So the fourth year of the Eternal Night Calendar began, in the ocean, according to the needs of the empire, mainly using experimental weapons, the actual number of casualties was much less than the offensive and defensive battles in the past battles.
On the ground, blood flowed into rivers, and many meat grinder battlefields appeared.
Among them, the Church of the Seven Gods has contributed to the flames, and it has made a lot of efforts. It is also one of the big sellers of imperial arms.
Because of the existence of Elysium, the number of believers in many countries has not changed, but the time they devote to prayer and religious activities has been greatly reduced.
As a result, the church cannot harvest enough faith and is faced with the status quo of being punished by the Lord.
Even the Pope has KPIs behind his back!
And Elysium has indeed reduced the cost of national governance, and the people's willingness to work has increased.
Most of the enjoyment needs are completed in the virtual world, venting their grievances, the number of riots is greatly reduced, and it is easier to accept heavy labor.
Although there are not as many educational resources as the empire in Elysium, the nobles are not uncommon for two-legged sheep to be educated, and there are not so many positions that require high-quality workers.
But in subsequent versions, Tasika developed modules that train simple skills and repeat operations.
Therefore, after using Elysium, the productivity and production efficiency of the powers have been greatly improved.
The secular regime does not agree to ban Elysium, and even believers themselves do not want this beautiful virtual world to be restricted, so the church is very helpless.
Ordinary prayers simply can't achieve the same stimulation as Elysium, and the appeal of promising a better future is getting lower and lower.
Because of what the gods promised, believers can now enjoy it in the blissful illusion. Who wants to look forward to the illusory afterlife
It can only be said that the second dimension is really too cola. If the body allows it, I will never want to leave the second dimension for the rest of my life (five cents per piece, sent at eight o'clock)!
This is actually a kind of abuse of technology, which consumes people's potential by drinking poison to quench their thirst, making them accustomed to virtual stimulation, and losing the ability to engage in boring work and long-term research and development of creative work.
The nationals of the great powers raised by this model are actually very similar to the Sanhe Great God.
If you have no money, go to work. In order to play in the blissful fantasy, you can endure hard work, as long as you get paid every day.
Then there is the long vent in the virtual world, and when the cost of living threatens life again, these laborers go back to work.
But it can only be said that under the level of governance in this era, feudal serfs and even slavery still existed widely. Even the Sanhe Great God’s subjective willingness to work was higher than the original use of whips.
In addition, Elysium was customized by the powers and officially designated as a venting channel, so the interval and frequency of work and entertainment must be more in line with the needs of the ruler, bringing about a substantial increase in labor efficiency.
But this improvement is only at this stage.
As Qingteng and Terra continue to upgrade their industries, the work that needs to be done around them will become more and more complicated, and Sanhe will definitely not be able to keep up with the demand, and his patience in labor will also be eliminated.
Can't the powers see this hidden danger? Impossible, of course they can see it.
But in their common sense, the improvement of technology is in units of ten thousand years. The technological explosion in this round of the empire is the accumulation of past magical civilizations. It should be like this within hundreds of years and thousands of years.
The problems brought about by the blissful illusion are what the descendants need to worry about, and have nothing to do with their own generation, so what else are they worried about
I believe that with the development of technology at that time, future generations will definitely be able to think of better ways to solve the problem.
This is a kind of thinking after I die, who cares about his flood of thinking, at this stage, the blissful illusion can bring all kinds of benefits, why think about the future
Compared with the Empire and the Kingdom of Terra, the fearless space that has been used all the time, the level of stimulation and enjoyment is definitely far inferior to Elysium, but it is also easier to balance the living arrangements between virtual and reality, and to undertake more use of education , business, social functions.
The church also understands the hidden dangers of the blissful illusion, but the attraction of this thing is stronger than the brainwashing of their group magic, and it is quite helpless.
The churches of the gods still have the task of handing in enough faith.
In this case, only war is a more collective activity than Elysium.
The spirit of the people on the battlefield will also provide more and more devout beliefs than usual.
In addition, after winning the battle, there are still prisoners, and rituals can be used to generate a wave of faith, so the church actually needs war more than those nobles who are eager for military achievements.
In this kind of internal war, the desire is high, and there is a little devil jumping up and down constantly provoking, how can the land countries be peaceful
In the past four years, there have been constant battles, big and small, and many times the fight is simply to kill people.
The church here wants to complete the mission, the church over there wants to complete the mission, and the rulers above are in a hurry, and the generals who lead the troops feel helpless.
Although everyone's equipment has been greatly improved compared to the past, the equipment obtained by the enemy has also improved. It is really positive and tough, and the final result is still indistinguishable.
If there is an absolute strength gap between the two sides, in the past fight, the winner would have been decided, right
In many cases, these countries are actually motivated by interests and deliberately fight meat grinder-style wars, often with no results in the end.
Of course, in the history books written by the emperors for themselves, they can write down how many enemies they annihilated and what great victories they have won.
Anyway, in the Spring and Autumn Period, the loss in this aspect can be completely ignored, and it can also get the support of a considerable number of citizens when it is sent back to China.
As for the population reduction, food decline, lack of resources, and death of relatives brought about by the war, because the virtual world consumes too much energy, the people's mood to care about is also a lot less...
