Doctor, I'm really strong!

Dr. Doretto laughed and said, "It's just a newborn baby, but you can't say that a baby is useless."

Christensen: "But in my opinion, it's just a worthless decoration now."

As they were talking, a fully armed mechanical dog walked into the closed testing platform. After a ferocious tearing and biting, Dr. Doretto's little darling was reduced to a pile of QR codes. The mechanical dog was covered in green liquid, which was the creature's blood.

Seeing his work destroyed, Dr. Doretto was not angry; he simply smiled and continued to admire it.

Just then, the mechanical dog suddenly convulsed. In a very short time, it was entangled by green vines that appeared out of nowhere, then twisted, deformed, and finally completely assimilated into a bizarre alien creature.

At that moment, Christensen was truly shocked.

Although there are similar creatures on Terra, this is the first time she has seen an assimilated creature that can be controlled so freely.

The Rhine Life staff present were also shocked, but some of their expressions gradually turned into fanaticism, while only the head of the ecology department, Muirsay, had a furrowed brow, seemingly lost in thought.

Dr. Doretto then opened his arms and smiled at everyone: "Are you all satisfied with this performance?"

Christen clapped, and soon applause filled the entire observation room.

This is the seventh month since the Fools arrived on Terra. Their previous operation on the eastern continent of Terra has been a complete failure.

Dr. Doretto was the unluckiest, parachuting directly into the capital of Yan. The political figure ran into Wei's nuclear bomb and died before he could even utter a sound. Fortunately, he had a spare body.

The second time was also within Yan State territory, where he bumped into Liu Jiuli, who was on a visit abroad. After recognizing the other party's identity, Liu Jiuli went up and hit him twice without saying a word, and Doretto's health code was immediately turned red.

Honestly, this was the first time Doreto had ever realized that there was something even more terrifying than the Ice Queen. Two giant bells had sent him to his death, and he had no power to resist at all. Do you know how much psychological damage that was?! You don't hit someone in the face!

The third time was within the Eastern Kingdom. If he had been a little earlier, he might have run into Raiden Shin. But by then, Raiden Shin had already gone to be the governor of a province on the border between the Community and Kazimierz. Doretto triggered the interdimensional alarm and was targeted by the Community's "Abnormal Transmission Handling Team." These people were all capable of completely overwhelming the Emperor's inner guards in combat. Doctor Doretto was identified as a dangerous intruder for resisting and was beaten to death on the spot. His body and belongings were taken by Kal'tsit for research.

Then the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh time.

A total of seven near-death experiences occurred, all within the community's territory. Realizing that his insistence and stubbornness would only lead to more failures, Doreto decisively began processing the supplies.

The Community, a centralized, powerful, and technologically advanced country that can always catch time travelers, is far too dangerous. Neighboring Colombia is much more considerate; as long as you can prove your worth, you can do whatever you want here.

Dr. Doretto was eager to sing the praises of capitalism, believing that money could buy everything. No matter how blasphemous the experiment, it was irrelevant here. All they cared about was the surplus value they could exploit, and how that surplus value came about was unimportant.

So he approached Rhine Life, and through that connection, he got in touch with the Colombian government, and then he discovered the New World.

Colombia is incredibly hostile to the community. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Let's unite!

It's true what they say: follow the bees to find flowers, follow the flies to find toilets; birds of a feather flock together.

Colombia is currently very insecure. Although there are other countries between them and the Community, both Victoria and Casimir make Colombia feel unreliable. Victoria, in particular, was a master at selling colonies back then. If the Community attacks, they might just turn around and charge into Colombia.

As for Kazimir, anyone with a modicum of intelligence wouldn't expect this country to be able to stop the community.

Therefore, relying on heaven and earth is not as good as relying on oneself. That's why Colombia is now very interested in all kinds of black technology and is frantically carrying out archaeological excavations in various places. They wish they could dig up the emperor's golden toilet tomorrow to summon the Chaos Primarch, and under the blessing of the four gods, turn the tide against the community and achieve great harmony of life.

Too loyal, I suggest an extermination order (cold face).

For them, regardless of whether the gift from Dr. Doretto was a real gift or a gift from the devil, they were willing to trade it. Even if it was like drinking poison to quench their thirst, they had to solve their thirst problem first.

Thus, under the leadership of Dr. Doreto, the Fools who entered the Terra continent officially cooperated with the Columbia government. Columbia had only one goal: to gain the power to resist the Community, especially the Community's terrifying steel torrent. If Columbia could not stop the Community's advance, it would have no future.

Or rather, capitalists have no future; they don't want to become dried-up bacon on a streetlight.

Back in his resting place, Dr. D'Oret saw a familiar face: Rosaline Cruzshika Loehfat, the eighth seat of the Fatui Executive.

