Zongman: My Smart Group

To put it bluntly, they're just taking advantage of the fact that the person is young and not smart enough.

Lin Mo listened with a smile, without making any move, but the coldness in his eyes continued to grow.

Yukino Yukinoshita felt an immense heartache. They were at the most innocent and carefree age of their lives, yet even living an ordinary life was a luxury for them.

And this phenomenon is not uncommon!

In this region alone, there are more than a dozen strongholds of the Cursed Children, each with more than a dozen people. They still live a life of uncertainty, struggling to survive day after day, hoping for a better tomorrow.

Yukino Yukinoshita witnessed the twisted nature of this world once again; it was truly disgusting!

As they talked, everyone became familiar with each other and all went to Lin Mo and Yukino Yukinoshita, pulling them along to play and chat.

Two hours later, Lin Mo clapped his hands and said, "Alright, it's about time, brother. It's time for me to go back."

Although they were very reluctant to part, they still forced smiles and said expectantly, "Okay! Goodbye Brother Lin Mo, goodbye Sister Xue Nai, will you come again tomorrow?"

Lin Mo said, "Yes."

The little girls immediately said happily, "It's a deal! We'll be waiting for you then, and we'll continue playing the games we didn't finish this time!"

Lin Mo: "At this final moment of parting, I'd like to share a story with you all."

"Okay, what's the story?"

"Quiet, I want to hear more stories!"

"What? Your voice is clearly louder than mine."

Lin Mo smiled and said, "Have you heard of Utopia? No? Okay, then I'll explain it to you. Utopia means a place that doesn't exist, because in that place, there are characteristics such as fairness and justice, material abundance, equality for all, and no exploitation or oppression. It's a place where people..."

The story is short, or rather, it's not really a story at all, since it's just a description of utopia, but everyone listened with great interest.

Hanako: "Brother Lin Mo, does Utopia really exist?"

Kikue: "Of course not. I've already said it's just a story."

Xiaoling: "I really wish Utopia existed, I wish I could live there!"

"Yes, it exists!"

Lin Mo stood up and said with a smile, "Utopia does exist!"

Hanako's eyes lit up immediately, and she exclaimed, "Really! Does that wonderful world really exist?!"

Jujiang asked in confusion, "But Brother Lin Mo, didn't you say that Utopia doesn't exist?"

Lin Mo: "It didn't exist before, but it appeared immediately."

Xiao Ling asked curiously, "What does that mean?"

Lin Mo: "Because I will turn this world into a utopia, brother."

Tomoka suddenly said somewhat dejectedly, "If only that were true."

Lin Mo smiled, then changed into an angel suit. Pure white wings extended from his back, and a golden halo hung above his head. His whole body radiated a pure white glow, making him look exceptionally holy.

He didn't put on the demon suit as well; it was better to use the angel suit for these children. He'd leave the demon suit for those filthy adults.

Everyone stared blankly at the scene, speechless. Even though most of them didn't know angels, they still received information about them in their minds.

Lin Mo smiled and patted Zhihua's head, saying, "I will definitely do it, because I am an angel, and angels never lie!"

Zhihua was stunned for a moment, then suddenly took a few steps back, afraid that her dirty appearance would soil the seemingly sacred Lin Mo.

Lin Mo smiled, unperturbed, and floated slowly into the air, saying, "Children, your kindness has touched me, which is why I descended to the mortal realm to save you. I can assure you that you are not cursed children; you will not bring disaster to those around you. On the contrary, you are capable of bringing hope to this world—children of hope! So do not feel inferior about your identity anymore. From this moment on, you should be proud! Utopia is not a non-existent world; at least I will make this world a utopia!"

After saying that, Lin Mo and Yukino Yukinoshita disappeared in a flash, leaving the stunned crowd behind.

Zhihua said blankly, "Child of Hope."

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Even though Lin Mo didn't touch Yukino Yukinoshita at an altitude of 10,000 meters, she still stood in the air as if walking on flat ground.

Although her heart was pounding, Yukino Yukinoshita suppressed her fear and asked, "Lin Mo, don't you plan to destroy this world anymore?"

Lin Mo shook his head and said, "Destroying the world is something only demons do. I'm an angel, how could I possibly destroy the world!"

Yukino Yukinoshita: "So what did you mean when you said you wanted to destroy the world, and what did you mean when you said you wanted to turn this world into a utopia?"

Lin Mo: "It's just what it sounds like. Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. I'm going to kill a few people."

Lin Mo snapped his fingers, and his figure was instantly projected into the sky above this world, so that his face could be seen from any angle.

"This is... an angel!"

"So there really are angels in this world!"

"God really exists!"

"Lord, please save this world!"

Looking at the shocked crowd, Lin Mo laughed and said, "Humans, your actions disgust me, so this demon has decided to randomly kill half of you!"

"Are you kidding me?! Aren't you an angel?! Why would you kill half the people?!"

"It's fake! It must be fake! I must still be dreaming!"

