Everyone Knows I’m a Good Man

Chapter 474: Middle-aged people who are addicted to games (26) (Games change technology (three-in-one)...)

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Everyone who heard Ji Changze's words were stunned and didn't know what to say.

Listen to this.

Since he had no money to build roads, he simply made a holographic game so that everyone could see it without walking.

What an amazing idea.

The most amazing thing is that Ji Changze actually made this holographic game.

Moreover, it was Lao He who came up with the idea.

For a moment, everyone looked at Ji Changze and He Lao.

Forget about Ji Changze, he is a genius and everyone knows it.

He Laona is really surprising.

After returning to the capital, he no longer conducted experiments alone, but concentrated on raising students, vaguely intending to retire.

I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, it turned out that I was secretly holding back my ultimate move.

Seeing everyone else looking at him with expressions like "Okay, so you are doing something big", Mr. He said: "..."

He really doesn’t know anything!

When I just heard Ji Changze say those words.

Mr. He himself also had an expression on his face that he didn't know what to say.

When Ji Changze said this, he also remembered what he had said to the other party before, and how he felt when he told those words.

God knows, he said all this just to tell Comrade Nagasawa about the difficulty of China and how hard it was for everyone to develop the economy, so that he could secretly let him put down the game and happily join scientific research.

As a result, Ji Changze listened.

This is how to listen.

However, Ji Changze didn't wait for He Lao's answer, and continued to ask: "Why don't you say anything? Don't you think my idea is very novel and exciting?"

Mr. He: "..."

He laughed dryly: "Haha, haha, novel and exciting."

It’s just too novel and exciting.

Now that Ji Changze has come up with such a game that can change the world, he will naturally not say anything else. Although your game is very awesome, it still cannot solve the road problem.

After all, even if everyone comes to the game, don’t they still need to walk to transport supplies

But the above is not important when it comes to the holographic world created by Ji Changze.

The more they understand this holographic world, the more everyone feels that with it, China no longer needs to be cumbersome and develop.

The holographic world is equivalent to a brand new world.

And there is only China in this world.

They can develop quickly in it.

This is more than just a game.

Just like the materials that scientists need, they are very careful every time they do experiments. For what reason, it is not because they are afraid of waste.

But it's different in the holographic world.

It doesn't matter if you fail, everything is data anyway, and data can be regenerated.

At this moment, everyone thought of spiritual realm technology.

That spiritual realm training cabin is said to be specially designed for training pilots and other special forces soldiers.

In this training cabin, pilots can fly as they please.

They can try various bold combinations and perform various actions that they would not dare to do in the real sky, because even if they fail, it will only be a failure in the training cabin.

The worst case scenario is to line up and prepare for the next time.

It is in such day-to-day training that the pilots' combat awareness and skills improve rapidly at a speed that is unimaginable.

In the holographic world, anyone can do this.

A scientific researcher carefully picked the wild flowers on the roadside and held them in his hands for careful observation.

He almost said in an incredibly shocked tone: "This flower is too real."

There is some mucus exposed when the flowers are picked, as well as the fine lines on the flowers and the stamens.

It's almost no different from reality.

Ji Changze walked up to him and explained: "Because we made a collector specifically to collect data on real-life objects."

"Like this flower, the reason why it looks real is because the collector collected it from top to bottom."

In reality, a real flower is collected. In the holographic world, with the data of this flower, Ji Changze can copy countless flowers.

Everyone present understood what he meant.

If everything in reality can be copied into holography, then the difference between holography and reality will be minimized.

Ji Changze said before that it is possible to make people not walk, but it is only the simplest step to realize it.

They looked at each other, looking at the expressions of surprise and shock on each other's faces.

While I was thinking that this expression was really ugly, I was also thinking that this game was too real, and the ugliness was so realistic.

"But since these have been done, why do you want us to help?"

The scientist who went to pick flowers before raised the question of the soul.

"It's already pretty good here. It doesn't seem like there's anything we need to do."

yes.

Others also reacted.

Although they really wanted to stay here and study this holographic world, everything here was extremely real, including the mosquito that ran over from nowhere and was secretly trying to suck their blood.

And they had never even heard of holographic technology before, so how could they help

"Of course there is something that needs to be done."

Ji Changze immediately retorted upon hearing this: "Although the place we are staying in is already very complete, what we need to do next is to include the entire country of China."

