211: Chapter 212 100% Agreement: First, Delete the Opponents.

"I never signed this."

When Lin Shoushan's voice transmitted from inside the medical pod, the entire Old Awakening Hall went silent for a moment.

Yet that golden file from twenty years ago did not pause in the slightest.

It continued to unfold like a verdict prepared long ago.

[Initial Career designation is deemed as acceptance of the Career System's long-term existence]

[Acceptance rate of first-generation Careerists: 100%]

[Authorization confirmed by: Lin Shoushan]

[Nature of authorization: Irrevocable]

The next second, the emblems of all veteran Careerists across the globe lit up simultaneously.

Those Career names they had used for over a decade or two emerged on their skin like old brands.

[You once accepted a Career designation]

[You once used Career abilities]

[You once benefited from your Career]

[Therefore, it is deemed that you consent to the retention of the Career System]

In the Beiyuan Mining Area, the Old Miner looked down at the miner emblem on his chest, his face turning livid.

"When I awakened that year, the mine had collapsed; if I hadn't accepted the Career, I wouldn't have been able to save anyone."

[Emergency acceptance is still acceptance]

The golden file responded coldly.

At Nanling Hospital, an old Healer's eyes turned red.

"I was only sixteen at the time. My teacher said if I didn't choose Healer, the people in the ward would die."

[Fulfilling healing duties is deemed as consent]

In Hai City, a coastal defense Careerist roared:

"At that time, we had no idea the Career System would bind us for a lifetime!"

[Unknown risks do not affect the validity of the authorization]

These prompts were like hooks, dragging everyone who had survived by using their Careers into "consent."

The cruelest part was that it seized upon the truth.

They had indeed accepted a Career designation.

They had indeed used their abilities.

They had indeed lived, saved people, earned their meals, and guarded cities by relying on their Careers.

And so, the golden file said:

Since you used it, you consented.

Inside the Old Awakening Hall, Zhao Jing's face turned pale.

"Then, if I had just chosen Maintenance Apprentice, would that count as consenting to all the rules in the future?"

The Old Calibrator's hand trembled slightly.

He knew better than anyone that over the past twenty years, when every child stepped onto the Awakening platform, no one had ever told them that this meant "authorizing the system's long-term existence."

They only heard one sentence:

"Congratulations, your awakening was successful."

Lin Jin walked up to that golden file and raised his hand to press down on the new tool.

"Pull up the original process."

The underlying system flickered.

[Insufficient permissions]

Teacher Xu Wenzhou lifted 002 and said coldly:

"The permissions aren't insufficient; it's because you don't want people to see."

The black iron landed on the edge of the calibration disk.

Click!

It wasn't cutting the file.

It was cutting through the obscuring layer.

Beneath the golden file, a section of very old, chaotic process Records was revealed.

That was not a voting interface.

Nor was it an authorization form.

It was just a chaotic log from the first nationwide awakening.

[City defenses collapsed]

[Abyss rifts surged]

[Old military, medical, and communication systems failed]

[Initiating nationwide Career designation]

[Prompt: Do you accept the Career to obtain corresponding abilities?]

[Option: Accept]

The Old Calibrator's pupils constricted.

"There's only one option?"

Cheng Du sat up from his resting position, his expression grim.

"It's not a vote."

"It's an emergency access button."

The log continued to scroll.

[Those who did not accept: Interface not formed]

[Excluded from statistics]

[Those who accepted: Counted as first-generation Careerists]

[Acceptance rate of first-generation Careerists: 100%]

Chen Ye stared for a moment, then exploded.

"How the hell is this called 100% consent?"

"It only counted the people who pressed 'Accept'!"

Thirteen said coldly:

"Those who didn't press it don't count as people."

From Qinghe County, Teacher Song Qing's voice came through, suppressing anger.

"Is this like only collecting the blank papers from an exam and then claiming the whole class got a perfect score?"

The golden file began to vibrate.

[Scope of first-generation Careerists defined]

[Those who did not accept are not Careerists]

Ye Guizhou's seal came down heavily.

[Statistical scope received]

[Does not constitute total authorization]

Luo Wensheng wrote:

[Accepting Career abilities does not equate to consenting to the long-term retention of the Career System.]

[A single-choice button does not constitute a vote.]

He Zhibai added:

[Benefits generated from accessing the system for survival during an emergency cannot be retroactively treated as authorization for permanent governance.]

A corner of the golden file began to turn gray.

But it still held onto Lin Shoushan.

[Authorization confirmed by: Lin Shoushan]

[Confirmation time: Three hours after the first awakening]

In the medical pod, Lin Shoushan's forehead was covered in cold sweat.

"What I confirmed back then was emergency maintenance."

Lin Jin looked at him.

Lin Shoushan said in a low voice:

"After the first batch of Careerists awakened, the interfaces were unstable, and many people suffered from ability backlash."

"The system asked me if I would retain the Career interfaces for twelve hours to be used for medical care, evacuation, and sealing rifts."

"I pressed 'Retain'."

He closed his eyes.

"Twelve hours."

"Not twenty years."

Cheng Du immediately pulled up the bottom of the confirmation page.

Sure enough, beneath the line [System Retention Authorization], there was a line of small text almost obscured by golden light.

[Suggested duration for emergency maintenance: 12 hours]

The line below had been artificially bolded and rewritten.

[Long-term retention]

The line below that:

[Confirmed by: Lin Shoushan]

Chen Ye felt his scalp tingle.

"It changed twelve hours to long-term?"

Lin Shoushan's voice was hoarse.

"By the time I discovered it later, it was already too late."

