Doctor, I'm really strong!

The shapeshifter is a special character in the Sarkaz court, preferring to work alone.

His special abilities allow him to easily enter places that are normally inaccessible, and coupled with his already considerable combat strength, the Shapeshifter, while not the strongest among the Royal Lords, is definitely the most troublesome.

When he proposes to separate, it proves that he is prepared to make judgments on his own.

But Manfred didn't think so; instead, he was worried that the shapeshifters would never return.

Although the Shapeshifter appears to be a solitary and unique being, it is actually both an individual and a collective entity. The Shapeshifter race of the Sarkaz royal court is quite special; you can think of it as a swarm consciousness capable of merging.

This makes shapeshifters easily influenced by the Sarkaz community. In other words, shapeshifters tend to have a favorable impression of people highly regarded by the Sarkaz, such as Theresis, Amiya, and... Liu Jiuli.

At present, the one who has a powerful influence on the Sarkaz people and has changed the fate of many people is undoubtedly Liu Jiuli, the uncrowned king, and his image in the Sarkaz consciousness is the most concrete and solid.

Especially after the community had gone through the test of the founding war, no Sarkaz could deny that Liu Jiuli was the new Demon King.

Even if he himself was unaware of this, it did not diminish the other Sarkaz's love and admiration for him.

Therese gave everyone reality, Theresa gave everyone hope, and Liu Jiuli is an enhanced version of both.

The fact that the Demon King had no bloodline worried Manfred greatly. On one hand, he was worried about the future fate of the Sarkaz, and on the other hand, he was worried about the subsequent impact of this uncontrollable factor, which he had no power to change.

However, the shapeshifter was determined to leave, and neither the Blood Lord nor the King of Carrion could stop him, let alone Manfred. So he could only watch the shapeshifter leave.

The people who appear to be the most unconventional are actually the most influenced and the most concerned about the Sarkaz community.

The King of Carrion stands on the side of the Sarkaz's interests, and the Shapeshifters also hope to see their brethren have a bright future. And now, that dream seems to have become a reality.

"That's not enough. I need to gather more intelligence. I need to see more of the truth."

Meanwhile, back in Kazdel, Liu Jiuli said to W, "We have a few guests. If they come, we'll treat them to a simple meal. It doesn't need to be anything fancy, just normal hospitality will do."

W asked curiously, "Who is it?"

Liu Jiuli: "Three Grand Princes from the Sarkaz court, plus Manfred, the representative of Theresis."

W was first stunned, then scoffed, "Therese didn't come."

Liu Jiuli: "Even if he comes, you can't let him ride a dirt plane."

W rolled his eyes: "Yes, yes, I know. I'm a public servant now, so I know what I should and shouldn't do. It's really frustrating that I can't kill him myself (whispering)."

Liu Jiuli put the document back in its place and said to W with a smile, "Being able to see this shows that you've grown very quickly. The New Year is almost here, so let's all celebrate together in Kazdel this year and have a good time."

W shrugged and then said with some emotion, "Another year has passed. Time flies."

After the founding war, W led the engineering corps, which had made outstanding contributions in the war, to participate in the new round of construction in Kazdel. In addition, the enemies that Kazdel encountered in the war were relatively weak (Kazdel: Do you have any manners?!), and it was not the enemy's main target. The main city survived the war unscathed, so the post-war construction was basically an expansion outward.

Kroos recently presented the first batch of research results on the Frost Spikes: the Advanced Type 1 Energy Harvesting Tower. It was deployed to the surrounding land during the expansion process to see the effect of the energy harvesting tower on the Originium Cataclysm.

As the year draws to a close, it's also the time for various departments to recognize outstanding employees, so Kazdel has a unique kind of lively atmosphere.

The most attractive one is the Kazdel Model Worker Award, which is equivalent to a provincial-level award. To receive a national-level award, one must first receive a provincial-level award. As long as they do not make any serious mistakes in their subsequent work, future national-level model workers will be selected from among these individuals.

Ninety percent of the model workers are selected from grassroots positions, and eighty percent of the delegates to the National People's Congress are also selected from grassroots positions. In a community where the state-owned economy is the mainstay, ninety percent of these eighty percent of the delegates come from state-owned enterprises, and the rest, even if they are not state-owned enterprises, are enterprises in which the state has invested.

