Chapter 1523 The future and the present
The Ogure Tribe State made a major sacrifice for the alliance. Perhaps one day in the future, this sentence will become a conclusion in a certain history book, a test point on a certain paper, and a 5-point missed by a student with the Imperial Academy. However, at this moment, today, this sentence is a fact that it is happening on that land, and is the present and future of the ancestor plains and even the entire Ogure area of tens of millions of people.
Through the developed communication system today, Gao Wen has witnessed everything that happened in the Holy Mountain. He saw the base of the sensor towers that spread throughout the plains, the steel and cement frames covering the entire mountain, the energy springs crisscrossing in the sky, and the engineering fleets and mage groups that shuttle back and forth between the edges of the city, between the countryside, and the wilderness. It is no exaggeration to describe such a scene as "magnificent" and "exciting", but these inspiring propaganda are for ordinary people. For chess players like Gao Wen and the Five Kings of Agule, they see the reality behind all this.
Agulei forever lost their holy mountain. The mountain has now been split into dozens of cracks by the energy spring. Nearly two-thirds of the mountain structure is slowly and unswervingly reshape under the instructions issued by the observer's secret room. In the future, several peaks will be smoothed out and several mountain streams will be closed. The alliance's engineering army will use steel and cement to cover it with a layer of carapace for it to be installed one after another of energy stations and data processing nodes. The sacred pilgrim cave will turn into symbols in history books. The thousand-year-old pilgrim trail has now been melted by the flowing deep blue veins...
Even if one day in the future, the cold winter ends and natural disasters disappear, people no longer need magic tide observation devices, and the alliance will no longer be able to return the holy mountain of the Agure people to them.
On the other hand, what the Agule Tribe State paid for was not just a holy mountain, but also an energy spring that was comparable to the deep blue well. In order to build a demon tide observation device, Milmina has completely reshaped the energy veins underground of the Ancestor Peak to make it meet the needs of the blueprint. This shaping is bound to the overall changes of the holy mountain and is also irreversible. The deep blue network channel after the reshaping is no longer suitable as an energy source for ordinary use, and this... was originally the greatest hope for the Agule Tribe State to revitalize its national strength after experiencing the fierce blow of the Wasteland War.
In the War of Wasteland, the Alliance countries suffered varying degrees of damage, but no country's losses were comparable to that of Agure. Due to the misjudgment of the wasteland countries, including Cecil and the Silver Empire, the Alliance did not place enough vigilance on the Western Front. This directly led to the front-line attack of the Wasteland Legion, which was not originally listed as the front line, and one-third of its territory fell. In the later counterattack stage, the hatred Agure people charged forward at all times, which killed countless enemies, but also made the Agure Alliance the most casualty rate in the entire counterattack stage and the Battle of Talash.
Now, the flames of revenge have faded, and the war ends with victory. The triumphant soldiers and the surviving people have to face a series of practical problems.
The deep blue spring source hidden in the Ancestor Peak is one of the few "family assets" left in this country after experiencing the wasteland war. It is their capital to revitalize the economy and restore national strength in the next few decades. But now this wealth has become the chassis of the Magic Tide Observation Device. Judging from the entire operation cycle of the Magic Tide and the cycle of social development, this observation device can even be said to be "one-time".
"Now the alliance is providing various 'preferential tilts' to Agure, including trade tax incentives and energy quotas separated from the Deep Blue Well, but in my opinion, all these tilt policies are temporary, and the price paid by Agure is permanent," Gao Wen's voice was low. He actually foreseen what Amber mentioned today as early as the day the Holy Mountain Renovation Project was launched. "Now this enthusiasm for 'the whole world is united in fighting natural disasters' will fade sooner or later. When the demon tide crisis ends, that is, when the crisis of Agure's crisis begins..."
"Is it really that serious?" At this time, Belltila, who was always listening to the uninterrupted voice, finally couldn't help but speak. She was not as good as Gao Wen at analyzing the overall situation, nor did Amber have accumulated valuable experience in her long-term intelligence work. She felt that it was hard for her to imagine that the great move to save the world would become a hidden danger that would turmoil the alliance in a few years. "I mean, can't resisting a century-long feat of the Demon Tide exchange for the Agureites for a long time?"
