Star Tycoon

Chapter 234 Eternal Life
Today is Lunar New Year's Eve, a safe day; no negative probability events are expected in any region.

Happy New Year! (A lucky event is guaranteed to trigger today)

[Congratulations on triggering a random level 9 lucky event! Rise to new heights! A random level 9 building will be upgraded by one level.]

Tian Ersan's heart was about to jump out of his chest!
The governing hall?!

[Residential buildings upgraded by one level!]

My heart, which was about to leap out of my chest, suddenly stopped for a second, followed by a deep chill.

"Congratulations, my lord! Our Star Kingdom has finally acquired a level 10 residential building!"

Lu Changlin happily offered his congratulations.

Tian Ersan gave an awkward smile. "Well, that's good. This...this is the largest number of houses, several thousand times more than other buildings. Upgrading the houses is the only reasonable thing to do."

A lottery probability of nearly one in ten thousand is simply impossible; a 99% chance is more normal.

Lu Changlin smiled and said, "My lord, let's go take a look at that level 10 house. After upgrading a house to level 10, it will gain higher attribute bonuses, making it much faster to manufacture buildings and produce resources!"

Tian Ersan became curious. "Entries? What impact do these have?"

Lu Changlin smiled and said, "For example, some people have the 'diligence' attribute, which makes them work much faster, but they also have negative emotions such as laziness and procrastination, so it's a mixed bag."

Tian Ersan pondered the information provided by Lu Changlin.

"So..." Tian Ersan thought of something very bad, "...that is, it's becoming more and more like a human?"

Lu Changlin nodded slightly, "That's about right."

This is not a good thing for Tian Ersan.

Previously, there were no unexpected incidents because the subordinates always worked hard. But now that they are becoming more and more like human beings, all sorts of problems are arising.

"Is it a good thing or a bad thing?" Tian Ersan couldn't tell for himself, so he asked Lao Lu for his opinion.

Old Lu replied, "It's definitely a good thing. Our lord actually prefers a lively atmosphere."

“That’s true.” Tian Ersan sighed helplessly, smiled and said, “From now on, the outside will be a place for vacation, and our work focus will still be this space where only our own people are here.”

Lu Changlin had always suggested this, and nodded in satisfaction, "That's good."

In addition to being more luxurious, the tenth-grade houses also have many partitions, like an outbuilding, no longer the original one-bedroom apartments.

The residents inside remain unchanged, but there is a high probability that new household registrations in this level 10 house will generate related entries.

Work efficiency increases, tax revenue increases, population stops increasing, and the maximum number of people in a single house is twenty; no amount of additional technology can be added.

Dumplings will still fall from the sky on New Year's Eve, but once you become powerful, you won't care about that little bit of money anymore.

Tian Ersan left Lu Changlin to continue managing production and architectural research, while he went to Glory City.

Unlike the bustling Star Kingdom, Glory City is rather empty and quiet.

"My lord! You must do something about those two troublemakers! Stop them from causing trouble outside and quickly send everyone in to work!"

Yi Xiannong rushed over anxiously and earnestly pleaded with Tian Ersan to hurry up.

Tian Ersan explained, "It's something I agreed to. We'll just have to wait until things stabilize outside. I see that things are developing quite fast here, so you don't need to rush. Just take it slow."

How could Yi Xiannong not be anxious? "Those two troublemakers are always thinking about other things, they've forgotten they're farmers who work hard! So many people need to eat, and I don't even have enough resources to develop!"

Tian Ersan didn't have high expectations for Glory City.

Glory City might have been stronger at first, but in the early stages, they focused their efforts on the Star Kingdom and developed it as their main city, so Glory City naturally became less important.

"Take your time, no rush. Last year, Lao Lu ate the dumplings, this year they're yours."

Yi Xiannong was overjoyed when he heard this.

"Rest assured, my lord! I will gladly accept all the dumplings that fall short this year! Thank you for your trust and guidance!"

Tian Ersan offered a few perfunctory words of encouragement, then wandered around and looked around casually.

Glory City stole many things from outside, using development and construction as an excuse to steal agricultural machinery and various resources meant to support their North African brothers into their spatial dimension, which they then carelessly placed on the open ground outside the city.

Airplanes, artillery, power plants, steel mills, trucks, helicopters, missiles...

When developing infrastructure, it's easiest to acquire all sorts of things.

However, spending all your time on such things can be a waste of your time and energy.

After pondering for a few minutes, Tian Ersan finally awakened the instinct of a descendant of Yan and Huang to leave home.

Human beings need to leave the Central Plains in order to expand outwards.

People from China have always been striving to reach places like the United States, Austria, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

It's not good to be complacent and lack ambition.

The interstellar age is coming. If we continue to indulge in comfort, our descendants may end up being people of Zhongzhou.

If Tian Ersan wanted to acquire more resources and equipment, the best way to embezzle would be to build a new base, such as carrying out construction in a certain country and embezzling a few ships' worth of equipment and materials while transporting them into his space.

Tian Ersan returned to the main city and found Rachel, who was still welding electronic instruments in the space assembly line factory during the Chinese New Year.

“Rachel, do we have anyone here with a Canadian citizenship? I need someone who can buy large amounts of land and estates there.”

Rachel's job was as a secretary, responsible for sorting out the household registration issues of the people in the space and finding useful information to report to Tian Ersan.

With a population of over 100,000 in both cities, Tian Ersan certainly couldn't handle it all on his own.

Rachel continued working leisurely, looking completely nonchalant without even looking up.

