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Chapter 102 The Holy Mother and the Holy Mother B*tch (First Update)

Chapter 102: Chapter 102 The Holy Mother and the Holy Mother B*tch (First Update)

Lilith’s eyes shimmered with light, "Resource scarcity... extremely vicious people... epidemics and natural disasters... Holy Mother?"

"Why is it the Holy Mother that annoys people the most? Continue!"

Obviously, for a Hell Demon, the term "Holy Mother" naturally elicited disgust, which in turn sparked intense interest.

Zhou Yang, caught off guard by the investor’s keen interest, cleared his throat twice before continuing, "This does not represent my personal opinion, it’s just a summary and explanation of a common view on the internet.

"In times of chaos, scarce resources and brutal enemies are inevitable, and they both pose significant obstacles to everyone’s survival.

"But compared to a ’god-like adversary,’ people often fear a ’pig-like teammate’ even more.

"Generously giving away hard-earned resources to unrelated passersby, or risking one’s own people getting involved in battles or even dying en masse in order to save unrelated individuals, these ’Holy Mother behaviors’ tend to incite greater disdain.

"So, ’first kill the Holy Mother in chaotic times’ has become a behavioral standard endorsed by many, and in many novels or films, characters with a Holy Mother persona are oftentimes more detestable than purely evil antagonists.

"After all, although the villains are extremely malicious, they are at least selfish; the Holy Mother type, on the other hand, are prone to sabotaging their own people, causing immeasurable harm."

Lilith nodded in satisfaction, "Mm, very good, this is exactly what I wanted!"

Su Tong timidly raised her hand to speak, "Um, I’d like to make a slight correction to that concept. Strictly speaking, what people detest should be the so-called ’pretentious saint’, not the ’Holy Mother’.

"It’s just that many works confuse these two concepts, leading to the original meaning of ’Holy Mother’ being tarnished. As a result, people subconsciously blur the distinction between the ’True Holy Mother’ and the ’pretentious saint’.

"In fact, when we worked on ’Destiny of the Sleeping Dragon,’ there was a character who was a Holy Mother. Isn’t Liu Bei the Holy Mother of the chaotic Three Kingdoms era?

"When many forces were slaughtering cities and even using human flesh as military provisions, Liu Bei still held on to his principles. He insisted on ferrying civilians across the river despite being pursued by the Cao Army, and when his generals rebelled, he did not mistreat their families, instead, he said he was sorry for them.

"From some people’s perspective, Liu Bei in the chaos of the Three Kingdoms obviously fits the definition of a Holy Mother. Yet, the Emperor of Shu was not disliked but instead became the most charismatic, romantic, and most followed leader in the entire Three Kingdoms.

"Therefore, there is a difference between a True Holy Mother and a pretentious saint. The essential difference is: a True Holy Mother holds themselves to strict standards, while a pretentious saint imposes those standards on others; a True Holy Mother has sufficient strength, while a pretentious saint lacks strength but still wants to be magnanimous with others’ resources; a True Holy Mother can find a good balance between morality and interest, whereas a pretentious saint will only make doctrinaire choices to maintain moral principles.

"Although the actions of a Holy Mother may cause harm to their interests, such as sharing their food with starving people that will certainly result in their own people starving, from a long-term perspective, those starving people could become a controllable force that strengthens your power.

"Or, your reputation for kindness could become a banner in times of chaos, attracting like-minded people from afar to join you. Just like Liu Bei, who could attract heroes like Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Fa Zheng, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and others to follow him loyally through his reputation for kindness.

"Clearly, this is also a very valuable benefit."

Xiao Mingyu nodded, "That’s right, the key to whether or not you should ’first kill the Holy Mother’ in times of turmoil depends on your position.

"Many people subconsciously place themselves in the leader’s position, imagining themselves as local lords in times of chaos, with people, guns, and food under their command, and of course, they can’t accept the Holy Mother distributing these precious resources to unrelated poor people.

"But if chaos really ensued, it’s unlikely that everyone could become lords. Instead, most would likely be the ’unrelated poor people.’

