The system handed me over to the state.

Currently, the domestic authorities are not paying attention to those sarcastic and sarcastic individuals online. The people will naturally condemn these individuals. The people need to vent their emotions and have a good time for a while before returning to normalcy.

"So, is that your excuse for being lazy?"

Bronya lay sprawled on the sofa cushions, saying with interest, "I call this a perfectly legitimate vacation! Don't I need an imperial vacation? Or do I have to be the center of attention you all imagine when I take a vacation, attracting a huge crowd wherever I go?"

"If all those old guys in the cabinet can go home and enjoy their leisure time, why can't I sneak over to my best friend's house to relax?"

"And you, go and tidy yourself up! Look at yourself, your hair is a mess, you haven't washed your face or brushed your teeth! Go on, go on, don't disturb my game!"

Bronya reluctantly went into the bathroom to wash up. Hei hope sat down on the sofa, picked up a piece of fruit and started eating. After Bronya finished washing up, he had her sit next to him, then lay on his lap and fed Bronya the fruit.

Seele looked a little unhappy when she saw this, so she sat down next to her and said with a smile, "Bronya, would you like some grapefruit?"

Bronya was stunned. Where did the grapefruit come from in the middle of summer?

Bronya still got up, opened her mouth and ate the grapefruit Seele brought her. Then, as soon as she turned her head, she was shoved an apple into her lips by Black Seele. She felt like she was going to be stuffed to death by fruit today.

Chapter 362: Current Status of Post-War Reconstruction Work

"Ugh... I'm so full, I can't eat anymore, I really can't eat anymore."

Bronya lay on the sofa, her stomach was very full, purely from eating too much fruit. Although she could easily maneuver between Black Seele and Seele, her stomach couldn't handle it.

However, while dealing with the two, Bronya also figured out what had happened while she was sleeping.

First, there was the victory in the war. The Shadow Empire was almost completely wiped out by the indiscriminate bombardment of tactical nuclear bombs and nuclear nova. The only surviving empress also died at the hands of Blackish.

With this, the entire Shadow Empire perished; not a single one survived. Humanity won the war, but it was not an easy victory.

The mobilization of large amounts of resources, the loss of resources and materials, and the maintenance and repair of various war equipment during the war period all constitute a long and enormous expense.

Then there are the high-ranking gods.

"So, what kind of race is the High God Race? They can call themselves High God Race, so they must be an advanced civilization, right?"

Bronya turned over and asked, but the next moment Tong Xi denied Bronya's words, "That's not true! The high-level gods are just a mid-level civilization. They are only high-level among civilizations like the gods, not that they represent an advanced civilization as a whole."

Bronya blinked. "What are advanced civilizations like?"

Tong Xi proudly pointed to herself, "Of course it's someone like me. Our advanced civilization never makes official appearances or engages in large-scale operations. Advanced civilizations are basically dedicated to exploring the truth of the universe."

"The truth of the universe..."

Bronya muttered, "The truth of the universe, who can explain such things? Some people live their whole lives in a daze, why would they bother with these things?"

"Then, what is this Cosmic Civilization Association?"

"It's an association led by an intermediate civilization, which then invited dozens of advanced civilizations to act as behind-the-scenes bosses. To put it bluntly, they're just figureheads; they do whatever they're supposed to do at other times."

"Most decisions are made by the intermediate civilization itself, making it one of the few relatively benevolent organizations in this vast universe."

Bronya raised an eyebrow. "If we travel to other worlds, will there be similar organizations in those universes?"

Tong Xi shook her head. "It's hard to say. Every universe has its own situation. The Cosmic Civilization Association is just an association formed by civilizations within this universe, and often it can't control some intermediate civilizations with strong stances. Most importantly, not every civilization can cross the Quantum Sea to other universes."

"However, this should be a good thing for you. As a lower-level civilization, you can obtain resources and technological support from a mid-level civilization, but I think you would look down on it."

Bronya raised an eyebrow. "Like a civilization pack?"

