Chapter 414: Anxiety and Freedom
For example, the newly formed dimorphic hyperspace teleportation technology is the development direction that the center wants to cover very much, but it is very easy to detect.
Basically, unless it can be guaranteed that outsiders will be completely prevented from entering the hinterland of the realm, there will come a time when those teleportation fortresses will be exposed due to the fleets that have inexplicably disappeared and inexplicably appeared;
In addition, if there are not many unique technical directions like this, then in fact, they can also be replaced with foreign technologies a little, and disguise themselves as 'powerful and ordinary' as much as possible, so that the outside can not be afraid at the same time, but not too much greed.
But in fact, just like those wild civilizations that have grown independently, the Republic has too many technological routes and even foundations that are not quite the same as the river system, and even under the influence of many reasons that are unique to it, the kingdom is even more exaggerated in terms of differences than most of the former.
In such a situation, the alternative technology stolen by the lurker can certainly cover itself, but it is not a deep damage to one's own development, and the drag caused by it may not be less than that of outsiders.
So, eliminating greed through large-scale technology substitution is not a good solution.
But if left unattended, the resulting greed will bring a lot of trouble to the kingdom...
From the past history of the river system, it can be seen that almost all of the powerful wild civilizations that suddenly appeared in the field of vision suffered various intrusions in the early stage of integration;
Although they all appear in the form of underworld, they are actually both black and white, but they choose to pretend to be black out of scruples.
At one point, most of the districts were in ruins, and it was not until all the differences they possessed were taken away that the council peacekeepers arrived to help with the reconstruction
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The Giant Tooth group had been away from their home planet for more than a few years, and although they had hesitated to wait a little longer due to the sudden progress of the Virtual-Reality Transformation Research Institute before setting off, they finally chose to go straight to the journey without being able to bear it.
However, the journey is not comfortable, and the ship is still a bit cramped for their bodies, and in most cases they will place their bodies in a sleeping chamber to sleep peacefully;
Then, they either move in the virtual realm with their spiritual consciousness or communicate in the spaceship as projected bodies.
To be honest, they often complain that such a journey is not much different from staying in their home planet, that their bodies are confined to the occlusion of the sleeping pod, and that they are still doing the same work as before.
Yes, these five are not really idle elves after all, in fact, they have not put down their work during the journey, or they will be busy in the Void or go to the far reaches in the projection, anyway, the Republic will always have a way to let them continue to complete their mission.
In terms of travel, since the dimorphic teleportation fortress has not yet been delivered, there must be a lot of time wasted in the voyage, and it will take at least a few years to reach the next stop;
At the moment, it can be said that there are only two things they look forward to the most
One of them is to deliver the teleportation fortress as soon as possible, so that they can get rid of it as soon as possible, which seems to be quite romantic and interesting at first, but when they actually experience it, they only feel extremely boring, and they can only survive the interstellar journey in the virtual realm;
The second is the moment when you arrive at each target site.
At this point in their journey, they had only traveled to two super-grade ecological stars and a stellar cultivation ground;
The feeling of the former is actually somewhat disappointing, because none of the ecology planned on it is modeled after the environment of the home planet can compare with the original, and only experience the differences in the details before leaving in a hurry;
The latter is barely satisfied, after all, the stars in the barren star region can be built without worrying about the impact on the surrounding star fields, so the cultivation ground on it is much more bold than the stars around the mother star, so that the giant teeth can experience the fun of returning to the star bath and practice.
In addition to wanting to see the scenery of various places within the jurisdiction of the kingdom, they may be considered one of the potential goals of this trip to find a relatively suitable place for their bodies to practice.
In any case, during this ongoing journey, they still use their ontology to sleep, use their data consciousness to hang out or fight, and occasionally adjust the ship's course while using projection to complete their work, so as not to unknowingly encounter a rare chance of a trek.
One day spent in this state, Giant Fang happened to see the new launch of the physical inscription array in the Void Mall, and was intrigued by the overview image of the effect displayed in it.
"Can this really be achieved?"
