Lin Xian stood at the top of the high-rise, his feet perched on the metal piping, surrounded by several drones with alarms buzzing.

Looking at the beautiful female synthetic human in front of him, an information directive flickered on Lin Xian’s retinal projection.

[For the development of human Glory civilization, please commit suicide!]

Lin Xian frowned slightly: "Me? Suicide? What’s that got to do with human civilization?"

"To cope with the resource depletion triggered by solar flares, 90% of the global population will voluntarily end their lives through the neural implant protocol, in exchange for the continuation of ’human civilization’." The female synthetic human explained calmly, as if she were a considerate waitress: "Number 17695516, as a type-II intelligent human, your social agreement specifies that you have the responsibility and obligation to contribute to the world."

"Resource depletion demands 90% of the population to commit suicide?" Lin Xian looked perplexed: "What if I refuse? Are you going to kill me directly?"

"According to the stipulations in the first civilization protocol, synthetic humans do not have the authority to harm or kill humans, and intelligent humans have the highest priority and protection level regarding life rights. You are part of a sacred and great world, where there is no killing or sin. According to Blue Star directives, individuals unable to commit Glory suicide will be guided to the Redemption Center, where you will undergo pain-free suicide in 48 hours, and your number will be eternally preserved in the civilization history storage unit of the Star Dome Wisdom Body."

"Wow, I’ve heard of pain-free abortion, but never pain-free suicide. Isn’t this euthanasia?"

Lin Xian looked down at his mechanical arm and mechanical limbs, realizing he couldn’t utilize the Mechanical Heart.

In other words, he couldn’t escape.

"Mechanical Heart?" The beautiful synthetic woman tilted her head slightly, looking at Lin Xian.

"You can read my thoughts?!" Lin Xian was startled, barely reacting before two flying drones approached from behind, extending mechanical tentacles to grip his upper and lower limbs, rendering him immobile.

Lin Xian immediately tried to break free, but without superpowers, he was utterly powerless, and he found this body extremely awkward. However, realizing this was just some kind of experience demonstration by the metal sphere, he decided to stop struggling and see how they intended to ’eliminate’ him.

After Lin Xian was controlled, the female synthetic human stepped forward, saying: "I don’t understand your thoughts. As a type-II intelligent human, you possess a complete brain and spinal cord as well as reproductive system reservation rights. Apart from that, all organ metabolism has been replaced by bionic systems. The estimated lifespan from birth telomere detection is about 170~182 years, while the lifespan of the bionic heart is set at 200 years, which cannot be changed through initial permissions. Additionally, your attempt to escape is extremely dangerous; this height exceeds 400 meters and could result in accidental injury and death. As human service providers, we have the obligation to ensure your safety."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian frowned slightly; sure enough, in this world, his thoughts were transparent!

His thoughts could be fully read by these enforcers, giving Lin Xian a suffocating feeling.

At that moment, the two drones picked him up and boarded a transport ship already hovering in the sky. The female synthetic human sat across from him, the cabin door closed, and the transport vessel started flying toward a distant destination.

As she had just said, these enforcers were very courteous to him. While it appeared to be a capture, it was almost like a mandatory ’service’ in form, providing him with a luxurious seat and even entertainment and audio-visual systems in the room.

"My name is Ai Li, your Glory suicide service provider, or you can call me by any name you prefer."

The synthetic human ’Ai Li’ sat across from Lin Xian and quickly introduced herself as soon as Lin Xian showed curiosity.

Lin Xian was about to speak, but she read his thoughts again, smiling as she spoke to him.

"We are heading to Redemption Center No. 3, with a flight time of approximately 3 hours and 12 minutes."

Lin Xian sighed helplessly, and then just watched Ai Li, asking all his thoughts at once.

"It is currently the 619th year of the Civilized Era. The [Civilization Protocol] was established by the remaining human leaders after the Third World War."

"The Third World War? How is the era calculated from year zero?" Lin Xian asked. "Moreover, how did the Third World War occur?"

"According to the search, the Third World War broke out in the old world calendar year 2179, lasting for 11 years. The cause was the conflict of interests between the old multi-polar world structure and multiple national social regimes. Its core was the inability of humanity to genuinely resolve the wealth distribution issue under technological monopolies, i.e., the ’Matthew Effect,’ ultimately leading to uneven wealth distribution and class conflict."

"After the Third World War, nuclear weapons were nullified, production materials were reshaped, and humans used the last AI ’Deep Blue’ to calculate a new civilization system—Intelligentism." 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"Under the Intelligentism system, global humanity is uniformly defined as ’equal class’ intelligent humans, with synthetic human labor replacing humans completely. The intelligent humans derive earnings based on their cognitive output in the human-in-loop system, i.e., forming individual consciousness through intellect and learning, turning it into computational output via brain-machine interfaces to assist civilization and gain social status. Hence, the sole path to wealth is the ’human-in-loop’ system, with returns distributed by the ’Super Brain,’ isolating rights over production materials and returns via the ’Super Brain,’ resolving the historical ’Acton’s question’ and ’Locke’s question,’ and entirely eliminating class, gender, and racial discrimination."