Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 436: Where the gods can go, I can go too
Fifteen minutes later, dinner was on the table.

Stewed beef with radish, stir-fried cabbage, stir-fried bacon with fresh bamboo shoots, pickled radish, three bowls of white rice, and three cups of tea.

Zhou Yixiang introduced them one by one: "The beef comes from Songbei area. The milk and beef there are very good. It is shipped here frozen and everyone likes it very much."

“The radishes and cabbages are grown locally.”

"The bamboo shoots come from the Tree Monster Territory. There are large bamboo forests there. Some of our buildings and second-generation refrigerators need bamboo. Plus, there are panda employees in the company. Takumi and Takuzuki, father and son, need to eat a lot of tender bamboo and bamboo shoots. As a result, people here have gradually become fond of bamboo shoots, and now they consume a lot of them."

"The bacon is made at Liangshan."

"The most important thing is this rice."

Zhou Yi pointed to the fragrant rice and said, "This is the first batch of rice harvested by the company this summer. The taste of the new rice is really different. Just eating the white rice has a very sweet taste."

"Stir-fried dishes should be eaten with rice. Come, try it."

Shang Yang had no taboos and picked up every dish to taste.

It keeps the habits of the panda people, likes to eat bamboo shoots, drink tea, eat cabbage, but is not so keen on meat. In addition, it likes rice very much.

I ate a bowl of rice.

Shang Yang wiped his mouth with his sleeve and said, "I'm done eating. Kill me now."

Zhou Yi said: "No hurry."

He only took a few bites.

Zhou Yi praised the Yuanxiao who was also slowly swallowing the rice dumplings beside him: "Your cooking skills are getting better and better. It's delicious."

"Thank you, Chairman."

The angel of death looked happy.

In the past, Zhou Yi developed a habit of eating in a hurry. He was always in a hurry when he was in school. But now, he has become more slow in eating and he enjoys life when eating.

Shang Yang drank his tea in silence.

After a while, it spoke again: "What do you want to know from me?"

Zhou Yi wiped his mouth with a tissue and followed it: "Why does Fali think I am the biggest threat?"

"If we divide them by region of influence, Heavenly Kingdom and Xingshu are the biggest external rivals to the Legal Front. They are superior to the Legal Front in terms of technology, population, and territory.

"In terms of cities, human cities and nano-cities are the direct competitors of electromechanical cities."

“It’s a little strange to me that our company is considered a huge threat.”

"What the Wasteland Development Company does is nothing more than manufacturing some low-priced goods and selling them. It is not in the same field as the Printing Light Technique of the Mechanical and Electrical City."

"The company has always welcomed mechanical and electrical life to apply, but unfortunately the attraction to mechanical and electrical life is limited... So why did you conclude that we are a threat? Or are we the easiest hidden danger to deal with and eliminate?"

After listening to this, Shang Yang said: "The strength of the Kingdom of Heaven is beyond doubt, but its model itself has huge hidden dangers."

"The Empire is completely dependent on the Black Emperor's rule. The various governors and sea lords are divided into local factions. If there is any problem with the Black Emperor, the entire country will quickly split. The Black Emperor also knows this, so he maintains a long-term recuperation and conservative strategy."

"The Kingdom of Heaven cannot make a big move, and it poses no threat to the Mechanical and Electrical City."

"The Star Hub is exploring extraterrestrial space. The Star Hub Light Seal is indeed a powerful and outstanding technology. It does not overlap with the living space of the Legal Front. In the long run, it will be a cooperative relationship between the ground and the air, and there will be no threat."

"Human cities have high growth potential, but unfortunately most of the sea lords are not ambitious and fight on their own. If the power cannot be concentrated, there will be no threat."

"The population base of Guangna cities is insufficient, and they are mixed with multiple races. There is no main ethnic group, and management is difficult. The only way to go further is war. Once the war starts, their population will drop rapidly. If they cannot win a great victory, they will collapse and fall into civil strife. The inherent defects are too great to be a big problem."

"Alien cities are full of uncertainties. However, United City is not mature enough now and needs a long time to grow. With the investment and influence of the Mechanical and Electrical City, it is nothing to be afraid of."

