Chapter 867: Journalists with Impure Motives
Listening to the captain's words, a trace of resentment appeared on the young soldier's face, and his eyes stared at the crowd not far away with dissatisfaction, and his gaze mainly fell on some of the communicators with the national household registration mark of the dream country.
Fortunately, although the soldier's mood was not very good, he still adhered to his duty and did not do anything because of his emotional impulses, even if he was dissatisfied with the people of the Dream Country, the soldier also hid his gaze well, and did not let those ordinary pedestrians, travelers, and businessmen find out.
Seeing that he was very peaceful, the captain nodded slightly with satisfaction, and then whispered to him: "Actually, not only the lower-level soldiers like you and me, but even the upper echelons of the sect country, are also dissatisfied with the privileges and benefits set up by the dream country that are only beneficial to the other party's citizens. ”
"Then why do we allow such privileges?" asked the soldier, puzzled.
"Why else?" the captain sighed and said, "Now there is only one Dream Nation that has this kind of transnational or even interdimensional large-scale civilian version of teleportation technology. The other party firmly controls the uniqueness of the technology and occupies the initiative in the conversation, so he has the confidence to ask for such privileges. ”
"......" The young soldier was silent, he actually understood the truth here, but he didn't think about it so much for a while.
"Since the upper echelons purchased these teleportation devices from the Dream World Auction a while ago, they have begun to decrypt them technically, but for the time being, the people of the Dream Realm are very strict in protecting the secrets in this regard, and we can't blatantly force the disassembly and research of those devices, so the progress is still relatively slow, and I don't know when the results will be available. ”
"Our people from the Sect Nation should also be stationed in the management center of these teleportation stations, right?" the young soldier asked.
The captain pouted, "Yes, but the people who move in are only collaborative, and they must first sign a contract that restricts their movements, so that they can't explore the technical secrets of the teleporter without permission." Dream Nation is very vigilant in this regard. ”
"Shh
The young soldier smashed his mouth and watched with some disgust as another merchant with the mark of the Dreamland was not far away, smiling through the portal to the portal of the teleporter.
A hint of irony appeared on the young man's face: "Originally, the auction of the teleportation station has already exchanged huge benefits for the dream country, and the cost of the daily resource consumption of the teleportation station is still on our heads, and the income from operating the teleportation station is still accounted for by the other party, and the other party has taken so many benefits, and the other party actually wants to seek the privilege and benefit of half of the cost of using the teleportation station for the people under his command...... That 'Dream Lord' shouldn't still have the name of 'God of Money'?"
When the captain heard this, he glanced at him, shook his head and said, "It's not so much the 'God of Money' as the 'God of Greed'." Do you think that the privilege of all citizens to be exempted from royalties is only for the sake of taking some more money?"
The young soldier thought for a moment, and his mind flashed the scene of the interaction between the two businessmen he had just seen, and suddenly understood something: "Because such privileges and benefits that only belong to members of the Dream Realm will make the members of many other countries because of the pursuit of such privileges and benefits, and finally prompt them to have the idea of joining the Dream Realm?"
"That's right. The captain sighed slightly: "Actually, the Dream Nation has been doing similar things, constantly promoting various benefits that can only be enjoyed by members of its own realm, using various ways to increase the loyalty and support of the citizens under their command to the upper echelons of the kingdom and the 'Dream Lord', and at the same time using this as a bait to attract outcasts from the outside world to join them...... That 'dream master', that country, is really very 'greedy', whether it is money, population, or all kinds of resources, the other party wants everything. ”
Grabbing his hair, the young soldier turned his head to look at the square tower-shaped teleportation station behind him, which was ten stories high: "A large civil space teleportation device, a portable space storage device, a wood spirit species that takes root in the purification of the natural environment outside the city and can also regularly produce and sell 'wood spirit water', and the spirit communication network that is gradually beginning to occupy an overwhelming position among the people of various countries, and the unique contract agreement construction technology that is fully popularized, and the most amazing skill that can give skills to others at will, The crystallization of the power of power and even the power of the bloodline...... Where did that heretical country come up with so many strange technological achievements?!"
The captain thought back to a piece of information he had heard, and revealed, "I heard from an adult at the top that the so-called 'Dream Lord' seems to come from the endless unknown land of the Outer Void, maybe these are all things from the Outer Realm. ”
"Outside the world, is there an unknown place outside of this world......" The young soldier felt a little understood.
In the Lingzi world, because the transcendent path is not too rare, a lot of common sense information in the transcendent realm tends to be more popular. The existence of the foreign world, as well as the essential composition of the world, even the common people can have a slightly superficial concept.
