Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 789 Is this the equality you want?

To create a new world where everyone is born equal and without distinction? That is the so-called Eden?

Tiantis's grand ambitions made Ling Ge lose his mind for a moment, and he didn't know how to evaluate it. If someone could really do this, it would naturally be a blessing for all mankind, but the problem is that this ideal itself is an unattainable dream. After the birth of each life, it naturally stands in a different ecological class or social class due to its race, identity, status or power. It is this strict class system that constitutes the solid foundation of the world. When one day, the antelope and the tiger are on an equal footing, and the mountain eagle must show respect to the gray bird, the world will surely not usher in a happy future, but a doomsday on the verge of collapse, right?

What's more, isn't the Witch Society itself the biggest racial discrimination and oppression? Their bloody suppression of magicians, extraordinary people, religious believers, aliens and monsters does not reflect the concept of equality at all.

The others probably thought of this as well, so their faces showed doubt and confusion. Countess Nevill even sneered, not taking Tiantis's words seriously at all. She just thought it was a very funny joke, even funnier than when Gundaruf told her that he wanted to restore the glory of the Metosh Empire.

"You're being a little unrealistic." Even Alice criticized them seriously, "It's obviously a realistic cult alliance, but this ideal and goal is not realistic at all. And generally speaking, this is something only a righteous maniac would say. As a villain boss, you should at least have a goal that matches your identity. Otherwise, you might as well just say you want to conquer the world."

At least this is more realistic, and with the power that the Witch Society currently possesses, conquering half of the Western Continent will be no problem. When half of the Western Continent is in their hands, will conquering the world still be a long way off?
"I thought you could understand me, Miss Alice." Tiantis was not moved, but seemed a little disappointed: "Because it was after I witnessed the existence of another world with my own eyes that I had such an idea in my heart, and you were once a resident of that world, and you know its prosperity, strength and harmony better than I do..."

"Stop!" Alice interrupted her quickly: "If I hadn't been an Earthling, I might have believed it. Do you really believe that the other world is an Eden where everyone is born equal and there is no difference? Even in the 28th century, class contradictions, racial discrimination, the gap between the rich and the poor, military dictatorship, oligarchy, family consortiums, technological monopoly... None of these problems have been solved. In fact, they have become more serious with the advancement of technology. Ai-chan, although I am a genius player, I occasionally visit social forums. The posts on the screen are either about winning or losing or reflecting on strange arguments with scholars. If you really understand the history and culture of the Earth world, you shouldn't have such unrealistic ideals, right?"

Alice's words impressed everyone, and Linger looked at her in surprise. Although he didn't know what the so-called Win-Lose Ma Dianrun and Reflection Monster were, it sounded like even in the other world with more developed technology and economy, social contradictions were also very sharp, even to the point where even a game otaku like Alice knew about it. From this point of view, social contradictions are a chronic disease that accompanies human civilization and cannot be solved by relying on technology and economic development. Even in the other world, this is the case, let alone the more backward and ignorant Mirror Star world?

This makes Tiantis' dream of the Garden of Eden seem even more illusory and an ideal that is impossible to achieve.

"Class, race, wealth, power, status..." The black-haired girl raised the corners of her mouth slightly, outlining an intriguing smile: "Do you think that the equality I'm talking about refers to these things?"

Alice was stunned for a moment: "What else?"

There have been similar equality-obsessed people in previous games. Their goals are either to eliminate class contradictions or to eliminate racial discrimination. What's even greater is to eliminate the gap between the rich and the poor and the concept of identity, and to step directly into the utopian era, ultimately achieving mutual understanding among all mankind. This is even more magical than your Gaia consciousness. What, can you, Tiantis, come up with a new theory?
"Of course not." The leader of the witch association chuckled. "I am not a stupid guy. I will not think that I can solve these contradictions by my own strength. Born in a society, you must accept the various rules of society, the class division, the mutual discrimination between different races, the sharp contradiction between the have-nots and the have-nots... As long as society exists, they will always exist; even if it is not a human society, but a society of other races. Miss Lorena, is there also a difference between nobles and civilians in the kingdom of mirror elves? Lord Nevi, can the contradiction between the vampires and the werewolves be adjusted? Miss Alice, if you have that ability, are you willing to donate all your property?" The answer is naturally needless to say, and everyone already knows it without even needing the person being asked to answer. However, Alice scratched her head and whispered that she didn't have much property. Tiantis twitched his mouth and pretended not to hear it and ignored it.

"In that case," Saint Shalia couldn't help asking, "What kind of equality do you mean by equality, Miss Tiandis?"

Tiantis was silent for a while. At this moment, what emerged in her mind was the scene when she first saw this world: the natural disaster had just ended, and the war had reignited on the divided land. Countries were fighting again for hegemony, and religions were attacking each other for faith. The extraordinary people were taking advantage of the situation and disrupting the situation. The monsters left their nests and wreaked havoc everywhere... After she woke up, she climbed to a high place, and when she looked up, all she saw was blood and fire except for the smoke.

For many years, she has been thinking about what caused the world to be destroyed by disasters and catastrophes forever, who aroused the ambitions in people's hearts and made them uncontrollable, and what should be done to make those ants hiding in the laws of the world return to where they should be... Finally, she got the answer.

“The most precious thing a person has is life.”

She suddenly spoke, word by word, in a serious tone, with an expression that was unprecedentedly serious: "Everyone has only one life, so a person's life should be spent in this way: when he looks back on the past, he will not regret wasting his years, nor will he be ashamed of doing nothing; in this way, when he is dying, he can proudly say: I have dedicated my entire life and all my energy to the most precious cause in life - fighting for the liberation of mankind."

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The empty Indorsis Bridge was quiet for a while. Gray dust flew up and down in the light. In the distance, there was a faint sound of water flowing. It was the water of the Tywell River flowing into the Limbylis Sea from the estuary. The rapids crashed in the night, the waves splashed and sank into the depths of the tide. After a long while, Alice asked uncertainly, "Steel, how is steel made?"

Even those who have not read that world-famous book have at least heard of this great confession.

"That's right." Tiantis nodded gently: "This is the equality I want."

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)