Therefore, in the current community economic structure, there is no large capital at all, only small and medium-sized capital. South Korea has already proven the fate of super chaebols managing the country. The United States is continuing to become cyberpunk, and it wouldn't be surprising if they introduced a legal "Freedom of Shooting Day" one day.

The reason is very simple: large capital, especially financial capital, tends to evade and avoid taxes.

A country's governing capacity can be judged by its ability to collect money from the wealthy.

In terms of execution efficiency and resource utilization, the Community is far superior to Columbia, the capital model of Terra.

Capital dislikes risk, loves returns, and yearns for freedom. However, countries that can truly guarantee their interests and maintain good social order generally need to control capital, or at the very least, follow the model of Roosevelt's New Deal. Isn't that ironic?

As for the so-called war profits, those can only be obtained through localized conflicts in an environment of overall peace.

If it were a world war with indiscriminate nuclear explosions, would anyone still make money? Wall Street wouldn't even survive the next day.

Only in such a country can workers receive the respect they deserve.

The shapeshifter, disguised as an ordinary Sarkaz, watched the commendation images on the big screen with curiosity.

This is truly a spectacle—I've never seen anything like it before.

In other countries, it's taken for granted that ordinary people are treated like slaves. They should be grateful for even a meal, yet you demand praise, rewards, and front-page headlines? Who do you think you are? What family do you come from? How much are you worth? Which school did you graduate from? Do you even know the 400 million ways to write the character "回"?

It's normal to be beaten to death if you don't do a good job; this kind of systemic discrimination is commonplace in the Sarkaz royal army.

Anyway, the shapeshifter had seen many bullying incidents in the military. Veterans bullied new recruits, and even openly extorted money. Junior officers drinking the blood of soldiers was commonplace. It was so normal that the shapeshifter didn't even think it was a problem.

But now that I have a comparison, although I don't think that far ahead, I still feel a little awkward.

Or rather, in the eyes of the shapeshifters, this method is better for the Sarkaz.

This doesn't require any investigation; just close your eyes and sense it. This city is full of life and vitality, and something called hope permeates every corner of it.

That was something that countless Sarkaz could only dream of.

Just then, a childish voice rang out beside the shapeshifter.

"Uncle, what are you looking at?"

Section 276: From Ideal to Reality

(First update, (～￣▽￣)～)

The King of Shapeshifters looked down and saw a small Sarkaz boy.

The child himself wasn't anything special; the important thing was that the child's clothes were clean and tidy, and he was a very energetic little boy. In this day and age, it's quite rare for a Sarkaz child to live such a healthy life.

But here...

The King of Shapeshifters looked around at his surroundings.

It's normal for the children here to be healthy.

Children are the future; their world is pure and straightforward.

The King of Shapeshifters decided to have a talk with the child.

"Uncle is looking at those people wearing big red flowers."

As he spoke, the King of Shapeshifters pointed to the model worker commendation ceremony being broadcast on the advertising screen on the street.

In the community, these large billboards along the street are controlled by the government, and every year when model workers are commended, these billboards and advertising screens must play the names of the model workers on a loop for at least a week.

It's important to know that the commendation of model workers is always held before the New Year, which is also the time when people's spending power is at its peak. However, at this time, even if businesses want to rent large advertisements in certain places, they can't. This is because whether it's TV commercials or street advertisements, they are all featuring the figures of these model workers. And if anyone dares to put anything else in the advertisements during this period, they will be fined into bankruptcy.

Improving the status of workers is not just about talking; it requires concrete actions to let others know that labor can bring happiness, hope, and is a cool thing. Otherwise, we will either become a low-desire society, a society where people simply give up, or a society where the birth rate explodes. If you give people a negative feedback, do you expect them to give you a positive return?

It is precisely because of this firm commitment and implementation that even children within the community know that being a model worker is an honorable thing, and some children will even proudly point to the big screen and say, "That's my dad/mom!"

Fortunately, the community isn't the United States, otherwise gender would be really hard to define.

"They are all model workers, and they are very capable uncles and aunts."

What is a model worker?

"Uncle, don't you know? 'Model worker' means a model worker."

The King of the Shapeshifters fell silent. He knew about labor and he knew about role models, but could these two words be understood together?

I knew instantly that it was impossible.

Isn't it only natural for ordinary people to work for the rulers? To commend them and make such a big fuss about it must have some deeper meaning. It seems that this new Sarkaz Demon King has grand ambitions.

"Uncle is from out of town and doesn't know these things. Could you tell him about them?"