Anyway, I have worked hard all my life, and it is impossible to turn over to be the master, so I will accept my fate!
Therefore, unlike the complex problems caused by past wars, as long as there are several new activities in Elysium, the rewards of the game will be higher, and many mistakes seem to be directly forgiven. wars became more frequent.
In the past two years, everyone was still figuring out how to fight a new era war. In the past two years, although there was no such kind of world war, there were constant frictions between countries, and numerous small-scale and high-intensity wars were fought.
Except for the Qingteng Empire and the Terra Kingdom, the total population of the superpowers on the surface dropped by 30%.
This is also because the food supply is sufficient, the famine has decreased, and the birth rate has increased significantly, but it cannot change the losses caused by the war.
Under the tool of Elysium, the powers actually have a tendency to develop towards the swarm civilization.
The upper-level brain has absolute control over the bottom-level, and stimulates the bottom-level to perform high-load labor through hormone means, and the bottom-level only exists for the purpose of work, and does not think too much about personal interests.
The side effects of using Elysium for a long time have become prominent. Those people who are not well educated have been unable to distinguish between virtual and reality, and have been cultivated by the colorful task system, which has cultivated extremely high obedience.
Instead of feeling a problem, the rulers felt great:
It is only necessary to print out various task panels in reality, and then guide and stimulate these people to let them go to work.
human rights
I'm sorry, this is the Middle Ages, the nobles are different from the common people's crimes, and the interests of the strong represent all the magical world.
If this kind of environment lasts for hundreds of years, the upper and lower layers of the powers will be severely divided, and eventually two races with completely different languages and cultures, and even different racial attributes will be formed.
But the empire will not give them this time. After completing the five-year plan and showing the Eternal Night in the sky, it is actually a knife to these fattened pigs.
The surface powers seem to be politically stable, and their national productivity has improved significantly compared to five years ago, but their war potential is about to be drained.
All it takes is one bomb to detonate and they'll be revealed.
The bomb is very simple, that is to stop the service supply of Elysium!
Now the stability of these countries is entirely based on the virtual world of the Elysium, which can quell the grievances caused by the overwork of the people, the loss of relatives and other negative events at a very low cost.
The management of them is also based on the obedience and obedience brought by the blissful illusion. There is nothing to fight for in the real world. Instead, it is the ranking and killing in the virtual world, which is more directly exciting. ".
As a result, with a snap, this virtual world disappeared, and the way to enjoy it was gone!
The people at the bottom of the foreign powers were instantly furious, and without hesitation, they went from being obedient to rioting!
The unprecedented accumulation of public grievances was originally forcibly transferred by means of the blissful illusion, but now there is nowhere to transfer it, so all countries have a large number of players who have entered the manic mood to take to the streets.
After breaking away from the blissful illusion, the people at the bottom suddenly see what kind of bird life they are living
The food has no taste at all, it is worse than pig food, the living environment can only be said to be barely leaking, the clothes have not been bought for a long time, and I live in a dormitory like a pigeon nest...
Originally, everyone in Elysium was full of delicacies from the mountains and seas, and there were countless virtual maids serving, eating, drinking, sleeping, and sleeping, but now they have suddenly returned to reality
Although it may only be a little lower than the past life, everyone is used to being deceived by false illusions.
Just like a little fairy living in beauty, how could it be possible to accept that she is a tank
No, please put me back on the camera and pull the beauty to level ten!
They are angry, they are hesitant, they have been squeezed miserably in the past, and now they look back on the emptiness of life, how hopeless they are.
This reality is hopeless, please let me go back to the virtual world!
The great powers explained hoarsely, if you want to rebel, please aim at the Kingdom of Terra, if you want to scold the streets, please aim at Tasika, she is the one who stopped your blissful illusion!
Come, come, let's pull up the troops, let's take down the Kingdom of Terra together, play the game casually, the stone is infinite krypton!
If it is the ignorant people of the past, the propaganda of the foreign powers may really succeed.
After all, there are all kinds of chauvinism that are not my race, and there is no problem in giving the blame to foreign dogs.
However, although the people at the bottom are now living miserably, the vision of bliss has opened up their horizons, and they have more insight than the peasants who faced the loess and turned their backs to the sky.
I'm sorry, gentlemen, we can't hear a word of what you said.
If you don't want to fight with Tasika, the kingdom of Terra will be sick only to break our blissful illusion!
Oh, she kidnapped the gentleman's son, the gentleman's wife and daughter, and even the gentleman himself...
Haha, what does that have to do with us assholes
We don't ask for anything else, we just want to hit the game today!
In fact, the powers are also self-rewarding.
It is easy to be fooled, and there must be some people who are willing to fight with them, and there are a considerable proportion.
But these people have been exhausted in the previous war, and they have become the power of the church's faith!
The people who will be left now are all ordinary people who live honestly, are most keen on the blissful illusion, and are willing to do all kinds of hard work in order to play games.
They have no choice but to hold on to their last dreams and entrust their lives in the virtual world.
It is absolutely impossible to fight for the wishes of the real monarch.
So trying to fool them into fighting is purely a dream.