Ninja Ice House

Chapter 553 Fine-tuning

In any world, the more people who don't engage in production, the more they receive; the fewer people who do work, the greater the pressure they bear.

Regardless of the governance model, the essence remains unchanged: the relationship between labor, output, and distribution is an age-old problem in human development.

In the context of the ninja world, where extraordinary power is manifested, this is particularly prominent. The existence of natural energy provides a foundation for absorbing and rapidly expanding growth.

As long as the chakra system can be completely integrated with the ninja world, whether it is native or foreign is no longer important.

Anyway, the meat will all rot in the pot.

For ordinary people, the entirety of life—birth, aging, sickness, and death—is part of the vibrant life of the ninja world.

Even the Pure Land after death has become a place for efficient recycling and reuse of resources.

Everything is a resource; in a previous life, it would be considered a means of production, or capital.

The principle is the same. If you are interested, take a look at the Declaration of Independence, which is the culmination of the Western world in the past. Every sentence is about protection and respect, and no word is mentioned about people. Since the protection and respect are not for people themselves, what is the goal it describes?

Property, capital, and power!

The modern concept of "human being," which is similar to most people's understanding, was gradually discovered and perfected after the Renaissance. What was it originally?

If you flip through the Bible, can't you see the "Lamb of the Lord"?

People often bring up the idea that "all men are created equal," but this is actually a case of translation being unfairly blamed. In the Eastern context, all men are considered equal, but the West is different. To be precise, it should be that God's believers, lambs, and followers are born equal before the Lord.

The concept of "human" in other countries is somewhat different from that in the East. Without experiencing a world of cries and struggles like "Are kings and nobles born with special privileges?", the differences between people are almost deeply rooted in culture and genes and difficult to change.

History tells us of the greatness of the First Emperor, who laid the foundation for a unified empire. However, Gu Shanbu Shui believes that the achievements of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang are equally indelible. He not only continued the unified empire that followed the Qin Dynasty after its second emperor's demise, but also answered the question above, achieving a complete success and erecting an indelible monument for the land of China.

"Yes, kings and generals are not born into nobility. Look at me, the once-mighty Hegemon-King of Western Chu and many other remnants of the royal families of the six former states have vanished into thin air, while I alone have secured my throne."

In the context of Western culture, you first have to prove that you are worthy of being a "human being." Why are you so cruel to the unbelievers, heretics, and cultists without any sense of guilt?

Because they don't treat other people as human beings.

In modern society, the situation appears to have improved, but the underlying logic remains the same: all people are born equal, but a small minority are even more equal. Under the banner of protection and freedom, concepts and interpretations are constantly distorted, making the propertied and the proletarian two completely different species.

"The producer-consumer theory is too straightforward. It would be even better if we added a predator in the middle. The gap between people in the ninja world is just too vast. Top-tier powerhouses can slaughter villages, destroy countries, and even destroy the world, while weak ordinary people can't even deal with mutated wild beasts in nature and can only struggle to survive..."

Gu Shanbu Shui sighed with emotion.

In the realm of gods... or something similar, in the real and undeniable ninja world, ordinary people with short and ordinary lifespans and virtually no power can do anything except spend a lot of money to hire ninjas with extraordinary powers to do their work.

The ninjas of the ninja villages were at least relatively law-abiding, but rogue ninjas, wandering ninjas, and down-on-their-luck samurai didn't have as many scruples.

If it weren't for the strong suppression by the five great ninja villages, the chaotic situation of the Warring States period would have reappeared. The fact that the ninja villages did not turn into a situation where major power groups fought for supremacy is partly due to Hashirama Senju's naive attempt to balance the power by balancing the tailed beasts and prevent the consequences of war, but also because the daimyo of the five great nations still firmly held secular power, preventing the power of the five great ninja villages from getting out of control.

However, this also has its limits. The power possessed by the ninjas is real and not fake. If a way to limit the power of the five great ninja villages cannot be found for a long time, the daimyo will have no choice but to submit and become a nominal ruler but a rubber stamp in reality.

Kaguya Otsutsuki listened calmly to Fukusugi's seemingly self-deprecating monologue and said:

"You couldn't even manage to make everyone... especially the lower classes, live like human beings, with dignity and respect, in your past life, could you? That was in a world where supernatural powers were not prominent. In the ninja world, where there are countless beings with supernatural powers, equality for all seems like a pipe dream. As for freedom... you do have the right to choose how to die, but what happens after you die is not up to you."

“I know, so I agree with what your eldest son did. Although it was a bit rough, it at least upheld the dignity of the deceased and protected them from disturbance. He is still worthy of the title ‘creator of eternal peace and order.’ I don’t intend to drastically change this, but only to open a loophole in the underlying rule of ‘reincarnation.’ Completely blocking it… or rather, an absolute one-way street, is too inefficient…”

"The cycle of reincarnation, is it...?"

The ninja world has a Pure Land, but there is no underlying rule for spontaneous reincarnation. The souls of the deceased slumber within it, dissipating their last strength, like the dregs of lamp oil, which eventually burn out and become part of the ninja world.

However, this speed is too slow.

Furthermore, the soul itself is not entirely without value. Just like oil, it can be burned directly, but the added value is too small, which is a waste. Utilizing it through large-scale petrochemical processes to deeply process it into various products, such as plastics, polyester fibers, medical raw materials, and pesticides and fertilizers, is obviously more efficient.

The souls of the deceased are generally intact and still have great value. If they are cleansed of their past life memories and karma, and reincarnated into the six realms of reincarnation as ignorant newborns, it can not only reduce the pressure on the Pure Land, but also greatly reduce the passive consumption that the ninja world has to make to create a new life's soul.

To put it simply, it's like how separate chemical plants are combined into a unified industrial park for comprehensive utilization, which greatly reduces consumption and emissions and significantly improves efficiency.

This is a huge benefit to the ninja world.

"Here's a problem: rewarding good and punishing evil involves anchoring the standards of good and evil, which are understood differently in different eras. So, who sets the rules? You?"

"This is a practical issue. What I mean is that the ninja world shouldn't be so monotonous and boring; it should be more vibrant and diverse."