"I definitely can't do such a large amount of work."

"The whole country of China?!!!"

Many people exclaimed.

They looked at Ji Changze as if they were looking at a god.

"You actually want to create the entire country of China in the holographic world?"

"Yes, since this is the second world for us Chinese people from now on, of course it must be the same as that of China."

Ji Changze answered very confidently, and looking at his eyes, he seemed to think that the question asked by these surprised researchers was unnecessary.

He stretched out his hand towards the sky, and immediately, a scroll landed on top of his hand and floated quietly.

Ji Changze slid to the left again, and the scroll seemed to be controlled by an invisible force. It slid and unfolded according to his movements, revealing the map inside.

After the scroll was unfolded, everyone realized that it was extremely large.

A long map was suspended quietly in the air, almost covering everyone in its length.

This painting would definitely scare a lot of people to death if it were placed in reality.

But falling into the game, it seems... not so normal! !

Everyone watched Ji Changze walk to the bottom of the map. At some point, a long stick appeared in his hand and clicked on a part of the map: "Here is where we are standing now. It is the long stick." Stay in the suburbs of the county.”

Following his words, a small piece of the map appeared in front of them, and it automatically zoomed in. Sure enough, it was what the scenery in front of them looked like.

"Because it was the first time to build it, I had to explore many things by myself, so it took a lot of time to make it. It took several months. The size of the suburbs of Changliu County is not worth mentioning in the country."

"Even with templates and collectors, it won't be that difficult to copy other places. However, as our country is so big, it's still too difficult, so we need everyone's help."

He said it very naturally, almost as if he was saying, "My family is short of manpower when building a house. Come and help move the bricks."

It's actually not bad either.

It's just that the house has been replaced by Huaguo.

He wants to build a Chinese country and let everyone help him.

Everyone responsible for helping: "..."

Ji Changze was actually serious.

Let’s build a complete China together.

Just thinking about it like this made everyone feel like they couldn't breathe.

"I, I'm a little dizzy, let me slow down."

A relatively young researcher sat on the grass, his face pale.

At this time, he still didn't forget to touch his face, which seemed to be cold, thinking that this game could actually make people feel the touch.

"I'm a little dizzy too."

"Quickly pinch me to see if I'm dreaming!"

The researcher who said these words received a speechless look from his companion, who then pinched him mercilessly.

He looked down at his arm in confusion.

Then there was a look of disappointment on his face: "It doesn't hurt at all. It was really a dream."

Ji Changze walked to him and comforted him: "In order to have a better gaming experience, everyone's pain sensation has been adjusted to the lowest level in the game, so it is normal not to feel pain, but don't be discouraged."

He stretched out his palm, and a control panel appeared in his palm.

Under the confused gazes of others, Ji Changze skillfully called up his address book and started making calls.

The call was connected almost instantly.

"Chief, do you need anything?"

"some."

Ji Changze said: "The trouble is in reality, let's pinch the comrade in green clothes."

After a pause, he probably thought it was not safe yet, so he added: "Try harder."

The man over there didn't even stutter and immediately agreed: "Okay, chief, I'll do it right away."

Ji Changze was also very polite: "Thank you."

The next second, the researcher who had just asked his companion to pinch him but received no pain suddenly screamed.

"Hey!!!"

Apparently, he was pinched in reality.

When he was holding his arm with a look of pain on his face, Ji Changze asked him happily with a look of credit on his face: "How is it? Does it hurt?"

"Does it hurt enough? If it's not enough, I'll call the comrades outside and ask them to exert more force."

The scientific researcher who was grinning in pain in the game quickly stopped: "Enough, enough, this level is enough, I believe this is not a dream anymore."

Seeing what he said, Ji Changze showed a happy smile on his face.

"Just believe it, it doesn't matter, you don't need to thank me, it's just a little effort."

Scientist: "..."

other people:"… "

Although Comrade Ji Changze seems to be quite enthusiastic, his way of helping others is still quite... straight-tempered.

With such an interruption, several scientific researchers who secretly wondered whether they had grown old and loved to dream, and were so bold that they even dared to dream such sweet dreams, felt relieved.

Compared with the confused faces and rapid heartbeats of those younger than them, they were more accepting of it.

