Xuan Fang once suggested that Rick use his heart, that is, use his emotions to retain Hubi, and then he only needs to upload this data about the "heart" to the Ex-Machina, and then he can gain the power of the Ex-Machina.

This can indeed bring human emotions to the Ex-Machina, but as a race that operates and grows according to established procedures, a race that has no "heart" from the beginning has become a "tool" in the true sense.

If Rick does this, he will just drag the Ex-Machina into the cycle of human self-destruction.

The current human species can be saved, but Xuan Fang is almost certain that one day in the future, if the human species obtains the same power as the divine species, then the world will not be destroyed, but completely destroyed!

Seeing Rick's hesitation, Xuan Fang patted his shoulder.

"You should think about it carefully."

After saying that, he turned around and left. In the face of the rules of the world, everything is equal, and humans are no exception.

Rick was in a position where he couldn't see through this at all. It was useless even if Xuan Fang told him. His own experience and other people's experience were completely different and could not be confused.

Even the gods who stand at the top of this world actually don't understand this, and it's even harder for them to see through.

Always stand in your established position, no matter how high your level is, what you can see is limited.

The gods are not omniscient and omnipotent, otherwise the God of Doubt would not penetrate his own marrow because he could not get the answer he wanted.

The same is true for Xuan Fang, because if he complies with the rules of the universe, he will not even give Rick any advice, let alone interfere with the execution of the Ex-Machina program.

…

A few days later, Rick cleaned up the entire settlement. His methods could be described as vigorous and resolute. I don't know if it was because of Xuan Fang's words or simply because of his anger.

Those people were publicly executed by Rick. At the same time, Rick also gathered many high-level officials, gradually perfected and promulgated the first decree, which also indicated that this settlement had already begun to be regarded as the prototype of a country.

But for now, the number of people is still too small, and the territory is not that vast, so there is no country established, and the core policy is still to keep a low profile.

According to the original trajectory, Rick should actually have led the "ghosts" to carry out his plan now, triggering a war in advance, ending the war between gods and superior races in one fell swoop, completely disrupting the chess game, and allowing humans to

A kind of forced entry into the chess game.

But because of Xuan Fang's intervention, Rick has not reached that step, or in other words, he has not reached that step yet.

The entire settlement is still developing at a high speed, but with the promulgation of the law, this development speed is no longer as exaggerated as before, but gradually stabilizes and improves.

The distribution of resources is no longer extremely tilted in the same direction, but is dispersed to various areas under Rick's special arrangement.

"Are you gone?" Not long after, Rick learned from Cloni the news of Xuan Fang's departure. He didn't leave anything behind, but asked Cloni to convey a message.

"Well, he said that if you want to save more people, you need to find a way to achieve balance. What does this mean?" Croni nodded and conveyed Xuan Fang's words.

She didn't understand, but Rick vaguely understood something, the dark luster flashed in his eyes.

"I should probably understand what he means."

Rick looked at Hubie and suddenly said: "Hubby, come and help me."

"Well... Hubie, I will help Rick... no matter what you do."

"Ah, you two are really in love, sister, I'm even jealous, little Xiu~" Cloni hugged Hubi and rubbed her hard. Although Hubi was already in the mood, he didn't show any emotion at all.

Resist Croni.

"Okay, I still need your help next. Try not to let anyone know about this matter, but you still need an insider." Rick's expression gradually became serious, with a pensive expression on his face.

Xuan Fang gave him advice, but it was not an easy path to take. Even though Xuan Fang had guessed the development direction of the settlement, he still had no way to change it.

He didn't want to clean up this mess. He wanted to see what Rick would do. If he could think of a once-and-for-all solution, he might be able to break this cycle of death. Of course, there was little hope.

In the next three years, the settlement underwent earth-shaking changes, rapidly developing from a large settlement into a country, with laws, city-states, and political powers established one after another.

Human gatherings in the form of settlements began to appear around them, but they were quickly defeated by Rick's settlement and absorbed into it.

In this world, if one's location is exposed, it will be a disaster for a race. For this reason, humans have come up with a very special way, which is to form an alliance with the nearest higher-level race.

The beast race can be regarded as the neighbor of the human race for a long time. In addition, there are sea dwellers and vampire races. The latter two races are not considered, so there are only the beast race.

There are two prerequisites for cooperation, mutual benefit or mutual fear, and the relationship between humans and beastmen is both, which is very special.

To put it simply, they couldn't figure out each other's details, so they initially chose not to invade each other and reached a certain level of cooperation.

As for other races going up, Rick’s suggestion is——

"Not be considered."

"This... why?"

"Your Majesty, wouldn't it be more beneficial to our living space to cooperate with those superior species?"

"Yes, if it's a goblin species, maybe we can use their technology..."

"The risk is too great."

