"Is it possible that the Confederate government already knows about the Great Darkness and is keeping it a secret? Those people are preparing a backup plan for themselves!"
Mister Bug said maliciously.
"I don't think so!"
Ji Ye shook his head.
The Confederation Office probably didn't know the information about the Great Darkness.
It was because most of the creatures that were qualified to learn the information through their inherited memories were Transcendent from the very beginning.
Regular settlements probably weren't qualified to get in touch with those creatures. Even if they did, they might not be able to learn the information.
In fact, since the people in the shops in the City of Humans didn't tell them the information last time, they knew that the godly civilization behind the Land of Inheritance probably didn't want the information to be widely disseminated.
"So, we'd better keep it a secret and only inform the Confederate government."
After a brief discussion, most of them supported the second option.
"Compared to announcing it directly, we'll at least have a buffer period. Most importantly, we can use this as a condition to get the maximum support from the federal government. "
"After all, our 'branch' on Earth must also make some preparations in response to this matter."
Ji Ye set the tone.
Regardless of whether or not the Confederate government would keep the information a secret, Dragon City had to make some strategic adjustments to deal with Dragon City on Earth.
At this moment, Dragon City on Earth had been approved, and the first phase, which was a thousand acres in size, had been officially built.
There would be a second and a third phase. In the end, a "small city" with all kinds of living facilities would be established, and the members of Dragon City and their families would be allowed to live there.
That was the original plan of Dragon City. The first three phases alone would cost a hundred billion.
That was when the land price of Yang City wasn't high, and a large area of land had been specially approved for Dragon City.
But now, something had to be changed!
"Are we going to reduce the scale?"
Qin Yueying asked anxiously.
According to the distribution plan, as a leader and a core member of Dragon City, she had enough contribution points to accept five people into Dragon City.
She had already considered moving all her family to Dragon City after it was established on Earth. That way, they would be safe and wouldn't be affected by the players who had exchanged for Extraordinary powers!
However, if Dragon City was reduced, there wouldn't be enough places.
"No, we don't need to reduce the scale. We need to increase it."
Ji Ye thought for a moment and shook his head.
"Moreover, it's not just the basic living facilities that were originally planned. Now, we need to build Dragon City on Earth. We need to build a living system that can be self-sufficient for a certain period of time while being completely isolated from the outside world. "
"If conditions permit, we can even consider building underground nuclear defense facilities …"
Ji Ye sounded very determined.
No one objected.
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Although he had decided to only inform the Confederation Office of the news to avoid too much turmoil, it only delayed the time when the people on Earth learned about the Great Darkness.
As other settlements advanced to the Transcendent level, they would eventually discover the secret.
At that point, the conflict between players and non-players would truly show itself. As the first settlement, Dragon City might become the target of some people.
Therefore, not only did they have to build living facilities, but they also had to prepare armed defense forces.
"But if we do this, I'm afraid we won't have enough funds."
"Although the products of the cooperation with Su Mingcheng's company have been released and are selling like hotcakes, and it's estimated that we can earn more than a billion every month, if we build a New Dragon City according to this plan, we won't be able to support the investment even with Dragon City's speed of development …"
As the chief steward, Su Nongying had already estimated the amount of funds that the project would require with the help of her Transcendent SkyNet.
This was an extremely frightening number. It was as high as fourteen. Even Dragon City couldn't afford such a thing.
Of course, there were ways to reduce the burden.
For example, before the Great Darkness was revealed and the financial market was in chaos …
They could ask the members of Dragon City to exchange for particularly valuable Transcendent items and materials at the cost of Rare Honor …
For example, the green Flood Dragon, as a top Transcendent Rank-4 creature, had treasures all over its body. Its scales, blood, eyes, and veins were all rare materials. Even its urine and phlegm were listed as options.
Apart from everything else, the dragon scales that it dropped were several times harder than the hardest materials on Earth before the Land of Inheritance was opened.
If they were brought back to Earth, some material research institutes and military enterprises would definitely be willing to buy them at a high price.
If worse came to worst, Ji Ye could even pluck out his own dragon scales and exchange them on Earth. The tycoons who were fond of dragons would probably buy them crazily!
Speaking of which, since the green Flood Dragon probably belonged to the universe where Earth was, what exactly were the Extraordinary materials?
Actually, Ji Ye had a rough guess. They must be materials from other planets or space that didn't exist on Earth, or a combination of those materials.
This also explained why not all items could be 'exchanged'.
Also, after an item was exchanged, it would be of a different nature on Earth than on the Land of Inheritance.
However, the Rare Honor could be used as a player's quota, and it would be a waste to exchange it for money.
As for the lack of funds, it wasn't hard to solve!
"The Confederate government has set up a new merit system. The settlements can use their merit points as collateral to get loans. Dragon City has already accumulated hundreds of billions of merit points. The intelligence about the Great Darkness is much more valuable than all the previous information. It's safe to say that we can borrow trillions from the Union Bank with this piece of information alone! "
Ji Ye said calmly.
