Urban Sims

Chapter 270 Ideal World
District 52.

The environment is beautiful and the air is fresh.

The streets are clean and tidy, and the people are polite.

In a high-end meeting room in Yaoxing City, in the VIP room on the tenth floor, through the spotless floor-to-ceiling windows, Lan Mengxin, holding a cup of coffee in her hand, looked down at the bustling streets filled with tourists, her gaze was somewhat He was dazed and speechless, as if he hadn't recovered from the shock two days ago.

After a long time, the coffee in the cup was already cold, and she looked away, with a sarcasm at the corner of her mouth, and muttered to herself: "This is really an upside-down world."

In her mind, she remembered the three ultimate problems that the man asked her yesterday, how to avoid and solve them.

The three ultimate problems are "resource consumption", "clash of civilizations" and "humanity and morality".

If these three major problems cannot be properly and perfectly resolved, even if the money empire is overthrown and the set of rules is changed, the new world will carry fatal hidden dangers and be difficult to maintain for a long time.

Let’s talk about “resource consumption” first. Does this planet, which has experienced the development of industrial civilization for nearly a thousand years, really lack resources?

Lacking, but not lacking either.

The lack of it is because the coal, oil, natural gas, gold, silver, copper, iron, titanium, rare earth, non-metal and other mineral resources on this planet have basically been exploited. What can be mined has been mined and utilized.

Therefore, this already riddled planet, through primitive mining methods, through blasting, drilling, extraction, etc., destructively exploits various resources, and the damage caused to this planet will be fed back to human beings sooner or later.

Such as subsidence, earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes... These increasingly frequent disasters will make humans living on the surface experience the consequences of the planet's anger.

Therefore, just taking all kinds of non-renewable mineral resources as an example, this planet is short of resources, and the cost of mining is high, the rate of return is low, and the negative consequences are serious.

But on the other hand, in terms of renewable resources, the potential of this planet is still great.

Take food, for example, if we intensify efforts to improve the environment, increase the arable land area and crop yield, and feed 200 billion people, the pressure will not be great.

There is also energy, such as the electricity in Area 52. In fact, a considerable part of it is transmitted from the sky curtain system-the sky curtain system can generate electricity, and its ability to absorb sunlight can be controlled within the range of 0.01% to 99.99%.

In other words, as long as the sky screen system and the inexhaustible energy in nature are used reasonably, the energy problem is not a problem at all.

There are also organic materials, nanomaterials, superconducting materials, inorganic materials with good physical and chemical properties that can replace metals such as gold, silver, copper, iron, titanium, aluminum, tungsten, etc., and can also be synthesized in factories. It almost completely replaces metals and satisfies most of the needs of industry and agriculture... Therefore, material science and technology is also another field of money empire, whose development speed is second only to medical science and technology.

There is no shortage of food, energy, and materials. To some extent, this planet has no shortage of resources.

The problem of insufficient resources can be solved through advanced technology, but the "clash of civilizations" and "humanity and morality" are inherent in human beings. The problems of self-destruction and going to the abyss are two ultimate problems that may not be solved in 1000, 1 years or even forever.

Because wherever there is difference, there will be conflict.

Different beliefs, different customs, different personalities and hobbies, different skin colors and races, and different thinking concepts... These thousands of differences represent thousands of conflicts.

The highest level of conflict - the clash of civilizations, will allow hatred to accumulate, war to break out, and blood to flow over and over again.

Even if people respect each other and do not offend each other, sooner or later, these conflicts will ignite, detonate, and split scars under the impetus of careerists and conspirators... Even the law can't stop some people's deep-seated anger. Arrogance, discrimination, and a sense of inexplicable superiority—these are all sources of conflict.

There is also "humanity and morality", what kind of moral norms does this world need, so that people can get rid of the shackles of "the strong eat the jungle", and at the same time, they will not go to the other extreme of "moral kidnapping and the Virgin Mary everywhere".

This standard is difficult to grasp.

If the above three major problems cannot be solved well, just like the historical cycle of prosperity and decline, the civilization of this planet will also fall into a "civilization cycle" that alternates between destruction and rebirth.

"I think it is better to use technology and law to solve these problems. Use science to develop productivity, use law to restrict the behavior of individuals and groups, and establish a strictly regulated and well-ordered society. If the population expands and resources are insufficient, go out of this planet. , develop the resources of other planets in outer space, and carry out interstellar colonization. The resources of this universe are unlimited, and the development space is also unlimited. You said these problems, once you leave this planet, it is basically not a problem.”

After thinking about it, combined with her knowledge of all aspects of the world, Lan Mengxin came up with her solution.

That is, "the road of scientific and technological civilization".

"The direction of this route is correct, and it is feasible, but..."

Realizing a problem, Zhou Ming frowned, and said, "But if this path can be passed, why didn't the master take it, but took another path to save resources? This is really unreasonable, if I am the ruler, and before the road of light and the road of darkness, I will definitely walk the road of infinite light."