"Isn't it just to build another Chinese country? We didn't contribute when we founded the country. We have to contribute in the game."

Obviously, if establishing a second Chinese country in the holographic world is of no use, the country will not let them help.

As for what great use it has.

This is almost equivalent to their Chinese country finding a new planet and moving there to live on their own.

Although this analogy is a bit inappropriate, after all, in reality, people always have to live, but for China, which is suffering from the inability to develop its economy and is very backward, with this second world, they can almost directly start from Walking distance to the rocket ride.

Moreover, the holographic world is, to put it bluntly, artificially constructed.

Management is naturally more convenient than in real life.

Didn't Ji Changze just stretch out his hand if he wanted to see a map without looking at it

The Chinese people who are enjoying the future can live in the second world they have built together. They can copy the mountains and rivers of China bit by bit. The faces of everyone present are red with excitement.

Ji Changze was still there urging them: "How's it going? Is there anything else you don't understand? If not, can we start construction? We will start building the capital today."

He was such a salty person that no one understood this at first, so he had to do everything by himself. Now that he has created a template, of course he must quickly exploit others.

In order to increase the enthusiasm of these well-intentioned researchers who are being squeezed, ah, no, they are helping, Ji Changze also proposed:

"Those of us who participate in the second world will have a builder's badge. With this badge, everyone can leave their names in the game lobby."

Afraid that they would not understand, he also explained in detail: "The game hall is the transit hall. We imagine that every player will first come to the transit hall when they first enter the game. They can choose their destination based on the map, but in order to avoid At the beginning, everyone was too free and caused riots. The temporary rule is that everyone must have ID and proof of their residential address before they can enter the game. After entering, everyone can only be in their own city at the beginning."

"And except for public shops, all residential buildings will be locked, and only those with proof of residence can enter."

To put it bluntly, although they have created a second world, in order for the people to adapt, it is best to keep them in a familiar place at the beginning.

Everyone else understood.

Ji Changze then went on to introduce the transit hall.

He had previously written a long article about his vision for the second world and handed it over to Shang Er. All the rules and regulations he envisioned for the country had been preserved and included in it, so he was particularly confident when introducing them.

"Although everyone can only travel around the city where they live at the beginning, once they adapt, other services will be opened in the transit hall. For example, we are now in Changliu County. If you want to go to the capital, you only need to enter the transit hall and select If you go to the capital, you can enter the transit hall of the capital.”

"Yes, there are transit halls in every region."

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this.

Doesn’t that mean that people across the country will see their names engraved in the transit hall

Everyone will know that they participated in the construction of the second world.

Everyone present knows how magical the second world is. When it is completely revealed, the media all over the world will go crazy, not to mention China.

And their names will remain in the transit hall forever, and their names will even appear in the history books of future generations.

These people are naturally very patriotic.

But there is no conflict between patriotism and being able to leave a name in history!

Their patriotism has made a name for themselves in history. It is simply pie in the sky.

Before, I just lamented the magic of the second world, but now after hearing what Ji Changze said, thinking of how much praise this second world would receive as a builder, everyone looked at him with admiration.

For such an opportunity to leave his name in history, he was actually willing to share it with so many of them.

This is a true gentleman!

He Lao saw everyone looking at Comrade Nagasawa's eyes and guessed what they were thinking.

He smiled inwardly.

It's better for them to think this way than to know that Comrade Nagasawa is actually too honest and unpretentious and doesn't understand anything at all.

but.

Mr. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the world is really wonderful, a genius as smart as Comrade Nagasawa can actually have such a simple temperament.

So the parents are still the ones doing the wrong thing.

Ji Changze didn't know that Mr. He was insulting his parents every day in his heart.

He was looking contentedly at the researchers who were all smiling at him.

Not bad.

He could finally lie down and watch others work hard.

Facts have proved that Ji Changze had the right idea.

These people really work hard.

They are inherently smarter than ordinary people, and they study everything. When so many people start to seriously build the world together, and when various talents from other industries sent by the country's father join in, the holographic world changes almost every day.

Building a house in a hologram is much easier than in reality. Anyway, as long as the streets are the same as the city, a small house like that doesn't need to be the same as in reality.

For example, in a village, almost all the houses are mud houses, and some are even half-rotten. The owner of the house lives in the half that is not rotten.

