Chapter 274 Six Years Later
Amidst laughter and joy, six years have passed in the blink of an eye.
It's ordinary, but full of achievements.
The children brought up in the green paradise are growing up gradually. Every year, three to five thousand students step out of the campus gate and plunge into the wave of the great construction era.
Human resources are indeed the most valuable asset. The development speed in the past six years is several times faster than the previous 24 years! First of all, the first important institution established in these six years is the Academy of Sciences! This is a comprehensive research site with a total of more than 3,000 researchers, covering all aspects of science and technology, and most of them are young people.
There is also a large engineering academy with more than 5,000 people.
The research directions of both parties overlap to a certain extent, forming a competitive relationship.
The dean of the Academy of Sciences is a super thinker, the newly rising Professor Lu Tiantian.
The leader of the Great Engineering Academy, he is also a super thinker, a veteran wise man, and he is responsible for the desert, the current power grid, and the fully automated farms.
Internal competition is never a bad thing in any civilization.
Especially at the level of scientific and technological development, only when there is competition will there be a flow of talent and a collision of ideas.
If there is only one research institute, talents will have no choice and the system will easily become stagnant.
Nowadays, going to whichever place is good is a good thing both for individuals and for civilization.
In addition, the evaluation mechanism for scientific research results has been formally established with the emergence of peer review.
There are fewer and fewer people who seek fame and reputation and want to monopolize resources.
With the help of the two research institutes, human civilization has prospered at a speed visible to the naked eye, and physical technology and idealistic technology have flourished! "Ladies and gentlemen, today marks the 30th anniversary of our stay on this beach."
"These thirty years have been full of miracles, stability and harmony, and we have achieved great success!"
So today, the 30th Spring Festival has finally arrived.
The auditoriums in various communities and the complex building of Green School were packed with people, and Lu Yuan was delivering an important speech.
"Five years ago, we also established a factory with higher productivity - a large production plant."
This thing is based on the "universal factory" as the core.
The "Universal Factory" from the Gear Civilization is like a life-saver for human beings at this stage!
Its production speed is related to its complexity. After testing, a thumb-sized chip can be produced in a week.
But for making simple equipment such as chains and bearings, it only takes a few minutes.
Therefore, the "large-scale production institute" with 3,000 engineers continuously provides industrial products to the poor human beings - the quantity is small, but it is precious.
"With the help of the Universal Factory, the biggest change at present is that radio and telephone, the most common technological items in human civilization, have finally appeared on the market."
"Oh, yes, and there's TV!"
"Our engineers have restored some of the large screens left by the green civilization and can use them as televisions. I believe everyone has experienced it."
"The Propaganda Department established a TV station, which added new culture to our society."
With such a small population, it is indeed not easy to come up with these technological products.
The prices of industrial products such as tricycles and bicycles are also gradually decreasing. After all, the sky city is only 4 kilometers deep, and these simple means of transportation can meet most travel needs.
Another huge development is the military! The survivors from the Mandala Empire have fully integrated into the new life of human civilization.
There are a total of five level 6, 12 level 5, and 89 level 4 masters.
However, it would be a waste to let the masters serve as soldiers. Lu Yuan prefers to let them engage in more high-end jobs such as carving and education.
Humans have cultivated many young masters over the years. Some geniuses have cultivated to the level 3 of the extraordinary fire with fewer resources. The former captain Shakaner is already a level 4 master! This is not shameful, after all, resources are really limited.
Even Lu Yuan himself cultivated to level 6 with the help of resources. As for serious military development, it is still impossible to manufacture missiles and nuclear bombs, but there are still some developments.
For example, the Spiritual Rune Cannon is a spiritual weapon developed in recent years.
Experts have imagined that since the power of the [Spiritual Words] can be engraved on talisman paper through carvings, then if we change the base material and engrave the [Spiritual Words] on the shells, can we create the destructive power of the [Demon] level? And can we launch it remotely?
