Picking Up Supreme Treasures in the Dream Realm

She did a quick calculation in her head and asked, somewhat surprised, "With 56 million new births, they're going to distribute 1.1 trillion in welfare. Does Great Xia have that much money?"

Zhou Furu didn't answer directly, instead, he asked, "Do you remember the 30 billion tons of iron ore that fell from the sky onto Shapudian?"

Ma Miaodan nodded vigorously, "Of course I remember."

At the time, this event made a global sensation, but major events on Canglan Star occurred one after another, and the large-scale blood sacrificial event soon overshadowed the 30 billion tons of iron ore.

Zhou Furu took out his phone, "Let me show you a video."

He tapped the screen.

The video started playing immediately.

Ma Miaodan immediately saw a large amount of engineering machinery mining iron ore.

Hundreds of large excavators were scooping up buckets of iron ore and dumping them into the cargo beds of giant transport trucks.

Behind them, transport trucks lined up like a dragon, waiting to be loaded.

This mechanical operation's sense of power gave Ma Miaodan a slight shock.

It was the first time she witnessed such scenes, and she couldn't help but exclaim, "Great Xia is truly advanced."

Zhou Furu pointed at the large transport trucks and explained, "These big guys can load 250 tons of iron ore when fully loaded. The company responsible for the mining operates 24/7, mining 3 million tons of iron ore a day, amounting to over a billion tons a year."

Ma Miaodan couldn't fathom the weight of a billion tons, but she could only sigh, "That's impressive."

Zhou Furu asked in a mysterious tone, "Did you notice anything special?"

Ma Miaodan was a bit confused, "What's special?"

Zhou Furu didn't keep her in suspense and directly revealed, "There's no one inside any of these machines!"

Ma Miaodan gasped, "No one is controlling them?"

She quickly reacted, "Could it be remote control?"

Zhou Furu shook his head, "No, it's not remote control, but intelligent AI operating the mining machines and transport trucks, while humans just need to supervise."

Ma Miaodan was immediately stunned.

Zhou Furu pointed at the screen, "I heard from my dad that this system only requires 50 personnel, meaning that these 50 people can dig up 3 million tons of iron ore every day.

"They don't need to stay in dangerous wild areas, so there's no concern about safety affecting the project schedule.

"They can stay in comfortable back-office environments, enjoying warm heating, making work more efficient.

"My dad also said that this intelligent AI mining system has just been deployed, so they've arranged for double the personnel.

"In a while, after the system iterates a few times, once fully optimized and mature, only 25 people will be needed."

Ma Miaodan was a bit excited at what she heard, "Great Xia's technology is so advanced!"

Zhou Furu proudly remarked, "Great Xia possesses a large number of world-leading black technologies that can easily support 1.8 billion people.

"Don't say distributing just 1 trillion, even if it's 2 trillion or 5 trillion, it's not a problem."

Ma Miaodan nodded repeatedly, "Indeed."

Like a curious child, she further asked, "If intelligent AI becomes all-pervasive in the future, with many jobs replaced by AI, what about the high unemployment rate?"

Zhou Furu replied without hesitation, "Now we're in the Superpower Era, and this isn't even a problem.

"Because Great Xia is not just facing Canglan Star, but a vast Primordial World and countless Civilization Worlds.

"We need as many warriors to face threats, as many technical personnel to develop more advanced technologies.

"If some people really can't find jobs, then we can just support them financially and let them focus on having children.

"In the competition among Civilization Worlds, population size is a very crucial indicator.

"If a civilization doesn't have enough people, it can't have enough superpower users.

"And it's even harder to produce outstanding geniuses, like Mr. Ghost and Mr. Spirit Crows, such super strong individuals.

"For example, the Iron Fist Civilization has a population of 34 billion, and some powerful Civilization Worlds that have developed for many years even have 300 billion or 400 billion people.

"Compared to other Civilization Worlds, the population of Canglan Star is pitifully small, so the authorities place great importance on population."

Looking at her spirited young boyfriend, Ma Miaodan couldn't help but feel an impulse within her, wanting to say, "We should have children too."

She felt more and more that, compared to her peers in Shapudian, the Xia People were truly exceptional.

But in the end, Ma Miaodan suppressed her inner urge and didn't utter the slightly absurd words.

At that moment.

They both heard a sharp screech descending from the sky.

"Woo~"

Ma Miaodan was startled by the sudden sound and couldn't help but scream, "Ah."

Actually, she wasn't easily frightened, so she wasn't too scared.

But seeing Zhou Furu's side profile, she immediately put on an expression of shock, tightly clinging to her young boyfriend's arm.

Zhou Furu quickly hugged her, gently patting her back, "Great Xia is responsible for the safety of Glory City; there will definitely be no danger here."

After a while.

They finally found out what the peculiar screech had been about.

According to online reports, a company in the northwest district of Glory City experienced an extremely bizarre collapse.

Around a five-story building owned by the company, within a radius of thirty meters, both buildings and trees collapsed in unison.

Particularly, the five-story building's top floor sank underground, leaving a large pit at the center.