National Juggernaut

Chapter 405 Chaos and Order

While Zheng Li was busy doing propaganda work, Digital City Xingping City was still in the period of war. While the war here had subsided for a while, the war in the old archipelago was constantly escalating.

But after the successful hunting, when the new city was just established, most of the citizens and local warriors focused their attention on the construction work, and the atmosphere became a little more relaxed.

"At least, the Autumn Festival was successfully hunted, and the big city was successful. Although we lost the old city, we also got a new home."

At this time, large vehicles and trucks were going up and down to the "Xingping", a large amount of equipment and materials were also going up and down, and the new city construction was in full swing.

This is not a simple urban reconstruction, but to deal with Qiu Zhishan, the new city must be put into a fighting state as soon as possible.

Unlike other big cities, the mobility of "Xingping" is its strategic weapon. So, does it mean that it has no advantage in war weapons?

There are many folk rumors about this question, there is no standard answer, and the official does not come out to say a word, which makes many people feel uncertain. Zheng Li probably knows a little bit, but he will not be so stupid as to say it out, causing trouble for himself.

Considering the strategic positioning of the future mobile fortress of Xingping City, no matter whether it has other strategic weapons or not, it is an inevitable process to turn it into a military fortress. The heavy artillery forts, fortress cities, large artillery positions, etc. that are being built one by one are all It's the top priority right now.

In Zheng Li's eyes, some things are slightly off.
".Why are these shops in other five cities? Don't digital people do business by themselves?"

If there is a population, there is a need for life. There are tens of thousands of garrisons and mercenaries, and consumables of the same scale are needed. In addition, the operation of the big city itself requires a large number of logistics personnel, engineers, and professionals. Where there is demand, there is a market. Before the military area and fortress were built, the commercial area that provided the necessities of life was quietly established.

Looking at the question on the Internet about "Why are there shops in other five cities in the new town, especially Yanzhou people have opened a lot of brand stores, and digital people don't open shops?" Zheng Li's expression became more subtle.

".It is estimated that the 'prophet' said the priority of 'war', the suspension of business and so on, and the merchants have not yet obtained permission to enter the new city. No, it is more likely that the 'prophet' did not say anything, and the digital people naturally did nothing. Do."

The times have changed, and changes have brought new changes. The "prophet" is no longer there, but it has also brought a lot of troubles.

Digital people and digital cities are in chaos.

Digital Xingping people are still busy, everyone has work in their hands, but their mentality is completely different.

"Is it right for me to do this?"

"Didn't the prophet say I should really do this?"

"Will I be punished if my actions lead to negative results?"

In the past, the digital city was like a super AI commanding each individual machine, with the contact device as the tentacles and the calculator as the spokesperson. The intervention of the "prophet" involved every corner of everyone's life.

People only need to execute and do not need to think and question at all, so naturally they don’t have to bear the consequences caused by wrong execution.

It's not just about orders. The "Prophet" took the initiative to reduce the number of orders and interventions decades ago, but the digital people are still accustomed to asking "his" opinions.

When you are confused and lose your guidance, asking the "prophet" will definitely give you an answer. When a dispute arises, the prophet's judgment does not need to explain any reason, and it is convincing.

But now, when the prophet is completely silent, there is no need to discuss whether human beings need such an existence, but when digital humans who are accustomed to the existence of "judges" and "guides" lose this "ultimate answer", a huge crisis will naturally appear. discomfort.

What followed naturally was the lack of goals and super chaos in management.

The high-level calculators in Xingping City?In fact, they are the most impacted. They are the accessories of the prophet when they are alive, and the components of the prophet after death. Not only are they highly dependent on the decision-making of the prophet in terms of living habits and work ideas, but also the psychological impact of "lack of direction" Also huge.

When you don’t know what to do is the right answer, individuals who are accustomed to relying on others’ decisions will subconsciously do nothing. It’s okay for ordinary people to do so, but when a team leader tends to do nothing, that’s fun. Just too big.

In fact, the high-level core of the entire city of Xingping City also lost its direction, and many administrative, economic, and military tasks were in trouble.

This first commercial block in Xingping City, most of which were bought by businessmen from other cities, is just a microcosm of many chaos, a not so important but conspicuous example.

Everyone knows that as the first business district of a super big city, it will be a super prime location in the future. As long as the price is not too outrageous, you can earn money if you buy it. License (justification for service to the Legion).

However, the digital city's own business management system has fallen into chaos (they haven't figured out who granted the temporary business license to people from outside the city).

