Honkai: Man(Sludge) From Future

Unlike Noldrei, who was planning to establish a cultivation sect in China, Welt Yang was currently facing some trouble.

A large number of Europeans and Americans had ordered custom-made androids with black skin, which had caused a huge public outcry in the West.

I really don't get it. They can already change skin color, so why are they still so hung up on this?

Welt conveniently forgot that he himself had taken no such practical action as changing his own skin color.

Heliopolis Life Sciences Pharmaceutical, after a quick turnaround, had directly launched an android network and frequently published rankings of the most popular android design points online.

Among them, the most common setting in the European and American regions was the black skin color. It was hung right there at the top: the most popular skin color in the Europe and America region was black.

If it were a normal survey, it wouldn't have mattered.

But this was data collected from androids, and it was a real eye-opener for Europeans and Americans.

They had never expected that everyone had tacitly thought of the same thing.

Soon, a "Ban on Skin Color Shaming Act" was passed in a short period, which barely managed to put the brakes on the black-skinned android trend.

However, the black-skinned androids created before the act was implemented were not subject to the law. These limited-edition black-skinned androids were then sold at extremely high prices, becoming a major spectacle in the Western android market.

What was even more surprising was that many old Western gentlemen had taken black skin potions and then went to participate in historical cosplay.

These people were soon arrested and thrown into prison, and as a result, the prisons were filled with black-skinned people.

This was followed by black-led protests and demonstrations, claiming that the government was intentionally engaging in skin color shaming. What did it mean for the prisons to be full of black people? It was definitely skin color shaming.

Then, the government had to reduce their sentences and release them all.

The public opinion in the West had been in turmoil during this period, and Welt found it hard to control his urge to scroll through his phone. This led him to consider whether he needed some medication to calm his nerves.

I can't go on like this. If this continues, how will we fight the Honkai? How will we fight Noldrei, the great enemy of human aesthetics?

Welt pulled himself together and began to read the textbooks Noldrei had written for the students.

At first, he had thought Noldrei had just written them casually. But as the social system Noldrei presented became more and more complete, Welt began to take the content seriously.

Unlike Tesla, who was in charge of R&D and didn't care what these textbooks taught the students, Welt didn't think so. He discovered that these textbooks contained very blatant analyses of certain topics.

For example, the power analysis of conservative and progressive content.

Conservatives weren't simply conservative; they wanted to return to the social state that existed before the current society was formed.

In the nascent stage of a new society, the disillusioned people of the old era had the most options. It was like someone wanting to travel back in time, so that those with a future-oriented leadership consciousness could regain the power to create a new society.

Progressives weren't simply progressive either. The current power holders realized that if they returned to the old social form, their own value might be replaced.

There would be a constant stream of new people challenging them, so these people would carry the banner of progress and constantly push for atomization. The fundamental reason for this was also to maintain their own ideological leadership, which was a form of conservatism.

Therefore, all the "progress" and "conservatism" that appeared on the propaganda materials of an organization were always the results of two kinds of internal struggles within the current organizational form.

That is, the internal struggle between the organizing part of the organization and the executive part.

"Conservatism" was to maintain the necessity of the organization's existence, while "progress" was to maintain the necessity of the organization's legitimacy.

The organization must prove that it has the ability to lead people into the next era. If both fail, it means the "organization" will expose its true nature as a ruling class.

Can a high school freshman even understand this?

Welt instinctively felt that this stuff was written in a very convoluted way, but when he thought of the students in Academy City, he immediately realized that the students didn't not understand it; they just tacitly didn't say anything and went straight to action.

For example, Manabu Horikita directly used Schicksal's resources to build the United Student Council.

"Welt, we have a problem."

Dr. Einstein suddenly contacted Welt, interrupting his studies.

She had a very subtle expression on her face. "America has sent people to surround the Second Academy City. It seems they want to launch a probing attack."

Welt was startled and shot up from his chair, demanding, "Has it broken out already?"

"No, it's already been suppressed."

"Who was suppressed?"

"The Fifth Fleet. It's already been controlled by the Herrscher of Sentience."

Einstein gave Welt an answer that was within his expectations. In this situation, it was indeed a good time for the Herrscher of Sentience to make a move.

"A simple illusion manipulation took care of everyone in the Fifth Fleet, and then they were made to publicly declare their 'treason.' Now the Fifth Fleet has defected."

Einstein was speechless. Why did these people have to go and provoke a Herrscher? And they had to run into one that specifically targeted people's minds and consciousness.

"Then it's fine. It's not the first or second time they've taken money to commit treason anyway."

Welt was relieved, knowing that the outcome for the Fifth Fleet probably wouldn't be too bad. Someone would likely go to the Herrscher of Sentience to ransom them soon.

Everyone was used to this. First, send a team to test the waters. If they can win, keep pouring in resources until their own economy is on the brink of collapse.

If they can't win, prepare to pay compensation, and both sides continue to maintain a semblance of peace. The key was to value harmony.

As for pulling off some masterful strategic maneuver? Don't even think about it. That was the kind of skill only legendary figures possessed, and you might not see a master of that level for decades.

Welt's attitude made Einstein a little ashamed. That was America's own fleet, yet even a pure American like Welt didn't care about it. It just showed how rotten these overseas American troops were. The US government probably didn't even know how many soldiers were stationed outside.

Einstein added, "Also, I've discovered some other problems. With the gradual retreat of Schicksal and Anti-Entropy, their control over the local areas, which was originally due to the major threat of the Honkai, is also spiraling out of control."

"Most of the local bureaucrats are no longer satisfied with our work. We need to find another way to stabilize our source of income. Otherwise, Noldrei will really deliberately start a world war."

Einstein didn't think she was guessing wildly; she truly believed this of Noldrei. He needed a new world full of conflict and change.

Although Welt also thought so, he couldn't actually do it.

Because those upper-class gentlemen in North America wouldn't understand why Anti-Entropy, which had always protected them from the Honkai, would turn around and suppress their actions for the sake of Academy City.

Unless these North Americans hit a wall themselves and felt the pain, they wouldn't stop.