The Death Knell

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The streets are beautiful, the trees are shady, there are not many private cars flying in the air, and the river in the city is also beautiful blue.

There is a faint fragrance of flowers in the air, and there are high-tech holographic interactive billboards standing on the spacious grass by the roadside. The woman in the advertisement is gently blessing pedestrians with good health, and by the way, promotes the concept of her own business.

There are not many pedestrians on the road, but everyone is dressed brightly and has a satisfied smile on their faces, as if they are high.

If it wasn't known in advance that this era was a dystopia, some people might think it was a really good place.

Why is the environment like this, the answer is very simple. This is the competition between enterprises, which can also be regarded as a kind of involution.

For example, two adjacent plots of land, one belongs to Company A and the other belongs to Company B. These two companies are in the same industry and are considered competitors.

The former has built a magnificent building on this land, so can the latter's board of directors endure living in the shadow of the other?

Of course not, everyone is rich, who can't build a building? They will only build taller, grander edifices.

That company A not only built a building on this land, but also built an artificial lake and greening, imitating the beautiful scenery in history and attracting everyone's attention.

What will Company B do? The answer, of course, is to keep up, and to be better than the other.

Competition is always all-round. The most unsightly thing for the rich is not to see the poor can't afford to eat, but to see what others have and they don't have.

Of course, no matter how they compete, the exploitation of wage workers is consistent. At most, the one who pays less wages every month eliminates more waste that has no value for further exploitation.

Therefore, the earth in this era looks like a donkey dung egg.

It looks smooth and harmless on the outside, but if you break it with your hands, you will find the essence of shit, which is full of dross.

As for the pedestrians on the street, there is no doubt that they are all rich people. The real poor ghosts are all working on the assembly line where the sun never sees the light of day. Who gives them the opportunity to go shopping in the daytime?

Without the era of superheroes, there is naturally no distinction between justice and evil beliefs, and basically everyone looks at money.

This is probably also the life that humans exist as carbon-based creatures, and their dependence on substances can easily become a handle controlled by others.

Food, clothing, housing and transportation, life, old age, sickness and death, living here every day, you have to start spending money when you open your eyes. Without money, it is really impossible to do anything.

But as long as you have money, you can live a high-ranking life in this kind of society, because the government is basically completely incompetent, so as long as you can negotiate good terms with the companies that govern this area, you can build a country and become an emperor. , you can also buy a building and rename it Constantinople.

Naturally, the premise is that you want to buy the "Constantinople" trademark.

"Here... it looks okay, at least the streets are clean." Bobo squatted on Death Knell's shoulders. At this time, everyone was on a neat lawn with dew. Trees blocked the morning sun for everyone.

There are stars and bits of light falling between the leaves, and the patches of light and dark sway slightly on the ground with the wind.

There are not many buildings in the city, and it can even be said that it looks much less than the time when everyone lived, but all the buildings that can be seen are amazingly tall, with the names of various companies hanging on them, like roots. Pillars that hold up the sky.

"The untidy places are all under our feet."

Su Ming smiled and said something to the orangutan, and at the same time gave an order silently through strangulation to let the adjutant start to work.

The first is to collect intelligence and see if there is any news of reverse lightning on the Internet. Secondly, I need to get some electronic money. I haven’t played in the 25th century timeline of the DC universe, so maybe I should buy some souvenirs.

"Underground?" Alberta looked down at the lawn, the green grass was very cute: "Is there a cemetery under our feet?"

It doesn't look like it, because there is no tombstone, there is a skyscraper about two kilometers away, and within five kilometers of this building, there is a park-like environment and a blue artificial river.

It's more like... a sunny conservationist's paradise.

"It's not bad, the grave of life is not only an unhappy marriage, but also work under the exploitation of capitalists." The death knell was waiting for the adjutant's progress. He simply took out a piece of cloth from his pocket and spread it on the lawn to prepare a picnic: "The poor are in In this era, there is no way to live on the surface, and they will only live forever in the dark underground, as the invisible cornerstone that supports society."

That's it, people can only see the buildings on the ground, who would look at the foundations buried underground when they have nothing to do?

In short, the working people are in various underground factories. The ground is a space for rich people. This operation is to find Dr. Swan. He is a scientist and naturally does not work underground, so there is no need for everyone to go down. .

"Is the social division so serious?" Jesse believed Deathstroke's introduction without a doubt, and she looked a little sad.

But after the orangutan handed her a chocolate tart, her brows opened.

"Monopoly is a phenomenon that will inevitably appear when capital develops to a certain level. It's not new that clean tap water is more expensive than Coke. Haven't you seen it in our time?" Answering the girl, the death knell signaled everyone to Sit, you are welcome.

It just happened that I didn't have time to eat hot dishes in Sepulk just now, this time I will get some self-heating hot pot to eat...

Unfortunately, before the lime bag was soaked in water, a large drone equipped with a heavy machine gun flew over. White air flow was sprayed from under its round body, and it hovered aside and questioned, but a young female voice came from it. , said very politely:

"Gentlemen and Ladies, welcome to Midtown Free Water Company's Green Space Picnic, UU Kanshu www.uukanshu.com I am the receptionist of worker number 9910. The purpose of this company is to provide safe and high quality for the people of Midtown. The water is absolutely pollution-free, has no additives, and does not contain fragrance. When using tap water, please choose a brand trusted by Zhongcheng people, free running water, we are trustworthy.”

Let’s start with an advertisement. Even if you point a heavy machine gun at the customer, you can’t forget to promote it.

"Tsk!" Little Superman narrowed his eyes, he didn't like being pointed at by guns. "

"Then dear customers, please let me introduce the next process. The lawn stamping fee is 300 general points, the environmental cleaning fee is 200 general points, the fresh air breathing fee is 200 general points, the scenery viewing fee is 200 general points, and the mood relaxation fee is 200 general points. Points, the corkage fee for BYO is 10 general points, and the total is 1110 points. Is your payment method face recognition or emotional interaction?"

How should I put it, it is much gentler than those dystopias that Su Ming has seen before. At least this is about business, and Supreme Mage is never afraid of negotiating conditions.

Some restaurants are like this. You have to pay first when you place an order, and then the food is served in the restaurant. It's good to get used to it.