After the talk show ended successfully, the barber politely declined Mr. Emperor's invitation to stay for lunch.

Shortly after he opened a door, he crossed the space and appeared directly in Russell's first-class cabin.

He tightened his bow tie and walked to the window.

A top-like floating island, with skyscrapers, snow-capped mountains and fields bathed in sunlight. The dense, towering buildings of the lower town are hidden in the shadows.

"This is the island of happiness......"

The barber sighed.

He once thought that the island of happiness was the embodiment of the darkness of the world, a rotten land that was prosperous on the outside and rotten on the inside, and entertainment was paramount. But after going around outside, I went home and found that the environment here was actually quite good......

At least the people of Happiness Island are not as unemployed as they are on Sogo Island and can still find jobs; The civilians of Happiness Island still have hope, and unlike Sun Island, which has a caste system called "intelligence", those who are permanently separated from each other and have slightly inferior performance will be reduced to test objects and advertising racks for the strong......

In the Holy Blood Island, if people accidentally take on debts, they may be caught by Ampoule Biomedical for experiments and drug tests. Even Ampoule Biomedical will directly conduct some biological experiments in the local area without permission - such as conducting research on new drugs in nursing homes and psychiatric hospitals.

Yongquan Island, on the other hand, is facing two dilemmas, both internally and externally.

The security of Yongquan Island is the best, and the level of exploitation of the company is also the weakest. However, the entire island is almost submerged in water, and the large amount of moisture that fills all environments makes it difficult for ordinary people to live a healthy life. More than 80% of homes are submerged in water, which makes the lifespan of the house extremely low. However, this is an environment that is very suitable for aquatic souls, but it faces another problem...... That is, most aquatic creatures are not in a good state of intellectual development.

There are no positive buffs, not to mention, and most of them even have debuffs. It's easy to find a job.

If you can't find a job in your home country, or if you simply commit a crime...... That's not going to be locked up. Instead, they will be called "freelance explorers" or "hired exploration teams" and sent to explore the oceans and the all-pervading land. Once you have discovered a valuable oil field or mine, you have to wear protective clothing to mine. Protective clothing can block radiation and curses to a certain extent, and the strong physical fitness and simple mind of aquatic creatures can delay distortion, weakness, madness and death.

It can be said that the modern life of other empty islands is based on the sacrifice of Yongquan Island.

The situation on Taoyuan Island is the monopoly of the clan and the high price of housing.

Although Russell had not been to the empty island, he had asked about bad days.

Taoyuan Island has many similarities with the land where Russell lived in his previous life...... The biggest difference is that it's a land under the control of a company.

This has led to fundamental differences in many areas.

For example, Taoyuan Island does not have a unified college entrance examination, and his examination system is no different from that of Happiness Island and Tongshen Island, and it has become a special entrance examination for each university; Coupled with the Sky Island Era, all Sky Islands have a common feature - that is, the Big Seven do not have to pay taxes.

Because there is no country at all on the empty island. Taoyuan Commercial Bank itself is the top-level building.

Instead, people have to pay taxes to companies......

For example, Happiness Island's "low-end transaction tax" requires all goods sold for less than 1 credit to be given a 10% cut to the company. As a "necessary means of maintaining prices".

The unique tax of Taoyuan Island is the "real estate transaction tax". If you don't buy a new property, you'll have to rent – because second-hand homes are more expensive than first-hand homes.

But if you buy a first-hand house, then it is not certain when the house will be handed over......

Taoyuan Island is also the empty island with the most complete preservation of the "family" heritage, which also means that there is another family line in addition to the "company" line. It's like the mother of Bad Day, Grandma Lan and Delphinch, who used to be called Nanliujing...... They don't attach as much importance to "code names" as they do to other empty islands, because the concept and custom of "surname" still exists on Taoyuan Island.

And this directly leads to the fact that although the survival pressure given by Taoyuan Commercial Bank itself is not high, many positions in the company have become ancestral fathers and fathers. Paying too much attention to "human affection and sophistication" has led to the flow of human affection within the same class, as well as the two adjacent classes above and below, and the supply of the three classes has become extremely solidified. It's the same as Russell's formation of the Brokers...... It's just that their exchange is limited to the people they can reach, which in turn leads to the further solidification of resources.

The development of the family has led to the monopoly of real estate.

Patches of land are constantly being bought and converted into manors, villas, or viewpoints.

The logic of the land on Taoyuan Island is that as long as you build a building on the land where you have never built a building, then you also own the land. When you trade a building, you also trade the land under the building; In the case of an existing plot of land, no new land can be purchased, and all landowners cannot hold any unconnected land. This is the basic rule established by Taoyuan Commercial Bank when Taoyuan Island was first established.

