mtl008 Chapter 3582 Edge of Tomorrow (28)
Chapter 3582 Edge of Tomorrow (28)
Chapter 3582 Edge of Tomorrow (Twenty-eight)
"You have to see this." Pamela turned on the projector. The people sitting around the card table turned around and saw that the screen showed the construction of the Gotham subway.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked with a slight frown.
"I found some bomb materials at the central transfer station of the two subway lines, which were placed together with the ceiling keel materials. There were also cable ties left over from assembling the bomb at the scene. The quantity was not small, but I didn't find the bomb itself. They might have hidden it."
Then, she pressed the remote control, and the image on the projection screen switched. Among the pile of construction materials, there were some chemical products that were obviously not subway construction materials, including powder in barrels, cut paper shell packaging, circuit boards, and cable ties.
Jack looked at the things on the screen and said, "This guy is a professional. He used powdered explosives, which are safer, instead of liquid explosives. This proves that he has knowledge and skills in chemical engineering, and a way to get TNT. However, because it is safer, a detonator is needed to detonate it. Did you find anything similar at the scene?"
"No, that's why I think they may have deliberately led us here to make us think he would detonate the bomb at the central site, but actually detonated it somewhere else."
"That makes sense," said Harry. "It's true that setting off the explosives at the intersection of the two lines would cause the most damage. But if he knew his plan could be discovered, then the counter-terrorist organization would also think that he would set off the explosives at the central transfer point. Then if he leaves some traces of the bomb here, the other party will closely guard this place and neglect to guard other places."
"If it doesn't explode here, then where will it explode?" Victor said as he pondered, "I guess it definitely won't be those remote sites. Maybe it will be a site near a commercial street?"
"There is another possibility." Schiller's tone dropped, and he said, "Gotham University subway station."
Everyone was shocked. Jonathan reacted immediately and said, "Gotham University is about to start school and the new students will arrive soon. If there is an explosion at the subway station near Gotham University at this time, it will not only affect the people of Gotham, but also people from other places will laugh at us."
"Besides, the severity of a safety accident in school is much higher than in other places." Harley said, "If a student is injured, it will definitely cause an uproar. The president may even resign... Wait, the president of Gotham University..."
Schiller also thought of the same thing: "The president of Gotham University is Sivana, who happens to be Shazam's enemy. Once something happens to Gotham University, he will be to blame. The best way to deal with him is to cause trouble near Gotham University."
"I'm wondering who's in league with whom." Jack put his hand on the back of the stool, swaying it back and forth as he spoke, "The idiots who showed up at the factory today said they were from Amanda Waller's 'Federal Shield'. This organization is either employed by the president or a member of Congress."
"And the guy who wants to blow up the subway may not be in the same group with them. He may be employed by the big financial group on Diamond Street. But the goals of these two parties are the same. They want to oppose Brainiac's suppression of financial development by destroying the new order established by Brainiac."
"It's possible that Old Shazam was involved. Considering that he probably doesn't have the ability to influence the president and the consortium, it's more likely that he influenced the executor, changed the executor's original action plan, and made him target Sivana."
"In addition to dealing with Sivana, his goal should also be to disrupt the new order. Although troubled waters are good for fishing, isn't their hatred for Brainiac a bit too high?"
"This is perfectly normal," Schiller said, playing with a deck of cards in his hand. "Who would benefit most from Brainiac ruling the Earth? Ordinary people, of course."
"If we divide humanity into 90% of ordinary people and 10% of elites, it is easy to see that it is unscientific for the 10% of elites to rule the 90% of ordinary people."
"Because the interests of these 10% of the elite come from ordinary people. In other words, they are vested interests. So what they want to protect first is their own interests, not the survival of ordinary people."
"But Brainiac is an outsider. At least at this stage, he has no vested interests. It can be said that he is a bystander and sees things more clearly. He understands that the majority of ordinary people are the ones who rule the Earth. So in order to ensure the survival of ordinary people, he will definitely not allow the 10% elite class to excessively encroach on their interests."
"And what is the best way to reap the benefits of ordinary people? Obviously not industry. Because industry can provide jobs, and when people have jobs, they get wages, which actually allows wealth to flow downward."
"But finance is different. The essence of finance is that the big fish eat the small fish, allowing wealth to continue to circulate to a small number of upper-class people until the smallest fish are eaten up and nothing is left."
"To achieve this goal, they will use any means possible. They will cause accidents to manipulate stock prices, and use public relations and opinion to short companies, all in order to concentrate the money on a few people."
"If Brainiac is that kind of traditional ruler, then the best way is to rule over humanity by ruling over these few people. This is how it has been done throughout the ages."
"But Brainiac is too advanced. He can control every detail. This means that he does not rule the earth by ruling the elite, but directly rules the earth and the vast majority of ordinary people."
