When Dragon City transmigrated, it was the purest machine civilization. The construction, operation, and defense of the city relied on all sorts of machines.
But as their energy dried up, the failure rate of the machines kept increasing, and a lot of precision instruments were scrapped. The technology passed down from Earth was gradually lost.
Before the new generation of machines with runic symbols carved on them and crystal engines rose to power, the transmigrators temporarily returned to the ancient era where they mainly relied on human labor and animal labor.
However, people soon discovered that when superhumans who cultivated spirit energy and monsters with great strength worked together, they could bring out power that did not lose to heavy construction machines. In certain aspects, they even had an advantage that cold metal could not compare to.
Even if runic symbol technology was born and new automatized machines continued developing, humans' determination to modify monsters and walk down the path of biochemical technology never changed.
The clash between machine civilization and biochemical civilization also happened in various aspects of Dragon City.
The conflict between Spirit Creations Creatures and Heavenly Works Machines was the most classic example.
Heavenly Works Machines was the first company in Dragon City to use runic symbol technology in the field of large construction machines.
While the ancient machines on Earth were crippled and covered in rust, the new generation of heavy machines with runic symbols carved on them, spat out spirit energy, released black smoke, and let out deafening roars. They charged forward on various fronts and took on all sorts of projects. They contributed greatly to the development of Dragon City, and Heavenly Works Machines was one of the representatives.
Up to this date, the dozens of construction machines produced by Heavenly Works Machines were still digging tunnels, building fortresses, building honeycomb cities, and developing transportation routes to the mining areas around Dragon City. They played an important role in all sorts of fields.
But the construction machines with runic symbol technology were also facing increasingly powerful challengers.
The Giant Sandworms modified by Spirit Creations Creatures could replace traditional tunnel boring machines, tunneling machines, excavators, and other underground construction machines. The cost of each kilometer of tunnel was only one-third of that of runic symbol machines, and they did not cause any pollution or harm the environment. The tremors they caused to the surrounding geological structures were rather small, so they could be used even in rather weak terrains or under the ground in downtown areas.
With this advantage, Spirit Creations Creatures had already snatched quite a number of orders from Heavenly Works Machines.
This time, the main battlefield for their fight was Subway No.20 in Dragon City.
It was an incredibly important subway line.
It would run through Red Dragon River, and for the first time in half a century, it would connect the main city area to Jiangnan.
The significance of the project was great, and the difficulty was naturally high.
At that moment, the Red Dragon River was filled with water from the rivers in the Other World. The width of the river was much wider than the famous rivers on Earth. There were also all sorts of monsters who were very sensitive to vibrations rampaging in the river. It was not easy to clear a tunnel that spanned several kilometers under the river.
Even though they faced a lot of difficulties, the construction companies in Dragon City still rubbed their palms and were determined to win.
This was because everyone knew that whoever won the construction of Line 20 would be the leader in the field and would be able to take the initiative in future construction.
In the long-term plan that would end on the 100th anniversary of the new era, Dragon City would build more than fifty rail lines, and there would be nine cross-river tunnels.
Apart from that, the Celestial Dragon Zone in the north, which was being developed like wildfire, was also a huge cake that was spilling cream on its own.
The profits here are astronomical.
It was enough to make anyone lose their mind and take risks out of desperation.
Right then, there were two main plans for the construction of Subway No.20. One of them was to use Giant Sandworms to dig tunnels, and the other was to use runic symbol machines, which were rather traditional tunnel boring machines, tunneling machines, and other equipment.
The technical support from both construction companies was from Spirit Creations Creatures and Heavenly Works Machines.
"To clear the tunnel under the Red Dragon River, we spent a lot of money and specially modified a Giant Sandworm that likes humid environments. When it eats rocks, it creates very little tremors, and it's very quiet," Xie Xiaolei said.
Xie Xiaolei said. "In a few experiments, our Giant Sandworms are ahead of the traditional equipment in Heavenly Works Machines in terms of their tunneling efficiency, the consumption per unit distance, the failure rate, and the pollution they cause.
"When it came to this major deal that was about to land in Spirit Creations' hands, there were some people in Heavenly Works Machines who could do nothing about it, and they could only think of a way based on safety.
"They did everything they could to prove that our biochemical pets weren't safe and might go out of control at any moment. In fact, they even caused terrifying, malicious cases. It was only by doing so that they could snatch food from the tiger's mouth and snatch the deal.
"But at this critical moment, a middle-level worker in Heavenly Works Machines died tragically under the claws of his own pet. If the horrifying pictures of the corpse were uploaded online, all the citizens would be terrified, and under the pressure of public opinion, not only would we not be able to get the deal for Subway No.20, the company would also be done for!
"Elder Ning, Meng Chao, do you think that such a coincidence exists?"
Ning Shewo and Meng Chao looked at each other. Both of them found it strange.
"Xiaolei, you have to be responsible for your words. What you're saying right now is a very serious accusation."
