In the 105th year of the Holy Gu calendar, November 11 is the one-horn festival of the founding of the empire.

The capital of the Scarab Empire, the capital of the Holy Corner. In the imperial court, the dying and aging emperor looked at the many heirs under the jewel steps, and under his fierce gaze, there was a hesitant heart.

The Emperor was born in the first year of the Holy Gu Calendar. In fact, the entire Holy Gu Calendar was named after His Majesty the Emperor after the founding of the country, based on his birth. He started his army at the age of 20 and went on to conquer all directions. When he was young, he married many families because of his energy and in order to strengthen his political alliances.

That is: "In order to stabilize the country, I had to take the harem, so as to avoid the destruction of the sword soldiers, which is very good!" ”

But this matter, in fact, was the same as the financial bubble, which stabilized the situation at that time. But now, the matrilineal lines of the six princes are different powerful families in the empire, and these families didn't all want to maintain the political power of alliance with the emperor in the early years? Now, only one family can go one step closer to the royal family.

This kind of palace infighting, there is almost no win-win point, the winner is the emperor, and the loser is the stepping stone of the sea of corpses and blood. And those involved are all extremely powerful parties, that is to say, after the struggle, a large number of imperial nobles who hold real power become defeated, what will they do?

His Majesty's first empress was from a humble background, just a knightly family, and in her early years she was a lady-in-waiting by the emperor's side.

Well, this queen is true love. But there's a fart. The queen gave birth to children three times, all the boys died early because of "accidents", and gave birth to a daughter for the fourth time. This girl, under the symbiosis of the Gu Nest, hibernated for a full fifty years before she could be completely born in this world. - This princess is called Hotaru, and she is currently guarding the northern borders of the empire.

At present, in the imperial capital, even the street vendors know that this issue of imperial succession has become the biggest bomb of a seemingly stable and prosperous empire.

The following will give these six princes a number according to their age, 123456.

Well, just numbering, in fact the total number of children of the emperor is much more. Sometimes the species that stays overnight is also the blood of the emperor, but the emperor has enough heirs, and the nobles will not recognize such illegitimate children. For example, the Lie Locust family supports the 4 princes, and the Floating Family supports the 3 princes, and the local contradictions between the two families are also derived from the court. As for the other nobles, they also have their own sides.

The perspective returns to the main hall.

Huge beetle sculptures stand on either side, and the outer gilding makes them shine.

The princes all fell to their knees on one knee, but their eyes reflected through the mirror-like tiles of the floor, and they looked longingly at the throne on the high steps. For the old man on the throne, the mentality of every prince is much the same.

The No. 1 prince (Zheng Xin), who now has the advantage of imperial power, longs in his heart to be able to replace him as soon as possible, so as not to change his current advantages.

And the No. 2 prince, who runs his local power like an iron bucket, hopes to get more name from his father. Even if the battle for the throne fails, the forces that can have extremely high autonomy can be close to the regent's court, and they can tear the soil and become the king when they retreat.

For the No. 3 and No. 4 princes, the main mind is to focus on each other, intending to hit each other in the process of competing for the throne.

As for the No. 5 and No. 6 princes, they hoped that His Majesty the Emperor would leave a little later, so that his sparse wings would have a little more time to grow.

The Golden Beetle Empire, which ended the competition for hegemony on the mainland and was established for 60 years, now seems to be in danger.

The Emperor who was sitting on the throne looked at the princes under the stand, and a ray of light burst out from his cloudy eyes.

A hard cough in his throat showed that his body had fallen into its worst moment.

He waved his hand, and the insect attendants acting as guards on either side stretched out their limbs and pulled down the curtain in front of the emperor.

These worm attendants are three meters long, with a thin waist and bee eyes. The whole piece of gold armor hanging down from the head looks like a female. The inside of the arm can catapult a sickle, and the ligaments of the legs can make it jump 20 meters, and it is a bodyguard class produced by the golden beetle brood.

When a total of eight curtains were closed, a secret room around the emperor took shape.

There was a flash in the Emperor's pupils. In the Emperor's perspective, a point of light emerges, and then explodes into a six-winged, eight-legged insect image.

The insect saw the emperor and spoke directly to the emperor with a telegram.

Worm: "Receptor, call me something." This sound is like multiple speakers sounding at the same time, resonating on the emperor's eardrum.

