Chapter 354 Shipwreck (3)
At 6pm that day, the cruise ship was about to leave Australian waters.
Chu Yi and Leslie were strolling around the commercial shopping community on the cruise ship.
"You have some safety awareness this time and didn't buy anything recklessly."
"I'm not stupid. If I use my own card to buy things, my spending records will be checked by the family. I have come this far with great difficulty, and I will never make such a stupid mistake."
"So you're just spending my money, right? Isn't my money money?!"
"Hey, you have a big family and a lot of money, so you must be richer than me. If you don't spend this money, it's the same as having nothing at all. I'm helping you!"
"...Why don't I just leave you here?"
"That's impossible. You're not that kind of person."
Although Leslie was not stupid, she did not buy anything that was inconvenient to carry. She just changed into a set of clothes that was convenient for activities, and bought some small jewelry such as earrings. Although she did not buy many things, the unit price of these things would be considered luxury among luxury items on land, not to mention the price on a super cruise ship like this.
Fortunately, the balance in Chu Yi's account had grown ridiculously long. Even with this kind of insane spending, only the numbers at the back kept changing, while the first few digits remained the same.
"Should this kind of number really appear in the account balance? I have only seen this level of quantity units in some scientific magazines. I can only say that he is worthy of being the child of the family of the founder of the Infinite Company."
"Our family only established an unlimited company on the surface. The real founder is not our family. Although this matter is rather obscure, a guy like you who particularly likes gossip should know something about it, right?"
"That conspiracy theory about the Infinite Corporation can't be true?"
"There may be some discrepancies in the details, but the general content is correct, so it cannot be called a conspiracy theory. I think it is more appropriate to say that there are some discrepancies in the facts."
"Then tell me the inside story. You have nothing to do anyway."
"I don't think this is a good time to say this. Have you forgotten that you are escaping from the Ferdinand family?"
"Don't worry! Although the people in the family don't have much humanity and are not good people, they are old-fashioned in some aspects. They believe in old principles and have always followed the rules set by the earliest founders of the family when the family was established. So they won't make any big noise in crowded places."
"So that's why you dragged me shopping?"
"That's right. Not counting the staff, security and workers on the cruise ship, there are thousands of tourists alone. Every community on the cruise ship is bustling at any time. If they want to take action, they definitely won't do it in such a crowded place, so it's not safe to stay in the room."
"Okay, then I'll tell you what I know, but I don't know the in-depth details."
According to Chu Yi, the founder and first chairman of the Infinite Company is the husband of the current former chairman and Chu Yi's grandfather. He is a very good engineer, but in fact, before the Infinite Company became famous and established in society, it already existed. Its predecessor was actually a trade organization established by the three countries of Dragon, Eagle and Bear. However, anyone with a discerning eye knows that although it is called a trade organization, it is actually no different from a military alliance.
In fact, at the beginning, Infinite Company was just a combination of the scientific research department and the engineering department. As the research progressed, the Three Kingdoms gradually shifted their focus to these two departments and the things they developed. And this thing is actually the prototype of the Infinite City game cabin.
"To be more precise, it's the prototype of the prototype. Because in the early days, this thing was as big as a football field. The current size is the result of improvements made by the husband of the former chairman of the board."
"Then the rumors about the Infinite City game warehouse in the market are also true?"
"What do you mean?"
"Uh, human body research?"
"Well, although strictly speaking, I shouldn't tell you about this, but the records show that I don't know about this, so it's okay to tell you. After all, even if this matter is known, it can't be traced back to me. But you'd better not tell anyone else, otherwise the Unlimited Company is not much better than the Feidenan family. You don't want Han Zu to come and silence you, right?"
"Yeah! I was able to run all the way from home to Australia and still not get caught. I definitely can't keep my mouth shut. Don't worry!"
"Then I'll tell you what I know, and I'll try to keep it simple. No one actually knows the specific function of this thing, not even the former chairman, my grandmother. But my grandfather was one of the main engineers who participated in the research of that thing at the time, and the subsequent improvements were also made by him. But as for the specific details, no one else in the family knows it except him."
Before Chu Yi's grandfather passed away, he often chatted with his grandmother. At that time, due to physical reasons, his memory was a little confused and he could not remember people clearly, so he mistook Chu Yi's grandmother for a colleague in the research department and told her some secrets. However, I don't know if his will was too strong or he used some special means, so he didn't say anything about the core things, but what he said was enough to be called top secret.
Fifteen years before Infinite Company appeared in the public eye, when the military of Dragon, Eagle and Bear were competing in the space race, Dragon discovered something mysterious on the back of the moon. No one knew what it was, but from that time on, Dragon's technology soared. In less than 20 years, it surpassed Bear and even Eagle, and there was a faint trend of reaching the top. So the other two countries could not sit still. If this continued, within ten years, Dragon would have absolute say on the earth. As a veteran rival, they would never allow such a situation of breaking the three-legged tripod and becoming the only dominant country to occur.
