Deep Space Fleet

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With the gradual development of science and technology, the scale of the 13 cities is getting bigger and bigger, and the population has reached tens of millions. With a large population, if the management cannot keep up, it will inevitably cause chaos among cities, otherwise the crime rate will increase, and the productivity per unit of population will decrease instead.

In this case, new management methods are necessary.

Thanks to the efforts of scientific researchers, the information age represented by the Internet has finally come long overdue.

The emergence of Internet technology has brought new entertainment, social and management methods, and the distance between individuals has begun to narrow rapidly. With information technology, even a city with tens of millions of people can be easily managed.

Coupled with the signing of the nuclear abolition treaty, the realization of overall peace means that there is no need to maintain hostility between cities as before.

There are also more social needs between cities.

But it is neither safe nor convenient to pass through the traditional surface way.

Therefore, after a global meeting, the leaders of 13 major cities decided to dig a large global tunnel deep underground to form a global transportation network to promote business and population exchanges!

When talking about this period of history, Gan Yaduo looked excited and regretful.

"Under such circumstances, the entire world, the only democratic government, Gore City, has ushered in the greatest opportunity in history!"

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One eternal twilight day, a fierce wind was blowing outside.

And at a depth of 80 meters underground, a global underground transportation plan that has lasted for 662 years is being implemented.

The entire long and narrow underground passage connects 13 major cities and 24 minor cities. It can not only be used to place communication cables, but also can be used to install rail trains as a means of transportation between cities. With these means of transportation, the trade between cities will undoubtedly be smoother, and there will be no need to go through the surface to withstand dangerous typhoons.

When Goer City broke through the last key node, suddenly, the entire construction team cheered.

"Connected!"

"Connected!"

Workers from different cities all hugged excitedly. I don't know how many Gliese people sweated in these narrow and long tunnels.

Now, it's finally done!

"Praise technology!"

"praise!"

What this huge project means, everyone in Gliese knows very well. Without the advancement of technology and various excavation tools, it would be impossible for them to complete such a huge underground project.

On the same day, the high-level leaders of Goer City held a grand celebration banquet to celebrate the completion of this project.

He even dialed the remote communication video on the spot and contacted people in other cities. In the past, it was only possible to send telegrams, which was complicated and troublesome, but now it is different, and the communication between cities will be extremely simple.

After the celebration ceremony, these high-level officials held another internal meeting.

A scientist in charge of a large-scale communication project, Atiyah, suddenly came up with a very strange idea. The idea made it hot and frenzied with excitement.

In an internal meeting, it said: "... Ladies and gentlemen, the next era must belong to the information age, and we have determined the direction of development in this regard. A small tunnel, a small Cables can change our lives in all aspects and let us get in touch with a bigger world!"

"And the competition between cities will inevitably become more intense!"

"To use a specific example, if a certain product first enters the opponent's city and seizes the opponent's market, the people of the opponent will continue to use the product after they get used to it. This strategy of seizing the market will make Our cities are getting richer."

The members of the council below whispered to each other that the wise Mr. Atiyah was quite right.

The opening of the underground tunnel will inevitably mean a large number of business transactions.

As the pioneer of the information age, Attiya itself has a very high prestige. It is a remarkable achievement to interpret some data in the universal factory as quickly as possible and convert it into a usable industry.

The Chief Executive nodded in agreement and said: "Yes, in this era, although an overall peace agreement has been reached, the competition between cities is extremely fierce, and all cities are frantically tapping the potential of the Universal Factory, trying to keep competitors Step on your feet. It is impossible for us to be the only ones who want this..."

The many Gliese people quickly formulated a series of strategies that needed to be developed, including the development of various commodities, especially social software.

Social software has a certain monopoly nature in nature. After everyone uses one, basically they will not use the second or third.

Attia said loudly: "No, no, everyone, the monopoly of commodities is just one aspect, and the only thing we can get is wealth."

"Is there something else we can... do about it?"

Members of the parliament who were discussing heatedly raised their heads. What exactly does it want to express?

Looking at the confused crowd, Atiya asked: "I want to ask, have the rest of you been to other cities?"

Even though the underground tunnel has been opened, there is still some follow-up work to be done, and the rail train has not yet officially opened. Of course, everyone here is in a high position, not like ordinary people, and many of them have been to other cities.

The chief executive said suddenly: "The outside world is indeed very different from our city."

"The chiefs of those cities are in power for life, and they can also raise their children and let them inherit this ruling power. No matter whether the child's moral character is noble or not, it can still obtain supreme power... ..."

"So, everyone, in this technological competition, our Goer City will definitely be able to take the lead, and we will always be able to lead!!"

