Ash's expression froze for a moment, and he changed the subject: "It's fine if it's tea coffee, after all, I also like to look at beautiful women, but the problem is why in some places called "mud coffee" there are so many scantily clad men posing, it really hurts my eyes. If I weren't a prison escapee, I would have wanted to report them to the Criminal Investigation Department for disturbing the city's appearance. This should be explicitly prohibited by law—"
"I advise you not to meddle in other people's business." Freya warned, "You don't like to watch, but we do. Are you guys allowed to look at pretty girls, but we girls are not allowed to look at pretty boys?"
"Actually, these are fine. After all, they are traditional professions. Although the scale is a bit large, it is not difficult to understand." Ash's face turned gloomy: "I walked a little further and saw workers at a construction site."
"What happened to the workers?"
"They... most of their bodies have become machines. Their feet have become wheels, their hands have become multi-functional toolboxes, and even their eyes have been replaced with mechanical prosthetic eyes... If I hadn't seen them drinking and heard them chatting, I would have thought they were robots."
"How could it be a robot?" Freya waved her hands. "Fully automatic robots are very expensive and need constant maintenance. In comparison, hiring these mechanical workers is much cheaper. I remember that you have not been in prison for long. Mechanical workers have been popular in Kemon City more than ten years ago. How come you seem to have never seen them before?"
"…Are there many mechanical workers like this in Kaimen City?"
"They don't necessarily have to be on the construction site. They can use their hands to change parts, and after simple training, they can be employed as assemblers, repairmen, and other skilled workers at any time."
Freya took a big bite of Red Flame Lala Fat, with mayonnaise on the corner of her mouth. "Generally speaking, most ordinary people who have no hope of becoming magicians will switch to become mechanical workers, even clerks are no exception. The only difference is the degree of mechanical skills."
Yaxiu was stunned: "Unskilled labor will also be mechanized?"
"Of course, not to mention the limbs and spine, it is very advantageous to replace the internal organs with mechanical colonization." Freya poked her balls: "The heart can be replaced with a more powerful "spark", the lungs can be replaced with an "internal combustion engine" with stronger circulation ability, and the stomach can be replaced with an "energy pool" with stronger digestion and absorption ability..."
"Mechanical modification is very cheap now. If you work hard, you only need to pay off a standard mechanical suit with a loan of three or four years, but the effect is excellent: it can make your battery last longer and save more energy."
“When you are in trouble, you only need to drink water to survive and stay energetic; when you are rich, you will have more energy to enjoy and have more stimulating sensory experiences.”
"If it weren't for the fact that mechanical colonization equipment would reduce the efficiency of the magician's absorption of magic power in the virtual realm, many magicians would probably choose mechanical colonization equipment instead of the more expensive biological colonization equipment."
Freya shrugged. "But now for ordinary people, the 'universal' robotic arm and the 'energy pool' robotic stomach are almost necessary, otherwise no company would be willing to hire them. Most practical tools are designed with robotic arms as interfaces, and you can hardly use tools without robotic arms. For example, the robotic arm of the chef in my university cafeteria can be connected to a spatula, which can automatically heat, cool, and add seasoning. The steak he fried is especially delicious."
"The mechanical stomach can eat a whole day's worth of food in the morning and digest it slowly, which not only increases working time, but also saves food costs - for example, our meal can be replaced by 30 portions of 'feed'."
"A mechanic worker only needs one portion of feed to sustain a day's work. In other words, we have eaten a mechanic worker's monthly ration."
Ash couldn't understand: "What about the Human Rights Association? What about the Racial Rights Association? They don't care?"
Freya frowned. "What does this have to do with the Human Rights Association? No one forced them to undergo mechanical transformation. They did it voluntarily. The Human Rights Association cannot restrict their freedom to undergo mechanical transformation, nor can it stop them from pursuing a better life."
Towards a better life.
Ash was confused.
He was silent for a long time, and only after Freya had finished her meal and wiped her mouth did he suddenly ask a question.
"If the machinists save so much money, where do their wages go?"
Freya counted on her fingers: "Mud coffee, tea coffee, casino, candy shop, TV drama voting, clothing and jewelry, biological transformation, updated chip version, updated knowledge curtain, "Rise of the Magicians", "Unreal Fantasy 14", "Miracle World", ..."
After a day of surfing, Ash knew that the last three games were the most popular multiplayer games in the Veil. The Veil is the information world built by all citizens, equivalent to the Internet. It is called the Veil because it is highly concealed. Except for the Hunting Bureau that manages the chips, ordinary people cannot find other people from the Veil. Everyone in the information world is invisible "behind the curtain".
Because of the anonymity, everyone in the curtain spoke without restraint. In just one day, Ash learned a lot of racial discrimination, sexism, academic discrimination, occupational discrimination and other kinds of dirty words.
Even though there are no mothers in the Blood Moon Kingdom, their proficiency in swearing still astounds Ash, and he kind of wants to find a pair of eyes that have never seen these swear words.
He even felt for a moment that the "speech restriction" regulations like those in Shattered Lake Prison actually had some merits, and that these people who were spewing shit at will should be arrested and rehabilitated.
As for the drama voting, it is a special charging mode for the Blood Moon Kingdom TV series. Simply put, after the audience has watched the first half of the series, the production team will give multiple ending choices. The audience can choose their favorite ending direction by voting (paying money), and then the production team will shoot it as you wish.
For example, the comic book "Blame Me for Saying I Like Married Women" that Yaxiu has read may have a dozen endings after being adapted into a film or TV series, such as "The male lead and the female lead live happily together", "The male lead, the female lead, and the female lead live a shameless life", "The female lead and the female lead", "The male lead and the male lead", etc. After the audience has watched the first half of the series, they can choose the ending!
As for clothing and jewelry, Ash discovered today that although Freya's house was not big, she had three wardrobes filled with all kinds of beautiful clothes and jewelry. He thought it was a female hobby, but when he walked on the street, everyone was basically dressed very high-end and classy, even the male cashiers in the food supermarket were dressed like rich young men.
And except for the middle-aged and elderly people, most young people are very good-looking, regardless of gender. Even the goblins have handsome faces and some even have stars in their eyes - real starlight, with pupils that twinkle.
Obviously everyone's appearance has been artistically processed by the healer, but there is nothing Ash can say about this - he has also been pinched on the face by healer 222.
As for why I bought the Veil of Knowledge, it was because updating the chip version also costs money. Most people are born with a Miracle 1 chip, which is slow, has a small storage space, and can only be considered "usable". Most adults will update the version to 10 or above. The newer the chip version, the more powerful the function and the better the experience, not to mention that many applications have version requirements, and a low-version chip cannot be used with a high-version application.
The Curtain of Knowledge is the glass display they are looking at. Compared with the narrow light curtain displayed by the chip, the Curtain of Knowledge has higher resolution, larger size, better color, larger storage space, and stronger performance.
Although both are infotainment terminals, the chip is equivalent to an implanted mobile phone, while the knowledge veil is equivalent to a personal computer.
"That is to say, after making money, most people will invest it in pornography, gambling, drugs, body modification, clothing and jewelry, and virtual entertainment?"
"That's right."
Ash opened his mouth to say something, but closed it again.
When he had finished the last piece of quiche, he couldn’t help but ask, “Is that the case with you, too?”
"Yes, but I have no interest in gambling or drugs, and I want to be a magician in the future, so I can't do biological transformation for the time being."
"Are you happy then?"
Freya gave him a strange look.
"very happy."