LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 400 - 243 The Power of Education (Part 2)_2
Chapter 400: Chapter 243 The Power of Education (Part 2)_2
“You mean to say, trick someone into being kidnapped, sweet-talk them into doing good deeds, and ultimately achieve your goal?” Liuzi said helplessly. “We’re here to reform others, not to commit crimes.”
“If the outcome is right, everything is right.”
“But there’s a problem with the process.”
“This world’s processes are also flawed; our little issue is nothing by comparison.”
Liuzi thought about it and felt that although Xiemen Waidao usually spouted nonsense, he might have a point today.
New World was inherently glitch-filled, a fact the official promotion had intentionally emphasized, suggesting that as long as you could reform others in this world, nothing else mattered.
And there were indeed many means of reformation, from setting an example through one’s conduct to relentless indoctrination. However, the idea of using threats and bribes to corrupt people into benevolence was utterly bizarre by any standard.
Yet, this method proved to be quite effective. While other players were still looking for opportunities to unlock the Education System, their group of four had already struck their first pot of gold in prison.
After all, Gray Bear was the prison’s boss. When he started following Liuzi’s instructions, his lackeys were also coerced into obeying Liuzi’s orders and began actively doing good deeds.
They cleaned the prison, visited the lonely elderly inmates, and shared their food with prisoners who were too sick to get their meals on time, all to fulfill the boss’s commands.
It’s the deeds, not the motives, that count in good actions. Regardless of what these lackeys were thinking, they were influenced by the four players to start doing good deeds, which meant the Education System would award them points and grant them valuable experience.
Before they knew it, the second blessing, “Stimulation,” was unlocked.
This was an active blessing that allowed one to harness the God of Education’s power by burning a certain amount of mental energy and bestowing it upon the target.
The NPCs who were stimulated would greatly enhance their efficiency, conservatively estimated to increase by twenty to thirty times. And during the stimulation, they would become completely absorbed in what they were doing, their interests and talents significantly boosted, filling them with a longing for learning.
Having unlocked this blessing, they knew they could move on to the next stage.
Upon receiving the players’ instructions, Gray Bear excitedly sprang into action, rallying all his lackeys.
Though the prison wasn’t spacious, it somehow housed tens of thousands of people. When these gang members came out in batches as per Gray Bear’s orders, Liuzi was stunned by the sheer number of inmates.
“Why are there so many people?” Liuzi asked quietly.
“That’s how Yifate is,” shrugged Gray Bear. “The Law Enforcers seize any chance to fine outsiders, doctors take any opportunity to swindle money, and outsiders can easily get fleeced of a large sum of money. Those who have no money end up in prison.”
“What happens when the prison is full?”
“They get sent to the underground mines to work off their fines. They can come out when they’ve paid up.”
Xiemen Waidao gasped at this, feeling that his minor wrongdoings paled in comparison to the ruthlessness of Yifate’s upper echelon.
Reviewing the prisoners one by one, the four players examined every file, ensuring they could find the person they were looking for.
As Liuzi and Xiemen Waidao’s eyes grew weary from the search, they finally noticed a small figure.
The individual was only sixteen years old, had distinct rabbit features, and hadn’t completely molted them off yet.
Despite an unremarkable appearance, two of the players saw something worthwhile in the person’s information.
“Possesses medical talent.”
After being singled out, the youth was so frightened that his ears trembled.
When brought before Gray Bear, he looked up at the bear one meter taller than himself and stammered, “Mister… Mister Gray Bear…”
“Don’t be afraid, just do what they tell you,” Gray Bear said, gesturing toward Xiemen Waidao and Liuzi standing behind him.
The young man stiffly nodded, clutching his hole-ridden hat tightly in his hands to ease the pressure on his mind.
Standing in front of the two players, he stammered, “Honorable sirs…”
“Do you shed fur?” Xiemen Waidao asked curiously. “If you don’t, can you perform that thing? The one that people use for wiping their butts?”
“What?”
“Never mind him,” Liuzi sighed helplessly. “I’ll ask. Can you read?”
“I learned a bit… when I was outside…”
“Why were you put in here?”
“I had no money for food, so I thought about eating some grass, and then I was fined for damaging sanitation. But I couldn’t pay the fine, so here I am.”
“What are you doing in Yifate?”
A hint of pride finally emerged in the boy’s eyes, “I am the best medical apprentice in our town. This year I plan to take the entrance exam for Yifate Medical College and aim to study medicine here.”
But then his ears drooped, and he said in a low voice, “But now that I’m in jail, I might not be able to enroll this year. There’s no way around it though, I can’t afford textbooks and would fail the exam anyway.”
“That’s really sad,” Xiemen Waidao said, “but no worries, we’ll educate you.”
Upon hearing the word “educate,” the boy Lubi shivered violently and asked with a whimpering tone, “Is there no way to avoid education? I’m afraid of pain.”
“We’ll be very gentle.”
“I beg you, just don’t hit the hands.”
Liuzi gave Xiemen Waidao a look, then helplessly turned to Mukuai 1234 and said, “Keep your Xiemen Waidao in check.”
“Who’s that? Seriously, I’m not familiar,” Mukuai 1234 blandly said while chewing on the merits of Xiemen Waidao.
When Lubi realized that the education was indeed genuine, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Gray Bear used his own channels to obtain this year’s reference books for the medical college, and while handing them to Lubi said, “Finish these books, then cure my niece, and I guarantee you’ll pass the exam.”
“I will definitely!” Lubi nodded hastily.
However, the textbooks for medical college are usually the thickest, and with the additional presence of the Shadows outside, Lubi had an especially vast amount of material to memorize, which he might not catch up with this year.
But that’s okay because he had Liuzi and Xiemen Waidao.
Leading him to a private cottage, they had Lubi sit behind a desk and then used the Blessing “Stimulation”.
The next second, Lubi’s eyes changed.
His eyes, blood-red like two flames, were filled with a burning desire to study, making him feel that there was nothing more wonderful in the world than learning!
Studying was heaven, studying was earth, studying was the reason for his existence, the sole driving force of his life in this world.
The anatomical diagrams in the textbooks were like the most captivating dancers; each disease and symptom was like a fine, strong liquor, with so many expressions and treatments that he was salivating and just couldn’t stop.
With an insatiable hunger, Lubi leaned over the desk, fervently absorbed the books in front of him, digesting all sorts of knowledge like a glutton, feverishly memorizing various conditions.
Watching Lubi, now completely maddened, Xiemen Waidao muttered to himself, “The power of education is truly terrifying.”
“Yes, I shudder to think what would happen if the capitalists discovered this.”
“A financial crisis would definitely happen sooner rather than later.”
The effects of one Stimulation would last for half an hour.
After half an hour, Lubi was completely drained.
Drenched in sweat, exhausted, he had memorized the contents of half a book, hundreds of thousands of words, which made his brain ache subtly.
His fur was soaked with sweat, and he had lost weight all over.
Considerately handing over a large cup of salt-sugar water, Xiemen Waidao watched as Lubi drank a liter of water in a few gulps, then asked tenderly, “Still got any energy left?”
“None…”
“You can still talk, so you must have some energy left. Continue.”
“Wait, just beat me up instead! I don’t want to… hey, this ‘Pathology’ looks so tempting, I’m going to study all night long.”
Seeing Lubi once again immersed in studying, Xiemen Waidao couldn’t help but say, “This kid is too eager to learn. If I had this kind of drive back in my day, I would have gone to Yan University.”
“Where did you end up going?”
“Tsinghua.”
Facing Xiemen Waidao, Liuzi was at a loss whether to congratulate Yan University or to pity Tsinghua.