Everyone knew about these things, and they all showed confident smiles. The Gliese people who have been to other cities all feel superior to their own Goeer City, which is a kind of institutional self-confidence.

Scientist Attia agreed: "Yes, the outside world is completely a dictatorship! I was lucky enough to go to the neighboring Nifang City and Agala City... Living in this kind of city, even the air seems to be a bit turbid .A stupid and selfish leader can still be a leader, unlike us, who can integrate the wisdom of a group of people."

"After all, this dictatorship is a corrupt and dark system that suppresses the people's nature and creativity."

"And democracy, bright and free..."

"Can we take advantage of the opportunity to do something? Not just a monopoly on goods, but also a monopoly on ideas."

In fact, Goer City is not as harmonious as it appears on the surface. It has all kinds of dark sides, but various forces have constraints on each other, and citizens also have certain political power. At least on the bright side, it is much better than the outside world.

"Atiya, what can you do?" asked the consul at the time.

Attia's eyes lit up: "...the emergence of the Internet has shortened the distance between the world and made it easier to obtain information. We only need to promote the freedom and beauty of our city and make the world yearn for freedom. Everyone in Ze knows that there is such a paradise!"

It became louder and more fanatical, "... let them understand that every citizen should have his own power, and not let others override him!"

"In this way, we can loosen the political foundation of dictators and disintegrate their power! In this way, we even have the possibility of unifying the world!"

The export of this ideology to the outside world, in theory, does have the possibility of bringing about major changes in the world!

It's a pity that after the fanatical Atiyah delivered his generous speech, he suddenly noticed that the congressman sitting below showed a cold and indifferent smile.

The entire meeting room fell silent suddenly.

"Your Excellency Attiya, I seriously doubt that you are a spy sent by the enemy city!" A political opponent said sarcastically: "Your plan is indeed very interesting, but where is the security of Goer City? "

"Don't think that the leaders of other cities are fools!"

The original 13 cities are doing their own thing, even if Gore City is different, it doesn't matter. Every city has a universal factory. As long as the technology gap is not too different, no one can do anything to others.

But it’s different now. If Gore City “exports ideology” to the outside world, it will become a target of public criticism!

12 enemies, no matter how courageous and talented Goer City is, it is impossible to be the enemy of the whole world.

"If 12 enemies unite, Goer City will be finished."

Therefore, regarding this plan to export ideology to the outside world, the consuls in the city are very divided.

"Your Excellency Attiya, if the systems of other cities are also changed to democratic systems and are as advanced as ours, why can our Gore City stand out from the competition?" A councilor attacked.

Attiya was stunned, "Don't we even have this confidence?"

"It's not that I don't have this kind of self-confidence... Let the other side decay, and the competition we suffer will undoubtedly be smaller."

"What does the outside world have to do with us? It's done, it's no good...at least not much."

"No, there will be nothing."

"Too dangerous."

Attiya argued hard, trembling with anger: "Why not? We can attract a large number of talents in this kind of plan, and the talent advantage is not important?"

It suddenly realized that its own city was not as enlightened and advanced as it had imagined.

"As long as we vigorously develop tourism and improve cultural facilities, we can spontaneously carry out ideological propaganda to the outside world. If such a good opportunity is missed, when can we wait for the next opportunity?"

Those Gliese people who can get into those positions and have power, which one is not a real old fritter?

It is impossible for them to change their will because of Atiya's few words.

talent?

Save civilization?

What kind of interstellar joke, when did civilization need to be saved?

Is it important to have your own life?

So after this meeting, the plan was not passed, at least not with much fanfare.

The angry Atiya did not give up, trying to use his influence to achieve his goal. After all, it is a great scientist and has its own connections.

"What is it that gave you the illusion that our civilization needs to be saved?" An old Gliese asked. It used to be the governor of Gore City. Even though it has retired, it still maintains a strong personal connections.

"I always feel that something is wrong, really! Now that there are dark clouds outside, all kinds of authoritarian stinks have been going on for too long, and we really don't need to do something about it?"

The consul touched his ear, "Attia, I also had this idea when I was young. Going to the outside cities will feel unfair for them."

"However, you have to know that the times will always progress, and history is a spiral. We don't have to do anything deliberately. Those who are at the forefront of history will always have no good results."

Attia questioned: "If no one does it, how can history be changed?"

"From a local short-term perspective, the society is good and bad, and even worse, from the peaceful world to the chaotic world; but from the perspective of the big history, it is getting better and better. The ups and downs of the local period are uncertain, and the decline of a certain stage More than that, it does not affect its overall rise. History has the biggest detour, and it cannot change the great historical process from troubled times to peaceful times, and then to peaceful times..."