This insect shadow is very abrupt in tone, and seems to have been translated in a second-rate way, with very few and minimal vocabulary meanings.

The emperor sighed and gasped: "Alas, cough, cough, cough, I'm dying." ”

Worm: "Low-level, genosome, limited lifespan, can, modified." ”

Emperor: "After the transformation, do you completely lose your independent thoughts and become like a worker ant?" ”

Worm: "Life grows, to a certain limit, should, obey, social hierarchical order." This, the law of the end of civilization. ”

The Emperor lifted his wrinkled head, exhaled hard, and then responded: "Insects, humans, the society you are involved in, is the future, but it is far away, well, that is after my death." ”

Worm: "Yes, the development of low-level civilizations, to high-level civilizations, requires a certain process. Absolute socialization, even the highest civilization, will eventually come to this point. ”

Emperor: "You always say that there is a high civilization, well, that is, thousands of years ago when all living beings were created. Where are they? ”

Worm: "Beyond, you understand, this involves the division of time, space on the starry sky. ”

The emperor's wrinkles unfolded, and his eyes showed thought: "Are you saying that the founding gods really exist?" Are we their heirs, or are we raised by them like worms? ”

Worm: "They exist, they have begun to move towards matriarchy, and most of the higher individuals have simplified their individuals and diverged, which is a transition period to an absolute social species." As a higher civilization, they are very young, and our civilization has a history of millions of years. Now, on your planet, the improvements are being made for them. ”

Emperor: "Really? Well, then then, these sons of mine, ahem, ahem, ahem, who do you think will be the king, will help your plan. The emperor seemed to plead, but in fact he set the scope for this worm.

Worm: "For us, when it is difficult to choose, we can let individuals fight each other, so that we can get the strongest individual." ”

The Emperor paused, a helpless smile on his face, letting go of all worries. His breath calmed down a lot, and he stood up vigorously, and the curtain in front of him opened in response.

It's a return to light. The sons of His Royal Highness did not dare to guess so, and were forcibly lowered by the emperor's majesty.

……

In the 106th year of the Holy Gu calendar, spring begins.

Once again, the Trade Winds Industrial Zone has expanded dramatically.

With its scales, chassis tracks, huge forelimbs, and shovels, the dragon is struggling to dig the earth. The original slums have been bulldozed and the foundations have been dug deep. A large number of workers are inside, pouring rebar.

The efficiency of these seven-ton Linlong Gu worms is comparable to that of an excavator's hydraulic rod in terms of the efficiency of the electric muscles.

Zhou You: "It's not that I can't build this hydraulic rod. Instead, when I contracted to the manufacturer, they handed me a batch of products with a yield of 10%, and these defective products were easy to deform and leak. ”

And this electric muscle is a higher technology point than the hydraulic rod, and the physiological tissue of Linlong has produced energy, and it will be used at present, no problem.

A large amount of soil has been dug up, and the garbage from the original slums has been pushed into deep pits and buried, as if this old era has been buried.

Now the Trade Winds City has some modern cities that are clean and tidy. This is completely different from the scene of lush vegetation in the rich area of the floating family in the east.

This is made up of large areas of artificial housing houses, and they are individual unit communities.

The disadvantage of this kind of closed community: if we enter the era of cars in the future, the city will be very congested - but this is not a thing. Who can afford a car now?

The advantage is that it is easy to manage and control the population. In addition to the daily work of the workers, they live in one area after another. Then a whistle was shouted at the commute, and the roll call was gathered in the square at the entrance of the community, and the shuttle bus was taken to work.

In fact, this is a model of social preparedness. However, the massive creation of industrial wealth has steadily improved the living conditions of the population in the cities, and there is no dissatisfaction with this mode of government coercive control.

The entire city template is like an integrated circuit, unifying water supply, power supply, education, and medical care. This social efficiency is very high!

Decades from now, if this model is still the same, then there should be a problem, because society is too much in pursuit of a fixed model of efficiency, which stifles innovation.

And in the tool 'automation' innovation, the efficiency of human manual is all manure. But right now, the civilians who have just come out of the market life, talking about freedom and innovation, their hearts are now on food and clothing. Innovation should be a talent for the next generation of them.

As for the future, will the ruler of the Burning Wheel be able to turn around?