"It's much worse than the Civilization Package. The civilizations inside are all technologies that intermediate civilizations have discarded and used as a transition for lower civilizations. Moreover, there are often things in it that mislead people. Many lower civilizations have inexplicably gone astray without even realizing it. For example, they transformed their entire society into cyberpunk mechanical androids, and some even turned themselves into Cthulhu gods. The universe is so vast, there are all sorts of wonders."

"Just keep climbing. The civilization package you have will eventually reach the threshold of advanced civilization, the pinnacle of intermediate civilization. Crossing that hurdle depends on yourselves. In other words, it's something that can only be understood intuitively and cannot be explained in words. Those so-called technical support are just examples to prevent you from going astray."

Then, Tong Xi stopped revealing any information, which left Bronya somewhat helpless. Fine, she could just figure it out herself.

Then there are some domestic issues. The war is over, and domestic livelihood-related matters need to be accelerated and improved. At the same time, large areas of land in Asia destroyed by war, or the ruins of urban buildings left by those countries, need to be cleared and rebuilt.

Therefore, there is still a long road ahead.

"So, Su Su, what's your plan?"

"No plan! No plan! No plan!"

Su Mengyao seemed very impatient. "Let people rest properly during their holidays! Do you like being dragged around by others to discuss work-related matters every day during your vacation?"

"If you like, I'll assign you tasks next time you have a day off! Turn your holiday into a workday!"

Bronya shrank back. This was a bit harsh; working overtime... she thought, "Forget it..."

"I'm sorry, I was wrong!"

Bronya promptly backed down. Su Mengyao clicked her tongue, put down the controller, and said somewhat unhappily, "Fine... just consider this venting..."

He gripped his ankles tightly with both hands, his body swaying on the sofa. "The problems facing the country right now are very troublesome. China, Britain, and the Soviet Union are all in the same boat."

“Young people have lived in peace for too long. We hope that more young people can join in the reconstruction or post-war recovery work in the country, or in the restoration and reclamation of other ruined cities.”

"But in their minds, there are only two things: anime and making money!"

"Oh, right, there's also involution, that's one too."

"In just three days, announcements have been issued in China to recruit young people to participate in these activities, but only a few hundred thousand young people have signed up."

Su Mengyao sighed, "We offer decent salaries and benefits, so why is no one coming?"

How much will you give?

Bronya asked out of curiosity, and Su Mengyao reluctantly gave her the salary figures.

Those who participate in the post-war reconstruction work will receive a minimum salary of 8000 yuan, which is just the basic salary and does not include other benefits. They will be provided with all the social insurance and housing fund benefits. As long as you do the work, you will be considered a civil servant.

Those who participate in the maintenance and repair of war weapons and equipment will start at a salary of 12,000 yuan, but there are certain technical requirements. The benefits are the same as those mentioned above.

Finally, there's the post-war production recovery work, which basically involves reclaiming land, growing vegetables and fruits, and raising livestock. The wages are the same, starting at 8000 for basic work, with various commissions depending on the situation.

The finance department also calculated that if the young people involved in the reconstruction of the ruins do well, they might be able to become top engineers or engineering team members in the country, and be eligible to participate in various national-level construction projects, or even direct-level construction projects.

Those who maintain and repair weapons and equipment, after a few years, will at least become production and maintenance personnel in the military industry, and will then be directly transferred to state-owned military enterprises, with excellent career prospects!

However... there were far too few people; it wasn't nearly enough.

This is exactly what's giving Su Mengyao a major headache right now, so much so that when Bronya mentioned work earlier, this was the first thing that came to her mind.

Chapter 363: The Prototype of a Space Fleet

"It sounds like the problem is quite serious... It's a pity that the war interrupted our research on virtual reality technology, otherwise we could have allowed them to participate in it from home using a gaming pod."

Bronya sighed. She had proposed the research on virtual reality technology and participated in it herself. However, as the scale of the war gradually expanded, her research was basically brought to a complete halt after she was transferred to the hangar in the Superbody Laboratory.

Everything is still at a standstill. She also said she would create a game that would make players think they are playing a game, but in reality, it would help with post-war recovery work.

It seems impossible now.

