Without saying a word, Li Yao poured spiritual energy into his eyes, operating his eyesight to the limit, and carefully observed the workers in the large iron factory.
Seen from such a distance, the workers moving among the blast furnaces, pipes and various steel structures look like black and brown ants.
Most of them wrapped themselves tightly in gray cloaks and wore simple protective masks and eye masks.
However, their exposed skin was smeared into gray-brown and dark black by dust and pollutants.
In addition, they wore protective earplugs.
Because of this, the movements seemed dull and slow, really like a mechanical reptile that was not wound up, or a group of lifeless walking zombies.
Li Yao finally understood why the Wuyou Sect could expand rapidly around the large iron factory without being discovered.
No matter whether these workers had practiced "Forgetting Worry Jue" or not, they seemed to have no emotions and six desires, just like machines with metal fatigue!
Most of the workers were working hard deep in the mines or inside the factories, so they could not be directly observed, but Li Yao saw rows of workers dragging truckloads of raw ore out of the depths of the mines.
Even this kind of work, which is quite simple and can be completely replaced by psychic puppets, is all undertaken by the original miners.
Wherever Li Yao could see, the only psychic puppets he could see were the supervisors scattered all over the commanding heights.
In this large iron factory, machines supervise human work and maintain a cold and iron-blooded order!
Li Yao even saw that in a corner of the factory area, there was a cross-shaped execution platform.
A primitive miner was tied to it, but there was a combat puppet holding an electromagnetic whip and striking the miner's scarred back.
Pull away.
"Crack!
Crack!
Crack!
Crack!"
Sparks flew everywhere, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the original miner was beaten so painfully that he screamed in agony.
There were hundreds of original miners who were forced to watch by battle puppets.
Their mouths and noses were covered by protective masks, and their expressions could not be seen clearly, but judging from the twitching of their shoulders, they were obviously in extreme fear and extreme anger.
And looking at the bloodstains around the execution platform, it was obvious that people were sent here from time to time to kill chickens and scare monkeys.
Li Yao clenched his fists and murmured: "What crime did this worker commit to deserve to be beaten like this?"
Long Yangjun said: "He was whipped more than ten times, always for major crimes such as damaging mining magic weapons, rather than minor crimes such as taking too long to go to the toilet, right?"
Li Yao was startled: "What, going to the toilet for too long is considered a 'minor crime', does it mean you have to be whipped?"
"Of course, immortal cultivators support so many workers and pay them monthly wages.
They don't support you to go to the toilet all day long."
Long Yangjun said, "Depending on gender and age, there are also different times for going to the toilet.
If you don't return to your work station after five minutes, it is a violation of the rules of the large iron factory, and you will at least be whipped."
Li Yao was stunned for a long time, and then carefully observed the commanding heights and firepower points around the entire large iron factory, and continued to ask: "I think the combat puppets set up by the immortal cultivators here are indeed quite advanced, and they are more advanced than Xiao Xuance's Taixu warriors back then.
They are much more sophisticated, but why don’t we see too many civilian puppets?
Many simple and repetitive tasks can obviously be completed by civilian puppets, right?
"It's strange to say that the overall technical strength of the empire is at least several decades ahead of the Federation.
This is indeed the case in terms of military magic weapons and combat puppets, but in terms of civilian magic weapons, civilian puppets and the unified spiritual network, there seems to be no advantage, even in In some areas, the Federation is better!"
"Don't you understand?
Because there is no need for this!"
Long Yangjun whispered, "Your Star Federation pays more attention to safeguarding the rights and interests of ordinary people.
As a result, the cost of hiring ordinary people in factories is extremely high.
If you want to reduce costs, you can only invest a lot of new technologies and new resources in industrial automation."
As well as the field of research and development of civilian puppets, replacing original workers with civilian puppets.
Only when there is demand in this area can there be an explosion of technology.
"But the empire has no such concerns at all, and can unscrupulously reduce the cost of using it to the limit without considering any welfare, rights or even occupational diseases.
“At the same time, the empire can also use various methods with extremely strong side effects, such as activating the demonization gene or overusing stimulant drugs, to improve the work efficiency of the original people and expand the cost advantage.
"Under such circumstances, of course the empire's civilian puppet industry cannot develop.
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All new technologies and resources have been invested in how to drain the original people!
"The same principle applies to the unified spiritual network.
In fact, no matter the four major families, local warlords and world leaders, or even underground emperors like Li Minghui, they don't like to connect the entire empire together, because the spiritual network means Information, and information is inherently equal, dangerous, and uncontrollable.
"They prefer to close themselves off and seek hegemony behind closed doors, or only let in information that is beneficial to them to brainwash the original person.
