Chapter 1116: Chapter 115: Skyscraper
Apart from the newly activated title, this script task also provided Li Ang with an item reward.
[Name: Bewitching Lipstick]
[Type: Magic Tool/Consumable]
[Quality: Excellent]
[Special Effect: Absolute Command. After applying the lipstick and kissing a sentient being, it can make the being obey verbal commands]
[Consumption: At least 100 spirit energy value]
[Cooldown Time: None]
[Usage Conditions: Charm Attribute of 15 points or higher]
[Note: The duration of the Absolute Command and the strength of the control effect depend on the difference in willpower between the kisser and the kissed. The greater the difference, the longer the duration and the stronger the effect]
[Note: Bewitching Lipstick can control multiple kissed individuals at once; the control effect can be lifted if either party removes the lipstick imprint]
[Note: The lingering warmth of the lips saves a person]
"This thing..."
Li Ang looked at the black and gold lipstick that appeared in the item slot and muttered, "The effect is quite good,
as long as you kiss once, you can control intelligent beings, and both the duration and control effect are flexible.
Even high-level players have room to use it.
Moreover, there aren’t too many restrictions, such as the kisser and the kissed needing to be the same species, or of opposite genders.
Some players specializing in charm skills should be very interested.
Hand it over to Mule, and see if anyone’s willing to buy it."
Transcendents specializing in charm are difficult to form and are few in number, but those who survive and become high-level all have their tricks, so price isn’t an issue.
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In the following days, it was calm, with no major events occurring.
Organizations from all sides continued to handle the aftermath of the Sibi King’s mutation in an orderly manner, without issuing any new news announcements, as if they had never received any new warnings from the Sibi King.
Not even on the player forums were there any rumors.
The public’s attention quickly shifted elsewhere.
First, there was the completion of the first phase of the Special Affairs Bureau city building project, with the building projects in Yin City and other major cities being completed, achieving a resident move-in and factory relocation rate of over 80%.
This news momentarily dominated the front pages of all local and international news media,
Yin City’s city building started first and completed first,
under the full support of the Superhuman Construction Team, the total construction time was less than half a year, deemed an industrial miracle in human architectural history.
The television was flooded with reports about the integration of scientific research achievements into the city building project, the diligence and intelligence of the construction personnel, and the joy and excitement of the migrating residents,
while on short video platforms, there were lifestyle vlogs shot by migrating residents.
The city building was constructed using new building materials,
with varying shapes, volumes, and floor counts according to different terrain, topography, and land conditions,
ranging from over three hundred floors to over six hundred floors,
with a total area equivalent to over half of the original city’s urban area.
The spatial utilization efficiency is extremely high,
with layers connected by giant elevators and trams running along the S-shaped aerial tracks within the city.
Each floor within the city building is a complete district,
with amenities such as residential areas, commercial zones, fire stations, police stations, hospitals, parks all available,
the average residential area is 100 square meters, some being apartment buildings, while others are standalone houses,
all residences uniformly installed with water and electricity, and energy systems, furniture can be purchased and assembled on one’s own,
all residences are state-owned, private trading and leasing are prohibited,
wealthy individuals wishing for a better or larger residence have to pay extremely high tax rates.
To prevent a stifling atmosphere within the building,
every ceiling within each floor of the building uses projection technology,
to simulate sunlight and cityscapes,
also, the artificial weather adjustment system of city streets can simulate warm and cold winds, and even rainfall and snowfall.
The city building is monitored by the Skynet System, with surveillance cameras embedded in every corner of the ceilings.
All surveillance footage is fed into the Skynet System and filtered by artificial intelligence,
during the entire process, employees of the Skynet System only have terminal viewing privileges, with no authority for unauthorized extraction, thus ensuring residents’ privacy rights.
In addition, all residents within the city building are required to undergo chip injection—the medical team from the Special Affairs Bureau will inject an electronic chip into the back of the residents’ necks.
This chip is powered by the energy circulating in the human bloodstream and has an effective lifespan of up to fifty years.
Each chip is bound to the citizen’s identity information,
and during movement within the city building, using transport, entering and exiting security gates,
location information is uploaded to the Skynet System.
Any behavior of private removal or malicious damage of the chip is considered a violation, with penalties ranging from fines to criminal detention.
The industrial and agricultural zones in most of the city buildings are located in the city’s lower districts.
Factories in the industrial areas predominantly utilize smart machinery for production, with human workers mainly engaged in intellectual positions, responsible for regulating smart machinery,
while the agricultural areas are almost entirely comprised of smart machinery,
working in grid-patterned hydroponic and terrestrial farms, continuously producing vegetables and crops to self-sustain the entire building.
As for meat,
the city building employs three methods for meat production.
The first is traditional farms, raising chickens, ducks, fish, cattle, and sheep,
the second consists of synthetic industrial meat, which involves making plant-based meat indistinguishable from real meat using soy protein and harmless food additives.
The third method is self-propagating meat—placing animal cells in large rectangular petri dishes, providing the cell culture medium, allowing the cells to proliferate by themselves,
"growing" meat in the dishes.
The production efficiency of such self-propagating meat far exceeds traditional farming,
with factory area requirements, personnel, resources, and pollution emissions also far below traditional farming.
The flavor is not much different from regular meat,
and sometimes can even be more delicious than real meat.
The purpose of the city building’s design is to preserve the spark of human civilization in times of disaster.
Each city building possesses a complete industrial chain, capable of self-production and self-consumption to solve internal supply needs.
All city buildings have numerous nuclear power stations, which can self-supply electricity when external power is cut off.
Because of the extensive use of smart machinery for production labor within the building, employment issues are inevitably caused,
residents can opt for service industries, or jobs that require creativity,
such as entertainment, culture, sports, sales, and arts, etc.
Theoretically, the output of the city building is sufficient for all city residents to live dignified and respectable lives,
even if the vast majority of residents stop working, living a parasitic life, they will absolutely never go hungry or cold.
However, to prevent the rise of a negative social atmosphere,
the city building construction committee still decided to encourage employment.
They introduced the "Contribution Points" system, where city residents accrue a fixed number of contribution points each month without committing violations or unlawful acts,
contribution points are not transferable, but can replace cash for payment.
Engaging in city building service work (such as being a city tram driver, a city guide, visiting and comforting retirement homes, participating in fire safety drills, etc.) can yield additional contribution points.
Once sufficient contribution points are accumulated, residents can apply for special projects,
such as artificial limb implantation,
or even obtaining Transcendent qualifications.
