Apocalyptic Era: Starting from picking up a Bishoujo
Chapter 495 - 465 Extraordinaryism Social Outlook

Chapter 495: 465 Extraordinaryism Social Outlook

In the past, I saw the demon hunters being tormented by the ordinary researchers of the Human Bureau. Now I’ve seen ordinary people being tormented by the extreme extraordinary demon hunters of Luo Mountain. Saying "the wheel of fortune turns" is probably not quite accurate, after all, these are not the same group of people.

Yet, what’s intriguingly similar is that the goal of the extreme extraordinary fanatics isn’t just to torture ordinary people as regenerable materials. You can see the shadows of social experiments within.

From my observations, the few ordinary people who were kidnapped were placed in management positions at the branch base, much like they had transformed into "servant ghosts" of the extreme extraordinary fanatics, in turn oppressing other kidnapped ordinary people and becoming the grassroots managers of this "Human Ranch."

Some of the "low-level materials" predestined to be disposed of also seemed to be given as rewards, becoming the slaves and outlets for "servant ghosts."

I seem to understand why this branch base is designed like a prison. I don’t remember which movie said it, but a prison is actually a micro-society; conversely, society can also be said to be a large prison. For secrecy, the extreme extraordinary fanatics can’t immediately conduct large-scale social experiments on surrounding cities. By reducing the experiment scale to a "prison," they can practice countless ideas learned from social science books.

The kidnapped and tortured ordinary people naturally want to "escape," wanting to unite and break away from endless torment. However, facing demon hunters equipped with countless spells, all their resistance is futile.

Moreover, I noticed another fact that might plunge them into further despair.

Liu Shuying evidently noticed this fact as well.

"Liu Shuying, your intelligence is incorrect," I said. "There is a Great Success Rank here."

"Ah... I see it," Liu Shuying replied helplessly, as if caught unprepared, "In the original intelligence, this person should only be at the achieved realm... achieved level."

In the manager’s room of the branch base, sat a man in a black Evil uniform. Although he did not display his mana fluctuations, Liu Shuying and I could see through his reality at a glance.

Just as Liu Shuying said, this man should have originally only been at an achieved level, yet I found a blue seed of the heart within his body. This seed of the heart is evidently of higher specification than others, providing the host with a far greater power, forcibly elevating this man to the Great Success Rank.

Instances of rising from the achieved level to the Great Success Rank through the seed of the heart are not unheard of in the past—Chen Long is one such example. Achieving this isn’t easy; although originally an achieved level, a normal demon hunter cannot withstand such high-spec seeds of the heart. Chen Long’s ability is innately self-fortifying, with a high tolerance for external enhancements, allowing him to endure. Combined with the focus of the Twelve Gods Plan, he ultimately became a Great Success Rank.

It’s likely that Chen Long’s special case provided Ying Lingyun with unique experimental data, causing a qualitative change in the Twelve Gods Plan. The project was then inherited by the Taoyuan Village Master, resulting in the current Great Success Rank through seed of the heart evolution.

Ying Lingyun’s demon-like wisdom seemingly further destabilized the ranking system of Luo Mountain.

Simultaneously, the thoughts of this Great Success Rank extraordinaryist quietly permeate the branch base.

A powerful soul can influence weaker souls. An achieved level demon hunter can make surrounding people ignore them with just their thoughts, so what level can a Great Success Rank "Demigod" achieve?

Impermanence qualifications can influence the "natural weather"; although a Great Success Rank cannot reach this level, they can influence the "social climate." Their society’s human order can change across a vast range, from a city to a province. Changing the micro-society within a branch base is easy.

He can make all the demon hunters here become more cruel and violent than usual, or make all the ordinary people more cowardly and pessimistic. He can even make events that normally only occur in absurd adult comics happen in reality.

For instance, a woman subjected to unimaginable brutal sex crimes here might irrationally feel intense pleasure and happiness, easily entering a brainwashed state and revering her assailant, even actively assisting in criminal activities. Such bizarre occurrences can seem perfectly natural here. All this may simply be because the man sitting in the manager’s room thinks, "That would be interesting."