The thought of this longer-term problem now gives me a headache.

Zhou You: "If you make a development plan now, you will definitely leave a hole for the future, but if you don't do it now, will there be a future in this world?" ”

The space trip is only fifteen years, and compared to previous lives, it is destined to be impossible to dedicate a lifetime to it, so it is necessary to leave some thoughts and find some guides for the civilization of the planet.

……

At six o'clock in the afternoon, in the lobby downstairs of the office of the Celestial Tour.

Fifty-four students sat in groups in their seats. When the Celestial Journey arrived, everyone stood up, including Yu Qian.

Zeyou waved his hand and told them to sit down.

Zhou You: "You should know what I'm giving you!" ”

Zhou You's bright gaze met these children: "The control method of the Lin Dragon is not symbiosis, but relies on the brain, eyes and hands. If you want to learn from me, I can teach you. But your individual efforts are important, and it's much harder than having them by signing a contract, but—"

Zhou You's gaze turned to Yu Qian: "This can make you more like a person." Then he looked at them again: "Overall, your cultivation is uneven, and some of you have obviously messed up. ”

Some of the students in the hall bowed their heads, while others raised their heads.

Zhou You looked at the failed groups: "Don't be discouraged if you fail, there will always be mistakes in the process of growth." We are human. Tools can make mistakes in the cultivation process, just start all over again, but the self must not admit defeat. ”

Zeyo turned to the other side and looked at the students who had been better trained.

Zhou You: "Don't be complacent about success now, it is a very good achievement to be proud of your classmates at this stage, but I hope you will compare with me." My expectation for you is not to inherit my eight-point technique, I hope that you will learn 10% of my skills, and then carry on the past and forge ahead into the future. Got it or not! ”

These students are confused. Including Yu Qian, who has been keeping her head down, and Xinzhu, who is holding her head high.

The inertia of feudal thinking exists in these children. These children still don't dare to think about what Zhouyou is giving them. Some top students don't dare to try to have the level of controlling Linlong when they get the Linlong, as long as they can roughly inherit a few points.

Most of them see the voyage as the 'servant' of the future lord. Uh, except for Yuqian.

As a retainer, he did not dare to think of being on an equal footing with the Lord, at least in his heart, but he did not dare to say it.

Zhou You: "The first batch of Linlong you obtained is inferior in my opinion. In two months, I will send a new batch of Linlong. ”

There was silence in the hall, but all these young student leaders inhaled unconsciously. Some opened their mouths wide and looked at the universe with incredible eyes.

Zhou You stared at them: "I want excellent students, what is excellent!" A disciple who can make me feel proud! They must overcome me in the path I have opened, and then the best will preach in my place. I hope that you will have people in the future, like me, to open the system again, and then select qualified juniors and pass on the baton from generation to generation. Remember, in my vein, what I want is to be strong, to be proud of everything, not to be conservative. - Core strain! ”

Xinzhu, who was stunned for a long time, paused, reacted after a few seconds, and shouted: "In!" ”

Zhou You: "The Linlong of your group is the best cultivated this time, and I am very proud of you!" ”

In a brief period of confusion, Xinzhu seemed to realize that it was the time for fate to turn around, and immediately raised his head and grinned at Zeyu.

Zhou You: "Very good, your group has the best results. As a winning bonus, tomorrow, I'll give you an independent Brood system. Now, I'm going to use your work. ”

…… Sixty minutes......

In the biological base, all the students were dazzled by the operation of Zeuyou on the platform. One by one, the manipulator held down the seventy-kilogram Linlong. Then, under the drilling of the manipulator with a very strong technical feeling, the needles are injected one by one; Then the spiral cutter cuts through the flesh; Then, open the body.

For the first time, these students saw the internal organization of Linlong.

And the core plant was pale, and it was uncomfortable to see that the things that had worked so hard to be cut according to the teacher's teachings were cut in this way. It's like a little rabbit that a schoolboy has worked so hard to raise, and it has been dissected by his big brother.

Although he knew that Zhou You would also give a new Lin Long, he wondered in his heart if Zhou You wanted to destroy the results of his cultivation this time.

He glanced at Yu Qian on the side, and panicked.

Yu Qian's group's Linlong Gu worms were too huge, which was a sign of a failed cultivation. And this kind of failure is a ghost secretly carried out by Xinzhu. He did bad things, so he had a weak heart.