In this case, modelers cannot be allowed to follow suit and build adobe houses.

The second world is used to promote China's economy, not to let everyone remember the bitter things and think about the sweet things.

So, the shopkeeper Ji Changze waved his hand and said that it was too troublesome to build each house one by one, so let's just copy and paste the old way.

They found an architect and carefully planned a house suitable for all ages. After all the details and layout were finalized, they began to build a house in the game.

The first house was copied into the game exactly as it was. With the data, Ji Changze immediately started copying and pasting like crazy.

Then, rows of beautiful houses with red walls appeared.

Insert another coordinate and write xx village on it, and the village is complete.

Seeing that this method worked well, Ji Changze followed suit. He first asked an architect to draw a house of the same type in reality, and then perfected the details little by little in the game. When the first house was built in the game Once it's done, countless buildings are not far away.

Government buildings, police stations, and shopping streets were completed one after another.

Since we plan to create a second world, everything will naturally be the same as in the real world.

In reality, many people have discovered that some strange people have appeared in the city where they live.

They wore the same clothes, drove a car, and held strange equipment in their hands. From the moment they entered the city, they walked around and took pictures. While they were doing this, there were actually some small planes flying in the sky. Fly away.

At first, everyone was scared. Some people even worried that it was a foreign spy plane after seeing the plane, so they nervously called the police.

When the police comrades arrived and those people showed them their work IDs, everyone realized that they were collectors sent by the state.

Their job is to go to various cities and take pictures, taking pictures in all directions, even those small alleys where only one person can walk.

And the small planes in the sky are not spy planes. They are also taking pictures. It is said that to take some kind of overhead photos, you have to start taking pictures from a high altitude, so the country spends a lot of money to make these drones.

Everyone looked confused after hearing this.

I have never heard of the profession of collector before.

Some people were curious and asked directly, but the collectors said they only heard that it seemed to be used for making maps.

Map!

Everyone suddenly became excited.

The maps they have always seen are world maps and maps of China. The place where they live, let alone their street, may not be visible even in the county. They can only put a small xx on the map. city.

Unexpectedly, the current map even includes the small street where they live.

As people living on this street, many people are secretly excited at the thought of it appearing on the map.

There are also local people who lead the collectors to small places known only to local people.

The collectors thanked each other, and when they finished collecting this small piece, they took out money as reward.

The local man didn't expect that he would get such an unexpected surprise just because he was giving directions. He was happy but a little afraid to ask for it.

The collectors still wanted to give it to him.

"The state stipulates that after we finish filming, if anyone leads us to discover new places that we have never collected before, there will be a bonus."

"You have brought us here. The bonus is five yuan. This is stipulated by the state and it is not our personal responsibility to give it to you. Just keep it. If you don't keep it, we will be violating the regulations."

The local man listened and accepted the money.

But deep down, I still feel embarrassed about collecting money, and at the same time I feel that the country is really good.

He was just giving me directions, but he was given so much money.

When the news spread, many people who were just watching the excitement became excited.

Just take it to places where the collector has never been and get five yuan

And it’s still five yuan per place, so if it’s ten places, oh my God! This is fifty yuan!

You can get money by following the directions. Who wouldn't want to do such a good thing

For a time, many people were very excited and dragged the collectors to places known to locals. If the collectors had never been to this place, they would get the bonus as they wished.

With the cooperation of the local people, the collectors' operations suddenly became smoother.

They worked conscientiously, and then sent the photos and measured dimensions back to the headquarters.

China suddenly started surveying and taking photos across the country. Although this news sounded like a small matter, it still attracted the attention of other countries.

Especially a country that suffered several hidden losses from China during this period.

It should be said that they are not determined to give up until they reach the Yellow River. Since the last time they crossed the border for provocation and were taught a lesson by Chinese pilots, a certain country has been trying to find trouble for China every now and then.

However, Hua Guo, who has always been "good, good, good, good, good", for some reason, became hardened this time.

In the past, I would not retaliate even if I hit or scolded. Even if I suffered a loss, I would pretend nothing happened.

I don’t know if I took the wrong medicine during this period. A certain country stepped on them, and they dared to step back.

Of course, a certain country did not want to be tricked into this, so it resorted to the old method of economic sanctions.

If you don't export anything to China, you won't let other countries export it.

