Long Yunxin's eyelashes shivered softly. [
She was a girl. She was not fond of such strategies that involved grand narratives and oceans.
However, Li Yao's introduction sounded quite interesting. She might as well give it a try.
Guided by the game prompts, Long Yunxin entered the game step by step. She chose the novice difficulty, which was the easiest, and the Curly Dragon civilization, which was at the top of the list.
In the 'novice difficulty', she did not need to draft specific policies one by one. All she needed to do was to make adjustments to the general policies, and the system would naturally realize her will in the most optimal direction.
"In the year 431 of the Curly Dragon calendar, the new general governor of the Curly Dragon coalition government has taken office. I hope that you can lead the Curly Dragon civilization, which boasts a proud history, to a more brilliant tomorrow!"
Accompanied by the simple and boring introduction, a vigorous planet grew larger and larger in front of Long Yunxin's eyes. Gradually, prosperous cities, densely-packed buildings, and crowds of people showed up on the planet.
Information streams poured down like a waterfall, introducing the basic information of the Curly Dragon civilization.
'Civilization' had two versions, the Cultivator version and the ordinary people version.
In the Cultivator version, the transmission speed of information streams was more than ten times that of the regular version, which significantly shortened the game time.
As a teacher of Flying Star University, Long Yunxin's computational ability was certainly not weak. Although it was a strategy game that she was not good at, she still grasped the basic information of the Curly Dragon civilization within a breath.
At the beginning of the game, the Curly Dragon civilization was a rather mature single-planet civilization.
On their mother planet, they had established a civilized society that was full of guarantees and benefits.
In this place, the ordinary people and the Cultivators lived in harmony, dwelling in the sweet dream of high benefits, high pensions, paid vacations, low working hours, and low labor intensity.
The 'sweet dream', on the other hand, was based on the fact that the resources on the Curly Dragon planet were being consumed at an accelerating rate and were about to run dry.
Long Yunxin was from a civilization of starships. She was like a nomad in the sea of stars. Ever since she could remember, her family and compatriots had been drifting with the current on their starships, searching for the remnants of battlefields and the space fragments where there were only the slightest resources.
Except for the resource planets whose environment was too harsh to be exploited, they would never let go of any space in the Flying Star Sector.
Therefore, after Long Yunxin 'controlled' the 'Curly Dragon civilization', when the 'death date' when the resources on her mother planet were running out was approaching, she naturally chose to march into space.
In order to march into the sea of stars, a huge interstellar fleet had to be built.
To establish such a fleet from scratch, the entire civilization had to be switched from a high-welfare society where everybody worked hard and contributed their everything to the model of "hard work".
Long Yunxin soon realized that things were not as simple as she thought.
The resources on the Curly Dragon Sector were limited. When she ordered the tax to be raised, the holidays to be shortened, and the working hours to be extended, she immediately suffered a strong backlash from various parties.
The people of the Curly Dragon Sector, who had been dwelling in the high welfare system for too long, were like delicate flowers that had been kept in a greenhouse for too long. They had long forgotten what it felt like to work hard and build their own business.
The civilians were all complaining and launching strikes, demonstrations, and demonstrations. The academic community blamed her for sabotaging the well-functioning economic system and causing the turbulence of the financial market and the collapse of the stock market. Her political opponents, on the other hand, accused her of being too aggressive and establishing the space fleet for other purposes, if not for personal gains.
As it turned out, with the severe internal conflicts, the resources that she could devote to the construction of the fleet were even less than in the past!
Looking at the infuriated little people jumping out of the Grand Illusionary Land, gnashing their teeth and waving their fists at her, Long Yunxin was somewhat at a loss.
Seeing that large-scale riots would be raised if such a policy was continued, Long Yunxin could only make minor concessions.
She had thought that such concessions would pacify people.
But as it turned out, the insatiable fellows all thought that she was weak and easy to bully and proposed even more outrageous demands time and time again.
In the end, the high welfare and security requirements that they proposed were even more outrageous than the system in the beginning. They were unbearable for the national economy in any case.
This time, she did not give in at all.
However, her weakness in the past had caused her to lose the support of her allies and subordinates. Therefore, the two parties wasted a hundred years in bickering. The resources of the Curly Dragon Sector plummeted, and the undulating curves turned into straight lines that resembled the heartbeats of a dead man in the end. The physiological functions of the Curly Dragon Sector were disappearing quickly.
Very soon, a line of cold words popped up.
"In the year 522 of the Curly Dragon Calendar, the people of the Curly Dragon Sector consumed the last gram of Multiple Waves Crystal in the protracted quarrel and completely lost the ability of space jump.
"They were suppressed in a cage that was less than one percent light. Until they perished without a sound, they failed to break the barrier of speed that was as solid as an iron wall!"
Shua! Shua! Shua!
Shua! A line of points and rankings popped up.
Blushing, Long Yunxin discovered that, of all the players who chose 'Curly Dragon Sector in the novice difficulty', her performance this time ranked below 83% of the players!
Long Yunxin felt that her face was burning. She was a teacher of Flying Star University and a Cultivator in the Building Foundation Stage after all. How could she be so lousy?
Retracting herself from the Grand Illusionary Land, she looked around, somewhat guiltily, only to discover that Li Yao had left at some point.