After watching the video, Mu Ya immediately asked with wide eyes and doubts, obviously surprised by what was displayed.
"I don't know much about the details, but with the current technology, it seems that it is really just a matter of thinking?"
Even when the giant teeth of the adult body had grown short whiskers, he was now caressing the hard stubble like steel bars and responded,
"Why don't you try it out?"
"Uh-huh~ Agreed!"
"That's it~"
So, as a representative, Jufang checked the trial entry in the mall list, obtained the temporary right to use the inscription array and the right to call the temporary data, and then turned back to the real world to see the specific effect.
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In the real world, the Giant Fang's sleeping pod activated the inscription etching function, and the unexpanded version of the array was written in the empty space of its body;
Immediately, the consciousness of the companion beast immediately takes over the use of switches and adjustments in the data co-ordination.
Nowadays, the most important function of the companion beast consciousness for non-caster units is actually to help the subject achieve fool-like body inscription management, and the engraved, that is, the subject consciousness, only needs to think, and can complete the relevant control through the deep link with itself, or even the companion beast consciousness that does not distinguish between you and me;
Therefore, the giant tooth only meditated at this time, and completed the array activation process, which was actually not simple, and the fine amplitude adjustment that followed was also generally the same.
This is a kind of preset array used in conjunction with the inscriptions of the rest of the body, and since its activation, the giant fang has noticed that part of the body has begun to slowly disappear from perception, while the rest of the body has been constantly filling in the corresponding void in the metamorphological change;
After a period of time, his huge body of about 70 meters continued to shrink, until it was 4 meters old and stopped this change due to various reasons.
Suddenly, there was a sharp contrast, and the sleeping pod where the body was located, which was still full, suddenly became as empty as a square
The small size of the long-lost body made Giant Fang feel a little uncomfortable, but after a short period of adaptation, he regained his old senses, and got up and jumped up in the 'square' with a little excitement.
I really have to be excited
Although it is still a bit slow in terms of speed, it took almost three full light hours to shrink to this state, so strictly speaking, it cannot really change instantaneously;
But for the giant fangs, who have suffered from the 'suffering' of giants, even this cannot hide the brilliance of this technology
It may be a bit pretentious to say this, but while the huge size brings deep heritage and strong strength, it also has different restrictions on the elves in many ways;
Perhaps the most obvious is the selection of places of action, many of which are due to reasons such as size and carrying capacity, not to mention that they cannot be freed to do whatever they want, and there is not even a suitable place to stand
So from such a point of view, this body size of about four meters really makes Giant Fang feel the freedom he has not felt for a long time
At least in the ship he was currently in, he would no longer have to live in a sleeping pod to isolate himself, and would be able to move around most of the areas in it with his true body.
But after another moment, the sense of weakness in the essence also caused him to worry in some aspects
The giant tooth realized that in this state, it would greatly decay in terms of material abundance, energy density, body strength, etching space, and as a result, its comprehensive combat power would shrink sharply by 10,000 times.
Although in terms of actual conditions, the reduced combat power is still much stronger than that of the troll stage and slightly stronger than the early elf stage, the giant fang, who has become accustomed to maintaining strong combat power, still feels uncomfortable about this.
So, driven by this emotion, he began to try to recover his body, wanting to see how long it would take to fully recover his combat strength from the smallest to the largest.
Different from the time-consuming and laborious shrinking, when it gets bigger, it is really accompanied by a 'bang', as if it is suddenly recovered under the influence of some kind of inertia, because of the position problem, the giant tooth even directly penetrated the sleeping pod, and the debut hole with the head was somewhat comically exposed.
"How's it going?"
"Why hasn't there been any problem with you for so long?"
"Boss, what are you doing, this boat was bought with our money~~ Don't be too violent, your wallet will cry!"
The partners who had been waiting in their respective cabins for a long time also began to inquire after hearing the movement
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A moment later, the five projections gathered in front of the sleeping pod where the giant tooth had a large hole, and everyone criticized the boss's recklessness while still caring about the practicality of the new inscription.