Most of the local business organizations and merchants in the digital city are still outside the city or in the satellite cities. Instead, they were picked up by out-of-town merchants. One businessman found a loophole, and the second and third naturally swarmed up.

This really can’t be blamed for the unkindness of the officials in the other five cities. They don’t need to affect the relationship between the cities for such a petty profit. Most of these commercial matters are organized by non-governmental and neutral organizations. Independent businessmen make money?

Although most of these businessmen also know that they are unlikely to keep this shop, and in the end when it comes to the planning stage of the new city, most of them will be redeemed by the Xingping City officials, and they may just make a difference. But no one likes the free income.

There are many similar disturbances, including but not limited to personnel, economics, and politics. In fact, this is also very normal.

There are a lot of problems in the transition period of old and new cities and organizations, not to mention that this is simply a change of city-state, and most of the original government agencies have lost their offices and organizational structures.

But this is only the least important part of the chaos. The psychological shock to the digital people themselves is the source of the chaos.

Without the Prophet, the calculator naturally loses the need to continue, and there is no need for the "digital person (mechanical personality)" to continue. " technology is gone (in fact, someone still has an orphaned copy).

From the perspective of human development, this is undoubtedly a social and moral progress, which is a great thing, but when a high-level society suddenly loses the necessity of survival, the ensuing chaos and turmoil are simply uncontrollable.

Among other things, the top ten calculators are all at a loss. They calculate too much and think too much, so they can't pay attention. And there is no conflict between the calculation results of each other. Absolutely correct "arbiter".

Problems at the decision-maker level are just the beginning. Problems with middle-level commanders and grass-roots executors are also the most fatal.

The "Prophet" left quite a few last words and policies, including war, politics, diplomacy, etc., but some of them are problems with the executors. On the other hand, the plan is always a plan, and it is impossible to detail every angle. It requires an executor. Adjusting according to the situation is actually the job of the "prophet".

Chaos is spreading. Except for a very small number of jobs (included in the prophet's priority list), most of the jobs have fallen into chaos and stagnation. If it weren't for the officials of the other five cities who are taking the initiative to help Digital City maintain order and make all work around preparing for war, I'm afraid it would have been Something big happened.

Even some calculators who were not used to the new life took the initiative to apply for rebuilding a "prophet", which was recognized and praised by many people, and even reached the stage of voting and decision-making.

"Let this technology be lost. Has the prophet seen it?"

Zheng Li shook his head, he had no intention of handing over this technology and if the Prophet hadn't intentionally left a record, no one would know that he had a "technology" backup here.

Hesitating, confused, arguing, doubting, uneasy, but this is human.

Only a cold machine will unswervingly regard all life as pawns and resources, and use everyone ruthlessly based on the principle of maximizing benefits.

There is nothing wrong with this. Under the circumstances of external high pressure, this is a means of maximizing resources, but when the era opens a new page... it should also become part of the forgotten black history.

Human beings turn themselves into machines in order to live better. The right to life and the continuation of the race are above all else. Since there is no problem in ensuring the right to survival, it is natural to transition from "surviving" to "living well".

Otherwise, for whom is it developing so much?Pure cumulative numbers?Or is it for some individuals who stand tallest?

Zheng Li could see that some people from Xingping had already stood up and tried to organize a new leadership and organizational form, but it was noisy enough to adopt a political system, whether to directly let the operator transition to the core management.

Chaos has occurred in politics, economy, diplomacy, and people's livelihood. Fortunately, the "prophet" may have predicted all of this and gave the military plan a fairly detailed worksheet. No problems have been seen in preparations for war.

And judging from the fact that the "Prophet" didn't make too many preparations in other aspects... perhaps, he also expected to see these chaos happen.

Even though this chaos will inevitably cause huge losses, when time reaches a new balance, it will eventually return to calm and order, and digital people and Xingping people will find a new way of life, a new organizational structure, and a new life goal.

The residents in it will naturally become ordinary human beings no different from other cities.

Zheng Li guessed by himself, considering the number of calculators in Xingping People's University, and the social atmosphere that likes to be reasonable and rule-based, the final high probability is a city-state with a parliamentary system.

Of course, considering their habit of obeying orders, it is also possible for a great dictator to appear. As long as the great dictator claims that he never makes mistakes, he will naturally be elected with a high number of votes (laughs).

Watching more and more chaos, Zheng Li first sighed and then laughed.

"Times are different. Now that we have room for error, it's time to make humanity human again."

(End of this chapter)