"But the Honor points for the information …"
Su Nongying looked at Ji Ye and was about to say something.
"Yes. In that case, there won't be any funding problem."
However, she changed her mind halfway through her sentence.
However, everybody present knew what she was going to say.
The Great Darkness, the purpose of the Land of Inheritance, the truth about the alternate dimensions … Ji Ye had, to a large extent, acquired all the information on his own.
Ji Ye could totally report it himself and claim the Honor that was worth trillions. He could even announce it to the public and earn himself a great reputation as a "World Warden" among the human beings!
However, Ji Ye didn't do that.
Instead, he brought the information to the meeting and even proposed to establish Dragon City on Earth with a loan of Honor points. Also, after the settlement became Transcendent, he offered part of his quota to attract core talents for Dragon City for free …
Based on these two things alone, if there was still a character's contribution rating to the settlement like before at the end of the Road to Legendary, it would be very difficult to complete the first round.
Many people thought that Ji Ye could get a Perfect rank as the leader of the settlement.
However, Ji Ye hadn't considered the issue of "title evaluation" at all.
After learning the news about the Great Darkness, his attitude had somewhat changed.
He had changed from pursuing personal strength to considering the development of Dragon City.
Personal strength was important, because there would be special benefits after advancing into the Legendary and Mythological levels.
However, within the limits of one's ability, one should try their best to preserve the seed of humanity. This was also a person's responsibility.
Besides, if he gave the credit to all of Dragon City, he would lose a lot of Honor points and some of his reputation on Earth, but in exchange, Dragon City would be more united.
For Ji Ye, it was even more valuable. With the Emperor's Dragon Contract talent, he could extract the power of providence from his subordinates.
Ji Ye had tried it earlier and found that the degree of the power he could extract seemed to be related to the target's reverence, deterrence, and approval for him.
Spending trillions on the construction of Dragon City on Earth and solving the problem of each Dragon City player's family's safety was the best way to win over people's hearts.
"Besides, there's another good thing about the loans, which is that they don't have to be repaid …"
Guo Wei suddenly opened his mouth and said that.
His words made the other people's eyes light up.
Yes, who said that the loans had to be repaid?
It wouldn't be long before the Great Darkness arrived.
By then, there wouldn't be any life on Earth. Would they still have to repay the trillions of loans?
Even if the Great Darkness didn't arrive so soon, and Dragon City did need to repay the loans, the money would be worthless when the news of the Great Darkness spread out. It wouldn't be a problem for Dragon City to repay the loans at that time!
"So, the Confederation Office must've considered the situation. Otherwise, they wouldn't have developed the Honor system so quickly."
It was true that a lot of human elites had been recruited on the Land of Inheritance, but in terms of number, there were more elites on Earth.
All kinds of studies and plans had been made regarding the Land of Inheritance. Perhaps the Confederate government couldn't foresee the arrival of the Great Darkness.
However, there was definitely an assessment of the impact that the extraordinary items and technologies that appeared in the Land of Inheritance would have on the financial, political, and social system of Earth. Replacing the financial system that might collapse with the Honor system wasn't perfect, but it was still a relatively good solution!
"Shoot, I just bought a house in Yang City a few days ago. It was worth ten million! What a loss! Also, I bought it with Honor points! "
Mister Bug suddenly wailed.
Because of Dragon City, a lot of foreigners had been swarming into Yang City recently.
The prices of houses were changing every day. Some of the well-located, high-end houses had even increased by ten times in only a few months.
As a core member of Dragon City, Mister Bug had accumulated a lot of Honor points in the Honor system that the federation had just released. He thought that it was time to buy a house for his mother and make a fortune.
Therefore, he decisively exchanged his Honor points for a house. Now, he felt that he had lost a lot of money.
He should've taken out a loan. After all, he didn't have to repay the loans!
"Speaking of houses, there's another problem that needs to be solved.
"For Yang City right now, it's still difficult to build a house as soon as possible even if we can mobilize trillions of funds."
Su Nongying opened her mouth.
The rise of the real estate industry, or rather, the explosion, naturally led to the boom of the construction industry in Yang City.
All the construction companies were working overtime, and the large machines were running 24/7. It was impossible for them to have more hands.
Besides, regular construction companies didn't know how to build those special facilities. There was only one company that could meet Dragon City's requirements.
"So, we might only have one choice at the beginning … Well, I'll talk to them in person," said Ji Ye.
Ji Ye ended the meeting.
Before he went offline, Ji Ye told the others not to wait for him but to perform a ritual to summon more people so that Dragon City could recover as soon as possible!
After all, whenever the Great Darkness arrived, the development of Dragon City on the Land of Inheritance would always be the most important.
In the current situation, it was probably the most important place in the entire human civilization on Earth!
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