Of course, there is no one who specifically teaches the common people this 'common sense', but there are some books such as mythological biographies, which will record some information in this area as a background material for stories or mythological biographies. And many of these books are ordinary books that even ordinary children can access.
Looking at the ignorant look on the young soldier's face, the captain shook his head and patted him on the shoulder: "Junior, don't delve into those advanced things that are temporarily difficult for you to understand, with your current strength at the level of a trainee knight, it's too early to contact those." ”
The young soldier nodded, turning his attention back to his current post.
The captain glanced at him, and found that his eyes still flashed with some hostility towards the members of the Dream Realm who passed in front of him,
“...... I know that your brother was seriously injured by the retaliatory attack of those heretics of the Dream Church during the heretical crusade against the Fantasy Nation in the Western Continent more than half a year ago, but in the current situation, the upper echelons of the Church have issued an order to prohibit further head-on conflicts with that heretical country without permission. So, at least in this kind of public setting, you have to restrain your emotions. ”
The young soldier smiled bitterly: "Captain, don't worry, I know how to measure." ”
The captain smiled with relief, and then reassured: "Speaking of which, why don't you think of something that can make you feel better, how about it?"
"For example, you have already heard of the disaster that happened yesterday in the western region of the Netherdelais, a fantasy country, due to the sudden attack of the 'Demon King', right?"
When the young soldier heard this, his face suddenly turned cloudy to sunny.
The attack launched by the "Demon King" Luciel on the Dream Realm was too loud, and in just one day, the relevant news could be said to have spread throughout the entire Lingzi World.
The public doesn't know the details of yesterday's battle, but they can only roughly understand that the "Demon King" suddenly appeared and attacked the territory of the Nedrys under the rule of the Dream Country, although the Dream Country used the country's defense means to stop the main attack damage in time, but the aftermath of the spread still caused quite serious disasters to the western area of the Nydryles and the area near the border.
It is estimated that at least more than 100,000 innocent people will be affected, and although the death toll is very small because of the timely rescue of the Dream Country, there are still about 1,000 people who died in the disaster before they could be rescued. As for those who did not die but were wounded, and those whose property was damaged, there are even more innumerable.
Calculated solely based on the damage to buildings and facilities, even if it is a conservative estimate, the loss of the Dream Country this time should be as much as hundreds of millions of gold coins! If you also count the cost of dealing with casualties, as well as the necessary pacification, compensation, and other aftermath work, the loss of the Dream Country this time is probably more than one billion gold coins!
This is a huge loss that is several times higher than the annual tax revenue of a top power like the Duragon Empire.
Such a huge loss is naturally a very sad and unfortunate thing for the Dream Nation, but for those who are hostile to the Dream Country, it is good news that will make them feel schadenfreude.
And the young soldier of the Sect who guarded the teleportation station in Ziying City happened to be the type who was more hostile to the Dream Country, after all, his brother had suffered great harm because of the relationship with the Dream Country, and the hatred caused by the pain of his relatives was naturally vented on the culprit by him.
There is no trace of the Holy Light Church heretical crusade team in their sect country that took the lead in attacking the believers of the Dream Church in the Dream Country, and it is also a dispute over the interests of the faith.
It was also because the high-level of the empire at that time wanted to wait and see the situation and use the heretical crusade force of the Holy Light Church to test the reality of the mysterious dream church and the "dream master" behind it, so they did not attack the sect on this matter, otherwise they should have received warnings and sanctions from the imperial high-level as early as the beginning of the crusade force.
At that time, the high-level of the empire did not overly affect others because the actions of the heretical crusade forces of the Holy Light Church in their own territory did not affect others too much, so the high-level of the empire turned a blind eye.
Although it was a tacit acquiescence, strictly speaking, the Empire did not openly say that it allowed the Church of Light's action.
Therefore, the wave of crusade against the believers of the Dream Church launched by the heretical crusade force of the Holy Light Church at that time was simply untenable if judged from an objective point of view, so even if they were injured by the counterattack, it was only considered to be self-inflicted.
But unfortunately, people's emotions cannot be controlled from an objective and rational perspective in many cases.
Following the topic raised by the captain to divert his attention, the young soldier really felt a little better.
It was at this time that the captain saw an acquaintance walking towards the entrance gate of the teleportation station, and stopped him on the spot.
"Vader, meet again, are you also going on a business trip this time?"