"Okay, it'll be repaired later, and it won't cost a few bucks;"
In response to the ridiculous criticism of his partners, Jufang quickly changed the topic to the relevant aspects of the array, and after giving a rough introduction to the real effect based on the previous experience, he made a final inductive conclusion,
"It's really powerful, although the positive process has the flaw of time consumption, but it is really much more convenient to use it for activities; The reverse process is very neat, even in the face of unexpected situations, there is no need to worry about not having time to change. ”
"So, what does the boss mean is really worth the moment?"
"Well, on the whole, there is indeed a need for etching, at least we don't have to shut ourselves up in the sleeping pod, right?"
"That's right. Then buy it, it won't cost a lot of money anyway. ”
"Yes~ then buy it."
This array is obviously the type that needs to cover most of the inside and outside of the body, although many of the inscriptions in it are generic models that are shared with other arrays, and need to be adjusted by the Companion Beast Consciousness to take effect;
But even so, after etching it, it will still crowd out a lot of inscription space, and some arrays will be erased due to line compatibility problems;
In addition, these five elves are actually relatively wealthy types, and the right to use this array is actually not too expensive, so the focus at the moment is not 'cost' but 'necessity'.
After the negotiation, they did not hesitate, but directly paid for the perpetual rights to use this version, and also included the version update news in the 'Follow List', so that they could get the improvement related news in time, and then purchase the update package that may appear in the future according to the situation.
And when they pay, the number of purchases and downloads has exceeded 10 million and is still rising rapidly, and there seems to be an endless growth trend.
"Which lab's product? This time it's a lot of money, right? ”
"I'll see what it's called, 'Starry Sky Castle Community Interest Research Group.' The official number starts with 534."
"Oh, that's a makeshift community of newly graduated little ones, what a smart brain, and they came up with a good idea so quickly."
"Indeed, except for the top two spellcasters who may not need it very much, this array can be said to be a necessity for almost all elves, as long as the problem of forward speed is improved, it can definitely be regarded as the most practical individual product in recent years."
"It's a bit slow in the forward direction, but it's not a big problem."
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As they judged by the Giant Fangs, there were about six hundred residents in the Starry Sky Castle community, most of whom were young elves who had graduated a few years ago.
Because this is a newly built community assigned by the system, the identities of the residents in it will appear to be so uniform, but in the past, this is not a state that can be maintained for a long time, and its components will become more complex in the continuous inflow and emigration, and then enter the ranks of those 'mature communities'.
But no matter what happens next, at least they live in a giant building that floats in the sea of stars, and they are constantly dancing because their hard work has been rewarded.
The number of purchases of the product has exceeded hundreds of millions, and although it can only be sold due to policy restrictions, it can only sell its 'perpetual use rights' instead of 'one-time use rights', but only the benefits of this version are actually enough to allow participants here to have financial freedom.
Although the country's welfare policy is very high, the welfare fund not only has a fairly clear use limit, but also has regulations on individual behavior.
Except for the best handful, who will be very wealthy when they graduate and take the initiative to apply for the cancellation of welfare, the rest of the graduates will be limited by welfare policies for at least a few years, or even more than ten years, and have to practice, live, and work according to the requirements of the country;
Although these requirements are within a reasonable range, the purpose is not to let them work as cattle and horses for the collective, but to urge them to grow up as soon as possible and find their life goals as soon as possible;
But no matter how reasonable and well-intentioned, the 'rules of behavior' are also the 'sea of suffering' that the young elves want to get out of, because they want to live at their own pace.
At this time, it can be said that the young elves in the 'Starry Sky Castle Community' have achieved this goal, and from today, or from the moment they apply for the revocation of benefits, they will no longer have to be regulated by the behavior of the relevant departments, but can move forward, stay, or even regress at their own pace;
Of course, if there is a regressive situation, or even if they lose all the accumulation at this time, then the mandatory welfare policy will still come to the door, and the corresponding behavioral regulations will be regenerated.
(End of chapter)