The high level of secrecy at this branch base is likely due to the presence of this Great Success Rank.

Perhaps, in the past few years, my thoughts have also had a subtle impact on society. And as I was previously an Impermanence qualification holder with inherent potential at the Impermanence level, the impact would not be limited to Saltwater City but would spread to the entire society. The thriving horror culture in recent years is likely not only due to increasing frequency of bizarre events but also my insidious influence on societal cultural order.

Faced with such unreasonable spiritual power, the chance of ordinary people rebelling against the "Transcendents" becomes extremely slim.

It’s not impossible to be immune to such subtle influences. I’ve seen examples in the past where ordinary people resisted demon hunter spiritual magic with sheer willpower. As long as one has a great spirit, even living under Impermanence, a commoner can maintain the purity of their thoughts.

Perhaps within this branch base, there have been a few ordinary people with high-density spirit, likely scheming to first reach grassroots management, superficially enduring humiliation, while secretly planning to unite the victims in rebellion.

Unfortunately, this is bound to be useless. Demon hunters possess hypnosis, lie detection, mind reading, dream invasion, and other means. The performance of commoners is futile, and those unwilling to submit face only death. Even the steadfast spirit of a great man, if housed in a fragile human body, would ultimately be crushed under overwhelming violence.

The remaining ordinary people within this branch base are either desperate, irreparably broken souls seeking only death, or despicable individuals deemed unworthy of selection. This micro-society is impossible to be overthrown from within by human hands—at least that’s my judgment.

I seem to glimpse a world where extreme extraordinaryism prevails, and it strongly casts doubt on Gua Tianshi’s prophecy that "one day humans can overthrow the extraordinary world with the creativity of countless masses."

Has Gua Tianshi overestimated the potential of ordinary people to the point of producing such naive ideas? Or am I the naive one, and perhaps it’s Gua Tianshi, who has lived through countless ages, who is truly mature?

At the same time, I have another question. An achieved level can influence the minds of those around, a Great Success Rank can affect the social cultural order, Impermanence can influence the natural order—what could be affected after opening the third door? And what about after the fourth?

Could it be that the power of the divine seal is the manifestation when such influence reaches its peak in both breadth and depth?

"They are actually still researching science... but for now, it seems more inclined towards biological science," Liu Shuying also noticed over there, "I see, because learning physical science might impact their existing worldview, possibly destabilizing the foundation of their mana, so they’ve set it aside for now..."

"So, if ordinary people want to overthrow the future extraordinary world, they need to vigorously develop physical science?" I asked.

"Hmm? That’s unlikely. Although demon hunters have some barriers in learning physical science, if they take the time to find a compromise, it’s not difficult to overcome this degree of discord," Liu Shuying said. "They might not even need to find a compromise, they might recreate a new worldview compatible with physical science in the future.

"After all, what truly conflicts with demon hunters isn’t physical science itself but materialism. And physical science doesn’t have to adhere to materialism; it can choose objective idealism. Demon hunters are mostly objective idealists, to begin with, under which scenario physical science could become an avenue for demon hunters to advance swiftly.

"What ordinary people can do, demon hunters will do faster and better.

"If there’s an issue, it’s the matter of ’quantity.’ Science requires countless sparks of creativity colliding; it needs enough ’different perspectives,’ while an extraordinaryism society is ultimately a society of a few elites. The current rapid progress in biological sciences among demon hunters is based on assimilating the creativity of countless past humans into their worldview. Upon reaching certain limits, this ’chemical reaction’ will slow down."

"Then, if future extraordinaryists retain the current social scientist class, what then?" I asked.

"That’s still not feasible. To maintain a large scientist class, extensive basic education is required. Do you think it’s possible to provide sufficient basic education when the vast majority of ordinary people have become literal consumable resources? That kind of society..." Liu Shuying thought for a moment, "Hmm... as a speculative proposition for a sci-fi story about future societal evolution, it doesn’t seem entirely impossible..."

After pondering, he shook his head and said, "Although it’s a fascinating topic, we aren’t here to discuss this; let’s focus on the issue at hand first, shall we?

"Do you feel... there’s something odd about the space over there?"

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