The car slowly drove on the newly built highway, and the vehicles coming and going made Zhong Yang feel like he had returned to the space and time of the 21st century.

Because of his appearance, driven by smart factories, China's technology has improved for half a century.

At least roughly, it is not much different from later generations.

But the problems brought about by rapid progress are also very serious. To be precise, humans today are not prepared at all. Whether it is physical or mental, they are still stuck in the past.

The Guangzhou Stock Exchange has been completed and is a brand new building that took half a year to build.

Zhong Yang sat in the car and looked quietly, and Zu Jie seemed to have noticed it, deliberately slowing down the car so that Zhong Yang could see more clearly.

Many passers-by passers-by passers-by, many of them are full of longing and hope. For them, stocks are wealth delivered to them. After the sufferings of the past, they are more likely to be addicted to the trap of wealth.

Zhong Yang sighed softly, these sad people had no idea what tragic future their actions would lead to.

Every change in human society always appears in a face full of hope and light, but is eventually swallowed by darkness. ** will always laugh to the end and become the winner.

This is the sorrow of the little person, because every choice leads to pain and unwillingness.

The car slowly moved away, getting farther and farther away from the stock exchange until it finally disappeared, and Zhong Yang returned to his thoughts just now. Regarding the secret gathering of lower-level military officers mentioned by Zhou Hua, he could think of many things.

After the separation of military and political affairs, it does not mean that the government's control over the military has weakened, but that there is an equal right to communicate and dialogue with each other, and a system that everyone can accept and obey.

This system is more rigorous than the military-political system in the past and is difficult to penetrate.

A strict monitoring and management system can largely ignore the protective umbrella brought by nepotism. Even spies inserted by hostile forces will either be assimilated or slowly excluded by the system, reducing the harm to a point that can be affordable.

However, Zhong Yang deeply realized that any system is difficult to be perfect. Over time, it will be slowly soaked and eroded by people's selfish desires.

After all, no matter what kind of system, there are still differences between up and down and size. Even in the democratically elected political system, the power to the people may not be the best thing.

People always have cowardice and ignorance, and people who are willing to be led and manipulated always account for the majority.

The reason why the radicals within the military can develop so quickly must be because they have received support from the upper class. Otherwise, they would have been banned by the Ministry of Military Police long ago.

Zhong Yang has a powerful armed force, but the actual situation is very embarrassing, because he cannot use that power at will. The more he evolves to a higher level of life, the more he can feel that omnipresent fate.

Smart factories are a treasure and a test. The price of people who abuse their power is heavy.

So Zhong Yang now also needs to win over secular allies to face the upcoming storm together. He stroked the ring on the ring finger of his left hand and asked: "What's going on in the underground palace?"

Zhou Hua was prepared for a long time, so he said directly: "Let me talk about the domestic part first. Because of the infiltration of the government and the military, more than half of the members are no longer trustworthy. However, the core force is always in our own hands. Betrayal is impossible under the constraints of the oath."

All core members will take over deep hypnosis before joining the underground palace, planting a loyal command deep in the subconscious. This involves the study of the human body and soul in ancient Chinese. Any betrayer will return to the human body and spontaneously burn and die.

In clinical psychology, there are related experiments, but the underground palace has strengthened and upgraded it.

"Where is the foreign branch?" Zhong Yang continued to ask.

"The biggest problem is in North America. Because of the continuous absorption of local people, the North American branch gradually tends to break away. The person in charge there has been complaining about this problem many times. If the scale continues to expand, it will be difficult for them to maintain enough voice." Zhou Hua answered expressionlessly.

"It doesn't matter, we just need to control the core." Zhong Yang also knew that it was unrealistic to completely maintain absolute control. If you don't absorb the local people in North America, you will definitely be discovered and rejected by the US government after a long time.

No, I should say that I have discovered something now, I am just pretending to be deaf and dumb.

If a national-level organization does not even have this ability, it would be nonsense.

"Yes, I will explain to the people in the North American branch. The European branch, the South American branch, and the African branch are relatively stable and there is no big thing to pay attention to. But..."

Looking at Zhou Hua's eagerness to speak but stopping, Zhong Yang felt a little uncomfortable, "Tell me, don't hesitate."