It's a pity that China didn't know what was going on, but it actually hooked up with other countries under such circumstances.

Even if a certain country boycotts China there, China, with its allies, will not be affected at all.

This incident will naturally destroy the beauty of a certain country.

It's just that they simply ignore the threats from those countries.

On the side of a certain country, they can actually roughly guess that China must have given them some benefits.

This has always been the case between countries.

People may still have friendship with each other, but previous friendships between countries were all based on interests.

Government personnel from a certain country held several meetings and finally concluded that it must be China's spiritual realm technology.

Speaking of which, this is a slap in the face.

A certain country had previously vowed that China would not produce so-called spiritual realm technology, but in the blink of an eye, a rough version of spiritual realm technology was used in games on the streets of China.

Although the picture quality is relatively poor and it doesn't look that real, it is definitely a big surprise for players of this era.

For a time, the Lingjing game console was very popular.

And because it itself cannot be copied at all, players can only buy the genuine version if they want to play it. Hua Guo made a lot of money from this game console.

In this way, in other countries, Lingjing game consoles are still hard to find.

A certain country boycotted it.

But there are always some capitalists who take great risks in smuggling for the sake of high profits.

The smuggled game consoles were sold at high prices again.

In the end, this game became even more popular because of its high price.

The government that tried to boycott China was almost pissed to death when its people failed to live up to expectations.

Naturally, they also bought a game console with the intention of deciphering its secrets.

I also know that since China uses this technology to make games, it means that the spiritual realm technology they use in military affairs is hundreds of times stronger than this game.

As long as their own country cracks the spiritual realm technology and makes the kind that China uses for military purposes, then China's spiritual realm technology will no longer be the only one, and they will win again.

Unfortunately, imagination is beautiful, but reality is cruel.

A certain country has been working hard for a long time, but has not been able to produce technology similar to game consoles.

Seeing that China is making a lot of money, the government can only experiment with research institutes.

There is no other way, the scientific researchers can only wake up earlier than the chickens, go to bed later than the dogs, and study all day long. After a short time, everyone will have big dark circles under their eyes.

This research institute is naturally not owned by the government. Due to national conditions in a certain country, it is easier for private research institutes to produce results, but the competition among such research institutes is also more intense.

Therefore, they do not have the kind of human care that China has.

If I ask you to study it, you will have to work it out even if you risk your life. If you can't study it, you will be sorry for the salary given by the boss.

The old scientific researcher who had sworn to the government that China could not have spiritual realm technology had been holding back his breath ever since he learned the bad news that "China really does have it."

He is one of the top experts in this field in a certain country.

What he didn't even make, the backward country of China actually made it.

This thing was a slap in the face.

Still in front of everyone.

Therefore, even if the government did not dare to force him because of his achievements, he would still study crazily and risk his life on his own initiative.

Wherever you fall, you must stand up.

Hua Guo just happened to take a step ahead. He must go through this section of the road, and then leave Hua Guo far behind.

So, when he was forgetting about food and sleep every day, listening to the chickens dancing, eating and lodging at the research institute, and his eyes were red, the government came to ask, "The Chinese collectors are collecting everywhere. Do you think it is possible for them to collect this stuff?" "What big thing is going on, such as a new technology similar to spiritual realm technology?" He sneered and said decisively:

"impossible!"

"With China's backward scientific research environment, it's lucky to be able to make spiritual realm technology. How could they make something more powerful?"

"Then why are they collecting things everywhere? Who should I ask? If you are wasting your time here, you might as well bribe a few Chinese officials to inquire."

A certain country wants to do that too, but the problem is that a group of soldiers specializing in catching spies have recently appeared in China.

They are almost like the reincarnation of monkeys. They are agile and smart, and their reactions are so quick that they are almost unlike humans. Those ambush spies were caught one by one, resulting in the fact that there are almost no spies from a certain country in China.

When they still had many spies, they wanted to capture Ji Changze alive, who invented the spiritual realm technology. As a result, the cunning Hua Kingdom actually hid the person (in seclusion). Not only did the spies fail to find the person, but they also sent him away. Go in.

But now, let alone arresting them alive, even if they were to assassinate them, they couldn't get enough people together.

You must know how much effort and brain cells they spent to ambush so many Chinese spies in China.

