Chapter 11 The Impact of Technology

The hydropower station has 32 700,000 kW and 2 50,000 kW hydro-generator units, with a total installed capacity of 22.5 million kW and an annual designed power generation capacity of 88.2 billion kWh

This is a very scary number, which means that its production capacity can be used by two-thirds of the countries in the western continent

Shen Mu knew from the map that it was about a thousand kilometers further northwest, and the Hein River was a huge mother river that flowed out of the rugged and treacherous mountains

Along the way, it zigzags through five large countries and seven small countries, and finally flows south into the ocean, and it is said that he came from the northwest snowy mountains inhabited by giant dragons, and was hundreds of meters wide at its widest point.

The Panu Grand Canyon is like a wound that tears open many mountain ranges, it is more than 200 meters deep (above the water level), nearly 1,000 meters wide at its widest point, more than 200 meters at its narrowest point, and more than 10 or 20 kilometers long.

The width is only about 50 meters, forming a gourd mouth, the cliffs in the canyon are steep, not to mention humans, even if there are only a few special types of monsters in that area, it is a very suitable place to build a large hydropower station,

There are many large basins or small plains suitable for habitation, as well as many alpine grasslands near the Panu Grand Canyon; There are many super-large gathering places that have been abandoned by the times

The Liberty Plain is the largest alpine plain in the region, with an area of hundreds of square kilometers and is inhabited mainly by less civilized barbarians

Shen Mu knew that the farther west he went, the more peculiar the place became: a mountainous area with mountains in the mountains, and mountains on the top of the mountains, where primitive races lived

There are quite a few with a population of more than 100,000, and in addition to normal humans, there are also Honu jungle people, less civilized barbarians, blue-skinned Arida elves, and dwarf cavemen

Human beings of several races live in that quiet land, because the distance from various countries is very long, and the rugged mountain roads are very difficult to walk, even if it takes more than ten days to travel by car

Moreover, that area is deep in the mountains, and high-level demonic beasts are active. So apart from the caravan, there are very few people from the country who will run to that area. The tribesmen there are savage and strong, but at the same time hospitable

Their stories are often told by people from various caravanserais, and if you don't go there, you can actually take a boat to get there, but for ordinary people, the boat fare is quite expensive

"I didn't expect that these people of the Starlight Organization planned to transform the wilderness first, and the group of wild people who were abandoned by the times like a blank piece of paper, did they want to come up with a strategy of surrounding the city from the countryside?" Shen Mu still knows something about Starlight, a very famous and mysterious organization

Starlight advocates the popularization of technology to promote social civilization, but the rulers of the empire ignore it, and still rely on the high-end and expensive products of the alchemists

In the end, technology and alchemical products are fundamentally different; You can use the alchemy products when you take them, and you can exchange them for magic crystals when you run out of energy

Technology products need to be supported by good infrastructure to achieve the characteristics of convenience, ease of use and low cost, such as telephones, you have to lay a large number of lines or a large number of mobile towers before you can use them

The construction of infrastructure requires a very large amount of resources to reduce the cost of using technology, which requires a huge amount of money to build, and the first investment is very huge

It can directly paralyze these small countries, and the cost will not be recovered until several years later, and in the meantime, because of economic problems, they may be invaded by neighboring countries

There are more than a dozen countries on this continent, large and small, and there is peace on the surface, but there are constant disputes in the dark

There is no bubble economy in this world, and all currencies are dependent on gold coins, and although the strength of various consortia may be stronger than that of the state, one or two families are not capable of doing such a big thing

Therefore, although the rulers of the empire saw the benefits of technology, they did not dare to do these things out of their own pockets, so many nobles invested in infrastructure construction in their own territories

The widespread use of electricity will elevate technology by several positions at once, making many laboratory products common in the market

This change will continue to expand, with the few countries that identify with the Starlight Organization, such as Tiraya in the south and Merbenzko in the north.

Form an iron triangle of technology that continues to corrode the cornerstones of the old empire

When more and more ordinary people enjoy cheap and efficient technology products, people naturally choose to leave the country that only knows how to exploit them, and the loss of population will become inevitable, and in a few years, those huge empires will become empty shells and gradually die.

Even under the impetus of well-intentioned people, these people who love their country will stand up against the imperial regime and cause social unrest.