"The Six Seats turned all emergency confirmations into parts of a nationwide authorization."

Qin Shanhe suddenly spoke:

"There are also opponents."

Everyone looked at him.

Qin Shanhe's expression was very grim.

"The detention school for the failures of the first experiment."

"They weren't incompatible."

"Many of them refused the arrangements made after being designated."

Gu Changye's voice cut in from the Abyss Processing Bureau channel.

"In our class back then, some people refused to continue using their Careers."

"Some demanded the system be shut down."

"Some said Career designations shouldn't overwrite their original names."

"In the final statistics, we weren't there."

The graduation roster of the old Underground School automatically appeared.

A line of black text pressed behind the golden file.

[Not included in authorization statistics: Detention school for first experiment failures]

[Number of people: 12,763]

[Reason for exclusion: Abnormal Career stability]

[Statistical processing: Not valid Careerists]

Inside the Old Awakening Hall, everyone saw those words.

100% consent.

It meant first kicking the opponents, failures, rejectors, those who didn't accept, and those with interface abnormalities out of "valid Careerists."

Then announcing that the remaining people passed with a unanimous vote.

Inspector Han Su's voice was cold and hard.

"This is not authorization."

"This is a filtered Record."

He drove his Job-Slayer blade into the floor.

"If any remaining nodes of the Department of Education continue to cite this file, I will apply to freeze their authorization source in my capacity as a Job-Slayer."

Ye Guizhou stamped:

[Opponents exist]

[Not counted does not equal not opposed]

Luo Wensheng recorded:

[Excluded samples should be returned to the clarification period issue set and must not continue to be treated as an invalid population.]

He Zhibai wrote:

[The governance benefits and damages formed over twenty years due to erroneous authorization must be entered into an accountability ledger and cannot be borne by those currently withdrawing.]

Large cracks finally appeared on the golden file.

But its final layer was still fighting back.

[Careerists have used the system for twenty years]

[Factual dependence has been formed]

[Long-term use constitutes default ratification]

On the screen, images of many ordinary Careerists appeared.

Some relied on their Careers to support their families.

Some relied on their Careers to save people.

Some had never resisted.

Some were even genuinely grateful to the Career System for making them no longer ordinary.

The golden file tried to use their lives to prove its legitimacy.

Lin Jin did not deny it.

He looked at those images and said slowly:

"Having used it does not equate to authorizing you to rule."

"Having benefited does not mean it cannot be reviewed."

"Having relied on it does not mean one must continue to be bound."

"Liking one's own Career also does not mean casting a retention vote for everyone else."

He raised his hand and pressed the new tool down on the final definition line.

[Long-term use = Default ratification]

Teacher Xu Wenzhou stood by his side, 002 raised high.

All six slots lit up.

Chen Ye bore the pressure.

Shen Tingxue lowered the temperature.

Zhou Heng channeled energy.

Luo Wensheng recorded.

Ye Guizhou confirmed.

He Zhibai verified.

Qin Shanhe, serving as the observer, stared at the list of those excluded.

Thirteen stood next to Zhao Jing and said coldly:

"The people who didn't choose are also here."

Lin Jin said in a low voice:

"Cut."

002 descended.

The new tool twisted in sync.

Snap!

[Long-term use = Default ratification] broke.

That golden file from twenty years ago burned violently.

It was not being destroyed.

It was being downgraded.

It changed from [Nationwide Authorization] to a gray-white file.

[Historical document]

[Content: Emergency interface maintenance Record after the first nationwide awakening]

[Issues: Statistical scope excluded those who did not accept, opponents, and failure samples; rewrote twelve-hour emergency maintenance as long-term authorization; misjudged initial Career acceptance as consent to system governance]

[Validity: Cannot be used as authorization basis for current underlying review]

[Must be entered into accountability and clarification period materials]

Inside the Old Awakening Hall, many veteran Careerists stared blankly at their emblems.

They were not judged as sinners.

Nor were they judged as fools.

They simply finally knew: that "Accept" they said back then had not signed a twenty-year blank contract for the world.

The alarms in Lin Shoushan's medical pod slowly died down.

He looked at the gray-white file on the screen, his voice so low it was almost inaudible.

"I am responsible for what happened after those twelve hours."

Lin Jin looked at him.

"Then it goes into accountability."

"Not into authorization."

Lin Shoushan was stunned for a moment, then closed his eyes.

"Okay."

The underlying system popped up the clarification period status again.

[Old authorization invalid]

[Underlying review clarification period continues]

[Historical accountability issue added: Rewriting of first-generation authorization]

Just as everyone had let out a sigh of relief, a sealed attachment suddenly popped up at the very bottom of that gray-white file.

[Attachment: Original opinions of those not included in statistics]

[Status: Unread]

[Storage location: Basement Level 3 of the detention school for first experiment failures]

There was a second of silence from Gu Changye's side.

"Basement Level 3?"

Qin Shanhe's expression changed drastically.

"We only opened up to Basement Level 2 back then."

On the screen, the cover of the attachment slowly emerged.

It was not a consent form.

Nor was it an opposition vote.

It was an old title written in the handwriting of many children.

[If a Career will eat people, then we would rather not have it]

Beneath the title, the first line of signatures lit up.

[Student ID 00001: Gu Changye]

The second line.

[Witnessing Teacher: Qin Shanhe]

In reality, Qin Shanhe looked up sharply.

"I have never seen this file."

The next second, a loud rumble came from the direction of the Underground School.

The old school site, which had long since graduated its students, cracked open a door leading to Basement Level 3.