As a result, the group of soldiers who appeared out of nowhere and seemed to have a legendary killer were captured by them in a few seconds.

A certain country spent a lot of money to get it. These soldiers seemed to be trained in a training camp called escape room. I don’t know how it was done. They can train people in just a few months. Become a monkey.

Now if a certain country has a collector, they want to know what it is and there is nothing they can do about it.

Finally, a government official proposed: "No matter what they are doing, it is a fact that we have not cracked the spirit realm technology until now. I suggest that since Ji Changze cannot be captured alive, it is better to kill him directly."

Nowadays, everyone is like a headless chicken and doesn’t know what to do. Of course, we need to find something to do, otherwise we can’t wait forever.

Anyway, as long as this person is alive, he may be able to create a second spiritual realm technology.

It was always right to kill him.

Everyone else agreed.

Although Ji Changze's talent is very exciting, he rejected a certain country in the first place, and now there is no way to capture him by force, so he can only destroy it if he can't get it.

After everyone reached a consensus, someone proposed:

"Then the question is, who should assassinate him?"

other people:"… "

Almost all Chinese spies were wiped out.

The rest are basically clerical jobs.

On Ji Changze's side, they didn't even know where the other person was at the moment.

They finally realized.

Everyone agreed to the assassination, but how to assassinate him was a big problem.

In the end, the person sitting in the main seat said with a cold face: "Let the mercenaries go."

"Hire the Thorns who never fail."

The Thorns Regiment is one of the best mercenary groups. Their group members come from all countries. They always attack neatly and complete their employer's tasks as quickly as possible every time.

Of course, they charge a high price.

Generally, the price is increased based on the importance of the task objective.

Ji Changze's status as a developer of spiritual realm technology was enough for these mercenaries to demand a price that would make a certain country vomit blood.

But they still hire people who vomit blood.

China has become too arrogant after acquiring spiritual realm technology, and now it doesn't know what it is doing. A certain country urgently needs to make as many of China's helpers disappear as possible.

The Thorn Regiment quickly took over the assassination mission.

When they saw that the target of the mission was actually a Chinese, they all smiled disdainfully.

China may once have been a big country.

But now...heh.

For such a backward country, the weapons and equipment are not as advanced as their mercenaries, but a certain country actually hired them to assassinate a scientific researcher from the other country.

At that time, four words popped into the mind of the member who took the task:

sky! drop! horizontal! fiscal!

They packed up their equipment and went bravely.

Then I was stopped just as I got off the boat.

Guns are prohibited in China. They carry weapons on their bodies and are not allowed to enter China.

The mercenaries who took the boat specifically to avoid this rule: "..."

We've arrived, and we can't go back the way we came.

They had no choice but to grit their teeth and put down their weapons.

It doesn't matter, everyone in my group is brave and good at fighting. Even without thermal weapons, they can still kill people.

The first step is to go to Changliu County.

Although a certain country said they were not sure where Ji Changze was, according to their investigation, there were still soldiers stationed in Changliu County, so Ji Changze must still be where he was.

It's a dark, windy, murderous night.

The group of people stared at the light, flipped over, and climbed into the wall.

They had seen that the soldiers would enter this room during the day, sometimes coming out early and sometimes coming out late.

So it is necessary to enter here to explore first.

As soon as his feet landed, a crisp voice suddenly sounded:

"Hello, comrade, you have entered the training ground. The escape room training will start in three seconds. Three two one..."

Mercenaries:

"???"

What kind of escape

They were dazed and alert when they suddenly heard a rumbling sound. When they looked closely, they saw several large rocks rolling towards them.

Several people: "...Run away!!!"

Four hours later, they lay limply on the ground and gave up the struggle.

"No, surrender."

One of the mercenaries' voice was full of collapse:

"The assassination environment in their country of China is too bad!!"

And in a distant country.

The veteran researcher walked out of the laboratory excitedly: "It's done! It's done! I copied the technology in that game, hahahahahaha I did it!!"

The assistant was rushing over. Seeing him so happy, he stepped forward and said:

"China has just announced the opening of the holographic world... According to the news we have received, holographic technology is even more magical than spiritual realm technology..."

When the other party's expression suddenly froze, he said cautiously: "You are asked to study holographic technology immediately."

An old scientific researcher from a country who worked hard to develop spiritual realm technology after working hard from early to late: "..."