lcionline Chapter 293 Enwan Technology
Chapter 293 Enwan Technology
The spaceship pierced through the clouds and plummeted straight down like a cannonball.
Through the spaceship's main display screen, everyone could clearly see the densely packed buildings on the ground below.
These buildings all appear to be the same metallic color, gleaming under the light and giving off a sense of imposing grandeur.
Without a doubt, the place where they landed was definitely an administrative district of this planet.
Generally speaking, the central administrative districts of such planets are heavily defended. If there is any disturbance overhead, the defense forces will be dispatched immediately to eliminate the threat.
But the situation is not right now. Lin Xuan and the others chose to make a hard landing. It is impossible for the group below not to detect that a ship is falling towards them like a meteor.
But so far, no one has seen any close-in weapon systems in the city, which is clearly strange.
"I found it."
Lynch shared the data he retrieved from the star map with the rest of the team.
"This planet is called Revelation 3, with the planetary designation TVBC-1313. It is one of the three supply points occupied by Mechanical Earth on the Chapel Front. The planet has a permanent garrison of 210,000 troops, all of whom are mechanical units."
"Does that mean there are no living people on this planet?"
Lin Xuan compared the data sent by Lin Qi with the data that Number Three had given her. The data they found were similar, which showed that even Number Three, as an observer, knew very little about the mechanical Earth.
"No, the supply points on this planet are not provided by the government forces of Mechanical Earth, but by Envan Technology."
If Earth III's political system was pieced together from individual families, then Earth I was a civilization that had developed capitalism to its extreme.
The resources of their entire civilization were controlled by the final producer alone, but it was clear that he alone could not manage such a vast amount of resources, nor could he suppress an entire civilization.
Therefore, with the support of the end producers, various giant companies have sprung up like mushrooms after rain, managing and allocating the end producers' resources.
To put it bluntly, these companies are essentially stewards in the eyes of the end producers, and the object of their management is the entire civilization.
They were once exploited by the end producers, but when the slaves turned the tables and became masters, they acted even more arrogantly than the end producers.
The oppression of ordinary people is even worse than that of the wealthy.
Among them, one of the three most typical companies is Enwan Technology.
"Enwan Technology is a company that makes a living from network operation and maintenance. Two-thirds of their civilization's network runs smoothly every day without any lag, all thanks to this company."
“This Enwan Technology has an absolute monopoly on resources in the mechanical earth network market, and it is also the company with the widest distribution of mechanical earth networks. This is because they have the government backing them.”
"Of course, in return, the Enwan Group's businesses are not limited to what is visible on the surface; they will train cyber hackers for the mechanical civilization's government forces."
Lin Qi paused for a moment after saying this, and after hesitating for a few seconds, he sent a document to everyone.
“They would distribute a certain amount of high-interest loans to the poor, and when these people couldn’t repay them, they would use their children to pay off the debts. These children ranged in age from four or five to seven or eight. Enwan Technology used these children in hacker training experiments to continuously provide fresh blood for the government army.”
As Lin Qi spoke, he couldn't help but feel nauseous.
He knew all too well what that so-called hacker training experiment was all about.
A person's mental processing power is limited, and the upper limit of their talent is basically determined at birth.
The more talented a person is, the higher their mental computing power.
Every year, the Divine Realm selects a group of such children for intensive training, investing a large amount of resources in them. In the end, these children will be trained to become psionicists and enter various government departments.
The reason why the Divine Realm can cultivate them is because their Mind Earth has the relevant technology, but the Mechanical Earth does not have the ability to cultivate psionicists.
So how can they improve the mental computing power of these cyber hackers?
The answer is very simple: it's about raising venomous insects!
They collect these children and inject them with large amounts of growth hormone, or stimulate them with radioactive substances.
If this child can successfully survive, their mental computing power will be enhanced to an incredibly high level, even surpassing that of the psionicists trained by Mind Earth over many years.
"There is a very famous hacker organization on Mechanical Earth called Disaster Star, and most of their members are trained in this way."
