Three years have passed, but there are no signs of the passage of time on Gu Yi. The little black rabbit is still the same little black rabbit. There is no white hair, not even a wrinkle... Oh, only three years have passed, not thirty years. Well, it doesn't matter.

But it's absurd that nothing has changed in three years! Even the naive and inexperienced Pan Ling now exudes the aura of a domineering female CEO, so how come Gu Yi is still so cute?

Much later, Xu Shi finally understood this principle—everyone's image has an end. Pan Ling's changes were because she was still on her journey, but for Miss Black Rabbit, this was already the end.

But he quickly put away these wild thoughts, gestured for her to sit down, and then asked seriously, "Tell me more."

After all, the plan to establish network communication between the city-states is no small matter, and every step of its implementation is not easy.

Ultimately, it's due to the differences between the regions—to be fair, even the City of Night Sin and the Hualan Empire initially clashed greatly in terms of ideology, culture, and technology, not even when Xu Shi first arrived on Silver Pine Island, but after the two city-states announced the establishment of a friendly alliance.

In the City of Night Sin, many people regard the people of the Hualan Empire as old-fashioned relics from the last century, as bumpkins. Conversely, the Hualan Empire also harbors resentment or concern towards these guys who live in reinforced concrete.

If it weren't for Dongfang Xiao, or rather, Xu Shi, who was guiding her from behind the scenes, being shrewd enough, this issue alone could have dragged on for ten years... Even now, people can't fully integrate, and various forms of discrimination and misunderstandings still exist.

Xu Shi could understand that this was an unavoidable problem in the convergence and integration between two regions, or roughly equivalent to two countries. Not to mention now, even if he were to die a hundred years later, similar problems would not disappear.

But this is just a small example; if it's like this between two city-states, then imagine how it would be between three, four, or even more city-states—it would be a hellish task.

Especially when the language problem he was most worried about appeared—yes, the Hualan Empire was indeed just a coincidence. Now, or rather, the City of Night Sin has united so many city-states and regions to form an alliance, and six or seven different languages ​​have emerged.

Judging from the map that has already been drawn, it's like dividing the country into zones. People in zone A speak language A, and people in zone B speak language B. There's no difficulty between them, but when they're all mixed up, it's like talking to a brick wall. It's a classic Tower of Babel situation.

Thanks to the efforts of the "quill pen," or rather, all the cultural departments of the city-states that expressed a strong desire for alliance, the relatively sound translation system we have today was gradually developed from practical linguistics through a combination of guesswork and deduction, which finally solved the problem.

This may be the first time in the world that the job of "translation" has appeared. It must be said that it has alleviated some employment pressure. Xu Shi did not intend to follow the example of Emperor Zulong and standardize the writing system. On the contrary, diversity is an important factor in keeping the world vibrant. Every language, or rather the culture it represents, has its unique charm.

But it also shows how difficult it is to break the ice as a pioneer and accomplish such a big thing, especially in such a short time... That's why it's absurd to say that Gu Yi hasn't even developed a wrinkle. Under these circumstances, everyone's hairline should have receded by five centimeters.

Now, she's under pressure too.

Establishing network communication is no small matter; it can even be said to be the biggest thing that has happened in recent years besides expanding the map.

The overseas team built signal base stations, the delegation lobbied leaders in various regions, and finally Gu Yi and her growing technical team were responsible for the specific architecture and maintenance. All three parties, and even many unknown people working hard for this, were indispensable.

The purpose is naturally to facilitate communication, and at the same time, to better catch those who have escaped the "natural justice" net.

Not every exploration of a region goes smoothly. So far, Xu Shi has encountered seven “protagonists” who are already deeply rooted on the side of his “Tianli” teammates. Even some small, unimportant B- or C-level regions are directly managed by “Tianli” people.

It seems that a qualified "protagonist" has not yet been cultivated, or perhaps the chances of this region helping "Tenri" realize its long-cherished wish are too low. Rather than investing a lot of energy, it is easier to maintain stability. Perhaps "Tenri's" original idea was that if another type like Xu Shi, who is willing to actively expand outward, appears, such a transit station can be used to influence or manipulate it.

So the question is, did they realize all along that someone might break free from the original area's constraints, or did they only take this belated remedial action after this heretic appeared?

This is an interesting question, but unfortunately, Mr. Xu has no interest in dwelling on it. After all, as the alliance grows stronger, his only response to such insignificant regions is to eliminate them.

Ultimately, Xu Shi is one of the evil capitalists. He has no interest in being a sucker when the return is less than the investment and there are risks involved. If you really want to talk about something, he probably only has any value in the "natural forces" of that area. He can just grab them, interrogate them, and that's it.

Many times, he couldn't get any concrete information out of them. Those people were either reset to factory settings like Xu Ying, or they didn't know as much as Xu Shi did.

Thinking about this, Mr. Xu couldn't help but roll his eyes. In the end, he simply tried to get Gu Yi to design an app similar to an anti-fraud center while building the network.

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