"Of course not, the situation will be even more serious than what I said," Gao Wen looked at Belltila with a calm expression, with a low voice, "because disaster will end, and if the matter of unity in the disaster cannot be properly handled after the disaster is over, it will definitely become a heavy burden for everyone, and it will even become a breaking point in morality and public opinion, especially humans... Belltila, you have also witnessed the changes of mankind for hundreds of years for mankind, and you know the short-term changes of mankind than anyone else.
"Can you imagine this? Belltila, you can imagine an old Auguri man, who is a veteran of the Tarash Plain, now sitting next to a street that has been suspended due to financial problems. His living allowance has been cut repeatedly. The heating fee for this winter has not been applied for. His house is behind him, and it is as cold as on the street. He hopes to find a job, but there are no extra jobs in the city...
"Why is this happening? Because the Demon Tide is over, the Battle of Wasteland is a distant memory. People in other countries of the Alliance are increasingly unable to accept turning their taxes into infrastructure assistance and trade subsidies from another country, especially those young people... They can't even remember when the Battle of Tarash occurred, nor how many people died during the construction of the Demon Tide Observation Device. Some more advanced and exciting entertainment attracted them, and they believe that the scores occupied by these historical test sites can be completely compensated by other methods.
"But the veteran who sat in front of the door waiting for the subsidy and heating expenses was different. Those memories of war and disaster never left him. He still remembered how he climbed back from the Talash Plain, the holy mountain that he once worshiped and his comrades when they set foot on the front line. These once glorious and proud experiences are becoming increasingly faded memories.
"His government can no longer pay high social costs, because the richest areas of the country are now occupied by a large machine that cannot be poached and removed. The country's energy reserves and even environmental costs for the next few decades have been overdrawn to save the world. The government wants to remove the sensor arrays in the plains and clean up pipelines that have begun to gradually produce pollution leakage. At least some of the cultivated land and mine belts can be restored, and the cost of removing those huge facilities is even higher than when they were built. The Alliance... The new generation of the Alliance has now refused to pay these "bills that have nothing to do with them."
"If we do not deal with the subsequent series of problems in the Magic Tide Observation Device, then this situation will become a normal situation in the future and eventually create irreparable cracks within the alliance.
"Beltira, we are indeed united now. All countries are helping Auguste get out of the trauma of war, but half of these aids are actually just to build the magic tide observation device as soon as possible, so that most people in the tribe state will not pay attention to the changes in the Holy Mountain and think about the long-term future. The other half is due to an unavoidable sense of indecency. But this generation will grow old, and the successor of this generation cannot accept the raising of a country that has been exhausted until it is exhausted for the rest of their lives."
It seems that Belltila hasn't heard such a sharp and cold analysis from Gao Wen for a long time, and even the amber next to her is.
The current situation of the alliance's unity and the glorious victory of the Wasteland Battle seem to have given many people an illusion, making everyone take this situation of peace and close unity for granted, and even "proof that civilization has developed to a certain level", and mistakenly recognize this temporary "situation" as a new "form" of social evolution. Even Belltila and Amber often feel this way, let alone ordinary people.
But now it seems that Gao Wen, the founder who helped promote the establishment of the alliance, is the person who is the least optimistic about the hidden dangers within the alliance.
"When everyone was inspired by their unity in the end, I didn't expect to hear these sharp and cold judgments from you," Belltila pursed her lips and broke her silence, "I thought you would be the one who is most confident in the order of the alliance. After all, you created the situation today..."
"It is precisely because it was built by me that I know more than everyone knows what kind of reasons it will collapse," Gao Wen gently exhaled the turbid air in his chest, his expression still dull. "The alliance has never been a mountain that can last forever, but a wooden house based on exquisite pressure balance, piles of contract documents, and common interests of reality. We need it now, just because the wind and snow outside the house are mixed, everyone needs the shelter of such a wooden house. But if one day a member of the alliance feels the cold as the wind and snow outside, it will become the first wood to be pulled out of the wooden house. Its withdrawal will make more people feel the biting cold wind and eventually trigger a chain reaction.