After some comments, it returned to the topic.

"To have a sufficient impact on the legal front, we need a sound and stable infrastructure, an independent scientific and technological system, and highly united interests and future visions. These will ensure that we can maintain strong competitiveness over the long term, and in the short term, we can also achieve breakthroughs in various fields to obtain excess profits."

"In this world, only the Development Alliance led by Wasteland Corporation can do this."

"In my opinion, the only heroes in the world are the Legal Front and Wasteland Corporation."

Zhou Yi looked strange when he heard this.

No, buddy, why do I feel like you are cosplaying Cao Cao drinking wine and discussing heroes?

The issue is.

According to the advantages and disadvantages of both sides, I should be Cao Cao now, and you should be Liu Bei.

I should be the one to say these words.

Zhou Yi tried to say: "Not a hero?"

"If you don't read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms..."

The other person blurted out.

Then Shang Yang was shocked: "You watch it too?"

"..."

Blanch.

The secret code was correct.

Zhou Yi's face twitched: "No wonder you came up with a plan to assassinate Qin..."

It turns out that he was really learning ancient scripts.

Shang Yang looked at Zhou Yi with awe and respect: "It seems that you are also proficient in ancient Chinese. I didn't expect to meet a fellow enthusiast here. There are very few people studying this field."

"But ancient Chinese contains a lot of strategic knowledge and practical experience, which is a valuable legacy of our ancestors."

"..."

Zhou Yi immediately thought: "So you named yourself Shang Yang, and you also want to emulate Shang Yang's reforms?"

The bearded panda man admitted it frankly.

Zhou Yi was curious: "The two founders of the Mechanical Knights are from the same school as you. They are named Laozi and Zhuangzi..."

"Teacher Pangu likes to use the past to illustrate the present."

Shang Yang did not hide anything about this: "In this world ruled by the gods, everyone has to act in chains. Many words and things cannot be said directly. So we need to use metaphors to deconstruct and re-convey those risky information and meanings." Zhou Yi's eyes fixed when he heard this: "Pangu wants to rebel against the gods?"

"of course."

Shang Yang said frankly: "Whether it is my centralized program management or Laozi and Zhuangzi's bypassing program model, they are different routes around this purpose."

“We have a dispute over the route, but we have no disagreement on the ultimate goal.”

Zhou Yi suddenly understood: "So the key to Pangu's capture is that it tried to mobilize more electromechanical life to rebel against the celestial beings once again?"

"Yes. That's the root cause."

Shang Yang took a sip of tea, his eyes melancholy: "It's a pity that the teacher has been completely torn apart now, both physically and mentally, and can never be restored. What is more thorough than death is being forgotten, dissolved and stigmatized... This is the end of a failed resistance."

Zhou Yi roughly understood: "You are the new generation of resistance."

“That’s not the case.”

Shang Yang said: "Teacher has proved that the corresponding conditions are not available now. Survival is the most important thing, so the first thing is to ensure survival, improve survival ability, and strengthen the power of the group."

"Resistance is an inevitable choice when history develops to a certain point. It is not yet the case now."

"The life groups in this world still need to survive. There is no chance to continue to survive like this. Only by living can there be hope."

Zhou Yi turned his attention back to the panda man in front of him.

"So in this wasteland world, the group you are most optimistic about is the electromechanical life form."

"Yes."

"Ordinary methods cannot break the situation. The future lies in electromechanical life."

It looked at Zhou Yi fearlessly: "But now it seems that humans are also a group with great potential. I am optimistic about the stability and efficiency of electromechanical life, and you are optimistic about the potential and creativity of humans. It can be seen now that humans are the biggest challenger to electromechanical life."

Zhou Yi was helpless: "Why do you always have this or that idea? Humans and electromechanical life are not enemies."

"He is not an enemy indeed."

Shang Yang said: "They are just the most direct competitors for dominance."