But there's a loophole here...... That is, you can't buy new land, but you can expand old land.

The family would start buying buildings along the land they already owned. And after tearing them all down and bulldozing, they will create an artificial spectacle.

Low-income establishments such as schools and shops often sell their land to wealthy people who control adjacent plots of land at a very high price, take a large amount of money, and then go away from these rich people, and use some of it to buy lower-income land such as warehouses, houses, and bankrupt factories, and then bulldoze and rebuild buildings. Then when the plutocrats expand again, they sell the land to them.

As a result, the land that can be rented and lived in will gradually be encroached upon. Taoyuan Island is currently the most well-preserved air island with land culture, and it is also the air island with the best environment...... It is also the most expensive empty island in real estate.

- As for Tongshen Island, it's even more powerful.

Tongshen Island also has the unique employment pressure and extremely high unemployment rate of Sogo Island, the unique educational monopoly and poor law and order of Happiness Island, the unique large slums and racial segregation of Holy Blood Island, and the unique "paradise enjoyed by some people" unique to Taoyuan Island. And environments without sunlight and environments full of humidity are equally unsuitable for people to live in; At the same time, Shenzhi Heavy Industries will also be like ampoule biomedical, which will catch children to do experiments.

Luxury 6-in-1 belongs to yes.

If it weren't for the "miracle" caused by Chairman Thrall's life, at least one-sixth of the people on Tongshen Island would have been killed by now. This means that almost 80% of family relationships will be broken, and the whole island will be completely shut down and in chaos.

It can be said that it has actually been destroyed once.

It's just that after it fell from the cliff, it was caught in mid-air by a lasso and pulled back again.

Russell, who witnessed all this, has now returned to Happiness Island.

Even the uncensored people who were huddled in the lower city seemed to be a little "happier" - at least they weren't like they were on Holy Blood Island, where they would be hunted down and captured by the people sent by the company to be used as test subjects. The Heavenly Grace Group just made them into petri dishes to draw cards to find demons......

…… It can only be said that worse is the eternal theme of cyber society.

And this also made Russell feel sad.

If Happiness Island is really the "Gotham" that condenses the darkness of the world, then it is good that Russell can feel comforted.

Because that means that the only problem that Russell needs to solve is the island of happiness itself. The suffering he saw was the deepest suffering in the world.

But now the facts are before his eyes.

The suffering he saw was far less than one-tenth of the suffering of this world; The tired and painful people he met could really be regarded as "happy" people.

Such irony. It's so desperate again.

Changing one empty island would have consumed Russell's lifetime, let alone seven.

But it was precisely because of this that Russell completely gave up the idea of changing all this on his own.

He had to unite the people...... He must also draw on the power of the masses.

If the "barber" needs to be the wise, calm, down-to-earth leader, as the person who leads the whole situation-

Then the "ultramarine" should stand on the other side, pinning on people's inner blood and ideals, as the "heroes" that people expect to see.

The barber's show is over.

Next, it's time for Ultramarines to appear......

Dongdong.

Just then, there was a dull knock at the door of the room.

"Mr. Ultramarine...... Did you wake up? We're almost there. ”

It was Ringo's voice.

When he took the airboat from Sun Island, Russell told her that he had to catch up on sleep in his room on the grounds that he had "woken up early today and didn't sleep enough". Wake yourself up when the airboat arrives at Happiness Island in 10 to 20 minutes.

Yes, Russell finally decided to bring Lin Ye back with him.

But this is not "absconding".

Although Ringo himself said that he did not plan to return to Sun Island, as long as he could leave. However, she could say this under impulsiveness and self-abandonment, but Russell could not just take her words seriously.

If he really thinks about Ringo, he must think about her—be prepared for her to "go home" in the future. No matter how much she hates this "home", and how little Sun Island doesn't look like "home", it's the same.

So Russell went to contact "Professor Chen" as ultramarine. and assigned Lin Ye's identity to his name.

Not in the capacity of the deputy director of the executive department, but in the capacity of the deputy general manager of the headquarters of Shenzhi Heavy Industries.

Although Russell has not yet accepted the name "Sal", Shenzhi Heavy Industries gave him a higher status when he left, so as to prevent him from being targeted by Tongshen Island executives who do not know the truth.

This status is just a fictitious position. The reason why he is a "deputy general manager" and not a higher status is only because this identity only needs to be modified in the internal website, and there is no need to be attached to any field, do not really manage any department, and do not have to be interviewed at all. And there is no one to interfere with him, except for the board. At the same time, it does not affect the promotion of the original staff - it is the general manager who will be promoted to the board of directors, not the deputy general manager, and the deputy general manager will not necessarily become the general manager.

