Chapter 1523 Future and Present

The Ogure Tribal State has made great sacrifices for the alliance—maybe one day in the future, this sentence will become an epilogue in a certain history book, a test point on a certain paper, or a student The 5 points that missed the Imperial College, but at this moment, today, this sentence is the fact that is happening on that land, it is the current and tens of millions of people in the Ancestors Plain and even the whole territory of Ogulei. future.

Through today's advanced communication system, Gawain has witnessed everything that happened in the holy mountain. He saw the sensor bases spread all over the plain, the steel and concrete frame covering the entire mountain, and the crisscrossing sky. The spring of energy, as well as the engineering convoys and mage groups shuttling between the edge of the city, the countryside, and the wilderness, it is no exaggeration to describe such a scene as "spectacular" and "exciting", but these inspiring scenes Propaganda is for ordinary people. For chess players like Gao Wen and the Five Kings of Ogulei, what they see is the reality behind all of this——

Ogulei lost their holy mountain forever, the mountain has now been split into dozens of cracks by the spring of energy, and nearly two-thirds of the mountain structure is slowly and steadily moving under the instructions issued by the observer's secret room. In the future, several peaks will be flattened, several mountain streams will be closed, and the alliance's engineering army will use steel and cement to cover it with a layer of carapace, so that it can be used to install energy stations and data stations one after another. Processing nodes, the sacred pilgrim cave will be turned into a symbol in the history book, and the thousand-year-old pilgrim trail has been melted down by the flowing dark blue vein...

Even if one day in the future, the cold winter ends, the natural disasters disappear, and people no longer need the magic tide observation device, it is impossible for the alliance to return the sacred mountain of the Ogulei people to them.

On the other hand, what the Ogulei Tribal Country has paid is not only a holy mountain, but also a fountain of energy comparable to the Deep Blue Well—in order to build the magic tide observation device, Mirmina has already The energy veins under the Ancestors Peak were completely reshaped to meet the needs of the blueprint, and this shaping was bound to the overall changes of the holy mountain, and it was also irreversible. After the reshaping, the dark blue webway was no longer suitable as an ordinary The source of energy used, and this...was originally the best hope for the Ogulei tribal country to regain its national strength after experiencing the tragic blow of the Wasteland War.

In the Battle of the Wasteland, all countries in the alliance suffered damage to varying degrees, but no country suffered as much as Ogure—because the leading countries of the alliance, including Cecil and the Silver Empire, misjudged the wasteland, The alliance did not deploy sufficient security on the western front, which directly led to the Ogure tribal country, which was not listed as the front line at all, being attacked by the Wasteland Legion at the beginning of the war, and one-third of its land fell. During the counter-offensive phase, the hate-filled Ogulei people were always charging forward, which allowed them to kill countless enemies, but also made the Ogulei coalition army the army with the highest casualty rate in the entire counter-offensive phase and the entire Battle of Tarash .

Now that the flames of revenge have faded and the war has ended in victory, the triumphant soldiers and the surviving people have to face a series of real problems.

The dark blue well hidden in the peak of the ancestors is one of the few "family properties" left in this country after the wasteland war.

It is their capital to revive the economy and restore national strength in the next few decades, but now this family property has become the chassis of the magic tide observation device-from the perspective of the entire operation cycle of the magic tide and the cycle of social development, this observation The device can even be said to be "disposable".

"Now the alliance is already providing various 'preferential treatment' to Ogure, including trade tax incentives and energy quotas from the Deep Blue Well, but in my opinion, all these preferential policies are Temporary, the price Ogulei paid is permanent," Gao Wen said in a deep voice, and what Amber mentioned today, he had actually foreseen the day when the holy mountain reconstruction project started, "Now this kind of Sooner or later, the enthusiasm for 'the whole world is united to fight against natural disasters' will fade, and when the crisis of the magic tide ends, that is when the crisis of Ogulei begins..."

"Could it really be so serious?" Bertila, who had been listening by the side without interrupting, finally couldn't help but speak. She is not as good at analyzing the overall situation as Gao Wen, and she is not as good at analyzing the overall situation as Hu Po in the long-term information. She has accumulated valuable experience at work, and she feels that it is hard for her to imagine that this stalwart act of saving the world will turn into a hidden danger that will destabilize the alliance in a few years. Can't it be exchanged for a long-term glory and prosperity for the Ogure people?"