"Yes, then I will only say it." Zhou Hua said, "In recent years, Xinghua News Agency has been running the companies under our Underground Palace, among which Longyuan Group has been forced to go bankrupt. Therefore, there have been considerable problems in the source of capital income."

Longyuan Group is the core asset of the Underworld Palace, and the so-called Science and Technology Association is simply the technology research and development department of the Underworld Palace. Many of the funds of the Underworld are raised by peripheral organizations such as Longyuan Group.

Xinghua News Agency's expansion in the heavy industry first seized the market share that originally belonged to others. This is a snatch of food from the bowl, so how could Zhou Hua bear it?

But the other party used legitimate business competition methods, and at this point, Zhou Hua had no choice but to go to the door like a gangster.

It is too difficult to retaliate against the Chinese community through economic means. The Underground Palace is a secret quasi-military organization, and its power on the surface is difficult to compare with Xinghua Community. After all, the other party is a serious entrepreneur.

"Many of our research is regardless of cost. We could have used full automation as a selling point to recover R&D costs from the public. However, Xinghua News Agency's price war has made it difficult for many of our peripheral companies to resist. If possible, I think..." At this point, Zhou Hua stopped and observed Zhong Yang's face.

"So, do you want me to come forward and put pressure on them?" Zhong Yang was a little amused. This was not only a matter of losing face, but Liu Haoran might not agree.

Hearing the obviously unhappy tone in Zhong Yang's mouth, Zhou Hua didn't say anything anymore. He just lowered his head and did it quietly.

"You don't have to worry about funding. You can apply to me." Zhong Yang didn't think that Zhou Hua's words were unprofitable. Any organization needs to exist and develop, so it will cost money.

As for the competition from Xinghua News Agency, Zhong Yang does not think it was the other party’s intentional provocation, it can only be said to be an inevitable stage of social development.

People's hearts are seeking profit. Liu Haoran will not stop everyone in Xinghua Community from moving forward just by Zhong Yang's words. This is a matter of public anger and cannot be done.

Zhong Yang supported the establishment of Longyuan Group back then. The first was to give the underground palace a stable source of income, and the second was to implement the Cangqiong Plan.

The production and maintenance costs of industrial intelligent machinery are very high, and compared with similar mechanical products such as Huayang Heavy Industry, which are semi-artificial and semi-automatic, it does not have much competitive advantage.

At this point, the purchase of automobile production lines by General Motors in the United States has fully demonstrated who is more suitable for the current era.

But Zhong Yang does not think there is anything wrong with using fully automatic mechanical tools now. Once the Cangqiong plan is successfully implemented, the most lacking thing for outer space colonization will be human resources.

Why does it cost valuable manpower to do a job that can be done entirely by machinery?

It is better to develop intelligent machinery one step ahead than to develop one step later. It would be a pity to give up because of a simple company profit problem.

Zhong Yang knew that what he needed was not how much money he made, but the future he wanted to pursue. Of course, he now had enough resources to realize his dream.

After swaying around outside, breathing the fresh air that has been missing on the earth for a long time, and looking at the beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers in the suburbs, Zhong Yang also had an indescribable wonderful feeling.

Subspace, the capital of eternity. Now the area is stable at about 190,000 square kilometers and it will no longer increase. This is half the size of Japan. As a city, it is really too big.

Considering that Japan has more than 70% of the mountainous land area, the available land in the Eternal Capital is even greater than that of Japan, so it is not an exaggeration to become a country.

There are no sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, and even vegetation has just been transplanted from the earth.

The Eternal Capital is home to 13 million people, almost all of whom are Chinese, most of whom are absorbed by Zhong Yang during the war.

Only in the midst of war can such a large-scale population transfer be well covered up, and all those who come in will become residents of the Eternal Capital.

The entire city is divided into five parts, namely the main city located in the center, and the outer city arranged in front, back, left and right. It is also called the Four Symbol City, respectively, a four-sided divine beast representing the direction in ancient China.

This is Zhong Yang's big rear, like a giant factory, constantly absorbing resources from the earth and then producing materials needed for human production and life.

It took Zhong Yang a lot of time and energy to run a city like this, which is why he appears less and less on earth.

But today, there is an important thing that forced Zhong Yang to take it out.