“I remember a man named Edward, in his twenties. His family is the largest private real estate developer in Maple Leaf Country, owning a large amount of farmland and ranches, but it has nothing to do with him, he has no right to inherit.” Tian Ersan said with a smile, “Now we do. I plan to focus all my efforts on building the City-State Aerospace Group in Maple Leaf Country, and then develop the milk powder and metallurgical industries, so that we can move things here more easily.”

Rachel smiled. "Then I'll wait for your good news."

Tian Ersan smiled and said, "You do it! I'm leaving this to you. You can coordinate with Leanna. If they refuse to sell me the land, we can rent it. Renting it for twenty or thirty years shouldn't be a problem."

Money, manpower, and connections are all at your disposal.

Tian Ersan doesn't need to handle so many things himself; he can delegate them to his subordinates.

Rachel happened to be free, so she said, "Okay, I'll go back anyway."

At this moment, Li Cuihua, who was working a few hundred meters away, walked over quickly.

"My lord, what's wrong?" Li Cuihua looked at Tian Ersan curiously and came over to inquire about the news immediately.

Tian Ersan had no interest in this dead woman. "None of your business. Get back to work."

Li Cuihua smiled and said, "I'm tired from working, I need to rest."

Tian Ersan looked at her and asked, "Why are you taking a break? Aren't you supposed to work 24 hours a day?"

Li Cuihua replied with a smile, "Society has progressed, and the system should also progress along with the city's hierarchy. Our thinking has also progressed, which is a good thing."

This is not a good thing for Tian Ersan.

Tian Ersan quickly checked the governance panel and found that the public's intelligence had been activated after the residential buildings were upgraded to level ten.

In the past, Tian Ersan would be kind-hearted and often give me some time to rest and play on my phone, and arrange for me to go out on vacation to find something to do to relax.

Now it's mandatory to have at least one hour of time every day, otherwise it will lose public support.

When public support exceeds 100, people will work efficiently. If they are not allowed to rest, public support will drop. If public support drops below 100, it will be impossible to maintain high efficiency.

So, in other words, we can only increase welfare benefits and not cut them anymore?
"Fine, let's rest properly." Tian Ersan accepted the residents' need for rest.

There's nothing wrong with being a good person. We've finally had a few years of peace and stability, so we can't go back to being inhuman like before.

We made concessions readily; we had always considered these people as our own, so we accepted them quickly.

Li Cuihua chuckled and said, "My lord, we've run out of new content on our phones. When you go back and come back, remember to bring us lots of news to keep us entertained. These past few years have been full of hot news, and it would be a shame if I couldn't speak out!"

Tian Ersan glanced at the woman who deserved to die, and said, "Fine, I got it."

Seeing that Tian Ersan was so easy to talk to, Li Cuihua said happily, "My lord, my impression of you has improved a bit!"

Tian Ersan frowned quickly. "What is 'goodwill'?"

Li Cuihua replied with a smile, "I just like you a little more. Every bit of favorability increases our work efficiency by one percent, and every bit decreases it. If it decreases by more than ten points, you won't let us bend over to serve you anymore."

"Fuck you! Look at your pathetic self!" Tian Ersan couldn't help but curse, clearly angered by the immense humiliation he had suffered.

Li Cuihua shrank back irritably, "Fine, get out then! Don't curse me. I don't want to serve you! Lies don't hurt, but the truth is the sharpest knife. If you don't want to, why are you in such a hurry?"

Tian Ersan was so angry he wanted to kill someone.

"I'm not going to say anything more... I have things to do, I'm going to get back to work." After stubbornly insisting on this, the village woman, who had little self-respect, quickly gave herself a few more hours off.

Tian Ersan tried hard to calm himself down and decided to send this woman far away from him in the future, never wanting to see her again.

Rachel reminded him, "My lord, merchants sell items that can change appearances. It won't cost much to turn Li Cuihua into a stunning beauty with a curvaceous figure. They can even change her age and gender."

Tian Ersan didn't want to turn the people he knew into strange forms, as that would be tantamount to destroying their previous image.

"By the way, do you have the appearance-changing tools I use?"

"There should be. Go ask Lu Yingxiong."

"it is good."

Tian Ersan went to ask Lu Changlin.

Lu Changlin replied, "Yes, I do have them, but I didn't buy them. I felt they weren't necessities, so I didn't buy them."

Changing appearance items have no effect on the development of the city. Lu Changlin is a responsible person, not like Li Cuihua, and he certainly wouldn't waste money on unimportant things.

Tian Ersan asked, "What exactly is it used for?"

This kind of item exists in most games, but the effects are all different and there are slight differences.

Looking at Tian Ersan's expression, Lu Changlin couldn't understand why he needed such a thing.

"There are more than one item with this kind of change function. Some allow you to choose one from ten appearances, some allow you to design your own appearance, some only change your name, and some can even modify your household registration. These do not improve attributes and are useless to the city."

Tian Ersan roughly understood the differences between them.

System avatar, user-uploaded avatar, character creation function, name change card, and nationality/faction/alliance change card.

Can age be changed?

"can."

Tian Ersan's heart suddenly stopped!
"And lifespan?"

Lu Changlin replied, "The real age is definitely the same as the age in the profile picture. There are adults, children and the elderly, and they are all male."

Tian Ersan was almost unable to breathe. "Changing my avatar won't affect my attributes, right?"

Lu Changlin reminded him, "It won't affect anything. My lord, you're no longer human, so there's no need to worry so much about lifespan. Just focus on developing the Star Kingdom, and don't worry about anything else."

From this moment on, Chengbang was no longer a company that played around with casually.

Tian Ersan will no longer treat Chengbang Group with perfunctory and disdainful attitude, but will instead treat Chengbang Group as a family business and an international enterprise that will be passed down for thousands of years!
(End of this chapter)