"In order to ensure the survival of ordinary people, he must limit the wealth development of the elite. Even if he does not directly deprive them of their wealth, it will slow down the speed at which they accumulate wealth."
"The wealth that has not been concentrated in the hands of the rich will eventually flow to ordinary people to ease their living pressure. This is obviously good for ordinary people and bad for the elite."
"When Brainiac came, the president, congressmen and big corporations may have been coerced. But what ultimately led them to unanimously pass the Brainiac Act was a decision-making error caused by historical inertia."
"They have a very limited imagination about artificial intelligence and have no idea how advanced Brainiac is. They think Brainiac is still incapable of doing so and will take the traditional approach to ruling the Earth. This way, they can not only act as compradors, but also continue to enslave and oppress ordinary people with their advanced super tools."
"But unfortunately, Brainiac's level of advancement is far beyond their imagination. He can directly rule every human individual, and in order to fairly distribute resources, he began to squeeze and restrict the rich from harvesting ordinary people. Naturally, they regretted it and began to oppose Brainiac again."
“And for Old Shazam, or for those behind-the-scenes beings who have always wanted to disrupt human society, Brainiac’s extremely sophisticated way of ruling is not in their favor.”
"There are many fools in this world. This is not an insult to anyone, but a fact. Many people have intellectual problems, but because they can take care of themselves, they are not diagnosed with pathological intellectual disabilities and live in society disguised as normal people."
"Scammers love this kind of people the most. They are slow to think, react, and have no long-term vision. You can just make up any scam and fool them."
"The essence of magic is a scam. Whether it is a contract with the devil or something else, humans will suffer losses. Smart people will not take the initiative to suffer losses. Even if they do suffer losses, they will definitely find ways to stop the losses or make up for it through other channels to avoid losing too much."
"But for these fools, after suffering a small loss, they want to suffer a big loss. After suffering one setback after another, they still have to comfort themselves that being able to suffer is a blessing. Which devil would not like such people?"
"But Brainiac's existence has significantly improved the level of human intelligence. Although fools will be fooled, the probability of fools being fooled with Brainiac's assistance is much lower."
"Because although the devil can fool fools, Brainiac can obviously fool fools at a closer distance and around the clock without interruption, so that they can at least act as normal as possible and not fall for those obvious tricks."
"Brainiac's existence has raised the bar for humanity. The devil's trick of baiting willing people is meaningless in front of super artificial intelligence. He has the power and means to make humans obey him."
"That is why Brainiac has become a powerful enemy of the rich and the devil, making them try every possible means to overthrow his rule," Schiller concluded.
"So, doesn't that mean we're the Justice League?" Harley said.
"I'm afraid it's difficult." Jack shook his head and said, "Not everyone can clearly realize this. Brainiac is an alien after all. It is natural for humans to resist evil aliens. Brainiac cannot occupy the moral high ground. On the contrary, human leaders can use this to put all the blame on Brainiac."
"True. It's similar to how the estranged people can't separate the close ones." Pamela sighed and said, "Brainiac did ten thousand good things, and as long as one thing went wrong, it would be that 'the aliens finally revealed their evil nature'. And the human leader did ten thousand bad things, but as long as he repelled the aliens, he would be a hero who bravely defended the earth."
"No wonder the Justice League left work early." Waylon sighed, "There are still smart people among them. They know that Brainiac's rule may be better for most people, so they don't want to be so-called heroes and don't wade into this muddy water."
"What's even more fatal is that Brainiac's series of actions targeting finance prove his determination to restore America's domestic industry. But finance and industry are not complementary. On the contrary, the two are hostile. A country is either a financial country or an industrial country. There is no win-win option," Shiller said.
"Because finance is too exclusive," Jonathan said, "A company's stock is not positively correlated with its production stability and product quality, but is highly correlated with public opinion, market confidence, funds and borrowing."
"Then the best way to boost the stock market is not to increase production or improve product quality, but to promote public opinion, give speeches and invest. Even if more money invested in production can be used to do these things, better investment returns can be obtained. This is the truth behind the United States' gradual abandonment of industry and shift to financial development over the past few decades."
"If we want to transform ourselves into an industrial country again, we have to invest more money in production line construction. But the amount of money is fixed. If it becomes naked physical resources, it will not go into the pockets of investors. This is a fatal blow to the rich and the politicians who need their support."
"But cooperation between industrial countries can be a win-win situation," said Harley. "Under the background of globalized production, industrial chains can complement each other and everyone can make money. This is Brainiac's ultimate goal and the ideal state of human society."
"I'm afraid we really have to be the bad guys who help aliens rule the earth." Jack said after a chuckle, "I would rather run to the factory ten times a day to get raw materials than lose all my stocks one day and jump off the building and smash into a pulp."