Chapter 402: Moving Mountains and Reclaiming Seas
"One percent of the population controls eighty percent of the wealth. In other words, if that one percent were to vanish completely, and their corresponding shares were distributed, the remaining people would see their wealth increase fivefold."
"Driven by self-interest, he would naturally gain a vast number of utterly devoted supporters," Wen Jian mused, standing by the Yellow River and observing the various engineering support teams behind him.
"Even if he only distributed half to win over hearts and kept the other half for himself, the effect would still be excellent..."
"I never thought our first collaboration would be in a place like this," Liu Zhen interjected, interrupting Wen Jian's thoughts.
The factions behind them had been vying against each other in the Hua-Ya Federation for nearly a decade, so this truly marked their first "cooperation" in the real sense.
"This old man truly can't keep up with his way of thinking, to actually make excavating the Yellow River our first task."
"Ever since he spoke of his intention to level the Qingzang Gaoyuan, I gave up on trying to understand his thought process," Wen Jian replied straightforwardly.
The system's task for them was to brave the eastward-flowing Yellow River, using their own power to forcibly scoop the sediment from the riverbed onto the banks. The ultimate goal was to excavate this nearly three-hundred-kilometer long section of the river ten meters deeper, transforming the above-ground river back into an underground one.
Meanwhile, the auxiliary teams behind them were responsible for transporting the excavated river mud to various regions across the country where it was needed, and even to the ongoing land reclamation projects pushing outwards into the sea.
With society's industries comprehensively shifting towards planned production, and product supply and demand now controlled by the system, a large number of salespeople had been laid off, leaving only essential sales personnel.
Consequently, this young man, who possessed no other professional skills beyond excellent communication, was temporarily assigned by the system to assist in the logistics team.
"Try to pass the preliminary re-skilling assessment in three months, otherwise, you're just wasting your life here," his former colleague and competitor, now standing beside him, patted his shoulder.
"Three months, that'll definitely be enough."
Both had been salesmen for the same product, once rivals who couldn't stand the sight of each other, but now they were fellow travelers in misfortune.
Across the country, over a hundred million people had lost their jobs due to industrial integration and transformation. The ubiquitous, unprecedented super-projects currently underway served as a temporary reservoir to accommodate this unemployed population.
Until they completed a new round of vocational training and became useful members of the new society, the vast majority of them would be dispatched to construction sites nationwide, temporarily serving as auxiliary personnel for the 'moving mountains and reclaiming seas' projects.
Six hours of work, supplemented by four hours of targeted learning within the virtual reality system, constituted these individuals' daily task schedule.
A virtual world capable of materializing almost any scene, combined with the system's mandatory enforcement, meant their re-skilling speed even exceeded their own imaginations.
Of course, this was also due to the nature of the learning content. The subjects they studied in the virtual reality system were the result of a comprehensive assessment balancing their stated interests, strengths, dreams, and the needs of the new society. This ensured that foolish scenarios, like forcing someone who dozed off at the sight of formulas to study natural sciences, wouldn't occur.
"Putting down my phone, it's actually not that bad."
After completing a day's learning tasks, the young man, who had dreamed of becoming a fashion designer but learned nothing due to a lack of perseverance and severe phone addiction, ultimately becoming a clothes salesman, suddenly felt a surge of emotion.
To enhance learning and work efficiency, the system had been configured to block phone functions during task execution periods, leaving only a few basic features like making calls.
Regarding the Destiny System, which had already interfaced with the virtual reality system, Bai Mo was also actively researching the feasibility of merging it with the internet communication network. He aimed to have the Destiny System's portal replace mobile phones and the internet within five years, becoming the sole link for humanity within his domain.
"Ten years, and the first phase of the 'Great Plains' project should be complete." Aside from this, through the system's central hub located at the Tianqing experimental site, he observed the progress of engineering projects across the country.
It was projected to take ten years to level the vast majority of hills and mountains throughout the Hua-Ya Federation, while simultaneously excavating five new grand canals. These would not only connect the entire country but also improve the environment along their banks.
After all excess earth and sand were used for land reclamation, preliminary calculations estimated an increase of at least two million square kilometers of land.
Mountainous regions, which had previously lagged in development due to inconvenient transportation, would also gain convenient transport conditions by being forcibly leveled into plains, holding the potential to develop into new cities capable of supporting a larger population.
With this increase and decrease, the Hua-Ya Federation's problem of a large population and scarce land would be significantly alleviated, as plains, after all, were the most efficiently utilized terrain for humans.
"Even with my invisible coercion, it will take them at least thirty to fifty years to complete the colonization of the Moon, and the next step, conquering Martian civilization, would be seventy to eighty years away. If the goal is to continue exploding the population to upgrade Earth's civilization, it's better to thoroughly develop Earth in the near future."
According to information transmitted back from probes launched several years ago, signs of primitive civilizations had appeared on Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and even the various moons surrounding Jupiter within the solar system.
Relevant personnel conjectured that the emergence of Spirit Qi was likely the reason for the utterly illogical birth of life on various planets within the galaxy.
The solar system, and even wider expanses, would transform into a battleground for civilizations in the coming hundreds or even thousands of years, ushering in exceptionally brutal conflicts.
With alien life on every planet and civilizations overly concentrated, if they wished to pursue greater development and venture towards the stars and seas, they would have to conquer each planet one by one...
After the Spirit Qi era, animal protection was no longer an issue, for humanity had lost the qualification to condescendingly bestow mercy.
Not to mention wild animals, even domesticated cattle and sheep would occasionally undergo mutated awakenings, gaining power to injure or kill humans. And the hidden powers within the Four Great Mystical Realms made the humans outside subtly apprehensive.
Experts conjectured that the Four Great Mystical Realms might possess a unified will, as animals that awakened wisdom and strength would instinctively gather towards them at the Mystical Realms' call, fighting any lifeforms that stood in their way.
However, due to the dominant human civilization, in the end, only a very small number managed to escape the layers of blockades, completing a near-fatal journey to reach the Four Great Mystical Realms. The remaining failures almost all ended up as dishes on the banquet table..
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