Under such circumstances, it is strange that the Great Unity Spiritual Network has developed!
"So, it's not that the technology of the Empire is inferior to that of the Federation, but that their development directions are different.
Don't underestimate these battle puppets in front of you.
I once stole one and dismantled it.
It is indeed very sophisticated, complex, and advanced. of!"
"I know."
Li Yao watched as a small team of combat puppets finished whipping the original miners.
Medical puppets painted white came forward to heal the victims and apply medicine.
There was also a team of combat puppets who escorted the other miners back to the mine.
The whole process was very orderly, without any trouble, and there wasn't even a half-hearted cultivator around to direct it.
This means that the control brains of these battle puppets are advanced to a certain extent and can independently make quite complex logical judgments and simulate various situations.
With such a powerful control crystal, their combat effectiveness will naturally not be weak.
However, Li Yao still didn't understand, "Why are there no immortal cultivators around the entire large iron factory?
They are all fighting puppets maintaining order.
Isn't Li Minghui here?"
"As you can see, the environment here is too harsh, and the immortal cultivators will naturally not stay here all day."
Long Yangjun said, "Generally speaking, the management team composed of cultivators and the private soldiers of the Black Iron Group will stay in the upper space.
Five hundred meters directly above the large iron factory, there is a large-scale training ground. and rest area, which is the residence of the immortal cultivators.
"And Li Minghui rarely stays underground.
He mainly maintains connections in the world of immortal cultivation on the surface, goes through the back door, and forms cliques to handle business!
"However, the large iron factory is indeed very empty of troops these days.
You have changed the world on the ground, and it has also caused a storm in the underground world.
Many underground sects and groups that were originally attached to the Dongfang family have all turned into bereaved dogs, and they are in panic.
All day long, Li Minghui led his most powerful thugs to take advantage of the opportunity to expand his territory and devour nearby large and small forces, turning all the people originally named 'Dongfang' into people named 'Li'.
How else would he be able to fill the gap of his godfather?
What about the deficit?
"It is precisely because the underground world is in chaos that the Wuyou Cult plans to take advantage of the chaos to cause trouble.
Counting the time, there is still the last day!"
After the two men clearly observed the distribution of troops and the surrounding environment of the large iron factory, they retreated silently back to the depths of the mine, and then followed the unknown secret gaps to sneak into the caves all around the large iron factory. living area.
This place is a mess of shacks and caves, which are the homes of workers.
Not only do all the workers’ families live here, but there are also many providers of food, clothing, housing, transportation, food, drinks and entertainment.
Occasionally, there are people walking through the streets and alleys, coming and going from one area to another.
Traders in the underground space.
Compared with the depressing, cold and lifeless factory area, although it develops disorderly like crazy ant nests and beehives, it has a somewhat vibrant atmosphere.
The voices of people gesticulating and shouting can occasionally even overwhelm the top of their heads. noise.
Long Yangjun told Li Yao that immortal cultivators adopt a laissez-faire attitude toward the people outside the factory area and fend for themselves.
They rarely go deep into the smelly shacks with sewage flowing across the living area to search and maintain order.
None of those cultivators were willing to hold their noses and come to such a dirty and devoid of places.
Originally, Li Minghui also thought about using combat puppets to act as policemen in the living area to strictly control all the original people.
Later, he found that there were too many emergencies in the living area and the environment was too complicated.
The combat puppet's crystal brain could not cope with it at all.
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If you want to turn the "soldiers" who are simply killing and suppressing into the "police" who have to deal with every trivial matter, you must upgrade the crystal brain by at least two levels.
After calculating that the price was too high and there was no need for it, Li Minghui gave up the idea and just appointed some senior miners who seemed to be law-abiding to act as managers of the living area.
His attitude was very clear that as long as it did not affect the production efficiency of the factory, he would not do anything.
If a big mess is caused and what the original person's living area becomes, it is not his concern.
The great protector of the Wuyou Sect is named "Xu Zhicheng".
He was originally a well-known model worker in the large iron factory.
After his two sons left one after another, in order to express its "preferential treatment" to him, the group made him a community worker. managers.
Since Xu Zhicheng has become the great protector of Wuyou Sect, he naturally has the means to keep the area under his jurisdiction in order, making it an area with the best security and the least trouble for immortal cultivators.
The workers living in this area are particularly hard-working and productive.
The efficiency is extremely high, and it gradually gains After gaining the trust of the group's senior management, one living area after another was managed using his method, which meant that one area after another turned to the Wuyou Sect.
Until today, all surrounding living areas have been highly penetrated and firmly controlled by the Wuyou Sect.
Come and surround the big iron factory and the black iron group in the middle!