It was a man of about thirty years old, with standard blonde hair and blue eyes, dressed in an ordinary outfit that was easy to move and very inconspicuous, the only thing that was slightly eye-catching was that he had a portable camera the size of a palm hanging from his neck with a rope strap around his neck, and a fountain pen on his jacket pocket.
Obviously, this seems to be a person who works as a journalist or something. Journalists are also a profession with a low social status in the world of Lingzi, and since the civil spiritual guidance technology in various countries has sprouted one after another, this profession has risen at the same time because of the great benefit of the invention of printers and other equipment to newspapers.
As a result, for the people at the bottom of the Lingzi world, reading newspapers, magazines and other entertaining paper reading materials has become one of the common daily entertainment methods for countless families.
Of course, this situation has changed a lot after the rise of the Dream Nation and the launch of the "Dream World Platform" and the "Soul Network" communicator. Compared with traditional paper books, the holographic projection of Mengshi and the Lingshu communicator and even the reality of dreams bring a much better sense of entertainment experience.
This has also prompted things like current affairs news to spread farther, more widely, and more quickly with the help of extremely convenient and fast channels such as the Lingshu Network.
Many people engaged in journalism at that time gradually shifted their focus from the traditional printing and distribution of paper reading materials in newspapers to the convenient platforms provided by "Dream World" and "Lingshu Network".
Of course, because of the convenience provided by the Montnets platform, the business model of this industry has been greatly changed, and the threshold for employment has been greatly reduced, which has enabled more people to invest in this industry, which has greatly increased the competitive pressure of the same industry.
Many professionals such as current affairs news and entertainment magazines have to put in more effort and sweat in order to make their published articles stand out under this competitive pressure. Every day, I can't wait to get into the places where interesting news or big events happen for the first time, and strive to get the first time to write the material.
The disaster that happened in the dream country yesterday is undoubtedly the hottest current affairs topic in the whole world at the moment, and the related news almost dominates the screen in the various community exchange pages of the Montnets platform.
Countless people expressed their views on the disaster, and many of them even spoke for the victims of the disaster.
Naturally, journalists from all over the world are flocking to it, planning to go to the scene of the incident to collect material for the article, and then write a special book to increase their performance. The reporter, Vader, who was stopped by the captain, was also one of those who planned to travel thousands of miles to collect materials on the ground.
If it had been before, even if he knew that such a big event had happened, Vader would not have been able to go to the place of the incident in the first place, after all, the distance was too far.
But now, because all over the world has successively established large-scale civilian space teleportation stations provided by the Dream Country, so problems such as road transportation can no longer hinder Vader, and he wants to go from Ziying City in the Church Kingdom in the Eastern Continent to the Western District of the Niederles in the Dream Country in the Western Continent, at most he has to pay a teleportation fee that is not cheap but not too high.
"Munch, are you leading the team on duty again this time?" Vader saw that it was an old acquaintance, but he didn't mind stopping to chat with the other party.
The captain of the soldiers, who was known as Munch in Vader's mouth, smiled and asked, "This time, are you also going to the Dream Realm to collect materials?"
"That's right. Vader nodded, and asked thoughtfully, "You said 'too'...... In other words, have you already met a lot of my peers?"
"Counting you, this is already the seventh Ziying City reporter we have discovered today who wants to go to the Dream Country to collect materials. Munch gave a number that made Vader's face slightly gloomy.
Because, if you count the unit he works in Ziying City, there are only four or five more popular newspapers in total!
"Munch, my old friend, I'm sorry, it seems that we can't talk too long this time, you know, what I need most in this business is to outperform my peers in time. Vader waved his hand to Captain Munch with some eagerness: "I'll invite you to have a drink another day when I come back." ”
"Absolutely. ”
After sending Vader away, the young soldier looked at his captain: "Although the disaster that happened in the Dream Country has been a hot topic recently, it won't attract so many reporters......, right?
Captain Munch smiled mysteriously: "Do you think that those reporters are all just going to collect materials on their own initiative?"
"Could it be ......" Hearing Captain Munch say this, the young soldier immediately thought of something.
"Dream Country, it's been a bit eye-catching lately, especially after the Dream World auction was held a while ago. Captain Munch smiled: "Now that there has been such a major accident that hundreds of thousands of people have been affected, especially since the identities of many of the victims are involved in other countries, do you think if you take advantage of the topic, can you suppress the more and more popular limelight of the other party?"
“...... I see. ”
The young soldier has understood.
Those reporters who go to the dream country to get material may have many purposes that are not just to gain the heat of the topic.
At least, through some articles and reports, those outsiders who originally wanted to join the dream country can realize that this country is not as safe and reliable as they imagined!