"Of course not, the situation will be even more serious than what I said." Gawain glanced at Bertila calmly, with a low voice, "Because the disaster will end, and the matter of united efforts in the disaster will not be resolved after the disaster is over." If it is properly handled, it will definitely become a heavy burden for everyone, and it will even become a tearing point in morality and public opinion, especially for human beings... Beltera, you have also been for human beings, and you have witnessed human beings for hundreds of years You know the short-term changes of human beings better than anyone else.

"Can you imagine such a scene? Beltira, you can imagine that there is an old Ogure, a veteran who returned from the Tarash Plain, and is now sitting by the street that has been stopped due to financial problems , his living allowance has been cut repeatedly, and the heating bill for this winter has not yet been applied for. His house is behind him, and it is as cold inside as the street. He hopes to find a job, but there is no surplus in the city. post...

"Why is this happening? Because the tide of magic is over, and the Battle of the Wasteland is already a distant memory. People in other countries in the alliance are increasingly unable to accept turning their tax money into another country's infrastructure aid and trade subsidies, especially Those young people... They can't even remember which year the Battle of Tarash took place, nor how many people died during the construction of the magic tide observation device. Some more advanced and exciting entertainment is attracting them, And they think that the scores occupied by these historical test points can be made up by other methods.

"But the veteran sitting in front of the door waiting for the subsidy and heating bills is different. The memories of those wars and disasters have never left him. Mountain, remembering the scene of the last pilgrimage when I and my comrades set foot on the front line-these once glorious and proud experiences are becoming more and more muddy and faded memories.

"His government can no longer pay the high social cost, because the most affluent area of ​​the country is now occupied by a big machine that cannot be dug away or dismantled. The country's energy reserves and even environmental costs in the next few decades have already been saved for the world. As for the overdraft, the government wants to remove the sensor arrays in the plain area and clean up the pipelines that have gradually begun to produce pollution leaks, so that at least part of the cultivated land and mining belt can be restored. The cost of removing those huge facilities is even lower than that of building They're higher, and the league... the new generation of the league is refusing to pay these 'bills that don't concern them'.

"If we fail to deal with the subsequent series of problems of the magic tide observation device, then such a situation will become a certain kind of normality in the future, and eventually an irreparable rift will be created within the alliance.

"Beltilla, we are indeed united now. All countries are helping Ogulei to get out of the trauma of war, but half of these aids are actually just to complete the construction of the magic tide observation device as soon as possible, so that the tribal country Most of the people do not pay attention to the changes in the holy mountain and think about the long-term future for the time being, and the other half stem from the unavoidable sense of indebtedness-but this generation will grow old, and the successors of this generation cannot accept it To support a country that has been exhausted to the point of exhaustion for a lifetime.”

It seemed that Beltira hadn't heard such a sharp and cold analysis from Gao Wen for a long time, even Amber next to him.

The fact that the alliance is now united to fight against the tide of evil and the glorious victory of the Battle of the Wasteland seems to have given many people a false impression that this peaceful and closely united situation is a matter of course, or even that "civilization has developed to a certain level. A high degree of proof", and mistook this temporary "situation" for a new "form" of social evolution, even Bertila and Kohaber often have this feeling, let alone ordinary people.

But now it seems that Gao Wen, the founder who single-handedly contributed to the establishment of the alliance, is the person who is the least optimistic about the hidden dangers within the alliance.

"When everyone is deeply encouraged by the united will in the apocalypse, I really didn't expect to hear these sharp and cold judgments from you," Bertila pursed his lips and broke the silence. "I thought you He will be the one who has the most confidence in the order of the alliance, after all, you created the current situation..."

"Because I built it with my own hands, I know better than anyone else why it will collapse." Gao Wen gently exhaled the turbidity in his chest, his expression still flat, "The alliance has never been so stable that it can The mountain that lasts forever, but a wooden house built on a delicate balance of pressure, piles of contract documents, and realistic common interests. We need it now, but because of the snow outside, we all need such a wooden house However, if one day a member of the alliance feels as cold as the wind and snow outside in this house, it will become the first log to be removed from this wooden house—and its removal, It will make more people feel the biting cold wind, and eventually trigger a chain reaction.

