Arknights? Colonization Ark!

Tallulah and the Patriot knew what it was without having to think.

It is the mobile city of Ursus and the land fleets of each army group!

After seeing this thing, they immediately strode forward, looking at the figure opposite with burning eyes through the layers of projections.

"What do you want to do?"

The Patriot's deep voice came out from behind the mask, but he didn't look angry.

You know, if other countries had such an incredibly detailed map of Ursus, which even had clear moving city routes and military positions, then Ursus would be doomed.

These things are absolutely confidential to any country, and now they appear in front of him.

This map alone is enough to start a war between two countries.

If it were in the past, if he saw a foreigner with such a map in his hand, he might have just rushed up and killed the other person.

But now, I'm tired.

Moreover, the other party has put the map in front of you, don’t you understand what it means?

You can't just wait until the cream flows out of the puff before you accept your fate, right?

So Zhang Miao was very direct and spread his hands.

"What do you think I'm going to do?"

But as a former soldier and hero of the Ursus Empire, the Patriot still wanted to show his last bit of reserve.

"You want to invade Ursus?"

"Don't say such harsh words. How can you call it an invasion? How was your life here yesterday? Was it okay?"

His question made the others a little nervous. It turned out that sugar-coated bullets were not so easy to resist.

It is easy for them to bring people here, but it is impossible for them to take people away.

Especially now that he is receiving favors for free, the patriot has no courage to speak, and he also understands that it is the people, not the rulers, who can represent Ursus.

"Thank you very much for helping us. The children had a good rest yesterday. If they can live here, I believe their bodies will grow as strong as the fir trees in the mountains."

The gentle female voice is like the warm sunshine in winter shining on the body, making people feel extremely comfortable.

This was the first time the two had met officially. Before this, Alina had only seen him from a distance, while Zhang Miao only knew the difference of this girl through surveillance and Lexington's report.

Although everyone often shouts that everyone is equal, it is impossible to deny that everyone has different talents.

Some people are simply outrageous in certain aspects. Some can turn a piece of grass pulled from the roadside into poetry, can realize the truth of the universe when hit by an apple, and can see the world from a sweatshop. They are beyond common sense.

Alina said this, and Zhang Miao had heard her conversation with Tallulah.

From this point of view, this can no longer be considered a normal person.

Her conversation, temperament, and the wisdom that easily sees through the essence of things are not what a rural girl should have.

This made Zhang Miao doubt her origins and purpose.

But several tests proved that Alina was just an infected girl who was powerless. She knew nothing about literature and history. There was nothing special about her. Everything she said was based on her instinctive thinking.

She has transcended this decadent era.

Ursus should be thankful that Alina has not undergone any systematic study.

Either Ursus assassinates Alina, or she launches a revolutionary storm that is enough to shake the foundation of Ursus.

This is not a guerrilla like Tallulah who fights guerrilla warfare on the ice field.

Once people's thoughts spread, they cannot be killed.

……

Zhang Miao waved his hand

"It's just what we need. There's no need to thank me. There are still many things that need your help."

"I believe you have seen that I have everything I need except people."

Six thousand people may sound like a lot, but if you drop them into a slightly larger industrial zone, they won't even make a splash, not to mention removing the non-labor force, which would make the number even smaller.

"Also, the local garrison will probably be busy with other things in the near future, and their control over the mines will be at a low point. This is a good opportunity for us to try to break into a few mines and rescue people."

After Kampf got the information back, they made a fuss. Even if they couldn't fight, there would be a lot of friction. By then, no one would care if one or two infected people ran away from the mines.

"But can you tell me why you do this?"

………Tallulah finally asked this question.

It was impossible to say that they were not curious. Zhang Miao knew this in his heart. After all, a city that appeared out of nowhere was not something that could be easily fooled.

"Shouldn't you have understood clearly?"

Unknown housing materials and styles, ridiculously advanced technology, huge reserves of supplies, and willingness to accept the infected: this is not something that any country on Terra can currently do.

In fact, they had already guessed Zhang Miao's identity in private.

The final conclusion is that he is a pre-civilized person.

After all, it is no secret that Terra had a former civilization. Anyone who reads a lot and has a little knowledge knows that the ruins everywhere also show traces of its existence.

Once they placed Zhang Miao in the shoes of a survivor of a previous civilization, everything made sense.

Zhang Miao might have been hiding in a shelter and sleeping until today when he woke up. Otherwise, he wouldn't have known what the infected and Originium were at the beginning.

Zhang Miao was also aware of their discussion, so he said that they already understood it.

Even if he was exposed in the end, he could just say that he never said anything and that they just made it up in their own imaginations.

Chapter 59: Social Transparency

In fact, the earliest guess was made by Yelena.

Ever since she discovered that Zhang Miao didn't seem to know common knowledge about infected people and Originium, and even her father said he had never seen the things on him, she had been wondering where he came from.

Until she remembered the Columbia novel that Tallulah had told her about before, which was about aliens and pre-civilizations.

This became even more certain when I later discovered that Zhang Miao did not have any Terran characteristics.

However, Tallulah rejected the alien setting because it was too unscientific.

Naturally, they labeled Zhang Miao a remnant of a previous civilization in their minds, and he was happy to see it happen.

Seeing that the other party had confirmed his identity, Tallulah felt quite complicated, because the other party seemed to have more claim to this land.

After all, everything is based on first come first served.

But she soon felt relieved. In fact, Tallulah had no sense of belonging to these countries. She was the first to applaud the demise of the Ursus authorities.

