Creating a Sandbox World

Time sped up again.

When Lin Tuo put down the bowls and chopsticks and returned to the room, what he saw was the rapidly recovering human kingdom.

The farewell of the three grand masters may be an extremely important scene in their mutual memory, but on the scale of time and space, it has not even been recorded in the running log.

In the two worlds inside and outside, there are only a handful of people who know this story.

Lin Tuo turned the gear of time, so the era continued and rolled forward.

Visible to the naked eye, the damaged buildings on the North and South Continents and Jiudalian Island have been restored, and the ruined city has been lit up again, and the cycle of day and night has repeated countless times.

Higher buildings, larger population, more prosperous economy and culture, and a more lively world.

Nothing seems to have changed.

If there is, it is probably because people who live in it occasionally look up from their busyness and find with some doubts that the pace of the world seems to have become faster.

In the ... year of the world's evolution, the disaster caused by the prayer candles has gradually become history. On the anniversary day, the whole world has restored prosperity.

In the same year, the entire human kingdom formulated two extremely important treaties. First, the Northern Continent King's Alliance signed a century-old peace treaty, lifted all military actions, and agreed on a series of details to strengthen coordinated development.

Then, in the Southern Continent, the then Emperor Li Mou went north for the first time, visited the three major kingdoms, and signed a commercial import and export treaty... Further opening up the north-south trade...

With the introduction of the Northern Chamber of Commerce, a large amount of money poured in for a while... The southern country ushered in vigorous development.

...The following year, the Southern Continent sent thousands of international students to the northern countries for further studies, and the integration between the North and the South intensified

... In the same year, the Southern Mining United Company, which is jointly owned by the four major countries, was listed to mine the rich underground mineral deposits in the Southern Continent.

Steam enveloped the entire mine, rumbling endlessly, driving the vigorous development of surrounding industries. In just one year, the area of ​​mine laying exceeded the historical total of the southern country...

Standing next to the sand table, under the gaze of Lin Tuo, the entire southern continent is rapidly expanding under the effect of "zooming".

The ever-rising, year-round steam almost formed a cloud, which was spectacular.

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This is a commercial activity at the national level. The relatively underdeveloped Southern Continent obtains aid and financial input from the North at the cost of locally stored minerals.

At the same time, the supporting industries of the entire heavy industry are slowly moving southward.

However, Lin Tuo, who has participated in the "Centennial Plan" throughout, knows that this is an important part of the plan.

The so-called mineral mining is not completely false, but more importantly, it is to cover the implementation of the "shelter" plan.

To put it simply, in the "Great Ice Age" era, it was difficult for fragile human beings to survive on the surface, so they could only go underground, and it happened that they already had relevant abilities.

The Metropolitan Metro of Winton is proof of that.

The so-called "shelter" plan was proposed by Lin Tuo, discussed and discussed by the remaining seven people, and finally decided on a resolution.

That is to use a hundred years to dig out an underground world that can accommodate tens of millions of people in the warmer Southern Continent.

This is of course a very grand plan.

If tens of millions of people want to survive, it is definitely not something that can be solved by digging a big mine. It requires a lot of planning and investigation and countless tests.

How to ensure the normal production of living materials, how to obtain enough light, oxygen, water...to maintain the consumption of tens of millions of people, how to obtain enough energy to resist the cold, how to ensure that the future underground world, people from different regions can be relatively stable Coexist with the earth, reduce violence and cultural riots, conflicts, how to provide enough jobs, the promotion system, so that the social infrastructure can operate normally after going underground... There are too many things to consider...

And the most basic, how to obtain enough social resources to invest in this grand plan that has never been seen in the history of human development?

All of these things were once placed on the round table, but they also came up with solutions one by one during the long discussion among the people.

"Opening up all countries, especially the north-south trade is to activate as much as possible, create social wealth, and mobilize the power of the whole society in this way...

The purpose of foreign students and investment in setting up factories is to make the Southern Continent from being relatively backward to fully catching up within a hundred years.

In this process, the cultures of the north and the south will also be further integrated, reducing the cultural barriers between the two places, and paving the way for immigrants a hundred years later...

The projects led by the state transfer wealth and population to the south in a relatively obscure and imperceptible way...

This is a method that is relatively unlikely to cause a violent social backlash. "

Lin Tuo quietly looked down at the Southern Continent, where the sand table was flourishing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and murmured in his heart.

In my mind, I couldn't help but think of the scene of the round table discussion not long ago.

Of course, this is a decision that requires unparalleled courage to make.

Moreover, all parties should try their best to fight for the future of their own nationals on the premise of ensuring the progress of the plan.