Just as the little boy was about to continue speaking, a voice called out to him.

"Vic, come here quickly."

"mom!"

The King of Shapeshifters looked up and saw a young Sarkaz woman, and beside her was a tall, strong Sarkaz man with a large red flower on his chest and wearing a blue worker's uniform.

The little boy ran into his mother's arms, and the happy scene of the family of three touched him deeply.

"This must be your child, a very cute little kid."

Upon hearing a stranger praise his child, the male Sarkaz smiled and said, "Our child hasn't caused you any trouble, has he?"

When Vic heard his father say that, he immediately pouted and said, "Vic didn't cause any trouble. Vic even helped. This uncle doesn't know what a model worker is. I explained it to him."

The King of Shapeshifters laughed and said, "Yes, Vic is really amazing. He helped Uncle a lot."

At this point, the child's mother asked, "Aren't you a local?"

The Shapeshifter King's ability allows him to mimic many people, including their accents and mannerisms. If he devours someone, he can mimic them perfectly. The form he is currently using is that of a Sarkaz mercenary he devoured before. That mercenary had been away from Kazdel for a long time, and his accent had become very foreign.

"Yes, I've been away from Kazdel for a long time. I came back recently to take a look, and the changes here are really huge."

"I see. Well, welcome back to Kazdel. Things have changed a lot here, and you'll need some time to adjust."

Such a situation is not uncommon. After New Kazdel was established, word spread quickly, and many Sarkaz people returned to Kazdel. In addition, the community's principle of accepting all comers means that anyone who passes the test can join the community and become a member. As a result, New Kazdel has recently experienced a population explosion.

However, these people can't just come in casually. Remember the Chinese Level 8 exam that Liu Jiuli prepared for? In order to standardize the axle width of carts, the written language, and unify the culture and thought within the community, there are a large number of immigrant villages in the border areas of all communities. Those outsiders must first live here and take the test. Only those who pass can immigrate. Those who fail can just stay in the immigrant village. Although the treatment here is not as good as in the community, at least you are treated as a person.

This diversionary population absorption policy minimizes immigration problems within the community because the vast majority of those who pass the rigorous tests cherish this opportunity, even to the point of fanaticism, and actively integrate into the community. Those who cannot pass the tests, based on humanitarian principles, remain in border cities to prevent the problem from spreading.

But if you don't want to pay anything but want special privileges, thinking that you should be treated well as a foreigner, the police will come to your door to offer help, and then deport you. If you commit a crime, you will be dealt with according to the laws of the community.

Therefore, locals are quite accepting of new immigrants.

In other words, the Wang family's group was actually smuggled in, but they just hadn't been discovered yet.

But it was only a matter of time before they were discovered, because they didn't have ID cards.

The community is currently implementing a unified card project, where the ID card also serves as a banking and payment document. One card can solve 99% of daily needs, and ID cards are required to enter and exit large shopping malls. This leaves no room for illegal immigrants to survive, as they will be discovered sooner or later.

As for physical currency transactions, sorry, they are no longer needed. The community has achieved nationwide networking, real-time database updates, and the construction of a national-level big data server cluster. It's not that the community has used a speed-up cheat, but rather that the prototypes of these projects were already underway during the Red Guard era, laying a very good foundation. Now, all that's needed is to add the superstructure.

So when Manfred and his group finally wanted to spend money, they discovered what it meant to have money but nowhere to spend it—they didn't even have temporary ID cards, and they were just waiting for the police to come knocking on their door.

This is why Liu Jiuli never bothers to look for these people. Once they enter Kazdel, they will either be discovered through normal channels or through irregular channels, and they will be discovered sooner or later.

They don't even need to spend money. As long as they enter a large facility like a shopping mall, they will be located because they don't have an ID card, and then the police will come to their door.

This is the new era's Skynet, making it truly difficult for criminals to move an inch.

The King of Shapeshifters was unaware of all this, and he was currently having a pleasant conversation with the couple.

As a member of the Sarkaz Ten Courts, the Shapeshifter King is very approachable, second only to Theresia. It is easy for him to gain the favor of his fellow Sarkaz. For the Sarkaz who have finally found a place to live, the newcomers need their help, and they are very willing to lend a helping hand.

Through the couple's words and actions, the King of Shapeshifters realized that Liu Jiuli had given the Sarkaz a living environment they had never experienced before. This environment was profoundly influencing every Sarkaz person, making them more positive, optimistic, and pursuing equality.