"Furthermore, the Dominator often makes people say on the radio that there are insufficient resources. What exactly is the lack of resources, but they don't say it clearly, so I guess that the resources that the Dominator mentioned should refer to the resources for colonizing the outer space. Lack of it prevents humans from getting off the planet on a large scale."

"Otherwise, how could he establish a world of money with such serious class solidification, so many restrictions, extremely uneven development in various fields, and suppressing all human beings on this planet? If it is not that the other way is not feasible, he How did you go down this road?"

"Of course, we can also assume that the ruler is a despicable, evil, and extremely selfish person. For his own selfish desires, he wants the entire planet to serve him personally. What about the various efforts made to improve the environment of this planet by carrying out a transformation project? If he is a selfish person, he does not need to consider so many problems at all. He can use the collected resources to do whatever he wants matter."

"So I think that if the road to interstellar colonization is feasible, the master who led the remaining human beings out of the doomsday and re-established a new homeland should not give up the opportunity to become a 'noble saint'."

Zhou Ming analyzed it eloquently.

This……

These words caused Lan Mengxin's thoughts to shake violently.

If the man's guess is more likely to be true, the road of "technical civilization" is indeed unlikely to be successful. In the end, once the human population is limited to one planet, once the population exceeds 100 billion or 200 billion, it will bring The huge resource consumption and the huge amount of garbage produced will definitely exceed the carrying capacity of this planet, reaching the upper limit. After all kinds of conflicts are sharply intensified, the war may restart the world again.

So what to do?
"I'm sick!"

The woman scratched her hair, glared at the man in front of her and said, "Then what do you think should be done?"

Taking a sip of his coffee, Zhou Ming smiled slightly and said, "I have a few plans here, you can refer to them."

"Speak quickly." The woman urged urgently.

"The first plan, which I call the 'virtual game' plan, is to develop a virtual online game, so that people can get more happiness and satisfaction in the virtual world. Facts have shown that spiritual food is more important than material food. Importantly, if the supply of spiritual food is increased, the material demand will be reduced a lot, and it will even lead to a decline in desire, a decline in the birth rate, and a significant reduction in material and energy consumption.”

"However, the side effects of this plan are also very obvious. Once the virtual game comes out, people's enthusiasm for learning knowledge, mastering skills, and serious work will be greatly reduced, and the speed of technological progress will slow down. People may hand over all work to robots, and they, Indulging in the virtual world every day will eventually be no different from rice bugs."

"The second option, I call the 'Ladder of Civilization' option."

"This plan is to transform each area into different civilizations on the basis of the sky screen system, and divide them into primitive civilization, ancient civilization, pre-ancient civilization, middle ancient civilization, modern civilization, modern civilization, etc., and divide them into different levels of civilization. , and then give more sufficient resources and a development environment, and let these civilizations develop freely without interference, it is best to start from primitive civilizations, and see what kind of results they will bear."

"The third plan, I call it the "Modified Money Empire" plan."

"In this plan, the money promotion mechanism will be retained, but the promotion rules will be changed, from the promotion of the original killing competition to the promotion of outstanding contributors. This kind of contribution can be given to those who have completed more ecological environment transformation tasks. The award for the winner can be a scientific award for a major discovery or invention in science, or an artistic achievement award that is widely welcomed and recognized in the field of art and humanities...all of them are likely to be promoted."

"The cruel elimination rules can be removed, and the crackdown on criminals can be increased instead. Those criminals can be sent to areas with harsh environments to help with environmental improvement, or sent to Zone 0 to help with garbage disposal."

"In this way, people have the motivation to rise, and they don't have to worry about being eliminated. As long as they abide by the law, they can live happily even without money."

"It can even bring about the return of morality and humanity, and the prosperity of art and science. The consumption of resources will definitely increase, but because of the supplement of spiritual food, materially, there will not be too much waste. If it is not possible, it can be Get the virtual game out."

And with Zhou Ming's "Yuan Zero 3.0" artificial intelligence ability, coupled with the existing technological foundation of this world, it is not a problem to develop a virtual game.

"The third option is the best!"

Lan Mengxin's eyes lit up, her smile bloomed, she clapped her hands and shouted, "I choose the third one, I choose the third one!"

Zhou Ming looked up at her, and said with a smile: "I knew you would choose this plan, but you don't have to be too impatient. Whether this planet has the conditions to step out of the planet and enter the era of great interstellar voyages, I still have to learn from the ruler." Then, ask the answer to this question, and when you know the answer, then formulate a corresponding plan based on the answer to completely transform the world."

"If you believe me, maybe you won't wait long, and you will know the answer."

After speaking, Zhou Ming smiled again.

"Ok!"

Lan Mengxin's eyes were full of anticipation, she nodded heavily and said, "I believe in you!"

(End of this chapter)