Especially the Eagle Sauce, he couldn't accept that the boss was not himself. So the Eagle Sauce spent a lot of manpower and material resources and carried out several moon landing plans. Although they successfully found something, the huge consumption of manpower and material resources laid the seeds for their civil war.
"I can understand the Dragon and Eagle countries. One is as rich as a country, and the other was once the world's leader. But how did the Russian bear get to that position? Aren't they not very good at technology?"
"Your perception is wrong. Although Russia is not very good at light industry, it is very good at heavy industry, especially rocket and missile research. Don't forget that Russia has experienced a great split, and it is not easy to maintain this level. Their main problem is that they have no money."
However, for the Russians, who are always known for their military power, money is not a problem at this time. Under the pretext of restoring their former glory, they launched several small-scale regional wars. With free missiles and experience in war, they quickly restored a lot of "glory", and then landed on the moon and got what they wanted.
"From that time on, the space race officially began. The three countries launched rockets to the moon so many times that the news stopped reporting on them. The technology level of the three countries advanced by leaps and bounds. In front of them, other countries on the earth were gradually no different from naked primitive people, including the two followers of the Eagle Sauce."
Then one day, no one knew what they found, but the three governments suddenly established a "trade" organization. From that time on, a large number of people from the other two countries could always be seen within the territories of the three countries.
"It is said that the three countries happened to find the same thing at the same time, and that thing was related to the prototype of the Infinite City game cabin, and it was likely the key to manufacturing the prototype. So the three countries began to conduct large-scale experiments and research on this thing. And it soon evolved to the point where human experiments were required."
"So the Joint Convention is indeed no different from a piece of toilet paper in terms of strength."
"Yes, the ones that have been used before. In short, the three countries started large-scale human research. The Eagles used a large number of prisoners and homeless people, including some captured men. The Russians used prisoners captured during the war. Only our Dragon Country is different. Our first test subjects were all volunteers who signed up voluntarily within the army."
"This different approach will definitely produce different results, right?"
"Yes, the human body research of the three countries has its own advantages and disadvantages. For example, when they did the experiment in the United States, more than 70% of the people were not willing, and not only that, no one knew what they were doing, so even after their human experiments were successful, there was no loyalty, so there were many man-made accidents. But it's not without advantages either. The United States is like a public toilet, anyone can go there, so the samples they get are more diverse. For a period of time, their research results actually surpassed those of the other two countries."
"What about the bears who use prisoners of war?"
"Because they don't trust the subjects, they will directly eliminate the subjects after conducting the experiment and obtaining the data. Although this makes their research relatively slow among the three countries, their stability is the highest. So far, at least from the information I can find, they have not had a single accident."
"I guess you Dragon people are taking the golden mean again this time?"
"That's right. Although our experiments are all conducted within the military, with volunteers who are completely voluntary, their loyalty and stability are perfect after the experiments are successful. However, because all the participants in the experiments are from Longguo, our research is not as comprehensive as that of the other two countries. We can only master the experimental data of Longguo people. Therefore, the data we obtain can only be used on Longguo people."
"So the emergence of Infinite Company was actually established by the leaders of the three countries in order to perfectly integrate all data and eliminate all unstable factors?"
“Maybe there are other meanings, but this is the general direction.”
"So the rumor about internal discord within Infinite Company is actually a disagreement among the three countries?"
"Not only that, because the operation of the Unlimited Company essentially uses three different methods, democratic elections, oligarchy, and our people in charge. Although the collision of the three ideologies had been going on for decades before this incident, it was the first time that they were closely linked together like this time. Therefore, under the collision of these three ideologies, a fourth ideology was produced that integrated the other ideologies. And this force has been quietly expanding over the past decade, relying on connections and forbearance. It has shaken the other three ideologies and allowed the Unlimited Company to gradually break away from the control of the three countries. This is the fundamental reason for the discord within the Unlimited Company. Speaking of which, this is somewhat related to the Ferdinand family."
"Is it still related to the family's mess?"
"Of course. Let's call this fourth ideology the ideal of anarchy and perfect rule. Although it doesn't sound human, you can understand it as a combination of the strengths of the three schools and the weaknesses of the three schools."
"A daydream?"
"That's true, but it's precisely because it's too idealistic that it gradually affects more people, including some in high positions of power. In their minds, they will eventually abolish the other three ideologies, eliminate the state, and turn all of humanity into a community. Infinite Company will maintain the existence of this community in a completely new form, just like a supercomputer that can run perfectly without making mistakes. By then, politics will be completely eliminated, and everyone will be equal."