"If I remember correctly, the technology you gave to those people was the power of the Grass God that you yourself haven't mastered yet."

The doctor shrugged indifferently: "What does it matter? They don't know anyway, and they're actually quite happy using it."

The woman said, "I just don't want that thing to go berserk and kill our people first."

The doctor smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I will still prepare the necessary insurance. As for the cost, let the people here test it for us."

Meanwhile, the community is undertaking a massive public welfare project, or rather, preparing for humanity's ascension.

The prosthetic technology of the constructs, the genetic technology from the deep-sea hunters, the mature technologies that the community has continuously developed and innovated on the basis of Earth's technology tree over the years, and the Originium technology of Terra—all these achievements have finally come together to serve humanity in the most concrete way: Ascension.

Although the Terrans are currently in good physical condition, their bodies are too weak after leaving Earth to adapt quickly to the new environment. Therefore, modifications based on their original physical condition must be put on the agenda.

However, even with new bodies, humanity still cannot advance quickly. After all, these technologies are cutting-edge products that require a large amount of experimental data, thus requiring a massive number of participants to perfect these extremely dangerous pioneering works.

This inevitably involves sacrifice, so only true warriors are qualified to shoulder such a heavy responsibility.

After a year of selection and training, the Ascension Project officially began on February 1, 1109 Terra, codenamed "609".

Section 364: Interdimensional Trade

(Unbeknownst to me, it's been a year since I joined Dimension Princess. Time flies so fast! ╮(╯▽╰)╭)

There was something Liu Jiuli was very curious about: in the Arknights game, why did Rhodes Island have so many problems even though only a year or two had passed? Did they have the ability to create clones or manage time in a different dimension?

Either Rhodes Island had everything prepared beforehand, and players were simply following the story and playing the game, or it was a convergence and integration of a bunch of world lines, culminating in an infinitely modified version of Steins;Gate. Otherwise, there's no way to explain it.

Just look at the current community. It takes years to advance a project, and that's with the entire community working together and the government and people getting along well. How can Rhodes Island be so powerful? Or is it because the plot isn't tight enough, and the female characters have turned into older women, so players don't want to play anymore?

Don't be silly. As long as your character art is beautiful and your explanations are comprehensive, even if the operators could borrow another 500 years from heaven, players wouldn't care. They might even feel a strange excitement.

Forget it, that's all a game thing, it has nothing to do with Liu Jiuli. The most important thing right now is reality.

The third five-year plan continued to advance, and in relatively peaceful times, time entered the year 1110 of Terra.

A major event occurred at the beginning of the year: another portal appeared in the North, and the infected entities, contaminated by the Punishing Virus, launched another attack. However, this time they faced not a desolate, icy wasteland, but a well-prepared army of the Community.

The dimensional reactions before the appearance of the dimensional gate caused the dimensional detection radar to start trembling; it would be strange if it couldn't be seen.

The overwhelming barrage of bullets engulfed the invaders, but among those who came this time were some special individuals—ascended beings who, even after being infected by the Punishing Virus, were still able to maintain their own existence—Lucia Crimson Abyss.

After some physical exchange, the two sides were finally able to sit down and talk.

Then Liu Jiuli asked about all the information about the upgraded individuals.

There's no way around it, Lucia Crimson Abyss is a complete novice when it comes to politics. She's the kind of girl who can fool you three times in one go, so she basically says whatever comes to mind and is extremely honest.

Afterwards, other ascendants came into contact with the community, and the community quickly obtained a large amount of information about the Punishing: Gray Raven world.

Currently, there are six publicly known factions in the Punishing: Gray Raven world: The Sky Garden, The Forgotten Ones, Arctic Route Alliance, Adile Business Alliance, Kowloon United Community, and The Ascended Ones.

Among them, the Sky Gardens, the Arctic Route Alliance, the Kowloon United Community, and the Adelaide Business Alliance are official forces.

The Forgotten Ones and the Ascended Ones belong to unofficial organizations, in addition to a bunch of miscellaneous small groups.

"Should we get to know them all?"

"The way those national-level organizations think is probably different from that of the upgraded ones."

"In other words, they may invade Terra."

"From a place with the Punishing Virus to a place with the Originium Scourge, what kind of invasion is this?"

"Maybe they'd be willing."

Neither side is a good place.

After internal discussions, Liu Jiuli finally decided to try to contact the official organization of the Punishing: Gray Raven world, and the community could offer them a bargaining chip that they absolutely could not refuse.

"Antibody antibodies are drugs that can completely immunize against the Parmigration virus."

Liu Jiuli handed a vial of blue liquid to Lucia Crimson Abyss. This was the community's research findings on the Punishing Virus and Originium Crystals, a cure that could completely resolve Oripathy and the Punishing Virus.