Attia turned his head in disappointment. The old man was getting old, and he no longer had the same ambitions as before. He didn't want to cause more trouble at this moment, and just wanted to spend his old age in peace.

No one can prove whether the so-called spiral history theory is right or wrong.

In particular, how can history possibly go up if everyone is so evasive?

During this precious period of strategy, amid hesitation, began to slip away quietly...

Time passed year after year.

The cables are laid...

The tracks are laid...

City trains began to run officially.

Commercial trade in various cities began to become gradually prosperous.

Attia's prediction is gradually being realized.

Under the impact of the Internet, with this Goeer City as a comparison, the consciousness of the people is still gradually awakening.

Some people traveled in Gore City and were influenced by culture, and when they came back, they began to publish "how sweet the air outside is", "how free life is", "how round the moon in Gore City is".

Even if the governor of Goer City does nothing, the entire city is still spontaneously exporting ideology.

The oligarchy still caused serious dissatisfaction among the people. More and more people began to have political appeals, complaining about the lack of power.

In particular, people in the army have also begun to move around and feel dissatisfied.

There are also some individuals, under the influence of culture, who began to immigrate to Gore City spontaneously. These immigrants are all very high-quality population... They took away a lot of wealth belonging to the city itself.

Faced with the natural awakening of the people's ideology, the oligarchs began to panic. They never thought that after expanding exchanges, such and such problems would arise.

But now it is no longer realistic to close the country!

Expanding commercial exchanges, after all, promotes economic growth and improves the lives of the people. The sudden closure of the country will affect the interests of many people, especially many middle-level people rely on this for a living. These guys must directly riot.

No matter how powerful a military group is, it needs population as its foundation.

If the people under him run away and rebel, the entire political structure will become water without a source and a tree without roots. No one will implement administrative orders, so what is the difference with a bare-bones commander?

As people's minds changed, even the army became less loyal, and the oligarchs began to panic, and sooner or later they would be overthrown by the angry people.

In order to solve the problem of ideology being invaded, the oligarchs have taken many measures, including but not limited to exerting strong pressure on the culprit, Seoul City; Appease the people and so on.

"The most tragic scene happened..."

When telling the history of this scene, Gan Yaduo looked extremely sad.

"Under the joint pressure of 12 cities, Your Excellency Attiya was sentenced to death by the governors of Gore City for crimes against civilization and peace."

Zhang Yuan's heart skipped a beat, and he sighed again. Political struggles have always been cruel, throughout the ages, even in different civilizations.

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A people's court sentenced the scientist to "crimes against civilization and peace", including but not limited to forming an illegal gang, publishing inflammatory remarks on the Internet, and so on.

It needs to accept the most cruel criminal law - electrocution.

"Attia, do you admit your guilt?"

"I admit that I did all of these things. But I don't admit that I am guilty... Whether it is right or wrong, future generations will judge."

Naturally, this argument was ignored.

The judge solemnly declared its guilt.

Attiya sat on the electric shock seat, was put on a torture device, and looked calm. The onlookers below were cheering loudly. They didn't care who was killed. It doesn't matter whether it is a good official or a bad official, as long as the official is executed, they will always cheer.

It is about to die.

"Buzz!"

The current is gradually increasing, and the cruelest criminal law must naturally ensure enough pain and enough time for punishment. What's more, the public execution this time was also an attempt to appease the anger of other city rulers.

In just a few seconds, the muscles all over its body began to twitch uncontrollably, causing boundless pain throughout its entire body. But this current does not directly kill people.

Suddenly, it shouted at the top of its lungs, "Democratic civilization...free civilization! The seeds of light have been scattered everywhere, and we will surely win a glorious victory!"

The cheers of the people became more fanatical, and Atiyah was smeared as a criminal who violated the peace.

In the end, Atiyah... died.

However, this measure only appeases the anger of those oligarchs, and it is no longer easy for them to attack Goer City.

However, the anger of the people has not been appeased, and various measures only treat the symptoms but not the root cause, with little effect.

There is even a fool, adopting the usual brutal rule, aiming guns at the angry people in his own city!

However, this guy naturally had no good fruit to eat. The crazy army quickly turned against him. The tyrant fell in the internal melee. Interests can appease the anger of some people.

The oligarchs are also having a headache. Attia is dead, but the spirit has indeed been passed down. The spread of information on the Internet is too fast. If there is any trouble, everyone will know immediately.

The ideology of the people is gradually awakening, and they know what is good and what is not.

The oligarchs want to maintain a real dictatorship, but they don't want to overthrow themselves. How can this kind of best of both worlds be achieved?

