Chapter 329: A dinosaur crushed by its own weight

"In fact, many low- and mid-level transcendents have opinions on high-level transcendents."
Ye Xiaoxing said to Meng Chao, "You should know that the vast majority of the powers of the gods in Longcheng are'strategic weapons.' Unless the northern offensive is a crucial battle, they usually stay simple and don't participate in actual combat, right?
"I can say very responsibly that these powerhouses of the gods are not idle, but under the Transcendent Tower, conducting various cutting-edge explorations on the ancient ruins. The danger and importance are not inferior to any one. In the war, many powerhouses in the gods have made major sacrifices and reaped many results.
"We can now construct so many spiritual magnetic fields, understand the meaning of more and more runes, connect countless runes into different commands, activate the ever-changing magical powers, and give birth to all kinds of incredible'black technologies'. It is all the credit of the power of the gods in exploring the ancient ruins.
"But exploration and experimentation will definitely fail.
"With astronomical resources, the project will fail. There must be such a chance.
"Furthermore, many projects focus on the future, and only after 20 to 30 years or even longer can they see benefits.
"In the eyes of many mid- and low-level transcendents, they feel that the gods are wasting resources. If they invest their resources in a project that is doomed to fail, and put them on the low-level transcendents, maybe, It will be able to train more powerful people and achieve greater victories on the battlefield.
"There is even an absurd saying that after the power of the gods monopolizes a large number of precious resources, they hide at the bottom of the transcendent tower and practice in retreat, only to improve their realm, but not to let other peaks of the heavens become new gods. Circumstances-only in this way, they can always control the hegemony of Dragon City.
"Of course this is a shameless rumor.
"However, a new tear has been caused in some of the low- and mid-level transcendents and the gods.
"Especially between small and medium-sized enterprises, middle and low-end extraordinary people in emerging industries, and divine powers from the nine super companies that monopolize traditional industries, there is both commercial competition and a strong desire for rare resources. The cake is so big, no one is satisfied with it."
Meng Chao nodded.
Longcheng’s problems are tens of thousands, in the final analysis, there is only one, the cake is not big enough.
When there are more wolves and less meat, no matter how you teach wolves to be upright, united, friendly, and united, it is useless.
Go out hunting, pick up a few more fat sheep and come back.
The problem is, these "fat sheep" in other worlds are really not easy...
Ye Xiaoxing sighed and talked about the Chilong Army again.
The Chilong Army itself is fine.
The problem is that there is no money.
Dragon City is a lone army in a foreign land, the whole people advocating martial arts, and the size of the army far exceeds the most military and impoverished country in the earth era.
In order to stimulate the soldiers and the public to fight against the monsters, whether active soldiers or veterans, themselves and their families can enjoy various benefits and privileges.
Allowances for disabled soldiers and pensions for sacrificed soldiers are even more astronomical.
Ordinary people can also get rewards for killing monsters, calculate their exploits, and enjoy various benefits.
For example, in the actual test of the college entrance examination, Meng Chao killed the Blood Moon Wolf King and received medals jointly issued by the military, the Transcendent Tower and the Survival Committee. With these medals, he can apply for housing in advance and purchase training resources at preferential prices. , Priority admission to the military and relevant departments under the same conditions, etc.
For him personally, of course it is very cool. Next time he encounters a monster, he will have more motivation to fight bravely.
But for the Red Dragon Army, the pensions for disabled and sacrificed soldiers, and the resources required for various rewards, have become increasingly heavy burdens.
"The key problem is that the Red Dragon Army set the reward standard too high from the beginning."
Ye Xiaoxing said, "But there is no way. The Red Dragon Army was born in the most critical era of Dragon City when blood and flames crossed. At that time, we had not mastered the advanced black technology and cultivation methods, and fighting with monsters. After nine deaths, if you don't set high rewards, how can you be worthy of the heroic spirits of sacrificing soldiers?
"Furthermore, at that time, most of the Dragon City was still under the claws of monsters, and the recovered area was often turned into ruins, which had to be demolished and rebuilt and distributed to the general public.
"As long as an area is recovered, various types of housing will be built immediately and allocated to meritorious soldiers and their families. The Dragon City's combat merit system can maintain a virtuous circle and enable the Red Dragon Army to continue to develop.
"But today is different.
"Today, the main city of Longcheng has been completely recovered, and our construction has progressed all the way to the edge of the mist. The major forces raced to enclose the entire dragon city long ago.
"After two decades of baby boom and population explosion, the number of residents in the city is many times more than in the heyday of the earth age.
"We really don't have a place where we can get in touch with each other, and we can provide more rewards for those who have contributed.
"The sum of meritorious service, disability, and sacrifice of soldiers over the past few decades has increased in number, reaching millions. The allowances, benefits, and pensions provided to them have consumed most of the military expenditure of the Red Dragon Army. The Chilong Army has no extra budget at all to update equipment, develop technology, and upgrade the combat effectiveness of the military's strong.