After sixteen years of development, this project has basically matured.
The power of the "Spiritual Rune Cannon" is even greater than the original depleted uranium bomb!
One shot creates a mushroom cloud!
And there is no nuclear radiation, and it even has the potential to continue to increase its power.
The only downside is...it's too expensive!
The engraving technicians for the shells have to make them by hand. Apart from Lu Yuan, there are only three other engraving craftsmen who are capable of doing the job, so human resources are still insufficient.
Moreover, it requires extraordinary materials such as ten thousand year old amber and mithril, which is unaffordable if you want to manufacture on a large scale. Another point is the change at the social level. The peculiar model of social support finally continued.
About 1,000 to 2,000 children are born each year. Compared with the current population of 100,000, the resource pressure is not that great. Thinking back to this, Lu Yuan's voice became louder: "Our economy has made long-term development. The average salary has increased from 200 yuan in the past 30 years to the current 3,400 yuan, an increase of 16 times. The average annual growth rate is about 10% for 30 consecutive years. This is an improvement in productivity and a great progress."
"The National Cultivation Plan has been perfectly executed!"
"The average extraordinary level has reached level 2, which means that everyone's average lifespan can reach over 200 years, which is also a great achievement!"
Lu Yuan said this with an expression of great pride on his face.
He felt that it was remarkable that the makeshift team had been able to develop to this point. Although there were still some details to be worked out, where in the world was there a truly perfect society?
The original Meda civilization took three hundred years but still failed to reach the average level 2.
Until the extinction of the Meda civilization, most people were still in the level one category, that is, just getting started.
This is a mismatch of resources, coupled with the extreme scarcity of resources - the entire Meda civilization, with a population of tens of millions, has only one pomegranate tree, plus a small number of mutated plants. How many talents can there be?
Human civilization 18 is actually also poor, but much stronger than the Meda civilization.
In addition, he, the Great Commander Lu, was generous and used his own assets to lay a good foundation for his children.
They even seized the resources of an entire empire, and Lu Yuan invested all these things among the civilians and the military.
Apart from the children who are still at level one, even the most ordinary citizens are at level two.
Lu Yuan didn’t know how the 17 cities from Earth were developing, but he felt that the 18 human civilizations here were definitely not bad!
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After listening to these reports, there was warm applause and discussion in the school and the auditorium.
Only through comparison can you feel happy.
The innate grandmaster and training instructor, Jin Dongliang, sighed: "There are nearly 100,000 level 2 junior masters. In the past, they would have been a huge army."
"If the emperor of the empire heard about this force, he would be so worried that his hair would turn white."
Everyone can start a first-level fire.
But level two is just the entry level.
The extraordinary fire has the functions of strengthening the body and protecting the body. The attributes of the second-level warrior are also increased to 10 points, which is a qualitative change.
Level three is considered to be an advanced level, and one can hunt extraordinary life forms alone.
Of course, for now, there are more than 800 level three masters, which is still a little too few.
"It's still too poor. There are only a little over a hundred level 4 experts." Lu Tiantian, the head of the Academy of Sciences, was not so satisfied with these results. "I have already asked the commander-in-chief to raise the Sky City to search for the remains of civilization and compete for resources."
“This barren land is peaceful, but it’s too poor and has nothing.”
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"He was always reluctant. Now it's finally been thirty years, the agreed time has arrived. I'm afraid he won't object."
Jin Dongliang laughed. He is 298 years old this year, and this generation of young people is the most confident group he has ever seen.
No matter what, they must do their best! Even in the competition among civilizations, they want to be the first - they really dare to think! Jin Dongliang said: "Hey, you think too simply. Commander Lu is right. Our civilization is fine if it does not encounter a crisis. Once it encounters a crisis, it will really be a world of collapse. It only takes a few seconds for the whole world to collapse."
"Be steady."
Jin Dongliang still feels scared when he thinks about what happened.
Not only him, other masters who had experienced the "Painted Skin" battle also felt the same way.