This can be regarded as the highest position within Shenzhi Heavy Industries.

Although there is still no real power in practice, sometimes identity alone is sufficient.

Originally, Professor Chen still wanted to interfere with Russell's decision and wanted to get Lin Yi back; After Russell said that he knew Director Amirus, Professor Chen changed his mind and said that he needed a higher price; But after Russell revealed his identity, Professor Chen immediately changed his tune again - this time he didn't want anything, and also gave Russell the data of the experimental model psionic suit that Lin Yi was wearing.

He said that this suit has actually developed a newer model and entered the elimination sequence. After three years, there will be no more update support - after three revisions, they decided to use the dual-energy system and are ready to re-architect the suit based on it.

——It's like after Party A and Party B have pulled and changed several samples, Party A has decided to use the first version again.

But for the average designer, this is nothing more than a few drawings or a few samples.

However, for these "trialists" of Ringo, it means that their future is over.

Professor Chen had apparently known this for a long time.

That's why he sent Ringo out to breed...... It's because he knows that after Lin Yi goes back, he won't need to take any more advertisements. The institute has also found a new model – the same cute, just as smart, but even younger.

And now, as the "old system" that is about to be phased out, Professor Chen sold his favor and gave his materials to Russell.

In this way, even if Lin Yi followed Russell out of Sun Island, he could collect materials on Happiness Island to upgrade his suit.

He even generously reserved a place for a research institute for Ringo...... Let her be an "expatriate researcher" to "follow the general manager of Ultramarine for an internship on the island". When she returns to Sun Island, she will be able to be promoted directly on the spot by relying on this expatriate experience.

No doubt.

If Russell had not shown his identity, Ringo would certainly not have received this kind of preferential treatment. It may even be artificially interfered with, or even directly sent to arrest it......

And even if the executives of another empty island do not have any real power at hand, they can easily ask for research results and permanently take away the employees directly under Tho Ling.

"It's so ironic......"

The barber muttered under his breath.

Hearing an unfamiliar sound coming from the house, Lin Yi stuck to the door with some vigilance and shouted, "Ultramarine? Are you awake? ”

Hearing this, the "barber" raised his head.

The corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he reached out and pressed his face against him.

It's like gently taking off an invisible mask...... As Russell's hand left his cheek, the form of the "Barber" dissipated in a burst of ultramarine flames. In the blue flames that fluttered like flying feathers, Russell, dressed in the uniform of the Executive Department, was revealed.

He walked to the door, mindfully manipulating the door and opening it.

"Just call me Ultramarine?"

Russell said with a smile: "Finally not so outside?" ”

"I thought something had happened to you......"

Seeing Russell come out, Lin Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

She sighed angrily, and crossed her waist with one hand: "When I say this, it is obviously a hint to confirm whether you are safe, sir!"

"If you're kidnapped, you can say something like 'Oh, Dear Miss Ringo, there's nothing going on here', and when I hear that this is not the tone you usually say to me, I can just break in and rescue you!"

"You've watched too many movies, haven't you?" Russell complained.

"I rarely watch movies...... But a lot of them have this kind of bridge! ”

She followed Russell down the hall.

The children that Russell had brought back from the laboratory on Tongshen Island were sitting there obediently.

A large pile of pure white, cream-white, silver-gray, silver-gray hair, with the signature silver-gray child's holes, aged from seven or eight to fifteen or sixteen, sat quietly in their places.

They are no longer wearing white sweatshirts with no embellishments and only digital logos, as they did in the institute, but they are wearing fashionable clothes with different shapes. White and black silk, short and long skirts, small suits and denim, trench coats and down jackets...... It doesn't matter about the temperature or the season. Like a clothing model that comes to life.

This is a large amount of Russell purchased from Sun Island, which can best highlight the cuteness of the children.

They are upright and lovable in appearance, and they are varied from one another, without any spiritual features. The ratio of boys to girls is about 1:1.5. They are like fluffy white balls, neither noisy nor messy, sensible and well-behaved. They will also gather their eyes on Russell with the appearance of him, and the ignorant and innocent gaze will make people subconsciously feel loved.

- This is a well-behaved state that a normal human child would never have.

"Remember what we said earlier? The airship will arrive at the station soon, so stay quiet until I introduce you. ”

Ultramarine, the hero, put his finger to his mouth and make a silent motion.

He squinted his eyes, smiled softly, and two shallow dimples appeared at the corners of his mouth.

It's no surprise that looking at these children makes you feel happy.

"Remember to be cute and likable. My lovely children. ”

He moved all the androids on Tongshen Island.

- Tongshen Island doesn't want them anymore. But Russell does.