Among the people present, the Patriot might be the only one who still had some lingering memories of the Ursus in his heart, but it was just a lingering memory.

That Ursus had long since died in the riot along with his son.

As long as everyone can live happily, what difference does it make whether it is the previous civilization or Ursus?

"Since you have no objection, sit down and talk. Aren't you tired of standing like this?"

Hearing this, the people who were standing pulled their chairs and sat down, leaving only the Patriot still standing by the table, silently looking at the 3D map in front of him.

This has been his habit all along.

"If there's anything we can do, just tell me."

Even Yelena couldn't be so shameless as to eat free meals here every day even though theoretically the food belonged to them.

"Then let me say a few words first. These are also things that everyone who will live here will know and must abide by."

Seeing Zhang Miao's serious words, several people couldn't help but become serious.

"First of all, there is no traditional ruling government in this city. All materials will have clear records of every step from production to use, even if it is just the coming and going of a pound of rice. Lexington is fully responsible for this, and all citizens have the right to query it."

When he finished speaking, a holographic projection of Lexington herself immediately appeared beside him. Her real body was leading the infected people to familiarize themselves with the city and the workplace.

"She is an artificial intelligence and will not lie to anyone within the scope of inquiry. You can try it now."

Traditional material statistics positions will not be replaced by AI because it is impossible to falsify accounts and any problems will be discovered immediately. Therefore, even an emerging government will not be able to implement this policy because everyone needs someone to take the blame.

Obviously AI won’t take the blame.

The full transparency of resource allocation can solve the problem of corruption to the greatest extent. Even if you just carry a handful of rice, it will be discovered and made public.

Generally speaking, if the water is too clear, there will be no fish. Anyone who does this will not get support and will not be able to rule. But Zhang Miao does not need anyone's support. From technology to economy, these people can't give him any help now.

To be more precise, this group of people was exploiting him.

The reason why Zhang Miao chose them was not only because of his own sense of morality, but also because he believed that these Terrans, as the products of experiments of a previous civilization that was willing to save them even without caring about themselves, must have something worth his investment.

Moreover, as infected people abandoned by the mainstream society of Ursus, they have no other choice but to choose here or choose the mines in Ursus. As long as a certain number of infected people get used to this lifestyle, they will become the mainstream.

Finally, for someone like him who is leading a colonial ship, the initial construction does not actually require too many people, and fully automated production can solve most of the problems.

Therefore, it was never he who came to ask these people for help, but these people who came to ask him for help.

After listening to Zhang Miao's words, Tallulah frowned and thought for a moment, then asked:

"Then how can we ensure that you won't..."

Tallulah shut up halfway through her speech, because everything here belonged to her, and there was no reason for her to embezzle her own money.

Others actually didn't even understand what artificial intelligence was, and just regarded Lexington as an absolutely honest statistician.

Yelena exclaimed

"There are actually so many!"

The screen in front of her showed that the total amount of food was 60,000 to 70,000 tons. All of this food was now stored in the underground warehouse in the city.

All the food consumption of the past two days was also written below, with the unit even precise to milligrams, which dazzled Yelena.

In addition, there are detailed reserves of various minerals, metals, and woods, which you can find as long as you want to check.

"Amazing!"

"What else? What else?"

She couldn't wait to hear what happened next.

"The second is the semi-transparency of personal property. As long as there is sufficient reason, you can apply to the higher authorities to inquire about someone's personal property, regardless of their identity and status. Of course, you can also try to conceal it, but the result will definitely not be very friendly."

"And the main purpose of financial transparency is to prevent people with a lot of social wealth from evading taxes through illegal means. Otherwise, we can't put all the taxes on grassroots workers."

The transparency of personal property is intended to ensure that the main source of tax revenue in the future will be property tax rather than production tax.

In this way, heavy taxes can be directly levied on the wealth-concentrated class to achieve the purpose of resource circulation.

Zhang Miao thought about direct public ownership, but felt that it would be a big step and could easily lead to setbacks.

No one seemed to have any objection to this point, because none of them had studied economics and didn't know what it meant. Besides, everyone was penniless now and couldn't even afford a penny, so they didn't really care about it.

But Tallulah obviously understood part of it and was frowning, thinking about something.

“That’s the third point.”

As he spoke, Zhang Miao took out a stack of booklets and threw them to everyone.

As everyone was carefully reading the booklet, he continued to introduce

"This is the city handbook I compiled. In order to help everyone and future newcomers integrate into this city as quickly as possible, I wrote a lot of basic knowledge on it. There is also a detailed map attached at the back. Currently, only 10,000 copies have been printed. I would like to trouble everyone in the integration movement to distribute them to everyone."

This batch of manuals was just printed this morning. The main colonial ship has very little productivity available now. In order to build this community within seven days, the construction of the power station has to be temporarily stopped. In addition, a large amount of resources will be invested in the overall repair of the ship, which is an astronomical figure. In the absence of a dock, the repair time is also very long, so not many production lines can be mobilized here.

Chapter 60: Treatment of Ore Disease

“But I’ve never seen a lot of things here, and is this what our community looks like?”

Yelena looked at the map in confusion. She looked at it forward and backward several times, but she just couldn't see what the community in her mind looked like. No matter how she looked at it, it was different from the one on the map.

Finally, the old man, who was used to observing the map, pointed to a certain location on the map with his finger. It was a very small area on the map.

“We should be right here where we are now.”

He has always been very sensitive to geographical locations. The guerrillas often relied on him to point the way on the snowfields to avoid getting lost, so he could tell his approximate location at a glance.

"Hey! It's so small? How big must this city be?"