"It’s like everyone fantasizing about traveling to the Three Kingdoms to become Cao Mengde, looking down on Liu Bei’s act of ferrying civilians across the river. But upon actually traveling there, you might find yourself simply as an ordinary citizen of Xuzhou City.

"Many people have the erroneous notion of ’equality above me, class distinction below me.’ When in a position of power, they believe in social Darwinism; yet when in a weaker position, they start emphasizing morality, fairness, and natural human rights.

"Of course, I’ve gone a bit off-topic.

"To summarize simply: ’first kill the Holy Mother in chaotic times’ indeed reflects a common mentality of disliking ’idiots who can’t balance interests and morals.’"

Guo Hongyu nodded, "Indeed, if I were just an ordinary refugee in times of chaos, I’d rather stick with the Holy Mother because at least if he’s eating, he’ll truly share a bite with me, while a social Darwinist would probably beat me up and rob me blind."

At this point, everyone spoke freely, and the discussion had branched out from the initial concept, no longer sticking as closely to the topic.

However, Lilith didn’t seem to mind; she listened earnestly to the conversation with a smile, taking note of all the key points.

This slightly improved everyone’s impression of her.

Maybe this dumbass investor wasn’t completely heartless after all? At least she could genuinely listen to what others had to say.

This was much stronger than many dumbass leaders.

But only Gu Fan, who knew Lilith best, understood that she really was taking opinions, just in reverse.

Clearly, her reason for seriously considering everyone’s discussion about "Holy Mother" and "Holy Mother Bitch" would never be to create a true Holy Mother that everyone could accept. It was to create a True Holy Mother Bitch that everyone would hate!

As for what this idea would look like after being packaged by a Hell Demon... I’m afraid only Heaven knows.

Seeing that everyone gradually reached a consensus after the discussion, Lilith summarized with a smile.

"So, what humans generally dislike is actually ’Holy Mother syndrome’ or ’Holy Mother Bitch,’ while the real Holy Mother has been stigmatized to a certain extent. If we really created an orthodox Holy Mother image, she might also be liked.

"And the so-called ’Holy Mother syndrome’ and ’Holy Mother Bitch,’ the key lies in the former giving too much of their own benefit unconditionally to fulfill some moral standard, while the latter forces others to fulfill some moral standard through moral coercion.

"It can be simply summarized as: stupid and bad.

"So the truly detestable Holy Mother Bitch is both stupid and bad. In terms of results, it inevitably causes a significant casualty to one’s own interests in the unique environment of the apocalypse.

"Besides, in the apocalyptic environment, whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made calamity, any event that threatens human survival can cause a lot of negative emotions.

"And the main pleasure of this type of game lies in overcoming these disasters and eventually pulling through.

"There’s nothing wrong with my summary, right?"

Everyone nodded: "No problem."

Zhou Yang was somewhat surprised, it seemed that this investor wasn’t so stupid? Wasn’t she able to understand human speech?

In just a few words, she summarized what everyone discussed, and her summary was pretty spot on.

Gu Fan asked at the right time, "So President Li, is our next game going to be a post-apocalyptic survival-themed game?"

Lilith nodded: "Exactly! And this time I must make up for the regret of Destiny of the Sleeping Dragon!

"All right, I’ve got inspiration now, meeting adjourned!

"I will bring the design proposal for the new game tomorrow evening!"

After Lilith spoke, she left the café with full confidence.

Everyone looked at each other, all a bit confused about the meaning of her last sentence.

What did she mean by making up for the regret of Destiny of the Sleeping Dragon? Wasn’t that game quite successful? What was there to regret?

...

PM the next day.

Lilith indeed finished the design proposal for the new game on time and handed it over to Gu Fan to print and distribute.

Gu Fan had always been highly doubtful whether time flowed differently in Hell compared to the Human World, or if Lilith’s brain structure as a Hell Demon was different from that of humans?

No matter how you looked at it, churning out a design document in 24 hours seemed too fast!

But then again, being fast might be a good thing since the faster Lilith worked and the more impatient she was, the more likely there were to be flaws in the design document.

Everyone looked at the name of the new game.

City of the Abandoned Gods!

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