Runelight: Paladin of Asgard - Chapter 352

[Three hundred and forty [Thanos’ plan]]

“Before the resources are exhausted, we take the initiative to eliminate part of the population.” Thanos said.

“What!” Many people were shocked.

One person even jumped up against the case and scolded angrily: “Slaughter your own people, Thanos, are you joking?”

Thanos looked at him: “So what’s your opinion? If you don’t take the initiative to reduce the population, our hundred The family will die within a year, and not only some of them will die, but all of them will die.”

The man said, not to be outdone, “No matter what, we can’t swing the butcher knife at our own people!”

“So you don’t have any Good opinion?” Thanos said.

The man froze.

Thanos suddenly snorted coldly: “Hmph, don’t criticize without suggestions, otherwise you will only look stupid.”

“You say I’m stupid?” the man asked angrily.

“Yes.” Thanos admitted bluntly, staring at him coldly.

“You!”

Kronos knocked on the table: “Silence.” The

hall finally returned to a little quiet, but someone still said: “I don’t agree with such a proposal, it’s ridiculous.”

Kronos also said: ” Thanos, your proposal just now is indeed ill-considered…”

“Does this need to be considered?” Thanos asked unconvinced, “Total extinction and partial extinction, does anyone want to choose the former?”

He looked around sitting around: “Of course you can refute my proposal, but you should refute it with something better than childish, worthless complaints like ‘this is cruel’ and ‘simply ridiculous’.

’

said one hesitantly: ‘We can moderate the use of resources…’

“We are already very restrained.” Thanos looked at him. “Of course everyone here doesn’t feel it, but the lives of most people have already hovered at the line of food and clothing.”

“No matter how economical the current situation is, it won’t help. Eternity If the protoss want to keep their race alive, they can only destroy part of their population first.”

Kronos looked at him, “Which part of the tribe do you plan to destroy?”

“Randomly.

” Thanos said, “I designed a plan that can The fairness of the whole process is guaranteed, and everyone decides life and death with equal probability.”

“…those chosen by death can die peacefully by taking medicine, instead of being brutally killed by famine and war in the future, our ethnic group It can also be continued, this is the best solution, and the only solution other than perishing.”

Dozens of people looked at each other without saying a word.

Thanos looked at Kronos: “Grandfather?”

Kronos was silent for a moment, but finally shook his head: “Let’s control resources first… Starting today, all the people in the whole family will distribute living supplies according to the minimum standard. ”

Okay, everyone go back.”

After finishing speaking, he got up first and left the hall, and everyone dispersed, leaving Thanos alone.

Thanos sat alone in the room, silent for a long time, until the evening, and finally could only leave silently.

The hall is still resplendent and resplendent, but as soon as you come out, you can see all kinds of dilapidated scenes within a short walk.

The buildings in disrepair, the dilapidated roads and bridges… and the dark sky as the background of all these are almost a scene of the end of the world.

On the far horizon, a round of red sun slowly set, making the sky darker and darker.

“Thanos.”

Thanos turned his head when he heard the sound, and then showed a rare smile: “Cecila, long time no see.”

Behind him was a beautiful woman with short black hair. She came over and asked with a smile, “Did you go to the meeting just now? What did you talk about?”

Thanos sighed: “No, No talk, no progress, they vetoed my proposal.”

“What’s your proposal?” Cecila asked.

Thanos said slowly: “In at most one or two hundred years, Titan’s resources will be exhausted. The only thing we can do now is to avoid the worst outcome and eliminate part of the population in advance to ensure that the eternal gods will not become extinct. This is exactly my plan.”

Cecila was silent.

Thanos waited for a few seconds, and then couldn’t help but look directly at her face, but saw expressions similar to those of most people in the hall before.

This made him clenched his fists, deeply disappointed and a little angry: “Don’t you agree with my plan?”

“This… is too cruel.” Cecila said with her head bowed.

Her words made Thanos’ face twitch, and it took him a long time to regain his composure.

Thanos took a deep breath: “There is a similar problem circulating in most civilizations in the universe, generally known as the “trolley problem”.

”

“Trolley problem, what do you mean?”

Cecila obviously hadn’t heard of it.

Thanos continued: “There is a tram running along the track, and its control device has malfunctioned, so it can only turn, but cannot stop.

”

At this time, there are two tracks in front of this tram. There are five people on one track, and only one person on the other track. As the driver, will you choose to crash into those five people, or will you choose to crash into the car?” that person?

Cecila

frowned when she heard this, and fell into deep thought.

But Thanos answered for her: “There is no doubt that everyone will choose to sacrifice that one person to save those five people… The plan I proposed is not exactly this one.” ?

”

“No.” As a result, Cecila shook her head.

Thanos stopped and looked at her in bewilderment.

Cecila also stopped, only to hear her say: “It looks like this, but what about another scene?”

Thanos: “What scene?”

Cecila said: “There are five dying patients in the ward. , One needs a heart transplant, one needs a lung transplant, one needs a liver transplant, one needs a kidney transplant, and one needs a spleen transplant.

” Doctor, then would you choose to sacrifice all the organs of this person to save the five people in the ward?”

Thanos was taken aback, bowed his head and thought for a few seconds, but his brows did not relax, but panicked: “No, no, Cecilia , you must have secretly changed some concepts, let me think about it…”

Cecila didn’t give him time to think, and then said: “Thanos, you have admirable courage and wisdom. My idol, but I have to say, there are some things you don’t understand.”

Thanos looked at her, opened his mouth as if to say something, but couldn’t speak for a long time, as if petrified.

“I still have something to do, so I’m leaving first.” Cecila said goodbye to him immediately, turned around and left in a hurry, disappearing into the night.

Seeing her disappearing back, Thanos clenched his fists and roared angrily.

“Boom!” A stone pillar beside him was destroyed by him, and the gravel flew.

“This is the only solution!”

[End of this Chapter]