These thirty years have been so peaceful and comfortable.
"I'm afraid that if I'm a little more cautious, I'll miss the opportunity. Besides, haven't you noticed that this atmosphere is slowly spreading."
Everyone was silent for a while.
That is a lazy thought.
It’s not that people have become lazy. After 30 years, engineers and scientists are still passionate, students are young and energetic, and craftsmen are crazy about creating legendary masterpieces! Well, if it’s not a legendary masterpiece, then “rare” or “excellent” is enough, right? This atmosphere comes from the bottom of the gene - human nature is actually lazy.
However, this world is so cruel. How many civilizations can survive to the end of an era? When will the next disaster come? Will they choose to die slowly, or grow by overcoming difficulties? Or will they wither halfway and become relics of the next era?
No one can answer these questions.
Jin Dongliang sighed, "These days are indeed comfortable."
Lu Tiantian smiled and said, "Yes, that's why I'm anxious."
"After so many years, there shouldn't be many milestones in civilization..."
“Perhaps there are quite a few civilizations that have left the safe zone.”
"We seem to be thriving, but in fact we don't have any advantages."
"Those technological civilizations have populations of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions. How can we compare?"
As the president of the Academy of Sciences, Lu Tiantian deeply understands the power brought by population size.
There are a lot of industrial jobs that are essentially empirical sciences, accumulated over a long period of time by countless people.
Take the smelting of special steel for example. An experienced master can judge whether it is qualified just by looking at the color and feeling the texture. As for a novice...even if he uses all kinds of fancy methods, he still can't compare with the experienced master.
Without enough people and time, it is impossible to catch up with technology.
Today is the 17433rd day of the Ninth Era. Even if we count the time in the safe zone, it has been 174 days, almost 6 months. It is very likely that some of the bolder civilizations have really walked out of the safe zone.
This makes the younger generation very worried.
"There's no need to belittle ourselves. We also have our own advantages." Standing on the other side, Professor Sha Mo from the University of Engineering said with a smile, "We have enough experts here. You have to admit that."
Most of the experts are studying glyphs.
This is indeed the most promising position at present. In the foreseeable future, glyphs will be the core of Idealistic Technology.
Perhaps there are many second-generation civilizations like the Mandala Empire in the world, which also have many masters.
But if the master does not engage in research and only develops military power, then the significance of the master is very limited.
After all, no matter how much intelligent life practices, it is difficult to defeat the anomaly.
The stronger the individual military power of a society, the more likely it is to fall into the feudal era and be unable to make perfect use of human resources.
"Is it really impossible to defeat him alone?" Lu Tiantian asked doubtfully, "Uncle Jin, as a level six expert, how many moves can you withstand?"
"In front of a real [monster], you can't even withstand a single blow." Jin Dongliang kept shaking his head, "You can't even escape with your life, unless you have some magical skills to save your life. You really haven't seen it... Sigh, it's like a nightmare."
The battle at that time is still kept highly confidential.
However, Jin Dongliang knows very well that your father, who has not taken action for a long time, is the strongest fighting force in the entire civilization.
If it weren't for this unique fighting power, do you really think that all the masters would surrender so easily? It's very difficult!
Because the unique fighting power was integrated into the civilian population without any airs, those masters could only follow suit...
Lu Yuan on the TV said excitedly: "Ladies and gentlemen, even though we have made great achievements in recent years, we must know that we are still not a powerful civilization."
"The resources in this place are too scarce. It is almost impossible for everyone to reach level three."
"So, we have to leave."
"Searching for remains of civilization, mining for resources, and returning to the parent civilization are all our short-term goals."
"So according to the high-level meeting, it was decided that we must set sail after the Spring Festival this year."
"Just like an ancient poem from the mother civilization of mankind: There will always be a time to ride the wind and waves, and set sail to cross the vast ocean! Please be mentally prepared, because difficulties and obstacles are what you must face to achieve greatness!"
(End of this chapter)