FVN Chapter 945 Overt and covert fighting
Chapter 945 Overt and covert fighting
In Shrek City, in the special box of the Silver Club, the core members of the Silver Rose took their seats, all with gloomy faces.
"First of all, the first thing." Bai Ming glanced at the crowd, "The cosmetics and skin care products sold by Golden Dawn have begun to impact our industry sales."
"Yi Tianzhi, it's that Yi Tianzhi again." A big shot snorted, seeming displeased.
They all know that the value of cosmetics and skin care products themselves is not important; what is more important is their effect on winning people's hearts.
One of the main reasons why Silver Rose can gain the support of many upper-class people is that they can provide sufficient benefits.
Once this point is impacted, their position will inevitably be shaken.
Despite this, they did not have a suitable solution. Their product effects were not as good as others, and no matter how much they manipulated the media to promote it, they could only survive.
"The second thing is that the Federal Education Committee issued an educational reform order to the Rose Women's College some time ago. They ordered us to recruit male students and establish a coeducational school on the grounds that a purely girls' school is not suitable for students to adapt to society."
"Is this the work of a wise man?" a man with gloomy eyes asked.
"No, it shouldn't be." A lady dressed elegantly said, "The old man in the Education Committee has always been upright and honest. He won't accept any power to win him over. He should have been inclined to this."
"It's easier to unite the parents of the daughters of wealthy families. Although it's not impossible to win over the young masters, it will be much more complicated in terms of management difficulty and social network control." A man tapped the table twice. "We have to delay. At least we can't make the change too quickly."
"Tell those old guys that all our current facilities are built according to the girls' school. There are no facilities that can provide male students. If you want us to be managed by them, you have to allocate some funds first." The man with the gloomy eyes shouted coldly.
Bai Ming did not dwell on this matter. He just let it go and said, "The next thing is that the Tang Sect started selling high-quality famous wines, which shook our high-end wine market."
"This is just a small matter. No matter how powerful the Tang Sect is, they can only compete with us fairly." A handsome young man shook his head. "The real trouble is the Star Battle Network. It has 100% simulation capabilities. At that time, if everyone can drink famous wine in the simulated world..."
"In that case, our wine market will inevitably be greatly shaken, and even its ability to attract customers will be reduced," Zuo Hua added.
Everyone fell silent.
For a long time, the upper class of the Douluo Federation has lived a relatively traditional "new aristocracy" life, but with the advent of the information and virtualization era, the traditional real economy they control has been severely impacted.
As for cutting-edge technology, they have only made achievements in a few areas, and they are mainly focused on winning over others. Things like virtual space that can truly change the world, not only have they not dabbled in them, they are even slightly repulsive because that would shake their rule.
"It seems that the wise man has already launched a full-scale attack." Fei Xingtian narrowed his eyes slightly.
"We have already set up our plan, and we will be able to start the first round of counterattack soon." Su Yunsheng said. He was not too worried. His industries were concentrated in rare metals, mecha parts, munitions, etc., and there was no possibility that they would be affected.
In fact, the hawkish figures in the Silver Rose are not too worried about this.
There are hawks, doves and neutrals in the Federal Parliament, and the Silver Rose actually also gathers people from various factions, but they all pay more attention to their own interests and will not cause conflicts within the Silver Rose.
The difference between hawks and doves is naturally not just a division between war and peace. For example, in terms of economy, hawks advocate the development of heavy industry and high-tech industry, while doves advocate the modernization and automation of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery, and light industry. On environmental and resource issues, hawks advocate the development and utilization of resources for space exploration, emphasizing mankind's pioneering spirit, while doves advocate protecting the environment and emphasizing the possibility of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
In the Douluo Federation, Shrek Academy and the Spirit Pagoda are absolutely neutral, the Tang Sect is the representative of the doves, and the Golden Dawn is the representative of the hawks. As for the positions of other forces, it is not so obvious.
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Shrek City, Tang Sect Headquarters, meeting hall.
"Silver Rose has finally started to fight back." He Qiang looked at the news on the soul guide communicator, "Three large soul guide furniture dealers have stopped cooperating with us... huh."
"At least we can be sure that these three companies are managed by members of Silver Rose." Chen Long said.
In the entire Federation, there are about 55 million upper-class members above level 3 professionals, and the number of Silver Club members is 16 million. There are 390,000 upper-class elites above level 5 professionals, and the number of formal members of Silver Rose has reached 130,000. The Federation has 8,027 level 9 professionals, and the number of senior members of Silver Rose is estimated to be more than 4,000.