"My angel, I have spent my whole life doing good deeds, please, have mercy on me!"

Looking at the unbelievable weight, Lin Mo realized that he was still wearing the Angel outfit: "Ahem... Sorry, I wore the wrong clothes, please give me 5 seconds."

After saying that, Lin Mo turned off the projector, switched to his demon suit, checked himself in the mirror to make sure everything was alright, and then turned the projector back on, laughing as he said, "Hehehe! Foolish humans, your souls are full of sin, which is an unparalleled delicacy to me! So this demon has decided to take half of your souls as dessert. You should be grateful!"

Chapter 83 The Perfect Human

As soon as the words were spoken, the whole world was shocked and incredulous. They were already struggling to survive under the oppression of the Gastrea, and now a demon came along saying that it would take away half of their lives. How could they accept such a thing!

As a result, the whole world descended into chaos. Some people cursed incessantly, some prayed incessantly, and some took advantage of the chaos to vent their desires.

Lin Mo saw all of this, but did not stop them. He snapped his fingers, and a scale appeared beside him.

Lin Mo: "This is the scale of good and evil. It will detect your sin value. Those whose sin index exceeds their good index will be executed by me. You can pray that you can survive."

The scales of good and evil shone brightly, and in the next moment, an illusory scale of good and evil appeared above the heads of everyone in the world. Some people were terrified and tried to throw away the scales, but they could not touch them no matter what they did.

The judgment of the scales of good and evil was completed in just one second, and the result was as Lin Mo expected: for 90% of the world's population, the value of evil far exceeded the value of good.

Lin Mo stroked his chin and said, "Sigh~ Although I expected it, I'm still shocked. How could a world be so rotten? I really don't understand how you've managed to survive until now. Alright, as everyone knows, demons are the most compliant with their contracts. I'm going to execute the half of people with the highest sin values. You'd better be prepared."

The next second, without any warning, black flames ignited on people all over the world—hellfire that scorched flesh and soul!

Heart-wrenching screams echoed from all over the world, from ordinary people as well as some of the cursed children. After all, in this rotten world, no one is completely innocent, even if those cursed children have been brainwashed!

Lin Mo snapped his fingers, and those burned by the hellfire flew into the sky, screaming incessantly like a broadcast. Those who saw this scene couldn't help but tremble, fearing that they would become like that in the next second.

After silencing those people, Lin Mo smiled again and said, "After all, I'm not some kind of demon. I'll just burn them for ten years. I'm really merciful!"

The survivors nodded quickly, praising Lin Mo's kindness.

Lin Mo: "Alright, now that half the world's population has been executed, I should move on to the next phase. To be honest, I hate this world, so I've decided to destroy it!"

"Wait! Didn't you say you'd only take half the population? Why are you going to destroy the world too? You can't go back on your word!"

"Demon Lord! Please, spare us! I've managed to survive until now, I don't want to die!"

"Shh-"

Lin Mo made a shushing gesture, and the whole world fell silent. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, what I mean by destroying the world is different from what you understand. I mean by completely destroying your civilization and transforming it into a utopia!"

A sudden sense of foreboding rose in Yukino Yukinoshita's heart. She looked sharply at Lin Mo and asked, "Lin Mo, what exactly do you want to do?"

Utopia is a world that cannot exist. It is a conceptual world created by people who hate the rampant desires of the real world and yearn for a fair and just world.

However, it is simply a pipe dream to achieve this. Humans have desires, and as long as people exist, a utopia can never be formed!

Upon hearing Lin Mo say that he wanted to create a utopia, some utopianists' eyes lit up instantly, and they all became the most devout believers, eager to immediately immerse themselves in that so-called utopian world!

Lin Mo smiled and turned off the projector, then flashed to a safe spot on the ground.

Lin Mo smiled and said, "Yukino, you know what? As for how to deal with this world, I once thought about destroying it and leaving. After all, it's really too difficult to completely save this world. But how innocent are the children of the curse? If I wantonly take away other people's lives, then I would really be no different from a demon."

Then I thought of God. If we bring God into this world and let him do what he used to do, send a few floods to wipe out all those beasts and rebuild a brand new world, then all the problems will be solved.

But I abandoned the idea, because I couldn't find peace of mind without personally executing those beasts! However, when I actually started to act, I realized I had been too naive.

Lin Mo gazed at the distant city. Even after experiencing such a shocking event, some people were still taking advantage of the chaos to satisfy their desires, thinking that since they were going to die anyway, they might as well have some fun before they died, and they indulged their desires to the fullest.

Lin Mo: "Human desires are like rolling stones from a high mountain. Once they start, they can't be stopped unless they are at the bottom of the valley in the first place, or they don't exist at all!"

Yukino, look! Even after going through something so significant, those people are still only concerned with their own pleasure, indulging their inner desires! That's the nature of the world; everything is driven by desire!