The empire will either reform technologically, or it will have to suppress the losing population by force

But no matter which option is difficult to choose, the former requires too many resources, although a country belongs to the royal family, in fact, each province has been allocated to the nobles

The royal family only collects taxes from them, which makes the country simply unable to make up its mind to do such a big thing, and can only build infrastructure little by little

The latter will intensify social contradictions and put the country in internal and external troubles

The situation in the Eastern Continent and the Southern Continent is not clear, but the above is the current situation of the various empires on the Western Continent facing technology.

Now Starlight City, as a new city, does not have so many troubles, because it has built the infrastructure together when it is built.

The letter said a lot, and it was very clear that it meant that the bandit organization in Jianshanling would also develop together in the past

I didn't expect the Starlight Organization to have achieved such great results, not only to build a giant hydropower station, but also to build a city; Obviously, Starlight Capital is currently a very suitable place for Shen Mu to go, where there will be electronic products and convenient life that he is familiar with

And there, he can absorb electricity and exchange it for energy, so he also needs to make some preparations before going to that place

That is to learn some scientific and technological knowledge from Catutin, and the surface foundation knows that each subject requires ten points of energy, advanced knowledge needs fifty points, and advanced knowledge needs one hundred points

Space Basics 1000 Energy ....

Interstellar base ....

Just as he was about to learn, he received a system task:

Trial of the Brave: Escape the pursuit of the Eagle's Ridge bandits.

Your whereabouts have been discovered by the enemy, and the enemy brigade is closing in on you, and they hate you for stealing all their treasures, so flee as soon as possible

The two wilted figures in the system laughed: Hey, boy, start your legendary road, let's watch a good show!

"I've run out of the day's journey, and I can still catch up with me, no matter what, run first and then talk" Shen Mu put away the things on the ground and ran towards the dark woods

As soon as he ran out of the hole, he saw a nearby sparkle of fire surrounding the hole where he was

"He's out, shoot quickly" "Bang bang bang" There was a lot of gunfire for a while, and I have to say that arms are the highest priority to be developed in that world, and the power of guns in this world is still very good

Although it is not yet to the point of making electromagnetic weapons, because this is a magical world, after the guns here were invented and developed, the bullets used in the guns are all bullets with a large charge

It can also be said that ordinary rifles use twice the amount of blocking bullets, and those who advocate strength are perverts, and the bullets hit the trees, and the smaller trees are holes one by one

He has also seen the attributes of guns: ordinary rifles, 50-100 attacks, with armor-piercing properties, firearms are still very lethal for mid- and low-level professionals

If this is to hit him, no matter how thick the defense is, no matter how low the damage is caused, he will suffer a big crime, this is reality, not a game, if it hits the vital point, it may only be a matter of one shot

Fortunately, most of the trees here are twice as thick as people, which allowed Shen Mu to shuttle through the forest without being shot

Coming and not being rude, although he wants to escape from the pursuit, he can't just be beaten and not fight back

Take out the firearm he got in the armory from the storage space, and turn around and shoot, he doesn't have any shooting skills, he just knows how to shoot, and a string of bullets sweeps over

There was no on the other side, and the bullets didn't know where they hit, but these pursuers were scared to dodge

"Chase, don't let him run."

Shen Mu turned around and shot as he ran forward aimlessly, pieces of wood flying up from time to time on the tree beside him, and occasionally a magic bomb flew towards him

Fortunately, after his attributes were improved, he had night vision of about ten meters, although it was impossible to see clearly, at least he would not be allowed to wrestle

Looking at the firelight around him in the dark night, listening to the gunshots and bombs around him, Shen Mu was anxious at this time, this black light was blind, the ground was unfamiliar, and this mountain was not big

Shen Mu soon found himself surrounded, and he had no choice but to break through to a place with little firelight, and along the way, he kept spending energy to get the system to change the magic bomb demon he had harvested into a control bomb

Taking advantage of the attack, he threw these bombs behind a tree, and he had already planted ten bombs after running a hundred meters

With a "boom", the trees behind him suddenly fell and people flew

You kill twenty-five normal enemies and gain three thousand experience

"These people are cheap enough." Shen Mu couldn't help but vomit, spit out the bad, he blew up, so that a small gap appeared in the encirclement, and he immediately ran back

On the way, I also took a piece of the other party's clothes and changed them while running

"Help me," said an armed man on the ground with tattered and blood-stained clothes, pulling a passing companion

"There's another living one here, let's carry him away with us." The captured companion winked at the other

"Okay, let's carry him to the back together." The other man nodded understandingly

"Let him stay here, someone will come to save him, you guys hurry up and catch up with me, the encirclement is shrinking, and he can't run." A man in black happened to come up and stop the two armed men