Ning Shewo frowned and said, "Are you saying that someone intentionally used a certain method to make the three biochemical pets go berserk and create a bloody massacre? If that's the case, it wouldn't be an accident, but a murder. "
Xie Xiaolei snorted coldly and said, "If you knew just how great the benefits involved in this are, you would know that forget about murder, even a massacre is something that people would do."
Meng Chao scratched his head with a contemplative look.
Ning Shewo cast him a glance and said, "Meng Chao, what do you think? Since I invited you here, I didn't treat you as a normal university student. If you have any thoughts, just say them."
"No. I understand the general gist of the matter, but … I find it rather strange."
Meng Chao stared at the Giant Sandworm hatching pond outside the French window. "Let's say that someone in Heavenly Works Machines is really crazy enough to intentionally stimulate the biochemical pets modified by Spirit Creations Creatures and create a terrifying and bloody massacre. Why would he choose to do it in Blessed Paradise and even sacrifice the life of a middle-level worker?"
Xie Xiaolei was slightly stunned. "Naturally, it's to increase the influence of this matter so that we won't be able to suppress it. You have to understand that Blessed Paradise is next to the education area. Many of the teachers from famous schools, as well as the middle and higher management in the labs and research centers, like to buy houses here. Only by causing trouble in Blessed Paradise can they deal a heavy blow to Spirit Creations.
"As for sacrificing the middle-level worker … That's the only way to wash away suspicion, right?"
"No." Meng Chao shook his head.
Meng Chao shook his head. "Even when we were chatting casually, we didn't get rid of the suspicion from Heavenly Works Machines. If the police were really involved, would they be so easily deceived? You have to understand, when a person's life is involved, the nature of a case changes. If things go wrong, even the adjudicators from the Supernatural Tower will be mobilized, and things will go out of control.
"Alright. Even if a person in Heavenly Works Machines is blinded by greed and doesn't care about the consequences, there's no need for him to choose Blessed Paradise.
"That's right. Blessed Paradise is a rather high-class commercial residential area. It's precisely because of that that its floor area ratio isn't high, and it's completely enclosed. If such a malicious incident happened, the property management department would lock down the news and not allow any random person to enter as they please. How could they have the effect of increasing their influence? Look, it's been two days since the incident happened, but there's no news on the news or forums. How could they create pressure from public opinion? "
Ning Shewo nodded slightly and looked at Xie Xiaolei.
Xie Xiaolei coughed dryly and said, "It's like this. After the incident happened, we immediately rushed to the scene with the representatives from Heavenly Works Machines. The people from Heavenly Works Machines were naturally livid and said that they were going to expose the incident to the heavens, but … there's something fishy about the incident, and we can't be certain that we are 100% responsible for it. Besides, there are a lot of interested parties involved in this, and Heavenly Works Machines Machines might have hidden secrets. In any case, we came to an agreement to lock down the news for the time being.
"That's more like it," Meng Chao said.
"Regardless of whether it's Spirit Creations or Heavenly Works Machines Machines, both of them have big businesses. Even though we oppose each other in a lot of areas, we still run into each other all the time. It's not easy for us to turn against each other completely when this happened in a place like Blessed Paradise.
"If I really wanted to use pressure from public opinion, I wouldn't have chosen Blessed Paradise as the crime scene. Wouldn't it have been better if I had chosen Blessed Heavenly Garden?"
"Blessed Heavenly Garden?"
Ning Shewo and Xie Xiaolei were both stunned.
"That's right. I have a Sword-toothed Hunting Dog modified by Spirit Creations. Many of our neighbors also have biochemical pets modified by your company," Meng Chao said.
"First of all, there are a lot of people in our area. We don't have the concept of security and lockdown, and the CCTVs are only effective at times. It's very easy for someone to tamper with the biochemical pets.
"If something similar happened in our area, I guarantee that within an hour, it would have spread to eight residential areas around us. In less than half a day, there would have been around fifty posts online, and we would have found around one hundred witnesses. Within twenty-four hours, it would have spread all over the city!
"If we wanted to create pressure from public opinion, Blessed Heavenly Garden would be the best choice.
"Oh, wait. There should be better choices than Blessed Heavenly Garden, and that's shopping malls and downtown areas. If someone was killed by a biochemical pet modified by Spirit Creations right in front of hundreds of eyes in the city center, and blood splattered on the faces of dozens of bystanders, do you think that anyone would be able to suppress the news?
"Regardless of the final results of the investigation, the public's impression of biochemical pets would only be fear, right?"
Ning Shewo and Xie Xiaolei shuddered.
"So, do you think that this has nothing to do with Heavenly Works Machines, or is it an accident, or that there was a flaw during the modification process?" Ning Shewo asked.
"I don't have enough information," Meng Chao said.
"President Xie, what's the general process for Spirit Creations to modify biochemical pets? Do we … need to drill holes in the biochemical pets' spines?"
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