Faulty Utopia

Inside the luxurious hover car, Sun Jack reached out and touched the real leather seat, watching as the massive fireball outside the window drew closer.

It was only when it got this close that Sun Jack noticed some flying devices moving in and out of the flames. It was clear that there was interaction between the people of the inner city and those of the outer city.

"Isn't it hot living inside the Sun?" Sun Jack asked.

X, who was undergoing gender transformation surgery by seven or eight mechanical arms, took a sip of champagne, "It's climate-controlled inside. You'll know once you enter."

Observing the disassembled large breasts, Sun Jack asked in surprise, "Why bother turning into a woman just to deliver food?"

"Being female makes others feel more approachable and less aggressive. Besides, don't you think I'm beautiful?" X, with a new face, gently kissed the face they had changed out.

"The thought of what those people fantasize about in their minds feels so exhilarating. Ah, I feel like I'm getting wet already."

Sun Jack was not from Tapai. He was not interested in X's sexual preferences and did not continue the topic.

With a "whoosh", the scenery outside the window changed instantly. The outside transformed into a stunningly beautiful cosmos with planets suspended among the stars.

The next moment, Sun Jack's body floated up. He recognized the feeling; there was no gravity inside the Sun.

As the hover car began to head towards one of the blue planets, Sun Jack realized that each small planet was the home of a Holy Grail Person, which explained why all the outer walls were painted with starry space murals.

X's residence was extremely odd, resembling a castle made of various architectural styles pieced together, yet each style seemed to carry a certain aesthetic harmony.

There were two stone lions on either side of the front door. Perhaps to signify his allegiance to the Mechanical Conservative Faction, even the stone lions at his door were fitted with various advanced prosthetic bodies.

Arriving in a hall reminiscent of four-dimensional space, X lay down on a huge fluffy doll. "Make yourself at home," he said.

"You have a nice place," Sun Jack said as he sat down on a white tiger fur long chair opposite, using the opportunity to scan his surroundings for his target.

As long as he could manage to upload the UO, everything else would be much easier.

"As long as you're willing to compromise and not seek trouble, you can have as much of these things as you want. So, do you see the benefits of compromising now?" said X, casually summoning a glass of drink.

"Yeah, right, as if you're selflessly giving these to me. Have you been giving for so long you think you're the good guys? If I hadn't overthrown the Metropolis's Holy Grail and lived out the values of the united front, would you be so generous?" Sun Jack directly exposed the other's pretense.

Seeing that the other party wanted to bring up irrelevant matters, Sun Jack cut to the chase, "Let's skip the nonsense and talk business. How much are they willing to offer?"

As they spoke, nanoworms began to emerge from inside Sun Jack's clothes, starting to probe the surrounding system interfaces and wiring.

"Don't rush, my people have already connected with FFP, and we're currently waiting for their offer." X pointed to his own head, and Sun Jack also looked at the other's head, focusing on the neural sockets.

"Your matter is important to them. You know how big companies are; meetings and approvals can be very troublesome. Let's wait a bit."

"During this waiting period, let me show you how the Superiors indulge themselves," X said as he tossed his drink, the surroundings metamorphosized like a Rubik's cube while background music began to play.

Soon, a variety of different-looking men and women emerged from the walls beside them, wearing collars, and respectfully approached them to begin serving and performing.

Just when Sun Jack thought that was it, he saw the others start to disrobe. Only when he saw a group of them performing a combination of sex and art before him did he realize how limited his imagination had been.

Compared to the artistic performances here, Club 69's "Big Bird Spin" was mere street-hacking.

After all, dancing in zero-gravity, dancing and embracing in a state of chaos, and skin gradually merging together, these weren't activities just any place could manage to do.

"Are these all AI humanoids?" Sun Jack evaded a man licking his toes.

"Humanoids?" X seemed massively insulted and abruptly sat up from the doll.

"What kind of joke is that? Do I seem like someone without taste? These are all carefully selected by me from the outer city! Only those who have grown freely under the Sun possess pure souls."

"And they're absolutely normal people, only those raised by parents qualify to come here, I don't even consider those from the Breeding Factory."

As he raised his feet, two young girls nearby threw themselves forward, using their pale, soft chests to accommodate his feet, their faces filled with gratitude as they extended their soft, black silk-clad hands and caressed X's feet continuously.

Knowing the character of the other, X quickly added, "Don't think I'm oppressing them, to alleviate the altitude of the Himalayas, I'm creating jobs here, others would break their heads trying to get in, ask them if you don't believe."

At that moment, a man kneeling on the ground acting as a dog suddenly nodded enthusiastically. "Yes, my lord! Serving Lord X as a dog is truly an honor!"

Witnessing this, Sun Jack sighed, "Do they really not count as people in your eyes?"

"They are people, but their very existence is to serve us, don't feel constrained, you should enjoy yourself."

X threw the glass in his hand, it spun in the air and hit the glass in Sun Jack's hand, then twirled in the air before flying back to his hand.

"What?"

"Actually, this matter is also related to the boss of FFP," X's words drew the absent-minded Sun Jack's attention. "Lan Meng?"

"Yes, him. You old-timers probably don't understand about the past, so let me fill you in during this break, to save you the trouble of relearning everything once you become a Superior."

X pushed away the performing flesh orb, got up from the chair, and began to explain, "When The Previous Era had just ended, to defend against the AI Crisis, people decided to settle temporarily in cities and to keep as much distance as possible between each city, in case of an AI Crisis there would be time to buffer."

Sun Jack sipped his drink and listened attentively, he had never had time to think about why there were only large cities and not large collective nations, it turned out the reason was this.

"And then what?"