Chapter 314 Quality Route and Quantity Route
"The ecological carrying capacity of Green Mountain is limited. Please queue up in an orderly manner and visit in order."
"The number of people received per day cannot exceed 3,000."
There are three most dangerous areas in the huge mountain, namely the king cobra's nest, the scorpion's nest, and the queen bee's hive. These wild animals are very aggressive and can kill people.
In addition, animals such as a mother bear, a chicken snake, a unicorn captured from the Mandala Empire, and animals and plants bought from the ratman civilization are all raised here.
A total of 39 types! About 21-30 Lingyun consumables are produced each year, laying a solid foundation for future talent training.
Looking at the groups of tourists, Lu Yuan was also happy in his heart, and he advised: "You, don't eat people, and serve customers well here."
The mother bear roared and looked at Lu Yuan with her black eyes.
What's going on? You brought me here to be a member of the circus?
"You, lay eggs well."
The chicken snake looked constipated and laid eggs on the spot.
More than fifty years later, it has grown to level 3 life. Each egg is the size of a fist and is very nutritious.
"Plop!" The orange egg with patterns fell on the old nest made of straw.
The cockatrice made a happy sound: "Cluck, cluck!"
They are both wild animals that are relatively close to humans.
In addition, there is also the huge carnivorous plant, which has been "controlled" by Lu Yuan, so there is nothing to worry about.
It was planted in a special botanical garden and received the best care from plant enthusiasts, with sufficient fertilizers, nutrient solutions and the like.
The hive of the poisonous queen bee is also in the plantation. These bees can not only collect nectar from the carnivorous plant, but also from other extraordinary plants, such as corn trees, large pear trees, etc., to further increase the honey production capacity.
It’s so wonderful to see these thriving scenes.
When people visited, they laughed and looked forward to it, and when they truly saw the fruits of victory, they experienced a heartfelt sense of happiness.
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However, joy and sadness often go together.
On the day when the mountain moving plan was officially completed, Lu Yuan received another piece of bad news.
"Mr. Lu, Mr. Sha may be having a last breath... Do you want to go to the hospital?" Hai Luo's voice came from beside him.
"Oh... let's go."
Lu Yuan hurriedly took the girl to the hospital.
Sha Sanli, the first generation old man, the former patriarch of the Shali clan, has now reached the end of his life...
His strength is not high, only level two.
He is 172 years old this year, and has indeed reached the age of death.
Sha Sanli saw the complete realization of the mountain-moving plan and also saw the changes that mankind has undergone over the years. His thin face couldn't help but tremble twice.
"OK."
“Time flies by so fast.”
He seemed to have recalled a very distant past. The moment he met Lu Yuan and his group, all his fate had changed.
"How is Elder Sha..." Lu Yuan knocked on the door and saw younger generations such as Sha Kaner and Sha Mo.
"Oh, it should be... the last moment." Sha Mo said in a low voice.
Shakaner's talent is one in a million. The former militia captain is now a level five master.
Sha Mo's cultivation aptitude is average, but as the owner of divine skills and the dean of the Great Engineering Academy, it is naturally easier for him to obtain resources. At this moment, he is already at level three, with a lifespan of more than 300 years, and there will be opportunities for improvement in the future.
The difference in life span between the strong and the weak was clearly revealed at this moment.
A third-level strongman has a lifespan of three to four hundred years. Especially those with high divine attributes can live even longer, and it is possible to live up to five hundred years.
For the strong, fifty or sixty years of development is actually nothing, even their appearance has not changed much.
But for those original old people, it was already a long time... They missed the best age for cultivation. Once their bodies began to age, even if they used resources to make up for it, it would only be half the result with twice the effort and there was no way to make up for it.
"Captain Lu... you've worked hard." Sha Sanli, with white hair and age spots all over his face, said, "I've been lying in bed all these years, but I can still see you on TV."
In the last bit of light, he stared at Lu Yuan blankly.
Lu Yuan smiled and held his cold hand tightly: "You have worked hard, old principal, and the students have lived up to your expectations."
