I Am Extraordinary Alone
Chapter 218 - 216: Heaven on Earth

Chapter 218: Chapter 216: Heaven on Earth

"Calm down, Yang... This is the first step in our country’s move away from the feudal system," Zhao Ling soothed.

"But how is this any kind of fair..." Wei Tianyang didn’t understand.

"Yang, I taught you the way of governing the world. Haven’t you also questioned me, arguing why a single sentence should be able to change someone else’s destiny? Now, I’ve handed the discretion over to the law. Everything is to be based on the written legal provisions. It will be as it should be," Zhao Ling said.

"But why do I still feel so dissatisfied..." Wei Tianyang said.

"The rule of law is precisely that ruthless. The fairness you seek cannot exist in a nation governed by individuals. Yang, do you know what the true purpose of the law is?" Zhao Ling asked.

Wei Tianyang shook his head.

"Essentially, the law also serves to filter out the citizens; it filters out those with inherent disdain for restraint, who act solely on their whims without considering consequences, those who use force indiscriminately, as well as those who honor strength above all and have an innate rebelliousness," Zhao Ling said.

"Isn’t that just another form of teaching? How is that any different from religion?" Wei Tianyang asked.

"The difference lies in the fact that religion compels everyone to submit to a fabricated god, at his behest, but the law establishes a set of guidelines that everyone must follow, a set that ensures the stable continuation of the social structure and can achieve the kind of fairness you desire," Zhao Ling explained.

"No... In my opinion... it’s the same," Wei Tianyang shook his head.

For those who could only recognize and obey the law, what difference was there between the law’s creators, with the powers to enforce and interpret the law, and a god?

"You said to let that boy report to the authorities, but what if it’s the officials who are out to bully him? What’s he supposed to do then? Just resign himself to being stripped naked, hung up in the interrogation room, and tortured to death?" Wei Tianyang challenged.

Zhao Ling had nothing to say in response.

"What I witnessed last night was exactly this. When the executors of the law do evil, what should the common people do?" Wei Tianyang asked again.

"This is a loophole and defect in the system... As I mentioned before, these things will always happen, but we can also use them to repair it," Zhao Ling said.

"That’s not fair," Wei Tianyang said.

Zhao Ling saw that he was truly angry and therefore stopped insisting.

"What will you do?" Zhao Ling asked.

"I don’t want to kill... You do it," Wei Tianyang said.

"I can intervene, but I must tell you that you are hoping for an enlightened god in this world, one who can split himself into countless avatars to oversee everything..." Zhao Ling sighed.

"At least for this matter, I have seen it. I won’t ask you to absolve the boy of his guilt, but he should not die," Wei Tianyang said.

Zhao Ling nodded, "I’ll handle this for you. But there’s another matter that we need to discuss separately."

"What is it?" Wei Tianyang asked.

"You can take me there, can’t you?" she asked.

"Take you where?" Wei Tianyang was confused.

"That place... you know, the one you use for teleporting," Zhao Ling hinted.

Wei Tianyang’s right hand rested on Zhao Ling’s shoulder, and the scenery around them changed abruptly as the two slipped into objective reality.

"I knew it... This place isn’t any secret," Wei Tianyang said.

"The pharmaceutical companies know, everyone knows, it’s just... we’ve concocted a hoax, a story about ’a person entering the Shadow World for the first time,’ including the pollutants," Zhao Ling said.

"What are pollutants? I’ve cleaned them up with Mud Man in Chicken Snake Country before; those things don’t seem man-made," Wei Tianyang said.

"They are byproducts of developing the Heavenly Falling Objects. Pharmaceutical companies have always wanted to try using the corpses from the Heavenly Falling Objects for corpse breeding, to see if they could cultivate something new," Zhao Ling said.

Wei Tianyang was shocked and suddenly didn’t know how to respond; the pharmaceutical company was involved in wilder things than he had imagined.

"Is it also for military purposes?" Wei Tianyang asked.

Zhao Ling nodded and said, "Don’t you think it’s troublesome to administer drugs to people? And it’s also hard to control. Although there are restraints like antidotes, it’s impossible to completely eliminate the occurrence of rebellion and disobedience. The Superpower Special Department has quite a few secret collusions with pharmaceutical companies."

"So... the contaminants are those bred creatures? Why not tell the Superpower Special Department directly?" Wei Tianyang asked.

"Would you tell your subordinates that you are looking for their replacements and that the process has created a lot of mess, so you need their help to clean it up? It’s more effective to make up a story and tell them, ’This is a glorious mission.’" Zhao Ling said.

"Motherfucker, you politicians!" Wei Tianyang cursed.

"That’s how the world operates," Zhao Ling said.

"Alright, cut the crap, what do you want to talk about with me? And why must we hide here?" Wei Tianyang said.

"I’ve been... as you can see, I’ve molted once," Zhao Ling said, hugging her chest with a woeful expression.

"What happened to you?" Wei Tianyang said.

"I was beaten up, quite badly. My molting was for healing," Zhao Ling said.

"Which country sent the assassin? I’ll kill him for you," Wei Tianyang said coldly.

"My confidential secretary, Li Ruyun," Zhao Ling said.

Wei Tianyang didn’t react for a moment, so he asked again, "Who?"

"As long as you know she’s not normal, also avoid confronting her; we can’t touch her for now," Zhao Ling said.

"Motherfucker, what the hell is going on... What did I miss?" Wei Tianyang was somewhat perplexed.

"I told you before, Yin Country is like a cage. I came to give you a warning. There is an organization called the Lingxian Sect, and Li Ruyun is one of them. She appears to be my confidential secretary, but actually, she has been spying on me, which is why I have been difficult with her and never showed her a friendly face," Zhao Ling said.

"Lingxian Sect? Cultivating immortality?" Wei Tianyang asked.

"No..." Zhao Ling shook her head, "In actuality, they possess advanced technological power, with the most cutting-edge reverse engineering technology that can develop Black Medicine from the spines of superpower users."

"Where are they?" Wei Tianyang’s eyes showed a fierce gleam.

"I’m warning you not to confront them. And about your private long-distance trip, my urgency also stemmed from this. The Lingxian Sect is an independent organization, affiliated with no country. Their goal is to collect all superpowers in the world... claiming it’s for the revival of an imperial society. The organization has a history of several hundred years, existing since the Yin Dynasty," Zhao Ling said.

"How can such an organization exist for so long? Haven’t you said that no organization is without its source of funding, relying on manpower and financial resources to sustain itself? What do they earn money from?" Wei Tianyang asked.

"The organization garners followers with the ideology ’rule by the elite, power is supreme, in search of eternal life’, attracting many Darwinists from this era, including scientists, politicians, monarchs, generals, and noble families—all influential and wealthy individuals. In ancient times, they studied Alchemy, and many people who have won world-class Nobel prizes have joined them," Zhao Ling explained.

"What’s their relevance to you?! Don’t tell me you are a member of this organization," Wei Tianyang asked.

Zhao Ling shook her head and said with a bitter smile, "Haven’t I told you that I ascended to the throne by killing my father? Guess, how did I rise to power?"

"You’re getting entangled in your own trap..." Wei Tianyang said.

"I had no choice; power is the reason for the throne. How could a woman like me ascend without relying on what the Lingxian Sect bestowed?" Zhao Ling said helplessly.

"Now that they’ve approached you, what do they want?" Wei Tianyang asked.

"They have their eyes on Yin Country’s territory, ready to build their ideal Heaven on Earth here," Zhao Ling said.

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