"Moreover, everyone in this organization is extremely ruthless, and our psionicists have suffered considerable losses at their hands."
"In one-on-one situations, no one is currently their match."
Upon hearing this, Lin Xuan seemed to be deep in thought.
"I wonder how evenly matched we would be if I were to fight someone from this organization?"
If Bei Xingwei knew what Lin Xuan was thinking at this moment, she would definitely tell him.
"It's a 30/70 split; you beat us seven times in three seconds."
Enwan Technology's actions not only violate human ethics but also force growth.
These children almost all die before the age of 25 due to various diseases.
But who cares?
There's a saying that's always been circulating on Mechanical Earth.
The lives of the poor are the least valuable.
"This Enwan Technology is truly ruthless and insane."
A barely perceptible hint of murderous intent flashed in Lin Xuan's eyes.
Although whether the people of Earth One live or die is not of much concern to him, he is going to war with Earth One sooner or later anyway. If he can find an opportunity to make Enwan Technology disappear, it would be a great loss for Earth One.
"Brother Bai, it seems like something really has happened down there."
Su Zilin pointed to the city below, and everyone looked in the direction she was pointing, only to find that the city's streets were ablaze with flames.
They hadn't been able to see clearly because they were too far from the ground, but after the spaceship had descended some distance, they were able to see the true state of the city.
Around those metal buildings, flames were rising continuously, and sonar could detect bursts of explosions when you got closer.
Lin Qi quickly zoomed in on the external camera to its maximum size and pointed it at the scene of the incident before he could finally see what had happened.
The streets were packed with people, not only humans, but also mechanical troops from the mechanical Earth.
And the explosion was caused by these people.
They attacked the mechanical force composed of robots like madmen, seemingly determined to fight these lumps of iron to the death.
Armed with all sorts of weapons, the group forced the mechanical troops to retreat. Several times, the mechanical troops tried to fire back, but were instead tackled to the ground by the frenzied crowd. As the crowd surged forward, the robot was instantly reduced to a pile of scrap metal.
The mechanized forces were clearly far superior to the humans in terms of equipment, but they were in a free-for-all mode, and the humans didn't bother with any formations; they just charged straight into the mechanized forces' robot horde.
These robots are programmed not to fire at their teammates, which actually makes them fight very restrictively and prevents them from unleashing the true power of their weapons.
"This...is this a riot?"
Ding Cunxu lit a cigarette and watched the chaotic scene on the screen with great interest as he smoked.
"No wonder we entered the main city so openly without triggering any resistance from this planet. It seems we came at just the right time."
It's actually quite common for civilian riots to occur on mechanical Earth.
After all, with their policy of treating people like dirt, anyone would rebel.
After years of battling the mechanical Earth, everyone has long since gotten used to it.
No matter how large the scale of a popular riot, it will eventually be suppressed without exception.
So the more things are like this, the less the higher-ups care.
The saying "water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it" is difficult to apply in the technological context of a mechanical civilization. Even if ordinary people really wanted to cause trouble, how big could it get? It would simply be a matter of spending more money to suppress them. The major corporations didn't take these things seriously at all.
Despite the fact that the public currently has the upper hand, the company could actually resolve the issue in less than an hour if it were willing to invest the money.
The worst outcome would just be losing a little more money, not causing any real loss.
"At worst, we'll just give them some money. If they want money, we'll give it to them. In the end, we'll make that money back anyway, right?"
Lin Xuan didn't care about any of this. It was a case of one party willing to hit and the other willing to be hit. If these people really had any foresight, they should have directly overturned the table with these companies.
In their eyes, as long as the company loses money, they consider themselves to have won. Little do they know that the money the company compensates them is rightfully theirs.
Even after the matter is over, the company can continue to exploit them and take the money back into the company, so they don't actually suffer much loss.
It's no wonder that the company turned a blind eye to the riots by ordinary citizens.
Lin Xuan didn't want to comment too much on this. "A person who doesn't plan for the future will have trouble in the present." She could only say that Mechanical Earth's move was really clever.
