Chapter 671: Extra 22

"Excellent! This is a cause for celebration for all humanity. Send a congratulatory telegram in the company's name, with the highest honors."
Su Hao's brow relaxed, a genuine smile appearing on his lips.
"Also, tell them that all expenses for this meeting, including security personnel, venue construction, and logistical facilities, will be covered by Fang Huan!"
He knew very well that the Earth could not withstand any more internal strife and destruction among humanity.
The sky outside the window appeared clear, but the weather was terribly abnormal.
The countdown to global warming was ticking relentlessly; weren't the glaciers melting at a visible rate?
Although his son, granted supreme authority, and the Gaia system were exhausting all their computing power and resources to cool down this feverish Earth,
if other nations continued to recklessly engage in war and internal strife, humanity would inevitably face utter extinction!
In other words, at this critical juncture, more than at any other time in human history, all of humanity needs to sheathe its fangs and unite in concert.
Fortunately, thanks to Fang Huan's active mediation, the concepts of human harmony and global peace, which previously existed only in utopias, seem to be within reach!
***
Gaia Core Control Center.
The eerie blue light of the holographic projection illuminated Su Yun's expressionless face.
"First-day activation rate: 100%."
Anthony Watson sat on the sofa, gently pushing a thin report onto the table.
"On just the first day… 40,000 members of the terrorist organization have died at the hands of 'Helios'.
If this were converted to frame rate, that's an extremely high efficiency of precisely wiping out a life almost every two seconds."
'Helios'.
This superdimensional harvesting system, codenamed the Sun God, has been activated for a month.
According to data collected from various nodes around the world by 'Wildfire':
This 'Helios' system, wandering the Earth like a ghost, is precisely eliminating its targets using a dimensional reduction method incomprehensible to mortals, physically "purifying" this ravaged planet.
"Are you alright?" Anthony stared intently into Su Yun's eyes.
Su Yun picked up the expensive teacup in front of him and gently blew on the steam. "What?"
"In this short month, a full half-million people have been vaporized.
And they all died from 'Helios,' which you yourself created.
Any ordinary person, faced with the slaughter of half a million people they themselves caused, would probably have completely broken down mentally, unable to bear it."
"Oh?"
Su Yun chuckled softly, his eyes clear.
"You seem to be trying to subtly confirm whether I am a cold-blooded antisocial personality?
Unfortunately, my mental health is currently excellent; I haven't reached that level of depravity.
Believe it or not, if even one of those half a million people who died today were innocent civilians, I might also be tormented to the point of losing my appetite and sleep."
But...
Su Yun's gaze instantly sharpened like a knife.
The half a million people precisely targeted by 'Helios' were all malignant tumors attempting to hinder human evolution and drive humanity to its terminal state!
That's all.
In his eyes, 'Helios' was the only cure for this planet.
Those who dared to rebel against Fang Huan were germs that had to be completely eradicated.
When a doctor removes a tumor, they feel no empathy for the cancer cells.
Therefore, to expect Su Yun to feel even the slightest guilt during this great purge?
That would be an insult to his extraordinary mind.
He tilted his head slightly, the image of his father appearing in his mind.
He had always believed that his father was a truly great and benevolent person.
Unlike his ruthless son, his father possessed a godlike magnanimity, even feeling compassion for those ants who existed like germs.
Su Yun didn't see anything wrong with this.
He firmly believed that this was the supreme virtue that someone capable of truly ruling this world, possessing absolute divinity, should possess.
But!
The gods, seated on their thrones, can be merciful and tolerant, embracing the benevolence of heaven and earth;
But those who serve beneath them must keep their eyes wide open in the darkness, showing no mercy whatsoever!
To protect their father's unblemished nobility, to uphold that sacredness that cannot be profaned in the slightest...
Those who sit beneath them, bearing the darkness and thorns on their shoulders, must sever all weakness in their hearts, rid their very bones of any hesitation or lukewarmness, becoming colder and more ruthless than anyone else!
Even watching television from a young age should have taught them that this is the ironclad law of the world!
Why does Li Kui, wielding an axe like a whirlwind, stand behind Song Jiang's benevolence?
Why does Zhang Fei, with his glaring eyes, stand beneath Liu Bei's aura of imperial unclehood?
Why is it that Tang Sanzang, who wouldn't even harm an ant, is protected by the Monkey King, the one who shatters the heavens and slaughters with ruthless cruelty?
Su Yun had long understood that holiness must be built upon darkness, and nobility must be refined through bloodshed.
Since the flesh and blood of mortals could no longer bear this grand cause and effect, then let him become a sword!
Let him become that sword held in the hands of the merciful, wielded fiercely in the boundless darkness, that chilling, blood-red edge!
This was the role Su Yun, once young and naive, had chosen for himself after seeing through the truth of the world—a role he would never change in his entire life!