Yukino Yukinoshita took a deep breath. She knew that all of this was just fallacy, but she couldn't find a reason to refute it for the time being. So she said, "Lin Mo, your understanding is wrong. The development of the world is far more complicated than that. You are generalizing from a single case. I hope you will reconsider!"

If Lin Mo continued to hold such thoughts, she couldn't even imagine what her original world would become! After all, darkness exists in every world, and the darkness of human nature can never be erased! If we compare humans to machines, then desire is the fuel, and it is desire that supports humanity's continuous progress and development.

But desires are not all dark. Yearning, expectation, and so on can also be categorized as desires. It is because of the yearning for a better world that people created Utopia, a world that does not exist! It is because of the expectation for a more convenient life that the Industrial Revolution was born!

So, if a person has no desires, are they still human?

Lin Mo understood what Yukino Yukinoshita was worried about, smiled and shook his head, saying, "You don't need to worry that I will have any extreme thoughts. Just like I said before, I can't stay in this state for long. You can understand it as me overthinking. There are too many injustices in the world. I just want to try to create a fair world."

Yukino Yukinoshita: "Perfect fairness is simply impossible."

Lin Mo: "That's why I want to eliminate everyone's desires. Okay, we've talked enough, it's time to move on to the final step."

The next second, the burst of power ended.

Lin Mo patted his head and said, "As expected of me, I'm really arrogant!"

Yukino Yukinoshita: "Lin Mo?"

Lin Mo smiled and said, "I'm fine. I just wanted to test whether a completely perfect world is truly perfect."

The system then jumped in and said, "Host, no matter what you do, I will always stand firmly by your side!"

Lin Mo: "Thanks, system."

Then Lin Mo said to Yukino Yukinoshita, "Now we're going to take the final step, Yukino. You'd better watch carefully, because I'm going to be very cool!"

The abilities of the color quality are all conceptual, and can be said to be idealistic, just like the anti-magic field (color), which is activated entirely based on self-awareness.

This created room for maneuver. A split second before his intelligence was sealed, Lin Mo gave himself a pep talk, convincing himself that the world was beautiful and shouldn't have a trace of darkness! Even if this suggestion didn't last long, it was more than enough!

Lin Mo took a deep breath, pointed one finger to the sky, and shouted, "Forbidden Magic Domain, envelop this world!"

An invisible halo spread out, instantly enveloping the entire world. The rules were forcibly rewritten and erased, and everything changed according to Lin Mo's will!

The Gastrea were instantly wiped out. Everyone felt a moment of disorientation, then stopped what they were doing, and a friendly smile appeared on their faces. There was no desire in their eyes. Even the dying people still had smiles on their faces, as if they were not the ones who were dying.

And just like that, the utopia that only existed in fantasy was realized at this moment!

Everyone has become a perfect "human"!

Chapter 84: End of the Interdimensional Travel

After doing all this, Lin Mo did not show any excitement; instead, he felt a strange sense of melancholy.

Lin Mo sighed and said, "Yukino, let's go back. I suddenly feel bored. Let's go call God over to take over this world."

Lin Mo originally wanted to create a utopia, but when it was actually created, he found that they could no longer be called human; they were like perfect monsters in human skin.

Yukino Yukinoshita pursed her lips and said, "Is this the world you wanted it to be?"

Lin Mo: "I don't know. What I want is a perfect world, but this world is too perfect. Believe me or not, I can go out on the street and kill anyone I want, and no one will stop me. They might even smile and hand me a knife."

Yukino Yukinoshita: "I believe it! Humanity in this world is completely doomed. Without desire as a driving force, civilization will forever stagnate. Technology will not develop, the population will not grow, and in a hundred years, humanity will be completely extinct."

Lin Mo said somewhat dejectedly, "Yeah, I think I messed up. I really don't understand. If we keep their desires, they'll fight endlessly. If we remove their desires, they'll become extinct. It's such a contradiction."

Yukino Yukinoshita stepped forward, patted his head, and said with a smile, "Lin Mo, that's how humans are. They are a collection of contradictions, with extreme good and extreme evil, which will eventually lead to their destruction. You have done enough, there is no need to blame yourself."

Lin Mo shook his head, shook off her hand and said, "I told you not to touch my head! Sigh~ I'm not blaming myself, I'm just a little melancholy. Although I have a way to solve the world's problems at their root, I'm tired. Let's leave it to the oxen, horses, humans, and God. I'm going back."

The simplest solution would be to reverse time and nip the Gastrea in the bud, thus preventing the world from becoming so distorted and potentially allowing it to develop in a similar way to its original form.

Yukino Yukinoshita stepped forward and took his hand, saying, "Yes, let's go back, Lin Mo. I can't judge what you've done. After all, angels' values ​​are very different from ours, and besides, even God has done things like destroying the world. But I hope you understand one thing—"

Yukino Yukinoshita looked into Lin Mo's eyes and said seriously, "No matter what you do, you must remember that you are yourself. Don't be like me, worrying about this and that, trying to do everything perfectly. That's wrong, because there is no such thing as perfection in the world! You just need to do what you can."