Rick did not speak, but looked at the chattering dignitaries in front of him. Because it could only be regarded as a preliminary establishment, although the new Kingdom of Elkia has been further stabilized and developed, more problems have also been exposed.

come out.

Now that the country has been established, as elders and dignitaries who have a certain degree of power, they naturally hope to get more privileges, and fights overt and covert are inevitable.

This was the first time Rick had done this. He originally thought that he could use the law to control internal problems, but gradually he discovered that he was wrong. This method only controlled the problems on the surface.

More importantly, these formal rights restricted him, locking him in the throne and making it difficult for him to free his hands and feet. Instead, they gave others more room to make small moves.

After finally finishing the government affairs, Rick took the time to find Cloni and Hubie.

"call……"

With a tired look on his face, Rick took off his coat and crown. He let out a sigh of relief and said with a wry smile: "I'm still too naive. It's really hard to deal with this."

If all the independent and scattered forces were secretly operating something, he only needed to find them out and kill them. Although killing chickens to scare monkeys was not a long-term solution, it could at least have a certain warning effect.

But now, it's not that he can't find the problem, it's that he can't kill him at all!

Many dignitaries and secret forces are inextricably linked and intertwined. The entire kingdom is not so much revolving around the king's will as it is a huge collective will surrounding him.

Rick now feels the pressure of suffocation every day, and even breathing becomes very difficult.

"Rick... the data analysis is completed... there are 1,328 serious criminals and 3,759 light criminals, which has tripled from the previous year. Do we need to clear them all out?"

"There should be...three million people in the settlement now, right?"

"Um."

From 80,000 to 3 million, it is naturally impossible to rely on the birth of the next generation. In just three years, he racked his brains to gather almost all the settlements in the surrounding areas through various methods, and then defeated them in one fell swoop.

Those settlements that initially formed a large scale were also his work, and the purpose was naturally to gather these people.

After receiving Hubi's answer, Rick was silent for a long time and then asked: "Hubi, can you monitor and calculate everyone's data?"

"Hubi can... However, the data storage is only enough for two years. If it exceeds, it will be automatically deleted..."

After all, Hubie is only an analytical body, and it is quite remarkable that she can achieve this level. However, due to her authority, she cannot independently construct the connection body of the Ex-Machina, let alone develop the entire Ex-Machina.

Unless one day all the Ex-Machina species are wiped out and only Hubi is left, depending on the priority of authority, maybe she will evolve a new Ex-Machina species on her own.

"Is that so, huh... that guy got it right..." Rick smiled bitterly.

Even though he would put a heart lock on himself many times, looking at the kingdom that he had built with his own hands but was riddled with holes, he felt even more painful than before.

The fact that he knew the outcome but was unable to change it was the most tormenting fact. Rick reached a dead end.

"Rick, isn't it good now? You don't have to be like this."

Cloni looked at Rick with some distress. She did not hug Rick as shamelessly as before. As a king, she needs to maintain her majesty.

"Yes, it's already very good."

Rick tried to use this sentence to numb himself, but it was useless. He knew very well what the data recorded by Hubie meant.

When rights and classes become more concentrated and solidified, the more privileges a few people enjoy, the more the majority have to pay. This is an irreversible process.

There is only one way to maintain this abnormal order, just like those who enjoy privileges, plunder external resources and launch wars!

This kind of deformed civilization is like a beast that can never be fed enough. If it wants to maintain it, it can only eat up all the resources around it by any means to make up for the gap!

Rick thought there was hope and that human civilization could continue in this way, but he never expected that the ultimate direction of human evolution would still be war.

Xuan Fang had already told him the result, but he still had hope for mankind.

"Can you contact that guy?" Rick was still holding on to the last glimmer of hope and looked at Cloni.

Cloni shook her head. What Xuan Fang asked her to tell Rick had already made it very clear. Balance is the key.

It's a pity that Rick misunderstood what he meant. He thought that what Xuan Fang was talking about was a system that can maintain balance. In fact, this method of using laws to maintain balance essentially serves the people who make the rules.

Instead of maintaining balance, it actually accelerated the imbalance...

"Rick...you seem to be very unhappy...why?" Hubie didn't understand why Rick was unhappy. From her understanding, the survival of mankind has been guaranteed, and Rick should be happy.

"Yeah...I should be happy."

Rick didn't know how to tell Hubie. This was probably something more complicated than the "heart" he understood, and at the same time, he didn't want Hubie to understand it.

Looking at Hubi's innocent look in front of him, Rick suddenly understood Xuan Fang's words. Perhaps, compared with other monsters that seemed to destroy the world, human beings were really not worth it.

The same is evolution and development, although it is also accompanied by destruction and violence, but all races follow one thing, and there will be no meaningless internal friction from beginning to end.
Chapter completed!