A Colossus rushes in at the start

Chapter 257 This family is too insignificant

Femancos interrupted his eldest daughter's daydreams, saying in a cautionary tone, "Listen carefully, this project is a trap that will make fools throw away both their money and their lives, understand?"

The two daughters looked at each other, then both shook their heads.

"not understand."

Femankos sighed, then patiently asked his daughters, "Tell me, have we Friedans ever designed alien spaceships before?"

"No... no." The eldest daughter recalled the records in the history book and shook her head with certainty.

Femankos nodded, then asked, "So where do you think the spaceship that went on vacation in Huiyang got its technology from?"

This question stumped both daughters for a moment. Before the arrival of the Babel swarm, spaceships were just something from Friedman science fiction movies.

Femancos answered his daughters' questions: "The answer is that it was purchased from extraterrestrial civilizations. The unified government purchased the spaceship-related technology from other satellite civilizations by incurring debt."

"But having the technology without building experience is completely insufficient, so it is necessary to build some first-generation spaceships."

"Thus, the Huiyang Resort Tourism project came about, allowing the wealthy to raise money out of their own pockets to build the first generation of spaceships and accumulate construction experience. The construction costs were completely transferred from government finances to the wealthy... well, to be more precise, the entire society."

After hearing this, the two daughters reacted differently.

"I don't understand..." The little girl blinked her three eyes, tilting her head in confusion.

The eldest daughter seemed to understand something and said, "Father, I think I understand a little bit."

"But Father, why did you just say that you're paying money and risking your life? You're just shifting the cost of building the first spaceship to the rich. The rich themselves are safe."

According to his father, the rich man was at most just paying for the government to build the first spaceship. Why did he say that this would cost the rich man his life?

Is it because money is the lifeblood of the rich?

This is true, but not entirely true. Money is life for the rich who make a fortune, but for the rich who have brains, connections, and other means of accumulating wealth, it is just a temporary drain on their resources.

After bleeding once, as long as nothing unexpected happens, you can recover after a while.

Femancos looked at his eldest daughter and retorted, "Since it's a first-generation spaceship built without any prior experience, isn't it normal for some problems to arise?"

"If an accident happens on Earth, a rescue team will arrive. But if an accident happens in space, who can rescue the people on the original spacecraft immediately?"

The eldest daughter was taken aback; she had just realized the problem she had inadvertently overlooked.

"this……"

Femancos said, "So, this government-launched Sunrise Resort project aims to both get the wealthy to spend money and have them act as test pilots. If the initial test flight of the first spaceship goes well, then everything is fine, and the wealthy will be remembered in history. If the test flight doesn't go well, then..."

He didn't continue speaking; Femancos knew it was unnecessary, because his two daughters already realized it.

"How terrifying!" The eldest daughter was so frightened that her face turned purple.

The younger daughter was so frightened that she stopped eating her breakfast.

Anyone with even a basic understanding of space can imagine the despair of those who perish in space.

Seeing that his teaching had been very effective, Femancos said in high spirits, "So, you guys should never envy those classmates who have novel gadgets at school again. They might have been sold out and are still counting the money for the other party."

"understood."

The two daughters nodded their little heads vigorously.

After remaining silent, Femancos's wife spoke up, "It's getting late, you two should go to school."

After finishing breakfast, the Femancos watched their two daughters get on the bus to school and then went back inside.

Femancos's wife, who had been so composed and dignified just moments before, suddenly had her three eyes filled with worry.

"Femankos, what are we going to do now?"

Femancos said calmly, "In these turbulent times, it seems the government is planning to take action against us rich people. The Huiyang Resort project is likely to be a bellwether. Try not to go out during this period."

"The country is in such a mess right now. If things really get too bad, why don't we all go abroad and hide out for a while?"

Listening to his wife's advice, Femancos shook his head slightly. "How can we hide? The unified government was established through contact with the Tower of Babel swarm, and the real power of each country is transitioning to the unified government. It doesn't really matter where we go. Things are different now than before; you can't escape trouble by going abroad."

As he spoke, Femancos gave his wife a reassuring smile.

"Don't worry, my dear. Although our family is just a tiny swarm of insects in the face of the Babel swarm, the unified government, and the coming interstellar era, there is always a way out. I will do my best to protect this family."

……

"An interstellar merchant proposal?"

Lu Shang, who was busy rebuilding the swarm network, received a message from the mastermind.

This mainframe was assigned by Lu Shang to handle diplomatic matters of satellite civilizations within the galaxy. Although it wasn't as useful as Nanali, it always got stuck on some problems.

For example, right now.

The mastermind said, "Yes, it was a proposal made to the swarm by a businessman named Femancos from the satellite civilization."

Lu Shang asked, puzzled, "Why don't you just make the decision yourself?"

The mastermind replied, "It's a difficult decision, because his civilization doesn't have any spaceships, so he expressed his intention to buy a spaceship from the swarm, hoping that the swarm could sell him one."

"The Star Alliance used to have interstellar merchants, so is it really that hard to make a choice?" Lu Shang was speechless.

The mainframe hesitated, saying, "However, if we open up trade between the various satellite civilizations, there might be a situation where civilizations are forcibly upgraded, which wouldn't be a good thing for these satellite civilizations."

"A path should be forged step by step, not by following paths already trodden by others. If that path were to suddenly disappear one day, the entire civilization would be lost."

"If it gets lost, wouldn't it lose its value as a technological battery?"

Lu Shang shook his head. "Civilization has only two outcomes: either live or die. If you don't want to die, you can only keep moving forward. There's no such thing as getting lost or not. At most, it's just that the difficulty of moving forward is different."

Then, Lu Shang made the decision: "Approve the interstellar trade proposal. Then you can go to a technologically advanced satellite civilization, buy any spaceship, and sell it to that merchant named Femancos."

"OK."

With Lu Shang's decision in place, the mastermind in charge of satellite civilization diplomacy no longer hesitated and returned to his original work.

Following another upgrade of the swarm network, Lu Shang has begun working on the next steps.

"Then, the next step is to launch a full-scale conquest of the neighboring star systems."

Lu Shang addressed all the participating bee swarm creatures through the newly upgraded bee swarm network: "You participating bee swarms, river system warfare is different from previous small-scale battles within the river system. You must coordinate well and not exceed the planned time, otherwise unforeseen circumstances may occur."

"While it's not that it's unmanageable, I hate complicating problems that can be solved easily."

The swarm of bee creatures preparing for battle, from the gravitational ring creatures to the exploratory bees, together reclaimed the land entropy that had placed high hopes on their mission.

"We will definitely cooperate!"

Lu Shang smiled slightly, "Very good, let's set off. Kill those who don't want to live, and keep those who want to live as satellite civilizations. We are still short of batteries for our current technology."

"Okay, we'll be more careful when we make our move," all the bee creatures about to join the battle replied.

(End of this chapter)