, but also, the enemy of all the proletariat, the exploiter, the big mountain pressing on the heads of the people."

Shiler looked into Batman's eyes and said: "The evil, cunning, and stupid red demon is the brave one, and you are the evil dragon."

"Any resistance by the proletariat against the bourgeoisie that exploits and oppresses them is reasonable and necessary, regardless of what their purpose for launching this resistance is, and regardless of what they intend to do to you."

Shiler said word by word: "Any capitalist who occupies additional means of production, any vampire who extracts the labor value of laborers, any devil who exploits the labor of workers, will inevitably be liquidated."

"So, you should understand why we never mention these topics to you. The proletariat and the bourgeoisie have no room for negotiation."

"If we were really willing to accept negotiation, like those weak people, wanting to play that set of cards with you, then, that October, there would be no need to raise the flag. But since the flag has been raised, it is you die or I die."

Batman had never heard Shiler speak in such a sharp and extreme tone. He didn't even know whether this was Shiler expressing his political stance or emphasizing the difference between them.

"But I didn't think about exploiting workers." Batman looked at Shiler and said: "I pay wages on time, never in arrears. Even in the whole world, the employee benefits of Wei En Group are the best."

"But the existence of the bourgeoisie is evil." Shiler did not retreat at all and said: "Haven't you discovered it yet?"

Shiler took a deep breath, raised his head, and then lowered his head and said: "Let's not talk about reality first, just take the situation of the mine as an example."

"You should have heard what that red demon said just now. Do you think what he did is right? Cringing, pretending, obtaining power, oppressing others, is this what you want?"

Batman had not yet answered, and Shiler answered for him: "Of course not. Whether it is you or us, we don't hope that such people appear in the team. Then, why would such people appear?"

Shiler looked at Batman, waiting for his answer. Batman thought for a while, and then said: "Because of power, there is power, and inevitably someone wants to obtain power. Some people among them who are weak in morality and unscrupulous will obtain power by improper methods and oppress others."

Shiler nodded and asked: "Then where does power come from?"

Batman frowned. His brain full of wisdom allowed him to grasp the key, but he didn't know what word to use to express those things he thought of, so he could only say somewhat ambiguously: "Because of 'difference', I don't mean the difference in strength or body size, it is the difference in status."

"We have a clearer word to refer to this kind of difference you said, it is called—'class'." Shiler looked at Batman and said seriously: "Narrow power comes from the gap in class, then class, where does it come from?"

Batman's brow never relaxed. He was silent for a good while, and then said: "Because the things owned are different."

"The things you said you own, we also have a word to refer to it, it is called 'capital'. The different capital occupied leads to different classes appearing in society, and power is one of the manifestations of class."

"Power does not correspond to responsibility, but to class. The so-called 'with great power comes great responsibility' is a product of capitalism avoiding talking about class and deliberately swapping concepts."

"Power will never be responsible for responsibility. It comes from class and will only be responsible for class. Power is, and only is, a tool to maintain class."

Shiler explained the logic very clearly, so Batman also understood what he wanted to say. Shiler looked at Batman and said: "The existence of class is the root of all injustice, so our ultimate goal is to eliminate class."

"However, class is divided by the amount of capital. Do you think you will be divided into which file?"

Batman did not answer, but he knew that Shiler did not need to answer either. This question was really too simple. Whether in the Underworld or in reality, Bruce Wei En, which is Batman, is a capitalist who occupies great capital.

"You mean, it is precisely because of you that people like Morun will appear? But even without power, he cannot use power to oppress others, his evil will also make him use other methods to harm others." Batman pointed out one of the loopholes.

"This problem you said is called law, or it is the ultimate form problem of human society. We have discussed it before, but we didn't discuss it in depth. We won't talk about this problem today, because this has nothing to do with the answer you want to find."

"You said the red demon is the brave one, the brave resisting proletariat, but you didn't deny that they are evil existences who use power and class to seek profit for themselves. Isn't this very contradictory?" Batman immediately caught another loophole.

"This is the contradiction between action and thought. From the perspective of behavior, they have achieved what you and Merkel need: independent thinking, practical ability to put thoughts into action, ambition and desire, and willingness to pay for themselves and the benefits they can obtain."

"Don't you think this is just the opposite of the numbness you hate? It's just that, by human moral standards, they have no conscience, violate social public order and good customs, and haven't completely violated them."

Shiler turned to look at the field. At this time, the two red demons were already chiseling the shadow mine. However, because of the special nature of the shadow mine, they could not cause damage to Six-Horn hiding in it for a while.

"Did you let this Shadow Monster go to the battlefield?" Shiler asked.

"Shadow Monsters are not suitable for the battlefield." Batman's tone was somewhat nervous. He knew Shiler was going to turn over old accounts, but he didn't know which old account he was going to turn over. He said: "This race is not suitable for combat, and besides, Six-Horn's foot injury hasn't healed yet."

What made him not expect was that Shiler nodded and said nothing, but then, he pointed out: "Did you let him join the labor group?"

"His foot injury hasn't healed yet, and it's not suitable for labor." Batman answered again.

"Is this what he told you?" Shiler looked at Batman and asked: "Did he tell you: 'I can't go to the battlefield, and it's not suitable for labor, so I need you to go through the back door for me'?"

Batman shook his head. Shiler turned his head back, looked down, and then said: "Are you really not exploiting workers?"

"You use the power brought by the gap in class between you and them to exempt your friend, which is that Shadow Monster, from the hardship of going to the battlefield and labor, but at the same time, the responsibility he has not assumed will be shared by others."

"Why do you drive them to fight?" Shiler raised another question, but then, he answered: "For victory? Then what is victory for?"

Batman did not bring himself into the Underworld, but brought himself into Gotham, so he answered: "I hope they can have a happy life."

"But if victory only belongs to you, they will never have a happy life." Shiler seemed to have lost the patience to explain slowly, so he said very straightforwardly:

"You achieved victory, but nothing will change, and the people will not have a happy life, because victory does not truly belong to the people."

"The biggest obstacle between the people, victory, and the happy life you want..." Shiler looked into Batman's eyes and said: "Is precisely yourself."

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