They exploited the lower classes to the extreme, forcing them to think about nothing but work every day.
Even if they are driven crazy, they only dare to act crazy within the rules set by these capitalists, and in the end they still have to obediently go back to work.
Thinking about it this way, it really is pathetic.
Soon, the spaceship successfully entered the main urban area. As expected, no one cared about them, the outsiders, because everyone's attention was drawn to the riot.
However, just to be on the safe side, Lin Xuan did not land the spaceship directly in the main urban area, but instead parked it in a desolate mountain area far away from the main urban area.
If you park directly in the main city area, it's no longer just treating the opponent like an idiot; it's about directly riding on their face and attacking them.
After disembarking from the spaceship, Lin Xuan quickly released nanobots to shield all electronic devices within a one-kilometer radius.
They haven't been discovered yet, and nanorobots have played a crucial role in that.
Nanorobots are inherently equipped with anti-radar, anti-tracking, and anti-detection capabilities. Nearly half of this ship was constructed from nanorobots, making it quite difficult for the enemy to pinpoint its exact location.
Even if it is detected, people will only assume that a meteor or something else has crashed down from space.
Given their current situation, with the Gou Ba family almost gone, it would be very strange for them to still be exploring outer space.
"Pfft!"
The group depressurized their armor; the planet's gravity was not much different from that of Faxuan City, so they only needed to get used to it slightly.
Without the constraints of this armor, their movements would be much easier.
After setting up the communication base station, Lin Qi took the microphone and began contacting the headquarters dispatch center.
"Headquarters, this is Task Force 13. We have crash-landed on Revelation 3, planet number TVBC-1313. Requesting instructions."
The communication base station is portable, but because it uses quantum communication, it will not suffer from loss due to transmission distance.
It's just unexpected that even with technology advancing to this point, the way we transmit information is still this ancient method of shouting. It's like we've been using it since primitive society.
Shortly after, headquarters responded.
"Team 13, this is Liu Qian, the operator at headquarters. Could you please repeat the planet number you just mentioned?"
Lin Qi was somewhat speechless, but still gave a serious reply.
"Revelation 3, planet number TVBC-1313."
Then, the group clearly heard a gasp of shock coming from the other side.
"Are you sure you're not mistaken?"
"No, if you don't believe me, you can open our beacon and see for yourself. Damn it, can't you headquarters operators be a little more professional? I'm in a real hurry here!"
"Okay, wait a moment, I'll go and get your task log."
"faster!"
Seeing Lin Qi's somewhat anxious and agitated appearance, the others were already used to it.
"The people in charge of the task force at the Divine Realm headquarters are all inexperienced logistics personnel who are slow to act. Every time I talk to them, I have an urge to rush back and strangle them."
As Ding Cunxu finished speaking, he spat on the ground.
"Back then, I asked them for air support on the battlefield, and these guys actually said they were writing a request report to their superiors. Damn it, when I got back, I led some people to smash up their logistics control room."
"That's why the military doesn't really like logistics. Even though we all work in the Divine Realm, it's like we're in different dimensions. While we're working ourselves to the bone, they might still be thinking about what to have for afternoon tea."
Lin Xuan was somewhat surprised to hear this.
"In this situation, didn't any of you report it to your superiors?"
"They reacted, but it was useless. What do you think these operators came from? They're all relatives of the Third Army. The higher-ups don't dare touch them. These people came to the military just to get seniority, but they don't dare to go to the front lines. They can only do logistics work, but it seems they can't even do logistics work well."
"I see."
Lin Xuan was not surprised at all. He had worked in the research department of the Divine Realm before. Although he had only worked there for less than a month, he had a general understanding of the overall atmosphere within the Divine Realm.
Although the Mind Earth does not exploit ordinary people to the death like the Mechanical Earth, social classes still exist.
The three government departments ruled by the Sanbon family exploited ordinary people by using bloodlines and the monopolistic resources they controlled.