Mythology: Ragnarok

Chapter 321 Isolated Island

"But won't the economy collapse sooner or later? If everyone has money and no one is willing to participate in more labor, won't the commerce of the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Races collapse?"

"So that's why the bodies of the elderly are turned into ghosts. Don't you think this is a perfect industrial chain? Society provides the bodies, and those bodies work hard to give back to the whole society. The economy will never be unbalanced because your ghosts will work day and night to create the labor force that ordinary people could never provide to society in their lifetime. And I am the biggest capitalist, but I exploit the bodies instead of the lives."

This is why the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Races has never experienced a financial crisis or an economic collapse. I am the biggest capitalist, and I never hesitate to return the wealth that rightfully belongs to you.

However, making you rich is not enough; I must make you an isolated island. Therefore, I forbid anyone in the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Races from transferring or lending their property to anyone else in any way. I want to ensure that the vast majority of the money in your hands will only be used for yourselves. As a result, there is no such thing as inheritance in this country. Once you die, all your property will be taken away by the state. Therefore, the largest consumer group in the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Races is actually the elderly, because they have nothing left but the wealth accumulated in their short lives. So, most of them will have a situation of 'revenge spending'.

Under this profit-driven model, family bonds become pure and comfortable. You don't need to worry about helping or controlling anyone; other people's money is irrelevant to you; everyone can live well without interfering with each other's lives. Therefore, while kinship ties gradually weaken in the Kingdom of Myriad Races, interpersonal relationships become purer. You don't need to question the stability of this business model; the Kingdom of Myriad Races has existed for nearly five thousand years, longer than many so-called civilizations.

Xuanyuan Muze retorted, "But haven't they ever been dissatisfied with this kind of life? And what if they encounter an accident if they're not allowed to help each other financially? Haven't the common people ever rebelled against this system because they wanted immortality?"

Agreed chuckled and said, "Let me answer your second question first. I have thought about how accidents can prevent individuals from living independently. Therefore, citizens of the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Races enjoy a special welfare mechanism called 'Accident Relief' from birth. When you are unable to live independently due to physical damage caused by force majeure and your assets are insufficient to cover the huge medical expenses, the country will take the initiative to cover one treatment and all subsequent rehabilitation costs for you."

Of course, this money isn't given to you for free. You'll receive a bill that you can choose to repay or not. What does that mean? It means that after the emergency relief helped you through that difficult period and you became financially secure, you can choose to repay the government's assistance with the extra money. The subsidy you receive is interest-free. Once you've repaid the bill, the emergency relief will be reactivated. The next time you encounter this situation, the emergency relief can help you again, just like having an accident insurance policy for yourself.

In other words, you can treat the accident relief policy as an emergency interest-free loan, and as long as you don't fall into debt with the country, this interest-free loan system will protect you forever. This puts no economic pressure on the common people, so they can spend lavishly without any worries. This not only makes money flow but also revitalizes the economy and makes the whole civilization flourish.

As for your other questions, let's take another look at the class system of the Kingdom of Myriad Races. In the Kingdom of Myriad Races, only magicians, soldiers, and scientists can enjoy immortality. This is the true high class of the Kingdom of Myriad Races. However, the high class in our country is not hereditary, nor can one enter this class simply by being born into a good family. I have not blocked the ladder for the common people to climb up, nor have I prevented them from pursuing higher goals. The door is right there. If you can't open it and then come looking for trouble with me, aren't you being a bit shameless?

If commoners aspire to achieve immortality, they have three opportunities in their lifetime. The first is at the age of fifteen in the Kingdom of Myriad Races, where everyone is assessed for their magical talent. Those with talent are the first among their generation to reach higher ranks. The second opportunity is at eighteen, when you can choose to enlist and, through decades of dedicated effort, achieve legendary status, thus truly joining the Kingdom of Myriad Races' military ranks. Frankly, this second opportunity has the lowest requirements, as the cultivation methods and systems are already very mature. However, this path demands relentless effort. Now, suppose you lack talent and are unwilling or dislike relentless effort, yet still aspire to a higher rank in the Kingdom of Myriad Races. The third path is your only chance. After twelve years of compulsory education starting at age eight, at twenty, you face your final choice: enter a research institute for advanced education. If, in the future, you build upon the work of your predecessors and create verifiable theories or research results, congratulations! You will receive the title of scholar and become a PhD representing the Academy of Sciences.

But if you can't get through any of these three paths, then don't blame me, right? You have to understand that in some lower-level civilizations, the common people don't even have the chance to climb up the social ladder, but I've given them not just one, but three broad and wide roads to success!

Since they can't do it, they can't blame me, right? Everything is transparent. If you want immortality, you can rely on your own efforts. I won't interfere, but I can't give you anything for free either. This is the class system of the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Races, which makes everyone frantically pursue professions that are of extremely high value to the race. It makes everyone want to become a magician, scientist, or soldier, and it makes everyone eager to achieve immortality in the higher classes. In your words, this is the 'civil service examination system' that the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Races uses to maintain its rule, but I prefer to call it the 'path to advancement'.

The common people have never complained about the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Races because they know that the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Races has given them plenty of opportunities. And even if they had any ulterior motives, such as wanting to live forever, then the common people's enemies are the beneficiaries of the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Races' path to advancement, namely the soldiers, magicians, and scientists. Do you think the common people can win?

Or let me put it this way: even if I disregard the mages and soldiers, those two powerful factions with world-destroying abilities, what are the chances of the common people winning against the Academy of Science and Technology—a faction that embodies the most advanced wisdom and technology of all races in the land?

Xuan Yuan Muze remained silent. He knew that the chances of the common people winning were almost zero—no, they were practically zero! Xuan Yuan Muze also knew that this class system was flawless, even perfect. In the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Races, the path to advancement was as solid as the natural law of the universe, almost impossible to break, because the path to advancement followed the most basic rule of the universe: 'the strong are respected.' All of this was reasonable, perfect, and beyond reproach.