She was more or less relieved. Gritting her teeth, she marched back to the world of 'Civilization'.
It was still the Curly Dragon Sector in the novice difficulty. This time, she gritted her teeth and adopted a tough policy, ignoring the backlash and the slander of her political opponents. Like an iron lady who stood by her words, she persisted in pushing forward her 'space expansion' plan.
Large-Scale riots indeed broke out in every corner of the Curly Dragon Sector.
Flames of unrest were bouncing inside Long Yunxin's beautiful eyes. She bit her lips hard and chose to suppress them without any hesitation.
As it turned out …
For some reason, the protestors had magical equipment of mass destruction. They attacked the military and the police, and the suppression turned into a massacre. For a moment, blood was flowing, and heads were rolling everywhere.
Although the strikes and demonstrations were controlled by force, the spirit of the entire civilization had been completely crushed, too. It was caught in a state of lethargy and silence!
Looking at the data of the resources that were half dead, Long Yunxin felt like crying.
It was true that she could prolong the working hours, shorten the benefits, and force people to go to work, but there was nothing she could do to stop people from slacking off!
The leadership of the military who was responsible for the construction of the space fleet took the opportunity to suggest to her that the country should be declared to be in the state of full mobilization in such a perilous situation. A large-scale curfew and military control should be implemented, and everybody should be included in the militarized system. Those who slacked off would be punished according to military law!
Long Yunxin had no choice but to agree to the suggestion.
After the 'special cardiac stimulant' was applied, the results were as expected. The society was stabilized again. The efficiency of resource collection and utilization was significantly improved. The scale of the space fleet was expanding day by day. Everything was back on the right track again.
Right when Long Yunxin took a long breath in relief, thinking that the Curly Dragon Sector was finally going to survive the crisis, a team of soldiers with loaded guns and hideous faces suddenly crawled out of the picture. They were all wearing black cloth on their arms as they strode toward her.
Huh? Huh? Is there a 'military coup' setting in this game? Someone, help me! "
The poor Curly Dragon Sector was destroyed for the second time.
This time, it was destroyed by the crazy ambitions of the military schemers.
Long Yunxin, who was unwilling to admit defeat easily, played a few more rounds patiently. As it turned out, however hard she thought and weighed the pros and cons, the Curly Dragon Sector was still doomed to the abyss of destruction.
The furthest she had walked was already the 600th year of the Curly Dragon calendar, where she had successfully discovered almost twenty resource planets.
A large amount of crystal ores had been delivered to Pan Dragon. She had built an enormous cross-world fleet this time and was ready to march to a new world with great ambition.
Right then, the nineteen resource planets announced at the same time that they were no longer willing to tolerate the exploitation of the mother planet. They would establish themselves as the 'Federation of Extraterrestrial Stars' and wage war against the mother planet!
Looking at the starships that were marching toward the Curly Dragon Sector from all directions, Long Yunxin was so infuriated that she almost fainted!
The development of the Curly Dragon Sector is unresolvable. It's a completely hopeless situation!
Long Yunxin switched to a new civilization, the Martial Meritocrats Sector, angrily.
Then, she discovered that she was caught in a problem that was even more troublesome than the Curly Dragon Sector.
Holding back her dizziness, she played a few more rounds and finally exhausted the last bit of her patience. She had to admit that she was probably the worst 'leader' in the world.
Right when she was frustrated and chose the 'quit' rune, a new notification suddenly popped up in the system, asking her if she was willing to experience the game from a new perspective.
Long Yunxin browsed through the introduction patiently, only to discover that 'Civilization' had two different gameplay styles.
In the first gameplay style, she could be the highest controller of a certain civilization and guide the civilization to move forward.
However, she could also be a tiny part of the civilization, an unknown ordinary person at the bottom of society, to experience the vicissitudes of life and the rise and fall of the civilization.
The first gameplay style was a magnificent strategy game from the top to the bottom.
The second gameplay style, on the other hand, was a role-playing game from the bottom to the top.
Thinking quickly, Long Yunxin released streams of information from her brain. The lights and shadows around her changed, and she was soon in a brand-new world.
She was back on the Curly Dragon Sector, but she was not the highest governor of the Curly Dragon Sector but just a common office worker.
The life in the game naturally shortened the time scale significantly.
The major events in the society and their influence on the female employees all turned into torrents of information that flooded into her brain.
She could also make all kinds of choices about the life of a female employee.
But in many cases, when the torrents of changes swept by, personal choices could not be more feeble and could only go with the flow.
At first, Long Yunxin struggled hard, but she soon gave up the attempt. Like an indifferent and heartless bystander, she watched the female employee spend her life in silence, struggling to balance work and family, parents and children.
As she watched, Long Yunxin felt that her heart was pounding subtly.
It was rather odd. When she was the highest governor of the Curly Dragon Sector, she felt that the people of the Curly Dragon Sector were too ignorant and shortsighted. Why did they not know that a catastrophe was coming and only cared about the immediate gratification? Why couldn't they choose to work sixteen hours a day with half of their salary and devote all their resources to the construction of the space fleet?
They were too selfish and blind to see the big picture at all!
Therefore, when she encountered a second problem, she chose 'suppression' without any hesitation.
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