"At present, if Augure's problem is not handled properly, it will be the beginning of this chain reaction."
"What about your suggestions?" Belltila looked at Gao Wen curiously, "To be honest, this topic is not very comfortable... While everyone is working together to resist the tide of the devil, we have to start discussing the hidden dangers of the alliance and the moral tear in the future. If a young man who is indifferent to the world stands here, he may be extremely disappointed with 'humanity' because of what you just said."
"People who are extremely disappointed with human nature because of a few words are often disappointed. When they are free, they may be disappointed with human nature every three days. What disappoints them is not human nature, but their own nature," Gao Wen shook his head with a smile. "I have actually talked about the issue of Agure with Belsetia and several dragon leaders in private."
"Dragons and elves..." Belltila thought, "The longevity race is indeed a way of thinking. As long as they can maintain a certain influence in the alliance system and act as the "historical axis" in the development of the alliance, the things you mentioned just now will most likely not happen, or at least they will not evolve to such a serious level..."
"No, Belsetia and Hragor's view is that this kind of thing will happen in almost every ten things. No matter how many longevity races are placed in the league, they cannot stop them. The decline of the magnificent wall has proved one thing, that is, when the short life species begin to rot, the longevity species are placed on the car, no matter how many ropes the whole car is to accelerate towards the abyss," Gao Wen shook his head and said, "What's more, one of the purposes of the alliance is that each member state does not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, which determines the upper limit of the influence of the longevity race in the league."
Belltila couldn't help but widen her eyes: "That..."
"So what we can do is to make every effort to compensate the losses suffered by the Ogure Tribe State within the scope of this generation, and find ways to help them find other economic opportunities. After the demon tide ended, while the "passion" of the alliance countries had not yet faded, the environmental restoration and transformation projects for the Ancestor Peak and its surrounding areas were launched as soon as possible. While the remaining energy had not yet disappeared, the large group would be transformed into tourist attractions, restoring arable land and mine belts, or even converting them into factory facilities. In short, a feat that saved the world could not be turned into the "gray memory" of the current generation in their later years. At least... guaranteed that 99% of the old heroes could pass away safely.
"But one day in the future, the Ancestor Peak will still become a crisis, perhaps because of the downturn in the economy of the Agure Tribe, perhaps a world-class financial crisis, or some other natural disasters and man-made disasters... At that time, someone will take out this century project and attribute the current crisis to the injustice of the alliance order, but that will be completely the business of another generation."
Amber listened to Gao Wen's words, and at the end he was stunned: "Ah, you won't care at that time?"
"Nonsense, I have to take care of it for generations. Can I take care of it? With our position, we can ensure that a generation of heroes enjoy the rest of our lives, ensure that two generations live without worries, and ensure that a country has a way out. This is not enough?" Gao Wen glared at the Shadow Assault Goose, "What's more, I'm not necessarily still in this position at that time. Maybe I'm in the box. Of course, according to the analysis of some people, I may not die so early, so I may have given this mess to others, such as Rebecca or something..."
Amber was even more surprised than before: "Ah? Are you planning to posthumously be named king for her in the future?"
"I just said that, now, that's what I said," Gao Wen waved his hand. "My point of view has always been to look at the world of development from a development perspective. Any speculation made on the future based on existing experience can only be 'speculation' and should not be used as a constant standard of conduct. What's more, the alliance, which is temporarily grouped together for warmth, may disintegrate one day, and how can it be..."
Halfway through his words, a series of rapid footsteps suddenly came from the direction of the corridor.
A familiar breath appeared at the door.
After knocking on the door, Hedy's voice came into Gao Wen's ears: "Ancestor, can I come in?"
Gao Wen immediately ended his "chat" with Belltila and Amber, and sat upright and looked at the door: "Come in."
Hetty pushed the door and entered the room. After seeing the amber opposite the desk and the figure of Belltila above the communicator, he was slightly stunned. Then he nodded to them, and then quickly walked to Gao Wen.
Chapter completed!