"This was originally the best time for Goer City to turn the tide. It didn't matter whether it provided armed support or expanded ideological output. As a result, the leaders at that time chose to be a turtle! They even killed heroes who belonged to their own civilization."

When talking about this period of history, Gan Yaduo showed a feeling of hating iron but not steel from time to time.

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Finally, decades and hundreds of years have passed, amidst all kinds of chaos, the oligarchs gave up a lot of their own interests, and finally came up with a bold and absurd method: the "pacifier" theory!

Since under the oligarchy, the gap between the rich and the poor cannot be smoothed out, and it is impossible to satisfy the political demands of the people, then... just give the people a "pacifier" and tell them to shut up!

What is this pacifier?

Simply put, weaken the beliefs of the people so that they no longer care about social injustice.

Amplify their entertainment sensory experience, occupy spare time, let them indulge in it, and consume excess energy. Let the people feel that they are living a fulfilling and happy life.

To put it more simply, that is...

Vigorously develop the entertainment industry!

The biggest advantage of the entertainment industry is that it can stabilize the masses and reduce dissatisfaction.

All kinds of new entertainment, including film, television, and games, began to relax the original restrictions and began to spread more widely.

These vulgar things, which were originally spurned by traditional morality, are now opening up like a flood, and they have begun to fuel the flames with the addition of the Internet.

They are not like the old ways of entertainment, which require a certain amount of thinking to be enjoyable, and the more vulgar things are, the easier it is to be widely circulated.

For example, a lot of unrealistic TV series, but make them very enjoyable to watch.

Time passed after I was happy, and then I gradually forgot about these gaps and injustices, and honestly did a job that barely satisfies food and clothing, and stopped making trouble.

The energy of the Gliese people is limited, and they have to rest for more than ten days after working for two days, to vent their energy, lose their ability to think, and no longer fight for their own power.

In particular, a new game called "sensory film" has become popular. In fact, according to human language, it is an immersive VR device, which can obtain a realistic sense of illusion.

All kinds of entertainment that human beings have, long-distance sex dating, etc., they have all been invented.

But the difference is that the human government will at least have some restrictions and various moral condemnations, which are not found in this civilization, and the ruling class spares no effort to vigorously promote it, and the people love it.

At most, only some insightful people are calling for criticism, but these serious voices are quickly drowned out by the massive amount of information. No one heard and no one saw.

However, watching this kind of sensory film for a long time will lead to the confusion of virtuality and reality, killing the fighting spirit of the individual, and it is a little unclear who he is.

But so what?

The effect of this policy is simply too good to be true!

For the rulers at the top, peace and stability are the most important things. Apart from work, the people enjoy entertainment and enjoyment. The level of happiness is high, and the will is gradually worn down. On the contrary, it is a great thing.

Day by day, year by year. The turmoil that had just risen in the era was pushed back alive by some people. That strategic window period passed away quietly like this...

Attia's so-called light has been partially realized, but it has not been fully realized after all.

The people will no longer pursue such things as so-called democracy, freedom, and equality, and the political rights of the oligarchs will not be affected.

Even Goer City, the former stronghold of democracy, has received the impact of massive vulgar entertainment.

Zhang Yuan opened a book, which contained the life philosophy of Gliese people at that time.

The first sentence above is: [... Of course, making money is for consumption, and consumption is for satisfying one's own desires. So how to make money has become an important issue. What's wrong with a citizen who wants to make money in a different way? That's nothing more than its personal freedom! 】

[As long as it doesn't affect other people, you shouldn't control it too much. 】

[Happiness is nothing but the fulfillment of desires one after another! 】

[A policy, if it can give the greatest number of people the greatest happiness, then it is the best policy! 】

Experts one after another jump out of their own fallacies, talking and talking, even thinking that this is the ultimate truth...

Even those rulers are brainwashed by their own set of theories, thinking that the world itself should be like this...

Money worship and hedonism are getting worse, and the only remaining morality is thrown into the sewer.

The civilization that has been obsessed with vulgar entertainment for a long time has undoubtedly caused serious damage to the original traditional ideology. The original artistic level has plummeted, and it is no longer possible to have an endless stream of artists and bards who aspire to travel thousands of miles.

The times are changing, but the revolutionary trend of thought has never arrived...

A thousand years have passed.

10,000 years have passed...

There is no eternal rule in the world, and the top oligarchs have changed several batches due to internal decline, but the warriors who slay the dragon have worked hard to kill the evil dragon, just to become an evil dragon again.

After entering the information age, the Gliese civilization, which has gone through several industrial revolutions, is still hiding underground on this planet.

It's just that this time, it's even more difficult to get out of your own planet.

Thousands of years, thousands of years, the world seems to have not changed.

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