If it is on the inner judgment table, Xinzhu will defend himself like this: "A nobleman has his own inheritance, why should he come to seize the opportunity with us." However, what Xinzhu didn't dare to say at this time was that he was actually a very, very external disciple of the Floating Sky Family.

Zhou You said about this: "That, the genius, is often picked out and given to you by the other side. ”

Here, Zeyou successfully docked the circuit and embedded the chip system into Linlong's body.

It is also implanted with a set of circuits, which can successfully regulate the energy supply of each link in Linlong's body, and can give electronic instructions to various conditioned reflex systems in the body.

Chips, currently the productivity is not available, and the universe is made with a matrix.

At present, diodes can be used to make circuits, but the current labor force of the Ranlun Group is only 270,000. It is not yet capable of opening the industrial chain of the third scientific and technological revolution.

Now, the biggest role of implanting the control system in front of the students is to explain the authenticity of their commitments.

Gu worms don't need to be treated as another part of the body at all, just see it as a tool!

After doing all this, Zeuyou took out an electronic glove, as well as a numeric keypad.

The electronic glove can give 60 emergency commands, while the keyboard can input complex commands, so that the electrical frequency of the chip control system changes and enters different spawning states.

After all this was done, Zeyo beckoned Xinzhu to come up and introduce the control method of this system. And informed that the female Gu given to him forty days later was also the same type of 'domination' method, and he could learn from it according to the Gu worms he had cultivated himself.

Celestial Tour: "Initial Control Password 12345678. Yes, it can be changed, but this thing-"

Zeyo detached a metal body from the controller.

Zhou You: "The code information recorded here is fixed-" pointed to the operating Linlong, "Paired with the things on its brain nucleus." Only this thing in my hand, the docking controller, can control him. ”

Zhou You said to the core strain: "There are two backups, I will give them to you." Of course, if you give it to me, I can make a few more for you. In the future, your own Linlong, well, this thing will make ,—— this electromagnetic secret key yourself. Otherwise, you won't be able to master the Lin Dragon Gu Nest. ”

The students were stunned.

And at this time, Yu Qian on the side stood up: "Mentor, are you saying that you controlled the Lin Dragon Gu through this, this electromagnetic secret key?" It's not, it's not, the contract. ”

Zhou You nodded, and tossed a metal crystal the size of a quail egg: "Yes, yes." This kind of control, I want it to be born and live, and if I want it to die, a command can make its internal energy disordered. Symbiosis, well......" Zeyou had a contemptuous smile on his face: "Why should I, a human being, coexist with a low-level animal? ”

These students looked at Zhou You's smile, and they couldn't help but feel a transcendent spirit in their hearts, this was the overriding of tools, which was completely different from the attitude of those wealthy families who regarded Gu worms as holy relics.

Zhou You looked at the student: "I don't want you to live with bugs either. I hope you are the master, and don't degrade yourself, the worm is a thing that works well, and if it doesn't work, throw it away and replace it. ”

Zeyo is instilling in the minds of these young people the attitude of being human.

……

After school, Zhou You stopped Xinzhu and whispered to him, "I understand your position. But you have to believe me, as long as you work hard, I guarantee that you will have a future that is no less than Yuqian. Excellent you, you should get rid of some old positions and outsmart her fairly. ”

Cold sweat broke out from behind the core, and fingers stirred against each other. After all, he is only a teenager, and over the years, there has been no environmental stimulation around Zeuyou

Zhou You patted him: "I will keep it a secret for you." But to give you a word of advice, making trouble in the dark is actually a subordinate mentality. - If you go further in the future, you will obviously be able to surpass her, but when you compete in the right place, your psychology will be left weak. ”

The core plant snorted.

Zhou You said: "Yu Qian's side, I promised her parents a few years ago that I must take special care of her. And taking care of her may mean favoritism in your eyes. In this way, you do the teacher a favor, and you are in a group with her, as an honor student, you help me carry her, so that I can have more thoughts...... Well, ahem, ahem, a little more thought to teach you. Zhou You looked at this middle-level disciple with encouragement in his eyes.

Many years later, Xinzhu, who was in the general seat of the Federation, recalled this scene and understood the meaning of the mentor's gaze at this moment, so that he could be upright and get rid of the ridiculous inferiority.