lcionline Chapter 419 Survival by cutting off the tail
Chapter 419 Survival by cutting off the tail
Eternal Era Year 10: 2340 AD.
The World Ring: The Central Ring.
Nearly four years have passed since Zhang Beihai led his fleet from Earth. In those four years, Bi Yunfeng has completely consolidated the power of the Earth Alliance into his own hands.
Of course, this was partly due to Luo Congmin's deliberate stepping down to make way for a more capable person. After all, given her prestige in the Earth Alliance, it would be difficult for Bi Yunfeng to completely replace her position in less than 200 years.
Cao Bin, also a core member of Bi Yunfeng's group, quietly stepped down to the second line after Bi Yunfeng completely consolidated his power and took on the tasks that Ding Yi had previously performed at the research institute.
"The weather bureau said there would be 13 hours of rain today. Which bastard is voting for rainy weather? We're not even on Earth anymore, yet a bunch of idiots keep voting for rain in the weather system. Do they think it's fun to make the ground look like it's flooded?"
Cao Bin picked up the steaming coffee on the table, brought it to his lips, and took a small sip. The fatigue from the experiment instantly dispelled his drowsiness.
The coffee cup is printed with the words "16% cocaine content (Zero)," which is a product cultivated by Xingnong Institute. While enhancing the effects of caffeine, it reduces most of the substances that are harmful to the human body.
"I don't think rainy days are a bad thing."
Taylor leaned back on the sofa, casually crossing his legs. He looked more energetic than ever after not seeing him for several years, which seemed a bit unusual. After all, if others were as idle as him, they would probably have already become addicted to food and alcohol and fallen into a decadent state, just like Thor in the later stages of the Avengers.
Maintaining a good figure is an extremely difficult thing, not because it's impossible, but because most people feel it's unnecessary.
Upon hearing this, Cao Bin couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"During the Vietnam War, they really shouldn't have left you in the rear as a commander. If they had sent you to the front lines once, you would have behaved yourself. You probably would never want to see this awful rainy weather again in your life."
Taylor was speechless after Cao Bin's words and quickly changed the subject.
"By the way, that thing I asked you about last time, do you think it has any potential?"
Upon hearing this, Cao Bin couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
"You mean that guiding device? Theoretically speaking, it is indeed feasible. After all, the target of the Dark Forest attack is a star, not a single planet. If Dr. Luo Ji's theory is correct, they probably won't increase the accuracy of the attack."
"If we could create a clone of Earth and disguise it as a complete civilization, there is indeed a chance that the Dark Forest Strike would miss its target."
"only……"
Cao Bin paused abruptly, his gaze fixed intently on Taylor, as if trying to see through the other man's eyes to understand his inner thoughts.
"Just to be absolutely sure, this decoy should actually have a bait."
"After all, we have no idea how the Dark Forest Strike will be presented, let alone what level of civilization the striker will be. Everything is a gamble, a gamble that the other side cannot see through this device. Rather than saying it is a deception, it is more like sacrificing a pawn to save the king, cutting off the tail to survive."
Taylor took a deep breath and nodded in agreement.
“I understand, that makes sense. We can’t make everything fake.”
“Definitely, and that’s not enough.” Cao Bin pushed up his glasses. “If you want to fool your opponent, you have to fool yourself first.”
Taylor paused for a moment upon hearing this, while outside, the torrential rain continued, water droplets pounding against the glass with a "thump-thump" sound.
He stood up, poured the half-finished cup of coffee on the table into the sink next to him, and then waved to indicate that he was leaving.
"Good luck."
Ten days later, Taylor handed a 40-page report to Bi Yunfeng's desk.
"So, you want to create a planet similar in size to Earth using human labor?" Bi Yunfeng leaned back on the sofa, flipping through the engineering blueprints that Taylor had submitted, which also included an explanation.
"Yes, while the RimWorld can accommodate most people's living needs, the living conditions are still too harsh. We had no choice before, but now that we have the time, let's do this as well. I believe most people will agree with my suggestion."
"The vast majority of people?" Bi Yunfeng looked at Taylor with a look of utter disbelief. "The vast majority of people you're referring to here must be those old subordinates from the Star Ring Group, right?"
Zhang Beihai's fleet took away most of the Star Ring Group's elites and arrived at the Elbato Cluster ahead of the entire Earth Alliance. However, everyone knew that although going ahead meant avoiding the threat of the Dark Forest attack with the main force, it meant facing an unknown civilization invasion together with the Human Alliance.
It's no safer than staying here.
In addition, not everyone has the opportunity to follow Zhang Beihai. The Xinghuan Group is full of incompetent rich kids and lazy tycoons.
In Zhang Beihai's eyes, if he were to manage the Earth Alliance, these people should all be turned into reserve food, which would be their only contribution. Therefore, they would naturally not follow the Human Alliance fleet.
Living in the Ringworld is truly uncomfortable. It's hard to go from luxury to frugality. When these people lived in Star Ring City, they used to boss others around. Now that they've become ordinary people, many find it hard to accept.
Bi Yunfeng was well aware of this; Ai AA had mentioned it to him more than once, but it always ended inconclusively.
After all, we can't just settle them on Earth, can we? Right now, those guys on Earth are people even Bi Yunfeng can't afford to offend.
If he dares to send these worthless bastards over today, Luo Congmin can bring his personal guards and cut off his head tomorrow.
Taylor's goal was to create a region for these people that was separate from the world and Earth, and to fleece these tycoons.
"The idea is good, but right now, multiple projects are under construction in parallel. If you want to build a planet exclusively for these people at this time, I'm afraid... it will be difficult to convince the public."
When Bi Yunfeng said this, he deliberately emphasized the last four words, knowing that Taylor would understand.
And the latter did not disappoint him; with just a slight reminder, Taylor understood.
The plan Taylor proposed was exactly what he wanted to do.
After all, these people are all wealthy tycoons. How much money could they make living in a ring world? But if we build them their own Earth and let them enjoy superior treatment, they'd be rolling in money!
The reason he never mentioned it was entirely because he was afraid of being scolded; after all, such a thing was simply too immoral.
Now that Taylor has offered to take on this mess, Bi Yunfeng is overjoyed. He's reminding Taylor, "If you want to do this, I agree, but you have to say it's your own idea and don't involve me."
Once we've made some money, we'll split it 70/30, I'll get 70% and you get 30%!
This money can also help make up for the financial deficit of the local alliance, it couldn't be more perfect!
As for why Taylor suddenly brought this up, Bi Yunfeng hadn't really thought about it. In his opinion, the most reasonable explanation was that Taylor had been in the entertainment industry for the past few years and his heart had long been corrupted, so he had become one with these people.