MTLNOVEL Chapter 230: Popular Abilities of the Previous Epochs
Lu Yuan welcomed the most leisurely, comfortable, joyful, and happy times of his life...
Whether it was the peeling project of Sky City, the education program for the citizens of Green Grass Town, or exploring the boundaries of the desert...
All these most troublesome matters were being taken care of by others!
Without such and such emergencies, nor life-and-death crises, Lu Yuan simply enjoyed watching Green Grass Town grow busier by the day, the engineering teams increasing in number day by day, and the sense of accomplishment as practitioners of "Divine Skills" each played their part.
This kind of happiness wasn't quite the same as digging for treasures or picking up trash.
The joy in treasure hunting was momentary, fleeting.
Lu Yuan had lots of trash that he couldn't use himself; he just piled it up in the Storage Space.
The rise of the 18th human civilization was a considerably long process and a lasting, sustainable feeling.
To describe it precisely, it was a bit like starting a business!
From starting from scratch to creating a Fortune 500 company, would bring a great sense of achievement.
Even his companions were addicted to this, unable to extricate themselves.
Especially Old Cat, who was already a robot with 24 hours of energy to manage those guys.
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For the townspeople of Green Grass Town, the appeal of farming was ever decreasing.
Toiling for months for just a few hundred bucks wasn't worth it compared to a job.
But to get a job, one had to pass a skills test... Otherwise, you wouldn't even qualify to apply
For those who didn't want to use their brains, it was truly painful.
The most lucrative things in this world were all listed in the criminal law... Learning was out of the question; the only option was to commit some crime and make some money.
However, in Green Grass Town, crime was really hard to commit!
The vines of the opium poppy trees on the roadside might just be surveillance!
The once Green Grass Civilization had to consider internal security too and had fully developed the necessary programs long ago.
Petty theft was easily detected upon investigation.
Green Grass Paradise, placed in this era, truly represented a form of asymmetric warfare.
Criminals were caught before they even had a chance to fence their loot.
As for dealing with criminals, the process was simple: stuff them into buds and directly confine them in a "Virtual World"—which truly served as a prison where they underwent daily labor reform. There were plenty of ways to deal with criminals!
Therefore, after several trials and sentences, everyone was deterred, resorting to working honestly and earning money.
It proved that in any civilization, the hustle is a philosophy of survival. Since a few top performers got high-paying jobs, it spurred a large number of others to follow suit.
This was a positive feedback effect, forming a benign cycle.
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Old Cat, the office director, would report on developmental progress daily: "The third engineering team has recruited enough manpower, a total of 125 people, and is ready to start work immediately."
"We've picked out the machines that are still operational, conducted the simplest maintenance, and then had the opium poppy's 'Green Grass Paradise' take control."
"However, this model is limited to work that's not too complex and has a high degree of repetition. For more difficult tasks, we have to program them ourselves in Green Grass Paradise."
"Apart from Conch being able to program, the others haven't learned yet."
"Sigh, this will have to do for now," Lu Yuan sighed, "Cultivating talent has to be reckoned in terms of decades."
"They've been trying really hard; we can't be too harsh on them."
He followed Old Cat to inspect several engineering teams.
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The workers, who were trained in Green Grass Paradise, were erecting electrical wires.
Another group of workers was transporting petrol.
For the purpose of acquiring oil, Lu Yuan especially hatched two peculiar insects named "Absorption Worms."
These huge creatures were ugly, resembling a cross between a long sandworm and an octopus monster.
But their ability was very useful: they could extract oil from beneath the ground, store it internally, and then swell up like a balloon.
An "Absorption Worm" could carry between 100-200 tons of oil in a single trip, which was quite a significant amount.
Oil had many uses, for instance, the most important being power generation, providing energy for the ascent of Sky City.
The current human 18th civilization still couldn't tinker with power generation machines, but fortunately, the Green Grass Civilization had ready-made equipment—boilers, steam turbines, generators, water systems, cooling systems, and dust removal desulphurization systems, etc.
Electricity was dangerous, yet it was also a shortcut to a civilized era...
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"Don't worry, the electrical lines should be up and running in about four months!"
Standing before Lu Yuan was the current head of technology, comrade Desert.
"By then, the opium poppy trees will provide about 70% of the photosynthetic energy. Our power station will provide the remaining 30% of the energy to raise Sky City."
"The Pandora Crystal Stones in the city, since they are embedded in stone, suffered less damage and don't require too much repair from us."
The young man spoke confidently and fluently.
He wore a safety helmet and a short-sleeved shirt.
He wasn't much different from the intellectuals on Earth.
"Just don't blow up the transformers... Electricity is different from other things; if not handled properly, it can cause safety accidents."
Lu Yuan was actually not very reassured.
"Captain Lu, actually many have been electrocuted during the learning process, that feeling of being burnt to a crisp... everyone's experienced it. So, you can rest easy!"
Death was the best teacher.
The current level of realism in the Virtual World was 100%; the agony of being electrocuted to death was not something anyone wanted to experience a second time.