Ita Era

Chapter 58 Going Home (21)

The following is a real-world criminal act.

Car A was traveling in the left lane of the highway, while car 711NB was in the middle lane. A small stone flew out from the back seat and hit car A. Car 711NB overtook, turned on its hazard lights, slowed down, and warned the driver. Car A, thinking it had been in a minor collision, and both cars stopped in the emergency lane. There are definitely no surveillance cameras at this location.

In reality, 711NB would use the excuse of a damaged car body to extort several hundred yuan from car A. Why several hundred yuan? Because if they ask for more, car A will simply call their insurance company.

In the world of Ita, Ding Shi and Chu Yu, dressed in black agent suits, got out of the car. The other driver also got out and said, "Brother, we're on the same side, all agents."

Ding Shi raised his gun: "Take off your clothes, now."

"What do you mean?"

Ding Shi shot him in the head, ransacked him, stripped him of his clothes, and threw the clothes to Kai Ge in the back seat. After changing his clothes, Ding Shi and Kai Ge pulled Ri Tian out of the trunk and stuffed him into the back seat of the A car.

A special agent vehicle pulled over, and a beautiful woman got out. With a look of amusement, she jokingly asked, "Is this the player carrying the X pathogen? They didn't say we had to capture him alive."

Chu Yu fired his gun, killing the beautiful woman. Chu Yu was overjoyed and went to loot the place, finally free from wearing smelly men's clothes. He snuggled up to the beautiful woman; her clothes still smelled wonderful.

Kai and Ding lifted Ritian out of car A and put him into car B. During the move, Ritian kept making trembling sounds of pain: "Ah..."

Chu Yu took the oil drum and sipped the oil, then checked the time: "5 minutes have passed."

Agent C's car passed by, slowing down to assess the situation. Ding Shi brandished his pistol and yelled, "Screw you, get lost!"

The AI ​​sends out the location of pathogen X every half hour, with a range of 100 meters. Agent C did not suspect anything and assumed that the agents were teaming up to kill someone and steal oil.

Agent C couldn't understand why they were stealing oil. Had they run out of gas? But teaming up seemed like a good idea.

Agent C quickly found like-minded Agents D and E on the highway. The three chatted in the emergency lane and decided to team up, deciding who would go after obtaining the X pathogen through a game of rock-paper-scissors. Whether they would actually decide who went after obtaining the X pathogen depended on their individual morals.

However, their mission was cut short. Car B caught up with them, and Chu Yu, Ding Shi, and Kai Ge got out together. Agents C, D, and E were still debating whether they needed so many people to form a team when the three members of the Yu Yu team went on a killing spree. Kai Ge had indeed tasted the forbidden fruit, and the aftereffects were better than he had expected.

……

It is 750 kilometers from the Far North Province.

The three-kilometer-long tunnel made the already tired driver, Kai, drowsy. He talked to his companion, but his eyelids grew heavier and heavier. He tried to resist by pinching his skin, but it didn't help much. Then his eyes closed, but the next second, his inner alertness made him open them immediately. He felt a chill, his adrenaline surged, and he steadied the steering wheel.

But he didn't realize that in that one second, the car crossed the solid line and was captured on camera.

As soon as VV711 left the tunnel, police cars on the median strip near the tunnel entrance followed behind with their sirens blaring.

Ding Shi woke up with a start and turned around, asking, "What's going on?"

Chu Yu, in the passenger seat, said, "Pull over." Zhan Jing got out of the car, knocked on the window, and explained his purpose: "You crossed the line inside the tunnel. You will be fined 15 yuan."

Chu Yu paid immediately.

The police officer said, "Driver's license."

After checking Kai's driver's license, the police officer returned the document, bent down to look inside the vehicle to confirm whether it was overloaded, and also uploaded photos of the four drivers and passengers.

The police officer said, "Be careful, you can go now."

VV711 continued its journey, and everyone was in a relatively relaxed mood. In another six hours, they would arrive in the Far North Province. Besides robbing agents, they also robbed robots and players. At first, Chu Yu and Kai Ge were hesitant, feeling that this behavior was wrong. Gradually, they felt guilty because Ding Shi had taken on all the blame and done most of the dirty work.

What truly motivated them to indulge in this new experience was a statement Ding Shi made: "This is just a casual dungeon."

People won't step out of their comfort zone unless they're pushed.

However, they did not know that on the fifth day of the instance, only one large bright spot remained on the AI ​​agents' map, which was a large bright spot composed of the four of them carrying the X pathogen.

Agents across the map teleported to nearby cities, requisitioned vehicles and weapons, and then charged towards them. After all, this was the agents' last chance. If they couldn't obtain the X pathogen and kill the player possessing it, they would become the lowest of the low in Four Symbols City.

The four people in the car also discussed the topic of the Four Symbols City, and each of them had different opinions on the city's system. Ritian belonged to the egalitarian faction, and he disliked the Four Symbols City's system of dividing people into different classes.

Kai belongs to the evolutionary school of thought. He believes that there is no good or bad system. As long as a good social development environment is provided, mistakes will be corrected and correct ones will be continued.

Ding Shi belonged to the environmental faction. He believed that although Sixiang City divided people into different classes, it provided everyone with a fair starting point and a fair environment for upward social mobility. Through their own efforts, residents of the North Community could afford houses in the Southwest Community, and residents of the Southwest Community could afford villas in the East Community.

To everyone's surprise, Chu Yu was a supporter, asking, "Why are college entrance exam scores so important?"

"Isn't that obvious?" Kai said, "Higher scores mean better schools, better job opportunities, and higher income."

Chu Yu said, "Look, this process divides people into different classes. We always advocate equality for all, but in reality, it's impossible. Otherwise, it would be like eating from the same pot, society would stagnate, and no one would be willing to work hard. Human nature is inherently evil; competitiveness and jealousy are human nature, and also the driving force for progress. People hope to live better than their neighbors and earn more than their colleagues."

Chu Yu said, “The North Community has several development directions. First, everyone can take a joint walk and demand that the government provide the same resources as the Southwest Community. But why not let the government provide the resources for the East Villa? It’s because they know that the government cannot meet the demand that everyone lives in the East Villa and that everyone is a city manager. Such public opinion is ineffective.”

"Second, everyone should work hard and rely on their own abilities to break out of the North Community and achieve upward social mobility. This will cause great pain to the people in the North Community, and everyone will be caught up in it. This trend will quickly affect the Southwest Community. If they do not progress, they will fall into the North Community. With this kind of development, people are likely to lose confidence in life and become numb and selfish."

Chu Yu said, "Let's assume there's no Southwest East Community. The residents of the North Community would love their community and think they're very happy, since their work isn't too tiring and their lives are alright. What's infuriating is that the residents of the Southwest East Community are better off than them and have rights they don't have, which makes them very unhappy."

Chu Yu said, "Therefore, I think the system of Four Symbols City is very good, selecting the best to advance. Only the excellent can enjoy a better life. The excellent can provide a living space for those who are not so excellent."

Ritian protested: "What about the policy in the East Community that allows couples to have three spouses? Do you support that too?"

(End of this chapter)