"The Red Dragon Army has always been worried about their inability to master the peak combat power of Dragon City, hoping to play a greater role in the war.
"This is also normal. Throughout the ages, no army can tolerate it, and I am not part of the country's strongest armed group.
"But to improve combat effectiveness, resources are needed.
"If you want resources, you must continue to attack and actively challenge the monsters.
"The Red Dragon Army is not afraid of war, but every time it strikes, there will always be sacrifices. The pension after sacrifices can only be increased, not reduced.
"Therefore, the budget problem of the Chilong Army became even worse.
"All in all, the Red Dragon Army is like a dinosaur over 500 meters in size. It cannot be said that it has no combat effectiveness. However, while spreading its teeth and dancing claws, it is extremely easy to be crushed by its own weight. Most of the time, it can only drag its bloat. His body lay helplessly on the ground."
Meng Chao nodded thoughtfully.
Countries that have built their country on military merits will encounter this problem.
In the development stage, it can certainly inspire the strongest combat effectiveness of the whole people and win one war after another.
But once it reaches its limit and cannot find resources to reward combat exploits, the war machine can easily collapse instantly.
In the age of the earth, Qin destroyed the six kingdoms and swept away thousands of troops, how domineering.
Suddenly, the death of the second generation, of course, had many reasons, and it was not unrelated to his military merit system.
In the memory fragments of Meng Chao's previous life, after Longcheng stepped out of the Monster Mountain Range, there was a period of quite beautiful days, in the name of "different natural disasters", shocking the entire world.
But after all, the doomsday has come to everyone, but I don’t know whether it is related to the deformed expansion of the military merit system.
"Now many grassroots officers of the Red Dragon Army are very dissatisfied with the Survival Committee. They strongly urge to increase the investment in the Red Dragon Army in the annual budget to achieve a comprehensive update and upgrade of the Red Dragon Army."
Ye Xiaoxing smiled bitterly and said, "The problem is that the survival committee is already stretched out and is on the verge of financial collapse every year. Where can I get the money?
"In fact, for the Chilong Army, the best plan is to disarmament and trade quantity for quality.
"But no one dared to propose disarmament-aside from other issues, it is said that millions of young and middle-aged soldiers who know nothing but killing skills will be eliminated. There is an extremely shortage of jobs and young people under 30 are unemployed. No one knows what consequences will be caused by the high rate of Dragon City.
"In the final analysis, in a world where transcendents can go to heaven and earth, how should ordinary human troops maintain their existence, function, and dignity? This is really a big problem that no earth army has encountered before!"
Ye Xiaoxing told Meng Chao that in addition to the above problems, Longcheng still faces contradictions in all aspects.
For example, in the contradiction between the "colonization faction" and the "return faction", one party believes that all resources should be invested in external expansion and continue to launch colonial wars until the entire alien world is conquered.
The other side believes that capturing a planet with a city is a whimsical and impossible task. Dragon City’s external expansion should stop at the Monster Mountain Range, and then use a small portion of its resources for defense, most of the resources. It is used to develop controllable traversal technology, open up the passage between the alien world and the earth, back to the earth, and with the support of 10 billion people and massive resources, it can be talked about attacking the entire alien world.
There is also the contradiction between the "biochemical modulation school" and the "rune-mechanical school", the contradiction between the "extreme flow" and the "super kill flow", the contradiction between the four major combat professions, which is better, and even " The contradictions between "Ripple Jin", "Crazy Niu Jin" and "Dragon Snake Jin" are all technical differences, needless to say.
In short, today's Dragon City seems to have reached its peak in the past half a century. It has a flourishing and prosperous appearance, but under the glamorous appearance, internal and external troubles still exist, and the journey ahead will still have to be cautious, walking on thin ice.
"Student Meng Chao, after hearing so many complaints from me, would you be a little disappointed in Longcheng?" Ye Xiaoxing asked.
Meng Chao shook his head.
If it is a college student in an ordinary ivory tower, the first time he hears that there are so many problems and contradictions in Longcheng, he may feel that the three views collapse.
But Meng Chao is the one who knows the end is coming.
Since the Dragon City in the previous life was destined to be destroyed, in addition to external powerful enemies, there must be many internal problems.
Don't be afraid of problems, there are always more solutions than difficulties.
"Leader Ye, what you said, I usually hear netizens mention a little bit in dark web forums. It is normal to have contradictions. Tens of millions of people are crowded in a small city. Unless they are all dead, what? Maybe there is no contradiction at all?"
Meng Chao said, "However, what do these contradictions you mentioned have to do with the work of the Alien Beast Investigation Bureau, Bai Youling and Gao Ye?"