"Of course it's troublesome and serious. The military also needs a period of rest and cannot be put into these tasks in a short time."

"So we're still short-handed. But it's even worse in the British Empire; apparently, only a few thousand people signed up. The Soviet Union is in a similar situation. Oh well, let's just set it up! If it really doesn't work, we'll enforce it. I've wanted to deal with these capitalists in China for a long time. They don't help during wartime, but they're always stirring up trouble online! Humph! A bunch of parasites!"

Bronya sighed, and Su Mengyao sighed as well. In the end, both sides chose not to discuss the topic anymore.

"If you ask me, you should just enjoy your vacation. If you have a headache when you go back, you can just be hands-off managers, right?"

Su Mengyao sighed again. The country isn't something you can just hand over to someone else so easily. She's already made a lot of effort to get these few days off; she usually doesn't get any holidays at all.

Sigh, she's still just a child. If only her parents were here... The world has become like this, why haven't they come back? Did they go to outer space? Those two heartless men... such scoundrels who abandoned their daughter!

They valued their country so much back then, yet they left without hesitation.

As she thought about it, Su Mengyao's blood pressure started to rise. Finally, she decisively shook her head to shake off these worries and picked up the game controller again, saying, "Come on! Let's continue! We'll play games all night tonight, and we won't sleep until we beat it!"

.........

At night, Bronya sat on her bed, listening to Xiaoyun's story.

"The Paradox has now returned to the hangar. Thanks to the intelligence brought by that high-ranking god, the next plan is to transform the Paradox into a massive battleship capable of fighting in space."

"Battleship carrier?"

Xiaoyun nodded. At this moment, the dragon girl AI suddenly jumped out and said, "It's a combination of a battleship and a mothership. After all, the paradox is so big, and there are so many weapons. It would be a waste to just design and modify it as an aircraft carrier."

"Therefore, we proposed combining battleships and aircraft carriers. Furthermore, the rectangular areas that separate on either side of the paradox will be transformed into sharp, deformable metal bayonets. After transformation, they can directly ram enemy warships with the bayonet ramming angles."

Bronya is stuck in the shell, and... a bayonet? A bayonet? You could say it's just adding a ramming horn and charging, but why did you add a bayonet?

"You said...you did it?"

The dragon girl immediately showed a proud expression, "Of course, this is a conclusion that Xiaoyun and I came to together! And it is feasible, but the specific modifications can only be officially started when you come back, big sister."

Bronya suddenly felt the pressure on her shoulders. "Is there more?"

"Yes, there are also the follow-up modification plans for the Thor gunboats, as well as the design and manufacture of various capital ships, cruisers, etc., all of which need to be carried out successively."

Bronya was quite helpless. There were just too many things to deal with, and there were so many follow-up issues... that she felt she wouldn't be able to resolve them even in a decade or more.

"Is there an estimated timeframe? For example, how long will it take to complete? Something like that?"

Bronya was somewhat worried. A space fleet... it would take a very, very long time to build, possibly several years or even more than a decade.

Some civilizations even need hundreds of years to build a space fleet, and that's not the end of the story. There's also space colonization and immigration to follow... none of these things can be accomplished in a short time.

"The task is arduous and the road ahead is long..."

Bronya rubbed her temples.

"The specific timing... given our current engineering capabilities, all warships need to be manufactured on Earth and then launched into the air."

“Building a battleship takes at least a year, an aircraft carrier also takes a year, a cruiser takes three months, and a frigate takes even less time, a month is enough.”

Bronya was stunned. "You mean... the longest time is... a year?"

Xiaoyun nodded. "Yes, is there a problem?"

Bronya rubbed her eyes and patted her head, somewhat unable to believe what Xiaoyun had said. Battleships and aircraft carriers, only... a year?

"Then... what about the timeframe for resolving the paradox?"

"If Mother helps us with all her might, we can reduce the time to half a month.

Bronya was completely dumbfounded. When did the nation's industrial capabilities become so strong? Had nanotechnology really enhanced engineering capabilities so much? Impossible... absolutely impossible!

"What? What are you saying now?"