Chapter 1022 - The Root Of The Problem (1/2)

At the western part of the Concrete Jungle in the Land of Heritage.

There were education specialists in every classroom, giving lectures to groups of people that varied in complexion and age.

Tens of billions of newborn babies were placed in the building’s best floors, where they received attentive care from the caretaker mechs.

Some of these mechs were real ones that were reincarnated from souls, while some of them were mechs that could be controlled spiritually.

Multiple versions of them had been revamped and overhauled. Although they did not differ much from normal human beings in appearance-wise, they did not share the same biological traits as humans, such as metabolism.

In contrast, they were much more productive than normal humans for they lacked physical limitations.

Of course, some people had been trying to achieve breakthroughs in the study of actual artificial intelligence. In this respect, the rise in productivity would be limitless.

However, the cores of the current mechs were ultimately controlled by human consciousness. This still gave them a threshold of fatigue.

Continuously working for two hours would put humans in a state of frustration and boredom. They needed to rest to restore their physical energy.

Nonetheless, it was already the Era of Mystery and relying upon scientific technology to achieve breakthroughs in artificial intelligence might be too slow. With that, many maverick cultivators had attempted to find new ways to make AI a reality.

The present advantage was that the global unemployment rate was very high and there was no need to worry about the labor shortage.

Currently, most people depended on cultivating magical energy on a daily basis to obtain basic material needs for survival. Other material needs, however, were harder to satisfy.

Only a handful of experts who were highly skilled at controlling spiritually-controlled mechs were qualified to go to the outside world — or Earth — to work on matters such as reclaiming barren lands, planting herbs, mining minerals, and managing businesses.

There were only 3% of such qualified laborers.

Now, with the addition of the important tasks of caretakers, much of the remaining labor force had been used up.

Taking care of children was supposed to be a natural ability that was innate in most people. Yet since most people were not trained in parenting, as a result, it had produced numerous scums for society.

Though this time around, each and every caretaker had undergone strict training. The children they were going to take care of were prized beings and they might become powerhouses one day.

If something went wrong during the nurturing phase, the outcome would be devastating.

Under such immense pressure, it could be said that it was the first time a policy where “parents need to acquire a license” had been introduced to the history of mankind.

“Remember, a child’s education doesn’t revolve around how smart and talented he’ll be, nor how many achievements he will bring to the table. Instead, we must instill the three core values into his mind, which are kindness, love, and righteousness. As long as these three values are met, the threshold of the children would not be broken even if a problem arises during the process of nurturing,” a specialist said firmly.

These three points were the core concepts of the Alliance of Justice and Order and they were soon accepted by the Cultivators Assembly too.

It was because no one wanted to produce a powerful yet selfish and oppressive genius.

On the contrary, a group of kind-hearted regular folks would be far better than a mighty villain.

At least, for the time being, they still had ways to gather the powers of a large number of regular folks to resist the enemies via the Magical Energy Bank, the Spiritual Nets Above Snares Below and the Celestial Dragon Form.

If they created a villain on their own instead, the end of humanity would be imminent.

Sturdy fortresses were often destroyed by internal forces — it was an unshakable historical truth. Whether or not it was the Ming Dynasty of China or the once glorious Russia, they were not defeated by external foes but fell due to internal conflicts.

If they went wrong with their educational direction, there would undoubtedly be a powerful villain amongst the tens of billions of prized children.

The Black Dog Brett was crouched on a floor, staring at those human-form mechs who were taking care of the babies.

It was commanded by Fang Ning to closely monitor everything that happened in the Land of Heritage, especially those members of the Dualist Society.

It was also the first one to discover the group of migrants earlier.

Now, however, it envied the job of the caretakers. It lifted two legs from time to time to imitate the actions of the caretakers.

“Sigh, when will I have puppies of my own?” it said to the Red Fox beside it.

“Erm, Brother Brett, you possess a metal body now. You can never have puppies. It’s better you let it go…” The Red Fox tried to talk some sense into it.

“…” The Black Dog felt dejected.

“A few days ago, I heard that Brother Yellow’s wife is pregnant and I’m not sure how many months it’ll take for it to give birth. Brother Brett, you have a good relationship with Brother Yellow. Perhaps you can adopt a few puppies from it,” the Red Fox suggested.

“What the heck?! It’s fine if I’m no better than it, but to help it raise its puppies is absurd!” the Black Dog snapped angrily.

“You said that yourself, so why throw a fit?” The Red Fox was tired of giving it attention and so, it focused on the actions of the caretakers.

“I’m sorry, I was wrong.” The Black Dog immediately lowered its head and apologized.

Meanwhile, the Red Fox was recording the activities of the caretakers.

” At the beginning, the man is good. Similar in nature, different in behavior… 1 ” A caretaker was reading a passage to a baby.