Zhou Hua took out his laptop, entered a long list of passwords before he retrieved a strictly confidential document.

"After a lot of effort, our North African investigation team finally found the actual location of the Lost City of Atlantis, which is located in the Atlantic Ocean 960 kilometers from the coast of Africa."

In European and American countries, the legend of "the sunken city of Atlantis" has always been circulated. This statement originated from the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, who said that Atlantis was a highly developed ancient civilization city, and later sank into the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean due to geological changes.

"So, is what Edvin Casey said true?" Zhong Yang also knew about that legendary man. What happened to that person cannot be explained by science at all, at least it cannot be understood by the so-called Western science.

But at least, through that person's description, the ancient Chinese will find some information about the ruins of super-ancient civilizations, which is very important.

At this time, Zhou Hua also said in a deep voice: "Yes, the prediction that Casey made has been confirmed. This time, the Detective Department had an expedition team. In that sea area, a very advanced city was discovered, all of which were special stone buildings. According to experts from the Research Department, this may be the remains of the Atlantis civilization that had long disappeared in the world!"

"Stone?" Zhong Yang was very surprised when he heard this. Such an advanced civilization actually used stones as the main urban building materials.

"Although it is a stone, its hardness is comparable to that of diamonds and its toughness is also very high. Soaked in seawater for thousands of years, there is no damage."

Zhong Yang was shocked when he heard this and admired the technology of Atlantis civilization.

Atlantis?

According to legend, the Atlantis were colonists from Orion. They were born with the ability to light and had extremely advanced technology. For example, mermaids, unicorns, etc. are all products of this civilization's creation.

However, in 12000 BC, the continent was submerged under nuclear wars and floods, resulting in the extinction of this civilization.

Zhou Hua had a grim face and said in a solemn voice: "According to the photos and information provided by a surviving team member of the Detective Squad, there are also mechanical beasts in this ruins, which are well preserved and have been so long. Nothing inside is rusted or rotten. If we can get the drawings of mechanical beasts or energy crystals inside, we can go a step further in realizing our ideals!"

"and--"

A hint of heat flashed through Zhou Hua's eyes, "If it is suitable for people to live in, we can also move some of the people in it. In that case, the steel city inside will be enough to annihilate even if it is besieged by a large army!"

After hearing this, Zhong Yang was obviously stunned and moved.

Such prehistoric civilization relics have long disappeared in the long river of history. Maybe there may be any treasures to be found in it. If we can obtain the drawings of mechanical beasts and produce mechanical beasts in large quantities, then human civilization can take a big step forward!

This is also a great help to the implementation of the Cangqiong Plan.

Zhong Yang looked calm: he thought to himself, Atlantis civilization is far more than what you think. The technology inside is much more sophisticated than the modern civilization we are today.

The Atlantis civilization is located in the Great Western Continent. The capital is Posedonia, that is, the city of the Sea God. The life of the Atlantis civilization was extremely luxurious. Due to the development of technology, there is no need to use labor to earn a life. Everything is automated and the people enjoy all the conveniences.

Some marginal historians have boldly speculated that they are away from the spirit because of excessive pleasure and go against God. Most people have very handsome faces, their clothes are embellished with jewelry, people dance, gather, take fantasy & phantoms.

Legend has it that atlantis people use their brains up to 90%, and they can communicate easily with animals. They not only make robots, but also through genes.

The project creates "Chimera" that produces half-human and half-beasts, such as the mermaid.

The entire city is managed by machinery, and people do not need to read specifically. Knowledge can be absorbed from special devices. The wisdom of fifteen or six-year-old children has surpassed that of current higher scholars. Unicorns are also genetically modified by them.

Among the Atlantis prehistoric supercivilization, the most eye-catching scientific achievement is the energy system, which can convert light into energy.

The Atlantis not only developed the light into a civilization that powers energy, but also allowed the human body to be regenerated and rejuvenated. All this made the Atlantis live carefree and happy in that paradise.

However, this super civilization suddenly sank to the bottom of the sea in 16,000 BC.

The "Garden of Eden" described in the Bible "Genesis" refers to Atlantis.

Such an important century of discovery, Zhong Yang must not let the things inside fall into the hands of others. For this reason, he quickly summoned the armed forces of the underground palace and decided to take the initiative.
To be continued...