Sandori seemed to remember that he was once the principal of Green School, and muttered to himself: "Hey, old principal... this may be the greatest achievement of my life."
Soon after, Lu Tiantian, Lu Yue and other first generation students who were supported by the society also visited the "old principal".
Although the "old principal" has a bad temper, he is still the teacher who raised them.
Only after experiencing some of it did I realize that the old principal wasn't that bad after all.
"Everyone is here, everyone is fine, fine..."
Sha Sanli smiled at last, and the wrinkles on his face were like deep ravines.
Under the brilliant sunset, the old man closed his eyes as if he was asleep.
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This is actually a very small matter, and everyone should mourn for a while.
Lu Yuan personally read the eulogy, and then the body was sent to the crematorium for cremation. Sha Sanli's busy life came to an end.
It was not the first time that Lu Yuan had experienced separation and death, but he still felt some subtle touches.
In this world, the gap between people is slowly widening.
The inequality in life expectancy is the biggest contradiction.
Even though most people now are young and the phenomenon of "not worrying about scarcity but inequality" has not yet appeared, the contradictions will always become greater and greater in the future.
“We can’t expand the population significantly.”
"Although expanding the population can continue to improve industrial strength...but the resources of a green mountain will become stretched under the impact of a huge population."
"The main contradiction at this stage is to find a way to raise the average level of the people to level three."
"Our children are all very good... the quality of population is more important than the quantity."
This is a little insight that Lu Yuan had.
It took almost 50 years for the population to expand from 50,000 to 400,000.
At this rate of expansion, in another 50 years, the population will reach 3.2 million. By then, there will be more talented people and stronger war capability.
Lu Yuan was determined not to expand the population too much.
In fact, the cost-effectiveness of doing so is not high. With more newborns, there will always be more people with divine skills and more geniuses.
The third level for all people requires a lot of resources. After all, most people don't have much talent for cultivation, and without resources they will only stay where they are.
Just like Lu Yuan himself, he also got there because of the resources he accumulated...
But Lu Yuan is a soft-hearted person, he still wants everyone to live longer...
As for the development of civilization, well, it might not be bad if it had less internal friction.
Hai Luo naturally agreed with Lu Yuan's idea. She was a soft-hearted person. Moreover, she had a long life span, and it was not a pleasant feeling for her to watch her old friends grow old, get sick, and die.
"Even old wolves grow old..."
Only the old orange cat was a little hesitant.
It glanced at the two with its round eyes and said, "If you want to go the elite route, it's not impossible. As long as you stack your god attributes to more than 12 points, you will be equivalent to a universal carving worker. Then it will be awesome, equivalent to all of you being high-value talents."
But...how difficult is this?
Every time you upgrade your god, your value increases by 3 times, but the resources consumed also increase exponentially! The current average level is only 9 points, and you still need 27 times the resources!
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
The 12-point god is indeed a qualitative change, but before that, even if everyone has 11-point god attributes, there will not be much benefit.
Lao Mao did some calculations: "Expanding the population base is beneficial. If there are a billion people, we can train them at a low cost and select highly qualified talents. The level doesn't have to be too high. We can easily train a million 12-point God glyph workers."
"Now you have 400,000 people, and even if you try your best to train them, and invest a huge amount, you still only have 400,000 glyph workers."
"The former is simple and efficient, while the latter is limited to civilizations with extremely low reproductive capacity. It's a thankless task, so why bother getting involved?"
Lu Yuan also knew this truth and sighed, "But don't you think the atmosphere is pretty good now? There aren't too many conflicts, and everyone is very idealistic. Even if it's a little tiring, they'll be willing to take risks."
"There are too many people... and not enough resources, so it's inevitable that there will be a lot of internal competition."
"Once people become too profit-driven, all ideals and morals are lost."
The old cat thought about it again and again, and said coldly: "Comrade, you are still suitable to be a blacksmith. If humans don't involute, won't they become green people?"
Conch blushed immediately: "Are the Greens not good?"
