Chapter 2706: Cultivation
If you don't want to be betrayed, you must investigate the truth, but the boy's ability is limited, so he can only go to Duran, the history teacher who talks about great principles all the time.
"Boys, you can create miracles." Duran was very happy to see that two more boys awakened and had the courage to explore the truth.
But the sportswear boy Suzuhara Touji said: "Teacher, can Kensuke and I not participate in the jeep special training? We don't drive EVA."
When Shinji Ikari heard that his good friend sold him out, he immediately said unhappily: "Didn't we agree to share the difficulties?"
"We will support you spiritually, but you are the pilot of Unit-01, and we are not." Suzuhara Touji said, and the bespectacled military otaku beside him nodded repeatedly.
"You have your own training." Duran said: "Anyway, I am very happy that the three of you can come. Next, we will go to see how big this world is."
Duran will take the three of them to see the situation in the world, to see orphans, to see terminally ill patients, to see the disabled and other vulnerable groups.
Shinji Ikari needs to see that there are many people who are more miserable than him. His mother died and he was separated from his father, but some people have no parents from the beginning. Because the second impact fifteen years ago caused the population to be halved, many children's parents died directly.
Shinji Ikari's parents were still alive at least before he was five years old, and he also felt the warmth of his mother's arms, otherwise he would not remember the taste of his mother. So he is not the worst. If you leave the Third New Tokyo City and the island country, you will see many miserable people, especially in backward areas.
The island country also has the construction of the Third New Tokyo City. After the impact, the world's resources can still be tilted towards this country. In Seele's plan, the Third New Tokyo City, as the main battlefield for the apostle's operations, must be equipped with five EVAs, Unit 0, Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, and Unit 6. Therefore, a large amount of military resources need to be tilted. A large number of weapons cannot be transported alone, and factories must be built in the island country. Therefore, the island country's economy relies on Seele's large investment and has recovered very well after fifteen years.
Some countries and backward regions with no strategic value, without any resources, can only rely on themselves to restore their economy, which is truly horrible.
Maybe Ikari Shinji has seen it on TV before, or maybe he has never cared about it. Now Duran will take them to see what the world will really look like fifteen years later.
The second impact fifteen years ago not only led to the extinction of marine life and a sharp decline in population, but also fixed the earth's axis. For example, it is always summer in island countries, and there is no change of seasons. The climate change is very huge, and the climate in many places has become unsuitable for living.
Coupled with the population decline, the human economy has been in a slump in fifteen years. For example, in coastal areas, fishermen have completely become history. Because it is difficult to catch a fish from the sea, there are no fish in the blood-red sea water.
The red sea water is more like amniotic fluid, and new life is brewing in it, but this process may take billions of years.
The areas that have failed to restore their economy are truly horrible, with orphans everywhere and public security in a mess. Here, a pack of biscuits can be exchanged for a slave of the same age as a teenager.
"I never thought there was such a place on Earth." Shinji Ikari said in shock.
"This is because the island country is the decisive battlefield, and the world's resources are tilted towards the Third New Tokyo City. Building material factories, military factories, and many heavy industrial factories have all sprung up in a short period of time. In addition, the island country has a small population, so it has recovered its vitality in fifteen years. So when someone complains about the apostles coming to the island country, they should also imagine that if the apostles did not land in the island country, can the island country rely on itself to restore its economy?"
Obviously not. If the island country can rely on itself to develop, there will be no need for Tang envoys, nor will it need to leave Asia and join Europe. The island country is restricted by geography, and the upper limit of development is visible to the naked eye. Therefore, in order to reasonably turn the island country into a stage, some works of art have to let monsters attack, after all, monsters are also a kind of resource. Of course, there are also some works that directly say that the island country has a rare energy source, or has developed a black technology, so the island country has become the world's stage. Of course, there are also island countries that are strategic partners of certain major powers and play a role in geopolitics, so the island country has become a stage.
Monsters, rare energy, black technology, and geopolitical effects are the main reasons why island countries in fantasy works become the stage.
These are all far-fetched. Now we still have to talk about economic issues. Although the second impact fifteen years ago was promoted as a meteorite impact, the damage was real. The economy of many places was in a slump, and the marine fishery was completely destroyed. In addition, the population was reduced by half, and the labor force was reduced unprecedentedly, not to mention that Seele informed the apostles of the attack, so everyone first restored heavy industry and built neuron facilities, and then light industry.
So many areas have returned to the era of planned economy. After all, there are fewer resources and less labor. Although consumption has also decreased, facing the problem of the apostles' attack, it is still the development of heavy industry first and light industry later, so everyone must tighten their belts.
Of course, tightening the belt is a country with organization, and a country without organization is naturally in chaos. That is the place where Duran and the three teenagers saw, a pack of biscuits can be exchanged for a slave.
"Okay, the three of you will live here for three days next." Duran suddenly said.
The three teenagers were confused. It was scary just to look at it. How could they still live here? How can they live? The three of them with thin arms and thin legs will be swallowed up by this chaotic area.
"What do you think is combat effectiveness? Survival is combat effectiveness. When fighting, neither offensive warfare nor defensive warfare can reflect combat effectiveness, because both sides have fixed territories, fixed supplies and logistics. Only mobile warfare in the wild can truly experience combat effectiveness. Yes, because there are not only battles, but also logistical pressures. Sometimes you have to solve the logistics yourself and find ways to survive. So you must learn to exercise and remember that survival means losing something in exchange for the food and water needed for survival. You have to learn to communicate and compromise. "Dulan said that to improve combat effectiveness, it is not enough to just have muscles, but also to have strategic thinking. Strategic thinking actually means knowing what you have and what others have, and then turning others' advantages into your own. This requires practice.
Duran kicked the three teenagers off the invisible plane and picked them up three days later.
Looking at the plane disappearing at supersonic speed, the three teenagers were at a loss.
"This place is so chaotic, how can there be any exchange merchants." Suzuhara Touji was desperate. They would definitely be hungry for three days.
Of course, you can starve for three days, but this is just the beginning. In the future, Duran will gradually increase the time span of survival. First three days, then five days, then seven days, and finally maybe a month. They can't stay hungry forever, they must learn to trade.
"There is order in chaos." Kensuke Aida said: "When there is order, there must be exchange. As long as we are careful, we will definitely be able to exchange for food."
"Don't they know how to rob?" "There are only three of us. Even if we can trade, they can refuse. Wouldn't it be more convenient to just rob us?" Suzuhara Touji said fearfully.
"It's possible, but it's also possible to agree to a trade. After all, we only need a little bit of food. If we rob it, we will fight back and it may hurt both sides. I think there is no need to risk our lives for things that can be obtained through trade." "So. The point is that we have to think about fighting first. The teacher didn’t say that unity will survive through struggle. As long as they realize that the losses from robbing us are greater than trading, then they will definitely choose to trade.”
It has to be said that in this strange environment, the military house's stability was reflected, and he immediately became the backbone of the other two people. Shinji Ikari is a child, Touji Suzuhara is an ordinary boy, and the military otaku is a reliable wise general.