Chapter 597: 362 Chapter "Desire" Brings the Butterfly Effect
Most human troubles are similar, involving basic needs and emotions such as love and hatred.
With a general template, similar guests can be handled in similar ways.
Thus, the "automation work" ability was still increasing significantly, and eventually, an intelligent automated system could serve as many as one hundred thousand guests a day!
"Since the world's process has been permanently altered, we no longer need so many guests," Wang Hao adjusted slightly, reducing the automatic reception efficiency to one hundred per day.
Alex stood by with a puzzled tone, "Why not set it to ten thousand or one hundred thousand guests per day? You now have enough power to let the shop automatically serve more guests. Would this not accelerate the historical process of the Earth Plane?"
"You are mistaken," sighed Wang Hao, shaking his head, "A hundred thousand idealists per day would definitely turn the world into a living hell... Alex, our world is not like yours; most of us, including myself, are mediocrities."
Seeing Alex's curious and puzzled expression, Wang Hao pondered for a while before finding a reasonable explanation.
"In our world, not doing unto others what you do not wish for yourself is already commendable. Most people are ordinary beings, selfish by nature, and forcing them to act like heroes is beyond their capability."
"Their ideals and beliefs are fragile and easily crushed by reality. Even after trading for desires, the negative effects that come with death threats ultimately lead them astray, spending their lives in anguish and regret."
"I don't want to do that."
He added, "Yet, ordinary beings are also an indispensable part of the cycle. They are like cement and bricks, the foundation upon which the world develops; while the few with strong wills, like steel and backbone, are the structure. Combined, they form sturdy skyscrapers. I'm not sure if this explanation makes sense to you."
"In our world, it's enough for most people to mind their business and do no evil."
Alex didn't quite understand, just standing there blankly.
At this point, Wang Hao smiled, and turned over the pages of the Book of Destiny, observing the fate trajectories of past guests.
Indeed, the destinies of almost all the guests had been significantly altered!
Initially, Fu Liaoyi and Lu Wenhao entered politics smoothly, avoiding deaths by car accidents or assassination.
The wealth disparity in South Gao Country was minimally adjusted through their efforts.
Although minor, it was still an improvement on what originally would have transpired.
Ma Yilong, after briefly becoming the world's richest person, had invested heavily in building spacecraft and successfully landed on Mars at the age of ninety-eight!
This was quite a sensation. It did not bring much personal benefit, and Mars had no points worthy of development, but it was still a great leap for human civilization. In the end, he chose Mars for his burial.
His childhood dream was ultimately realized at the last moment of his life.
Of course, the Book of Destiny also contained many less pleasant examples, with approximately 40% of the guests losing their ideals in the future, then their lives were claimed by "desire."
Regarding this phenomenon, Wang Hao merely sighed, not attempting any rash interventions.
A deal was a deal, providing both parties a fair and impartial choice.
The rule was the core of the "desire" shop; if one were to break the rule, there would be no need to continue running the shop.
Oh, and importantly, a small number of people seemed to have been discovered by various supernatural organizations on Earth? Yet these young individuals were not detained by these organizations, and most were released under external surveillance.
As he realized this, Wang Hao's brow furrowed in deep thought.
"It seems that the existence of 'desires' is putting a lot of pressure on the human elites."
"However, the current human elites do not have the power to resist 'desire,' and if they did, I wouldn't need to worry so much."
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As the butterfly effect from "desire" increasingly proliferated, it was not only the Black-clothed Guard but many foreign supernatural organizations that also discovered corresponding clues.
The more they investigated, the more they sensed a terrifying enormity!
"The future cannot be clearly seen, and the destinies of most humans have been forcibly altered."
"History is now rushing towards an unknown direction."
This was a grand international cooperative conference, and the investigation target was the sudden and universally concerning Demon God "desire."
Speaking on the stage was Divination Master Jenny.
Since returning from training in the Mountain and Sea Realm, Jenny's divination ability had dramatically improved.
Yet, faced with such a huge entity that sprawled across history, she still felt a palpable sense of helplessness.
"What we can determine now is that 'desire' has a very strong intention to transform our world, just like the Emperor of Heaven transformed the Mountain and Sea Realm."
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