Deep Space Wandering Fleet
Chapter 430 - 428: The Loopholes of This World

Chapter 430: Chapter 428: The Loopholes of This World

While working on the graphics design, Zhang Yuan suddenly had a wild idea, "I have a thought, add a ton of in-app purchases, if you don’t pay, you can’t play, what do you think will happen? Can we make a few billion yuan in a short time?"

Ren Junzhe said, "Perhaps we could make a considerable amount of money. But if there is too much pay-to-win content, other than being criticized, there aren’t many other benefits... After all, there are so many forms of entertainment nowadays, and games are a dime a dozen. However, a small amount of microtransactions isn’t a problem, consider it a decent achievement system. People are still willing to pay for that."

Zhang Yuan nodded and continued to ask, "Then, if I keep making money throughout my life, and I make tens of billions, or even hundreds of billions, within decades, could I buy out a robot’s services in one go, creating a monopoly on resources?"

"Just think, each person, one hundred thousand yuan a month, basically can’t be spent up, there is a lot of surplus. In reality, when everyone reaches the end of their lives, they each have tens of millions or even over a hundred million in savings."

"Of course not... Don’t even dream about it!"

Ren Junzhe squinted his eyes, "You want to earn a lot of money to have greater influence, to control more power? But that’s hard to achieve. First, the services of robots are limited, you can’t spend tens of billions all at once. Especially regular living supplies, you can’t just buy out a whole supermarket, that’s illegal."

"Even if you want to buy a lot of things at once, like machinery, chips, cars, and so on, it has to go through Artificial Intelligence’s safety assessment. It’s impossible that within a day, you could buy all the raw materials for tanks, missiles, etc., right? The productivity of the robot system far exceeds Human demand. With a month’s buffer, tens of billions in materials isn’t really a big deal."

"Moreover, nobody cares about money; even if you’re rich, no one will pay attention, no one will want to help you, having money is useless... Talent is what’s more important."

"Third, you’ve studied sociology, right... Power has been tainted with original sin since its inception. If everyone is equal, there’s no question of who dominates whom. This notion is naturally imprinted in people’s minds. Once someone controls even a little bit of power, they would be disliked and rejected by everyone."

"Ah, that’s true," sighed Zhang Yuan, "so, it’s very difficult."

Ren Junzhe then asked, "How is that aerospace organization you started at the university doing? Has anyone been willing to join?"

Zhang Yuan shook his head, "There’s indeed quite a bit of interest, but most are just there for the excitement. Once they hear about Qi Aoerkovski equations, everyone freaks out..."

Unable to help himself, Ren Junzhe burst into hearty laughter, "Indeed, there are too few people with ambition. But, once you actually have the skills, and over time you gain a bit of fame, like-minded people will eventually gather around you, even if it takes a long time."

"Our ancestors set up very comprehensive rules, but there are always some loopholes. Like, such super projects, relying on one person is difficult to achieve... Actually, it’s not really a loophole, but rather a shortcoming of society. However, we can’t do anything to remedy this shortcoming, which is a pity."

Zhang Yuan nodded, the world still had intelligent people. The little folks were enjoying the wonders of the world, the intelligent had already discovered its deficiencies but were helpless to make improvements.

After reflecting for a while, Ren Junzhe spoke again, "There were many people who tried to exploit loopholes... but none of them succeeded. Like that incident in New Xi Wang, some people wanted to eat beef... so they set up their own farm."

"Eating beef counts as a loophole?" Zhang Yuan asked in confusion.

"That’s not the point. In order to protect the environment and care for animals, don’t we all eat synthetic meat? Although the law does not prohibit eating animals... so a group of people raised cattle outside the city."

"They actually wanted to use fresh beef to trick girls into sleeping with them!"

"Ah?!" Zhang Yuan was mildly surprised, "Can that really work?"

Ren Junzhe laughed, "Of course, fresh beef is a rarity indeed, and there really were girls who slept with them for just one bite of food... Actually, the taste isn’t much different from synthetic meat. In the end, when this matter got out, the public in the city were extremely angry, and they initiated a city-wide referendum to change the law, and those few guys ended up in jail."

According to the law, a referendum that receives a certain level of population support could lead to legal amendments.

Zhang Yuan said, "There’s no verdict on how many years to jail them for, so they’re just locked up indefinitely?"

"Not exactly, as long as it’s not a criminal offense, the maximum punishment is only two years. Amendments to criminal laws require the joint voting of at least three cities."

Ren Junzhe shook his head, "However, after this incident, some social experts at our university think that our world is very unstable. Our ancestors’ laws, though flexible and amendable, but... the cohesion of our entire society is too loose, and a lot of things, once they become a major trend, are actually difficult to change. The masses are really foolish, terrifyingly foolish, and only vote based on their own sense of justice."

"All these loopholes, big and small... Perhaps there’s an especially big one? It’s just that humanity hasn’t encountered it yet."

Zhang Yuan also sighed.

In fact, these small loopholes have always existed, but this kind of voting requires a certain number of people to agree, and it’s not such a simple matter.

This world does not have a strong government; unless things reach an outrageously bad level, then the entire city would vote to add some rules. A strong government would interfere with people’s freedom, and such power is the original sin that people detest.

So, it’s a contradiction in itself...

A perfect world does not exist.

...

Years went by...

Former classmates began dropping out in large numbers. Here, Zhang Yuan saw many experts focused on scientific research, including mathematicians and physicists, who genuinely enjoy learning and research.

Unfortunately, due to the small number of people, the progress in various disciplines has always been slow. The documentation left by the ancestors is extensive, many fields require the support of super laboratories to develop, but now there are no such super laboratories, and on his own, he can’t make it happen, leading to a state of being stuck.

Moreover, without the stimulus of profit, and without the honor brought by awards like the Nobel Prize, there are just too few people interested in this line of work. Kunlun Mountain society still occasionally hands out certificates and makes social announcements... but this society lacks such things. The public likely won’t understand these matters, who achieved what, they don’t really care.