This also means that Silver Rose has a huge influence among high-level talents in the Federation.
Of course, Silver Rose’s control over its members is not as strong as that of the Tang Sect and the Spirit Pagoda. Relatively speaking, the relationship between members and the organization is closer to a cooperative relationship.
"Silver Rose mainly deals in high-end brand furniture, such as mahogany sofas. We sell refrigerators, soul-guided TVs and other things, which are completely different channels. They terminated their cooperation with us. Do they want to transform?" Wang Haochen frowned.
"Modern civilian soul guides are a hurdle that the people of the Federation cannot avoid, especially for the upper class. No matter how much they emphasize antiquity and nobility, they cannot do without soul guide computers. Moreover, we also have civilian soul guide radars that allow the blind to see, intelligent soul guide cookers, intelligent soul guide communicators, large-capacity storage soul guides and other high-tech products. In this regard, both we and the Golden Dawn are far ahead of the Silver Rose." He Qiang waved his hand, "In terms of the ability to win over the upper class, we are not much worse than them."
"The Federation was ahead in using artificial intelligence with logical reasoning capabilities for the Star Battle Network, but we were one step ahead in combining slightly lower-level artificial intelligence with soul guide networks and various soul guide devices." Liu Xiaoxiao said, "After all, they only wooed individuals, while we cooperated directly with the Federation officials. The intelligent surveillance camera system currently used by the Federal Police Department was developed by us."
"I want to see what kind of waves their Silver Rose can create." He Qiang narrowed his eyes slightly.
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The Sun-Moon Alliance, also known as the Mingdu Region, consists of the giant city of Mingdu and the surrounding satellite towns, as well as the Xishan suburbs. However, it has now been destroyed by the disaster caused by the volcanic eruption. Although it has entered the reconstruction stage, it will take a considerable amount of time to recover.
The best hospital in Mingdu is the Sun and Moon Royal Hospital with a long history of more than 10,000 years. But in fact, almost all hospitals established in the urban area of Mingdu are only suitable for diagnosis and treatment, but not for long-term recuperation. After all, in Mingdu, where every inch of land is valuable, no hospital will use too much land for greening, and the noisy city hustle and bustle and not-so-good air environment are not suitable for long-term recuperation.
Originally, the most suitable place for recuperation was naturally the hospital near the Xishan Villa District in Mingdu, but now, the most suitable place for recuperation is the Haitang Soul Master Hospital built in Shengyun City in the Mingdu District.
The Haitang Soul Master Hospital is the property of the Haitang Cult, specializing in treating diseases caused by soul masters' abilities, including the erosion of dark attribute soul masters and the infection of evil soul masters.
At this moment, on the top floor of the hospital, a male soul master was receiving treatment with his eyes closed and a calm expression.
His body was a little thin, as if he was malnourished, but it was not to the extent of muscle atrophy.
Liu Xiaoxiao sat cross-legged in front of him, the power of chaos flowing around him. White threads spread out from his body, connecting to the various acupuncture points of the soul master, and entering into the soul master's body to cleanse his body.
The man's body became stronger at a speed visible to the naked eye, gradually reaching the level of an ordinary person, and even his skin became a little smoother.
Soon, the silk threads were retracted one by one, Liu Xiaoxiao gathered the power of chaos, and said, "It's done."
The male soul master opened his eyes, his pupils were pink with purple, emitting powerful mental fluctuations, but they soon subsided and returned to black pupils with brown pupils.
He is the powerful man who once sealed himself in Mingdu Prison, and is now receiving treatment here.
“Although you have been eroded by the Netherworld for many years, I can now use the power of chaos and the Heavenly Silkworm Transformation to help you cleanse your marrow and clear your meridians, open up the eight extraordinary meridians and various acupuncture points, and activate your potential. After consolidating for a period of time, you will be able to stabilize your cultivation at the quasi-god level and prepare to impact the god level.” Liu Xiaoxiao said slowly.
"Thank you, Your Majesty the Law Enforcer." The man bent down and bowed to Liu Xiaoxiao.
Liu Xiaoxiao waved his hand and said, "Your treatment is over. Stay here for a while. You can leave whenever you want."
As he spoke, his figure disappeared without a trace.
The man bowed again towards the place where Liu Xiaoxiao disappeared, then got off the bed, walked to the window and looked out.