Zhou Yi frowned: "I don't understand. Since everyone's ultimate goal is to improve their strength and eventually break through the blockade of heaven and man, why do they still have to engage in this kind of internal fighting? Whether it's the seal light technique, the electric cat, or the floating heart, letting a hundred flowers bloom can bring more possibilities to each group."

Shang Yang insisted: "In this world, electromechanical life is the best group to maintain order. They can guarantee the rules to the greatest extent and ensure that the interests of every individual under the rules are protected."

"They are the optimal solution, so they can thrive forever. A moment of prosperity is far from enough. It takes a longer period of time, hundreds or thousands of years, for them to continue stably. Only then will they have a chance to reach a higher level."

Zhou Yi said: "It seems that this is where our differences lie. You pursue a stable lower limit, and I want to strive for a higher upper limit."

He understood now.

Shang Yang's principle of centralized distribution and management was designed to serve the pursuit of extreme stability.

in comparison.

The legal front is like making a large deposit, ensuring stable returns while minimizing the loss of principal.

Under Zhou Yi's guidance, Wasteland Company has allocated a large number of index funds - that is, investing in the entire new human group, with high risk and high returns.

“This is a fundamental contradiction, an external contradiction or a challenge to technological dominance.”

Shang Yang said again: "No matter how you put it, this is a real conflict of interest. The printing technique has been impacted by the floating heart and the electric cat system. The export of printing products has been greatly reduced, which has caused a great impact on the mechanical and electrical city, resulting in a significant decline in the city's income."

"The biggest benefit of the electromechanical city is the light printing technique."

"War is too costly. We need to calculate the costs and benefits. The Legal Front was not sure of victory against the Wasteland Corporation before. Clockwork City, as a large city, was destroyed. It is basically impossible to start a war. No large city is willing to become the cost again."

It's very straightforward.

Zhou Yi said: "I know why you want to assassinate me."

"Because you don't want to live anymore. You don't want to go back to City 404 and become a test sample of the Celestial Beings again. You may not be afraid of fighting, but you can no longer endure the torture of the experiment."

"So you want to make your death more valuable, which means you want to trade one for one with me and pave the way for legal principles."

Shang Yang said: "What you said is basically correct."

"Under normal circumstances, you have to die now in order for the Legal Front and City 404 to accept it." Zhou Yi said, "But there is another option."

"Aren't you going to fight against the gods? This is also the long-term goal of our company. I can change your appearance, place you in our company, and continue your unfinished business."

The panda man was stunned: "You also want to fight against the gods?"

"of course."

Zhou Yi said softly: "It's just that we haven't reached that stage yet, we have to focus on development. For the Wasteland Development Company, the real enemy is only the gods."

"Why?" Shang Yang frowned. "You and the Celestial Beings don't seem to have any conflict of interest. I heard that the Celestial Beings have visited here before, so the relationship should be pretty good."

It tells the story of the time when Zhou Yi transformed into a heavenly dog and returned to the company pretending to be a celestial being.

Zhou Yi said slowly: "Since you study ancient Chinese, you should know a saying, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."

"After the celestial beings descended upon this world, all life in this world, whether human, photon or electromechanical life, was subjected to their experiments and transformation."

"I want to give it a try, and experiment and transform the celestial being. In the words of the ancients..."

"If the gods can go there, I can go there too."

Shang Yang's pupils suddenly contracted.

The panda's expression became very complicated: "There is indeed a reason why you can lead the Wasteland Company to such rapid development."

"Would you like to join us and do something big?"

Zhou Yi stretched out his hand to it: "Anyway, just treat yourself as dead. It's always a good thing to trouble the gods, right?"

Shang Yang thought for a moment, then stretched out his bear claws: "Shang Yang is dead, and now I am just an unknown resurrected corpse, so I will take a gamble with you."

Zhou Yi thought for a moment and said, "Shang Yang is an unlucky name. He himself did not have a good ending. Let's change it. From today on, how about you call yourself "Guan Zhong"? "

"Is this Guan Zhong, who respected the king and repelled the barbarians and fought against foreign enemies during the Spring and Autumn Period?"

The panda man's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Okay, okay! I'll be the Guan Zhong of this era!"

(End of this chapter)