"Oh, even if you are the sacred king, I have to tell you the truth. The Green People are really weak. It is unimaginable that they can be destroyed even with such good conditions!" The old cat sneered unceremoniously.
"You, you, you... cat people, you are also weak!" Conch stumbled, "You were also destroyed! How dare you talk about us?"
"Who said we were destroyed?" The old cat raised his proud head, "Do you have any evidence? Maybe we cats have ascended to heaven?"
"You Greens are really destroyed, the evidence is solid...Alas, poor king, I'll give you a rub, don't be sad."
"The human civilization in front of us should be changed to green civilization. I think your kind partner would agree."
Hai Luo couldn't scold this bitch, so she started to use "telepathy" to find Lao Lu for help.
Lu Yuan teased, "I was thinking, you used to be good at trash talking, why are you suddenly a lady now? Show your true self."
"But... Damn it! Not only did you not help, you even laughed at me! If you help me beat it, I can promise to do anything for you... Just this once!"
Lu Yuan thought to himself, if I can't commit adultery, what's the point of that thing?
He quickly shook his head: "That's a comrade, how can you hit it?"
He felt that the law of smile transfer was activated directly, and his whole body twisted with joy.
Ahem, to be honest, Lao Mao has always been rational, completely different from Lu Yuan and Hai Luo.
But it is also because of its rationality and ruthlessness that the 18 civilizations of mankind have been able to operate to this day...
After all, a civilization does need both good cops and bad cops.
Otherwise, Lu Yuan and Hai Luo would really be a makeshift team.
After a long time, the old cat finally sighed.
Maybe he recalled the scene of being stroked by girls on campus, and remembered the feeling of "being alive".
When the girls grow old, although new girls are born, the average human life expectancy is indeed lower nowadays.
The old cat sighed deeply: "Forget it, you have the final say."
"This group of people is indeed excellent. It would be good to allocate more resources to train them."
"But a civilization cannot be without newborns. You should plan how big your population will eventually be."
Lu Yuan pondered for a moment: "With a large population, it is inevitable that the ship will be difficult to turn around. Let's keep the population within one million, the size of a county, and our management model will not be a problem.
"If in the future, a person is 500 years old and 2,000 children are born every year, the population balance can be maintained for a long time."
With an average age of 500 years, everyone must be at least level three, and a large proportion may even be level four.
"If we can get more resources, we can have more children born."
"Can."
The old cat spread out its legs and jumped away.
Whether quantity or quality is the key, this is a blessing in disguise... Who knows? ...
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Next, Lu Yuan had one last thing to do: move out the spaceship of the Rize civilization that contained the [ghost] head, and pack it up and take it away.
This is his commitment in the tech trade.
This is not too difficult. Just use the Tree of Life to teleport the spaceship out.
At this moment, the Tree of Life has grown to a height of 160 meters and weighs up to 8,000 tons. It is a veritable behemoth!
After everything was ready, the Sky City first took the entire mountain on a test flight for a while, and just landed near the first branch of the Rize civilization.
While flying with a mountain, some minor problems occurred, such as some Pandora crystals lost control, the energy supply in a certain place did not keep up, etc.
Lu Yuan did not blame the staff.
People always make mistakes.
These details can only be slowly made up with time and experience.
In the latest senior management meeting, Lu Yuan emphasized: "We are only here for the last few months of maintenance, and we must move forward. Looking for relics, picking up minerals, staying in one place for too long is not a good thing, we must move."
"The current direction of progress is still the direction of human civilization. Is that ok?"
"No problem!" Everyone was ready to go, and morale was extremely high.
To be honest, in the past twenty years, in order to move mountains, human physical technology has indeed become much stronger, but the progress in the supernatural field is relatively mediocre. The plants and animals on the mountains are all treasures that we have possessed for a long time.
Apart from digging up a "black jade mine", there was very little other garbage picked up.
This is also a universal law of the Pangu Continent. Every civilization must "move". Being isolated and confined to a corner with insufficient resources will only lead to poverty and weakness.
(End of this chapter)