It's not about expelling the Punishing Virus and Originium Crystals from the body, but rather accepting and accommodating them. Theoretically, anyone injected with this kind of protest can become a Doctor who can eat Originium raw.

Of course, it's best not to do something so reckless. The body has a limit to its capacity. Ingesting too much of the Punishing Virus and Originium Crystals at once can lead to serious stone problems, such as gallstones, kidney stones, bladder stones, or even thrombotic stones. But it's still much better than terminal illnesses like Oripathy and Infected.

After testing the effectiveness of the anabolic antibodies, Kowloon immediately approached them seeking cooperation.

"We need 100 million units of anabolic antibodies. Name your price!"

"Wait, wait, I know you're in a hurry, but please don't rush. We're using assimilation antibodies too. This stuff isn't like weeds in the ground that can grow with a little water. How about we sign a long-term contract, with full supply expected within a year?"

"make a deal!"

The two sides then proceeded with business negotiations in a harmonious and friendly atmosphere.

In May of the same year, the Arctic Route Alliance also joined in, expanding the trade scope of the Punishing: Gray Raven world to two countries. Subsequently, the three parties established Friendship City in Siberia, marking the official start of cross-world trade for the community. Rosetta, as the community's negotiating representative, went to Friendship City, returned to the place where she had fought, found her former comrades-in-arms, and fulfilled a long-cherished wish.

"There are a lot of good things over there. These are all pretty good. We can use them to try out that project from before."

Kroos has been incredibly happy lately because many technical personnel have come from the Punishing: Gray Raven world, and they have naturally brought a lot of new technologies, greatly expanding her knowledge base. Many new ideas are constantly emerging, and she feels that the whole world has become a better place. The flashes of inspiration during experiments are the most precious treasures for researchers.

However, Liu Jiuli received some bad news.

"The Hanging Gardens are engaging in diplomacy, claiming they want the whole world to unite and engage with us."

Liu Jiuli held the documents provided by the Kowloon representative in his hand, and shook his head with a smile.

"In chemical experiments, the things that are filtered out each time are basically called impurities."

In the game, the Hanging Gardens represent humanity's hope and future, but in reality, use your brain: if a disaster were to strike and everyone had to flee Earth, who would be the first to be granted the right to escape?

Now you probably understand the class composition of the Sky Garden, right? The powerful and influential got their tickets first, then the capable ones, and finally, how many ordinary people could fit in the remaining few? Their ancestors were at least from humble backgrounds, and apart from not being able to compare with Jack Ma in terms of luxury, they were all at Jack Ma's level in everything else.

Do you know what it means to be poor for five generations? It means that if a poor person is poor for five generations, they will be naturally eliminated and nothing will be left.

You ask what natural selection means? No money, can't find a wife, and even if you get married, you can't support your children, so you become extinct, understand?

This is the harsh reality: no matter who you are, you have to go against the current; if you don't move forward, you fall behind.

For the people living in the Hanging Gardens, they didn't suffer much hardship and even considered themselves the saviors of the earth and humanity's only hope. If such an environment could cultivate hardworking saviors, it wouldn't be a genetic mutation, but a miracle caused by third-party intervention.

Therefore, this kind of purification of aerial images is basically equivalent to reverse purification.

Many people believe that humans will unite in dire straits, but it is more likely that humans will first fight amongst themselves in dire situations, and only when all else is done will they go all in, so that even if they die, they will not lose anything.

Unfortunately, the aerial views in the real world are not as "grand" as those in the game.

Since it's a game, if the content is too R18G, you'll have to go to Pixiv to find it.

But reality never works in a reasonable way. You can modify a game repeatedly if you don't like it, you can cheat, you can curse the planners and editors, or even write fan fiction to vent your frustrations, but you can only accept reality.

"I'd like to hear your thoughts."

"Kowloon stands on the side of the community."

"The same applies to the Arctic shipping route alliance."

"Thank you for your trust. Please rest assured that the community will never treat its friends unfairly."

Even from a purely practical standpoint, Kowloon and the Arctic Shipping Alliance would not side with the aerial footage. The light and heavy industrial products produced by the Community have greatly alleviated their domestic survival problems, especially for the Arctic Shipping Alliance. In the past, many people starved and froze to death every month, but since they began trading with the Community, these problems have disappeared.

Those who could not afford it were also immigrated to the community, and some even joined the community. There were even voices calling for the Arctic Shipping Alliance to join the community, and many high-ranking officials thought it was a good idea.

After all, the organization's predecessor was Russia, and the people of Ursus are incredibly enthusiastic about communities, so the Arctic shipping route alliance is no exception. At most, there are some differences in the details, but the general direction is the same.