"At present, it seems that if Ogure's problem is not handled properly, it will become the beginning of this chain reaction."

"What about your suggestion?" Bertila looked at Gawain curiously, "To be honest, this topic is not very comfortable... When everyone is working together to resist the evil tide, we are going to start discussing the alliance. Hidden dangers and future moral rift, if a young man with no sense of the world stands here, I am afraid that he will be completely disappointed in 'humanity' because of what you just said."

"People who are completely disappointed in human nature just because of a few words will probably be disappointed in human nature once every three days when they have nothing to do. What makes them disappointed is not human nature, but their own nature," Gao Wen said with a smile Shaking his head, "About the issue of Ogulei, I have actually talked with Belsetia and several Dragon Clan leaders in private."

"Giant dragons and elves..." Beltira thought deeply, "Longevity races, this is indeed a way of thinking, as long as they can maintain a certain influence in the alliance system and serve as the 'historical axis' in the development of the alliance, It is very likely that what you just mentioned will not happen, or at least it will not evolve to such a serious level..."

"No, Belsetia and Heragor's opinion is that this kind of thing will happen in all likelihood, and no matter how many long-lived races are in the alliance, it can't stop it. The decline of the magnificent wall has already proved that The thing is, when the short-lived species start to rot, no matter how many ropes the long-lived species are put on the car, the whole car will not be able to stop the whole car from accelerating towards the abyss," Gao Wen shook his head and said, "not to mention the purpose of the alliance. One is that the member states do not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, which determines the upper limit of the influence of the longevity race in the alliance."

Bertila couldn't help but widen her eyes: "Then..."

"So what we can do is to do our best to compensate the losses suffered by the Ogure tribal country within the range that this generation can do, and find ways to help them find other economic outlets. After the magic tide is over, take advantage of the alliance countries The "enthusiasm" has not faded, and immediately started the environmental restoration and reconstruction project of the ancestors' peak and its surrounding areas. While the remaining energy is still there, it is good to transform those big guys into tourist attractions, restore cultivated land and mining belts It doesn't matter, it can even be converted into a factory facility. In short, a feat of saving the world cannot be turned into a "gray memory" of the current generation in their later years. At least... 99% of the old heroes can be guaranteed to pass away safely.

"But one day in the future, the Ancestor Peak will still become a crisis, maybe because of the economic downturn of the Ogulei Tribal Country, maybe a world-class financial crisis, maybe other natural disasters... At that time, someone will To bring out the project of the century and to attribute the current crisis all to the injustice of the alliance order is another generation entirely."

After listening to Gao Wen's words, Amber suddenly froze for a moment: "Ah, then you just don't care about it?"

"Nonsense, I have to manage it for generations to come. Can I manage it? Given our position, we can ensure that one generation of heroes can enjoy the rest of their lives in peace, that two generations can live in peace, and that a country has a future. Isn't that enough?" Gao Wen glared at the Shadow Assault Goose, "What's more, I might not be in this position at that time, maybe I was in the box - of course, according to some people's analysis, I might not die so early , then I might have already given this mess to someone else, such as Rebecca or something..."

Amber sounded more surprised than before: "Ah? Aren't you planning to make her king in the future?"

"That's what I said at the time—that's what I say now," Gao Wen waved his hand, "My point of view has always been to look at the developing world from the perspective of development. It can only be 'speculation', and should not be used as an unchanging criterion for action, not to mention that the alliance, an organization that is temporarily held together for warmth, may disintegrate one day, how can it just..."

Halfway through his words, a series of hurried footsteps suddenly came from the direction of the corridor.

A familiar breath appeared at the door.

After knocking on the door, Hetty's voice reached Gao Wen's ears: "Ancestor, may I come in?"

Gao Wen immediately ended the "chat" with Bertila and Amber, sat upright and looked towards the door: "Come in."

Hetty pushed the door open and entered the room. After seeing Amber on the opposite side of the desk and Bertila's figure above the communicator, she was slightly taken aback, then nodded to them, and then walked quickly to Gawain.

"Ancestors, the Theocratic Council reported that there was a vision in the church of the God of Commerce Bofar."

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