In the sky, a rising sun hangs, illuminating the entire Shengyun City and the entire world.
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Mingdu, Golden Dawn Headquarters, underground laboratory passage.
"Welcome, welcome, Your Majesty the Law Enforcer." The young Yi Tianzhi came in front of Liu Xiaoxiao, laughing.
"I came here for three reasons." Liu Xiaoxiao said, "First, I want to make a deal with you. I hope to get the complete method of cultivating cosmic energy."
"I only have cosmic energy up to the seventh stage. As for the later ones, I am helpless." Yi Tianzhi shook his head. "Of course, as long as you can afford the price, I am definitely willing to sell it. This kind of thing can be said to be profitable without any investment, and what I need most for research is money. However, compared to federal coins, I prefer rare metals. Especially Tianduan Metal, which could only be obtained through alchemy before, but now I can only buy it from you. Although I bought a batch of it at the previous auction, to be honest, the more of this stuff, the better, and the experiment consumes a lot of money."
"The next two things are related to your research, one is the development of intelligent optical computers, and the other is the development of knowledge inheritance systems." Liu Xiaoxiao said as he walked forward, "The current intelligent soul guide communicators are actually driven by soul power, but soul power is essentially similar to bioelectricity, except that it is easier for soul masters to control it with their thoughts. In other words, the current soul guide computers and soul guide communicators are no different from those driven by electricity."
"In other words, you hope to replace the electricity used at the bottom layer with light, and upgrade the soul guide computer or soul guide computer into a soul guide optical brain?" Yi Tianzhi thought thoughtfully.
"To be precise, it is to transform the soul guide communicator into an intelligent biological optical brain that can be bound to the human body." Liu Xiaoxiao replied, "Of course, there is also a demand for the upgrade of the soul guide computer, but it is relatively not that big. Compared with this, we are more looking forward to the upgrade of the Star Wars Network simulation cabin. Although the Star Wars Network uses space technology in accessing the network, the cabin itself should still be designed in the traditional soul guide mode."
“Upgrading the Star Cabin is relatively not that easy. After all, it involves too much high-level knowledge. Even for the most basic high-dimensional space geometry, one needs an eighth-level soul engineer to get started. Of course, for us, this is only a matter of time.” Yi Tianzhi laughed.
"We are not in a hurry to upgrade the whole system. The biggest demand at present is to add functions." Liu Xiaoxiao said, "We hope to add some information equipment to the Star Cabin to complete the knowledge inheritance system. In simple terms, it is direct information input, but it cannot exceed the load of the human brain's spiritual sea."
"It's easy to instill simple information, but gentle instillation may take time." Yi Tianzhi smiled, "Of course, if you can afford the cost of the instiller being in a coma for a month, it's not impossible."
"Please try to reduce the negative impact as much as possible." Liu Xiaoxiao responded.
The two walked forward and entered Yi Tianzhi's laboratory.
Then, Liu Xiaoxiao saw something that shocked him.
In a huge cylindrical petri dish, there is a humanoid creature hanging upside down.
Although the height of this underground laboratory did not exceed a hundred meters, he could see at a glance that this culture dish used space technology and the space inside was tens of thousands of meters high.
This humanoid creature is ten thousand meters tall, with three pairs of six wings on its back. One pair is white, emitting a sacred and bright aura, one pair is black, emitting a dark and corrupt aura, and the remaining pair of wings seems both real and unreal, with a sense of transparency, and faintly emitting a silver light, which makes it mysterious.
It has two devil horns on its head, but also has an angel's halo.
Just by taking a look, Liu Xiaoxiao felt great fear and oppression, as if he was really facing a sleeping ancient god or demon.
No, that one should be a genuine god or demon, a high-dimensional life form from the ancient times. He would definitely not be wrong about the difference in life levels.
Although he is not a God King, he has a fifth-dimensional or even higher-dimensional status. This makes him believe that although this god and demon does not belong to the divine world, he has the status of a god. The divinity born from the universe is a life at the cosmic level.
“That is the new product of our Wisdom Laboratory, the highest masterpiece, the ultimate hybrid of the prehistoric advanced intelligent life in the Milky Way, the first-class main god of spiritual energy, the demon god, the first-class main god of life energy, and the former demon god of death. The artificial god and demon, the Chaos Angel, is the result of the fusion of the life imprints of three god-king-level beings.” Yi Tianzhi laughed.