Taking benefits... After all, although survival is the first goal.

But as a king, it is necessary to fight for rights and interests, whether it is based on selfishness, interests, or the illusory theory of responsibility.

"During this process, the Southern Continent will receive a large amount of resources and assistance from the northern countries, open or covert blood transfusions...then it will rise rapidly and become the new hegemon of this world.

However, this also does not come without cost.

Correspondingly, the emperor of the Southern Kingdom must constantly cut off his rights and interests and hand them over to the northern countries, and endure the erosion, assimilation, and suppression of the three kingdoms...even sacrifice a certain amount of sovereignty.

In this way, the four forces can gain as much power as possible to check and balance each other in the future integration. "

Lin Tuo whispered softly.

It must be admitted that if he hadn't watched the whole process and asked him to design it himself, he might have ignored the appeal in this regard.

He can even foresee that if he can survive the disaster, the underground world in the future will probably be a complicated situation similar to the "four political parties" ruling at the same time.

Of course, in the dynamic struggle, it is also possible to change from four, to three, to one...or reversely divided into dozens of seats...

In the end, which side will prevail and which side will disappear... It depends on the result of their game with each other.

"But that's none of my business."

Lin Tuo gathered his thoughts back from the state of wandering, and smiled self-deprecatingly:

"Of course, the premise is that human beings can survive this winter together."

...

A hundred years in the sandbox is not long for Lin Tuo, but neither is it short.

As the complexity of society continues to increase, the gap between the sandbox and the reality of time flow is also shrinking.

In the first half a day, high-rise buildings were erected in the originally low-slung cities of the Southern Continent, and the factories moved so fast that it was almost a distraction. A new urban area was added to the originally barren land.

In the afternoon, the speed slowed down significantly.

Waiting for the next day, it was getting slower and slower.

Moreover, this situation is still intensifying with the development of civilization.

Lin Tuo estimated that at this pace, it will take at least a few days in reality before it is possible to go through a hundred years.

The "100-year plan" did not stagnate or regress social development, but instead moved forward more violently and at an almost sprint speed.

This is of course the result of the joint stimulation and cooperation of all countries.

And what followed, in addition to the slower flow of time, were the ever-increasing log entries:

In the first year of world evolution, Fryer Kingdom's laboratory successfully obtained edible plants from many cold-resistant species brought back from the polar regions, and cultivated them on a large scale in a simulated environment, becoming the first edible, cold-resistant crops

In the following year, the mages and scholars of the Church of Winton Kingdom improved the magic heat source amplification model and achieved experimental success

In the same year, the first magic heat source steam boiler was successfully developed, which was rapidly promoted and widely used in the royal industry, collecting and using data for iteration

In the ... year, a new type of steam mining machine was put into the southern continent, and the emperor at that time ordered the construction of a large altar for sacrificial activities, and the consumption of ore intensified

In the ... year, the first steam and magic hybrid car appeared in the Kingdom of Aspen, and in the same year, the Kingdom Automobile Factory was established

...

In the ... year, King Edward of Winton fell ill and died, and was succeeded by his eldest son Edward II. In the same year, the Great Council of Winton proposed to reduce the kingdom's external expenditure and abolish many decrees implemented by the old king, but failed

In the ... year, the people of the Kingdom of Aspen marched, and King Ferdinand sent troops to suppress them. The kingdom was in turmoil for a while.

The following year, Ferdinand died of a serious illness. The new king came to power, promulgated eleven new policies, announced the tearing up of the century-old peace treaty, and massively expanded the army... It was night, he died unexpectedly in the palace, suspected to be assassinated by a black magician, the kingdom was in turmoil, February Afterwards, the third daughter of Ferdinand ascended the throne and served as queen, and the turmoil stopped

In the ... year, the emperor of the Southern Kingdom ordered one hundred thousand soldiers and civilians to be recruited, the treasury to be emptied, and the whole country to borrow money to build a thousand giant altars within the borders of the country to please the gods.

In the ... year, the climate turned colder, the polar regions expanded, the range of activities of monsters in the snow region expanded, and abnormalities appeared, and the monsters in the north and south poles mutated...

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In the ... year, the world's seasons are abnormal, the seasons are disordered, and the ice sheets at the two poles expand abnormally

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On the fifth day after the round table meeting, on an unremarkable morning, Lin Tuo, who was sitting in front of the computer, automatically popped up the virtual panel on his retina, and received the extremely familiar reminder message again.

Turning his head, he looked at the evolution sand table beside him.

Lin Tuo exhaled lightly, and got up in the spring.

Sandbox No. 2 finally ushered in the catastrophe after a century.