I Am Extraordinary Alone-Chapter 657 - 655: Necessary Evil

White King groggily woke up, blinked his seven eyes, and looked down at the frustrated Lin Yan.

"What’s wrong? Isn’t it going well this time?" White King transmitted his voice.

"No, this isn’t the world I wanted," Lin Yan said.

"You should stay a bit longer, and then you’ll see the superpowers you want," White King said.

"That’s not what I mean. The world you’ve shaped has evil occurring too frequently," Lin Yan said.

"But that’s how the human world is," White King scratched his head.

"No, the human world isn’t like that. In our world, there is more beauty than sadness, and there are more good people than bad," Lin Yan said.

"All the text I have read teaches me that the nature of the human world is about slaughter and plunder, about deception and intimidation, about hypocrisy and compromise. The beautiful things are false; only evil deeds are real," White King said.

"What have you been reading..." Lin Yan said, puzzled.

"Doyle’s detective novels, the Friday Murder Series, international military news, local nighttime societal news... the philosophy of thick black theory, adults’ social guidebook... uh... and a thick one, a pirated translated version of a web novel from the East Continent, Mortal Cultivation..." White King said.

"Don’t read those things! You should read more science-related news, look at the Science Pioneers, and also some romance novels and superhero comics! I need you to shape a world filled with justice and kindness, where there are many heroic figures, beautiful love stories, and a harmonious society..." Lin Yan said.

"But there’s a contradiction, Lin Yan. A beautiful world doesn’t need superheroes. The concept of your nations is also built on deception; all human things are constructed on artificial lies. I can’t detach from the essence to build reality," White King said.

"But what’s the point of creating such a world? Our goal is to build a world that could give birth to a god of kindness, and then... then we hope that He can help us kill the Pseudo-God of this world... If the world you create is as cruel as reality, then the god born within it will be no different from Him," Lin Yan said.

"That’s the contradiction... If the world were so wonderful, He wouldn’t have been born. In a way, He... is right," White King said.

"He can’t be right! He destroyed this world!" Lin Yan said.

"It’s not He who destroyed the world... Lin Yan, you all created Him. The current situation was bound to come eventually. Your history, the stories you’ve crafted, your ways of governing... your social structures and social models... all are heading towards destruction. Although I also see that there are people trying to solve problems, good people trying to pull it out of the abyss, overall, you can’t possibly last forever. I have traveled through many Chapters, seen many stories, and they aren’t much different from yours. You aren’t one in a million or extraordinarily exceptional. It’s not about right or wrong. He is a result, not a cause," White King said.

At that moment, Professor Li Xianping also came forward and said, "We need to look forward. We have you, so it’s not too late. Perhaps we can reshape all of humanity in your dream, making them better."

White King shook his head and transmitted his thoughts, "This is a very sorrowful matter. I can’t bear to tell you."

"Tell us, whatever it is, it can’t be worse than our current situation," Lin Yan sighed.

"I’ve tried, removing politics and deception, taking away all the unpleasant things, but in that dream, your demise would come even faster. These evils are harmful, but they helped form your civilization, where language filled with deception unites those with differing opinions, faith, religion, politics, monetary economy, and the like. Controlled violence keeps society stable—police, military, United Council, national governance... Without these, you would remain in the tribal era, slaughtering each other, then not develop beyond a millennium, reducing in numbers, and becoming food for beasts." White King said.

"Can’t you control your dreams as you wish?" Lin Yan asked.

"My dreams are akin to your architecture; you also can’t escape the constraints of physics and materials science to build as you please," White King replied.

"What it said makes sense, Lin Yan," Professor Li Xianping said. "If that’s the case, we could at least guide the dream somewhat. I believe, if those who had guided it in the past were not the presidents, governors, and emperors involved in politics, but rather some kind-hearted people... it wouldn’t be what it is today."

"Alright, guys, can you reduce the evil acts in the dream world a bit?" Lin Yan asked.

"I didn’t design the acts of evil; these are the spontaneous actions of people. The more real I make humans, the closer to reality their evil acts become. It just so happens you encountered them," White King explained.

Lin Yan said, "Alright, then pull me back in, but this time, send me to the East Continent. I want to see the situation there."

White King nodded and once again lay on the huge mat, sinking into a deep sleep, while Lin Yan also connected to the magnetic tile, entering his dreamscape.

At that moment, Professor Li Xianping stood in front of the display observing Lin Yan’s physical data, as a scientist beside him asked, "Professor, what exactly is our goal? White King said that even if it created gods in the dream, once time stagnates, they would lose their power and just leave a body in reality. Given this, why are we making such a great effort?"

"Our aim now is to find a way to kill it in the dream world, where time and materials are infinite. It’s not just a violence problem, but a technical one. We can use technological means to eliminate it, just like exterminating pests. We need a powerful agent to break its superpower. Here we can’t manage, but in the dream world, it is possible. These things can be taken out and used; everything we eat, drink, and use all came from the dream world—this is the proof," Li Xianping explained.

The scientist nodded, clarifying the doubt in his mind.

Meanwhile, Fujiwara Makoto, who had been watching from the sidelines, stepped forward and asked, "Then, can we enter the dream it created and not come out?"

"We’ve considered this scenario, but such evasion is meaningless. Even if we connect to the dream, our physical bodies remain in reality. Moreover, with White King seriously injured, it can’t dream indefinitely. If one day, it finds us, and we are all inside the dream... the situation would become quite dangerous," Li Xianping said.

Fujiwara Makoto nodded. She didn’t tell the professor that the first time she entered the dream, it was with her physical body, perhaps, only she could do this? A notion of escape sparked within her. Compared to these people, she didn’t truly want to confront Divine Power Tianyang, for having faced and lived with it for a time, she understood it better than these people, hence losing all will to resist.

Meanwhile, their continued experiment was secretly observed by a gray unmanned drone hovering at the factory’s ceiling window, watching everything unfold.